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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV)
12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...
Every church movement, every local church, has their challenges. Left to purely human reasoning, there are things that can feel restricting, too slow to bloom to fruit—and dare we say it (?), too slow to conform to our expectations...however close our impatient convictions might accurately...
Scared Jonah afoot, *
Suites stare over crosswalk lights.
Shadows stomp below.
New York City, whale
Swall’wing whole his soul, all day. *
So small—”Going up!"
At his flat, spat out,
Splat! Over dry carpet, doubt. ^
God knocks at his door. ^^
Behold, by his heart,
Ready to befriend, to dine...
Therefore I did not even think myself worthy to come to You. But say the word, and my
servant will be healed (from Luke 7:7 NKJV, bold is mine)
There are a string of Bible verses, here, that I mention or allude to...for a short
Gospel song. I use ditties like this to hum by during the day...
In Luke Chapter 4 (bold is mine, as well as wording within brackets. NKJV):
16 So He [Messiah Jesus] came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah...
In my last blog post, "Christ - The Bridge to Life", we see the parallels between Deuteronomy 30:14,19 and Romans 8:8-10, sanctification and confession unto salvation emphasized, respectively. Concerning the Deuteronomy passage, we see the beginning of a mandate that finds a full expression in...
(1) Carry their gear,
(2) Instruments of war? Unclean!
(3) An even worse came.
(4) A stake for a curse,
(5) God bid me to feel its weight.
(6) I added to it!
(7)Yes, my transgression,
(8) Then Judea's, the nations’.
(9) No “Poor Cyrenian!”
(10) At hilltop, I dropped.
(11) Once nails pierced...
Charged “to tell no one”,*
Impossible as healings:
holy dissonance.
Made well by this trust,
Now asked to arrest our lips?
Oh, mute dilemma!
So, captured by love,
He told all to all with “Hey!
“Guess what Jesus said?
“He said, ‘Be made clean.’”
When asked “So He heals lepers?”,
The healed one...
Too often, a woeful picture is drawn that depicts the followers of Messiah Jesus as fearful and dejected on that Pentecost day, before the Holy Spirit fell on them, as had been prophesied by Joel. The biblical narrative shows a different demeanor, one of joy—with a hope that was fulfilled...
Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever
EXODUS 34:6 (NOG; words in brackets and the underlining are mine)
LUKE 6:35-36 (NKJV; the bold and underlining are mine)
6 Then Yahweh [the Lord] passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh, Yahweh, [the Lord...
(the Scriptures below are from the NKJV. The text in brackets is mine]
Deuteronomy 30:14,19
Romans 10:8-10
14 But the word is very near you,
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you
in your mouth
in your mouth
and in your heart
and in your heart
that you may do it [the...
(1) Exodus 25:27-28 (NKJV)
27 The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. 28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
30 And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me...
(1) Exodus 25:16 (NKJV)
16 And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.
(1.1) Ezekiel 36:26; Hebrews 8:10 (NKJV)
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
(1.2) 1 John 5:10...
One way to appreciate the “Great Commission”, is to see what the Good News is, initially through the eyes of the unconverted.
Ready?
It is too good to be true.
Whether heard from the lips of a Christian, seen as the snippet of a Bible verse on a church marquee, or read in a novel quoting...
(all Scriptures cited in my comments and the table below are from
the NIV-1984. The bold is mine)
From the flow of the Scriptures in the table below, going
from the left to right columns, we get a clear picture of
how our heavenly Father communicated to Israel and the
world about what it means...
What the serpent (Satan) said to Eve in the Garden of Eden:
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We
may eat fruit from the trees in the
garden,
3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit
from the tree that is in the middle of the
garden, and you must not touch it, or
you will die.' "
4 "You will...
That burning question,
“Are we a blessing to God?”,
Goes unasked inside.
We know God is good.
That demonstration is clear;
We ever bless Him.
Would we bless the Lord
If He did not enjoy this
And feel our blessing?
Some say, “God needs not!”
Then why, before time, His call?
Giving, He receives.
(except where indicated, Scriptures cited are from the NKJV; underline is mine)
Deuteronomy 6:4-6
4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!
5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
6 “And these words which I command...
In response to what I'd have to describe as a person locked in on prospering materially as a Christian (although to be fair, spiritually as well), I pointed out 1 Timothy 6:8 (bolded here):
6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is...
Zeal for the Word,
Our souls bought first,
So that when pages turn,
bright margins appear.
There, context explains
God’s fresh notes of faith.
Remembering the Word,
How life from it burns,
Shows roads from the past,
For each pilgrim’s progress.*
Such templates make knees
To touch floors...