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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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HAVE YOU SOWN ANY SEEDS THIS WEEK? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MONEY. I KNOW WHEN PREACHERS HAVE A SERMON ON TITHING THEY DON'T MENTION ANYTHING BUT MONEY. WELL, MOST OF THE ONES I HAVE HEARD ANYWAY. I GUESS THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO NEED MONEY TO RUN THE CHURCH. NOW IF GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH A LOT OF MONEY, THEN, BY ALL MEANS, SOW SOME OF IT. MAYBE YOU HAVE THAT ABUNDANCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SOWING. IF THIS IS TRUE, GOD BLESS YOU.
The wording of this verse implies that Satan exhausted his arsenal of temptations on Jesus and then had to leave.
We have mistakenly given Satan too much credit. He does not have a limitless number of temptations that he can pull on us. As 1 Jn. 2:16 says, there are three areas where the devil tempts us: (1) the lust of the flesh, (2) the lust of the eyes, and (3) the pride of life. Jesus' three temptations correspond to these.
By ascribing to Satan limitless temptations and abilities, we have built up our adversary to be bigger than he is. The truth is, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make...
Jesus answered every temptation with, "It is written." The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6:17). It is the only offensive spiritual weapon that we have.
Since Jesus was the Word of God (Jn. 1:1), anything he would have spoken would have been the Word. He could have said "scat" and the devil would have had to go, yet He quoted the written Word of God three times.
This gives us great assurance that the written Word of God is sufficient for us. Jesus, in the face of the greatest temptations that Satan had to offer, did not need to say anything that was not already recorded in scripture.
It is likely that when Jesus returns to this earth and destroys His enemies, He will just speak the Word that...
IS GOD OMNIPOTENT? WE KNOW HE IS, BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY DOES HE ALLOW ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS WORLD. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD GAVE DOMINION OVER THE EARTH TO ADAM AND HE HAD A FREE WILL TO DO WITH IT WHAT HE WANTED TO AND WHEN HE DISOBEYED GOD, SINNED ENTERED INTO THE WORLD, BOTH IN HUMANITY AS WELL AS THE EARTH. THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS IN ROMANS 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
IF YOU KNEW THAT JESUS WAS GOING TO COME BACK IN A WEEK, WHAT WOULD YOUR LAST WEEK BE LIKE? WOULD YOU KEEP DOING THE SAME THINGS AS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST? THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT.
Two of Satan's three temptations began with the words, "If you be the Son of God."
Jesus was God, but he did have a human body that had to grow in the knowledge and wisdom of God (Jn. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:16; Lk. 2:52). It took faith for the physical mind of Jesus to believe the witness of the Spirit within Him that he was the Messiah. Satan was attacking the most basic of His beliefs. This must have been a temptation to Jesus or Satan would not have used it.
Satan is very subtle in his temptations. It may have looked like he was trying to get Jesus to perform a miracle, but he was actually trying to make Jesus waiver in His faith of who He was. He tried to get Jesus to draw on the supernatural power of God to confirm...
FOR YOU NEWLY BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ADVICE. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AND DO TO HELP YOU GROW IN YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK. I AM GOING TO LIST A FEW OF THEM AND WRITE SOMETHING BOUT EACH OF THEM.
I BELIEVE FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU NEED TO GET INTO THE BIBLE, STUDY AND LEARN ALL YOU CAN ABOUT JESUS. HE EVEN TELLS US TO DO THIS IN MATTHEW 11:29 WHERE HE SAYS "Take my yoke upon you, and LEARN OF ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." STUDYING YOUR BIBLE IS THE WAY YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. IT IS ALSO THE WAY TO BUILD YOUR FAITH. ROMANS 10:17 SAYS "So then faith cometh by hearing, and...
John the Baptist was overwhelmed that Jesus was asking to be baptized by him. John had already declared himself unworthy to unloose the latchet of the Christ's shoes, and now the Christ was asking him to administer His baptism (Lk. 3:16).
Likewise, we are often overwhelmed by the idea that the Lord could use us. Who are we to proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ? It is easy to disqualify ourselves and not fulfill God's instructions. However, Jesus told John that he had to do it to fulfill all righteousness.
As wonderful as it may seem, the Lord has chosen to use us. God's Word could not have been fulfilled without John's cooperation. The Lord works through men.
We can do nothing by ourselves, but the Lord will do nothing...
WHAT IS FAITH? WE KNOW WE ARE SAVED THROUGH IT AND IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD (EPHESIANS 2:8). WE KNOW IT IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR AND THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS WE CAN'T SEE (HEBREWS 11:1). WE KNOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY IT (GALATIANS 3:11). WE KNOW THAT WITH IT THAT NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US (MATTHEW 17:20). WE KNOW THAT WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY IT AND HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH JESUS (ROMANS 5:1). WE KNOW IT COMES FROM HEARING THE WORD (ROMANS 10:17). WE KNOW THAT WHATEVER IS NOT OF IT IS SIN (ROMANS 14:23). WE KNOW WE SHOULD WALK BY IT (2ND CORINTHIANS 5:7). WE KNOW THAT JESUS IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF IT (HEBREWS 12:2). AND LAST, BUT VERY IMPORTANT, WITHOUT IT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD (HEBREWS 11:6). I THOUGHT WITH THIS MESSAGE I WOULD JUST GIVE YOU THE VERSE NUMBER SO YOU COULD LOOK IT UP YOURSELVES. I BELIEVE YOU WILL GET MORE OUT OF IT IF YOU READ THE BEFORE AND AFTER VERSES.
These scriptures record the ministry of John the Baptist. He spent thirty years in the deserts of Judaea preparing for this ministry. Then it only lasted about six months before He baptized Jesus and men started following the Messiah. Yet in those brief six months He turned an entire nation to God.
He did not take the normal approach and go where the people were. He was out in the wilderness and the people came to him. He had no advertisements other than the testimonies of those who had heard him. He wasn't a flashy evangelist wearing the latest styles of the day. He didn't do anything the way the religious leaders taught it was supposed to be done in their seminaries, yet it worked.
In six short months, an entire nation was stirred in anticipation...