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In the beginning God created the heavens and earth.
O fall we don't know about the creation, there is one thing we do know – GOD DID IT with a smile. He must've had a blast. Painting those stripes on re zebra, hanging the stars in the sky, putting the gold in the sunset. What a creativity. . . .
Like a whistling carpenter in his workshop, He lived every bit of it. He poured Himself into the work. So intent was His creativity that He took a day off at the end of the week just to rest.
(Read Genesis 1:1,2)
I. The first verse of the Bible gives us a satisfying bland useful account of the origin of the earth and the heavens.
A. The faith of humble Christians understands this better than the fancy of the most learned men.
B. From what we see of heaven and earth, we learn the power of the great Creator.
1. And let our make and place as men, remind us of our duty as Christians, always to keep heaven in our eye, and the earth under our...
ARE YOU BEING DECEIVE? SATAN WILL USE ANYONE AND EVERYTHING 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 MATHEW 24:4 "TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU."
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.
How could it be that Jesus, who was God (Jn. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:16), and in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, increased in wisdom? (Col. 2:3)
God is a Spirit (Jn. 4:24). Jesus, as God, had existed as a Spirit forever.
When He came to the earth as Jesus, he was Lord at birth, but that was in His Spirit (Lk. 2:11). His Spirit didn't have to grow or increase in wisdom but His physical body did.
The Lord could have done things differently, but He didn't. Jesus came into this world in His physical body exactly as we did. He had to grow and learn.
He became just like us so that we could become just like Him (2 Cor. 5:21).
This is the great exchange. He became like us so that He could bear all our iniquities and become a mercy high priest for us (Heb....
This is the only scriptural record of Jesus' childhood. Yet there is much that we can learn from this brief account.
At twelve years of age, Jesus' wisdom astounded the men who had spent a lifetime studying the scriptures (v. 47). Remember that Jesus did not have full time access to a copy of the scriptures like we do today. He had to depend on His visits to the synagogue and the direct revelation knowledge from His heavenly Father.
He was also asking these scholars questions (v. 46). This is amazing when you realize that in Him are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge! (Col. 2:3) Although He was God, He inhabited a physical human body that needed to be educated.
He also had a...
Satan was the real motivator of Herod's actions. Ever since the Lord first prophesied that a man would bruise his head, Satan has been seeking out this "seed" of the woman (Gen. 3:15).
It appears that Satan is able to perceive when the Lord is making a major move in the earth. In the days of Moses, Satan moved Pharaoh to kill all the male children of the Israelite slaves, and here he motivates Herod to kill all the male children in Bethlehem. No doubt he was seeking to eliminate this "seed" who was going to bruise his head.
Once again, we see children being...
WHO IS SAVED? BEING AS GOOD AS YOU CAN BE AND GOING TO CHURCH EVERY TIME THE DOORS ARE OPEN WILL NOT DO IT. JUST BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS WERE CHRISTIANS AND EVEN MADE YOU GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL EVERY SUNDAY (LIKE MINE DID) WILL NOT DO IT.
EVEN THAT SWEET LITTLE OLD GRANDMOTHER WHO NEVER HURT ANYONE IN HER WHOLE LIFE IS LOST IF SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED JESUS AS HER SAVIOR. BEING BORN AGAIN IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED. JESUS, HIMSELF, SAID THAT MANY WILL SEEK TO ENTER SALVATION AND WON'T BE ABLE TO. THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THIS BUT NOT BECAUSE GOD REFUSES SALVATION TO ANYONE.
TIMOTHY 2:11 SAYS "THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGS SALVATION HAS APPEARED TO ALL MEN......" AND 2ND PETER 3:9 SAYS "GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY...
Herod had ruled over Judaea for nearly forty three years at the time of these events. He had the title of King conferred on him by the Roman senate at the recommendation of Antony and Octavius. His accomplishments included the building of the temple in Jerusalem which was one of the most magnificent structures in the world. Most people would have thought that Herod had it "made".
However, history reveals that Herod was extremely paranoid. He actually killed his wife and one of his sons because he feared they would take the kingdom from him. All his power and fame couldn't buy him the peace that the angels proclaimed (Lk. 2:8-14). His paranoia led him to kill the innocent children in Bethlehem. His insecurity was evident. He had everything and yet he had nothing.
In contrast, the King that...
