Thursday, May 29, 2014
Psalm 73
Bible Questions Answered:
“It seems the wealthy man with all
his money has the good life while the christian people I see are a
lot of them poor or living very modestly....what about all the
blessings...?”
Corrie/ Queens town, New Zealand
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Psalm 73:1-28 NLT (A psalm of
Asaph.)
1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those
whose hearts are pure.
2 But as for me, I almost lost my
footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.
3 For I envied the proud when I saw
them prosper despite their wickedness.
4 They seem to live such painless
lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong.
5 They don’t have troubles like other
people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.
6 They wear pride like a jeweled
necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty.
7 These fat cats have everything their
hearts could ever wish for!
8 They scoff and speak only evil; in
their pride they seek to crush others.
9 They boast against the very heavens,
and their words strut throughout the earth.
10 And so the people are dismayed and
confused, drinking in all their words.
11 “What does God know?” they ask.
“Does The Most High even know what’s happening?”
12 Look at these wicked people—
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
13 Did I keep my heart pure for
nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
14 I get nothing but trouble all day
long; every morning brings me pain.
15 If I had really spoken this way to
others, I would have been a traitor to your people.
16 So I tried to understand why the
wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is!
17 Then I went into your sanctuary, O
God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
18 Truly, you put them on a slippery
path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
19 In an instant they are destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors.
20 When you arise, O Lord, you will
laugh at their silly ideas as a person laughs at dreams in the
morning.
21 Then I realized that my heart was
bitter and I was all torn up inside.
22 I was so foolish and ignorant— I
must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
23 Yet I still belong to you; you hold
my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
leading me to a glorious destiny.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? I
desire you more than anything on earth.
26 My health may fail, and my spirit
may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine
forever.
27 Those who desert Him will perish,
for you destroy those who abandon you.
28 But as for me, how good it is to be
near God! I have made The Sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell
everyone about the wonderful things you do.
Asaph says he almost lost his way, over
envy and confusion, concerning the wealthy and their carefree ways.
He reflected have I lived a pure and innocent life for nothing?
Asaph, learned the answer when he went
to the sanctuary of God, and that is where we will receive our
answers too.
17 Then I went into your sanctuary, O
God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
18 Truly, you put them on a slippery
path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
19 In an instant they are destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors.
20 When you arise, O Lord, you will
laugh at their silly ideas as a person laughs at dreams in the
morning.
Matthew 16:24-26 KJV
24 Then said Jesus unto His
disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall
find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a
man give in exchange for his soul?
II Corinthians 4:15-18 KJV (The
Apostle Paul.)
15 For all things are for your
sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many
redound to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but
though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by
day.
17 For our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory;
18 While we look not at the things
which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things
which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
As God's people,
take heart, whatever we may go through, we go through it with God at
our side:
Genesis 28:15
KJV
And, behold, I
am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest..."
Exodus 33:14 KJV
And He said, My
presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Psalm 34:19 KJV
Many are the
afflictions of the righteous: but The Lord delivereth him out of them
all.
Psalm 41:3 NLT
The Lord nurses
them when they are sick and restores them to health.
Psalm 91:15,16
KJV
15 He shall
call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I
will deliver him, and honor him.
16 With long
life will I satisfy him, and shew him My salvation.
Isaiah 43:2 KJV
When thou
passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon
thee.
Isaiah 58:9 NLT
Then when you
call, The Lord will answer.‘Yes, I am here,’ He will quickly
reply..."
Matthew 18:20
KJV
For where two
or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of
them.
Matthew 28:20
KJV
Teaching them
to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
John 14:18 KJV
I will not
leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Romans 8:18 KJV
For I reckon
that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
II Timothy
2:10-12 KJV
10 Therefore I
endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a
faithful saying: For if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with
Him:
12 If we
suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will
deny us:
Hebrews 13:5 KJV
Let your
conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things
as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee.
I Peter 4:12,13
KJV
12 Beloved,
think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you,
as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13 But rejoice,
inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Revelation 21:4
KJV
And God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Joseph-Was He Cruel To His Brothers?
Bible Questions Answered:
“...we were debating in class if
Joseph wasn't cruel to his brothers, because he did not right away
reveal himself to his brothers...”
