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Subject: Isn't Jesus Christ the True Isael to who |
Bible Note: Hi Ray, I don't quite understand what you mean when you say it was a tie between God and Jacob. I believe what happened at Peniel was Jacob was owning up to getting his father Isaac's blessing by trickery and realized if God didn't bless him he wasn't really blessed at all. So by saying his name was Jacob which means skeamer, surplanter,or some even say crook, Jacob had come to the place of honesty and desired only God's blessing which is the only one that counts and can only be gotten by humbling one's self. What do you mean by the wrestling match ended in a "tie"? It looks to me like God won because humbled himself before God. Jacob gave his heart to God and realized "in his flesh dwells no good thing", just like with Paul. John 4:20-23 is an interesting passage indeed. I love how Jesus gets to the point here, that true worship is not a matter of place but attitude and focus on the one true living God and Father of all who are born of God. "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:24. Is this the point you wanted to make? There was a time when that whole idea was unknown to me. I was a Roman Catholic and thought that "where" I worshiped was most important. But thank the Lord my Savior He showed me the truth and I am free. Ray are you an English teacher? I love Johm 6. Have you compared Jn.6:46 with Matt 11:27? And then we find the way of that revelation Matt.11:28-30. It all comes back to humility and being teachable. Jesus humbled Himself Phil.2:5-11. Thanks Ray for directing my attention to John 4 and 6. What did you want to share from these verses? Waiting, Kindness |