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NASB | Romans 9:13 Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 9:13 As it is written and forever remains written, "JACOB I LOVED (chose, protected, blessed), BUT ESAU I HATED (held in disregard compared to Jacob)." [Mal 1:2, 3] |
Subject: God dosn't love everybody???? |
Bible Note: C.S.M. Yes, and each of us approach our calling and service as THE minsitry. Sunday night, after presenting a lesson on salvation an elderly woman approached me at the back of the church. She told me, with tears in her eyes, that the teaching that night had given her answers that she had been seeking for years and particularly since the death of her husband. She told me that the teaching (presented mostly from Romans chapter 5) put things into perspective for her and that she no longer doubted her salvation. Sure made me feel like teaching the adult population was THE ministry. That's why God has created us so differently in regards to our personalities, gifts, skills, and abilities. There is so much work to do. It's true that we may choose to do this or that, but when we are called by God into ANY ministry, it is because, as you know, God chooses you for it. It is this realization that some time ago I gained a new perspective and/or understanding of a certain verse. Ps 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. KJV I had always heard this taught to mean that when one delights in the Lord, He will give you what you want or have desire for. I do believe that this is what the verse is saying. But I believe it is saying something else as well. If you delight in the Lord, the desires that you have in your heart will be there in the first place because HE HAS GIVEN them to you. So, in truth, the guy volunteering at the soup kitchen, or the one mowing the elderly widows lawn, or the one handing out bulletins on Sunday morning has THE most important ministry. It is his/her ministry for the Lord that he/she has been called at that time to do. Again, may God bless your ministry, Jeff |