Tom/ San Diego, California – U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Genesis 42:5-8 KJV
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy
corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over
the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and
Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with
their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and
he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly
unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From
the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but
they knew not him.
Nowhere are we told
in the Biblical narrative that Joseph ever treated his brothers
cruelly or unkindly.
Though his brothers
had at one time, the idea to kill him, but were talked out it by
Reuben.
Yet they sold their
own brother into slavery.
Could Joseph have
been revengeful, yes but he was not. Joseph did however wish two
things, information about Jacob and Benjamin, and to awaken something
in his brothers that certainly they lacked, and that was, conscience.
Up until now in
the story, they had no regrets.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and
he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly
unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From
the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but
they knew not him.
They would receive
more than food from the hands of God, also they would also receive a
contrite heart.
Psalm 51:10,17
KJV
10 Create in me
a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
17 The
sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.
Hosea 10:12 KJV
Sow to yourselves in righteousness,
reap in mercy; break up your fallow* ground: for it is time to seek
The Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you.
*Fallow-Hebrew: Nir
(Neer): Ploughing, freshly ploughed land: fallow ground, ploughing
tillage.
Hosea 10:12 NLT
I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of
righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard
ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek The Lord, that He
may come and shower righteousness upon you.’
Psalm 34:18 KJV
The Lord is nigh unto them that are
of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Conscience:
Hebrews 9:14 KJV
How much more
shall The Blood Of Christ, who through The Eternal Spirit offered
Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve The Living God?
Acts 24:16 KJV
And herein do I
exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offense toward
God, and toward men.
Romans 2:14,15
NLT
14 Even
Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know
His law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard
it.
15 They
demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their
own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are
doing right.
Romans 9:1 KJV (Apostle Paul.)
I say The Truth
in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in The
Holy Ghost,
II Corinthians 1:12 KJV (Paul)
We can say with
confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given
holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s
grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted
ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
I Timothy 1:5 KJV (Paul)
The purpose of
my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that
comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
I Peter 3:15,16
NLT
15 "...you
must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about
your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it.
16 But do this
in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if
people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a
good life you live because you belong to Christ.
Psalm 139:23,24
KJV
23 Search me, O
God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if
there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
See the blog posting: Conscience
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Tithing #2
Bible Questions Answered:
“I have tithed for the last 5 months
but I am no better off....”
Carrie/ Liverpool, England (United
Kingdom)
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Malachi 3:10 KJV
Bring ye all the tithes into the
storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now
herewith, saith The Lord Of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows
of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it.
We cannot dictate to Almighty God, just
what He should do for us! But He has promised to bless His faithful
children. He does this faithfully in ways we may or may not ever
know of.
We do not give to The Lord, because
He is a source of financial revenue! What an insult that would
be!
We give to The Lord and His church,
because He has told us to do so!
Luke 11:42 NLT
“What sorrow awaits you Pharisees!
For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your
herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God.
You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more
important things.
Not to tithe, The Lord says
is to “rob God!”
Malachi 3:8,9 KJV
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have
robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and
offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye
have robbed Me, even this whole nation.
Stop
here and read the previous blog posting: Tithing
Our safety, our health, yes our
finances, our homes, and friends...what wealth, what blessings, this
and more than we will ever know this side of eternity, our Living
God, blesses us with every hour!
How extremely thankful we should be!
Psalm 68:19 KJV
Blessed be The Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even The God Of Our Salvation. Selah.
Psalm 103:1-5 KJV
1 Bless The Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless The Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Blessed be The Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even The God Of Our Salvation. Selah.
Psalm 103:1-5 KJV
1 Bless The Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless The Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Our treasure, our real treasure is not
to be found in money, or transitory earthly things.
A Christians Treasure:
Matthew 6:19-21 KJV
19 Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also.
Matthew 19:21 KJV (Rich young
ruler.)
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be
perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow Me.
Our Giving To
The Lord:
Deuteronomy 16:17 KJV
Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of The Lord thy God which He hath given
thee.
I Chronicles
29:9 KJV
Then the people rejoiced, for that
they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered
willingly to The Lord..."
