Matthew 16:24 "Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."
Friday, July 31, 2015
Without Self Sacrifice We Cannot Love
Self Sacrifice is one elements of Love, one cannot love without it, nor can we follow Christ without it.
Matthew 16:24 "Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."
Matthew 16:24 "Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."
What is Love!
Another facebook friend raised the question, "how do we show love", my answer was this:
1 John 5:2 "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments."
I believe we show love by telling the truth, with the intent of helping others to grow in holiness or in the case of non-believers, to show them the way of salvation.
What would be your answer: please use scripture.
1 John 5:2 "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments."
I believe we show love by telling the truth, with the intent of helping others to grow in holiness or in the case of non-believers, to show them the way of salvation.
What would be your answer: please use scripture.
Did You Think It Couldn't Get Worse?
Is there anyone who thinks it can't get worse? Perhaps a little more knowledge of the Bible and what comes to cultures that spurn God, will help us know the truth.
Ezekiel 5:10 "Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their ; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind."
2 Kings 6:29 ""So we boiled mfathersy son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son."
Lamentaions 4:10 "The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Leviticus 26:29 "'Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat."
Deut. 28:53-57 "Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. The most gentle and sensitive woman among you - so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot - will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For she intends to eat them secretly during the siege and in the distress that your enemy will inflict on you in your cities."
Ezekiel 5:10 "Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their ; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind."
2 Kings 6:29 ""So we boiled mfathersy son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son."
Lamentaions 4:10 "The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Leviticus 26:29 "'Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat."
Deut. 28:53-57 "Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. The most gentle and sensitive woman among you - so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot - will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For she intends to eat them secretly during the siege and in the distress that your enemy will inflict on you in your cities."
Everyday Life With Christ Is Enough
What is enjoyable to a believer is very different from the pleasure of an unbeliever.
Those who are born again, love the little things and praise God for the smallest joys.
The unbelievers must have constant adulation and manufactured fun! I feel sorry for them, they waste lost of money on useless things and have to do it all over again to keep the excitement going and it is not worth much unless they can brag about their exploits.
Everyday joys of life, no manufactured but lived out normally are enough for those who love Christ. He is everything we need.
Those who are born again, love the little things and praise God for the smallest joys.
The unbelievers must have constant adulation and manufactured fun! I feel sorry for them, they waste lost of money on useless things and have to do it all over again to keep the excitement going and it is not worth much unless they can brag about their exploits.
Everyday joys of life, no manufactured but lived out normally are enough for those who love Christ. He is everything we need.
What Happens When We Refuse To Listen?
We cannot reason with twisted minds that are bent on making life easier for themselves. Pleasure dominates our culture like a plague, anyone suggesting that we should give up something for the greater good is unthinkable to the people living in a narcissistic age of enlightenment.
We must continue to warn, when they won't hear, then we are to move on to the next person, but most will not listen.
Proverbs 23:9 "Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words."
Jeremiah 7:27 ""You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you."
Matthew 13:13 ""Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand."
Zechariah 7:13 ""And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts;"
We must continue to warn, when they won't hear, then we are to move on to the next person, but most will not listen.
Proverbs 23:9 "Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words."
Jeremiah 7:27 ""You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you."
Matthew 13:13 ""Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand."
Zechariah 7:13 ""And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts;"
It is Foolish Not to Judge
To say that we should not judge is ludicrous at best. If we are not to judge then we must be consistent and say that there might be a good reason for murder, or rape or theft. If we are not to judge acts then everything must be ignored or accepted in case it might have been the right thing to do, pragmatism at its' worst. Then one might say that we can judge the acts but not the heart, however, God says our actions come out of the heart, we cannot do something that has not already been in the heart first.
Matthew 15:11 ""It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
A person could not bring himself to take something that belongs to others unless he first massages theft in his own heart.
A person who loves and is caring and giving could never kill another innocent human being, such as babies in the womb.
A person who is kind and loving in their heart cannot bring themselves to steal from their neighbor.
A person who loves God cannot bring themselves to take another person's spouse.
In short a godly person whose mind is stayed upon the Lord does not have it in their heart to do evil. One who does evil without conscience has an evil heart.
Matthew 15:11 ""It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
A person could not bring himself to take something that belongs to others unless he first massages theft in his own heart.
A person who loves and is caring and giving could never kill another innocent human being, such as babies in the womb.
A person who is kind and loving in their heart cannot bring themselves to steal from their neighbor.
A person who loves God cannot bring themselves to take another person's spouse.
In short a godly person whose mind is stayed upon the Lord does not have it in their heart to do evil. One who does evil without conscience has an evil heart.
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