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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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IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ HEBREWS 11, THE WHOLE CHAPTER, YOU SHOULD. IT IS CALLED "THE FAITH CHAPTER" FOR A REASON. IT MENTIONS MOST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT MEN AND WOMEN OF FAITH. I GOT CHILLS JUST READING IT AND THINKING ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WERE FACING. ALTHOUGH HEBREWS IS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IT MENTIONS ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS, WE CAN GO INTO THE OLD TESTAMENT AND READ ALL THE STORIES.
Just as every sport has disputes that must be settled by the officials, the peace of God is the umpire that settles all disputes as to what the will of God is for our lives. We must learn to listen to and heed the peace of God in our hearts.
God's peace is something that every born-again believer has. It's a fruit of the Spirit. That peace is always umpiring; we just don't always pay attention. How many times have you acted contrary to the peace in your heart and afterwards, you experience disaster? You say, "I never did feel good about that." That was the peace of God umpiring, but we chose to play by our own rules.
There are some things we can do to facilitate the peace of God umpiring in our hearts. First, consider ALL the options. Many wrong...
I POSTED A MESSAGE FROM MY GOOD FRIEND MICK ALEXANDER A FEW YEARS AGO AND I WAS THINKING THAT SOME OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO READING MY MESSAGES MIGHT COULD BENEFIT FROM IT. THEREFORE, I AM POSTING IT AGAIN. IT WAS ABOUT CONFESSING AND REPENTING. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO. JUST READ BELOW AS HE MAKES IT SO CLEAR.
What does it mean to confess?
Let's imagine that confessing sins is just admitting that we have sinned. So, if I lust and admit it to God then He will forgive me.
If I do the same thing next day He will forgive me again.
If I do the same thing next day He will forgive me again.
If I do the same thing next day He will forgive me again.
So if I continue to lust day after day and...
When the right time came, God sent forth His Son from Heaven in His pre-existent state, into the world. He was born of a woman (virgin birth) and was made subject to the requirements of the law. Jesus was sent at a specific time. The entrance of Jesus into the physical realm was not a random thing occurring at a haphazard time. There were developments that had to take place before Christ could come to earth and redeem man. The Father sent His Son to the earth at the earliest possible time. Anytime prior to the time Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, would have been premature.
His purpose for coming into the world was twofold. First, He came to "redeem them that were under the law." He did this by perfectly keeping the law,...
In the Jews' efforts to prevent anything from happening that would cause people to believe that Jesus was resurrected, they gave one of the most sure proofs of His resurrection. They sealed the tomb so it would be obvious if it had been opened and they obtained a guard of soldiers to protect it.
This removes all doubt that the followers of Jesus could have stolen His body. Therefore, the enemies of Jesus became a historical witness that Jesus literally rose from the dead.
The guards told the chief priests everything that happened at the tomb. This means that they had a complete account of the earthquake, the angels rolling away the stone, and the angels giving the message to the women that Jesus was alive from the dead....
THE BIBLE IS SO INTERESTING AND IT HAS GREAT PROMISES FOR ALL OF US. HOWEVER, I ENJOY SEARCHING OUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE GENEALOGIES. I AM WRITING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD SO MANY TIMES THAT READING THE GENEALOGIES IS BORING AND A WASTE OF TIME. LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE TRACED JESUS' GENEALOGY ALL THE WAY BACK TO ADAM. ONE TIME I MADE A CHART SHOWING THE AGES OF ALL THE PEOPLE FROM ADAM TO NOAH AND WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS VERY INTERESTING. NOAH'S GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ENOCH, WHOM DID NOT DIE BUT GOD TOOK, METHUSELAH, THE OLDEST PERSON THAT EVER LIVED, WAS HIS GRANDFATHER AND LAMECH WAS HIS FATHER. IT IS BELIEVED THAT LAMECH DIED ABOUT 5 YEARS BEFORE THE FLOOD AND THAT METHUSELAH DIED WITHIN A YEAR OF THE FLOOD. THAT IS ONLY SPECULATION AMONG SOME OF THE ...
"PEACE COMES THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS AND GOD BY DAVID MCMILLEN
By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2018-12-14
SOMETIME BACK I WROTE ABOUT KNOWING THE FULL MEANING OF PEACE BUT I DIDN'T QUITE FINISH. DO YOU HAVE PEACE IN YOUR LIFE? SOMETIMES WE GET SO DOWN AND OUT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. THEN, WHEN WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THAT WE CAN, WE TURN TO JESUS. WE START PRAYING THAT THE LORD WILL GIVE US PEACE AND WHEN IT DOESN'T COME, WE START QUESTIONING GOD AND ASKING WHY. PRAYING FOR YOUR PEACE JUST DOESN'T WORK. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT OUR PEACE WILL COME THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND JESUS. (2 PETER 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,)
Self-denial is embraced by much of Christianity today. Historically, self-denial has always been a big part of false religion. Most religions of the world teach an abasement of self, but they do it as penitence in order to obtain salvation. This is not the denying of self that the Bible advocates.
True self-denial as the scriptures promote is not self hatred or masochism, but rather an enthroning of Christ above self. We have a new identity in Christ that replaces the old self. We don't deny self in order to obtain salvation, but it is a love response to what Christ has already done for us. He gave His all for us and we willingly give our all back to Him.
Denying self in an attempt to earn salvation is most always...
The Sabbath was first mentioned in scripture in Exodus 16, when the Lord miraculously provided manna to the children of Israel in the wilderness. The Israelites were commanded to gather twice as much manna on the sixth day because God would not provide any on the seventh day (Ex. 16:5, 22-30).
Shortly after this, the Lord commanded the observance of the Sabbath day in the ten commandments that were given to Moses on two tablets of stone on Mt. Sinai (Ex. 20:8-11). In this command, God connected the Sabbath day with the rest He took on the seventh day of creation.
According to Exodus 23:12, one of the purposes of the...
I BELIEVE THE BASIS FOR FORGIVENESS IS THE LOVE AND GRACE THAT GOD HAS FOR US. 1ST JOHN 4:19 SAYS "We love him, because he first loved us." ALSO, EPHESIANS 2:8 SAYS "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God."