Proverbs 3:9 KJV
Honor The Lord with thy substance,
and with the first fruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 11:25
KJV
The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Luke 6:38 KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that
ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
I Corinthians
16:2 KJV
Upon the first day of the week let
every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him..."
II Corinthians
9:6,7 KJV
6 But this I say, He which soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully
shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of
necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Galatians 6:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well
doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Vision-Where There Is No #2
Bible Questions Answered:
“They say were there are no visions
the people perish. In our church no one has visions, though some
churches do. How do we encourage this?...”
Sheila/ Melbourne, Victoria
(Australia)
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Proverbs 29:18 KJV
Where there is no vision*, the people
perish*: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
(Notice that the context of this verse is about "the law-God's Word!")
*Vision-Hebrew: Chazown (Khaw-zone):
A sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle:-vision.
(A prophetic revelation that comes from
The Word Of God.)
*Perish-Hebrew: Para (Paw-rah):
To loosen; to dismiss, go back, perish, refuse (To cast off
restraints.)
What is Solomon saying here?
He is saying where people do not heed
The Word Of God, they become lawless, casting off all restraints to
do the evil they imagine constantly.
Genesis 6:5 KJV
And God saw that the wickedness of
man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
I Timothy 1:3-11 NLT (Apostle
Paul warns against false teachings.)
3 When I left for Macedonia, I urged
you to stay there in Ephesus and stop those whose teaching is
contrary to The Truth.
4 Don’t let them waste their time
in endless discussion of myths and spiritual pedigrees. These things
only lead to meaningless speculations, which don’t help people live
a life of faith in God.
5 The purpose of my instruction is
that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure
heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
6 But some people have missed this
whole point. They have turned away from these things and spend their
time in meaningless discussions.
7 They want to be known as teachers
of the law of Moses, but they don’t know what they are talking
about, even though they speak so confidently.
8 We know that the law is good when
used correctly.
9 For the law was not intended for
people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and
rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred
and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit
other murders.
10 The law is for people who are
sexually immoral, or who practice homosexuality, or are slave
traders, liars, promise breakers, or who do anything else that
contradicts the wholesome teaching
11 that comes from the glorious Good
News entrusted to me by our blessed God.
Psalm 119:11 KJV
Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
The Apostle Paul, is not here
speaking of individuals visions, but having spiritual insight, and
revelation of God's Word!
Proverbs 29:18
NLT
When people do not accept divine
guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful.
Proverbs 29:18
ERV (Easy To Read Version)
If a nation is not guided by God,
the people will lose self-control, but the nation that obeys
God’s law will be happy.
Spiritual Darkness, And Loss Of Vision.
Amos 8:11 KJV
Behold, the days come, saith The
Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of The Lord:
Matthew 6:22,23
NLT
22 “Your eye is a lamp that
provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body
is filled with light.
23 But when your eye is bad, your
whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you
have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
John 3:17-20 KJV
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be
saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.
19 And this is the condemnation,
that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than
Light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth The Light, neither cometh to The Light, lest his deeds should
be reproved.
John 11:10 KJV
But if a man walk in the night, he
stumbleth, because there is no Light in him.
Romans 13:12 KJV
The night is far spent, the day is
at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us
put on the armor of Light.
II Corinthians
4:3,4 KJV
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is
hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest The Light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto
them.
I Thessalonians
5:4 KJV
But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Spiritual Light:
Deuteronomy 5:29
KJV
O that there were such an heart in
them, that they would fear Me, and keep all My commandments always,
that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Psalm 19:8 KJV
The statutes of The Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart: the commandment of The Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 119:105,
130 KJV
105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a Light unto my path.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth
Light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Proverbs 6:23
KJV
For the commandment is a lamp; and
the law is Light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of Life:
Isaiah 8:20 KJV
To the law and to the testimony: if
they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no
Light in them.
Luke 1:78-79 KJV
78 Through the tender mercy of our
God; whereby The Day Spring from on high hath visited us,
79 To give Light to them that sit in
darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way
of peace.
John 1:1-5 KJV
1 In the beginning was The Word, and
The Word was with God, and The Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with
God.
3 All things were made by Him; and
without Him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In Him was Life; and The Life was
The Light of men.
