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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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Some people have tried to interpret this scripture to say that Jesus was disclaiming deity by associating Himself with the gods spoken of in Psalm 82:6. However, Jesus is not saying that He is a god only in the sense that the scriptures, spoke of men with divine authority as gods (Ex. 4:16; 7:1; 22:28; Ps. 82:1). In the verses before this, Jesus proclaimed His oneness with the Father and in His statements after this, He says that the Father is in Him and He is in the Father, making clear His claim to deity. Also, the Jews were not pacified by His answer, but they tried again to stone Him. If they would have understood His statements to mean that He was not proclaiming His deity, they would have left Him alone.
The comparison that Jesus is making is between the scriptures clearly...
I HAVE WRITTEN ON THIS BEFORE BUT JESUS HAS BROUGHT THIS TO MIND TODAY AND I AM GOING TO WRITE ON IT AGAIN. JESUS SAYS TO HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER AND IT IS HE ONLY COMMANDMENT WITH A BLESSING ATTACHED TO IT FOR US CHILDREN.
There were many ways in which Jesus already revealed who He was. His miraculous works certainly revealed who He was. Jesus had also clearly revealed that He was the Christ, both in the synagogue at His hometown of Nazareth, and when speaking to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well.
Jesus, in His pre-existent state, was in the form of God. "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (Jn. 1:1).
Jesus was God, manifest in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16). However, Jesus did not demand or cling to His rights as God, but laid aside His Divine rights and privileges in order to take the form of a servant and be made in the likeness of men. He further humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the Father, even to...
I HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY THIS MESSAGE BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED TO EXPLAIN IT FURTHER. I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN USING GOD'S WORD.
This sickness was the work of Satan - not the work of God. Jesus said it had bound her - not blessed her - for eighteen years. The teaching that says that sickness is actually a blessing in disguise, because the Lord is working His plan in one's life, is not found in scripture. As Acts 10:38 says, Jesus "went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil," not "oppressed of God."
There are 17 times in the Gospels when Jesus healed all of the sick that were present. There are 47 other times when He healed one or two people at a time.
Nowhere do we find Jesus refusing to heal anyone. Jesus said that He could do nothing of Himself, but only what He saw the Father do. His actions...
IF WE HAVE OUR THOUGHTS ON HIM, IT IS HARD TO HAVE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS. IT IS CALLED RENEWING OF OUR MINDS. ROMANS 12:1-2 SAYS "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Jesus had just spoken about relationships before He gave this parable of delivering ourselves from the judge. The warning is clear that we should do everything within our power to avoid strife (Rom. 12:18). However, the consequences of failing to settle the differences are more than just physical prison or punishment.
Strife can produce spiritual and emotional prisons. James 3:16 says, "where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work." Depressions, fears, loneliness, bitterness, sicknesses, financial problems, and many other things can become prisons from which we will not be delivered...
I HAVE BEEN ASKED THE QUESTION "CAN YOU LOSE YOUR SALVATION?" MANY TIMES BUT THE BETTER QUESTION IS "ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE BORN AGAIN?" IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, WELL, I WILL JUST SAY, YOU HAD BETTER BE. IF YOU ARE REALLY SURE YOU ARE BORN AGAIN, THEN THE QUESTION "CAN YOU LOSE YOUR SALVATION?" IS A GOOD QUESTION THAT EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FOR SURE. IT MIGHT BE COMFORTING TO YOU TO KNOW THAT JESUS IS SURE. I HAVE HEARD THE OLD PHRASE "ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED" AND FOR THE MOST PART THAT IS TRUE. I BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD LOSE YOUR SALVATION IS TO OPENLY AND SINCERELY REJECT JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR. I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD DO THIS BUT I HAVE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT, AT TIMES, THEY GET MAD AT GOD. THIS IS INSANE. HOW COULD YOU EVER GET MAD AT GOD AND WHY WOULD YOU EVER REJECT JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR? AFTER ALL HE WENT THROUGH FOR US, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
This verse is one of the clearest references in scripture about varying degrees of God's judgment according to the knowledge of the person who committed the sin. The whole chapter of Leviticus 4 is written to deal with sins committed in ignorance. Jesus said in John 9:41, "If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth."
Also, Romans 5:13 says, "sin is not imputed when there is no law."
Paul said, in 1 Timothy 1:13, that he obtained mercy because he had sinned "ignorantly in unbelief." The sin he was speaking of was blasphemy, which Jesus taught was unforgivable if done...
DO YOU HAVE PEACE IN YOUR LIFE OR ARE YOU STRESSED OUT AND AFRAID? STRESS CAN COME IN MANY FORMS, SOME WORSE THAN OTHERS. YOU MIGHT THINK IT IS STRESSFUL WHEN YOU ARE LATE GETTING TO A PARTY OR THE TRAFFIC IS BAD AND YOU ARE RUNNING LATE FOR WORK. WHAT IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR JOB AND YOU HAVE NO MONEY FOR RENT OR TO BUY FOOD FOR THE FAMILY? THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE STRESS LEVELS, RIGHT? JESUS GAVE YOU PEACE AND YOU SHOULD ACCEPT IT IN YOUR LIFE. IN JOHN 14:27, JESUS SAYS "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."