tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57120311156771103302024-03-13T01:08:06.635-07:00GOD'S ANSWER is always JesusThis blog is intended to be used as a source of help for believers such as myself, who when believing God for a need facing them, prayed and didn't receive the answer they needed.
The unanswered question is always ... why? I don't have all the answers, but if there is an answer, it's in the Word. I'll try to find it with you.Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-25170633803247503062023-08-01T13:35:00.000-07:002023-08-01T13:35:23.188-07:00<p> <i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; text-align: center; text-indent: -2px;">Tabitha</i></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Revisiting Acts 9:36-41 ... (Amp. version, edited)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 2px 2px; text-indent: -2px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Now there was at Joppa a disciple, a woman named <i>Tabitha</i>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She was known for her good deeds and acts of charity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But she fell sick and died.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When they had cleansed her for burial, they laid her in an upper room.</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 133, 84); color: #238554; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><b></b></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The disciples, hearing that Peter was close by at Lydda, sent two of their men begging him ... <i>“Do come to us without delay.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>So Peter </span><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: black; font-kerning: none;">immediately</span><span class="s4" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">rose and accompanied them. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">When he arrived, they took him to the upper room.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Many of the widows stood around Peter, crying and displaying the tunics and </span><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: black; font-kerning: none;">other</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> garments such as <i>Tabitha </i>was accustomed to make while she was with them.</span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Because of the noise associated with a Jewish vigil or wake, held literally beside someone who has died, and many times even accompanied by paid mourners, who would wail a high-pitched cry of grief like pain.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This certainly could have been the atmosphere Peter found himself in.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p8" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-kerning: none;">But Peter put them all out </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">of the room just as he watched Jesus do before.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He needed to get alone with the Lord in a quiet and peaceful place to know just what his assignment was going to be.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-kerning: none;"> About what he sought the Lord for, we can not be sure. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">What would you or I do?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How about, <i>“Lord, what do You want me to do?”</i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: black; font-kerning: none;">So he closed the door and</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> knelt down and prayed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How long did Peter pray?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Two, maybe three minutes?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Whatever it was, it was enough.</span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">In my mind, I see Peter dropping to his knees right in front of the door he had just closed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He shut the world and the noise outside.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Now he’s alone with Jesus. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The conversation with Jesus had begun.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’ve been there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Not praying for a dead woman.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But that’s also how I pray.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s more like a conversation then prayer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I leave space for the Lord to share His thoughts as well.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We know each other.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jesus may be my Lord, but He’s also my friend.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friend’s talk.</span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">**<b>I need to pause right here</b>.**</span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">When I was reading this account about Tabitha in Acts<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>9:40 ... the Lord stopped me right here, at this very phrase,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i> </i>“... <b><i>then turning to the body</i></b><i> </i>...”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Peter was not ... <b><i>looking at the problem</i></b> ... while he was praying about what the Lord wanted him to do.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The problem was, there was a dead woman behind him.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe he was facing away from the body of Tabitha.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Otherwise, why does the Scripture say of Peter ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>then turning to the body</i></b>.<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i></i></b></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">I now<b><i> </i></b>see Peter standing up, <b><i>then</i></b> turning to the body; taking a deep breath as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>he walked 4 or 5 steps over to the side of the bed where the other disciples had carefully laid her.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then without hesitation, Peter says ... <i>“ </i><b><i>Tabitha, get up</i></b><i>!”</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i></i></b></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Then she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she raised herself and sat upright.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Peter was probably the first thing she saw since he was standing right by her side.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You just know he had a great big smile on his face.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She didn’t even have to raise her head to look around.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When she saw him, she raised herself and sat upright.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i></i></b></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Peter gave her his hand and lifted her up.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then, calling back in God's people and the widows, he presented her to them ... <b><i>alive</i></b>.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i>Praise the Lord</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What an ending to this story!</span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i></i></b></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">There’s an important lesson here.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If we spend more time looking at the problem than we do looking to Jesus, the results may be different. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i>Our faith may fail</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(41, 47, 51); color: #292f33; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The following statement is one I believe and read often.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe it fits somewhere in this story of Jesus, Peter and Tabitha.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p9" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">“Faith does not deny a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p9" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">problem’s existence; it denies<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p9" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">it a place of influence.”</span></p><p class="p10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>... Bill Johnson<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p11" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> </span></p>Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-20529273474088374752018-06-20T20:50:00.001-07:002021-06-13T11:29:27.292-07:00In the Beginning<style type="text/css">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I have a problem with the creation story in Genesis.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">It’s not so much what is written in</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">the Scripture, it’s what is not in </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">there.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">There is so much left out of the narrative, which means we don’t have all of the story. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">So what I’m going to speak about concerns the universe, a snake or serpent, Satan, a garden and man.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I can probably fit some other things in there as well, if time permits.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Oh yes, we will address </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>time</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> as well</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</i><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>first chapter</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, starts with … </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"In the beginning God … "</i><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Since God had no beginning, shouldn’t it read perhaps … </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"In the eternal dateless past"</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> … I like that better.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">No one knows just how long ago verse one is speaking about.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Yes, I know many people believe the earth is only 6,000 years old.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Evidently the universe and the earth are the same age according to verse one … they were both created, </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>in the beginning</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">."</i><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">But <b><i>in the beginning</i></b> of what?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Since this term is so vague, uncertain, and unclear<b><i> </i></b>of it’s meaning … I assume the Holy Spirit, the author of Genesis … purposely left it this way so we could come to our own conclusion, if it matters.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Let me address the <i>"Big Bang theory"</i> … you know, where absolutely <i>"nothing,"</i> if given enough time, exploded and out of this <i>"nothingness"</i> … (which is the absence of life or existence) … the universe with it’s billions and billions of stars, planets, galaxies and who knows what else, came into being.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Well, isn’t that just wonderful.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Science now believes the <b><i>impossible</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But not <b><i>God </i></b>… they won’t go there. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">So let me also say to those who believe in the <i>"Big Bang"</i> … it didn’t happen on it’s own.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If it did happen, (which I don’t believe could happen,) it would need Almighty God to cause this <i>"nothingness," </i>meaning<i> "</i><b><i>the absence of anything</i></b><i>"</i> to explode.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It takes more faith to believe in the <i>"Big Bang theory" </i>than it does to believe that<i> "God created the Heavens and the Earth."</i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Okay, since the <i>"Big Bang"</i> was impossible, that leaves only God, just <i>"floating around"</i> in the empty universe … <i>"</i><b><i>before He created</i></b><i>"</i> … the first anything.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Therefore, God must have been <i>"</i><b><i>alone</i></b><i>"</i> in the eternal dateless past, until He made or created all things into being.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No one else was there … no angels, (which also means no Satan or demonic spirits), no throne room, nothing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No sign of life or <i>"</i><b><i>existence</i></b><i>" </i>of any kind.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Since this was before the <i>"</i><b><i>beginning</i></b><i>,"</i> there would not or could not have been any concept of <i>"time" </i>as we know it today, because God created time itself later.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Before the dispensation of time, we speak of that as … <i>"</i><b><i>the eternal dateless past</i></b><i>."</i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I also noticed reading the creation story in Genesis, that according to Moses, God, seven different times approved what He had just created and called it … </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>good</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">If so, this brings up another problem I have with this </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"incomplete story" </i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">of creation.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I’m reading <b><i>verse two</i></b>, the second sentence of Genesis … <i>"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The earth is covered in darkness here in Genesis, because God<b><i> turned off the light</i></b> as judgment on Satan.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Without light and heat from the sun, the earth became a dark frozen planet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I will <b><i>speak to this judgment </i></b>later.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The earth was suddenly turned into an ice cube, even freezing green grass in the stomach of a pre-historic mastodon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Let me state again … evidently the universe and the earth were both created, <i>"</i><b><i>in the beginning</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>So what does <i>"in the beginning"</i> mean?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe this term is speaking of the point in time when God <b><i>first began</i></b> creating, making, or forming all the stuff needed to eventually bring the plan of redemption to mankind through His Son Jesus.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Looking at what little we have to go with … it looks to me as if the earth was but one <i>"</i><b><i>chaotic mess</i></b><i>."</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was without form, and void of life of any kind.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In fact the word <i>"</i><b><i>void</i></b><i>"</i> as used here means … <i>"</i><b><i>empty</i></b><i>, </i><b><i>an undistinguishable ruin</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Is that how God first created the earth?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It doesn’t sound <i>"</i><b><i>Good</i></b><i>" </i>to me.<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Also in <b><i>verse two</i></b> we find that God is preparing to give life <b><i>once again</i></b> to this earth.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Holy Spirit was <i>"</i><b><i>moving</i></b><i>"</i><b><i> </i></b>over the waters.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Hebrew word used here is … <i>"</i><b><i>rı̂chēp</i></b><i>"</i> translated as … <i>"</i><b><i>brooding</i></b><i>" … </i>which means:<i> "showing deep unhappiness of thought, or to think deeply about something that makes one </i><b><i>unhappy</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>So … was God unhappy with how His creation of the earth turned out?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Evidently, as the earth stands in <b><i>verse two</i></b>, it is in … <i>"</i><b><i>a state of disorder</i></b><i>"</i> … not as God would normally <i>"</i><b><i>create</i></b><i>" </i>something He calls good, but rather the very opposite … as if God had <i>"</i><b><i>cursed</i></b><i>"</i> His previous creation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Why do I say His<b><i> previous </i></b>creation?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s the same reason I said God was going to give life<b><i> once again</i></b> to this planet.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Because of the <i>"</i><b><i>chaos</i></b><i>" </i>we find in <b><i>verse two</i></b> of Genesis … it becomes very obvious to me that something <b><i>catastrophic</i></b> must have happened in <b><i>the eternal dateless past</i></b> which had left the earth in this state of chaos.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>God’s judgment and punishment against Satan is the real<b><i> reason</i></b> the earth was in darkness …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">So what could this <b><i>catastrophic past event </i></b>be?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe, or I have the <b><i>opinion</i></b> that it could <b><i>only </i></b>have been one thing … the <b><i>fall of Satan </i></b>when he tried to overthrow God and take control of heaven.