5 And The Light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 3:21 KJV
But he that doeth Truth cometh to
The Light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.
John 5:39 KJV
Search the scriptures; for in them
ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.
John 8:12 KJV
Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am The Light Of The World: he that followeth Me shall not
walk in darkness, but shall have The Light Of Life.
John 12:35,36,46
KJV
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a
little while is The Light with you. Walk while ye have The Light,
lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth
not whither he goeth.
36 While ye have Light, believe in
The Light, that ye may be the children of Light. These things spake
Jesus, and departed, and did hide Himself from them.
46 I am come a Light into the world,
that whosoever believeth on Me should not abide in darkness.
II Corinthians
4:6,17 KJV
6 For God, who commanded The Light
to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give
The Light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 5:8
KJV
For ye were sometimes darkness, but
now are ye Light in The Lord: walk as children of Light:
I Thessalonians
5:5 KJV
Ye are all the children of Light,
and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness.
II Timothy 1:10
KJV
But is now made manifest by the
appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and
hath brought Life and immortality to Light through the gospel:
James 1:25 KJV
But whoso looketh into the perfect
law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his
deed.
I Peter 2:9 KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a
royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness
into His marvelous Light;
II Peter 1:19
KJV
We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a Light
that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and The Day Star
arise in your hearts:
I John 1:7 KJV
But if we walk in The Light, as He
is in The Light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Revelation 22:14
KJV
Blessed are they that do His
commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the city.
Notice what is promised those who have “vision,”(insight into God's Word).
Proverbs 29:18 KJV
Where there is no vision, the people
perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Nehemiah 8:10
KJV
"...for the joy of The Lord is
your strength.
Psalm 16:11 KJV
Thou wilt shew me the path of Life:
in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are
pleasures for evermore.
Psalm 132:16 KJV
I will also clothe her priests with
salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Isaiah 12:3 KJV
Therefore with joy shall ye draw
water out of the wells of salvation.
Isaiah 35:10 KJV
And the ransomed of The Lord shall
return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their
heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing
shall flee away.
Isaiah 61:10 KJV
I will greatly rejoice in The Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh Himself with ornaments, and as
a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Jeremiah 15:16
KJV
Thy words were found, and I did eat
them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:
for I am called by thy name, O Lord God Of Hosts.
John 15:11 KJV
These things have I spoken unto you,
that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
John 16:24 KJV
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My
name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Romans 14:17 KJV
For the kingdom of God is not meat
and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
I Peter 1:8 KJV
Whom having not seen, ye love; in
whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory:
Proverbs 29:18
ERV (Easy To Read Version)
If a nation is not guided by God
(Spiritual
Vision), the people will lose self-control,
but the nation that obeys God’s law will be happy.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Bible Lesson: Parables-Our Lord's: The Good Shepherd.
Bible Lesson: Parables-Our Lord's:
The Good Shepherd.
Occasion:
Jesus Reveals Spiritual Blindness.
Lessen:
Christ The Only One Who Gives Spiritual Sight, And Entrance To
Eternal Blessings.
Bible Text:
John 10:1-21 NLT (The Good
Shepherd.)
1 “I tell you The Truth, anyone
who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through
The Gate, must surely be a thief and
a robber!
2 But the one who enters through The
Gate is The Shepherd of the sheep.
3 The Gatekeeper opens The Gate for
Him, and the sheep recognize His voice and come to Him. He calls His
own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 After He has gathered His own
flock, He walks ahead of them, and they follow Him because they know
His voice.
5 They won’t follow a stranger;
they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
6 Those who heard Jesus use this
illustration didn’t understand what He meant,
7 so He explained it to them: “I
tell you The Truth, I am The Gate for the sheep.
8 All who came before Me were
thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.
9 Yes, I am The Gate. Those who come
in through Me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will
find good pastures.
10 The thief’s purpose is to steal
and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and
satisfying life.
11 “I am The Good Shepherd. The
Good Shepherd sacrifices His life for the sheep.
12 A hired hand will run when he
sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t
belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks
them and scatters the flock.
13 The hired hand runs away because
he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the
sheep.
