Every once in a while we are confronted with those who feel a need to indulge in what they think is special and rare knowledge. One of the movements promoting this is the Hebrew Roots movement. There are others too.
One of the ways that division is being foster is through the names of Christ.
They think that Yeshua is the "required" word to be used for Jesus. I become very agitated when I see this happening.
Yeshua is nothing more than the Hebrew rendering of the English word Jesus. It is a human name, Christ was the designation that He is God.
In Spanish the name George is "Jorge" with the 'J' and 'G', sounding like an 'H' in English. In Spanish the Word Peter is translated "Pedro." And, the name Luke is translated "Lucas." In Spanish the title "Jesus Christ" is translated "Jesucristo."
There is nothing wrong with the name Jesus in English, and nothing more special about the Hebrew "Yeshua", it is merely the translation of His human name to another language.
All this falderah about names, is the devils way of causing believers to fight over that which is silly rather than focusing on the salvation message.
There are actually those who are weak enough to be intimidated by the movement, that declares there is only one way to say the name of Christ, but it is interesting to me that they choose His human name, that which many other people of that time had.
Jesus was Jewish, at that time there were other little boys named Jesus. Christ is the title that designated our Jesus as the Savior. So many do not know this, they think there is special power associated with the name of Jesus.
When God said there is power in His name, it did not mean that the name was special but the name for whom it was assigned was the Messiah.
I love my Lord Jesus Christ, if someone wants to judge me because I don't use the Hebrew form of Yeshua, then they cause division and heartache. May those who love to feel special, repent and foster love and understanding among fellow believers.
If someone wants to use the Hebrew version of "Jesus", then wonderful, may they enjoy it, but it is sin to judge others who were born and raised in an English speaking country, when they choose to use their own language to refer to Christ.
Friday, March 28, 2014
User Friendly People
Although I am not a fan of psychology as a whole, there are some elements that are truth as with any secular ideas. The list below does not cover everything in a relationship., there are probably more elements and warning signs that a relationship is in jeopardy, these are only main signs that can be seen more clearly. There are signs that are very subtle, but nonetheless damaging to relationships.
This is not an endorsement of the writer in other works, just agreement on this list.
The Ten Stingers for Friendship: by Karyl McBride
"Is there reciprocity in the relationship? Is there give and take? Or is one person always the giver and the other the taker?"
"Are you able to be yourself in this relationship? Do you find you have to play down your talents to make the friend feel less threatened? Or does this friend celebrate you and allow you to shine in your own right?"
"Is there a sharing of vulnerability on both sides and can you both discuss your real feelings?"
"Do you trust this person with your feelings or do you find yourself on guard most of the time? Have your feelings been used against you?"
"Can your friend give you empathy on a peer level or is it more like sympathy making you feel less than?"
"Does this friend bring out the best in you? Are you aware that you feel wonderful in the presence of this person? You get to be your real self in good times or bad?"
"When issues come up that need to be discussed, can this friend be accountable for their own behavior?"
"Do you find it acceptable to have boundaries with this friend? When setting boundaries, does it cause problems? Or is this understood and easily worked through between you?"
"Do you care about each other for who you are as humans, rather than what you do in your accomplishments?"
"Does the friend exploit you for his or her own ends, or just cherish what you bring to the relationship?"
Unquote
Often believers are led to believe that they must maintain close friendships with ALL other believers. This is not true according to the Bible. We are called to be kind, blessing those who curse us and never returning evil for evil, however that does not translate into close personal friend relationships necessarily.
When we find we have a friend who is a taker, almost never showing concern for us and angry when we cannot give to them, then there is no real relationship. You might say the relationships is "user friendly." One party uses and other is used.
This relationship of "user friendly" is based on one thing only, and that is one of disrespect, unkindness and unconcern. When there is almost never a show of real concern about another human being, the contact can only be agonizing rather than a blessing.
God has called ALL of us to be a blessing, when one person shirks their responsibility to God in this, then there is heartache and discouragement.
Takers very often are angry when others are not giving them something, they forget all about what has already been given to them and whine and complain that those who gave, will not give more.
John 15:12-15
"12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you."
Proverbs 13:20
"20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed."
