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Saturday early afternoon; Resurrection Sunday is hours away.

How special will it be this year? Sunrise service. Breakfast. Sunday School. Music and preaching. Lunch. Family. Friends. Relaxing. What else?

What does HE want for us? 

Just some pondering(s) in a quiet house as I wait. 

John 20:11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb
weeping, and as she wept she stooped down 
and looked into the tomb. 12 And she saw two 
angels in white sitting, one at the head 
and the other at the feet, where the body
of Jesus had lain. 13 Then they said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to 
them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, 
and I do not know where they have laid Him.” 
14 Now when she had said this, she turned
around and saw Jesus standing there, and 
did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus 
said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? 
Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing 
Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir,
if You have carried Him away, tell me where
You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” 
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” 
(which is to say, Teacher). 
17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, 
for I have not yet ascended to My Father; 
but go to My brethren and say to them, 
‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, 
and to My God and your God.’” 
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples
that she had seen the Lord, and that He 
had spoken these things to her.  source 
UNTIL THEN ~ ~ ~ KATHIE 
THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS ENOUGH

No sin goes unpunished.
Either we bear it or JESUS does for us;
and we get to choose who does the bearing.

IS

8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Psalm 145 source

IS

What a huge, happy, wonderful, helpful, blessed word is IS!  :)

Read the verses again and pay huge attention to IS.
Read the verses with great emphasis on is.
See the difference?

A peaceful night to you all. 

Kathie

Not for Sissies

The Bible is not for sissies.   I’m still in Acts 13.

49 Now the word of the Lord spread throughout the whole region. 50 But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and they drove them out of their district. 51 But Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet against them, and they went on to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and the Ruach ha-Kodesh.  source

The influential church ladies and the leading men, (notice the women are mentioned first) people with a form of godliness but no relationship with YESHUA, (see 2 Timothy 3:5-7) rose up against the people of GOD.

I am seeing a form of this today.  Media has streamed it right into our living rooms: Influential women who talk a good game of helping women have joined forces and voices (and some men have joined them) to speak against and ‘run out of town’ the people of GOD.

So what do we do? The same as did Paul and Barnabas. Let us be filled with the HOLY SPIRIT and the Joy of the LORD, shake off the dust and move on to those who have not considered themselves UNFIT for the Salvation of GOD.   (verse 46)

Keep Pursuing Him  ΑΩ 
Kathie

Unfit?

Having a good time with Acts 13 this morning!

Just one nugget – maybe :)

46 Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unfit for eternal life—behold, we turn to the Gentiles.  source

Since you reject it and judge yourselves unfit for eternal life–

How many folks have judged themselves unfit for eternal life? It is the HOLY SPIRIT’s operation (see John 16:8) to come to individual souls and offer Eternal Life to them and when that individual says NO, by that decision that one has judged himself/herself UNFIT for eternal life.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  source

May it dawn upon us: He didn’t have to (condemn us) because we had already condemned ourselves!

HE CAME TO SAVE! Dare we call ourselves unfit anymore?

Keep Pursuing Him  ΑΩ 
Kathie