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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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This is the biblical definition of a hypocrite, "someone whose words and heart (actions) don't agree." A hypocrite may act the part of a Christian or he may talk like Christ, but he won't do both. When both confession and action from the heart are consistent with God's Word, there is salvation (Rom. 10:9-10).
The word "hypocrite" comes from the Greek word "hupokrites," meaning "the playing of a part on the stage; an actor." It was a custom for Greek and Roman actors to use large masks, when acting, to disguise their true identity. Hence, hypocrisy became "the feigning of beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; insecurity" (American Heritage Dictionary).
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Man looks on the outward appearance (this is what the scribes and Pharisees were concerned with), but the Lord looks on the heart (1 Sam. 16:7). Jesus looked on men's hearts. The Old Testament laws concerning washing served a secondary purpose of hygiene, but as stated in Colossians 2:16-17 and Hebrews 9:1,9-10, their real purpose was to shadow or illustrate spiritual truth.
Defiled food may hurt our bodies, but it cannot reach our spirits (Jn. 3:6).
The scribes and Pharisees missed the principle of spiritual purity taught by the Old Testament ordinances and became obsessed with strict adherence to their rituals. While they relentlessly enforced the laws dealing with the physical realm, they had become completely corrupt in the...
PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME HOW I KNOW THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD. I TELL THEM THAT THE BIBLE SAYS HE DID AND I BELIEVE THE BIBLE. ALSO, I KNOW BECAUSE HE IS ALIVE AND FELLOWSHIPS WITH ME. I CAN FEEL HIM WITH ME. I ALSO KNOW BECAUSE HE HAS HEALED ME OF MANY THINGS. I KNOW BY FAITH.
Jesus is stating that our spirit, not our flesh, is where our life comes from. These people were so dominated by their physical lives that they were missing all the spiritual significance of His words. Although God's Word does benefit our physical man, the Word is spiritual and must be understood through the spirit. God's Word is spirit and it takes our spirit to illuminate its truths to our minds.
The Word of God is not paper and ink. Jesus is the Word, and He existed in spiritual form long before any words were inspired to be written down by the Holy Ghost. The Bible is simply a physical representation of Jesus and spiritual truth. It is inspired of God and therefore, totally accurate and reliable, and yet, until we...
This scripture, as well as Matthew 15:12, reveals that people will be offended by the Gospel. As much as possible, however, we should make sure that it is not ourselves that are offensive. But we cannot labor under the deception that everyone will receive the Gospel, even if the truth was presented properly. We know that Jesus represented His Father perfectly and yet most people rejected His message.
In these two instances, when Jesus realized He had offended the listeners, He didn't apologize and try to make concessions to gain their acceptance. Instead, He got harder. This hard message of commitment is not only beneficial to those who receive it, but it serves a dual purpose in that it exposes the "tares among the wheat."
It is important to be...
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN I BECAME BORN-AGAIN AND THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH YOU. I KNOW, NOW, THAT I WOULD HAVE BECOME A CHRISTIAN SOONER THAN I DID IF I HAD KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW. I WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH SO I KNEW WHO JESUS WAS AND I EVEN BELIEVED WHAT THE BIBLE SAID ABOUT HIM. WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE DOWN FRONT OF A CHURCH IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO ASK FORGIVENESS AND RECEIVE JESUS AS MY SAVIOR. DOING THAT TERRIFIED ME AND FOR MONTHS I KNEW I WANTED TO BE SAVED BUT WOULD NOT STEP OUT IN THAT ISLE AND GO DOWN FRONT. HEAVEN FORBID THAT I WOULD GET DOWN THERE AND START CRYING. IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN.