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1 | Why identify the cities and not the man? | Luke 10:30 | Mommapbs | 142166 | ||
Good Lord's Day Ray! 1) Rev 22:18-19 2) What is the difference between God is Love and God is a "Good" Neighbor? If God is love then I would say that God is a good Neighbor. 3) Just because Scripture does not have that phrase are we forbidden from seeing God as my Neighbor? (The One who showed mercy) Jesus says, "Apart from Me, you can do nothing." John 15:5 How can I "Go and do the same," without God? Consider this: Jesus declares: only God is good. Because I have been given the indwelling Spirit of God (His goodness), His presence enables me to be a good neighbor - the one without the Spirit (does not have the goodness of God) therefore he cannot be a "good" neighbor, no matter how beneficial his work may be toward others.) I am rather sad today that this little blessing I had from my time with the Lord has led to such criticism from the body here. I don't believe that God intends for us to read His word with minds and ears of those to whom it was originally written - I believe that God can and does illuminate His Word to speak into our individual lives for HIS purposes - His Word will not return to Him without accomplishing His will. When He shows me something as He did, it is usually is in response to something I questioned (A week ago I pondered the response of the wounded man - I asked, "Why didn't Jesus tell us about this?") Yesterday, in my reading of 1 Cor 13, God answered me and He opened my mind by bringing to remembrance many verses.) In no way am I adding to Scripture here,(I agree with Doc and others that God's Word, the Bible is the complete record of His plan for man's redemption) but what I believe God told me was for the edification of others who perhaps are struggling with seeing God as He is in light of the current world disaster - a good Neighbor. If we believe that Jesus is the Word, what precludes us from considering that as the Word, He can and does still speak into our lives today? Of what purpose is the Holy Spirit - to guide us into all truth, to speak and disclose what is to come (John 16:13) - what is truth? How about God's will for our lives, where to live, what job to take, where to go to school, which missionary to support - can you point me to a chapter or verse that will instruct me in these things? I truly believe that God is interested in every aspect of our lives and He is honored and delights in us when we include Him in them - yes especially the "insignificant" things. As one who has received instruction from the Lord, as well as correction for errant thinking and behavior, I feel truly sad that others miss out on this because they believe that God's Word is the only place from which God communicates to us today. In this instance, God did communicate to me through His Word, He showed me something about Himself - HE is the good Neighbor. No, I won't pencil in anything, but keep it in my heart until God directs me to those to whom this will be edifing. Thanks for listening to my heart. Blessings, mommapbs |
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2 | Why identify the cities and not the man? | Luke 10:30 | Ray | 142179 | ||
Hi mommapbs, You do speak from your heart and that often entails some risk doesn't it? So I say, more power to you, girl. 1) As Revelation 22:18,19 says, we do not want to add OR subtract to the word of God. 2) I would say that God is love and that God is good. I would not capitalize "good" in a verse for instance like Matthew 19:17. Matthew 19:17, "And He said to him, "Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only **One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." contrast/compare Matthew 5:47, "And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly **Father is perfect." Luke 7:49, "...Who is this **[man,Man] who forgives sins?" Luke 10:36, "Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?" 37 And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." And **Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same." Romans 2:11, "For there is no partiality with **God." 3) In considering God as a Neighbor: I hear you saying that you want to think of Deity as the Good Samaritan and the Good Neighbor. You would have us see God as One who comes to our aid as a Neighbor would. I can see that He indeed does come to our aid, for He is good. But God is also the One who created the heavens and the earth, and the natural disasters are things that come about because of the way the world was made. So we cannot deny the God above. Job 31:23, "For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of **His majesty [exaltation] I can do nothing.... Job 31:26, "If I have looked at the sun [Lit. light] when it shone, Or the moon going in splendor, 27 And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, 28 That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God/ above." John 15:5, "I am the (v)Vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and **I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me/ you can do nothing." 4) I was looking today also at the words that He has spoken. John 6:63, John 16:1, John 16:12, and John 16:18. We all have a lot to learn, do we not? From the heart, Ray |
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3 | Why identify the cities and not the man? | Luke 10:30 | Ray | 142185 | ||
Hi mommapbs, In looking at Luke 10:25-29 one has to look at who is speaking in the verses. In verse 26 Jesus said to the man, "How does it [the Law] read to you?" In verse 28 he is told, "If you do this, you will live". And in verse 29 he wishes to justify himself. 1) So, lets put the Law in lower and upper case English for our understanding instead of the all caps Hebrew. How are we to understand this and apply it for ourselves? Verse 27, "And he answered and said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and will all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." This is the Law for the people, for it says that "you shall"...and if "you do this", then you will live. So the passage reads in verse 29, "But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" This is still talking about the people or in particular, this person. 2) Now in application for today, we can say that we can seek to justify ourselves and say "And who is my Neighbor?" We want to love the Neighbor as we do ourselves. A Scripture that comes to mind is Matthew 25:31-46. Note this comparison. Matthew 25:44, "Then they themselves also will answer, saying, "Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?' 45 "Then ***He will answer them, saying, 'Truly **I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to *Me.' 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Luke 11:20, "He who is not with ***Me is against **Me; and he who does not gather with *Me, scatters." If He is our (n)Neighbor we shoud invite Him in. If we help our neighbors it should be as if we were doing it for Him. God's blessings to you, mommapbs, and to our neighbors. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | Why identify the cities and not the man? | Luke 10:30 | Mommapbs | 142195 | ||
Excellent Scriptures Ray - thank you. In Christ's love, Your neighbor! |
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