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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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A person who has to swear or make a promise to validate his statements is a person whose word is no good. The thrust of Jesus' teaching here is that we should live in such a manner that no one would ever have to have additional proof that we are telling the truth. Our word should be our bond.
We have all heard the story of the young shepherd boy who cried wolf when there was no wolf until finally no one believed him when the wolf really came. Our lack of integrity in performing our word has the same effect on people today.
Very few people conduct business anymore with their word and a handshake. Even contracts are not sacred if an individual can afford a good enough lawyer. But this is not the way God intended it.
God has fulfilled...
ARE YOU USABLE TO JESUS? IF WE WANT TO BE USED WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED. DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME JESUS MINISTERED IN JERUSALEM WHERE THE MULTITUDES BELIEVED ON HIM WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES HE HAD PERFORMED? WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD TIME TO GET THE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND START SPREADING HIS GOSPEL? JESUS DIDN'T THINK SO. SEE WHAT IT SAYS IN JOHN 2:23-24 "Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men." HE DIDN'T WANT THE PEOPLE PROCLAIMING HIS GOSPEL IN THEIR OWN ABILITY. THEY WERE NOT READY.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BIBLE? I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS IN IT BUT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HOW IT CAME TO BE AVAILABLE TO US. YOU SHOULD FEEL BLESSED THAT YOU EVEN HAVE A BIBLE TO READ. DO YOU READ YOURS? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHERE YOURS IS? SOME HAVE SO MUCH DUST ON THEM THAT IT IS HARD TO EVEN TELL IT IS THE BIBLE AND SOME HAVE THEM OUT FOR ALL TO SEE AND ONLY TOUCH IT TO KEEP IT CLEAN SO PEOPLE WILL THINK THEY ARE RELIGIOUS. WHAT A SHAME!
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God's commandments are not intended to make us miserable--they're meant for our own happiness. Satan's lie in the Garden of Eden caused Eve to question God's motives behind His command (Genesis 3:5).
Malachi 2:15 says God hates divorce. God doesn't hate the people who divorce. He hates the act of divorce because of the damage it does to people. God loves people.
Today, people see divorce as an easy way out of marital problems. But this is based on the misconception that the mate is the problem--which is rarely the case.
People who blame their mate for their problems give in easily to divorce, thinking that a new partner will solve the...
Is Jesus advocating dismembering of our bodies? Quite the contrary. He is drawing on the universal drive within every person of self preservation to make a point. If you value your body highly enough that you would never sacrifice one of its parts, then you should esteem your spiritual well being much higher.
Ever since the fall of Adam and Eve, man's priorities have been misplaced. Great effort is put into preserving our physical life while our spiritual condition is often overlooked. It constantly gets put on the "back burner" while we tend to more urgent matters of this life.
Yet our physical bodies are just temporary. If we live 70 years or...
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What did Jesus mean? Since the Pharisees fasted twice each week, does this mean we have to fast three times each week? Since they paid tithes on everything including spices, does this mean that anyone who fails to tithe is doomed to hell?
No! Definitely not. The Pharisees' righteousness was based on their actions. Jesus is advocating a righteousness that is based on faith in what He did for us.
Trusting in our own actions will never grant us access to God. We may be better than others, but who wants to be the best sinner that ever went to hell? We have all sinned and come short of perfection which is what God requires (Rom. 3:23).
The only one who was ever good enough...
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO BILLY GRAHAM WHICH I THINK IS WONDERFULLY PUT AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.
William Franklin "Billy" Graham Jr.
November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2018
Billy Graham had the best day of his life on February 21, 2018, as he was welcomed into glory by millions of people whose lives he had touched and he heard the words "Well done, good and faithful servant" from the One whom he had served all his life. We will certainly miss his personal influence here on earth, but that influence lives on through the countless lives he touched during his long ministry.
Billy Graham has probably touched more lives for Jesus than any person who has ever lived. Yet it was never about him. I remember many times I heard him interviewed, and he would always turn the conversation to Jesus. He influenced kings and queens and every former American president since Eisenhower. But he never...
YOU KNOW, WE CAN PRAY CONSTANTLY FOR GOD TO SAVE SOMEONE BUT IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY. PRAYER WILL NOT GET A PERSON BORN AGAIN. IF THAT WAS THE CASE, NONE OF OUR LOVED ONES WOULD GO TO HELL.