14 “I am The Good Shepherd; I know
My own sheep, and they know Me,
15 just as My Father knows Me and I
know The Father. So I sacrifice My life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep, too, that are
not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to My
voice, and there will be one flock with one Shepherd.
17 “The Father loves Me because I
sacrifice My life so I may take it back again.
18 No one can take My life from Me.
I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down
when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what My
Father has commanded.”
19 When He said these things, the
people were again divided in their opinions about Him.
20 Some said, “He’s demon
possessed and out of His mind. Why listen to a Man like that?”
21 Others said, “This doesn’t
sound like a Man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of
the blind?”
These words in
response to the unbelieving Pharisees.
John 9:35-41 NLT
(Be sure to take the time and read the whole chapter verses
1-41.)
(Jesus had healed a
blind man.)
35 When Jesus heard what had
happened, He found the man and asked, “Do you believe in The Son Of
Man?”
36 The man answered, “Who is He,
sir? I want to believe in Him.”
37 “You have seen Him,” Jesus
said, “and He is speaking to you!”
38 “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the
man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 Then Jesus told him, “I entered
this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to
show those who think they see that they are blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were
standing nearby heard Him and asked, “Are you saying we’re
blind?”
41 “If you were blind, you
wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty
because you claim you can see.
Jesus explains to those unbelieving,
the blind will see and those who think they see, will be revealed to
be the blind ones. The Pharisees, understood that He was speaking to
them.
The Good Shepherd:
3 The Gatekeeper opens The Gate for
Him, and the sheep recognize His voice and come to Him. He calls His
own sheep by name and leads them out.
The sheep know His voice of love, trust
and care.
The Shepherd calls His sheep by name.
The Shepherd leads His sheep.
4 After He has gathered His own
flock, He walks ahead of them, and they follow Him because they know
His voice.
5 They won’t follow a stranger;
they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
The Shepherd gathers His flock.
The Shepherd leads them on.
The Shepherd protects His sheep from
danger.
11 “I am The Good Shepherd. The
Good Shepherd sacrifices His life for the sheep.
15 just as My Father knows Me and I
know The Father. So I sacrifice My life for the sheep.
The Good Shepherd
sacrifices His life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep, too, that are
not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to My
voice, and there will be one flock with one Shepherd.
Jew & Gentile,
from Palestine to around the world, The Good Shepherd will gather all
His sheep.
The Good
Shepherd:
Psalm 23:1-6 KJV
1 The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall
not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: He leadeth
me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with
me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my
cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in The House Of
The Lord for ever.
Isaiah 40:11 KJV
He shall feed His flock like a
Shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in
His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Hebrews 13:20,21
KJV
20 Now The God Of Peace, that
brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd Of
The Sheep, through The Blood Of The Everlasting Covenant,
21 Make you perfect in every good
work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in
His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
I Peter 2:25 KJV
For ye were as sheep going astray;
but are now returned unto The Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
I Peter 5:4 KJV
And when The Chief Shepherd shall
appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Jesus , The
Good Shepherd, and only Savior:
John 3:16 KJV
For God so loved the world, that He
gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 6:68,69 KJV
68 Then Simon Peter answered Him,
Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69 And we believe and are sure that
thou art that Christ, The Son Of The living God.
John 8:24 KJV
I said therefore unto you, that ye
shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall
die in your sins.
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am The Way,
The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
Acts 4:10-12 KJV
10 Be it known unto you all, and to
all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead...
11 This is The Stone which was set
at nought of you builders, which is become The Head Of The Corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.
I Corinthians
3:11 KJV
For other foundation can no man lay
than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Psalm 79:13 KJV
"...We thy people and sheep of
thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy
praise to all generations.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Friendship With The World
Bible Questions Answered:
“How can we help but be a friend of
the world we live in?...”
Raleigh/ Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
James 4:1-10 NLT (James addresses
the Jewish Christian congregation.)
1 What is causing the quarrels and
fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war
within you?
2 You want what you don’t have, so
you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have,
but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away
from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask
God for it.
3 And even when you ask, you don’t
get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will
give you pleasure.
4 You adulterers! Don’t you
realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of
God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world,
you make yourself an enemy of God.