Proverbs 14:6-7
This is not an endorsement of the writer in other works, just agreement on this list.
The Ten Stingers for Friendship: by Karyl McBride
"Is there reciprocity in the relationship? Is there give and take? Or is one person always the giver and the other the taker?"
"Are you able to be yourself in this relationship? Do you find you have to play down your talents to make the friend feel less threatened? Or does this friend celebrate you and allow you to shine in your own right?"
"Is there a sharing of vulnerability on both sides and can you both discuss your real feelings?"
"Do you trust this person with your feelings or do you find yourself on guard most of the time? Have your feelings been used against you?"
"Can your friend give you empathy on a peer level or is it more like sympathy making you feel less than?"
"Does this friend bring out the best in you? Are you aware that you feel wonderful in the presence of this person? You get to be your real self in good times or bad?"
"When issues come up that need to be discussed, can this friend be accountable for their own behavior?"
"Do you find it acceptable to have boundaries with this friend? When setting boundaries, does it cause problems? Or is this understood and easily worked through between you?"
"Do you care about each other for who you are as humans, rather than what you do in your accomplishments?"
"Does the friend exploit you for his or her own ends, or just cherish what you bring to the relationship?"
Unquote
Often believers are led to believe that they must maintain close friendships with ALL other believers. This is not true according to the Bible. We are called to be kind, blessing those who curse us and never returning evil for evil, however that does not translate into close personal friend relationships necessarily.
When we find we have a friend who is a taker, almost never showing concern for us and angry when we cannot give to them, then there is no real relationship. You might say the relationships is "user friendly." One party uses and other is used.
This relationship of "user friendly" is based on one thing only, and that is one of disrespect, unkindness and unconcern. When there is almost never a show of real concern about another human being, the contact can only be agonizing rather than a blessing.
God has called ALL of us to be a blessing, when one person shirks their responsibility to God in this, then there is heartache and discouragement.
Takers very often are angry when others are not giving them something, they forget all about what has already been given to them and whine and complain that those who gave, will not give more.
John 15:12-15
"12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you."
Proverbs 13:20
"20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed."
Proverbs 14:6-7
"A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding. Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge."
Proverbs 22:22-25
22 "Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 For the Lord will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul."
1 Corinthians 15:33
"33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”"
Luke 6:31
"31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise."
Romans 12:10
"10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;"
Ephesians 4:29-32
"29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you."
Proverbs 22:22-25
22 "Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 For the Lord will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul."
1 Corinthians 15:33
"33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”"
Luke 6:31
"31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise."
Romans 12:10
"10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;"
Ephesians 4:29-32
"29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you."
Colossians 3:12-14
"12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection."
When we see that many of God's principles are being violated in a relationship continually, we have tried to discuss the violations with our friend, and it is met with resistance and anger, then we must choose whether to remain, endure or walk away.
"12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection."
When we see that many of God's principles are being violated in a relationship continually, we have tried to discuss the violations with our friend, and it is met with resistance and anger, then we must choose whether to remain, endure or walk away.
Those who will not listen to reason, showing that they have no interest in the relationship being one of true friendship, then perhaps it is time to move on.
We must let the Lord be our guide in this, not our culture. Our culture believes in tolerance to the nth degree, disregarding God's commands to be Holy as He is Holy.
Pray for those who spitefully use you, that God will bless them with repentance.
Love seeks to honor God, when someone refuses to do that then we must choose it for ourselves, continual conflict or ill feelings are present because of disobedient brothers and sisters. We must leave them to the Lord, remain innocent in our responses to them, but determine to separate from them for the sake of peace.
We must let the Lord be our guide in this, not our culture. Our culture believes in tolerance to the nth degree, disregarding God's commands to be Holy as He is Holy.
Pray for those who spitefully use you, that God will bless them with repentance.
Love seeks to honor God, when someone refuses to do that then we must choose it for ourselves, continual conflict or ill feelings are present because of disobedient brothers and sisters. We must leave them to the Lord, remain innocent in our responses to them, but determine to separate from them for the sake of peace.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Salvation and Marriage are Permanent
Marriage, just like our born again experience with Christ, was meant to be a relationship, not a contract.
