Does your Spirit have more life than these buildings?
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Christianity,
Blogging 101- Two plus two equals four: yes or no?
We all know 2+2=4, yet so many cannot see the simple truths.
“Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.”
“It’s not necessary to be educated, to be intelligent.”
“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”
“Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.”
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”
“Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.”
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.”
“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
“For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.”
“I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.”
“Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.”
” Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”
So many reject the Wisdom, Understanding and Love of God. When the simple truth is:
“God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ”
This is my 2+2=4. How about you?
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How big is your God?
We all know that Jesus told Nicodemus that you must be born again. He also said do not marvel that I say you must be born again.
To be born again, we must believe in our hearts and confess with our mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord.
This means we believe that Jesus was born of a virgin, died on the cross, and rose again and is sitting at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us.
Peter says:
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
If you believe these simple statements then I can have fellowship with you as a Christian, as a child of God.
It is the Word of God, (Jesus is the Word), that saves us and lives and abides forever within us.
Now I have a “billism” for you: A billism is something in the word that may not be taught as written.
As a Christian I believe we must be born again.
We also find Paul answering the jailers question of what must I do to be saved in this way:
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
Here we have an added wrinkle. ..and thy house. Where did this come from. It is not new, Noahs family was saved and we have no knowledge of their faith.
In 1 Corinthians 7 it states:
“The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?”
What happened to you must be born again?
When we look in Deuteronomy we find the Hebrews ordered not to destroy certain peoples:
“Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
” Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.”
We see instances of the Lord saving peoples because of the love of someone else.
So take heart if you have unsaved loved ones. Take a page from Abrahams book. Intercede on their behalf untill you have the peace that the Lord has heard you.
We have biblical evidence of that Gods love is bigger than our beliefs….it is as big as His Word.
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
” According to your faith be it unto you.”
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Forget Not : Part 2 Moses final warnings :
In Part one Moses told us Forget Not what we have seen and teach it to the next generations. Here is the second thing we must remember.
2. Forget Not : Deuteronomy 4:22
I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
Here he reminds them he will not be going. God told him to speak to the rock and in frustration he struck it instead.
Moses had one of the closest walks with God possible. Notice the closer we are the more accountable we are.
We are called to obedience. Lord help me please to hear and obey your voice.
Bad news for Moses, but you shall go over and possess the land.
Deuteronomy 4:23-24
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Again you are responsible for you, Forget Not the covenant of God…..let nothing else be an idol. Not money, power or prestige. Our God is a jealous God. He must be number one in our lives.
3. Deuteronomy 5:14-15
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
God has commanded us to rest on the Sabbath. We don’t. The Hebrews had to have food preparation done the day before. Could only walk so far for Sabbath Service.
It is a day we should smell the roses, watch the clouds in the sky. Rediscover the Majesty of the Lord. Marvell at His wonders, Praise His Holiness.
Sanctify yourselves before the Lord. Consecrate yourself a living sacrifice, Holy, acceptable and perfect.
By the way it’s also a command for those who serve….
We need to let God do His perfect work and rest in Him.
Hebrews 4:9-11
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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