HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF WHAT PRIDE MEANS? I WAS LOOKING AT IT IN A GOOD WAY AS BEING PROUD OF SOMETHING I HAD DONE. THE DICTIONARY SAYS JUST ABOUT WHAT I WAS THINKING. PRIDE...Thestate
Matthew 16:18, "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
IN STUDYING THE BIBLE LAST NIGHT, I KEPT RUNNING ACROSS THE WORD "MERCY" AND WAS SURPRISED THAT THERE WERE 59 VERSES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT MENTIONED IT. I DECIDED TO LOOK IT UP IN THE 1828 WEBSTER DICTIONARY TO SEE WHAT IT SAID AND WAS AGAIN SURPRISED OF THE EXTENSIVENESS OF THE DEFINITION. JUST READ WHAT IT SAID "MERCY...That benevolence, mildness or tenderness of heart which disposes a person to overlook injuries, or to treat an offender better than he deserves; the disposition that tempers justice, and...
Mark 8:24-25, "And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly."
BELIEVING IS ONE OF THE MAIN THEMES OF THE BIBLE AND WE MUST BELIEVE TO RECEIVE. HOW CAN A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN NOT BELIEVE IN ALL OF GOD'S WORD AND SOME OF THEM DON'T. THEY WANT TO PICK AND CHOOSES THE THINGS THEY WANT TO BELIEVE. YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT. THE BIBLE IS ALL TRUE FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION AND THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IT ARE IN TROUBLE. 2ND TIMOTHY 3:16-17 CLEARLY POINTS THIS OUT THAT "
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE WHEN YOU WERE FIRST BORN AGAIN? HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED THE FEELING OF LEADING SOMEONE TO JESUS? I BELIEVE 1ST PETER 1:8 COVERS BOTH FEELINGS AND I QUOTE IT HEAR. "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:" I LIKE TO PUT IT THIS WAY. WE HAVE NOT SEEN JESUS AND YET WE LOVE HIM AND BELIEVE...
Mark 8:17, "And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?"
I KNOW WE ALL WANT PEACE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU ASK SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT. IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN, YOU SHOULD HAVE PEACE. IF YOU DON'T SOMETHING IS MIGHTY WRONG. EITHER YOU ARE NOT BORN AGAIN OR YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT BY FAITH. IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT OR IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD. THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS SAID IN JOHN 14:27 WHEN HE SAYS "
Mark 8:12, "And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation."
