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81 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127006 | ||
I said, “I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer”. Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, “Go, shut thyself within thine house. And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb. But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, ‘Thus saith the Lord God’.” Job 32:17-20; Ezekiel 3:24,26,27. |
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82 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127007 | ||
This is what the LORD says, "I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified". Leviticus 10:3. |
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83 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127008 | ||
“This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me”, saith the LORD. “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. “Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. “Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. “Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”. Isaiah 54:17-55-11. |
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84 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127009 | ||
Thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD; and there is none else. "I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. "Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. "Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else". Isaiah 45:18-22. |
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85 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127010 | ||
God, Jehovah God, has spoken, and calls to the earth from the rising of the sun to its going in. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone. Our God comes, and He is not silent; a fire shall devour before Him; and it shall be very stormy around Him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, to judge His people. "Gather My saints together to Me, those who cut My covenant by sacrifice". And the heavens shall declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge. Psalm 50:1-5 |
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86 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 127011 | ||
Thus saith the LORD, "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: "But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight", saith the LORD. Jeremiah 9:23,24. |
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87 | Searching for the truth | Ps 34:11 | Aixen7z4 | 97799 | ||
Comments: Heaven is a wonderful place. The main thing about it is, that tJesus is there. And we want to be with him! He also longs to have us there (John 17:24). It is the ultimate destination where every Christian will be whether through death or the Rapture. Some "Christians will fight tooth and nail to the very last breath to resist death"? Christians usually look forward to being in heaven and they are not afraid of death. They say, "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" They say, "The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ". They believe that it is better to die, because it means they will be absent from the body and present with the Lord. Sometimes they can't quite make up their minds about leaving, though, because they believe they are needed here, to lead others to the Savior, and to answer questions like this. |
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88 | It's in the Book of Psalms | Ps 37:25 | Aixen7z4 | 138621 | ||
One would beg to know why you are interested in that verse at this time. We look for it sometimes when we wonder if God has forsaken us. But those who read that passage might also want to read Hebrews 13:5. Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never forsake you." Sometimes, when we look at the prosperity of those who seem to be less righteous than we are, we can stumble (Psalm 73). Please note that the passage in question is an observation on the part of David, and it does not reference a promise made by God. The writer had never seen it, but it does not mean it does not happen. Some righteous people do suffer want (1 Corinthians 4:11; Philippians 4:12). But that does not mean God has forsaken us (Romans 8:35). The promise is that he never will (Isaiah 49:15). |
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89 | purfume, smell, aroma, ect in church | Ps 77:6 | Aixen7z4 | 104839 | ||
This writer is not aware of any record in the Bible of an aroma occurring during corporate prayer, or praise or worship. The closest to that is the record in Genesis 8 when Noah offered a sacrifice and God smelled a pleasing aroma. Of course the sacrifices offered under the Old Covenant we often described as yielding a sweet savor unto the LORD. But now it was you and your mother who were sensing that aroma. There is a natural explanation for this, a memory associated with a previous experience. You have beautiful memories of times when you were close to God. From time to time you may experience new ones that are similar. You recall the old ones. That's all. When an experience is stored in memory it is a total experience, including sights and sounds and, yes, smells. When you recall, either voluntarily or not, you are retrieving some or all of them. It would not be unusual for you and your mother to have stored memories of different odors when you had a particular experience together, probably in church. That is the most likely reason for this new experience. It reactivated an old memory. If you recalled carefully, as with professional help, you might arrive at the exact place and sights and sounds that accompanied those smells. It is a memory, I say. Nothing more mysterious. Focus on the spiritual content, not the smell, and praise the Lord again. |
