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2021, For What It's Worth To You, Gospel of Matthew

How Read Ye?

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8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.    Matthew 4    source 

 

The photo above comes from a screenshot I made with my phone this morning from an article I was reading. Unfortunately between my phone and my laptop, I lost the URL for the website.
BUT I did find another source.
Here’s the LINK if you want to read The Washington Times.
Personally, I didn’t.
I was only looking for documentation of the statement in the pic above. 

P.S. Found it!! The URL. LINK. 

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2021, Gospel of Matthew, Questions

A Wash of Delight

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I have a verse of Scripture before me this morning. 

It’s 2 Timothy 3:12

Are you familiar with it?
It’s not one of those feel-good verses. It does not give us a wash of delight and we are not just thrilled to share it but today we are sharing. 

The King James Version. The one used for centuries says: 2 Timothy 3:12  12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. source

ALL that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Not maybe but WILL and SHALL.

If you check the link above you will find there are three (3) other translations,  New King James, Complete Jewish Bible, and The New Living Translation that says all who desire to live godly or want to live godly; so tell me what CHRISTIAN does not want or desire to live godly?

What’s my point?

Actually, I have two. 

One.
ALL godly living Christians encounter persecution – actually the word is SUFFER.
It’s not fun.
It hurts.
It is suffering! Some physical. Some otherwise. But it is suffering.

Next Point.
Are we suffering? 
And if we are not suffering either physically or otherwise – what does that mean? 
If I am to believe the verse, and I do, it can only mean we are not living godly lives.

According to Media sources, (certain) Christians are dangerous. 

2 Timothy 3:12 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. source

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2021, Copy Paste Chew Again, Gospel of Matthew

Give Me A Second

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How long ago are 9 years and why do I ask?
Give me a second. :)

Nine years ago my grandson who is now the Father of a 3-year-old and a 5-month-old was himself a seventeen-year-old, finishing his Junior year of high school. 

Wow!

Nine years ago I was prompted to write a post following a conversation about ‘don’t judge me’. 
I wrote another one today prompted by a Facebook post.  (A New Story)
Obviously, we are still dancing around that mulberry bush.

Here’s the start to that May 4, 2012 post:

Matthew 7: King James Version (KJV)
7 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
via Matthew 7:1-3 KJV – Judge not, that ye be not judged. For – Bible Gateway.

I participated, mostly as a reader, in a Facebook conversation today (Thursday). It is that conversation that prompts me to present this verse to you for this fine Friday morning.

For sure, for sure I smell the hot breath of hell every time today’s cultural interpretation of this verse is thrown as a trump card on the conversation table. Hear me! Such usage of this verse is nothing more than a ploy from the abyss aimed to silence those who know the truth about sin, hell, and eternal life.

Great day in the morning! as my Tennessee family has said.  READ the BIBLE! All of it! In CONTEXT! The WHOLE COUNSEL of GOD warns me that I better tell folks that JUDGMENT has come already upon them if they have NOT believed the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST.

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2021, Gospel of Matthew, Questions

Irises

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A really quick post this morning — I think.

 29 yet I tell you that not even Shlomo in all his glory was clothed as beautifully as one of these.  Matthew 6   source. 

Shlomo – that would be Solomon to us Westerners.

YESHUA, the GODMAN, JESUS if you prefer — look what JESUS said. 

yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as beautifully as one of these.

If you check the Text in context you will see as one of these He is pointing out the flowers of the field – perhaps even irises . . . one of my favorites!

JESUS spoke to His disciples about Solomon. Solomon in as his glory – all the riches he had accumulated; all his accomplishments. 

How did JESUS know about Solomon to even tell His disciples? 
Solomon’s time on earth was approximately 967 years BEFORE YESHUA was born in Bethlehem. 

I have my own ideas. 
Do you? 

Something to think about isn’t it?

Do you know what pleases me so? 
JESUS knew Solomon! 
JESUS knows me! 
Does He know YOU?
Some He doesn’t –  check it out Matthew 7:23

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