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ARE YOU BEING DECEIVE? SATAN WILL USE ANYONE OR ANYTHING TO GET YOU TO DO THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T DO. HE WILL MAKE IT LOOK SO TEMPTING AND THEN GIVE YOU A HUNDRED REASONS WHY YOU DESERVE IT AND THAT IT ISN'T WRONG. DECEPTION CAN BE AVOIDED OR ELSE JESUS WOULD NOT HAVE SAID IN GALATIANS 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
EPHESIANS 6:11-17 TELLS US TO "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,...
Where's Your Focus?
Matthew 27:4 'Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.'
These Jews, who had courted Judas' favor to obtain his cooperation in arresting Jesus, cared nothing for Judas. They had simply used him. The devil's crowd may flatter as long as they can use you, but you can be assured that when there is no longer anything in it for them, they will forsake you just as the chief priests did Judas.
The serpent didn't come to Eve in the garden threatening to bite her if she didn't eat of the forbidden fruit. Instead, he came with deception, presenting himself as being concerned for her...
Jesus Freed Us From Sin
Luke 23:18 'And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:'
What happened to Barabbas is a picture of what happens when a person is born again. Barabbas was guilty; Jesus was innocent. Yet Jesus suffered the death that Barabbas should have experienced, and Barabbas went free.
Likewise, we were all guilty (Rom. 3:23) and condemned to death (Rom. 6:23), yet Jesus suffered our punishment so that we may go free (2 Cor. 5:21). Just as Barabbas didn't ask for this substitution, so 'God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us' (Rom. 5:8).
Barabbas was freed,...
A WHILE BACK I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH HEALING. LET ME EXPLAIN. I WOULD PRAY FOR GOD TO HEAL SOMEONE AND THEY WOULDN'T GET HEALED ALTHOUGH THE BIBLE SAYS HE ANSWERS EVERY PRAYER. JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 7:7 TO "Ask, and it shall be given you". HE DOESN'T SAY THAT IT MIGHT BE GIVEN TO YOU.
Pilate Condemns Jesus
Matthew 27:24 'When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.'
This washing of the hands was not only a symbolic custom of the day that showed innocence, but was also a ritual prescribed in the Jewish law (Dt. 21:6-7; Ps. 26:6).
Matthew is the only writer to record Pilate washing his hands of guilt, just as he was the only writer to record Pilate's wife coming to him with the details of the dream she had about Jesus. Secular accounts record her name as Claudia. She is the only one who...
HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THINKING YOU WON'T REMEMBER WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHAT MUST THEY DO TO BE SAVED? THAT QUESTION GIVES A LOT OF CHRISTIANS TROUBLE AS THEY HAVEN'T, TO DATE, LEAD ANYONE TO JESUS. WE MUST BE PREPARED BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT WANT SOMEONE TO BE LOST BECAUSE OF US. PRACTICE IF YOU HAVE TO, BUT BE READY.
DO YOU FEAR DEATH? IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN YOU SHOULDN'T. DEATH IS HOW GOD GETS YOU DRESSED FOR HEAVEN. WE CAN'T GO IN THESE CORRUPTED BODIES SO GOD GIVES US NEW ONES.
WHEN WE CLOSE OUR EYES FOR THE LAST TIME HERE ON EARTH, WE WILL OPEN OUR NEW ONES IN HEAVEN. ARE YOU PACKED AND READY TO GO. THE BIBLE SAYS IN:
One In Spirit
Matthew 27:18 'For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.'
Many problems arise from envy. James said, 'For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work' (Jas. 3:16). Envy and strife go hand in hand and open the door to the devil to do anything he desires, in our life. Some people would never give place to the devil through confessing the wrong things, yet through envy, they give the enemy freedom to do his worst. God's kind of love is not envious or jealous because it doesn't seek it's own, but seeks the welfare of others. Envy is an indication of self-centeredness.
The Apostle Paul had some opponents who were just like many...
Religious Pride Brings Dissension
Mark 15:10 'For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.'
The Jews were God's chosen people and therefore, God's representatives on earth. Yet, they lied and condemned an innocent man to death. Pilate could see that their real motivation for wanting Jesus dead was envy. They were doing all their religious works to be seen of men, and were upset that Jesus was getting more recognition than they were. If these Jews would have thought about what type of witness they were giving, even they would have known that their actions were not inspired by God.
We should remember that we are God's witnesses on earth, or as Paul said,...
I WROTE ABOUT THIS SOME TIME BACK BUT SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SAYING BECAUSE EVIDENTLY THE BIBLE THEY WERE USING DIDN'T PUT WORDS IN ITALICS OR USE PARENTHESES . I PRIMARILY USE THE KING JAMES VERSION THAT DOES THIS SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY TO EXPLAIN IT BETTER. I HOPE THIS HELPS BECAUSE, I BELIEVE, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED WORDS THAT ARE IN ITALICS OR PARENTHESES IN YOUR BIBLE? THESE WORDS ARE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS BUT ARE PUT IN BY THE TRANSLATORS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SENTENCE SOUND RIGHT AND HELP US TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER..
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR TWO REASONS. SOMETIMES IT CHANGES THE MEANING OF THE VERSE COMPLETELY. FOR INSTANCE, IN JOHN 12:32, JESUS SAYS "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all (men) unto me." THE WORD "MEN" IS...