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90 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Aixen7z4 | 153537 | ||
O course, there is a difference. Try to see the difference by adding a third object of love, namely, your brother. You cannot love God without loving your brother (1 John 4:20). If a man says, “I love God”, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? Though we have not seen God, we can love him (1 Peter 1:8). But a man can love his brother without loving God. One man loves his brother precisely because he believes there is no God. He is a humanist. One man says, “God is love and love is God” and does not even seek to know the supreme being called Jehovah. The fact is, God is love (1 John 4) but love is not God. John says, “No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12). Does that mean that whenever we see people love each other we can conclude that God dwells in them? No. John is speaking about himself and the other apostles, and differentiating them from false teachers. He is saying the fact they loved one another was one evidence that God dwelt in them. There are other evidences, and the reverse of this one is not necessarily true. Jesus said, “Sinners also love those that love them“ (Luke 6). A man who loves God should love his brother. It is a commandment that we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also. It is a commandment, not a corollary. It is always possible to disobey a commandment. And it is sad to say that Christians often disobey that commandment. Sad to say that there is often more love among “sinners” than among brethren. But let’s not get into that. Let’s just say that loving your brother is not the same as loving God. The two should go together, but they are not equivalent. The same may be said for loving the word of God and loving God. The person who loves God wants to please him, wants hear about him, wants to hear from him. Therefore, he should love the word of God. The same psalmist who says, “I love the lord (Psalm 116) also says, “Your law do I love” (Psalm 119). Indeed, blessed is the man who delights in the law of the Lord (Psalm 1). Yet some people have loved God when they had no Bible. They include Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, and my sister. They include most of the people of faith who lived before the invention of printing. And some people do not love the Bible in spite of the fact they have one, because they are unable to read or otherwise do not find it easy to understand. Some people love the Lord and have not learnt to love the Bible. |
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91 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Aixen7z4 | 153538 | ||
I wrote the last response some several days ago, but I did not post it for fear it might discourage someone. I thought about it again today as I met with a couple. These people love the Lord; it was the main topic of their session. The evidence was the fact they were willing to obey the Lord. And yet, one of their major complaints was the fact they do not spend time with their Bibles. In other words, they want to love the word of God, but they don’t. I hope this does not confuse anyone. Please think about it before responding. There are some people who love the Lord but belong to a denomination where Bible knowledge is not emphasized. They believe that God speaks to them directly, and they are devoted to following what they believe is the Lord’s leading. They do not see the need to verify everything in the written word. They carry a Bible and read it in a cursory manner. They do not intend to get deeply into anything in it. They do not see the need for it. On the other hand, there are people who place a high importance on Bible knowledge. However, they leave a question as to their love for the Lord, as they do not place that high a premium on obeying it. They hear from time to time that God is not so much interested in what we know as he is in how well we put into practice what we know (1 Corinthians 8:1). But they cast that aside. They enjoy studying the word of God so much they confuse it with loving God. Imagine the lady in the story told by ‘meusing’ (above) spending all the time with her husband’s book but very little time with him, and you get the point. If you do not get the point from that, imagine a person spending a lot of time with the Bible but very little time in prayer. It happens. Imagine a person who has deep theoretical knowledge about love, but shows no love. Paul talks about him in 1 Corinthians 13:2. Both camps will profess a real love for both the Bible and the Lord, but they may love them in very different measures. Some love the Bible in sentimental way. They idolize and almost worship the book, and yet that “love” may lead them to take such good care of it that they make sure it is not marked or worn out or even opened too often. They prefer to talk about “the Bible” rather than about anything it says in particular. Some others know Bible things in minute detail, but cannot relate the facts to the nature of God or what he requires of us. They do not see the purpose of the word of God as expressed in Deuteronomy 29:29 or Jeremiah 9:23,24. It is one of the great tasks of the church, perhaps, to bring those two camps together. Those who love the word need to relate more closely to the author, and those who love the author need a better appreciation for knowledge of his word. We make a mistake to assume that the both are inseparable, or that one is indispensable to the other. It is not correct to say that everything we can know about God is in the Bible, or that we can know nothing about God except through the Bible. Surely those who know the Bible know that the Bible itself makes no such claim, but that in fact it tells us otherwise (2 Samuel 1:18, Psalm 19, Romans 1, John 20, 2 Corinthians 12, Colossians 4:16). Those who love the Lord should learn to love his word, whether to read it or to hear it, and we should love each other. Those things go together well, but they are not identical. |
