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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 Bible teaches that there are different dispensations or divinely ordered ways of God dealing with mankind throughout the ages. A dispensation is simply a period of time in which God deals with mankind in a certain way.
The Old Testament law was only a temporary dispensation and ruled from the giving of the law (Ex. 20) until the ministry of John the Baptist. When Christ came, He put an end to the law for righteousness (Rom. 10:4). Anyone who advocates the keeping of the law for the purpose of right standing with God is going back to an Old Testament system of law that has been abolished and is making the work of Christ void in his life.
The New Testament believer is under the dispensation of God's grace. We are not under...
Justification is not something to be earned, but a gift to be received. Seeking to earn salvation is the only sin that will prevent a person from being saved, because you cannot submit yourself to the righteousness of God which comes as a gift through faith as long as you are seeking to establish your own righteousness.
Most people are unaware that there are two kinds of righteousness. Only one type of righteousness is acceptable to God. There is our righteousness, which is our compliance with the requirements of the law. This is an imperfect righteousness because human nature is imperfect and incapable of fulfilling the law. And there is God's righteousness, which only...
FOR YOU WHO ARE NOT BORN AGAIN, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO YOU. THIS NOT ONLY EFFECTS YOUR FUTURE AND WHERE YOU WILL END UP IN ETERNITY BUT IT IS EFFECTING YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE. EVERLASTING LIFE DOESN'T START WHEN WE LEAVE THIS EARTH. I WAS GOING TO SAY WHEN WE DIE BUT WE NEVER DIE. THESE OLD BODIES WILL PASS AWAY AND TURN BACK TO DUST BUT OUR SPIRITS WILL LIVE FOREVER EITHER IN HEAVEN OR HELL. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW LONG ETERNITY IS. I ALWAYS LIKED THAT VERSE IN THE SONG "AMAZING GRACE" WHERE IT SAYS "WHEN WE'VE BEEN THERE TEN THOUSAND YEARS, BRIGHT SHINING AS THE SUN, WE'VE NO LESS DAYS TO SING GOD'S PRAISE THEN WHEN WE FIRST BEGUN." NO LESS DAYS AFTER SPENDING TEN THOUSAND YEARS. OUR LITTLE MINDS CAN'T GRASP WHAT THIS IS REALLY SAYING. I JUST KNOW IT IS A LONG TIME.
THE DICTIONARY DEFINES "JUSTIFIED" AS "To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid...To declare free of blame; absolve...To free (a human) of the guilt and penalty attached to grievous sin." ACCORDING TO THE WORLD, I GUESS YOU COULD BE JUSTIFIED IN MANY WAYS. HOWEVER, HOW DOES THE BIBLE SAY YOU ARE JUSTIFIED?
The unjust steward was covetous. He had not been faithful to his master or to his master's debtors. He had wasted his master's goods on himself. When found out, his self-serving nature considered the options, and decided there had to be a change. He decided to use his lord's money to make friends so that when he was fired he would have someone to help him.
His master was apparently wealthy enough that he didn't take offense at the steward's discounting of the debts owed to him, but rather he commended the steward. He didn't commend his dishonest ways, but he was commending the fact that he had finally used his lord's money to plan for the future instead of wasting it on himself. Although the steward was...
If this elder son had considered his brother, he would have rejoiced at his return even as his father did. Rather, he was totally self-centered (that's pride) and became angry. This illustrates Proverbs 13:10; "only by pride cometh contention."
How can we esteem others better than ourselves when in truth we really think we are better than others? Some people are better athletes than others. Some are better businessmen than others. Some are better speakers than others, and so forth. First, we need to recognize that our accomplishments don't make us better than others. There is a difference between what we do and who we are.
Better performance does not make a better person. A person's character can be severely wanting even though his performance is good. A...
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AT NIGHT AND SEE A GANG OF YOUNG KIDS COMING IN YOUR DIRECTION? IT IS A SHAME BUT WE TEND TO WANT TO CROSS THE STREET TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY. WHY IS THIS? I THINK IT IS BECAUSE ALL WE SEE ON TV IS HOW THE GANGS ARE ROAMING THE STREETS DOING BAD THINGS.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE FOR JESUS? IF YOU HAVE, GOOD...REJOICE...BE GLAD...PRAY THAT IT WILL CONTINUE. DO YOU THINK I AM NUTS FOR SAYING ALL THIS? LOOK WHAT JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 5:10 "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." NOW YOU SEE WHY I CAN SAY THIS.
For this boy's father to have seen him "a great way off" would imply that the Father had been eagerly awaiting his son's return. Certainly, in the spiritual application of this parable, our Heavenly Father is longing to cleanse and receive the sinner, if he will just repent and come to Him for forgiveness.
Jesus was using this parable to rebuke the Pharisees for their harsh, self-righteous, unforgiving attitude towards sinners. The older brother in this parable was symbolic of the Pharisees. Like this brother, the Pharisees had not lived an outward life of rebellion and they thought that others who didn't measure up to their standards were surely hated by God. But, "God so loved the world" and "Christ...
THE REASON I AM WRITING THIS MESSAGE IS BECAUSE I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT GOD WANTED ME TO WRITE IT AND THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT NEEDS TO HEAR IT. ANOTHER REASON IS THAT I COULD NOT HAVE COME UP WITH THESE VERSES AND IDEAS ON MY OWN.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AVOID FOR FEAR OF BEING CALLED A HOMOPHOBIC. I HAVE HEARD THIS WORD, "HOMOPHOBIC" MENTIONED MANY TIMES AND TRUTHFULLY, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT. WELL, YOU KNOW ME, I LOOKED IT UP. NOW THIS FIRST DEFINITION IS ONE THAT IS NOT ME. "Fear, hatred, or mistrust of lesbians