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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....
Blessings! My name is Richard Jeffes and I 'm a musician/singer/songwriter who loves sharing the Gospel using the blues and music in general. In the past 4 years, I've been in 2 bands, who were ministry oriented, and ended abruptly. So, here I am, putting out homemade recordings of songs I have written, as I wait to record again. I could put out the other bands recordings, but, I think that it would be counterproductive. I just ask for everyone who reads this to pray for me and the decisions I make in the coming months. God has guided me this far and I know He'll guide me to the end. I just don't always make the right decisions. I'm also a co-host on a radio program on Hamilton Radio H2 every other Sunday night from 5-7pm called Souled Out with my friend and main host John Accunzo. and we interview and have live performances of Christian indie people and bands. Our next show is Oct. 22nd.
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...
HAS SOMEONE EVER SAID SOMETHING TO YOU THAT REALLY HURT YOU? I DON'T CARE WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY BUT WORDS DO HURT. THE TONGUE IS A POWERFUL THING WHICH CAN BE USED FOR GOOD OR EVIL. WHAT WE MUST DO IS TO WATCH WHAT WE SAY. NEVER REPAY EVIL WITH EVIL. IF SOMEONE HURTS YOU WITH WORDS, FORGIVE THEM. GOD SAYS THAT VENGEANCE IS HIS AND HE WILL REPAY.
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...
In Israel, crucifixion was a common sight. This practice was first mentioned in scripture as one used by the Egyptians (Gen. 40:19). Anyone hung upon a tree was accursed by God according to the Mosaic law (Dt. 21:22-23).
Failure to obey the law brought on the curse. Praise God that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by bearing the curse for us. Now, through Christ, we will never receive any curse from God even though we still disobey the law in some way. Justice was satisfied when Jesus died for the law that we broke, thus paying the prescribed penalty and bearing the curse.
There is no condemnation awaiting us from the law; for we died in Him.
A Christian who still walks in condemnation is being condemned by the devil or himself....
"DO MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS WORSHIP THE SAME GOD?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2017-10-07
AS I SAID YESTERDAY, I AM GOING TO EXPLAIN, FROM THE BIBLE AND THE QURAN, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE GOD OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE GOD OF THE MUSLIMS. IF ANYONE OF YOU HAVE WONDERED OR ARE WONDERING, HERE IT IS.