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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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The Law Is Not Of Faith
May 16th
Mark 7:2, 'And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.'
MARK 7:1-7
Man looks on the outward appearance (this is what the scribes and Pharisees were concerned with), but the Lord looks on the heart (1 Sam. 16:7). Jesus looked on men's hearts. The Old Testament laws concerning washing served a secondary purpose of hygiene, but as stated in Colossians 2:16-17 and Hebrews 9:1,9-10, their real purpose was to shadow or illustrate spiritual truth.
Defiled food may hurt our bodies, but it cannot reach our spirits (Jn. 3:6).
The scribes and Pharisees missed the principle of spiritual purity...
The Spirit And The Word Are One
May 15th
John 6:63, 'It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.'
JOHN 6:40-71; 7:1
Jesus is stating that our spirit, not our flesh, is where our life comes from. These people were so dominated by their physical lives that they were missing all the spiritual significance of His words. Although God's Word does benefit our physical man, the Word is spiritual and must be understood through the spirit. God's Word is spirit and it takes our spirit to illuminate its truths to our minds.
The Word of God is not paper and ink. Jesus is the Word, and He existed in spiritual form long...
I WROTE ABOUT THIS RECENTLY BUT FEEL I NEED TO ADD A THING OR TWO TO IT. THERE IS SOMEONE READING THIS AGAIN THAT NEEDS TO ACCEPT THEIR HEALING. YOU ARE BORN-AGAIN BUT HAVE NEVER REALLY STUDIED WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT HEALING. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT IT. YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD HEALS SOME PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW HE CAN DO ALL THINGS BUT YOU ARE NOT YET CONVINCED THAT HE WILL DO THIS FOR YOU. YOU HAVE GOT TO CHANGE YOUR THINKING. THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH. HE WILL NOT DO FOR ONE OF US THAT HE WILL NOT DO FOR THE OTHER.
Separating The Tares From The Wheat
May 14th
John 6:61, 'When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?'
JOHN 6:60-69
This scripture, as well as Matthew 15:12, reveals that people will be offended by the Gospel. As much as possible, however, we should make sure that it is not ourselves that are offensive. But we cannot labor under the deception that everyone will receive the Gospel, even if the truth was presented properly. We know that Jesus represented His Father perfectly and yet most people rejected His message.
In these two instances, when Jesus realized He had offended the listeners, He didn't apologize and try to make concessions to...
Receiving Christ
May 13th
John 6:56, 'He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.'
JOHN 6:47-59
Many thought that Jesus was speaking of cannibalism, but He was speaking of the spiritual man. Just as the physical man receives life from the food he eats, so the spiritual man receives life as he partakes of Jesus, the life of men (Jn. 1:4; 10:10; 14:6) or the 'Bread of Life.' Just as the life of a root is found in the soil, or a branch in the vine, or a fish in the sea, so the believer's true life is found to be in union with Christ.
The Bible presents salvation as a life transforming experience. Change is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a true believer....
DO YOU SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH OTHER PEOPLE? WE USUALLY THINK THAT PREACHERS ARE THE ONES WITH A PASSION TO LEAD PEOPLE TO JESUS. HOWEVER, EVERY BELIEVER SHOULD HAVE THAT SAME PASSION. WHEN WE TELL PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS, WE ARE NOT JUST PRESENTING A THEORY BUT THE FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH US AS REVEALED THROUGH THE BIBLE, WITH THE GREATEST WITNESS BEING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME IF SATAN CAN TAKE GOD'S LOVE FROM US? CAN HE MAKE US MESS UP SO BAD THAT GOD WILL NOT LOVE US? I AM GOING TO ANSWER THIS IN A WAY THAT THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT FOR ANY OF YOU. I AM GOING TO LET THE WORD OF GOD ANSWER THEM. PRAISE GOD FOR HIS LOVE AND GRACE. GOD IS LOVE!!!! JUST READ BELOW AND REJOICE. WE ARE GOD'S AND THAT IS FINAL.
Revelation Knowledge
May 12th
John 6:45, 'It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.'
JOHN 6:40-45
The Old Testament prophets prophesied of a new covenant where we would all be taught of God. This is speaking of revelation knowledge that comes from within, through our spirit. Under the Old Covenant, God dealt with the Jews through the outer man. He did this because an Old Covenant man (who was not born again) could not perceive the spiritual truths revealed in the New Covenant by the Spirit (1 Cor. 2:14). This difference between the old and new covenants is the reason why there had to be two...
I HAVE BEEN ASKED WHY I SAID SIN IS NOT AN ISSUE ANYMORE. WELL, IT IS AN ISSUE IN THE SENSE THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO IT BUT THAT SIN WE DO EVERY DAY HAS ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN. SIN IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE AND DOES MATTER BECAUSE THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. "ROMANS 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." IT ALSO ALLOWS SATAN ACCESS TO OUR LIVES. I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.