The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Walking with God
Looking for the lost.
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the question for eternity
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I no longer marry or bury, Won’t beg nor plead.
You will or you won’t, seek the Lord and believe.
3. Now concerning spiritual gifts
I would not have you ignorant.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
We are naturally ignorant of other languages, higher math skills, sports or any particular subject, that doesn’t mean that we are stupid. All it means is we are not knowledgeable in that area.
After all, we cannot be expected to know what we haven’t experienced or been taught. The Apostle is encouraging us to learn about and walk in the light of the Spirit. Our natu Continue reading
1. Now concerning spiritual gifts
I would not have you ignorant.
“Ignorance is bliss” How often have we heard and at times believed this? In truth ignorance robs us of many blessings.
In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul tells us:
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Growing up I went religiously to Church and Catechism. I don’t remember the Gifts of the Spirit being t Continue reading
At berth
: a place to sleep on a ship, train, etc.
: a place in the water near the shore where a ship stops and stays
A boat at berth is not fulfilling it’s purpose. Neither is the Christian who never ventures from church.
Are you a usefull vessel?
Or just useless.
Warning: A not so subtle message for Christians.
I know I am a Christian because:
- I was born in America
- baptised and raised in church
- The good I do, out ways the bad
- I don’t drink, smoke or chew, or run with women that do.
If this is you? You are not a Christian, or useless. You are just like a multitude of church people who want to serve the Lord but do not Continue reading
Where are the fish?
Every Sunday we look for the lost, where we are….we wonder why few are found.
MOSES
Moses is an amazing and unusual Bible character. He came along quite late in the game but wrote the first five books of the Bible. He spent more time with and saw more of God than anyone I know besides Jesus.
The other interesting thing about Moses is that He met 2 members of the Trinity at one time. Abram knew only the Lord of the Trinity for 24 years. He heard Him, had visions and dreams of Him, sacrificed to Him, talked with and met the Lord, before he had ever heard the name God.
At the burning bush, the Lord saw that Moses was paying attention and then God spoke. God told Moses I Am That I Am is sending you. The Lord told Moses how and where to go, what to say, when to stand in Pharaohs way.
It was God that led them to the Red Sea, the Lord ahead and behind to protect them. Moses knew both Natures of the Lord God and recognized their different voices.
Reread the story of Eve. The Lord gave her Cain and Able, Cain gave an offering to the Lord. The Lord didn’t accept it. Cain went out from the presence of the Lord. God gave Eve Seth, who had Enos and that is when men began to call upon the name of the Lord.
As we delve deeper into the Word we will see more evidence that the Lord (Jehovah, the Eternal One) and God (the Creator, ruler) are two different, separate and distinct members of the Trinity.
WHY NOAH?
Of all the people in the world at the time, Noah was the only just and perfect man. How could this be?
Why did Noah find grace in the eyes of the Lord? It really is quite simple, Noah walked with God. We need to walk with Jesus to find grace and acceptance with the Father.
We really do not know if Noah was the only man who the Lord warned. We only know that Noah is the one man who found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
The Word tells us that when God told Noah of the coming destruction, He also told Noah the way of salvation. Build an Ark. In reverential fear Noah obeyed.
That is the simplest explanation of why Noah was special. He put God first…build an Ark, share the Gospel…love the unloved. Walk with God (Jesus).
VI Meeting the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, the Holy Ghost. All titles that we commonly use to describe the third person of the Trinity. If you have already read the Spirit of God and the Spirit of the Lord you have probably seen that we might need to take another look.
The Spirit of God gives us wisdom, understanding and knowledge, the ability to understand dreams and prophesy. While the Spirit of the Lord Continue reading
I JESUS IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Bible is an amazing book, we can read it, memorize it, even believe we understand it and then one day God opens our eyes and old things pass away, the word becomes new. Suddenly we begin to understand and see things in a different light.
For most of my Christian life the Old Testament has been the Father Gods domain.
I thought of the God of the Old Testament as Father God, Lord God or just Lord or God. They were all interchangeable names for the same member of the Trinity, who ruled the Old Testament. He and the Spirit were active, where was Jesus?
The Father God wrote the book of the law and He was the book and the law. Whatever we called Him, He was one member of the Trinity. When He spoke the earth moved, things got done, He was to be feared and obeyed.
Jesus was there somewhere but silent, invisible, waiting for his cue to enter center stage. The Spirit also, was quietly hovering, ready to explode on to the scene. Continue reading
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