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Re: Parables of Jesus bit by bit
By: guest24 Date: July 4, 2021, 1:33 pm
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[quote author=Bladerunner link=topic=1282.msg32807#msg32807
date=1625365884]
[quote author=Lori Bolinger link=topic=1282.msg32747#msg32747
date=1625243731]
The Cure for Anxiety...
Matthew 6:25 “This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your
life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your
body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body
more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t
sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Aren’t you worth more than they? 27 Can any of you add a
single cubit to his height[o] by worrying? 28 And why do you
worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field
grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. 29 Yet I tell you that
not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of
these! 30 If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t
He do much more for you—you of little faith? 31 So don’t worry,
saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What
will we wear?’ 32 For the idolaters[p] eagerly seek all these
things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33
But seek first the kingdom of God[q] and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you. 34 Therefore don’t
worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
When I first began looking at this teaching, I wondered what
could be added to our understanding of such a simple truth, GOD
is our PROVIDER. It didn’t take long to figure out that there
was more to glean if we just looked. So let’s jump in. Don’t
worry...we already talked about this and how we can’t add
anything to our lives by worrying. (Luke 10:38-42; Luke 12:11;
Philippians 4:6; I Peter 5:7) Each of these passages deserves
our full attention but there is more to get to so I will leave
that to the reader.
We are not to worry about what to eat or drink. Food and water
are essential to life yet we are not to worry about them. I
remember the day our three oldest kids were young and we had
left everything to follow God’s call on our life. That
particular day we had a can of green beans and a little bread
and nothing more for three growing and hungry boys. I know full
well how hard it is to trust God with our daily bread, I have
lived it many times over but I can also testify to how
liberating it is to simply trust Him with our needs. Didn’t He
send manna and quail? (Exodus 15:22-16:1-36) But Deuteronomy
8:3 puts a unique spin on the entire account when it says,
(HCSB) He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you
manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that
you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on
every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. There was a
greater purpose to God providing manna, quail, even water and
that greater purpose was to teach the children of Israel that
there is so much more to life than simple survival and that
greater is God Himself and every word that He speaks.
Throughout scripture we see this teaching but it would seem we
seldom spend time meditating on what it means. (Matthew 4:4;
Luke 4:4; I Corinthians 10:1-13) Consider I Corinthians 10:31
(HCSB) Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do everything for God’s glory. When we go back to the previous
lessons, what we see is that it is about God NOT about us. When
we get this right, all things fall into place. When we figure
out that it is about God not about us and our fleshly needs we
begin to seek God and when we seek Him and His Kingdom, ALL
these things will be added. (Matthew 6:33)
Next we come to clothes, we are not to worry about what we will
wear. What a beautiful picture of the birds of the air and
flowers of the field, some of each are so beautiful that it is
hard to describe in words just how brilliant the colors, how
clear the contrasts and compliments and yet we are more
important than these. Like the food and drink that is talking
about more than just our fleshly needs, the clothes we wear is
not just about the flesh. We are to put on sackcloth and ashes.
In Biblical days, one used sackcloth and ashes to demonstrate
their brokenness and repentance of the sins they had committed.
It was an outward show of an inward condition. (Genesis 37:34)
When we wash our clothes in the blood of the Lamb, in other
words come to Christ broken, in sackcloth and ashes for
garments, He gives us a white robe, wedding clothes. (Exodus
19:14; Matthew 22:12; Mark 9:3; I Peter 3:3; Revelation 3:4-18)
When we fail to grasp these concepts, it is because we lack
faith. (Matthew 6:30) When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25)
So what then is the lesson...obviously the lesson is not to
worry, but it is the why that is most intriguing to me. Matthew
6:32 For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your
heavenly Father knows that you need them.
First because God already knows what we need, even before we ask
Him. (Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 6:8; Philippians 4:19; Romans 2:4;
II Corinthians 9:8) When we are able to shift our focus from
the things of the flesh to the things of God we begin to
discover freedom and life beyond our wildest dreams. It’s about
trust.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you.
