Going deeper with Jesus
Jesus felt rejection many times. This particular subject offended some. Someone said, How can He give us His flesh to eat? They did not understand. When they asked that question, it was not a question of inquiry so they could understand, but a question demonstrating insolence. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can
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God always says just the right thing. I have never once heard Him apologize for anything He said in His word. Whatever He has said is intentional. Since His word is Jesus, fully written with every attribute of God in both the Old and the New Testaments, we can find His purpose, His meaning throughout.
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Do you excuse yourself? from designated prayer time with the Lord? from waiting quietly before Him?from reading His word in a meaningful way?from not serving His kingdom, but the world instead? Do you excuse yourself?from knowing His word and what He has said about each subject?from aligning with His people?from forgiving others?from loving your enemies?
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: Psalm 66:18 The sin that is hidden is not hidden. The sin that we like, the thing that we ignore, that sin we cannot get the victory over is exposed and bare before God. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest
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There are no gods before HimWherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name:That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
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That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. John 17:21 Once we have decided to follow Jesus and offer our lives to Him, we are a part of Him. If at
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Have you ever not been loving and realized later you were not who you wanted to be? Or more important than that that you were not who God wanted
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I have had people in my life who say, God is good. when something good has happened. If it was sunshining on their Saturday, God is good. Or if they got a job they wanted, God is good. They never said God was good when something bad happened. That wasn’t their style, neither is it
Some people make Jesus what they want Him to be. They pick and choose the commands He gave or the warnings. They create a new Jesus or a different Jesus that matches their idea of how God should think and act. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt Me and you. Genesis 17:11 Circumcision was a covenant with the Lord, the outward display of dedication to the Lord signifying purification and cleansing. Then, God went further. He wanted the heart to be involved. Isn’t
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