5 What do you think the Scriptures
mean when they say that The Spirit God has placed within us is filled
with envy?
6 But He gives us even more grace to
stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud but favors
the humble.”
7 So humble yourselves before God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Come close to God, and God will
come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts,
for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
9 Let there be tears for what you
have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness
instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
10 Humble yourselves before The
Lord, and He will lift you up in honor.
God's child is in
flesh and spirit, and the two are at constant war with each other.
Our sins have been
forgiven, yes, but our fallen human nature, received by and through
the fall of Adam, is not rescinded! Human nature and its fallen
tendencies must be battled throughout life.
One day this battle
will for ever be over, ….
I John 3:2 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when
He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He
is.
...but not until
then.
Friendship with the
world.
James 4:5 NLT
What do you think the Scriptures
mean when they say that The Spirit God has placed within us is
filled with envy?
God will “not,”
take second place in our hearts and lives!
In the Old
Testament, He told Israel:
Isaiah 1:18-21
KJV (God's people, unfaithful.)
18 Come now, and let us reason
together, saith The Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye
shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of The Lord hath
spoken it.
21 How is the faithful city become
an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but
now murderers.
Jeremiah 3:1-25
KJV (Husband and wife, God and His people.) Also see Hosea
chapters 1-3.)
1 They say, If a man put away his
wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return
unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou
hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to Me,
saith The Lord.
2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high
places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast
thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast
polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
3 Therefore the showers have been
withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a
whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry
unto Me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5 Will He reserve His anger for
ever? will He keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done
evil things as thou couldest.
6 The Lord said also unto me in the
days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel
hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every
green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 And I said after she had done all
these things, Turn thou unto Me. But she returned not. And her
treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 And I saw, when for all the causes
whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and
given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared
not, but went and played the harlot also.
9 And it came to pass through the
lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed
adultery with stones and with stocks.
10 And yet for all this her
treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto Me with her whole
heart, but feignedly, saith The Lord.
11 And The Lord said unto me, The
backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous
Judah.
12 Go and proclaim these words
toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith
The Lord; and I will not cause Mine
anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith The Lord, and I will
not keep anger for ever.
13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity,
that thou hast transgressed against The Lord thy God, and hast
scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye
have not obeyed My voice, saith
The Lord.
14 Turn, O backsliding children,
saith The Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of
a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
15 And I will give you pastors
according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and
understanding.
16 And it shall come to pass, when
ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith The
Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of The Lord:
neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it;
neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
17 At that time they shall call
Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be
gathered unto it, to the name of The Lord, to Jerusalem: neither
shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 In those days the house of Judah
shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out
of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an
inheritance unto your fathers.
19 But I said, How shall I put thee
among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage
of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call Me, My Father;
and shalt not turn away from Me.
20 Surely as a wife treacherously
departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with Me, O
house of Israel, saith The Lord.
21 A voice was heard upon the high
places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they
have perverted their way, and they have forgotten The Lord their God.
22 Return, ye backsliding children,
and I will heal your back slidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for
thou art The Lord our God.
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped
for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in The
Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
24 For shame hath devoured the labor
of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their
sons and their daughters.
25 We lie down in our shame, and our
confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against
The Lord our God, we and our
fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the
voice of The Lord our God.
God considered
Israel's friendship with the world and its ways, spiritual
adultery.
The same theme is
seen in the New Testament with Christ and His bride.
II Corinthians
11:2 KJV
For I am jealous over you with Godly
jealousy: for I have espoused you to one Husband, that I may present
you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Ephesians
5:21-27 KJV l(See also: Revelation chapters 19 and 21.)
21 Submitting yourselves one to
another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto
your own husbands, as unto The Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of
the wife, even as Christ is The Head Of The Church: and He is
The Savior Of The Body.
24 Therefore as the church is
subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in
every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;
26 That He might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by The Word,
27 That He might present it to
Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
“May one have a
career and, not considered a friend of the world?”
Yes!
Even the Apostle
Paul, had to work to eat...and did not consider it “friendship with
the world.”
II Thessalonians
3:8 NLT (Apostle Paul told the Thessalonians...)
