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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"REALLY STUDYING GOD'S WORD" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING MY MORNING MESSAGES, YOU KNOW THAT I REALLY ENJOY STUDYING THE BIBLE. I STARTED ENJOYING IT A LOT MORE WHEN I LEARNED TO FIND OUT WHO WAS SPEAKING AND WHO THEY WERE SPEAKING TO. IT WAS ALSO HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE THEY WERE.
YOU SEE, THINGS LIKE THIS JUST OPENED UP THE BIBLE TO ME. DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN JESUS WAS TEACHING DURING HIS MINISTRY HE WAS TEACHING ONLY THE JEWS? HE ALSO TAUGHT IN PARABLES WHICH THE DICTIONARY DEFINES AS "a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson." HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM WHY HE DID THIS AND THIS WAS HIS REPLY, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given." I BELIEVE THIS WAS TO SAFEGUARD THE LAWS OF GOD FROM SATAN BEING ABLE TO MISUSE THEM.
DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS PAUL THAT JESUS CHOSE TO PREACH TO THE GENTILES? HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS GIVEN THE GOSPEL. IT TELLS US THIS IN 1ST CORINTHIANS 15:3-4 WHERE IT SAYS "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" THIS IS THE GOSPEL OF JESUS AND JESUS COULD NOT HAVE TAUGHT ANY OF THIS BECAUSE HE HAD NOT YET DIED FOR US.
EVEN AFTER JESUS HAD DIED, PETER HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTAND IT ALL AND EVEN SAID THIS, IN 2ND PETER 3:16, ABOUT PAUL'S TEACHING "in which are some things hard to be understood." LET'S LOOK AT HOW THEY SETTLED ON THE DISCIPLES TEACHING TO THE JEWS AND PAUL AND BARNABAS TEACHING THE GENTILES. IT IS FOUND IN GALATIANS 2:9 WHERE IT SAYS "And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars (GREAT MEN IN THE CHURCH), perceived the grace that was given unto me (PAUL), they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship (THEY SHOOK HANDS ON IT); that we (PAUL AND BARNABAS) should go unto the heathen (THE GENTILES), and they (JAMES, CEPHAS AND JOHN) unto the circumcision (THE JEWS)." (PARENTHESIS ARE MINE) BOTH PETER AND PAUL WERE SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS RIGHT UP UNTIL THEIR DEATHS. TRADITION SAYS THAT BOTH PAUL AND PETER WERE KILLED BY EMPEROR NERO, PAUL BEING BEHEADED AND PETER WAS GOING TO BE CRUCIFIED BUT ASKED TO BE CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE HE DIDN'T THINK HIMSELF WORTHY TO DIE THE SAME WAY AS JESUS DID.
I HOPE YOU SEE HOW DOING A LITTLE BACKGROUND HELPS TO OPEN UP THE SCRIPTURES THAT MUCH MORE. THESE WERE GREAT MEN AND TO STUDY THEIR WRITINGS, ESPECIALLY PAUL'S WHO WROTE THE MAJORITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, WILL GIVE US KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT JESUS WANTS US TO DO. WHEN JESUS WAS PRAYING TO GOD FOR HIS DISCIPLES HE SAYS IN JOHN 17:20 "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word." WE DO BELIEVE ON JESUS THROUGH THEIR WORD. HE ALSO SAYS "learn of me" AND HOW CAN WE DO THAT UNLESS WE ARE STUDYING HIS WORD. WON'T YOU DO THAT TODAY?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
