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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 IS SO INTERESTING AND IT HAS GREAT PROMISES FOR ALL OF US. HOWEVER, I ENJOY SEARCHING OUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE GENEALOGIES. I AM WRITING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD SO MANY TIMES THAT READING THE GENEALOGIES IS BORING AND A WASTE OF TIME. LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE TRACED JESUS' GENEALOGY ALL THE WAY BACK TO ADAM. ONE TIME I MADE A CHART SHOWING THE AGES OF ALL THE PEOPLE FROM ADAM TO NOAH AND WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS VERY INTERESTING. NOAH'S GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ENOCH, WHOM DID NOT DIE BUT GOD TOOK, METHUSELAH, THE OLDEST PERSON THAT EVER LIVED, WAS HIS GRANDFATHER AND LAMECH WAS HIS FATHER. IT IS BELIEVED THAT LAMECH DIED ABOUT 5 YEARS BEFORE THE FLOOD AND THAT METHUSELAH DIED WITHIN A YEAR OF THE FLOOD. THAT IS ONLY SPECULATION AMONG SOME OF THE ...
In the Jews' efforts to prevent anything from happening that would cause people to believe that Jesus was resurrected, they gave one of the most sure proofs of His resurrection. They sealed the tomb so it would be obvious if it had been opened and they obtained a guard of soldiers to protect it.
This removes all doubt that the followers of Jesus could have stolen His body. Therefore, the enemies of Jesus became a historical witness that Jesus literally rose from the dead.
The guards told the chief priests everything that happened at the tomb. This means that they had a complete account of the earthquake, the angels rolling away the stone, and the angels giving the message to the women that Jesus was alive from the dead....
"PEACE COMES THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS AND GOD BY DAVID MCMILLEN
By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2018-12-14
SOMETIME BACK I WROTE ABOUT KNOWING THE FULL MEANING OF PEACE BUT I DIDN'T QUITE FINISH. DO YOU HAVE PEACE IN YOUR LIFE? SOMETIMES WE GET SO DOWN AND OUT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. THEN, WHEN WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THAT WE CAN, WE TURN TO JESUS. WE START PRAYING THAT THE LORD WILL GIVE US PEACE AND WHEN IT DOESN'T COME, WE START QUESTIONING GOD AND ASKING WHY. PRAYING FOR YOUR PEACE JUST DOESN'T WORK. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT OUR PEACE WILL COME THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND JESUS. (2 PETER 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,)
Self-denial is embraced by much of Christianity today. Historically, self-denial has always been a big part of false religion. Most religions of the world teach an abasement of self, but they do it as penitence in order to obtain salvation. This is not the denying of self that the Bible advocates.
True self-denial as the scriptures promote is not self hatred or masochism, but rather an enthroning of Christ above self. We have a new identity in Christ that replaces the old self. We don't deny self in order to obtain salvation, but it is a love response to what Christ has already done for us. He gave His all for us and we willingly give our all back to Him.
Denying self in an attempt to earn salvation is most always...
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 Sabbath was first mentioned in scripture in Exodus 16, when the Lord miraculously provided manna to the children of Israel in the wilderness. The Israelites were commanded to gather twice as much manna on the sixth day because God would not provide any on the seventh day (Ex. 16:5, 22-30).
Shortly after this, the Lord commanded the observance of the Sabbath day in the ten commandments that were given to Moses on two tablets of stone on Mt. Sinai (Ex. 20:8-11). In this command, God connected the Sabbath day with the rest He took on the seventh day of creation.
According to Exodus 23:12, one of the purposes of the...
HAVE YOU WONDERED WHY GOD DOES NOT USE YOU MORE IN MINISTRY. ARE YOU READY TO BE USED? A LOT OF BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS ARE READY TO GO OUT AND TELL THE WORLD ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HE DID FOR THEM. THIS IS GREAT AND WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT WHEN SOMEONE ASKS THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO GET BORN AGAIN, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT ROOTED ENOUGH IN THE WORD OF GOD TO ANSWER. I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE SO GROUNDED IN THE WORD THAT WE KNOW GOD'S MESSAGE AND HOW TO SHARE IT ALL WITH ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN.
This is an amazing event that only Matthew records. This earthquake apparently rolled the stones away from many of the graves in the vicinity of Jerusalem, and some of the saints buried there arose from the dead. Even at the death of Jesus, such power was released that death lost its grip on its captives.
It is uncertain whether these resurrected saints died again or were caught up to God. If they were resurrected at Christ's death, then they would have had to die again, just as Lazarus or Jairus' daughter or the widow's son at Nain or anyone else that Jesus raised from the dead during His ministry. This is because Jesus was, "the firstfruits of them that slept" (Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20). Jesus was not the first person physically raised from the dead, but He was the first person...