My joy grows even though the world around me grows more insane by the moment.
It is Christ Who is my joy, no matter what ridiculous antics surround me, He is always steady and always right. Hallelujah!
John 3:1-36
"Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ..."
Sunday, October 29, 2017
What is Love
1 John 3:15-17 "…15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer. 16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?…"
To provide for the physical, emotional and spiritual need of a brother or sister in Christ, is love as God sees it.
To ignore, neglect and mock anyone in need who is a brother or sister is to demonstrate hatred toward them.
To provide for the physical, emotional and spiritual need of a brother or sister in Christ, is love as God sees it.
To ignore, neglect and mock anyone in need who is a brother or sister is to demonstrate hatred toward them.
Acceptance of Sin in the Body
Those one or two in a congregation of 500, who speak the truth in exposing sin, will be the ones who are disciplined.
Those one or two will be ignored and possibly run out. The ones who get disciplined in the churches are those who speak truth while those who are sinning get all the loves!
Can anyone relate?
2 Corinthians 6:17 "…16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” 17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”…"
Those one or two will be ignored and possibly run out. The ones who get disciplined in the churches are those who speak truth while those who are sinning get all the loves!
Can anyone relate?
2 Corinthians 6:17 "…16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” 17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”…"
Writing My Thoughts
I write my thoughts when I am convinced my spoken words will not be received.
Why do I think my spoken words will not be received by some people? Because they have demonstrated many times in the past that they will not allow me to get an entire thought expressed without argument or interruption.
Ones ideas can more easily be ignored, forgotten, twisted and mocked when they are merely spoken. Often it is claimed we never said something or our delivery was mean, so I choose often to write my thoughts, others can choose to ignore them, but they have the option of going over them again, just as I stated them, when they are written.
We live in a culture that demands that all ideas be considered equal. There is no right or no wrong, but everything is as we choose for it to be, whatever we decide is right and whatever we decide is wrong and everyone listening must accept our conclusion even if we disagree.
When every idea is determined to be of the same value, then no idea is of greater value than another. In other words, all ideas have no value.
When we use excuses in circumstances to justify sin, then we are saying that God's principles have no more value than all the other ideas out there that also have no value.
If every idea has value, then no idea has greater value than any other idea. In short, nothing is of value except the feelings that generate from being accepted.
God says exactly the opposite from what our culture is teaching.
There is only one way to the Father in heaven, not many ways, as you choose:
John 14:6 " 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Only God's commandments have value:
John 14:15 15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
It is only through learning to think the way God thinks that has value:
Colossians 3:2
"Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth."
Titus 2:11-12 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,"
So, which ideas are acceptable? Those ideas and standards that come from God are what is acceptable, anything contrary to His principles is sin and not acceptable to the believer or to God.
Why do I think my spoken words will not be received by some people? Because they have demonstrated many times in the past that they will not allow me to get an entire thought expressed without argument or interruption.
Ones ideas can more easily be ignored, forgotten, twisted and mocked when they are merely spoken. Often it is claimed we never said something or our delivery was mean, so I choose often to write my thoughts, others can choose to ignore them, but they have the option of going over them again, just as I stated them, when they are written.
We live in a culture that demands that all ideas be considered equal. There is no right or no wrong, but everything is as we choose for it to be, whatever we decide is right and whatever we decide is wrong and everyone listening must accept our conclusion even if we disagree.
When every idea is determined to be of the same value, then no idea is of greater value than another. In other words, all ideas have no value.
When we use excuses in circumstances to justify sin, then we are saying that God's principles have no more value than all the other ideas out there that also have no value.
If every idea has value, then no idea has greater value than any other idea. In short, nothing is of value except the feelings that generate from being accepted.
God says exactly the opposite from what our culture is teaching.
There is only one way to the Father in heaven, not many ways, as you choose:
John 14:6 " 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Only God's commandments have value:
John 14:15 15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
It is only through learning to think the way God thinks that has value:
Colossians 3:2
"Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth."
Titus 2:11-12 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,"
So, which ideas are acceptable? Those ideas and standards that come from God are what is acceptable, anything contrary to His principles is sin and not acceptable to the believer or to God.
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