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Like many other Scriptures in the Word of God, there can be two different meanings ascribed to the same portion of Scripture. This can be said of <i>"</i><b><i>Isaiah 14:12-17</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i> It is <b><i>first</i></b> and foremost speaking about the King of Babylon, with <b><i>a secondary meaning</i></b> that perfectly fits and describes <b><i>the fall of Satan</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">(Edited for clarity) … </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer … art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>the nations</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For thou hast said in thine heart, I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">will </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>ascend into heaven</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God … I will </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>ascend above the heights of the clouds</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">; I will be like the most High … Is this the man that made </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>the earth to tremble</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, that did shake </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>kingdoms</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> … That made the </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>world as a wilderness</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, and </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>destroyed the cities</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> thereof …"</i></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Did God have a </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>previous </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">creation?</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>Yes</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">,</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i> I believe He did</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"Isaiah 14:12-17" </i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">speaks of … </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"nations, heaven, clouds, earth, kingdoms, a wilderness, and destroyed cities." </i>This scripture lists all the ingredients needed for a <b><i>pre</i></b>-<b><i>Adamic</i></b> earth to fit squarely between <b><i>Genesis 1:1</i></b>, (the creation millions of years ago) and <b><i>Genesis 1:2</i></b>, (how the earth is left in <b><i>chaos</i></b> from God’s judgment) after the fall of Satan.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">In <b><i>Genesis 1:1</i></b> we have God creating the heavens and the earth … <b><i>in the beginning</i></b> … what ever that means as I have already covered.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I must <b><i>note here</i></b><i>,</i> the word used for the act of creation, is the Hebrew word <i>"</i><b><i>bara</i></b><i>"</i> … pronounced, <i>baw-raw'</i> … meaning … <i>"</i><b><i>to create out of nothing</i></b>.<i>"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>This would describe<b><i> the original creation</i></b> in <b><i>the eternal dateless past</i></b><i>.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">A quick look at <b><i>Hebrews 11:3</i></b> verifies that God created the <b><i>worlds </i></b><i>…</i><b><i> </i></b>(plural) … <b><i>out of nothing</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Including the original <b><i>pre</i></b>-<b><i>Adamic</i></b> earth.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have no problem with that.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">In <b><i>Genesis 1:3</i></b> and on … when God <i>"</i><b><i>made</i></b><i>"</i> anything, the word used<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the Hebrew word <i>"</i><b><i>asah</i></b><i>" … </i>pronounced <b><i>aw</i></b><i>-</i><b><i>saw</i></b><i>’</i> … meaning … <i>"</i><b><i>to make out of existing material</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>The earth was already created, so God just spoke things back and restored things as they were originally.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So the <b><i>renewing</i></b> or the bringing back of the earth from <b><i>the chaos</i></b><i>,</i> including the Garden and Adam & Eve happened about 6,000 years ago, not millions of years ago in the eternal dateless past, as it was with the <b><i>original earth</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>More</i></b> <b><i>speculation </i></b>… I have read what some men think about Satan being in control of the <i>"</i><b><i>pre-Adamic</i></b><i>"</i> earth and what he did.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some say that he was the one who made all the dinosaurs and even the so called cave men.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Others say all the pre-historic men and beasts that roamed the earth were nothing but an experiment by God.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Continuing now in <b><i>Chapter two</i></b> … <i>"The heavens and the earth were finished … God blessed the seventh day … He rested from all His work which God </i><b><i>created</i></b><i> </i>(<i>"</i><b><i>bara</i></b><i>" … </i>from nothing)<i> and </i><b><i>made</i></b><i> </i>(<i>"</i><b><i>asah</i></b><i>" … </i>out of existing material.")</span></div>
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<span class="s1">And now <b><i>Chapter three</i></b>, which should be titled … <i>"The Fall."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>If I was Moses, my first sentence would be … <i>"</i><b><i>Woman</i></b><i>, </i><b><i>what have you done</i></b><i>?"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>But he starts it out with the serpent.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Was this really a <b><i>serpent</i></b> or did Satan <b><i>alter his appearance</i></b> and pretend he was the <b><i>serpent</i></b>, the only creature with the ability to speak?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We know that Satan can speak and hold a conversation … he did just that when he tempted Jesus years later. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Satan must have known about the two trees and the warning God gave Adam not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Really it was </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>a command</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> not just a warning.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I don’t know how Satan knew about all of this, other then the fact that he was an angel from the spirit realm, which made him </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>higher</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> than the natural human realm that Eve was from.</span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">We find Eve one day, standing by the <b><i>Tree of Life</i></b> ready to pick some more of <b><i>the life giving fruit </i></b>when the serpent enters and appeals to Eve saying that <b><i>the fruit</i></b> of the <b><i>Tree of Knowledge</i></b> would give her wisdom and make her <i>"</i><b><i>like God</i></b><i>"</i> … knowing both good and evil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>By Eve <b><i>not knowing evil</i></b>, the serpent was implying that this represented a lack of<i> </i><b><i>wisdom</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">As Eve spoke with the serpent, she <b><i>added</i></b> to God's commandment by saying that she was forbidden to even <i>"</i><b><i>touch</i></b><i>"</i> the Tree of Knowledge.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The serpent found what Satan was looking for … a <b><i>misunderstanding</i></b> of God's word, teaching us the importance of not only knowing <b><i>God's Word</i></b>, but also the need to understand it. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Because she had a <b><i>misunderstanding</i></b> of God's word she began perhaps to <b><i>doubt</i></b> everything else that God had said, and this led to her decision to <b><i>eat</i></b><i> </i>the forbidden fruit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When Eve … <i>"</i><b><i>saw</i></b><i> that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the </i><b><i>eyes</i></b><i>, and a tree to be </i><b><i>desired</i></b><i> to make one wise, she </i><b><i>took</i></b><i> of the fruit thereof, and </i><b><i>did eat</i></b><i>, and gave also to her husband </i><b><i>with her</i></b><i>, and he did eat also."</i><b><i> </i></b><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">You know the rest … God kicked them out of the garden so they <b><i>could not continue</i></b> to eat the fruit of the<i> "</i><b><i>Tree of Life</i></b><i>" </i>as I believe they had done since God had created them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some people believe that Adam and Eve had never, up to the point they were kicked out of the garden, had yet eaten any of the fruit from the Tree of Life.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I believe they had.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We do not know how long they lived in this garden.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe they could have been there for years or even hundreds of years … the Bible doesn’t say.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Oh some will say, yes it does, and point to <b><i>Genesis 5:5 </i></b>… <i>"And all the days that Adam lived were </i><b><i>nine hundred and thirty years</i></b><i>: and he died." <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">They may be right.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It does say that … but in my heart and mind … I believe Adam lived<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">nine hundred and thirty years </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>after </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">they left the protection of the garden.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I just don’t think </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>time was relevant </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">to them one way or another in the garden.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Had they</span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i> not sinned </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">they would still be there, alive and well, by eating of the tree of life.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">That is what it was for.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">There was no prohibition from eating it’s fruit; it was in fact designed for their use, to </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>support </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">and </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>maintain</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> their natural lives.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>"</i><b><i>Where did Cain get his wife</i></b><i>?"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>I contend and believe that Eve <b><i>gave birth to many children</i></b> before they were driven out of the garden … all of which were <b><i>girls</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This is the only logical explanation that answers this question.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>God told them to <i>"Be fruitful, and </i><b><i>multiply</i></b><i>, and replenish the earth"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i> … and so they did.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Which is exactly what I just said … there are <b><i>no </i></b>other possibilities.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If God would have created a bunch of women outside of the garden, then Eve would not be called … <i>"The mother of </i><b><i>all</i></b><i> living" </i>… in the Bible.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">So where do we go from here?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I hope I have offered <b><i>possible </i></b>answers for more questions than I have created.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Just remember … I offer only <b><i>supposition</i></b>, <b><i>speculation </i></b>and <b><i>my</i></b> <b><i>opinions </i></b>… not Scripture.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I have tried to address<b><i> the creation story</i></b> as best I could, including some<b><i> questions </i></b>that aren’t<i> </i>fully answered or explained completely.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Most of those questions<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… and the answers I have suggested … <b><i>will not change where you will spend eternity</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">I never <b><i>intend to do injury </i></b>or <b><i>harm</i></b> to the Word of God or cause <b><i>doubt</i></b><i> </i>or<i> </i><b><i>unbelief </i></b>to the heart and mind of those who read what I put in print.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have always tried to be true to the Word of God for the past 8 or 9 years that I have written and posted to my blog …<i> "</i><b><i>God’s Answer Is Always Jesus</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-32374564047278359762018-03-02T20:25:00.000-08:002018-03-02T20:30:19.354-08:00He was a Man <style type="text/css">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Having already written a blog post a few years ago entitled</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">“</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>Understanding Men</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">”</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> dealing with the same subject, which is ... </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>men</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>be careful what you look at</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Looking at the wrong thing can change your life ... if you allow it to.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">In the following example, we have a man<i> </i><b><i>looking</i></b><i> </i>at the wrong thing accidentally ... in this case it was a beautiful woman … and then through this encounter, he allowed <b><i>lust</i></b><i> </i>to form in his heart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This<i> </i>is the situation <b><i>King David</i></b> found himself in.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">2nd Samuel 11:2 ... <i>"And it came to pass in the evening, that David arose from his bed,</i> (perhaps from the evening heat, which would explain the following) <i>and walked upon the flat roof of his house, and from the roof he </i><b><i>saw a woman washing herself</i></b><i>; and the woman was </i><b><i>very beautiful</i></b><i> to look upon."</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">No one really knows why <b><i>Bathsheba </i></b>was bathing late in the evening.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She may have<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">waited until it was cooler after </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">sundown which would allow her to bathe on her balcony</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">or even on the rooftop in </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>seclusion</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> ... or so she thought. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">So with David, <b><i>looking </i></b>turned into <b><i>watching</i></b>, and watching turned into <b><i>thoughts of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>desire</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, and desire grew into </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>lust</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">and lust became </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>sin</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">All David had to do was divert</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">his eyes and turn away ... but he didn't.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>He was a man</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">When men, trying to excuse their lustful desire say ...<i> "I can't help myself" </i>... they're lying.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Go ahead, try blaming God for making you this way, it won't work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Apostle James wrote about this very same subject on the first page of his letter to the Christian Jews when he said to them ...</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am </i><b><i>tempted of God</i></b><i>: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But every man is tempted, when he is </i><b><i>drawn away of his own lust</i></b><i>, and enticed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then when</i><b><i> lust hath conceived</i></b><i>, it bringeth forth </i><b><i>sin</i></b><i>: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><b><i>Do not err</i></b><i>, my beloved brethren."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Let's be real honest here ... Bathsheba <b><i>bathing in the moonlight</i></b> would catch any man's eye.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Any normal man would be tempted to take a second look even longer than the first glimpse was.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I'm being as<b><i> honest</i></b> here as I can.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Even me</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">This was perhaps the greatest <b><i>temptation</i></b> David ever faced.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But do not forget ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>temptation is not sin</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Looking </i></b>… wasn’t sin.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You can't help what you see.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But was <b><i>watching </i></b>Bathsheba bathe sin?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Not quite yet, but it <b><i>opened the door</i></b> to sin. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Watching I'm sure, quickly turned into </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>desire</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> ... now David is </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>walking through </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">that door.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">But is </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>desire</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, sin?</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Take the next step with David ... </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>his desire </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">from watching a beautiful woman bathe, now turns into </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>lust</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Okay, let's look at what James said ... </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"when</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i> lust hath conceived</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, it bringeth forth<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>sin</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The Greek word for </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>lust</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, as </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">used here is</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> "epithumia" </i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">(pronounced </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">ep-ee-thoo-</i><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">mee'-ah</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">) and means simply ... </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>a longing</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">,</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>a desire </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">(especially for what </span>is forbidden).</div>