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92 | Can a person know Gods' perfect will ? | Ps 98:2 | Aixen7z4 | 147883 | ||
Our gospel is hidden from those that are lost. The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them" (2 Corinthians 4). They had asked unto him, “What can we do, so we can know we are doing the will of God?” Jesus answered and said unto them, “This is the will of God, that you believe on the one whom he has sent”. They said, “Show us a miracle and we will believe on you. Give us bread”. Jesus said unto them, “I am the bread of life: he who comes to me shall never hunger; and he who believes on me shall never thirst”. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven”. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them “Verily, verily, I say unto you, ‘He who believes on me has everlasting life‘”. They said, “That is a hard saying”, and from that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, “Will you also go away? ” Then Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (John 6). The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. Those who believe on the Son have everlasting life: and those who do not believe on the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on them (John 3). |
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93 | What should be the focus... | Ps 100:1 | Aixen7z4 | 138096 | ||
It would be good, I think, if we would focus on the giver (Genesis 15:1; Hebrews 11:6). It is he who is the source of all things (James 1:17; Psalm 50:10). He gives us all things richly to enjoy (1 Timothy 6:17). We might also focus on the unspeakable gift that he gave (John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 9:15). We might ask ourselves what we might give him in return, and consider how the psalmist answered that question: “I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord” (Psalm 116). We might read from passages such as Genesis 1 and Psalm 104 and appreciate how he has provided for us. We should rejoice before the Lord for what he has given us (as in Deuteronomy 16). But we should also rejoice in the Lord himself (as in Philippians 4). We should rejoice to have him as our creator, as our sustainer and provider, and as our Savior. And we should rejoice that he has given us his word to teach us these things. |
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94 | How can i MEET God? | Ps 132:1 | Aixen7z4 | 149887 | ||
I thought it was the best question, the greatest question ever asked. Surely, that is the biggest need of the human heart: to know God,and to fellowship with him. Without that question we find ourselves under this his indigtment: "The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but ... my people do not consider" (Isaiah 1). We belong to God. If we are away from him, we are to seek him. We should not stop. "Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near" (Isaiah 55). We should not accept denial. We should be like the blind man in Luke 18. "They which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more". Strange how the crowd sometimes tries to stop the seeker. They did it in Matthew 20. Two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, "Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David", and the multitude rebuked them. But they would not be denied. They cried the more. Even believers try to stop us. They shut up the kingdom against men (Matthew 23). I wonder if it is that they do not understand. They take away the key of knowledge (Luke 11). Little children were brought unto him, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them (Matthew 19). We should seek the Lord. That is what God has in mind for us, that we should seek him, and find him. Paul says that he designed it so "that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him" (Acts 17). He had promised that our seeking would not be in vain (Isaiah 45). He is near to us, and we can find him. Aside from the hindrance of the multitude, what makes it so hard to find God? There may be many things, but the situation can perhaps be summed up best by noting his his requirement, that we seek him with the whole heart (Jeremiah 24;Jeremiah 29). For a while, we may be like the lover in the Song of Solomon 3: "By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not". But that does not last. "It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth." David sings, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?" (Psalm 42). Again: "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;to see your power and your glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary" (Psalm 63). It is the most amazing thing, to realize that the one we seek is actually pursuing us. The Good Shepherd (Luke 15), the Son of Man (Luke 19), is seeking that which is lost. We thirst for God. But also, in the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water'" (John 7). The good news for the person who is saved is the fact that God is actually already in us (John 14). When we seek him, we find that he is there, with us, and in us. But everyone, saved and unsaved, should seek him. |