We never accepted food from anyone
without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not
be a burden to any of you.
Acts 18:1-3 NLT
1 Then Paul left Athens and went to
Corinth.
2 There he became acquainted with a
Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy
with his wife, Priscilla. They had left Italy when Claudius Caesar
deported all Jews from Rome.
3 Paul lived and worked with them,
for they were tent makers just as he was.
James 4:4 NLT
You adulterers! Don’t
you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy
of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the
world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
James here is
referring to scriptures such as we have already read such as Isaiah
chapter 1, Jeremiah chapter 3, and Hosea chapters 1-3.
Spiritual adultery
is as its physical counter part, infidelity to ones vowed mate!
We cannot say we
love God, and love and serve the things of the world as well!
Just one
example....
Matthew 6:24 KJV
No man can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold
to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon
(money).
In the Old
Testament, God would not share Israels love and her love for Baal, as well,
one had to go!
And in our day, God
will “not,” accept our shared love! Our love and service must be
to Him, without exception, or nothing at all. Marriage to our Husband, means total
commitment, as He is to us!
James 4:5 NLT
What do you think the Scriptures
mean when they say that The Spirit God has placed within us is filled
with envy?
James 4:4-6 MSG
(The Message)
4-6 You’re cheating on God. If all
you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you
get, you end up enemies of God and His way. And do you suppose God
doesn’t care? The proverb has it that “He’s a fiercely jealous
lover.” And what He gives in love is far better than anything else
you’ll find. It’s common knowledge that “God goes against the
willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble.”
Here are but a few
scriptures of the Apostle Paul's writings concerning, human nature,
and our on going war with the world and The Spirit Of God.
Romans 6:19-23
NLT
19 Because of the weakness of your
human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you
understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to
impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you
must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you
will become holy.
20 When you were slaves to sin, you
were free from the obligation to do right.
21 And what was the result? You are
now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal
doom.
22 But now you are free from the
power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things
that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
23 For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our
Lord.
Romans 7:14-25
NLT (The Constant Struggle With Sin.)
14 So the trouble is not with the
law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am
all too human, a slave to sin.
15 I don’t really understand
myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead,
I do what I hate.
16 But if I know that what I am
doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.
17 So I am not the one doing wrong;
it is sin living in me that does it.
18 And I know that nothing good
lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is
right, but I can’t.
19 I want to do what is good, but I
don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.
20 But if I do what I don’t want
to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me
that does it.
21 I have discovered this principle
of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what
is wrong.
22 I love God’s law with all my
heart. 23 But there is another power within me that is at war with my
mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
24 Oh, what a miserable person I am!
Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?
25 Thank God! The answer is in
Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I
really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am
a slave to sin.
Romans 8:1-17
NLT (Living In The Spirit.)
1 So now there is no condemnation
for those who belong to Christ Jesus.
2 And because you belong to Him, the
power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin
that leads to death.
3 The law of Moses was unable to
save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what
the law could not do. He sent His own Son in a body like the bodies
we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s
control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
4 He did this so that the just
requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer
follow our sinful nature but instead follow The Spirit.
5 Those who are dominated by the
sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled
by The Holy Spirit think about things that please The Spirit.
6 So letting your sinful nature
control your mind leads to death. But letting The Spirit control your
mind leads to life and peace.
7 For the sinful nature is always
hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
8 That’s why those who are still
under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
9 But you are not controlled by your
sinful nature. You are controlled by The Spirit if you have
The Spirit Of God living in you.
(And remember that those who do not have The Spirit Of Christ living
in them do not belong to Him at all.)
10 And Christ lives within you, so
even though your body will die because of sin, The Spirit gives you
life because you have been made right with God.
11 The Spirit Of God, who raised
Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ
Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this
same Spirit living within you.
12 Therefore, dear brothers and
sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges
you to do.
13 For if you live by its dictates,
you will die. But if through the power of The Spirit you put to death
the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.
14 For all who are led by The Spirit
Of God are children of God.
15 So you have not received a spirit
that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit
when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call Him, “Abba,
Father.”
16 For His Spirit joins with our
spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
17 And since we are His children, we
are His heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s
glory. But if we are to share His glory, we must also share His
suffering.