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<span class="s1">I also want to look at the word <b><i>conceived</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Normally we think of a baby being<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">conceived in the womb.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">This isn't quite like </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">that, although it is close.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The word James</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">uses in the Greek is </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"sullambanō" </i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">(pronounced </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">sool-lam-ban'-o</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">) and means ... </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">to clasp</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">that is, </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">to</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">seize, </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>to catch</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>take</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>captive</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I may be splitting hairs with this <b><i>conclusion</i></b>, but when David saw Bathsheba bathing,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">as far as we know an unplanned </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">accident; and then because he stayed and </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>kept on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>looking</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, David's desire became ... </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>lustful desire</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> ... and just as </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">James said, lust was</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>conceived</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and took him </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>captive</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">When you are taken captive by someone or something, you are not in charge any more ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">your </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>captor</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> is in charge.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Each </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">and every step David took in the process that night, </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>set<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>him up</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> for sexual lust, that </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>longing</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, that </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>forbidden desire</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> to </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">have Bathsheba took</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">him </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>captive</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">With women I’m not to sure, but with men, one of the times or occasions just might be</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">... looking at </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>their own </i></b><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>Bathsheba</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-89421766681854326382017-11-18T10:31:00.001-08:002017-11-18T10:54:27.733-08:00Justification<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">What is <b><i>justification</i></b><i>?</i> It is the declared purpose of God to regard and treat sinners who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ <b><i>as if they had not sinned</i></b>, on the ground of the merits of the Saviour. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">A Saviour was provided … <b><i>before sin was committed</i></b> … and the method of man's redemption <b><i>was settled</i></b> even before his creation <b><i>without any regard</i></b> to any works or merits of men. Man's redemption is <b><i>wholly owing</i></b> to the <b><i>sovereign will</i></b> and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <b><i>grace of God</i></b>. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">None has said it better than the writer of The Book of Hebrews when he wrote about <b><i>the finished work</i></b> of Jesus as our High Priest … </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">When believers in Christ somehow feel </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>the need</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> to do something </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>more </i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">than just </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>simply believe</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> that Jesus paid the price … they are doing exactly what Moses did; and that is … </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>to imply</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> that Christ's </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>death on the cross</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> … </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>was not effectual</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> or </i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>sufficient</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> … more has to be done. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Jesus said … <i>"</i><b><i>It is finished</i></b><i>."</i> Nothing more <b><i>can</i></b> be added or <b><i>should</i></b> be added to what Jesus did on the cross. God wouldn't accept it anyway. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">All believers should have <i>"</i><b><i>good works</i></b><i>"</i> in their lives. But these actions or works, should be <i>"</i><b><i>automatic</i></b><i>"</i> … they should just happen; the love of God in us <b><i>should birth them</i></b> in our lives. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Do we do them <b><i>automatically</i></b> out of love; or do we do them … <i>"</i><b><i>to make our salvation more secure</i></b><i>?"</i> </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Have you noticed that </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>normal behavior</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> for the natural man is to fulfill the desires of the flesh.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The base </span>human nature, seemingly right from birth, wants whatever our fleshly body needs to feel good.</div>
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<span class="s1">We are completely <b><i>fallen creatures</i></b>, and without a <b><i>spiritual rebirth</i></b> you will be controlled by the appetites of the unregenerate soul and flesh of your natural man.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">That <b><i>spiritual rebirth</i></b> used to be called being <b><i>Born Again</i></b> … hopefully in most churches it still is.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you are normal (whatever that is) then you know that this planet and all life on earth didn’t just happen … everything that is … was created by God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Including you.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The problem with the <b><i>natural man</i></b> without this spiritual rebirth is something called <i>"</i><b><i>Sin</i></b><i>"</i> … resulting from our base normal behavior.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Like … <i>"If it feels good do it." <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Have you heard of the <i>"</i><b><i>Jesus Story</i></b><i>?"</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That’s where after creating man and knowing how he would live by following after only the <b><i>sinful desires</i></b> of the flesh instead of obeying God’s rules for life, like the Ten Commandments for example … and being the loving God that He is, sent Jesus to bring that <b><i>spiritual rebirth</i></b> called being Born Again.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">When God created man, He gave him a body of flesh and placed within that body a <b><i>living spirit</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The joining of the flesh and spirit together as one, produces what is called … our soul.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">There is a <b><i>misconception</i></b> that the <b><i>soul</i></b> is just another name for your <b><i>human spirit</i></b> … the part of you that lives forever.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It's <b><i>not</i></b> the same thing.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We are a <b><i>spirit</i></b> and we live in a <b><i>body </i></b>made of flesh.<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i> Some say the soul is your mind and thoughts … which is partly right.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I like to think of the <b><i>soul</i></b> as a compartment, or a<b><i> battleground</i></b> inside where the flesh and the human spirit <b><i>fight</i></b> over which one gets its way, including <b><i>the control</i></b> over your actions.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">From <b><i>my observations</i></b> of life in general, as well as what <b><i>I have experienced</i></b> in my own life … the <b><i>soul</i></b> is tied more closely <b><i>to the flesh</i></b> … which includes the<b><i> mind</i></b> and the <b><i>reasoning process</i></b> than it is to the <b><i>spirit of man</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It's in the <b><i>soul</i></b> where your thoughts, desires and appetites of the flesh,<b><i> if</i></b> allowed will <b><i>grow</i></b> and <b><i>develop</i></b> in strength to the point where they can <b><i>win the battle</i></b> and <b><i>defeat</i></b> what your spirit, heart and <b><i>will</i></b> wants to do.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And so your body <b><i>yields </i></b>to sin.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Your <b><i>free</i></b><i> </i><b><i>will</i></b> … that’s another part of our make-up that God has given us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Let me just say quickly here, your <b><i>will</i></b> is free to make<b><i> choices</i></b> of the heart as to follow after things of the <b><i>spirit</i></b> or the <b><i>natural man </i></b>and the desires of the flesh.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">That <b><i>spiritual rebirth </i></b>I spoke about, is allowing <b><i>Jesus</i></b> into your life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Really it’s allowing His Holy Spirit to contact your human spirit and start the <b><i>new birth</i></b> process.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Being born again is really an <b><i>awakening</i></b> of your <b><i>human spirit </i></b>within your being that <b><i>was controlled</i></b> by the appetites of the unregenerate soul and flesh of your natural man.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This body of flesh is <b><i>never</i></b> born again.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is only <b><i>trained to live</i></b> a new lifestyle by your newly awakened <b><i>human spirit</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The new birth is a <b><i>spiritual rebirth</i></b> so to speak, an <b><i>awakening to spiritual things</i></b> that only affects the heart of your <b><i>will</i></b> not your flesh.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><b>Normal behavior</b></i> for the natural man is to fulfill the desires of the flesh; but after being <b><i>born again</i></b> and making Jesus <b><i>the Lord of your life</i></b>, the Holy Spirit strengthens your <b><i>will</i></b> to follow after God's ways and you learn to start saying <b><i>no</i></b> to the <b><i>sinful desires</i></b> of the flesh … with the Lord's help.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Right in the middle of Hebrews 12:1, the writer says, <i>"... let us lay aside every weight, and </i><b><i>the sin</i></b><i> which doth </i><b><i>so easily</i></b><i> beset us ..."</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The first thing we are instructed to do is to ... <i>"lay aside </i><b><i>every</i></b><i> weight"</i> ... which means any <b><i>burden</i></b> you carry or anything that becomes a <b><i>hindrance </i></b>to you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Whatever it may be, we are exhorted to <b><i>lay it aside</i></b>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">You remember the story in Matthew 14:22-33 … Peter sees Jesus walking past them on the water, right in the middle of the storm, where </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>He sent them</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, and Peter asks Jesus if he can do the same thing.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">It's that God also <b><i>arranges </i></b>for<b><i> </i></b>us to encounter <b><i>the storms in life</i></b> just as His disciples did.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And when we are out on that stormy sea, if we start to sink and cry out to Jesus as Peter did … <i>"</i><b><i>Lord save me</i></b><i>"</i> … you may hear the very same thing Peter heard.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The word<b><i> doubt</i></b> used here is <i>"distazo"</i> and it means … to <b><i>duplicate</i></b> or <b><i>think twice</i></b>, to <b><i>waver</i></b> <b><i>mentally</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Peter was walking on the water just fine <b><i>until</i></b> he started looking around.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"But when he</i><b><i> saw</i></b><i> the wind …"</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">They were in fact a <b><i>distraction</i></b> that caused him to take his eyes off Jesus … where <b><i>the miracle power</i></b> really came from.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The power came from God, but the<b><i> faith</i></b> or <b><i>lack of it</i></b> was all Peter's … proven by the fact that Jesus didn't sink, Peter did.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">What if <b><i>the storm</i></b> was but <b><i>a test</i></b>, (as it is many times with us) <b><i>a life lesson</i></b> to show Peter how much<b><i> real</i></b> <b><i>faith </i></b>he had.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Peter had <b><i>real faith</i></b> or he couldn't have walked on water. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">It was Peter's<i> </i><b><i>trust</i></b> in Jesus that allowed him to <b><i>believe</i></b> that if his Lord told him, <i>"Come, step out of the boat and … </i><b><i>do what I'm doing</i></b><i> … walking on water," </i>he believed he could.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Peter believed Jesus would never tell him to do something he couldn't do, so without <b><i>thinking</i></b> <b><i>twice</i></b>, he just went for it <b><i>by faith</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Stepping out of the boat <b><i>was not</i></b> what got him in trouble.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was simply this … after receiving the Word from the Lord, <i>"Come, walk with me,"</i> and after acting on it, Peter had a <i>"</i><b><i>distazo</i></b><i>"</i> moment.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He <b><i>wavered</i></b> mentally and <b><i>thought twice</i></b> about where he was and what he was doing … but only <b><i>after </i></b>he was walking on water.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">This <b><i>life lesson</i></b> is not about <i>"</i><b><i>great faith</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>It's about … <i>"</i><b><i>puny</i></b><i>, </i><b><i>brief faith</i></b><i>."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>And isn't it true that he had enough of this <b><i>puny</i></b><i>, </i><b><i>brief</i></b><i> </i><b><i>faith</i></b> to walk on water.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">If the Greek rendering of <i>"</i><b><i>little faith</i></b><i>"</i> is right, it also says that we are <b><i>not naturally disposed</i></b> to even this <b><i>puny</i></b> <b><i>faith</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I'm not speaking of <b><i>doubt</i></b><i> and </i><b><i>unbelief</i></b><i> </i>which is opposite of faith.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The word <b><i>doubt</i></b> in the question Jesus asked Peter is really <b><i>not the right translation</i></b> of the word.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As I stated earlier, it is <i>"distazo"</i> meaning to <b><i>think twice</i></b>, to <b><i>waver mentally</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">As man, we tend to rank sin.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I don’t believe God does.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Missing the mark, breaking God’s laws, big sin, little sin … it doesn’t matter … sin is sin.</span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">But even so, I’ve been thinking about what I believe may have been the two greatest sins ever committed by man.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m not sure how to rank them as first and second.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Looking next for the second worst or second greatest sin ever committed by man is a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">relatively</span> easy choice at least for me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He’s the one person that Jesus said in Matthew 26:24 … <i>"it would have been better for this man had he never been born."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><br />
