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The scriptures teach Jesus' oneness with the Father. This oneness is more than singleness of purpose and actually denotes "a single one to the exclusion of others" as in the statement, "There is one God" (1 Tim. 2:5).
This truth is so well established in scripture that some people make no distinction between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but believe they are simply one God expressing Himself in three different ways. However, Jesus makes a distinction between Himself and His Father here and uses Himself and His Father as two different witnesses to fulfill the requirement of Deuteronomy 17:6. Jesus would have been deceiving these Jews if there was no distinction between His Father and Himself; and yet,...
IN LUKE 9:56 IT TALKS ABOUT JESUS NOT HAVING A PLACE TO LAY HIS HEAD. (And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.) I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES WERE POOR AND THEY TAKE IT FROM THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. DID YOU THINK THIS MEANT THAT JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES LIVED IN POVERTY? THIS VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS GOING TO JERUSALEM AND THE SAMARITANS, BECAUSE OF A RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE, REFUSED HIM HOSPITALITY. I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO GET HIS DISCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WOULD BE PERSECUTION IF THEY FOLLOWED HIM.
This was possibly the most potentially damaging temptation the scribes and Pharisees ever presented to Jesus. Much of Jesus' widespread popularity with the people was because of His examples of and teachings about God's mercy and forgiveness towards sinners. This was received with great enthusiasm by the people who, before this time had been presented with only a harsh, legalistic, judgmental picture of God.
The scribes and Pharisees had often tried to portray Jesus as condoning or practicing sin because of His association with sinners and His ministry to them when it violated Jewish traditions, such as the Sabbath. However, Jesus had successfully turned every attack into a victory for the side...
THIS BLOG PUBLISHES GOD'S LATEST MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK -
ALONG WITH PRAYER REQUEST SUPPORT FOR THE MISSION - LEAVING FOR AFTICA TOMORROW needing prayer daily for the next two weeks:
Prayer Request for African Mission Trip about to leave Florida and music with a powerful message just translated and recorded for Africa.
My songs HEAL OUR LAND and THE WIDOW PRAYS are about to take on new wings in Africa. Pastor Fred Otieno Ochieng has completed recording them in Swahili, Luo, and English. Fred will need prayer support from now on as God is just beginning his mission to Africa. I am also part of it, and believe I am going to Africa this year and would appreciate your prayers - as I am part of Pastor Fred's support system.
MIRACLES:
This is what just happened.
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I KNOW I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT I GET SO TIRED OF SEEING THOSE ORPHANS ON TV FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES HERE IN THE STATES GOING TO BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT. THE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THOSE KIDS IN THOSE COUNTRIES ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR DONATIONS AND IT IS GOOD TO SUPPORT THEM, IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T, AT LEAST PRAY FOR THEM.
These rivers of living water are referring to the Holy Spirit and the effects He produces in the life of the believer. Galatians 5:22-23 says, "the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." These qualities should flow out of us as an artesian well. They should not have to be pumped. They will flow as we conform our thinking to God's Word.
Jesus speaks of bearing fruit in John 15 and declares that ". . . without me ye can do nothing" (Jn. 15:5). This fruit is the product of the Holy Spirit, not our effort. However, since "he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit" (1 Cor. 6:17), then this fruit of the Spirit is also what our born- again spirit produces. Our spirit always has these...
Jack Wellman is a Christian author, freelance writer who holds a BA in history, as well as degrees in science and education. He looks at the lack of physical and scientific evidence for evolution and provides scientific, mathematical, biological,...
and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man."The covenant of circumcision was given to Abram in Gen. 17:9-14. In v. 14, the Lord said that any man who did not carry this sign of the covenant in his flesh was to be killed. This placed a great importance on the act of circumcision. Paul says in Rom. 4:3-13, that Abraham had already been justified by faith before he was circumcised. It was Abram's faith that saved him at least 13 years before the Lord commanded Abram to be circumcised. The Jews had focused on the outward act of obedience instead of the inward act of faith that caused Abraham to be obedient. This was the source of the contention between Jesus and the...
These Jews prided themselves on their observance of the law, but they were keeping the letter of the law and missing its true intent. The greatest of all the Old Testament laws was to love God and then to love your neighbor as yourself. The Jews were violating these laws by having hatred in their hearts toward Jesus and wanting to kill Him. They denied that they desired to kill Him, but the scriptures declare that they had already plotted or tried to kill Him three times.
They also knew much about God. It was required of the Jewish men to memorize large portions of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). Their whole society revolved around God's moral standards and countless religious observances. However, they did not know God.
There is a...