Secondly, He has made a promise to you and He will keep His
promises. That promise is that if you do shift your focus and
seek Him and His Kingdom which is wherever the Spirit is, all
these things, the food, drink, and clothes that the flesh needs
will be given to you. One of the ways God shows His Love to us
is by being our Father, a Father that looks out for us and cares
for us. (Matthew 7:11; Psalms 84:11; Luke 11:13; Romans 8:32;
James 1:17)
34 Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will
worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
And lastly, because today has enough struggle and difficulties,
there is nothing beneficial from looking ahead to the struggles
yet to come. Focus in the moment of finding a way to glorify
God in the current struggle and let that struggle yet to come be
dealt with when God takes you to that moment. (John 16:33; John
14:27; John 15:18; Acts 14:22; Romans 8:37) Trusting God to be
the provider of all that is good, (I Timothy 6:17-19) not just
with the things of the flesh but the things of both the flesh
and the spirit.
[/quote]
You said and wrongly so:"When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25) "
God does not need our Help...It is we who needs His help. As a
servant, we follow his commands in obedience not help him out
out of the goodness of our heart.
"Help" is used 126 time in 117 verses in the KJV and not once
does it say that We are to Help God!
[/quote]You might want to correct Mr. E's misrepresentation of
what was said. Since he has forbidden me from speaking to him
it's on your shoulders until as PJ says, HE GROWS UP.
#Post#: 32819--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parables of Jesus bit by bit
By: guest125 Date: July 4, 2021, 1:47 pm
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Another lie by Lori. Actually the same lie, 3 times.
3 strikes.
#Post#: 32820--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parables of Jesus bit by bit
By: guest24 Date: July 4, 2021, 1:55 pm
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[quote author=Bladerunner link=topic=1282.msg32807#msg32807
date=1625365884]
[quote author=Lori Bolinger link=topic=1282.msg32747#msg32747
date=1625243731]
The Cure for Anxiety...
Matthew 6:25 “This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your
life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your
body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body
more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t
sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Aren’t you worth more than they? 27 Can any of you add a
single cubit to his height[o] by worrying? 28 And why do you
worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field
grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. 29 Yet I tell you that
not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of
these! 30 If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t
He do much more for you—you of little faith? 31 So don’t worry,
saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What
will we wear?’ 32 For the idolaters[p] eagerly seek all these
things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33
But seek first the kingdom of God[q] and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you. 34 Therefore don’t
worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
When I first began looking at this teaching, I wondered what
could be added to our understanding of such a simple truth, GOD
is our PROVIDER. It didn’t take long to figure out that there
was more to glean if we just looked. So let’s jump in. Don’t
worry...we already talked about this and how we can’t add
anything to our lives by worrying. (Luke 10:38-42; Luke 12:11;
Philippians 4:6; I Peter 5:7) Each of these passages deserves
our full attention but there is more to get to so I will leave
that to the reader.
We are not to worry about what to eat or drink. Food and water
are essential to life yet we are not to worry about them. I
remember the day our three oldest kids were young and we had
left everything to follow God’s call on our life. That
particular day we had a can of green beans and a little bread
and nothing more for three growing and hungry boys. I know full
well how hard it is to trust God with our daily bread, I have
lived it many times over but I can also testify to how
liberating it is to simply trust Him with our needs. Didn’t He
send manna and quail? (Exodus 15:22-16:1-36) But Deuteronomy
8:3 puts a unique spin on the entire account when it says,
(HCSB) He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you
manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that
you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on
every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. There was a
greater purpose to God providing manna, quail, even water and
that greater purpose was to teach the children of Israel that
there is so much more to life than simple survival and that
greater is God Himself and every word that He speaks.
Throughout scripture we see this teaching but it would seem we
seldom spend time meditating on what it means. (Matthew 4:4;
Luke 4:4; I Corinthians 10:1-13) Consider I Corinthians 10:31
(HCSB) Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do everything for God’s glory. When we go back to the previous
lessons, what we see is that it is about God NOT about us. When
we get this right, all things fall into place. When we figure
out that it is about God not about us and our fleshly needs we
begin to seek God and when we seek Him and His Kingdom, ALL
these things will be added. (Matthew 6:33)
Next we come to clothes, we are not to worry about what we will
wear. What a beautiful picture of the birds of the air and
flowers of the field, some of each are so beautiful that it is
hard to describe in words just how brilliant the colors, how
clear the contrasts and compliments and yet we are more
important than these. Like the food and drink that is talking
about more than just our fleshly needs, the clothes we wear is
not just about the flesh. We are to put on sackcloth and ashes.