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<span class="s1">Part of the Judas story of betrayal is found in John 13:2-30 … <i>"And supper being </i><b><i>ended</i></b><i>, the devil </i><b><i>having now put</i></b><i> into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to</i><b><i> betray</i></b><i> Him ..."</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>"Having now </i><b><i>put betrayal </i></b><i>into the </i><b><i>heart</i></b><i> of Judas"</i> …<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>The meaning of this passage is that Satan <i>"</i><b><i>inclined</i></b><i>"</i><b><i> </i></b>the mind of Judas to do this, made him feel willing or favorably disposed to sell Him out ... Satan <b><i>tempted him</i></b> to betray the Lord.</span></div>
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Satan can tempt no one <b><i>unless </i></b>there is <b><i>some inclination of the mind</i></b>, some natural <b><i>tendency</i></b> or <b><i>propensity</i></b><i>; </i>a disposition to <b><i>behave</i></b><i> </i>in a certain way, something naturally born in our flesh that he can make use of.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Satan can present temptations of all types<b><i> fitted to </i></b>the propensity <b><i>that he already knows about</i></b> in each individual's<b><i> soul</i></b>, which is tied <b><i>closer</i></b> to the flesh than to the spirit; and because he is <b><i>already under</i></b> the influence of a strong <b><i>inherent</i></b> <b><i>inclination </i></b>to do so …<i> </i>then man <b><i>yields</i></b> to this <b><i>personal temptation</i></b>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Satan's end game in this temptation was to work upon Judas <i>"</i><b><i>to betray</i></b><i>"</i> Christ into the hands of His enemies, in order to <b><i>put Him to death</i></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All of this was known by Jesus, which He prophesied to His disciples that one of them would betray Him; yet it was an action which one would think, <b><i>could never</i></b> <b><i>have entered</i></b> into the <b><i>heart</i></b> of Judas … <b><i>had not the devil put it there</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Judas was an apostle of Christ's; and from this <b><i>we should all learn</i></b> even the highest office, and greatest gifts, cannot keep men<b> <i>from</i></b> the temptations of Satan.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The manner in which he tempted him was this … Satan <i>"</i><b><i>put</i></b><i>"</i> which means <i>"</i><b><i>cast</i></b><i>"</i> a fiery dart into his very heart <i>(</i><b><i>thoughts</i></b><i> or </i><b><i>mind</i></b><i>)</i>; which shows <b><i>the access Satan has</i></b> <b><i>into</i></b>, and <b><i>the influence he has</i></b> <b><i>upon</i></b> … the <b><i>minds</i></b> of men.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Wasn't this temptation of Judas just about the same as Satan's temptation of Eve in the Garden 4,000 years earlier?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>With both, he planted new thoughts and lies in their minds.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Satan’s game plan hasn’t changed in 6,000 years.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He is still temping man in the very same way today as then.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">When men can sin, <b><i>knowing that God sees it all</i></b>, it shows that the heart is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">fully set in them to do evil, and </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">there is nothing that will restrain them from sin. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">God </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>will not</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> interfere with a man's </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>choice</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, with a man's </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>free </i></b><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>will</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">This is why</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">there is so much evil in the world today, just as then. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I will confess that I was there physically, but spiritually, in my soul, there wasn’t much going on.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m not sure how to describe my feelings or my attitude.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I suppose I could attribute who I was that morning and how I felt on the fact that I sometimes feel somewhat melancholy ... not really sad or pensive ... perhaps a little depressed, but if I was down for some reason, I don’t remember why.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The <b><i>disciples</i></b> of Jesus, the ones who walked closest to Him during the three and a half years of His public ministry, seem to have displayed a greater power and spiritual authority than the average believer has today. Miracles of healing were seen as almost common place to them as they proclaimed their <b><i>faith in</i></b>, and the <b><i>authority</i></b> given them through <b><i>the name of Jesus</i></b>. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Could it be</i></b> that walking with Jesus during this time had a special effect on them <b><i>that we today</i></b> can't receive since we were not in <b><i>physical contact</i></b> with Him as they were? Did something <b><i>rub off </i></b>on them? According to <b><i>John 20:22</i></b><i>,</i> He even <b><i>breathed</i></b> on the disciples to receive the Holy Spirit the evening of His resurrection as they were gathered together in fear of the Jews behind closed doors. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">But the disciples didn't receive the Holy Spirit until 50 days later on the day of Pentecost ... <b><i>or did they</i></b><i>?</i> Could it be the disciples <b><i>were filled</i></b> when He breathed on them, and the other 120 followers of Jesus were then filled later in the upper room. If you read Acts 2:1-14, you will notice that the disciples are not mentioned until Peter stands to speak about what is happening.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>The breath of Jesus</i></b>. I'm pausing here a moment thinking, what would it be like to have Jesus ... <b><i>breath on me</i></b><i>?</i> Would I be different? </span></div>
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<span class="s1">As the creator, He also <b><i>breathed</i></b> on Adam and he became a living soul. We should not ever forget that <b><i>our breath</i></b> is from Him and it's just <b><i>on loan to us</i></b>. Oh, and when God chooses to take it back, we will have to relinquish it back to Him, won't we? We won't have a say in the matter either. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Could it be</i></b> ... that the disciples, walking with Jesus daily, hearing His words, feeling His touch, eating their meals with Him, as well as His <b><i>breathing on them</i></b> ... did <b><i>any </i></b>of these things contribute to their boldness and authority in proclaiming the name of Jesus as they started the </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">first century church.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">In my August 12th, 2011 post, I wrote about the </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>Disciple John</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> ... as I saw him in my mind's eye, </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>Covered in Blood</i></b><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> as he helped take the body of Jesus down from the cross.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">In it I asked this question; because of having the physical blood of Jesus smeared upon John's back and shoulder as he carried the body of Jesus, </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>could it be</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> that is the reason he lived to be an old man?</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">He was the </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>only</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>disciple</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> that died a natural death around A.D. 100 and was most likely in his late nineties when he died.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">It seems to me that John was different then the others, <b><i>closer to Jesus</i></b>, taken under His wing so to speak. Jesus even gave the care of His mother to him. He's the only disciple who didn't run away from the crucifixion of Jesus. Oh well ... these are just my random thoughts. Pay no mind to them. I don't either some times.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We know that the disciples of Jesus had many miracles in their ministries within the 1st century; <b><i>John</i></b> being the last of the twelve to die. History also records that men like <b><i>Polycarp</i></b> (A.D.65-155) who was a friend, student, and <b><i>disciple of John</i></b>, also had many miracles in his ministry as did his contemporaries like <b><i>Clement</i></b> and <b><i>Ignatius</i></b>. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">The label, <i>"</i><b><i>Apostolic Fathers</i></b><i>"</i> has been applied to them to <b><i>indicate</i></b> they were the generation that had <b><i>personal contact</i></b> with the twelve disciples. They provide <b><i>a link between</i></b> the disciples ... <b><i>who had personal contact with Jesus</i></b> ... and the later generations of Christians who came after the 1st century.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">So what am I getting at? From what I have read about miracles in church history, it reads something like this. Jesus had hundreds, even thousands of miracles during His ministry. Each of the disciples, those who had<b><i> personal contact with Jesus</i></b>, had perhaps hundreds of miracles themselves. No one kept count. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">The Apostolic Fathers, those who had <b><i>personal contact with the disciples</i></b>, (the ones who had personal contact with Jesus) also had many miracles ... but <b><i>fewer</i></b> than the disciples of Jesus had. Notice the </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">downward progression ... from thousands to hundreds to many fewer today.</span><br />
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<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>Could it be</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> ... the anointing faded like it did with Moses?</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The Apostle Paul explains in 2nd Corinthians 3:13 the reason why Moses, after receiving the Law and then coming down from the mountain placed a vail </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>over his face</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">After being in the presence of God, the face of Moses shone with </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>the glory of God</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> still upon it.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">(Exodus 34:29-35)</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The vail prevented the children of Israel from observing </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><i>the glory fading slowly from his face</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">So I ask, why couldn't <b><i>the glory</i></b>, <b><i>the</i></b> <b><i>anointing</i></b><i>,</i> <i>and</i> <b><i>the</i></b> <b><i>power</i></b> <b><i>of Jesus</i></b> ... given to the disciples and church fathers likewise have faded slowly away. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Many so called spiritual giants of the church over the past 800 years or so have suggested the same thing. I certainly don't know ... but it <b><i>looks as though</i></b> that might explain what has happened to the church.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">If one were to look at what John was instructed to write in the Book of Revelation in Chapters II and III concerning the seven churches ... which alludes to <b><i>seven different periods</i></b> of church history ... we read the words of Jesus as He begins telling the first church, <i>"</i><b><i>you have left your first love</i></b><i>." </i>And then it goes downhill from there as He addresses all seven.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Could it be</i></b> ... that the Church the disciples started in the first century has fallen<b><i> so far away</i></b> from what the church was intended to be, that the same <b><i>power</i></b> and <b><i>anointing</i></b> of the Holy Spirit has very few <b><i>places</i></b> or <b><i>people</i></b> to work with anymore? Is that why it <b><i>seems</i></b> as though God doesn't work miracles as <b><i>often</i></b> in this present church age?</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">John 12:1-3 <i>… "Jesus, </i><b><i>six days before</i></b><i> the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and </i><b><i>Martha served</i></b><i>: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took </i><b><i>Mary</i></b><i> a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and </i><b><i>anointed the feet</i></b><i> of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair …"</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Martha's sister Mary is always seen <b><i>at the feet of Jesus</i></b>, listening to His words, weeping at the graveside of her brother, or here <b><i>anointing</i></b> <b><i>His feet</i></b>. John confirms this act of love took place in <b><i>Martha's home</i></b> when he says … <i>"It was </i><b><i>that Mary</i></b><i> which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair</i><b><i>, whose brother Lazarus </i></b><i>was sick." </i>(John 11:2)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Next Jesus leaves Bethany and goes to Jerusalem. Is it just a remarkable coincidence, that on this very day, the tenth of Nisan, <b><i>four days</i></b> before the Passover, Jesus made His entry into Jerusalem? Could this act <b><i>represent </i></b>Israel bringing their lamb, into their house for the four day inspection? Just as the Passover lamb was inspected for four days … <b><i>so was Jesus</i></b>. No blemishes were found on this lamb; He was perfect. Even Pilate said, <i>"I find </i><b><i>no fault</i></b><i> in Him."</i> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">John 12:12-13 … <i>"On </i><b><i>the next day</i></b><i> much people that were come to the feast, </i>(for Passover) <i>when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him …"</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">After coming to Jerusalem, Jesus continued His normal teaching and also <b><i>cleaned the leaven </i></b>(sin) from the Temple, (His House) by driving the money changers away, and then two days before Passover, goes <b><i>back to Bethany</i></b>. Matthew 21:17 <i>… "And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there." </i>Here <b><i>Jesus is</i></b> <b><i>anointed</i></b> a second time, but not in Mary and Martha's house.<i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew 26:6-7 … <i>"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of </i><b><i>Simon</i></b><i> the leper, there came unto him </i><b><i>a woman</i></b><i> having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it </i><b><i>on his head</i></b><i>, as he sat at meat." </i>The first anointing by Mary was on <b><i>His feet</i></b> six days before Passover; the second anointing was on <b><i>His head</i></b> by an unknown woman two days before Passover.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">In this discourse about <b><i>the Passover pointing to Jesus</i></b> … I want to speak briefly about what took place in the courtyard at the end of the trial of Jesus. I am placing my remarks here because <b><i>chronologically</i></b> in the time line I am about to cover, there really isn't any place for my remarks to fit since I'm not covering the trial. But I feel a couple of points need to be made. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">John 18:38-40 <i>… "Pilate … went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them</i><b><i>, I find in him no fault</i> <i>at</i> <i>all</i></b><i>.</i> <i>But ye </i><b><i>have a custom</i></b><i>, that I should release unto you one </i><b><i>at the passover</i></b><i>: will ye therefore that I </i><b><i>release unto you the King of the Jews</i></b><i>? Then cried they </i><b><i>all</i></b><i> again, saying, </i><b><i>Not</i></b><i> </i><b><i>this man</i></b> (Jesus)<i> … but </i><b><i>Barabbas</i></b><i>."</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew 27:25 states this … <i>"Then answered </i><b><i>all</i></b><i> the people, and said, </i><b><i>His blood be on us</i></b><i>, and on </i><b><i>our children</i></b><i>."</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a custom that had been established to <b><i>symbolically</i></b> <b><i>represent the scapegoat </i></b>(with the sins of the nation<b><i> </i></b>placed on it, Leviticus 16:7-10) that was set free each year on <b><i>the day of Passover</i></b>. Pilate felt obligated to honor this custom which allowed a criminal, chosen by the people, to be set free from his sentence of death.