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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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Philip and Andrew had just brought word to Jesus that certain Greeks or Gentiles were seeking Him at the feast. He had ministered to other Gentiles, but this is the first time that the Gentiles came specifically to seek Him instead of what He could do. Apparently, this was an added signal to Jesus that His time had come and that He could no longer confine His ministry to only the Jews. Therefore, He made statements about His death and glorification, that would break down the middle wall of partition between the Jew and the Gentile.
There was a physical wall of partition that symbolized this division in the Jerusalem temple. The Gentiles could come into a designated area of the temple known as the court of the Gentiles, but a stone wall, about five feet high,...
There is nothing wrong with praising God. It is encouraged and commanded thousands of times in the scriptures. The reason the Pharisees were so upset was because they didn't accept Jesus as God. Indeed, it would be blasphemy for Jesus to accept worship if He wasn't God. This is another confirmation of the deity of Christ.
Only Luke records this instance of the Pharisees' objection and Jesus' answer. This was the triumphant entry of Israel's King that was prophesied and anticipated for centuries. The excitement could not be contained. If people refused to praise Him, the creation would have broken out in spontaneous praise. No rock...
HOW OFTEN DO YOU THANK GOD FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS? DO YOU EVER SACRIFICE YOUR TIME FOR HIM AND JUST SIT WITH HIM AND LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND SING PRAISES TO HIM? HE DESERVES BOTH THE THANKS AND THE PRAISE, YOU KNOW. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS IN HEBREWS 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. SOMETIMES I JUST SING TO HIM AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW I SOUND TERRIBLE, I THINK HE LIKES IT AND, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, HIS WORD SAYS TO DO IT AND HE WANTS OUR OBEDIENCE.
The gifts of the Spirit are not meant to be a substitute for our own faith in the Lord. We are not to depend so completely on some individual with a spiritual gift that we neglect our own spiritual growth and maturity. We can receive anything we need from the Lord without a gift of the Spirit operating through another individual, if we know how to believe. Dependence on the Lord directly is superior to dependence on the Lord indirectly through someone operating in one of the spiritual gifts.
What if there were no gifts of the Spirit and the Lord established that the only way we could receive from Him was through our own faith? There would be some individuals who would get born...
HOW MUCH DOES HOLINESS COUNT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SALVATION? I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO ALL THEIR LIVES. IT HAS BECOME SUCH A HABIT THAT THEY WOULD NOT CONSIDER MISSING FOR ANY REASON. I WONDER WHAT THEY WOULD SAY IF YOU ASK THEM WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN THEY WERE SAVED. THEY SHOULD REMEMBER BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE GREATEST THING THAT HAD EVER HAPPENED TO THEM OR THAT EVER WILL. I AM AFRAID THERE ARE SOME THAT DID IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS EXPECTED OF THEM. I WONDER IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY BORN AGAIN.
This is the fulfillment of Zechariah's prophecy in Zechariah 9:9. Notice how specific Zechariah's prophecy is and how exactly it was fulfilled. Zechariah prophesied Jesus not only riding an ass, but also a colt (unbroken), the foal of an ass. Zechariah also mentioned the people rejoicing greatly and shouting which certainly came to pass on this day.
All four gospels include a triumphal entry, but only Matthew records a donkey with a colt. A simple explanation to a so-called "contradiction" is that Jesus rode the colt while the other donkey went along. No doubt, He rode each animal part of the way.
Not only was it a miracle that Jesus knew about the ass and its colt, but also where they would...
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PLEASE GOD? SOME MIGHT SAY THAT BEING IN FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM PLEASES HIM AND I AM SURE THEY ARE RIGHT. THEY MIGHT ALSO SAY THAT GOING TO CHURCH AND TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS WOULD ALSO MAKE HIM PLEASED AND, AGAIN, I AM SURE THEY ARE RIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PLEASE HIM AND WE ALL SHOULD BE STRIVING TO DO IT EVERY DAY.
The spikenard was a fragrant plant, and its roots were used in Jesus' day to make an aromatic, costly perfume and ointment. The plant, itself, grows in the Himalaya mountains at an elevation of 11,000 to 17,000 feet. For centuries, it was used by Hindus as a medicine and perfume and was an actively traded commodity. Its great cost stemmed from that it had to be transported over 6,000 miles to reach Palestine, and depending on quality, it sold for as much as 400 denarii per pound (or $750 an ounce, is the modern purchasing equivalent). That made it more valuable than gold. This ointment was worth at least two and one-half times more than the thirty pieces of...
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD WILL POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH IN THE LAST DAYS. SO, IF YOU HAVE FLESH...HEADS UP. (ACTS 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. GOD JUST MIGHT BE GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT HE WANTS FOR YOUR LIFE.