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It is interesting how Luke the Physician mentioned healing more than in any other Gospel.
Here are some parts of verses from Luke.
I believe The Lord is still healing when He finds worthy vessels. (People who will give Him the Glory, Honor and credit ).
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
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“the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.” Acts 14:2
Do we see this scripture played out daily in our churches? I think so.
It reminds me of the Man of God in 1st Kings 13.
It always amazes me when talking with old and established Christian, how quick they are to reject a Bible truth they haven’t seen or recognized.
They have lived a number of years not knowing this truth, so it cannot be.
This is sad.
They are denying themselves the possibility of becoming todays Martin Luther, or one of the Wesley brothers.
They had found new truth, in the old word.
One of the most remarkable sayings of Jesus. He told the woman caught in adultery to: “Go and sin no more.”
He also told the lame man from the pool of Bethesda the same when He saw him at the Temple.
So,oooo…..it apparently is possible to “Go and sin no more.”
Please don’t misunderstand, I have read it, it is printed in red, Jesus told them, I have to believe they did it.
A local radio commercial asks, whether we have planed for retirement or are we flying by the seat of our pants?
The older I get the more I regret, that I have never been one to plan. Continue reading
“Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.”
Scriptures in this post are from Acts 11.
Now- scattered because of persecution of Stephen, they traveled as far as Antioch, preaching to the Jews.
“And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.”
Some even preached to the non-Jewish. ….they believed also. “Then” Continue reading
Proverbs 29:23
King James Version (KJV)
“A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”
I awoke this morning realizing I am an insufferable know it all.
(Gr. ekstasis, from which the word “ecstasy” is derived) denotes the state of one who is “out of himself.” Such were the trances of Peter and Paul, Acts 10:10; 11:5; 22:17, ecstasies, “a preternatural, absorbed state of mind preparing for the reception of the vision” In Mark 5:42 and Luke 5:26 the Greek word is rendered “astonishment,” “amazement” (comp. Mark 16:8; Acts 3:10).
Ecstasy, astonishment both scary words for the Church…. Continue reading
” I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,”
“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”
“I was in the spirit”
“the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.”
“the man whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:”
“I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)”
I was born in the 50’s, just in time for the Beatles, hippies, sex, drugs and rock and roll; and of course, free love.
I wish I could say I have fond memories of those years but what I remember is a spoiled, drunk, stoned, obnoxious, self centered punk.
If I could erase parts of my life it would be those years. Continue reading
As I searched for Christ in the late 70’s, I prayed to find a God of Power and Might, I didn’t care for more hot air. ..Growing up in the Catholic Church I knew the Bible stories, thought I was a Christian because I was Catholic.
I knew God was real, didn’t understand anything about a personal relationship.
Then I met the Lord. I was led to Him by a wonderful, loving young woman and her mother, as I was hitch hiking a ride to this place called Christian Retreat, in Bradenton Fla.
I fell in love with Jesus, Continue reading
Who was Barnabas?
First off a man who gave up all, to follow Jesus:
“Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.”
A man who recognized the hand of God in Pauls life and took him to the brothers.