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">But this year things were slightly different … not in what they did, but in <b><i>whom</i></b> they chose … <b><i>Barabbas</i></b>. In Luke 23:18, the people … <i>"cried out </i><b><i>all</i></b><i> at once, saying … </i><b><i>release unto us</i></b><i> Barabbas …" </i>Without knowing, the people were in reality saying the following … <i>"</i><b><i>Release the Son of the Father</i></b><i>." </i>The name Barabbas, when you break it down is this … <b><i>Bar</i></b> means <i>"son" </i>and <b><i>abbas</i></b> means <i>"father."</i> They were asking for <i>"the </i><b><i>Son</i></b><i> of the </i><b><i>Father</i></b><i>"</i> to be released. And who is the Son of the Father? <b><i>Jesus</i></b>. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Again, even the cry of the people … <b><i>points to Jesus</i></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">There is also <b><i>a phrase </i></b>in Exodus Chapter 12 that we should take note of in the instruction God gives Moses concerning the death of the Passover lamb. It was this … <i>"</i><b><i>the whole assembly</i></b> of the congregation of Israel <b><i>shall kill it in the evening</i></b>.<i>"</i> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">How true this scripture turned out to be … it was as if <b><i>the whole assembly of Israel</i></b> did kill Jesus, God's Passover Lamb … and <b><i>His blood</i></b> <b><i>was on</i></b> <b><i>them</i></b> <b><i>and their</i></b> <b><i>children</i></b> from generation to generation.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">By saying <i>"</i><b><i>let His blood be on us</i></b><i>,"</i> they were in reality saying … <i>"let us have the responsibility and suffer the punishment if we are wrong." </i> What a <b><i>fearful legacy</i></b> to leave your children; what an <b><i>awful inheritance</i></b> to leave for them. Because of these words <b><i>the history of the Jews</i></b> from that day forward has been <b><i>the darkest recorded</i></b> in the annals of history.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Now going on</i></b> … in looking at <b><i>the time line</i></b>, (the Last Supper, His arrest, trial and crucifixion) we have one of the <b><i>most</i></b> <b><i>difficult questions</i></b> of Scripture chronology … whether the Lord ate the Passover meal <b><i>one day before</i></b> the regular Jewish Passover, or at the <b><i>usual time</i></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Mark 14:12 … <i>"And </i><b><i>the first day</i></b><i> </i><b><i>of unleavened bread</i></b><i>, when they </i><b><i>killed the passover</i></b><i>,</i> (Wednesday the 14th)<i> his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?"</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Both Mark and Matthew say that it was <b><i>the day of</i></b> <b><i>the Passover</i></b>, (Wednesday the 14th) when His disciples <b><i>first enquired</i></b> about preparing for the Passover meal.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew 26:17-20 … <i>"Now </i><b><i>the first day</i></b><i> of the feast of unleavened bread </i>(Passover) <i>the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that </i><b><i>we prepare for thee to eat the Passover</i></b><i>? </i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>This could not be</i></b> … it could not have been <b><i>the first day</i></b> of the feast … because Jesus having <b><i>already eaten</i></b> His Passover meal with His Disciples, was betrayed, arrested, tried and beaten late on Tuesday night<b><i> thru</i></b> early Wednesday morning. He was then crucified around noon (the sixth hour) and died at 3 p.m. (the ninth hour) and was placed in the tomb <b><i>on Wednesday evening</i></b>, the 14th … the day of Passover itself.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The opinion that the Lord was already betrayed, tried, condemned and crucified <b><i>before the evening of the Passover itself</i></b> seems positively accurate.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">After Jesus eats the Passover meal on <b><i>Tuesday</i></b> evening … He goes to the Garden of Gethsemane and is betrayed, arrested, tried, crucified and is quickly placed in the tomb <b><i>on Wednesday evening</i></b>, the 14th … Passover itself.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>This is a fact</i></b> … Jesus would had to have died on <b><i>Passover</i></b> <b><i>Wednesday </i></b>in order to lay <b><i>three days</i></b> in the grave … Thursday, Friday and Saturday <i>(</i><b><i>the Jewish Sabbath</i></b><i>)</i> and then to <b><i>rise</i></b> and <b><i>leave</i></b> the tomb by Sunday morning …<b><i> the first day of the week</i></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm not really too concerned about any problems or <b><i>questions</i></b> some people may have about the timing of events <b><i>chronologically </i></b>leading up to the death of Jesus; nor evidently is God <b><i>since He allowed it</i></b> to be written as it is in the Gospels.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">I found it interesting as to how all the things done, the symbolism and the timing; it all does indeed … <b><i>point to Jesus</i></b>. The words of John the Baptist still ring true … <i>"Behold </i><b><i>the Lamb of God</i></b><i> which taketh away the sin of the world." </i></span></span></div>
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Through the years I've tried to understand <i><b>why Jesus wept</b></i> and even <b><i>groaned in His spirit</i></b> just before He raised His friend Lazarus from the dead. I think I know and understand why now. He hurt just like most of us do when death comes close to us. Jesus felt what we feel … <b><i>death hurts</i></b>. Death seems <b><i>so final</i></b> on this side of the grave.<br />
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No one died the evening Jesus sent His disciples to sea knowing He was sending them … <b><i>out into the storm</i></b>. A brief miracle was going to take place on this dark and stormy night. And as far as I know, it never happened again.<br />
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<b><i>Peter walked on water</i></b>. <br />
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You remember the story in Matthew 14:22-33 … Peter sees Jesus walking past them on the water, right in the middle of the storm, where<b><i> He sent them</i></b>, and Peter asks Jesus if he can do the same thing. <br />
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Is there <b><i>a life lesson</i></b> here? Yes, there is … one most people don't want to hear about.<br />
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It's that God also <b><i>arranges</i></b> for us to encounter <b><i>the storms in life</i></b> just as His disciples did. And when we are out on that stormy sea, if we start to sink and cry out to Jesus as Peter did … <i>"<b>Lord save me</b>"</i> … you may hear the very same thing Peter heard.<br />
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<i>"O you of little faith, why did you <b>doubt</b>?" </i><br />
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The word <b><i>doubt</i></b> used here is <i>"distazo"</i> and it means … to <b><i>duplicate</i></b> or <b><i>think twice</i></b>, to <b><i>waver mentally</i></b>.<br />
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Peter was walking on the water just fine until he started looking around. <i>"But when he <b>saw</b> the wind …"</i><br />
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How did Peter <b><i>see</i></b> the wind? He didn't. The word <b><i>saw</i></b> is <i>"blep'o"</i> and means <i>"to become aware"</i> … in this case, aware of the waves <b><i>the wind was making</i></b>; which by the way had nothing to do with being able to walk on water. They were not giving him buoyancy; they were not holding him up. <br />
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They were in fact a <b><i>distraction</i></b> that caused him to take his eyes off Jesus … where <b><i>the miracle power</i></b> really came from. The power came from God, but the <b><i>faith</i></b> or <b><i>lack of it</i></b> was all Peter's … proven by the fact that Jesus didn't sink, Peter did.<br />
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What if <b><i>the storm</i></b> was but <b><i>a test</i></b>, (as it is many times with us) <b><i>a life lesson</i></b> to show Peter how much <b><i>real faith</i></b> he had. Peter had <b><i>real faith</i></b> or he couldn't have walked on water. <br />
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It was Peter's <b><i>trust in Jesus</i></b> that allowed him to <b><i>believe</i></b> that if his Lord told him, <i>"Come, step out of the boat and … <b>do what I'm doing</b> … walking on water,"</i> he believed he could. Peter believed Jesus would never tell him to do something he couldn't do, so without <b><i>thinking twice</i></b>, he just went for it <b><i>by faith</i></b>. <br />
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Stepping out of the boat <b><i>was not</i></b> what got him in trouble. It was simply this … after receiving the Word from the Lord, <i>"Come, walk with me,"</i> and after acting on it, Peter had a <i>"<b>distazo</b>"</i> moment. He <b><i>wavered</i></b> mentally and <b><i>thought twice</i></b> about where he was and what he was doing … but only <b><i>after</i></b> he was walking on water. <br />
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<b><i>So what</i></b> if it was contrary to the laws of nature. Was he not doing what his Lord had given him permission to <b><i>accomplish</i></b>? Did you notice the words Jesus later used to describe Peter? <i>"O you of <b>little</b> faith."</i><br />
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The two words <b><i>little faith</i></b> is <i>"oligopistos"</i> meaning <b><i>incredulous</i></b> … something you are <b><i>not naturally disposed</i></b> to. This word <i>oligopistos</i> comes from the Greek word <i>"oligos"</i> meaning … <b><i>puny</i></b> or <b><i>brief</i></b>.<br />
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This <b><i>life lesson</i></b> is not about <i>"<b>great faith</b>."</i> It's about … <i>"<b>puny</b>, <b>brief faith</b>."</i> And isn't it true that he had enough of this <b><i>puny</i></b>, <b><i>brief faith</i></b> to walk on water? <br />
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If the Greek rendering of <i>"<b>little faith</b>"</i> is right, it also says that we are <b><i>not naturally disposed</i></b> to even this <b><i>puny faith</i></b>. I'm not speaking of <b><i>doubt </i></b>and <b><i>unbelief </i></b>which is opposed to faith. The word <b><i>doubt</i></b> in the question Jesus asked Peter is really <b><i>not</i></b> <b><i>the right translation</i></b> of the word. It is "<i>distazo"</i> meaning to <b><i>think twice</i></b>, to waver.<br />
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When you <b><i>ask</i></b> something of the Lord … the first word you receive will be <b><i>from the Lord</i></b>. The second word or thought that makes you <i>"<b>think twice</b>"</i> will be Satan trying to <b><i>take away the word of God that was sown in your heart</i></b> and replace it with a lie or half truth. Satan is a master at manipulating your thoughts. <br />
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So how does he do it? With a <i>"distazo"</i> moment … he causes you to <i>"<b>think twice</b>"</i> and you waver. Satan wants you to take your eyes off Jesus and see <b><i>only the storm</i></b> around you exactly as Peter did. If Satan can just get you to look around, <i>"<b>to become aware</b>"</i> of the <b><i>distractions</i></b> that usually come with the storm, then your <b><i>faith will be brief</i></b> … and you will give up.<br />
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I have found that <b><i>most miracles happen</i></b> … <b><i>in the midst of the storm</i></b>.<br />
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<i> "You need not be led into temptation, for you live in it already."</i><br />
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I read the above statement the other day as I was studying what is commonly called, <i>"the Lord’s prayer"</i> found in Matthew 6:9-15. What caught my attention was the phrase in this prayer ... <i>"Lead us not into temptation"</i> … as if God does that. Or does He?<br />
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If Jesus was teaching His disciples how to pray, and one of the petitions was … <i>"Lead us not into temptation"</i> … could we then rightfully ask this question … does God <b><i>lead us</i></b> into temptation? <br />
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The statement I started with … <i>"You need not be led into temptation, for you live in it already,"</i> can have two meanings. One meaning is that some people are living in daily sin by choice. They have yielded … they have ceased all resistance to the enemy of their soul. Another meaning could be that we all live in a world full of sin which require guarding our mind and soul from the influence of the evil one. We don’t need to be led into the temptation of sin … it is all around us … we live with it.<br />
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Most of what I am going to share comes from a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, May 17, 1863 by Charles H. Spurgeon. <br />
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The use of the word <i>"temptation"</i> in our translation of Scripture may be somewhat misleading. The word temptation itself has two meanings … to <b><i>try</i></b>, and to <b><i>entice</i></b>. When we read that God tempted Abraham, we are by no means to understand that He enticed Abraham to do anything that was evil. The meaning of the word in that place, is simply and only that God <b><i>tried him</i></b> or <b><i>put him to the test</i></b>. God does not entice.<br />
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To this point, Spurgeon says … <i>"I grant you that the word includes trial, as all temptation does, for all temptation, even if it is temptation from Satan, is in fact a trial from God."</i><br />
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So … if God <b><i>does not tempt men</i></b>, how can it be proper to pray, <i>"Lead us not into temptation."</i> Notice the text does not say, <i>"Lord, tempt us not,"</i> but it does say … <i>"Lead us not into temptation."</i> There is a vast difference between <i>leading into temptation</i>, and actually <b><i>tempting</i></b>!<br />
<i><b><br />God tempts no man</b>.</i><br />
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Spurgeon continues with … <i>"Our God and Father may … for wise ends, which shall ultimately serve His own glory, and our profit … lead us into positions where Satan, the world, and the flesh may tempt us, and so the prayer is to be understood in that sense of a humble self-distrust which shrinks from the conflict. There is courage here, for the suppliant calmly looks the temptation in the face, and dreads only the evil which it may work in him, but there is also a holy fear, a sacred self-suspicion, a dread of contact with sin in any degree. <br /><br />Let me observe that God, in no sense, so leads men into temptation as to have any share in the blame of their sin if they fall into it! God cannot possibly, by any act of His, become partner with man in his crime." </i><br />
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The devil tempts men that he may ruin them … but God tries men, and puts them where Satan may <b><i>try</i></b> or <b><i>entice</i></b> them … but God leads them into temptation like a type of probation; the process being a period of testing, observing their character, while closely monitoring their progress in <b><i>overcoming the flesh</i></b> as they walk by faith. <br />
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I love this example Spurgeon uses … <i>"By <b>these trials</b>, hypocrites fall, being discovered in the hour of temptation, just as the rough March wind sweeps through the forest, and finding out <b>the rotten branches</b>, snaps them from the tree … the fault being <b>not in the wind</b> … but in the decayed branch!"</i> <br />
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While the benefit which God brings out of <b><i>our being led into temptation</i></b> (learning to overcome) is a good thing … still, temptation in itself is dangerous … the trials themselves are so perilous, that it is still right and needful for the Christian to pray as Jesus taught His disciples, <i>"<b>Lead us not into temptation</b>."</i><br />
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Though, as Martin Luther says … <i>"temptation is the best school into which the Christian can enter; yet, in itself, apart from the grace of God, it is so doubly hazardous, that this prayer should be offered every day."</i><br />
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That being … <i>"Lead us not into temptation"</i> … but if we <b><i>must</i></b> enter into it, add the second part … <i>"Lord, deliver us from evil."</i><br />
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Comments welcome …Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-63795236433518100752016-08-25T10:58:00.000-07:002016-08-25T10:58:43.540-07:00Man’s Heart and Soul<br />A question was posed to me a few days back which I will try to answer the best way I can using what little knowledge of Scripture I have. The question was … <i>"Did God make man inherently good or evil?"</i><br /><br />I’m not sure if the word <i>"inherently"</i> gives the best description of what I want to center on, that being the spark of life God breathed into Adam and Eve, but I believe it fits within my narrative, meaning … <i>"in a permanent, essential, or characteristic way."</i><br /><br />In Genesis 1:31 … when God looked upon all that He had created He said, <i>"It was good."</i> And that included the man and the woman.<br /><br />He said that man was good even knowing that in time Adam would fall. The Bible is silent concerning how long it took before the tempter would confront Eve with the lie that changed … <b><i>everything</i></b>. We don’t know how long this fallen angel watched this new man and woman that were different than the rest of creation. They were made in God’s image and likeness. <br /><br />Satan didn’t want to confront them himself. Who were these two that some say might have looked like God, the one who had already kicked Satan and his followers out of Heaven. The <b><i>first</i></b> Adam is called the Son of God in <i>Luke 3:38</i>. So … could the first Adam have looked like God, or perhaps even like the Son of God … Jesus, who later by the Apostle Paul is also called the <b><i>last</i></b> Adam.<br /><br />1st Corinthians 15:45-46 … <i>"And so it is written, The<b> first man Adam</b> was made a living soul; the <b>last Adam</b> was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual."</i> <br /><br />It could have been years before Satan worked up the courage to send the serpent into the garden to plant the lie in the heart of the woman Eve. <br /><br />At first glance, the answer to the question … <i>"Did God make man good or evil?"</i> … seems to be <b><i>yes </i></b>… God made man originally good. He said so. But this is not speaking of what was in Adam’s heart and soul. It was only all good in God’s eyes, speaking of the creature He just made … because Adam and Eve met <b><i>all the requirements</i></b> God needed in this first man and woman.<br /><br />