I Corinthians
3:16 KJV
Know ye not that
ye are the temple of God, and that The Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Galatians
5:16,17 KJV (Spiritual warfare.)
16 This I say then, Walk in The
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against The
Spirit, and The Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the
one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
I Peter 2:11 KJV
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against
the soul;
The Answer:
James 4:8-10 KJV
8 Draw nigh to God, and He will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts,
ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:
let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of
The Lord, and He shall lift you up.
I Chronicles
4:9,10 NLT
9 There was a man named Jabez who
was more honorable than any of his brothers...
10 He was the one who prayed to The
God Of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my
territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all
trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.
Psalm 19:12-14
NLT
12 How can I know all the sins
lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant from deliberate
sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and
innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my Rock and my
Redeemer.
Psalm 119:11 KJV
Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
Psalm 141:1-4
NLT
1 O Lord, I am calling to you...
2 Accept my prayer as incense
offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
3 Take control of what I say, O
Lord, and guard my lips.
4 Don’t let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the
delicacies of those who do wrong.
Luke 11:4 KJV
And forgive us our sins; for we also
forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into
temptation; but deliver us from evil.
John 17:14-17
KJV
14 I have given them thy word; and
the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as
I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from
the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even
as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy Truth:
thy Word is Truth.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Numbers 25:9/ I Corinthians 10:8 KJV
Bible Questions Answered:
“I see in your (view a list of
subjects), you try to answer bible errors. Here is one I've always
wondered about. Paul says in I Corinthians 10:8 that 23,000 people
died, while in Numbers it says that 24,000 died! How can this be? Did
Paul, slip on his information, after all he was only human?...”
Donald/ Bangor, Maine (U.S.A.)
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Numbers 25:9 KJV
And those that died in the plague
were twenty and four thousand.
I Corinthians 10:8 KJV
Neither let us commit fornication,
as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty
thousand.
Israel had fallen
into deep sin by having sexual relations with the people of Moab. The
people of Moab and Midian were Baal worshipers. As a result of this sin, God
pronounced judgment.
Numbers 25:4-9
NLT
4 The Lord issued the following
command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them
before The Lord in broad daylight, so His fierce anger will turn away
from the people of Israel.”
5 So Moses ordered Israel’s
judges, “Each of you must put to death the men under your authority
who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
6 Just then one of the Israelite men
brought a Midianite woman into his tent, right before the eyes of
Moses and all the people, as everyone was weeping at the entrance of
the Tabernacle.
7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar and
grandson of Aaron the priest saw this, he jumped up and left the
assembly. He took a spear
8 and rushed after the man into his
tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man’s body
and into the woman’s stomach. So the plague against the Israelites
was stopped,
9 but not before 24,000 people had
died.
The answer is
actually very simple.
In Number 25:9
KJV the figure Moses gives is an “accumulative figure,” while
the Apostle speaks concerning the deaths “ in one day (I
Corinthians 10:8 KJV).
Where is it stated
that all those guilty, fell under the plaque (Of God's Judgment) all
“ in one day” (I Corinthians 10:8 KJV)? Answer: Nowhere.
So could I Corinthians 10:8 KJV the Apostle Paul and Numbers
25:9 KJV Moses, both be right? Yes!
The total dead were 24,000, while the amount that died in one day
was 23,000.
The Word Of God Stands Sure:
Matthew 5:18 KJV
For verily I
say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
I Thessalonians
2:13 KJV
For this cause
also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received The Word
Of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men,
but as it is in Truth, The Word Of God, which effectually worketh
also in you that believe
II Timothy 3:16
KJV
All scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
II Peter 1:21
KJV
For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by The Holy Ghost.
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Lamentations 3:39-42 NLT
39 "...Why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?
40 Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to The Lord.
41 Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,
42 “We have sinned and rebelled..."
Isaiah 30:15 KJV
For thus saith The Lord God, The Holy One Of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength..."
Matthew 11:28 KJV
Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
39 "...Why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?
40 Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to The Lord.
41 Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,
42 “We have sinned and rebelled..."
Isaiah 30:15 KJV
For thus saith The Lord God, The Holy One Of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength..."
Matthew 11:28 KJV
Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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