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I NEVER GET TIRED OF WRITING ABOUT ANGER BECAUSE IT IS SO PREVALENT IN OUR WORLD TODAY. DO YOU THINK IT IS BAD TO GET ANGRY? JESUS GOT ANGRY. THE PASSOVER WAS AT HAND AND IN THE TEMPLE, THE MONEY CHANGERS WERE GATHERED. THESE WERE JEWS WHO SOLD THE OXEN, SHEEP AND DOVES TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAD COME TO MAKE AN OFFERING TO GOD. A LOT OF WORSHIPERS HAD COME FROM MILES AWAY AND INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEIR OFFERINGS, THEY BOUGHT THEM IN THE TEMPLE.
Peter's refusal to let Jesus wash his feet came from a knowledge that he was totally unworthy to have the sinless Son of God serve him as a common servant would. Peter was correct in his assessment of his relative worth, but what he missed was that God doesn't minister to us because of our worth but because of His love.
Even though Peter's attitude looked holy and humble, he was actually resisting God's will and committing an act of pride. Pride is not only exalting yourself above what is proper, but also, it can be debasing yourself below what is proper. Pride is simply self-centeredness or being self-willed instead of God-centered and submitted to God's will. Peter should have been humble enough to know that Jesus knew what He was...
BACKSLIDING IS A TERM THAT A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD IN A LONG TIME, IF EVER. BEING RAISED IN A GOOD OLD SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH, I HAVE HEARD THE TERM ON MANY OCCASIONS. ALL IT MEANS, IN THE RELIGIOUS SENSE, IS TO ASK THE LORD TO FORGIVE YOU AND TO REDEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO HIM.
SOMEONE ASKED ME IF THEY SIN, WOULD THEY GO TO HELL IF THEY DIED BEFORE ASKING FORGIVENESS. ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, JESUS DIED FOR ALL SIN, EVEN THE ONES WE HAVEN'T YET COMMITTED. IT SAYS THIS IN 1ST JOHN 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. JOHN WAS TALKING TO BELIEVERS WHEN HE SAID "NOT ONLY OURS, BUT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD". NO ONE WILL GO TO HELL FOR THEIR SINS. NOT ACCEPTING JESUS FOR DYING FOR THOSE SINS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SEND YOU...
The bread of communion symbolizes the body of Jesus which was broken for us through His sufferings. He not only died for us on the cross but also bore 39 stripes on His back by which we are healed. Partaking of communion should remind us of the emotional and physical salvation that Jesus provided for us.
The Lord's Supper comes from a part of the Passover meal that was celebrated only once a year. However, the early Christian church took Communion weekly and sometimes daily. There is no specific frequency of the Lord's Supper prescribed in scripture.
As we take Communion, we are solemnly proclaiming the Lord's death, and our union with Him and with others through that death. This is a profession of our faith and...
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.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT MY PROBLEM WAS. FIRST OF ALL, I WAS ASKING JESUS TO HEAL THE PERSON WHEN HE PLAINLY SAID IN MATTHEW 10:8 FOR US TO "Heal the sick", NOT THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO IT. NOW I KNOW WE CAN'T HEAL ANYONE ON OUR OWN BUT IF WE HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE HIS WORD AND ASK IN LINE WITH HIS WORD IN HIS NAME, WE CAN DO IT. IF WE COULDN'T, HE WOULD NOT HAVE TOLD US TO DO IT. IN 1ST JOHN 5:14 IT SAYS "if we ask any thing according to his will". DO YOU SEE MY PROBLEM? I WAS NOT...
The Lord longed to share the passover meal with His disciples. He was less than 24 hours away from fulfilling His mission and, like anyone who can see the finish line, He must have had feelings of relief and excitement.
The passover meal commemorated the Jews' deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Ex. 13:3-10). It also had a much deeper spiritual application that, as Jesus explains here, would be fulfilled through His death. The Jewish nation as a whole had missed any future prophetic meaning of the passover.
On the night of the original passover, the Lord passed through the land of Egypt and judged the land by slaying all the firstborn men and beasts. The Jews had to slay a spotless lamb, take its blood and apply it to the door posts of their homes....
I HAVE MENTIONED ANGELS A LOT IN MY WRITINGS BUT MOST OF IT HAS BEEN ABOUT GOD'S ANGLES. THIS MORNING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SATAN'S ANGELS. IT IS COMMONLY THOUGHT THAT SATAN TOOK A THIRD OF THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS CAST OUT. I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THIS COMES FROM AND SHOW YOU WHERE THESE ANGELS ARE NOW ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD.
ISAIAH 14:12 (KING JAMES VERSION) SAYS "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" THIS IS WHAT THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE SAME SCRIPTURE "How you have fallen from heaven,morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
When a true gift of the Spirit is in operation, things will always be as the Lord has said (an exception to this is if there are conditions to meet).
This is the ultimate test of whether or not someone's words are God-inspired (Dt. 18:22).
We cannot be led by just our own feelings concerning the gifts of the Spirit.
In 1 Corinthians chapter 12, the apostle Paul gives us direction governing the use of spiritual gifts that must supersede any urge or leading that we feel.
The first test to apply to any gift of the Spirit is to ask, "Does it glorify Jesus?" That's the point Paul is making. The Holy Spirit will never lead anyone to defame Jesus in any way. Jesus made it very clear that the Holy Spirit would only glorify Him. Any utterance or act that denies Jesus is...
WHEN THE WEATHER GETS BAD AND YOU HAVE TO DRESS YOURSELF AND KIDS APPROPRIATELY TO GO OUTSIDE, DO YOU? I AM SURE YOU DO AS I DO.
Some people have speculated that Judas betrayed Jesus in an effort to force Jesus into a confrontation with the Roman government. Then He would have to use His supernatural power in self-defense and overthrow the Romans, thereby giving independence back to the nation of Israel.
This idea is based mainly on the response of Judas when he saw that Jesus was condemned. Judas "repented himself" (Mt. 27:3), implying that the condemnation of Jesus was never his intent. However, scripture does not endow Judas with noble (even if misdirected) virtues. He was simply a thief.
This verse makes it very clear that Satan entered into Judas and was responsible for putting the betrayal of Jesus into Judas' heart. We can be assured that Satan's only purpose in motivating Judas to betray Jesus...