If our marriage relationship is to reflect the relationship between Christ and the church, then we know that it has been sealed by Christ.
Ephesians 4:16 "from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love."
Matthew 19:5-6
"5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
"Cleave" means to adhere firmly and closely, loyalty, unwavering devotion. To leave all others to cling as glue to the intended love. Not only in our marriage should this be the case, but also in our walk with Christ.
Ephesians 1:13-14
"13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory."
When we were in Israel, I remember the sheep and goats of a shepherd we met. I wanted to pet the animals, the Jewish man saw this but the sheep were paying no attention to me at all when I called them.
When the Jewish man spoke a couple of words in Hebrew the goats came running immediately to his side, where I could pet them. The goats and sheep did not recognize my voice, but knew his immediately. They clung to him with amazing devotion.
I loved this real life picture of God's principle of the born again believers knowing the voice of the Savior. It also made me think that marriage is a picture of the relationship that should be between Christ and believers.
When we violate the marriage, by adultery or divorce, then we wound the witness to unbelievers of Christ's love for us, and the permanency of our relationship with Him.
John 10:27-30 "Matthew 19:5-6
"5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
When we are married we become one with our spouse, just as we become one with Christ when we become born again. There is a spiritual union in both matters. A union that cannot be severed by man, and God will not sever it because God never breaks a promise to us.
As He expects us to keep our promise to Him and our spouse.
2 Peter 1:3-4
"3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
You see now that marriage and our born again relationship with Christ are permanent!
If our marriage relationship is to reflect the relationship between Christ and the church, then we know that it has been sealed by Christ.
Ephesians 4:16 "from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love."
Matthew 19:5-6
"5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
"Cleave" means to adhere firmly and closely, loyalty, unwavering devotion. To leave all others to cling as glue to the intended love. Not only in our marriage should this be the case, but also in our walk with Christ.
Ephesians 1:13-14
"13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory."
When we were in Israel, I remember the sheep and goats of a shepherd we met. I wanted to pet the animals, the Jewish man saw this but the sheep were paying no attention to me at all when I called them.
When the Jewish man spoke a couple of words in Hebrew the goats came running immediately to his side, where I could pet them. The goats and sheep did not recognize my voice, but knew his immediately. They clung to him with amazing devotion.
I loved this real life picture of God's principle of the born again believers knowing the voice of the Savior. It also made me think that marriage is a picture of the relationship that should be between Christ and believers.
When we violate the marriage, by adultery or divorce, then we wound the witness to unbelievers of Christ's love for us, and the permanency of our relationship with Him.
John 10:27-30 "Matthew 19:5-6
"5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
When we are married we become one with our spouse, just as we become one with Christ when we become born again. There is a spiritual union in both matters. A union that cannot be severed by man, and God will not sever it because God never breaks a promise to us.
As He expects us to keep our promise to Him and our spouse.
2 Peter 1:3-4
"3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
You see now that marriage and our born again relationship with Christ are permanent!
Husbands and Wives Love One Another
There are those who are teaching men in churches that their wives are nothing more than their property to be bossed about and to serve them. This could not be farther from the truth.
1 Peter 5:3 "nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock."
A man who is a true leader, instructs, and is an example of what he instructs, but he does not force or manipulate with meanness and anger.
Any man who requires absolute obedience from his wife is not understanding the Biblical mandate for the woman to be the help meet.
A wife is a coach and mentor to her husband. The husband is to heed her warnings and instructions. Any man who refuses to listen to his wife is a narcissist and walks in arrogance.
A godly man never treats his wife with this kind of disrespect. God told the husband to treat the wife as the weaker vessel. That term "weaker vessel" brings the connotation of a delicate China cup to be cherished and protected.
The husband's greatest concern should be not for his own desires but for the nurturing and protection of those whom he leads.
Selfish manipulation and a demanding spirit is no where to be found in the Word. The men that do this are sure to frustrate their wives and end up scratching their heads when the wife pulls away and even runs away.
When we are treated with respect and honor, then we are able to revere the husband.
When a husband treats a wife like she is a possession or a child, he creates rebellion in her, breaking her spirit and her heart. If anyone did that to him then he would rebel too.