God <b><i>endued the will of man</i></b> with a natural liberty called … the freedom of <b><i>choice</i></b> that was not … <b><i>predisposed</i></b> to <b><i>good</i></b> or <b><i>evil</i></b>. In other words … God remained completely neutral, not helping or supporting either side of the coming battle of <b><i>good</i></b> and <b><i>evil</i></b>.<br /><br />
God did not create them with a <i>"<b>bent</b>"</i> … with a natural inclination to choose sin. Adam and Eve both had the freedom and power of choice to do that which <b><i>was </i><i>good</i></b> and pleasing to God. I believe they would never have sinned had they not been <b><i>tempted </i></b>with Satan’s lies.<br /><br />
Because of their fall into <b><i>a state of sin</i></b>, we today are born with a <b><i>natural inclination</i></b> to choose sin and we have lost <b><i>all ability to will</i></b> ourselves by nature alone back to spiritual good.<br /><br />
So what looks like <b><i>permission to sin</i></b> by God giving man a free will and the <b><i>capacity to sin</i></b>, knowing that man <b><i>would sin</i></b> … even so, the sinfulness <b><i>proceeds only</i></b> from the man and <b><i>not from God</i></b> who can neither be <b><i>the author</i></b> or <b><i>approver</i></b> of sin. <br /><br />
Today … <b><i>natural man</i></b>, being altogether adverse to that spiritual good, is <b><i>not able</i></b> by his <b><i>own strength</i></b> to convert himself or to save himself from that <b><i>sinful nature</i></b>. <br /><br />
It is by God's grace and mercy <b><i>alone</i></b> … that <b><i>Jesus</i></b> brought to sinful man, total and complete salvation to <b><i>all</i></b> who would believe in Him.<br /><br />
I found the question … <i>"Did God make man inherently good or evil?"</i> … interesting.<br /><br />
Thank you Phillip … for always inspiring me to study.<br /><br /><br />
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Comments are welcome.<br /><br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-86039728799802052652016-07-08T13:59:00.000-07:002016-07-08T14:12:30.344-07:00In His Presence<br />
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I believe that I now understand the title of the little book … <i>"<b>The Practice of the Presence of God</b>"</i> by Nicholas Herman, a seventeenth century Carmelite monk from French Lorraine, known as Brother Lawrence.<br />
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In it he tells of his practice of acknowledging that God was always present <i>"<b>with him</b>"</i> where ever he was or what ever he was doing. <br />
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I've read the words from his heart in this little book, words like these ... <br />
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<i>"I spent hours in thinking of God, so as to convince my mind of, and to impress deeply upon my heart, the knowledge and love of God, resolving to live in a continual sense of <b>His presence</b>, and if possible never to forget Him anymore."</i><br />
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It didn't happen overnight. I'm sure he had to work at it ... and here's part of how he did it.<br />
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<i>"I worshiped Him the oftenest that I could, keeping my mind in His Holy <b>presence</b>, and recalling it as often as I found it wandered from Him.<br /><br />At times a crowd of wandering thoughts would <b>invade my mind</b> and take possession of the place of God; <b>when such happened</b>, I proceeded straightway to <b>expel them</b> and return to my <b>commune</b> with God."</i><br />
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Most believers know and except that God's presence is everywhere, even filling the universe. Simply stated ... God is everywhere. We can't go anywhere, where God is not.<br />
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But I want to look at this from another perspective. It's not so much that God is always present with us ... but it has become more meaningful to me if I say it this way ... that we are <b><i>always in His presence</i></b>.<br />
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Okay ... you say that is the same thing. Maybe ... but what if it's not. The air we breath is always around us. We just take that for granted, and we are thankful that it is. I don't want to take God's <b><i>presence</i></b> for granted like we do the air we breathe. <br />
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I always want to acknowledge that I am in <b><i>His presence</i></b> ... willfully desiring to present myself unto Him daily ... actively seeking more of Jesus, who by the way knows the worst about me and is still willing to spend time with me. <br />
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Being aware that I am in <b><i>His presence</i></b> every moment ... causes me to desire that all my actions, all that I do ... will be my very best as I attempt to please the Lord in all things. It has taken a while, but I think I'm getting a little better at including the Holy Spirit working along side of me in my daily routine.<br />
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Thru out the day I find little things that allows Me to give credit to the Lord ... like His helping hand being placed upon both Peg and me. The Lord gives us both so much, how can we not give Him all the praise and worship as often as we remember too.<br />
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<b><i>Graham Cooke</i></b> says that we should never <b><i>exit worship</i></b>. If we can breathe ... then worship should flow from us like our breath does. Breathe Him in, breathe <b><i>worship</i></b> out. Thanksgiving ... even for the little things that just goes right. <br />
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If I'm out in the hot sun working in my yard and I walk under the shade of one of my trees and I feel a cool breeze upon my back, I say ... <i>"<b>Thank you Lord Jesus</b>"</i> ... for I consider that refreshing breeze, His breath reminding me that He is still there. <br />
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To be ... <b><i>in His presence</i></b>. Think about that. We live every day in the very <b><i>presence of God</i></b> flowing in and around us. What a privilege we have been given. <br />
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There is nothing like being in ... <b><i>the presence of God</i></b>.<br />
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Most of us pray to God the Father in and thru the name of Jesus. This short video brings up a new thought ... at least it was for me. Graham Cooke has so much packed into this teaching I just had to share it. So ... open up your heart and mind and receive as much of it as you can without any fear that it's not in line with the Word of God. I believe it is. Enjoy ... <br />
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Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-20381721696412309162016-02-05T08:21:00.003-08:002016-05-23T12:03:32.180-07:00Thy Will Be Done<br />
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I'm looking at four words Jesus gave to His disciples, and by extension, Christians alive today as well. That's you and me ... believers, trying our best to be followers of Jesus.<br />
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The phrase ... <i>"Thy will be done ..."</i> is taken from what most people call <i>"The Lords Prayer,"</i> although it should be called, <i>"The Disciples Prayer"</i> because Jesus was teaching His disciples how to pray with this example. <br />
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I know I'm lifting part of this verse out of it's context, but I am of the opinion that no harm will be done to this scripture or it's meaning by doing so. I believe the following phrase can stand on it's own. <br />
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Matthew 6:10 b ... <i>"Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."</i><br />
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As an example to follow, Jesus models this prayer not only for His disciples, but it also alludes to the fact that we as believers should do His will here on earth just as all the inhabitants of heaven do. Angels, as well as all the other occupants never mix sin with their obedience and life in heaven.<br />
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Let's face it ... sin is our number one problem. Deliverance from that sin is what we need here on earth ... which leads me to the following question.<br />
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<i>"Would God put a petition in our mouths ... which was <b>impossible</b> to fulfill?"</i> Those in Heaven no longer sin ... God's will is done there.<br />
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Does this petition to God point out that we can have total deliverance from sin? Does this petition imply that we may live here on earth without sinning against God? Or is this impossible as long as we live in our bodies of flesh?<br />
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If God asks something from us, whether difficult or easy ... don't you think that He would give us the tools to perform the task at hand. The earth as a whole may not do His will, but as individual believers we can and should <b><i>start the process</i></b> the best way we know of. <br />
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If you keep reading the words of Jesus in this prayer ... He does say, <i>"forgive us of our debts"</i> ... meaning faults, failures and even sin.<br />
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So, I must conclude that this petition, this example Jesus gave ... is the <b><i>ultimate goal to attain</i></b> here on earth. To live each day learning what God's will is for us ... and then to fulfill that will ... <i>"as it is in heaven."</i> <br />
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Will you and I become sinless? No, I don't think so. At least that hasn't happened with me so far. But I can rest in my heart and soul until then that ... I'm forgiven.<br />
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Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-18326126918199167342015-12-10T10:06:00.002-08:002023-08-02T13:09:42.531-07:00My Thoughts About God<p><br />There is but <b><i>one</i></b> living and true God, who is <b><i>infinite</i></b> in being and perfection ... meaning ... He has no limits or boundaries because He is a <b><i>spirit</i></b>. He is <b><i>eternal</i></b>, with no beginning or end. He is forever and He is absolute, working <b><i>all things</i></b> according to the counsel of His <b><i>own</i></b> righteous and perfect <b><i>will</i></b>.</p><div>God has all life, glory and goodness <b><i>in</i></b> and <b><i>of</i></b> Himself and is all-sufficient <b><i>in</i></b> and <b><i>of </i></b>Himself, <b><i>not standing in need</i></b> of anything or any creature which He has made. He is the cause of <b><i>all being</i></b>, of whom, through whom, and for whom <b><i>are all things</i></b>. He has <b><i>sovereign dominion</i></b> with supreme authority and power over all things in <b><i>whatsoever He pleases</i></b>.<br />
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In His sight <b><i>all things</i></b> are open and naked. His knowledge is <b><i>infinite</i></b> ... having no limits, which makes Him <b><i>infallible</i></b> ... incapable of failure or error. God is totally <b><i>independent</i></b> and free from external control of any kind, so as nothing to Him is uncertain or contingent on circumstances.<br />
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God is also <b><i>immutable</i></b> ... meaning He is not subject to change. God cannot improve or become something less than He is. God is always <b><i>holy</i></b> in all His counsels, in all His works, and in <b><i>all His commands</i></b>. To Him is due from every creature including men or angels, whatever worship, service, or <b><i>obedience</i></b> He is pleased to <b><i>require of them</i></b>.<br />
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God as the Creator of all things, <b><i>upholds</i></b>, <b><i>directs</i></b>, <b><i>disposes</i></b>, and <b><i>governs</i></b> … <b><i>all</i></b> … <b><i>creatures</i></b>, <b><i>actions</i></b>, and <b><i>things</i></b>, from the <b><i>greatest</i></b> event to the <b><i>least</i></b>, by His <b><i>Sovereign Providence</i></b>, according to His <b><i>infallible foreknowledge</i></b>, and the counsel of His own <b><i>will</i></b>, goodness, grace and mercy … <b><i>forever</i></b>.<br />
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All things <b><i>come to pass</i></b> according to the <b><i>decree</i></b> of God, who is the <b><i>first cause</i></b>; yet, by the same <b><i>providence</i></b>, He has also ordained them to <b><i>fall away</i></b>, <b><i>change</i></b> or <b><i>dissolve</i></b> according to the nature of <b><i>second causes</i></b>; either by necessity, or contingent upon conditions or circumstances.<br />
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God, within His <b><i>providence</i></b>, makes use of <b><i>means</i></b>; yet is free to work <b><i>within</i></b> those means, <b><i>outside</i></b> those means or <b><i>against</i></b> those means ... at <b><i>His pleasure</i></b>. He has a right to give whatever <b><i>He so chooses</i></b>, in whatever proportions, at whatever times, and with whatever conditions <b><i>He pleases</i></b>. He may therefore give or withhold <b><i>any</i></b> or <b><i>all</i></b> of His blessings, as He pleases.<br />
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Within the providence of God, the power, wisdom, goodness and love of God becomes clearly apparent with the evidence that even <b><i>before the first sin</i></b>, He made a way for man <b><i>to be redeemed</i></b> from that sin through <b><i>Jesus</i></b> ... His only begotten Son.<br />
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God freely <b><i>ordains whatsoever comes to pass</i></b> ... but what looks like <b><i>permission to sin</i></b> by giving man a free will and the capacity to sin knowing that man would sin … even so, the sinfulness <b><i>proceeds only</i></b> from the man and <b><i>not from God</i></b> who can neither be <b><i>the author</i></b> or <b><i>approver</i></b> of sin.<br />
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God has <b><i>endued the will of man</i></b> with a natural liberty and freedom of choice that is not <b><i>predisposed</i></b> to <b><i>good</i></b> or <b><i>evil</i></b>. Man had the freedom and power of <b><i>choice</i></b> to do that which was good and pleasing to God ... but by his fall into <b><i>a state of sin</i></b>, lost <b><i>all ability to will</i></b> himself by nature to spiritual good.<br />
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So <b><i>natural man</i></b>, being altogether adverse to that spiritual good, is <b><i>not able</i></b> by his <b><i>own strength</i></b> to convert himself or to save himself from that <b><i>sinful nature</i></b>. It is by God's grace and mercy <b><i>alone</i></b> that <b><i>Jesus</i></b> brought to sinful man, total and complete salvation to <b><i>all</i></b> who would believe in Him.<br />
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As to <b><i>mankind</i></b> in general ... God <b><i>extends</i></b> or <b><i>withholds</i></b> His grace and mercy as He pleases in accordance with His <b><i>will</i></b> and <b><i>sovereign power over His creatures</i></b>. By doing so He <b><i>ordains them</i></b> to honor or dishonor in the same manner as seems good to the potter over the clay.<br />
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<b><i>And so it is with us today</i></b>.<br />
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My <b><i>final thought</i></b> that I leave with you after writing this blog these last 8 years is this ...<br />
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<b><i>God loves you</i></b>. He can't help Himself. <b><i>God is love</i></b>. <i>"God so loved the world"</i> ... you will find that in <b><i>John 3:16</i></b>. If you don't know the story ... look it up.<br />
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I dedicate this <b><i>final post</i></b> to my two beautiful daughters, Teresa and Tara whom I love more than life itself. I am a blessed man, and as a father I have enjoyed watching them grow in the knowledge of God's love as they pattern their lives after the example Jesus set for them.<br />
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Thank you Teresa. Thank you Tara. You made me want to be a better man.<br />
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<b><i>Love you both now and will throughout eternity</i></b>.<br />
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<br /></div>Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-68355602355961657462015-11-28T09:48:00.001-08:002015-11-28T09:48:31.887-08:00Just A Thought<br />