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95 | How can i MEET God? | Ps 132:1 | Aixen7z4 | 149888 | ||
Still, I wonder if I have addressed the concerns you have expressed. You still desire God to come to you like He did to Moses, or Elijah. You're wondering why He doesn't speak to us like that anymore. I think the fact is we have something better than they had. "For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more. (For they could not endure that which was commanded, and if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, 'I exceedingly fear and quake'). But you are come ... to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel" (Hebrews 12). We have it better. We have the privilege of entering into the holiest, by the blood of Jesus (Hebrews 10). Let us not be content with anything less. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith. But also, I wonder why the talk about slipping. It does not seem to the idea of giving up the search. Is it the idea of giving up on the ways of organized religion? I take "All I care is that I know God" as a determined, undeniable desire. Perhaps it is the desire to be saved. You should look back on your life for a time when God filled your life with a sense of his presence. If there is no such memory, then I suggest you do the steps. Renounce sin. Trust in Christ. Then, accept his presence in your life. From my experience, and according to John 7:37, he will fill you to overflowing. One last thing before I close this second piece. Let God have his way. He will fill you when he sees fit, to enable you to his will. If you are not prepared to follow him into some field of service, you will find his presence not only overwhelming, but also quite uncomfortable. David prayed for the Spirit, and promised to "teach transgressors your ways" (Psalm 51). Isaiah said, "Send me". If you do not plan to serve the Lord, then there is not much point in seeking him. You may plan to simply enjoy his presence, but he has more than that in mind. You may want to experience God as Moses and Elijah did. But remember that God said to Moses, "Go" (Exodus 3), and to Elijah, "Go. Return." (1 Kings 19). Isaiah saw the Lord (chapter 6), but then the Lord asked, "Who will go for us?" It may be that your key to finding the Lord is your present willingness to do what he says. You do not know what he will say, or where he will send you. Some of it will be hard. It may be unpleasant, especially if he sends you to the multitude who said you should not have sought him in the first place. But do you think you will see the Lord and not want to talk about him? Do you imagine you will hear from him and not not want to speak for him? Count the cost, my friends. Then you can seek him and find him. |
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96 | Help me rediscover this gem? | Ps 138:2 | Aixen7z4 | 108917 | ||
David does this psalm, number 138. "I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name". |
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97 | how do you think god search your heart | Ps 139:23 | Aixen7z4 | 145881 | ||
God tests our hearts by putting us through trying circumstances. See Deuteronomy 8:2. Consider also Deuteronomy 8:16; Deuteronomy 13:3; Genesis 22:1; Exodus 15:25, Exodus 16:4; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Psalm 81:7; Proverbs 17:3; Malachi 3:2,3; James 1:3; 1Peter 1:7. We do not know our own hearts, and we must judge ourselves by our behavior. Interestingly, God also needs to see our actions. God does not need to know what kind of creatures we are. As Jesus showed, he knows what is in man (John 2). He knows our thoughts (Psalm 139). And yet , it is our behavior that he wants to see. God searches our hearts, not to judge us or condemn us, but to reveal it to us so we can change our minds if necessary, and reconcile our behavior to his will. Knowing these things, we are not bothered by the fact God searches us. We are glad for it. We pray, “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting”. When God tested the Israelites (Deuteronomy 8) it was to make them know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. And it seems to be the same for us. |
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98 | Can you explain this phenomenon? | Prov 1:29 | Aixen7z4 | 120649 | ||
A person should be filled with dread, I think, when he finds himself unable to respond to the word of God. If he believes in God, he should wonder why he is not responding to the word of God. He might ask himself if it is that God has given up on him. Those who are tempted to say that God does not give up on anyone is showing that same inability to respond to the word of God. He should sit before Romans 1:28 and wonder. “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind”. If he finds it in his heart to escape or to explain these words away, applying it to others than himself, he should fear. Sometimes it seems the only reasonable response to the presence of God is the prayer, “God be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13). It may seem reasonable to some to say that a saint is no longer a sinner, but then one is at a loss to explain one’s own behavior. Why do we not respond to the word of God? It is reasonable for a person to ask himself, “Why am I thinking the way I do? Why am I doing the thing I do?” It is reasonable to consider what God says, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). What if God is not working in them? What if another spirit is working in them? It is good to know that God is guiding us. We may not understand