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NASB | John 7:17 "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 7:17 "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority. |
Subject: What is preaching Christ? |
Bible Note: I think suffering comes upon us, simply because Satan hates us. I would have to assume Satan hates the entire human race. I think we could all agree with that. And in hating us, he worked a plan that caused Eve to be decieved and Adam to transgress. That brought death into this entire planet. Can we agree that sickness and disease were not in the Garden untill the fall of man? Or do you think God designed Adam in order to at times, give him cancer, or some other form of disease? As for God allowing suffering in our lives, I believe he has to allow it at times, obvisouly if I shoot myself, I'll get hurt wont I? But he did say in Isaiah that no weapon formed against me can prosper. So whats the deal with that? Is it a contradiction, or could it possibly be that if I am walking in the Word of God, and keeping his commands, that God will then be able to extend his protection over me? I believe that is the case, otherwise, God would be a respecter of persons to be doing all the wonderful things he is doing in my life, yet force someone else to live in poverty and have no home, must less a beautiful home as God has blessed with me. And we know from Scripture, God is no respecter of persons. As for the blessings and cursings, yes I believe we can live in the blessings from the Old Testament, I don't think we have to live in Israel, but hey, maybe we can stand on the Word and say that its our land too! YOu'd have to take that before God. But if we look at all those wonderful blessings in Deuteronomy, why would God not extend those to us? Hebrews says we have a better covenant, established upon better promises! Glory to God brother, better promises! If they had healing, we have that too, and better things that that. Our covenant would not be better than theirs, if they were able to repent and get back in line with God and have no sickness, but we are forced to live in it. So my view is basically this, God does not send sickness or disease upon his children, it happens, because the devil wants to hurt all of humanity. He wants to destroy it. The Word says he comes to kill steal and destroy. But God, has made a way of escape for those who will call upon him. Because the Word says "Whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be healed! ( delivered , saved ) Glory to God Brother, that sounds good to me, doesn't it you? Mitch |