"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves,..boastful,..abusive,..treacherous....Have nothing to do with such people....They are men of depraved minds....In fact everyone who wants to live a godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived." (2 Timothy 3, NIV)
The selected texts today are as Hebrews 4 as they were when the Holy Spirit first "gave" them. "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do." (Heb. 4, NASB). Notice, "There is no creature hidden from His sight," not from its sight. The Greek word for, "word," in the Hebrews 4 text is the exact same Greek word which is found in John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was...God." When we read the Bible, we are "reading" Jesus Himself. It's the Divine Autobiography. As Ralphie would say, "Boy, that's good."
Events of the last several years just keep affirming my appraisal of global events and those shaping them, "They are men of depraved minds." From MSNBC's Krystal Ball to Barack Obama, to most in the media and Hollywood, "They are men (and women) of depraved minds." Many, many "are men (and women) in the most prominent of positions, not only in nations, but also in Christendom. All of us can be fooled and deceived. If you and I are not grafted into Jesus and Jesus in us, if Jesus' Words do not shape our world view and daily life style, we too will be partakers of, "deceiving and being deceived," and like them, "will go from bad to worse."
Church: Pray and pray, and while praying, feed in, "The Word of God," Who Is Jesus Christ. Feed on Jesus, "on every Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of God." Do not just read words when we read the Bible. Read every Word in the, "God-Breathed," Word in relation and interpretation of all, "the Words of God." Allow our Lord Jesus Christ to shape our entire life--------- none other. This is must-praying for the Global Church today.
Father, in Jesus' Name, even though, "....bad to worse," is the case, I am exited to be alive today, that I can see You fulfilling what our forefathers longed to see. Amen.
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Please remember to pray for David's Tent which begins on September 11. I will be there from 9/18-22.
The selected texts today are as Hebrews 4 as they were when the Holy Spirit first "gave" them. "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do." (Heb. 4, NASB). Notice, "There is no creature hidden from His sight," not from its sight. The Greek word for, "word," in the Hebrews 4 text is the exact same Greek word which is found in John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was...God." When we read the Bible, we are "reading" Jesus Himself. It's the Divine Autobiography. As Ralphie would say, "Boy, that's good."
Events of the last several years just keep affirming my appraisal of global events and those shaping them, "They are men of depraved minds." From MSNBC's Krystal Ball to Barack Obama, to most in the media and Hollywood, "They are men (and women) of depraved minds." Many, many "are men (and women) in the most prominent of positions, not only in nations, but also in Christendom. All of us can be fooled and deceived. If you and I are not grafted into Jesus and Jesus in us, if Jesus' Words do not shape our world view and daily life style, we too will be partakers of, "deceiving and being deceived," and like them, "will go from bad to worse."
Church: Pray and pray, and while praying, feed in, "The Word of God," Who Is Jesus Christ. Feed on Jesus, "on every Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of God." Do not just read words when we read the Bible. Read every Word in the, "God-Breathed," Word in relation and interpretation of all, "the Words of God." Allow our Lord Jesus Christ to shape our entire life--------- none other. This is must-praying for the Global Church today.
Father, in Jesus' Name, even though, "....bad to worse," is the case, I am exited to be alive today, that I can see You fulfilling what our forefathers longed to see. Amen.
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Please remember to pray for David's Tent which begins on September 11. I will be there from 9/18-22.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