I had a new thought today about a story we all know well. It's the story of Peter and what he does after seeing Jesus walking on water. <br /><br />Peter gets out of the boat and starts his <b><i>mission </i></b>or <b><i>goal</i></b> to do what Jesus is doing ... walking on water. In my mind, I pictured Jesus about 20 or 30 yards away from Peter. Peter is getting wet from the blowing waves, splashing knee high or so from the storm.<br /><br />As I pictured this ... a question comes to mind.<br /><br />When does Peter begin to sink? It's <b><i>after</i></b> he reaches Jesus, <b><i>after</i></b> he has fulfilled his mission and goal ... <b><i>after</i></b> he had arrived where he thought Jesus wanted him to be.<br /><br />Peter had to have been <b><i>right next to Jesus</i></b> when he started to sink, for all Jesus had to do was to reach out and lift him up. If so ... this makes it more understandable as to why Jesus asks Peter ... <i>"Why did you doubt?"</i> He was standing on the water right next to Jesus.<br /><br />Also notice ... they were still in the storm when Jesus brought up Peter's faith ... <b><i>not the lack of it</i></b> ... but the <b><i>amount</i></b> of it. Jesus spoke these words to him ... <i>"O thou of <b>little</b> faith."</i> <br /><br />This word <i>"<b>little</b>"</i> that Jesus used is <i>"oligopistos"</i> in the original Greek Bible, pronounced <i>(ol-ig-op'-is-tos)</i> meaning lacking confidence, or puny. It can also mean <i>"incredulous"</i> ... a person unwilling or <b><i>unable</i></b> to believe something. Could it be that <b><i>walking on water</i></b> was something that Peter's life at this time was unable to grasp spiritually. <br /><br />But let's not be too hard on Peter. He is the only one of the disciples who comes down out of the ship based only on the one word from Jesus ... <i>"<b>Come</b>."</i> (Matthew 14:29) It is a bold undertaking based on no foundation, no support, no possibility of walking on water ... there is <b><i>nothing but faith</i></b> which looks to Jesus for walking on the water. Peter, as a mere man should sink by the very fact of being there. But he doesn't yet.<br /><br />If we can walk on the water, it's by <b><i>faith</i></b> ... the storm or the calm makes no difference. Often circumstances make us forget to keep our eyes upon Jesus, where faith in Him ought to enable us to overcome any storm. <br /><br />Notice ...<br /><br />It was <b><i>after</i></b> Peter reached Jesus ... that <b><i>failure</i></b> came. Is there a lesson here? We should never think that we have arrived or accomplished anything by ourselves. It's always Jesus. <br /><br />Just a thought ...<br />
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<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-57783059913734277962015-11-17T08:44:00.002-08:002015-11-17T08:47:21.013-08:00And The Napkin<br />
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John, the disciple that may have had a closer relationship with Jesus than the others usually has something more to say in his narrative about Jesus than the other gospel writers, or at least in my opinion it seems that way. Once again we find this is the case in the following portion of Scripture ... <i>John 20:1-8 </i>(edited for clarity.)<br />
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<i>"The first day of the week, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb where Jesus was placed and finds the stone that sealed the entrance has been rolled away. She runs to Peter and John and tells them that the body of Jesus is gone. John being younger outruns Peter to the tomb but stops at the entrance and only looks in. When Peter arrives moments later, he goes right on inside as John follows behind him but they find no body, only the linen burial clothes that Jesus had been wrapped in."</i><br />
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The way John writes about this makes me think that like Peter, he saw the linen clothes the body was wrapped in first, evidently because it made a bigger pile. Then they notice off to the side something strange. I'll pick up with John's words as he is standing at the entrance waiting for Peter to arrive ... <br />
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<i>"Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, <b>and the napkin</b>, that was about His head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself."</i> <br />
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Many Bible scholars have tried to explain why the napkin that had wrapped the head of Jesus was placed off to the side, apart from the rest of the burial clothes. I will share the following as one example ...<br />
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<i>"God through His providence arranged that the napkin would be folded and neatly placed separately in a place by itself as proof that the body of Christ could not have been stolen by the disciples as the chief priests would later say. If someone would have stolen His body, they would have snatched it away quickly without taking the time to strip the burial clothes from His body and lay them in separate places in an orderly fashion as the napkin was."</i> <br />
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This reasoning does have some merit ... it does sound reasonable. But I read something the other day that caught my attention.<br />
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Back in Jewish society during meal time, before, during, and even after the time of Christ, people of wealth had maids or kitchen help to serve the meals in the home. If the man of the house was called away from the meal for any reason he would leave the servants a sign as to what they should expect from him.<br />
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If he was finished with his meal he would use his napkin to wipe his mouth and fingers and leave the napkin in a heap by his plate. But if he <b><i>intended to return</i></b> to the table ... he would <b><i>neatly fold the napkin</i></b> and place it flat by his plate as a sign to show ... <b><i>he would return</i></b>.<br />
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Could this be the real reason Jesus folded up the napkin and laid it in a separate place by itself, away from the other linen clothes? Was He showing the world that <b><i>He would return again</i></b>?<br />
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Just a thought ...<br />
<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-8629582143785672602015-11-07T13:34:00.000-08:002015-11-07T13:34:22.532-08:00You Still Win<br />For a couple of years now, the church that Peg and I attend have been praying for one of our members to be healed of cancer. But for reasons <b><i>unknown to us</i></b>, that was not to be. She went to be with Jesus a few days ago.<br /><br />God is in charge of <b><i>what</i></b> happens, <b><i>when</i></b> it happens, <b><i>how</i></b> it happens and <b><i>why</i></b> it happens. This is true of <b><i>all events</i></b> from the beginning of time. He does this for our good and His glory.<br />
<br /> Although God is not the author of sin, sickness or disease, He still allows it to operate in the world. We’re not supposed to <b><i>understand</i></b> all this ... we’re simply supposed to <b><i>accept</i></b> it.<br /><br />I have written about this same thing before. Many times in the past when the outcome was different than what we prayed for, I have asked ... <i>"Why? Where is the healing? Isn't God true to His Word?"</i> Shame on me ... <b><i>of course He is</i></b>. <br /><br />So, what's the answer to the question why? Honestly, I have to say ... <b><i>I don't know</i></b>. But the Word of God <b><i>alludes</i></b> to a few reasons I want to share with you today.<br /><br />Deuteronomy 29:29 … <i>"The <b>secret things</b> belong unto the Lord our God, but the things which are <b>revealed</b> belong to us …"</i> <br /><br />In this verse we see a distinction is made between the <b><i>secret things</i></b> and the <b><i>revealed things</i></b>. I believe God only reveals to us what we need to know. Some things <b><i>remain hidden</i></b> from us. Things like <b><i>why</i></b> someone isn't healed. <br /><br />Proverbs 25:2 … <i>"It is the glory of God <b>to conceal</b> a thing …"</i> <br /><br />This statement can cover a whole host of things from <b><i>how long we live</i></b>, to what His <b><i>intentions</i></b> for your future are. God doesn't want you to know everything that's going to cross your path. God will not tell us <b><i>everything</i></b> or answer <b><i>every question</i></b> we have … including <b><i>why</i></b> He does this or that.<br /><br />Ecclesiastes 12:1 … <i>"Remember also your Creator, that you are <b>not</b> your own, but <b>His property</b> now …"</i><br /><br />And is it not true that God, <b><i>as the potter</i></b> can make you into any vessel <b><i>He chooses</i></b>? Does He not have that right? You are His … Jesus bought you with a price … His death on the cross. And even if you are not a believer, you still belong to God, <b><i>you are not your own</i></b>, if only because as your Creator, He made you. <br /><br />Isaiah 8:17 … <i>"And I will <b>wait</b> for the Lord, Who is <b>hiding</b> His face … and I will look for and <b>hope</b> in Him."</i><br />
<br />This is exactly what this dear woman did for the last couple of years ... <b><i>wait</i></b> with an earnest <b><i>hope</i></b> and a sincere belief in the healing power of God through the stripes placed upon the back of Jesus before He went to the cross.<br /><br />Some of the time it feels as if God is testing us by leaving us totally alone. No, He doesn't forsake us … it just <b><i>seems</i></b> that way. Especially when we or our loved ones are sick like this dear saint of God who just went to be with her Lord recently.<br /> <br />Isaiah 45:15 … <i>"Truly You are a God who <b>hides</b> Himself …"</i> <br /><br />This is the second time Isaiah said something like this. We have no say in<i><b> </b></i><b><i>God's business</i></b> or how He <b><i>conducts</i></b> Himself. I don't know why God heals one person and not another. <br /><br />Is it the <b><i>amount</i></b> of faith one uses? Does it take <b><i>more faith</i></b> to be healed of cancer than it does to be healed of the common cold? If it takes great faith ... then most of us are in trouble. I don't believe in trying to <b><i>measure faith</i></b>. What's the yardstick? <br /><br />I question not ... the amount of faith ... but whether or not it is <b><i>true faith</i></b>. <br /> <br />Jesus said over and over ... <i>"<b>If </b>you can <b>believe</b>, then ask what you will ..."</i><br /><br />1st Corinthians 2:16 … <i>"For who has known or <b>understood</b> the mind and <b>purposes</b> of the Lord …"</i> <br /><br />Even in healing ... it's <b><i>His business</i></b> and His alone. <br /><br />And if God keeps some things secret, it's because … <br /><br /><b><i>It's none of our business</i></b>.<br /><br />If God heals you ... <b><i>you win</i></b>. If God takes you to Heaven ... <b><i>you still win</i></b>.<br /><br />Keep the faith ... <b><i>have no fear</i></b>.<br />
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<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-26104674595449902032015-10-31T08:19:00.002-07:002015-10-31T08:28:22.218-07:00To Walk as in His Presence<br />
Some men desire greatness in the eyes of others or fame and fortune. But that is not so with many believers in Christ. As Christians, our greatest desire should be a personal relationship and communion with God. That is what Nicholas Herman believed ... so he set out to live his life exactly that way. <br />
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He wasn't a Bible scholar or even a highly educated man as far as I know. But he knew Jesus. Ah ... he was a smart man wasn't he. The following statement about this man caught my attention the other day. For me it's a simple but profound statement ... <i>"Theological and doctrinal debates bored him, if he noticed them at all." </i><br />
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He didn't want to just talk about God or listen to men debate their opinions of Him ... that would be wasted time that could have been used ... as he put it ... <i>"To love and fellowship with God more."</i> Communion with his Lord was so important to him that he didn't intentionally waste a moment doing anything else.<br />
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Understand ... Nicholas Herman wasn't a lazy man. He worked in the kitchen of a French monastery in the seventeenth century serving others as cheerfully as if he was personally serving and cleaning up after the Lord. <br />
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Of his time laboring for others he said ... <i>"The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I <b>possess God</b> in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament." </i><br />
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He didn't work at communion with God ... he had communion with God while he worked and did for others.<br />
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Because he endeavored ... <i>"<b>to walk as in His presence</b>"</i> ... wherever he was, and whatever he was doing, the peace and joy of the Lord was there. Wherever he walked he considered it as hallowed ground because God was present with him.<br />
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So how does someone in today's world come to believe this way? I found this to be one of his suggestions ... <i>"That you should establish yourself in a sense of <b>God's presence</b> by continually conversing with Him."</i><br />
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But even during our conversation with God, as he put it ... <i>"Useless thoughts can invade our mind and spoil our communion with God."</i> And when they do, he said ... <i>"I expel them immediately from my mind." </i><br />
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This humble man believed that we needed neither, art nor science in coming to God ... only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to know more about the love and mercy of our Lord. He said that ... <i>"We need only to recognize that God is intimately <b>present </b>with us; therefore we can address ourselves to Him every moment of our day."</i><br />
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He knew there would be some days when we need His assistance for knowing His will ... <i>"in things doubtful,"</i> and for rightly performing those things which we plainly see He requires of us, and even <i>"giving Him thanks"</i> for allowing us to do them.<br />
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I believe Nicholas Herman's personal motto for life as stated by him was this ... <i>"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the <b>greatness</b> of the work, but the <b>love</b> with which it is performed."</i><br />
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He also said that ... <i>"All things are possible to him who <b>believes</b> ... that they are less difficult to him who <b>hopes</b>; that they are more easy to him who <b>loves</b>, and still more easy to him who perseveres in the <b>practice</b> of these three virtues." </i><br />
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At the end of each day, he examined himself as to how he had discharged his duty. If he found it <i>"well"</i> ... he returned thanks unto God. If he found it <i>"otherwise"</i> ... he asked pardon, and without being discouraged, he set his mind (in his words) <i>"right again"</i> ... and <i>"Thus"</i> said he, <i>"<b>by rising after my falls</b>"</i> ... with a perfect confidence upon the infinite merits of Jesus Christ, he proposed to himself again, to become the most perfect worshiper of God that he could possibly become ... as he hoped to be throughout all eternity.<br />
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In closing this essay about Nicholas Herman, I found this statement he made somewhat curiously interesting. As I leave it with you, I find <b><i>my heart</i></b> wishing I could feel the same.<br />
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<i>"I have no pain or difficulty about my state, because I have no will <b>but that of God</b>, which I endeavor to accomplish in <b>all things</b>, and to which I am <b>so resigned</b> that I would not take up <b>a straw from the ground</b> against His order, or from any other motive than purely that of <b>love to Him</b>."</i> <br />
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Oh ... <b><i>to walk as in His presence</i></b>. <br />
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Blessings ...<br />
<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-18761168239315603272015-10-21T21:14:00.001-07:002015-10-21T21:14:25.430-07:00Have You Prayed<br />
Peg posted this on her Blog called <i>"<b>Peg's Thoughts</b>"</i> a few weeks ago. I thought it was so good that I decided to repost it so that those who don't read her blog have a chance to hear about how God cares enough about our small problems to answer us when we pray.<br />
<br />We recently had a <i>"Celebration of Life"</i> service for Peg's Aunt Wanda who went to be with Jesus at the age of 91. Our daughter Tara lives in Minnesota and was unable to come to Southern Illinois for Aunt Wanda's service, so she sent the following letter to her sister Teresa to read during the <i>"Celebration of Life"</i> in her place. Peg had forgotten all about this incidence but was so glad to be reminded of it and she wanted to share it with all of you.<br />
<br />Tara wrote ...<br />
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<br /><i>"I am very grateful for the legacy of faith that Aunt Wanda left.</i><br />
<i><br />I don't have a lot of personal history with her as we have always lived a long distance apart. But the history I do have, I cherish. Aunt Wanda, unknowingly touched my life in such a way that caused my faith, which at the time had grown complacent, to become completely renewed.</i><br />
<i><br />My mom & I had traveled to her house one weekend about 12 years ago to use her shop to recover an old recliner of mine.</i> (For many years Aunt Wanda had an upholstery shop in her home.) <i>Aunt Wanda stayed mostly in the house while mom & I worked on it. She would come out from time to time to see if we needed anything or to chat for a bit.</i><br />
<i> <br />On one of her trips out, she found my mom & me struggling, and very frustrated, over a screw that we could not, for the life of us, get to turn. We had tried everything we could think of ... multiple screw drivers, pliers, a hammer ... nothing was working. IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. And until we could remove this particular screw, we could not go any further with the project. Adding to our stress, we were also on a timeline.</i><br />
<br /><i>Aunt Wanda happened to pop her head into the door at just that time, and she immediately saw the exasperation on our faces. She asked what was wrong & we told her the situation. She paused for a second while thinking, and then asked very matter-of-factly, '<b>Well</b>, <b>have you prayed</b>?'</i><br />
<i></i><br /><i>I'm not sure what my mom was thinking, but I thought it was the craziest notion I had ever heard. But I kept my mouth shut, and the three of us gathered around the chair, holding hands in a prayer circle, and prayed that God would make the screw turn. While I listened to them praying, it was all I could do not to laugh, as the only thing I could think about was how ridiculous we must look praying over A SCREW!</i><br />
