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JESUS WAS NOT JUST A MAN SENT FROM GOD, HE WAS GOD. GOD ALSO SENT HIS SON. BOTH ARE TRUE AND THIS IS THE MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY. IN JOHN 1:1 WHEN IT SAYS "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." WELL, AS YOU KNOW JESUS IS THE "WORD". IT SAYS IN THE 14 VERSE OF JOHN 1 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us". SO THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT JESUS IS GOD. AND JOHN 3:16-17 PROVES THAT HE IS BOTH AS IT SAYS "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE BIBLE ARE NOT REALLY THINKING CLEARLY. I AM NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT NON-BELIEVERS BUT ALSO BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS. I PERSONALLY AM NOT SURE THESE "BORN AGAIN" CHRISTIANS ARE REALLY BORN AGAIN. IF ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRE BY GOD, HOW COULD YOU NOT BELIEVE IN ALL OF IT. HOWEVER, THE NON-BELIEVERS I CAN UNDERSTAND. THE BIBLE EVEN SAYS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. JESUS' DISCIPLES ASK HIM WHY HE TAUGHT IN PARABLES AND HE SAID IN MATTHEW 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
Prayer which meets the requirements outlined in God's Word is always answered. Many times we don't perceive the answer because it always comes in the spiritual realm first before it is manifested in the physical realm. If we waver from our confident faith, then we abort the manifestation of that answer (Jas. 1:6-7; Heb. 10:35). But God did answer. Everyone who asks receives.
In the book of Daniel chapter 9, Daniel prayed a prayer and waited a relatively short period of time to see his answer to prayer. In less than three minutes the angel Gabriel appeared and answered all of his questions.
This same man prayed another prayer in Daniel chapter 10, but this time it took three weeks before he had an angelic messenger come and answer...
There are many examples of people judging others in the scriptures. Paul prayed that our love would abound more and more in all judgment (Phil. 1:9). In light of the scriptures where Jesus and the disciples spoke of judging, it is evident that there must be a right and a wrong type of judging.
In Luke 12:56-57, Jesus uses the words "discern" and "judge" interchangeably. A dictionary definition of "judge" can mean many things from "condemn" to "appraise, to form an opinion about; to think or consider." There is certainly nothing wrong with discerning or appraising a situation or person. Quite the contrary, we need to try the spirits (1 Jn. 4:1). Judging when done as discernment, is good.
It is the condemning type of judgment that is wrong. We can defer passing sentence on people to God, and know that He will...
MOST OF US CHRISTIANS KNOW THAT GOD CAN HEAL BUT WHAT WE SHOULD REALIZE IS THAT IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. HEALING WAS IN THE ATONEMENT JUST AS SALVATION WAS AND WE DON'T ASK JESUS TO SAVE US AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE SAME SHOULD BE WITH HEALING. HE HEALED US ALREADY SO WHY DO WE KEEP ASKING HIM TO HEAL US. WE ARE IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE, A WAR, AND THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO GET OUR MINDS OFF THE GOSPEL AND WHAT JESUS HAS ALREADY HAS DONE FOR US. WHEN WE LET THIS HAPPEN, WE HAVE LOST THE WAR. WE HAVE TO LET HOLY SPIRIT FIGHT OUR BATTLES. GOD GAVE US HIS FULL ARMOUR TO WEAR BUT MOST OF US DON'T TAKE THE TIME EACH MORNING TO PUT IT ON.
I WAS THINKING BACK OVER THE PAST WEEK OF THE THINGS I DID AND ASKED MYSELF IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I WOULD HAVE BEEN ASHAMED OF IF JESUS HAD WALKED IN AND SAW ME. WITH ME BEING 80 YEARS OLD AND NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE FOR WEEKS AT A TIME, I ACTUALLY DON'T DO MUCH THAT I THINK JESUS WOULD NOT APPROVE OF. HOWEVER, WHEN I THINK OF SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, THAT IS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. I TRY NOT TO GET ANGRY ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I READ ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY BUT SOMETIMES I DO. I HAD TO ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE TIMES.
The Greek word used here for "thought" is "merimnao" and denotes "to be anxious or careful". In this passage, as well as the parallel passage in Luke 12:22-32, Jesus is commanding us not to worry or be anxious about our material needs being met. It would be impossible to have no thought whatsoever about our physical needs. Even Jesus thought about His need for money to pay taxes (Mt. 17:24-27). We are simply not to be preoccupied with thinking about riches or spending our time worrying about necessities. These things will be added unto us as we seek first the Kingdom of God.
The way we take or receive an anxious thought is by speaking it. Doubtful thoughts will come, but we do not sin until we entertain them....
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE VERSE IN THE BIBLE? MOST PEOPLE DO BUT ARE THERE A LOT OF VERSES YOU CAN REMEMBER? I AM GOING TO LIST A FEW BELOW AND SEE IF YOU HAVE HEARD THESE BEFORE.
If isolated from the rest of God's Word, there are some scriptures that could be interpreted to mean that having money or wealth is wrong. However there are other scriptures that speak of riches as a blessing. The harmony between these two apparently opposite positions is that money is neither good nor bad. It is the love of money that is the root of all evil, and many have committed the sin of loving money who don't even have a dime (1 Tim. 6:10)! The love of things (covetousness) is idolatry, and this is what Jesus is addressing.
Because it is so easy to lust after money and the things it can provide, the Lord established a system whereby prosperity is a by-product of putting God first. As Matthew 6:33 states, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these...