We do not treat people like our personal slaves to do our bidding. We treat everyone with honor even in our leading.
1 Peter 3:7 "Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered."
Let's remember that leadership is by its very nature actually serving.
One who will not serve, neglecting his own things for the sake of others, is not worthy to be a leader.
The woman has been given charge over the house hold. God gave that position to her, not her husband. Her husband is to honor the mandates of the wife in the household, even to taking off his shoes if that is one of her rules.
Proverbs 1:8 "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:"
Mothers and Fathers both teach and train the children. When the mother makes a rule, it is up to the Father to uphold that in the sight of the children. When the Father makes a rule then it is up to the Mother to uphold that also, unless either one is doing something against God's will, then there must be discussion and refusal to disobey God over the submission to the spouse.
Acts 5:29 "But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men."
A man is to lead his wife in righteousness. If he does not then the woman must choose righteousness in spite of her husband. If a woman will not follow the lead of her husband in righteousness, then the husband must pray and continue on with God no matter what his wife does.
1 Peter 5:3 "nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock."
A man who is a true leader, instructs, and is an example of what he instructs, but he does not force or manipulate with meanness and anger.
Any man who requires absolute obedience from his wife is not understanding the Biblical mandate for the woman to be the help meet.
A wife is a coach and mentor to her husband. The husband is to heed her warnings and instructions. Any man who refuses to listen to his wife is a narcissist and walks in arrogance.
A godly man never treats his wife with this kind of disrespect. God told the husband to treat the wife as the weaker vessel. That term "weaker vessel" brings the connotation of a delicate China cup to be cherished and protected.
The husband's greatest concern should be not for his own desires but for the nurturing and protection of those whom he leads.
Selfish manipulation and a demanding spirit is no where to be found in the Word. The men that do this are sure to frustrate their wives and end up scratching their heads when the wife pulls away and even runs away.
When we are treated with respect and honor, then we are able to revere the husband.
When a husband treats a wife like she is a possession or a child, he creates rebellion in her, breaking her spirit and her heart. If anyone did that to him then he would rebel too.
We do not treat people like our personal slaves to do our bidding. We treat everyone with honor even in our leading.
1 Peter 3:7 "Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered."
Let's remember that leadership is by its very nature actually serving.
One who will not serve, neglecting his own things for the sake of others, is not worthy to be a leader.
The woman has been given charge over the house hold. God gave that position to her, not her husband. Her husband is to honor the mandates of the wife in the household, even to taking off his shoes if that is one of her rules.
Proverbs 1:8 "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:"
Mothers and Fathers both teach and train the children. When the mother makes a rule, it is up to the Father to uphold that in the sight of the children. When the Father makes a rule then it is up to the Mother to uphold that also, unless either one is doing something against God's will, then there must be discussion and refusal to disobey God over the submission to the spouse.
Acts 5:29 "But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men."
A man is to lead his wife in righteousness. If he does not then the woman must choose righteousness in spite of her husband. If a woman will not follow the lead of her husband in righteousness, then the husband must pray and continue on with God no matter what his wife does.
Instructions Not A Mantra
Christ gave us instructions in how to pray. The instructions are not the mantra to repeat, but steps to observe in prayer.
Luke 11:2-4
"2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.”
Luke 11:2-4
"2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.”
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Prosperity Lies
I don't know
about any of you but I become weary at the health wealth and prosperity gospel
that some are spreading. There is no
scriptural basis for it. Many have
become discouraged thinking they have done something wrong because they don't
live in wealth, they are sick often and all their relatives hate them.
There are
those who say they don't believe the false gospel of prosperity, but live as
though they must prove God is blessing them through feverish efforts to acquire
wealth. They even deny their illnesses
to pretend they are healthy when they need a doctor.
Next time
someone attempts to convince you that God does not want you to be poor, sick,
or persecuted, repeat these words to them.
Hebrews 11:35
"Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not
accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
Hbr 11:36
Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and
imprisonment.
Hbr 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, [fn] were slain with the
sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute,
afflicted, tormented--
Hbr 11:38 of
whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, [in]
dens and caves of the earth.
