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2022, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Matthew, Questions, Repentance, Salvation

Scariest People on Earth

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Yesterday we looked at Mark 1. 
Today it is Matthew 3.

Yes. Another view of the coming of JESUS to John to be baptized.
I won’t call it a Second Opinion.
It’s not even a First Opinion.
It’s an accounting – perhaps we could say like one written with a gel pen and one with a ballpoint – giving us a different slant, but the same story.
GOD’s Story. 

Today in Matthew 3 we again see John preaching. 
His message is bold and necessary; that message is we must turn FROM sin TO GOD.
It’s is the only way to be saved from sin, death, hell, and the grave. 

I am wondering if you have noticed what I have noticed in our society. 
That’s an expectation (or shall we say demand?) that we all, particularly Christians, must be NICE.
We must be soft-spoken, tactful, obliging, and by all means necessary we must NOT offend anyone either by word or action. 
Have y’all noticed that? 

Would you be willing to look with me at verse 7?

7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them.
“You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath? source 

Would you be willing to read a little more with me?

8 Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. 
9 Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. 
10 Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.  source 

Is there anyone willing to find fault with John?
Anyone willing to say he was WRONG to preach as he preached? 

NOT ME. 

No Sir. I shall not accuse John of wrong preaching.
I would rather pray O LORD move on me that I will with no intimidation and no fear, teach and share daily in every place that YOU, LORD YESHUA, was crucified because we are sinners and YOUR BLOOD is enough to clean the vilest of us and YOUR RESURRECTION is proof that THE FATHER has received Your sacrificial death as payment for the sins of every person who will turn from their sins TO YOU and TRUST YOU for forgiveness and Life Eternal. 

I appreciate and admire the man named John. 
The man who wore camel’s hair clothing, tied with a leather belt; whose food was locust and honey. 
I neither want to dress like or eat like him but I desire his holy boldness, especially in the face of the scariest people on earth! 

Perhaps the Scariest People on Earth would vary from person to person — you, think?

For a little commentary on Brood of Snakes, click HERE.
I found it interesting and enlightening. I highly recommend you check it out. 

We have the GOD-given Right to LIVE RIGHT in this WRONG world. 

2022, Gospel of Mark, Questions

Across the Table

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I would very much like to encourage you to read Mark 1. 
I will herewith provide you a LINK for easy reading. 

There are so many things to notice about JESUS in just this first chapter. 
Wouldn’t it be lovely to sit across the table from one another and share all the nuggets in this chapter? 

As the GODMAN, fully GOD and fully MAN, can you imagine how comforting and encouraging it was to JESUS to hear the audible voice of His Father saying to Him: ” You are my Son, whom I love, I am well pleased with you.” 

And on the very heels of that He is in a desolate (wilderness) place for 40 days; all that He endured is not recorded for us here but we do know The Adversary was there to tempt Him.
Satan failed. 

Perhaps it’s just me but I think the words of The Father helped Him during those 40 days. 

And don’t you love in verse 22 how the people were amazed at the difference between JESUS’ teaching and the Torah-Teachers’ teaching? 

Have you ever wondered if the devil goes to church? 
Verse 23 will answer that for you I think.  

AND don’t miss how they (the demons) refer to JESUS. 
The Holy One of GOD! 

From this, I think we can know that just knowing who JESUS is is not enough to redeem us. 

And please don’t miss that JESUS had been ministering all day and after SUNDOWN folks were still coming to be healed. 

AND then VERY EARLY in the morning, while it is still DARK, JESUS goes to a lonely (an all by Himself) spot to PRAY. 

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So. What did YOU find as you read Mark 1?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Peter, 2022, Gospel of John, Malachi, Psalms

Nine Words

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Malachi 4

I am taking 9 words from Malachi 4 as my focus for this piece.
Actually, in my Complete Jewish Bible, there is no chapter 4 but there is a Chapter 3 continuing beyond verse 18, and it is in these beyond verses that these 9 words reside. 

Allow me to give you a link to the CJB and a link to NASB, KJV, and NLT.

So what are the words?

“on the day when I take action,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.”

These words encourage me. These words give me patience. 
These words crucify my flesh that wants to rise up in fear and anger. 
Why?

Because these words tell me GOD is going to take action. If we read the whole of the Text we see upon whom He is going to take action. 
That is and I quote from verse 1 (or 19 depending on your translation): “all the proud and evildoers”.

Let us be honest. 

Right now today we don’t see His actions against the proud and the evildoers, particularly for several years now. 
We see them doing their evil with no punishment, little if any visible restraint — but that will not always be. 

So take heart, my brothers and sisters. Take heart. 
Fret not because of evildoers. (Psalm 37)

Let us focus not on the evil but on our Father who does all things well, perfectly well, and perfectly on time. 

And remember too that just because we do not see His Hand does not mean He is not working. 
I mean JESUS told us He was preparing a dwelling place for us — we have not seen it yet but we believe, we KNOW He does not lie and He is surely preparing just as He said. (John 14:3)

So.
In the time we have left on this earth, let us live in love and trust; let us repent and forsake fear and anger; which will open us to sharing the Gospel of JESUS with anyone in our path who is willing to hear. 

Our Father wants NO ONE to perish. (2 Peter 3:9)
That must be our desire as well. 

P.S.  The nine words — “on the day when I take action,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.”

It’s a set date, y’all.
Did you notice that? 

 

2022, It's a Bonus Post, Questions

Should I?

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Curiosity or inquisitive; whichever it is I am here – wondering.

I heard tonight from people who should know what they speak and by all means, they should be telling the truth. 
They tell me some young people of today are actually interested in THE BIBLE. 

Young People and the Bible.
Millennials  and Generation Z (ers)

Are these humans actually interested in the Bible? More than just interested in reading it but actually studying it and obeying it? I mean allowing Holy Spirit to take Scripture and transform them?
To change the way they think, talk, their world-view, what they eat, drink, how they dress, their entertainment, who they live with, who they won’t live with? To be People of THE BOOK? 

Have you met such as these?  Are you one of them? 

Is it too much to hope that there are males and females between the ages of 40 and 12 that actually want to KNOW GOD and live holy, godly lives; not materialistic, not caught up in cultural movements? Do these special, unique, wonderful humans actually live in America? 

O! I want to believe this? Should I?