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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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WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING AND ASKING GOD FOR SOMETHING, DO YOU THANK HIM WHEN HE GIVES IT TO YOU OR ARE YOU LIKE THE NINE LEPERS THAT JESUS HEALED IN LUKE 17:12-16. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS, "And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan." ONLY ONE OF THE TEN CAME BACK TO THANK HIM AND HE WAS A SAMARITAN WHICH THE JEWS WERE NOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH. I WONDER IF THE OTHER NINE WERE JEWS OR GENTILES (SAMARITANS).
Recognition of our completeness in Christ is a tremendous safeguard against deception. Prior to salvation we are incomplete and constantly strive to satisfy our hunger. But through the new birth, we are complete in Christ and our hunger should only be for more revelation of what we already have in Christ. Total satisfaction with Christ disarms Satan's lies. A big part of all temptation is dissatisfaction.
Adam and Eve would not have eaten of the forbidden fruit if they hadn't been made dissatisfied with what they had. Through Satan's lie they were led to believe that they didn't have it all (Gen. 3:5). The truth is, they did have it all. They were more like God before they ate of the fruit than after they ate the fruit....
DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER, OR EVEN KNOW SOMEONE, WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE? I DO AND IT IS JUST A TOOL OF THE DEVIL TO STOP YOU FROM THINKING ON GOD'S WORD OR STUDYING IT. DON'T LET SATAN MAKE YOU FORGET ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HE DID FOR US ALL.
I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THIS TODAY AND WENT ON-LINE TO THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION NETWORK TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THEY HAVE FOUND OUT THAT MIGHT HELP. THEIR STUDY SHOWS "Mental decline as you age appears to be largely due to altered connections among brain cells. But research has found that keeping the brain...
Thomas refused to believe what He couldn't see or feel. Our five senses were given to us by God and are necessary to help us function in this life. But if we do not renew our minds to acknowledge the limits of our five senses, they will keep us from believing. Faith can perceive things that the senses cannot (Heb. 11:1).
There is a human faith and a supernatural, God-kind of faith. Human faith is based on physical things that we can see, taste, hear, smell, or feel. God's kind of faith believes independently of physical circumstances. To receive God's gift of salvation, we have to use the supernatural, God-kind of faith...
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."
The meaning of this verse has been hotly debated for centuries. One thing is certain, it does not mean we have the power to justify a person from his sins so he can be born again; only God can do that.
Many people have taught that Jesus is saying, that if we fail to witness to others, we are retaining their sins unto them, and if we do share His love with others, then we are remitting their sins. Although there is truth in this statement, it is not what this verse is teaching. Rather, this verse deals with the temporal effects that sin has on a person's life. Not only is there a future death penalty for sin, but sin destroys us emotionally and physically in this life too. It is this present destruction that sin brings into a person's life that Jesus gave us...
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS MESSAGE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS BUT AS I HAVE SAID, IT IS IMPORTANT. JUST BARE WITH AN OLD MAN AS THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE THAT HAS NOT HEARD THIS AND REALLY NEEDS IT. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN THE BIBLE THAT SO MANY CHRISTIANS DON'T UNDERSTAND. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THEY JUST SKIM OVER THE WORDS AND NEVER REALLY TAKE IN ALL THAT IT IS SAYING. LET'S LOOK AT A FEW THINGS.
The dictionary states that to reconcile means to re-establish friendship between; to settle or resolve, as a dispute. The key to reconciliation is to effectively deal with the enmity, ill will, hatred, or hostility that caused the dispute, etc.
The enmity between man and God was sin. God took the initiative to remove this barrier through the means and agency of Jesus Christ, thus leaving man and God as friends once again.
We have received the ministry of reconciliation. That means we are in the ministry of reconciling people to God. Much of what people call the gospel today is actually alienating man from God. True, we need to show people their need for God to get them to receive His forgiveness and reconciliation, but the angry and bitter attitude some people...