it. “Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?” (Proverbs 20:24). We should trust him. But we can only know that he is guiding us if we find ourselves responding to the word of God. “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (1 John 2:3,4). When we find ourselves unable to respond to the word of God, we should wonder what Satan might be doing there. If a person is not sure of his salvation he should sit before 2 Corinthians 4 and ponder. Why is he not able to respond to the good news of salvation in Christ? They may not even see the good in the Gospel. “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them”. It might be that our minds are like theirs, blinded. And their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. If we are saved, we should wonder at our inability to respond to the word of God. It is what he uses, with the power of the Spirit, to guide us, and it does say that we are here, on earth, to help each other. It is to serve and to glorify God, but we do that by helping each other (See Matthew 25:35-40, etc.). If we see a brother drowning and we find it in our hearts to curse him, we should wonder. If we are drowning and we do not find it in our hearts to accept a rope, we should wonder. If we find ourselves saying, “Thou shalt never wash my feet”, and unable to change that, we should wonder. A passage such as 1 Samuel 2:25 is frightening. What was happening in the hearts of those men? Their father pleaded with them. “Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them”. Was the Lord making it impossible for them to listen. Does God or Satan blind or minds sometimes, so that we cannot see? We are forced to think about this and wonder if it sometimes happens today, before our eyes. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God, and he has given us his word. It is the word of God that we are using here. And we should be able to use it to wash one another’s feet. When a brother refuses, we may have to return to the word and wash our own feet. We may even be tempted to wash our eyes with it. But it says we must pray. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Open the eyes of our brothers ans sisters, so that we can share. |
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99 | Can you explain this phenomenon? | Prov 1:29 | Aixen7z4 | 120785 | ||
In summarizing this topic at this point, I will say that I am grateful for those who shared, and for the opportunity afforded me to share, even when it is not in the usual academic style. I trust we all learned something. I will link this thread to my site and return from time to time to review it. For myself, the point seems to be that the Lord has given free will to all of us, and whether or not we understand it, we must live with it. We must be prepared to reckon with it as we deal with believers and nonbelievers alike. Some unsaved folk will refuse the Gospel and some saints will refuse to obey the word, but we must continue to preach the Gospel and we must continue to teach the word of God. Meanwhile, it is appropriate to weep for the lost and to sorrow over the disobedient. Jesus did. It is interesting to me that the Person quoted in Luke 13 is the same One quoted in Revelation 3. To those who “knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, … do the same” he says, “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish”. Again he says, “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish”. To believers who see the faults in others but not our own he says, “Remember from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent”. Again he says, “Remember how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon you”. While I write this, there is a song playing in the background. I pray it can be the desire of all of us who read this. Sweet will of God, still fold me closer; Till I am wholly lost in Thee; Sweet will of God, still fold me closer, Till I am wholly lost in Thee. God’s will is in his word. I pray for grace to be continually sensitive to it and to obey it. |
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100 | Where do i go for helpwith problems? | Prov 3:5 | Aixen7z4 | 107559 | ||
It is difficult to answer this question without knowing what particular trials and trubulations you are experiencing. If you want some advice on where to go for help with problems, I would suggest that you seek out a Christian counselor in your area. I would hope that you could find someone who knows the Bible answers to your specific problems. Since you have asked for Bible references, I wouls suggest John 15:18 to John 16:33. Note especially the last verse: "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world". For your convenience I include these references from The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. There are crossreferences to other passages dealing with each phrase, as follows. On "in me": Joh 14:27; Psa 85:8-11; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Mic 5:5; Luk 2:14, Luk 19:38; Rom 5:1, Rom 5:2; Eph 2:14-17; Phi 4:7; Col 1:20; 2Th 3:16; Heb 7:2, Heb 13:20,Heb 13:21 On "In the world": Joh 15:19-21; Act 14:22; Rom 8:36; 2Co 7:4; 1Th 3:4; 2Ti 3:12; Heb 11:25; 1Pe 5:9; Rev 7:14 but: Joh 14:1; Act 9:31, Act 23:11, Act 27:22, Act 27:25; 2Co 1:3, 2Co 13:11; 1Th 3:7 On "I have overcome": Joh 16:11, Joh 12:31; 1Sa 17:51, 1Sa 17:52; Psa 68:18; Rom 8:37; Gal 1:4, Gal 6:14; 1Jo 4:4, 1Jo 5:4 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Phil 4:6,7). Those things, …, do: and the God of peace shall be with you (Phil 4:9). Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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