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NASB | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]! |
Subject: Destiny of created beings |
Bible Note: Hello Finder Thank God we don't need to be knocked on the side of the head - we have His blessed written Word; it would indeed be nice but we don't need flashing lights and voices from heaven (which last but only a moment) - we have the eternal blessed Word of God; we don't need a visit to the third heaven - we have the written Word of God (Paul did not, at least not all of it). On the other side of the coin, Paul was beaten and left for dead, shipwrecked, and thrown into prison numerous times, he had to be sneaked out of town or murdered - his life was full of perils - how would you have fared? Even with lights and voices and visits, would your works have the substance to stand the test of fire as his did? And don't put Paul on a false pedestal. He had his moments of doubt, of wondering - you can hear it in his letters - but you can also hear the renewing of his mind in his letters - the part that says "I believe," "I am convinced," and "I am fully persuaded." I am very happy God chose him, and not someone from 2007 to do that job. Quite frankly, I honestly don't think people today have that kind of muster. The first time someone in authority told us to quit speaking that Name or be imprisoned we'd be on our cell phones to our lawyer to find a way around the law, instead of just doing what God told us to do. Just as an afterthought: someone once said: "Some things are commanded because they are right, other things are right because they are commanded." And faith, sanctification, work, and ministry are commanded. Blessings Cheri PS I just realized I didn't address your actual question, so let me put it in the venacular, with a picture anyone can identify with. You are a parent, you tell your child that next month you are going to take him to Disney World. Child has a choice of two reactions: cross arms over chest and say "yeah, I'll believe it when I see the tickets and the castle" or "oh boy, oh boy, wow! Thanks. I gotta tell somebody!" Which is pleasing to a parent? I know that oversimplifies the subject but it does simply boil down to Heb. 11:1 "calling those things which be not as though they were." I mentioned the written Word at the beginning of this note and that Word has been fulfilled time and again. It's God's way of telling His children He's gonna take us to a much better place than Disney World. What is your reaction to that promise? |