<i><br />After we finished praying, we tried it again & the screw turned, first try!</i><br />
<i><br />Aunt Wanda's simple statement of faith has played over & over in my mind so many times in my life since that day. I will never again question or doubt God's interest, ability, authority or absolute joy in the most minuet details of my life. That one simple statement that came so naturally from her lips, has become a staple in my everyday life.</i><br />
<i></i><br /><i><b>Well</b>, <b>have you prayed</b>?"</i><br />
<i> </i><br /><br />That's my Tara. Like me, she is always open and honest about her faith. Over the years, I have learned to listen when she shares her heart about God. Well ... I guess that also goes with Teresa as well. I am blessed.<br /><br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-4425178124253483112015-10-08T13:09:00.005-07:002015-10-08T13:19:31.906-07:00The Life and Light of Jesus Part II<br />
In my last post I was speaking about how the Disciple John perceived and understood the truth about Jesus which caused him to write about the Lord slightly different than the other Gospel writers did.<br />
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John didn't just have revelation knowledge about Jesus, he learned who Jesus was as he walked with Him. He got to know Him intimately as he rubbed shoulders with Him. And I believe like any other young men in their thirties, they had to have horsed around with each other. I have often said of these two ... if they would have had a basketball they would have shot hoops together. <br />
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Look how John puts it in 1st John 1:1 ... <i>"That which was from the beginning, which we have <b>heard</b>, which we have <b>seen</b> with our eyes, which we have <b>looked</b> upon, and <b>our hands have handled</b> ..."</i> <br />
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This man Jesus, who from before eternity was invisible as the Word of God ... now becomes visible when He was <b><i>manifested in human form</i></b>, and was seen and handled by John and others as He <b><i>passed thru</i></b> thirty three and a half years of life on this earth.<br />
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One <b><i>theme John pursues</i></b> in his writings, is this one ... there is <b><i>life</i></b> in Jesus. He doesn't just speak about the life <b><i>of</i></b> Jesus ... but that <i>"<b>Life</b>"</i> itself resided within Jesus.<br />
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John 1:4 ... <i>"In Him was <b>Life</b>, and the life was the <b>Light</b> of men." </i> <br />
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The <b><i>Life</i></b> that was in Jesus, the true heart and soul of the young man John knew and loved, also said that Jesus ... was the <b><i>Light</i></b> of men. Notice that John did not say that the <b><i>Word</i></b> was the <b><i>light</i></b>, even though Jesus was the <b><i>Word</i></b> and the Word is light … but rather that the <i>"<b>Life</b>"</i> that was <b><i>in Jesus</i></b> … was the <b><i>light of men</i></b>. His breath, His spirit, His soul, His whole being, His … <b><i>Life Force</i></b> ... is the <i>"<b>Light</b>."</i><br />
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The fact that men are fallen by nature and are <i>"<b>in the dark</b>"</i> about sin and the evil there is in the world has bound man in <b><i>ignorance</i></b> and <b><i>unbelief</i></b>. <br />
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The fact that they are <i>"<b>in the dark</b>"</i> and do not know <b><i>what</i></b> or <b><i>who</i></b> they are, <b><i>where</i></b> they are, or <b><i>where</i></b> they are going, is one reason God sent Jesus into the world so that the <i>"<b>Life</b>"</i> within Him would become <b><i>the light</i></b> of the world. <br />
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John 8:12 … <i>"Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the <b>Light</b> of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking <b>in the dark</b>, but will have the <b>Light</b> which is <b>Life</b>."</i><br />
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John is explaining one of the things that happens when a person begins to follow Jesus and His teachings ... he is no longer in the dark just wandering through life. Why is that? In his first letter to the Church he writes in ...<br />
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1st John 1:5 ... <i>"This then <b>is the message</b> which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that <b>God is light</b>, and in Him is no darkness at all."</i> <br />
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Since God is <b><i>light</i></b>, He must be the <b><i>source of light</i></b>. What can be said of God ... <b><i>must also be said of Jesus</i></b>. If God is light, then Jesus is also the light <b><i>now shining</i></b> in the believers soul. This <b><i>Life</i></b> in Jesus that John said was the <b><i>Light</i></b> of men ... is the source of wisdom, knowledge, holiness and peace that Jesus brings to the heart and soul of Christians. You know ... Christians ... sinners saved by the grace and mercy of God through the blood of Jesus. <br />
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Just as God is not the author of sin, He is also not the cause of darkness in the world ... He is the cure for darkness. Are you in the dark? You don't have to be ... <b><i>turn on the light</i></b>. Turn on to Jesus.<br />
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His <i>"<b>life</b>,"</i> the Spirit Being within Jesus, meaning His inward man, His heart, His purpose, His will and the desire of His Soul, the hidden part that made Him who He was … the love and <i>"<b>Life</b>"</i> of God resident within Him … was the <b><i>Light</i></b> of men.<br />
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The <b><i>Life</i></b> and <b><i>Light of Jesus</i></b> is to the human soul, what natural light is to the world. Without it, the world would be very uncomfortable, cold and dismal, and the terror of evil, and it's companion, the fear of death, would universally prevail over all men in a dark world.<br />
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Is it any wonder that the Apostle John lays down first this most important principle which he learned personally from observing and listening to Jesus for three and a half years. How ever Jesus did it ... He somehow filled John's soul with the <b><i>Life</i></b> and <b><i>Light</i></b> that He carried with Him as they lived together those three short years.<br />
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And what did John receive from Jesus? Here's his words again ...<br />
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<i>"This then <b>is the message</b> which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that <b>God is light</b>, and in Him is no <b>darkness</b> at all."</i> <br />
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If the Sun was an example of the Trinity ... the <b><i>Father</i></b> would be the great ball of gas burning without end ... the <b><i>Holy Spirit</i></b> would be the heat and energy we feel ... and <i><b>Jesus</b>?</i> He would be the <b><i>sunshine</i></b>.<br />
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Sunshine brings a smile ... sunshine brings healing ... sunshine brings warmth ... sunshine brings a rainbow after the rain ... and sunshine brings <b><i>Life</i></b> and <b><i>Light</i></b>.<br />
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So ... as I asked in Part I ... do people see any of Jesus in me? If not Lord, let them at least notice a small flicker of light from your life in me.<br />
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Thank you Jesus ... <br />
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<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-89551461037817835542015-09-26T21:53:00.002-07:002015-09-26T22:06:00.235-07:00The Life and Light of Jesus<br />
I've been thinking about my life when others get around me. Could it be that they only see me, or can they see Jesus in me? That's a loaded question that each of us should be concerned about. It reminds me of the old question ... <i>"If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"</i><br />
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So, while I'm just talking over some things, I want to look at what <i>"<b>life</b>"</i> is, or what His life in us should be, so that Jesus can be seen in us. Do you know why we get not only our hands dirty, but our soul as well? It's because we are made of dirt. Yep ... you're dirt. So am I.<br />
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Genesis 2:7 …<i> "Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the <b>breath</b> or spirit of <b>life</b>, and man became a living being."</i> (Amplified)<br />
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In the original translation, the K.J.V. should read like this …<i>"And the LORD</i> (Jehovah) <i>God</i> (Elohiym) <i>formed</i> (squeezed into shape) <i>man of the dust</i> (clay) <i>of the ground, and <b>breathed</b></i><b> </b>(to puff, or blow) <i>into his nostrils <b>the breath</b></i> (Nesh-a-mah or wind/spirit/inspiration) <i><b>of life</b>; and man became a living soul</i> (Nephesh or breathing creature)<i>."</i> <br />
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I assume the creator had to make the <b><i>dry dirt</i></b> into moldable clay to form man. I wonder if He did the same thing Jesus did in John 9:6 when He <b><i>spit into the dirt</i></b> and made <b><i>mud</i></b> before He placed it on the blind man's eyes. Could it be that Jesus <b><i>remembered</i></b> spitting into the dust of the earth to make clay when He formed Adam from the dust of the earth? Yes, I believe Jesus is the creator.<br />
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In John 1:3, the disciple is speaking about Jesus when he says … <i>"<b>All things</b> were made and came into existence through <b>Him</b>; and without <b>Him</b> was not even one thing made that has come into being." </i> (Amp.) <br />
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Would I be correct in my thinking if I combine Genesis 2:7 with John 1:3 and come to the conclusion that <b><i>Jesus</i></b> has and gives <b><i>the breath of life</i></b> to men? Job seemed to believe this as well. Compare ... <br />
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Job 27:3 … <i>"All the while my breath</i> (wind) <i>is in me, and the <b>spirit</b> of God is in my nostrils …"</i> (Hebrew for spirit is <i>"ruach"</i> or breath)<br />
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Job 33:4 … <i>"The Spirit</i> (ruach or breath) <i>of God hath made me, and the <b>breath</b></i> (wind) <i>of the Almighty hath given me <b>life</b>." </i><br />
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Man is a compound being, having a <b><i>body</i></b>, <b><i>spirit</i></b> and <b><i>soul</i></b> created separately ... the <b><i>body</i></b> out of the dust of the earth, and the <b><i>spirit</i></b>, <b><i>breathed</i></b> into him by God, making him a living <b><i>soul</i></b>. It's just as Job declared ... <i>"the <b>breath</b> of the Almighty hath given me <b>life</b>."</i><br />
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This proves that the <b><i>soul</i></b> and <b><i>body</i></b> are not the same thing. The body comes from the earth and will decompose and go back to the earth … dust to dust. When we take our last breath, we die and our <b><i>spirit</i></b> then leaves our body as we exhale for the last time. The <b><i>spirit of man</i></b>, the <b><i>life</i></b> and <b><i>breath</i></b> that God breathed into us will go <b><i>back to God</i></b> whenever He gives the command to do so. I like to think that our breath is just <b><i>on loan</i></b> to us.<br />
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As I have been speaking about <b><i>the natural life</i></b> the Lord has breathed into us, I am reminded of the time Jesus <b><i>breathed upon His disciples</i></b> and said unto them in John 20:22 ... <i>"Receive ye the Holy Ghost."</i> By doing so, I believe Jesus was imparting more of <b><i>His spiritual life</i></b> unto them, the life changing power of <b><i>His Holy Spirit</i></b> they would need to begin building the Church of Jesus Christ around the world.<br />
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There is <i>"<b>life</b>"</i> in the breath of Jesus. Has He breathed <b><i>on you</i></b> or just in you? <br />
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John speaks of himself as the disciple Jesus loved. It's almost like John seemed to know who Jesus was before the others. It's as if he had a closer relationship with Jesus than the rest of them. Jesus did tell John to take care of His mother Mary before He died.<br />
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In John 1:4, he is the one who says ... <i>"In <b>Him</b> was <b>Life</b>, and <b>the Life</b> was <b>the Light</b> of men."</i><br />
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Jesus is declared to be <i>"<b>life</b>"</i> because He is the source of life. This attribute of …<i>"<b>life</b>"</i>… both physical and spiritual, came from <i>"<b>Him</b>,"</i> the One who created all things. The One who breathed the spirit of <i>"<b>life</b>"</i> into man … <b><i>was Jesus</i></b> … and John declares this with his very first sentence … <br />
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John 1:1 … <i>"In the beginning was the <b>Word</b>, and the Word was with <b>God</b>, and the Word <b>was God</b>."</i><br />
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If that first verse isn't perfectly clear to those who would read his written words, John leaves no doubt a few verses later in ... <br />
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John 1:14 …<i>"And <b>the Word</b> was made <b>flesh</b>, and dwelt among us …"</i><br />
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These two verses can only speak of one man … and that man is <i>"<b>Jesus</b>."</i><br />
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<b><i>The Life and Light of Jesus</i></b> ... will be continued in Part II.<br />
<br />Following Himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716770075660388260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5712031115677110330.post-21716934182896327822015-09-10T22:28:00.001-07:002015-09-10T22:30:01.295-07:00From the Kingdom Mom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I read this post the other day from Karen Cooper, on her blog ... <i>"<b>The Kingdom Mom</b>."</i><br />
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Karen has wonderfully insightful Bible studies that really say something ... not just taking up space ... like some of mine have done in the past. This is one of those. It is entitled ...<br />
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WHAT MAKES YOU ... YOU?<br />
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Jesus asked his disciples who men thought he was. While some thought him to be a teacher or a prophet, Peter declared in Matthew 16:16 ... <i>"You are the Christ the Son of the Living God."</i><br />
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That’s who Jesus was and is and always will be.<br />
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We all have a name. Or something that defines us.<br />
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Who do people think you are? What names define you?<br />
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I’ve had a few throughout my life. I advanced from one stage to the next as daughter, wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother.<br />
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EACH NEW STATUS REQUIRED A NEW NAME.<br />
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My progression of identity was based on the family God put around me. Yet I have a greater identity than what my cherished family provides. It’s found in my relationship with Jesus Christ. He tells me who I really am.<br />
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I AM THE ONE JESUS LOVES.<br />
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One of the disciples of Jesus assigned himself that title. John knew Jesus loved others, but he often referred to himself as THE ONE Jesus loved.<br />
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You and I can claim that identity as well when we come to Christ.<br />
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I love the new worship song that simply describes who God is and who we are.<br />
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<i>"You’re a Good, Good Father. THAT’S WHO YOU ARE. And I’m loved by You. THAT’S WHO I AM."</i><br />
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Our good works do not define us. Nor do our failures. Being loved by Jesus is our identity. All because of what Jesus has done for us on the Cross. If we will believe and receive.<br />
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Someday we will have a new name. It’s a mystery described in the book of Revelation.<br />
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<i>"I will also give him <b>a white stone</b> with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it."</i> Rev. 2:17<br />
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Commentaries explain that a white stone represented many things. Sometimes it proclaimed a person’s innocence when brought to trial. It also provided admission to banquets. It gave the holder their identity. Proof they belonged. I love that imagery.<br />
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As believers in Jesus Christ, we are proclaimed innocent. We are made white as snow when we confess Jesus as Lord of our lives.<br />
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King David prayed ... <i>"Wash me and I will be whiter than snow."</i> Psalm 51:7<br />
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Our new name will be engraved on that white stone. Our identity will provide entrance into the Great Banquet. Who am I?<br />
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<b><i>I am the one Jesus loves</i></b>.<br />
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Who are you?<br />
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The easiest way to find Karen is on her Facebook page ...<br />
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/KingdomMomcom/123391564504544<br />
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