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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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Verses 18 and 19 have many applications, but taken in context, they are specifically referring to church discipline. Some might think that church discipline is only symbolic and carries no real weight; however, Jesus is making it clear that in the spiritual realm, discipline that is directed by the Holy Spirit has much power.
The scriptural commands concerning church discipline are designed to help restore the brother or sister who is in sin just as much as they are designed to protect other members of the body from that sin. If the...
DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD TRULY LOVES US? HE IS NOT FAR OFF IN HEAVEN WATCHING US TO SEE IF WE ARE GOING TO SIN LIKE SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE. HE LOVES US BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR US. BEFORE JESUS TOOK OUR SINS AWAY, WE COULDN'T EVEN GO STRAIGHT TO HIM IN PRAYER. KNOWING ALL OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO JESUS, WHAT REJECTION HE WOULD FACE, THE PAIN HE WOULD SUFFER ON THE CROSS, AND ESPECIALLY HIS PAIN (GOD'S PAIN) WHEN HE HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON JESUS ON THE CROSS BECAUSE HE COULD NOT LOOK ON ALL THAT SIN. DO YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS OF JESUS, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" THEN THE BIBLE SAYS "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost." I AM SURE THAT HIS BELIEVING THAT GOD, HIS OWN...
One of the greatest truths of the Bible and also one of the hardest to comprehend, is that we are the objects of God's love. God didn't just pity us or feel some sense of moral obligation to save us. He saved us because of His infinite love for us (Jn. 3:16).
God loves people. He even loves those who have gone astray. As Jesus said in a similar parable (Lk. 15:7), "I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance."
Once we experience the life-changing power of Christ, there is a tendency to become harsh and impatient with others who continue to live their lives without Him. We sometimes forget that it was the love and goodness of...
ARE YOU BROKEN HEARTED? HAS SOMEONE YOU LOVE DONE SOMETHING THAT REALLY HURT YOU AND YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN OR EVEN TALK TO THEM? IF THIS HASN'T YET HAPPENED TO YOU, IT COULD. WHAT YOU DO IF THIS DOES HAPPENS IS GOING TO BE YOUR CHOICE. YOU CAN HATE THEM FOR IT OR YOU CAN FORGIVE THEM. EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES BUT YOUR FORGIVING THEM WILL BE MUCH BETTER FOR THE BOTH OF YOU. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU HAVE FORGIVEN THEM, IT HAS TO BE FORGOTTEN, NEVER TO BE MENTIONED AGAIN.
We have angels assigned to us. Hebrews 1:14 further reveals that their purpose is to minister to us (i.e. on our behalf). In the Old Testament, Psalm 91 teaches on the ministry of angels to God's people.
Some have realized this truth and have taken it even further to say that we are supposed to speak to our angels and they will obey our commands. There is no instruction in scripture to do this nor is there any example of it being done. Many of the angels' protective duties described in Psalm 91 are...
THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS WE ARE TEMPTED AS WE GO ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES AND A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT. SIN STARTS IN THE MIND AND THE DEVIL WILL GIVE US THOUGHTS THAT WILL LEAD TO SIN. ALSO HE WILL HAVE SOMEONE SUGGEST SOMETHING THAT CAN LEAD TO SIN. MAYBE HE WILL PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF US TO TEMPT US. WHAT WE MUST NOT DO IS DWELL ON THOSE THINGS. DO THE SAME THING AS YOU WOULD IF YOU PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR MOUTH THAT WAS BAD.....SPIT IT OUT.
It is interesting that Jesus used a little child to illustrate humility. Although it is true that little children have a purity and humility that is many times missing in adults, they certainly are not selfless. A child comes into the world totally self-centered, wanting what he wants when he wants it. Parents are to train children out of this self-centeredness.
One of humility's dominant characteristics is a God-dependency and not a self-sufficiency. The truth of humility being the key to greatness or success was not new. Jesus gave this truth new meaning by walking in humility as no one ever had before.
This path of self-denial to greatness is exactly opposite to the world's path of exalting self at...
AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT JESUS CHOSE PAUL TO PREACH TO THE GENTILES AND THAT HE WAS OBEDIENT TO DO IT? IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE TWELVE DISCIPLES ARE WRITING AND TEACHING THE JEWS BUT PAUL, IN HIS THIRTEEN BOOKS, IS WRITING TO THE GENTILES. THIS WAS A GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT AMONG THEM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS WHEN WE ARE STUDYING THE BIBLE OR IT COULD GET A LITTLE CONFUSING. IT WAS TO ME BEFORE I LEARNED THIS. IN GALATIANS 2:9, PAUL TELLS OF THE HANDSHAKE, OR RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP AS PAUL CALLS IT, WHERE HE SAYS "And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we (PAUL AND BARNABAS) should go unto the heathen (GENTILES), and they (JAMES, PETER, JOHN AND THE DISCIPLES) unto the circumcision (THE JEWS). (THE PARENTHESES ARE MINE)