Tag: Eternal Life

It is not ourselves in our own strength, that we fight our battles. See who it is below, that fights for us.

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bible.com/bible/100/deu.31.6.NASB1995

“The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.””

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭31‬:‭8‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Father, we surrender in Faith, to your will and to YOUR WAY. We trust in You Alone, and Nothing Else. May You continue to Fight our Battles!

Jesus said WHAT??????

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bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.27-28.NASB1995

(See Cesar’s Sermon Last Week. It will make you examine your own heart).

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Do we listen to Gods wisdom (Bible), or man’s wisdom (psychology)? We must choose!

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bible.com/bible/100/2ti.3.16-17.NASB1995

God’s words in the Bible are very important for us to know God better. Do you have a favorite verse in the Bible you would like to share? One of mine is Phil 3:13-14.

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bible.com/bible/100/mat.4.4.NASB1995

Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruits” (see notes below).

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bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.22-24.NASB1995

Matthew 7
13“aEnter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.†‡ 
14“For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.†
15“Beware of the afalse prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are bravenous wolves.† 
16“You will a1know them by their fruits. 2Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?† 
17“So aevery good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 
18“A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 
19“aEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 
20“So then, you will 1know them aby their fruits. 
21“aNot everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.† 
22“aMany will say to Me on bthat day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many 1miracles?’† 
23“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; aDEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’†
Interpretation
7:13, 14 Both the narrow gate and the wide gate are assumed to provide the entrance to God’s kingdom. Two ways are offered to people. The narrow gate is by faith, only through Christ, constricted and precise. It represents true salvation in God’s way that leads to life eternal. The wide gate includes all religions of works and self-righteousness, with no single way (cf. Ac 4:12), but it leads to hell, not heaven. † 
7:14 way is narrow. Christ continually emphasized the difficulty of following Him (10:38; 16:24, 25; Jn 15:18, 19; 16:1–3; cf. Ac 14:22). Salvation is by grace alone, but is not easy. It calls for knowledge of the truth, repentance, submission to Christ as Lord, and a willingness to obey His will and Word. See notes on 19:16–28. † 
7:15 false prophets. These deceive not by disguising themselves as sheep, but by impersonating true shepherds. They promote the wide gate and the wide way. sheep’s clothing. This may refer to the woolen attire that was the characteristic garb of a shepherd. † 
7:16 You will know them by their fruits. See note on 3:8. False doctrine cannot restrain the flesh, so false prophets manifest wickedness. Cf. 2Pe 2:12–22. † 7:21 Not everyone who says … but he who does. The barrenness of this sort of faith demonstrates its real character (cf. v. 20)—the faith that says but does not do is really unbelief. Jesus was not suggesting that works are meritorious for salvation, but that true faith will not fail to produce the fruit of good works. This is precisely the point of Jas 1:22–25; 2:26.

We’ve been rescued, from Darkness and Deception, (Satan’s Dominion), to life, (God’s Kingdom), both in the here and now, but for All of Eternity, for those who believe in faith.

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Reference John MacArthur Study Bible

† 1:13 rescued us. The Gr. term means “to draw to oneself” or “to deliver,” and refers to the believer’s spiritual liberation by God from Satan’s kingdom, which, in contrast to the realm of light with truth and purity, is the realm of darkness (cf. Lk 22:53) with only deception and wickedness (1Jn 2:9, 11). See note on Ac 26:18. kingdom. In its basic sense, a group of people ruled by a king. More than just the future, earthly millennial kingdom, this everlasting kingdom (2Pe 1:11) speaks of the realm of salvation in which all believers live in current and eternal spiritual relationship with God under the care and authority of Jesus Christ (see note on Mt 3:2). His beloved Son. Cf. Mt 3:17; 12:18; 17:5; Mk 1:11; 9:7; Lk 3:22; 9:35; Eph 1:6; 2Pe 1:17; see notes on Jn 17:23–26. The Father gave this kingdom to the Son He loves, as an expression of eternal love. That means that every person the Father calls and justifies is a love gift from Him to the Son. See notes on Jn 6:37, 44.

What a Great Promise. May We do This, Regularly, that our Sins Might not be Hindered.

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Who am I or you, to question whether life is unfair or not? Job 38 from the “Word of God”

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“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, “Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band, And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors, And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop’? “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment. “Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep? Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home? You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle? Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? “Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt, To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it, To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout? Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth? Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion? Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites? Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, ‘Here we are’? Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind? Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair? Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?”
‭‭Job‬ ‭38‬:‭1‬-‭14‬, ‭16‬-‭18‬, ‭20‬-‭38‬, ‭40‬-‭41‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.38.41.NASB1995

A Living Sacrifice….

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“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.2-3.NASB1995

Took a drive in the Jeep, after coming back from a trip to California. It was like God saying, welcome back to Tennessee. I am still struck, by the whispering of God’s magnificence of his creation, and this beautiful place, we get to call home. I am always reminded of Psalm 19, “The heavens cry out, to God in his Majesty and Glory” (Alan’s translation) 😳

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