Hbr 11:39 And
all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the
promise,
Hbr 11:40 God
having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect
apart from "
Many people
are being persecuted, beheaded and hung on crosses today in Egypt
Matthew 6:19
""Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and
rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;"
Mat 6:20 "but lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break
in and steal."
Mat 6:21 "For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also."
2 Corinthians
11:23 "Are they ministers of Christ?--I speak as a fool--I [am] more: in
labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in
deaths often.
2Cr 11:24
From the Jews five times I received forty [stripes] minus one.
2Cr 11:25 Three
times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked;
a night and a day I have been in the deep;
2Cr 11:26
[in] journeys often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils
of [my own] countrymen, [in] perils of the Gentiles, [in] perils in the city,
[in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false
brethren;
2Cr 11:27 in
weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings
often, in cold and nakedness--
2Cr 11:28
besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the
churches.
2Cr 11:29 Who
is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn [with
indignation]?
2Cr 11:30 If
I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.
2Cr 11:31 The
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I
am not lying.
2Cr 11:32 In Damascus
2Cr 11:33 but
I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his
hands"
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Luke 21:14
""Therefore settle [it] in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on
what you will answer;
Luk 21:15
"for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will
not be able to contradict or resist.
Luk 21:16
"You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends;
and they will put [some] of you to death.
Luk 21:17
"And you will be hated by all for My name's sake"
Hmmm!!! Christ was our example and He did not escape
poverty and persecution, what would make us think we would. Joel Osteen spits in the face of God when he
writes a book entitled, "Your Best Life Now." This may be the best life now for those who
are refusing Christ and ultimately will end up in a firey hell. But for the believer, nothing on this earth
should take us captive, not wealth, not health nor the love of all the people
that surround us. Our best life is to
come when we go before the Savior and hear His Words, "Well done good and
faithful servant."
We as
believers yearn for our heavenly home and our husband that dwells in us now and
will one day take us home.
Diligence Brings Blessing
Proverbs 20:4
"4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing."
It is a sin to be lazy, we must ask God to make us diligent, that our witness not be maligned in the eyes of those who are watching.
Those who are lazy in their job, will also be lazy in their spiritual life. Laziness is a mentality, that is not compartmentalized to a particular area, it is a spiritual soul problem.
Proverbs 13:4
"4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat."
Proverbs 10:4
"4 Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich."
Galatians 6:9
"9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."
2 Peter 3:14
"14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,"
Ecclesiastes 9:10
"10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going."
Colossians 3:23
"23 Whatever you do, do your work [a]heartily, as for the Lord [b]rather than for men,"
Romans 6:12
"12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,"
We forget that laziness is sin, we also forget sometimes that working hard, accomplishing a task is much more fulfilling than entertainment. God has placed in our being a need and desire to accomplish physical tasks. We are fulfilled by them, they satisfy.
Psalm 128:2 "When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands, You will be happy and it will be well with you."
When pleasure is pursued, then there is never enough, only more pleasure continually will give temporary happiness.
When we sit down from our labors and look back at the accomplishment, only then can we feel at rest, we delight in our work.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
"18 Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage.
19 As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart."
"4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing."
It is a sin to be lazy, we must ask God to make us diligent, that our witness not be maligned in the eyes of those who are watching.
Those who are lazy in their job, will also be lazy in their spiritual life. Laziness is a mentality, that is not compartmentalized to a particular area, it is a spiritual soul problem.
Proverbs 13:4
"4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat."
Proverbs 10:4
"4 Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich."
Galatians 6:9
"9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."
2 Peter 3:14
"14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,"
Ecclesiastes 9:10
"10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going."
Colossians 3:23
"23 Whatever you do, do your work [a]heartily, as for the Lord [b]rather than for men,"
Romans 6:12
"12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,"
We forget that laziness is sin, we also forget sometimes that working hard, accomplishing a task is much more fulfilling than entertainment. God has placed in our being a need and desire to accomplish physical tasks. We are fulfilled by them, they satisfy.
Psalm 128:2 "When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands, You will be happy and it will be well with you."
When pleasure is pursued, then there is never enough, only more pleasure continually will give temporary happiness.
When we sit down from our labors and look back at the accomplishment, only then can we feel at rest, we delight in our work.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
"18 Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage.
19 As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart."
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