In Biblical days, one used sackcloth and ashes to demonstrate
their brokenness and repentance of the sins they had committed.
It was an outward show of an inward condition. (Genesis 37:34)
When we wash our clothes in the blood of the Lamb, in other
words come to Christ broken, in sackcloth and ashes for
garments, He gives us a white robe, wedding clothes. (Exodus
19:14; Matthew 22:12; Mark 9:3; I Peter 3:3; Revelation 3:4-18)
When we fail to grasp these concepts, it is because we lack
faith. (Matthew 6:30) When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25)
So what then is the lesson...obviously the lesson is not to
worry, but it is the why that is most intriguing to me. Matthew
6:32 For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your
heavenly Father knows that you need them.
First because God already knows what we need, even before we ask
Him. (Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 6:8; Philippians 4:19; Romans 2:4;
II Corinthians 9:8) When we are able to shift our focus from
the things of the flesh to the things of God we begin to
discover freedom and life beyond our wildest dreams. It’s about
trust.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you.
Secondly, He has made a promise to you and He will keep His
promises. That promise is that if you do shift your focus and
seek Him and His Kingdom which is wherever the Spirit is, all
these things, the food, drink, and clothes that the flesh needs
will be given to you. One of the ways God shows His Love to us
is by being our Father, a Father that looks out for us and cares
for us. (Matthew 7:11; Psalms 84:11; Luke 11:13; Romans 8:32;
James 1:17)
34 Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will
worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
And lastly, because today has enough struggle and difficulties,
there is nothing beneficial from looking ahead to the struggles
yet to come. Focus in the moment of finding a way to glorify
God in the current struggle and let that struggle yet to come be
dealt with when God takes you to that moment. (John 16:33; John
14:27; John 15:18; Acts 14:22; Romans 8:37) Trusting God to be
the provider of all that is good, (I Timothy 6:17-19) not just
with the things of the flesh but the things of both the flesh
and the spirit.
[/quote]
You said and wrongly so:"When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25) "
God does not need our Help...It is we who needs His help. As a
servant, we follow his commands in obedience not help him out
out of the goodness of our heart.
"Help" is used 126 time in 117 verses in the KJV and not once
does it say that We are to Help God!
[/quote]BTW Blade, I would love to hear your take on Colossians
1:24...it clearly says something was lacking in Christ's
sacrifice,. The passage tells us what was lacking, but you
claimed that there is nothing HE needs from us...so prove it in
scripture...explain how something was lacking but isn't
lacking...that would be double talk.
#Post#: 32825--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parables of Jesus bit by bit
By: guest24 Date: July 4, 2021, 6:02 pm
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[quote author=Bladerunner link=topic=1282.msg32807#msg32807
date=1625365884]
[quote author=Lori Bolinger link=topic=1282.msg32747#msg32747
date=1625243731]
The Cure for Anxiety...
Matthew 6:25 “This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your
life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your
body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body
more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t
sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Aren’t you worth more than they? 27 Can any of you add a
single cubit to his height[o] by worrying? 28 And why do you
worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field
grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. 29 Yet I tell you that
not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of
these! 30 If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t
He do much more for you—you of little faith? 31 So don’t worry,
saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What
will we wear?’ 32 For the idolaters[p] eagerly seek all these
things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33
But seek first the kingdom of God[q] and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you. 34 Therefore don’t
worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
When I first began looking at this teaching, I wondered what
could be added to our understanding of such a simple truth, GOD
is our PROVIDER. It didn’t take long to figure out that there
was more to glean if we just looked. So let’s jump in. Don’t
worry...we already talked about this and how we can’t add
anything to our lives by worrying. (Luke 10:38-42; Luke 12:11;
Philippians 4:6; I Peter 5:7) Each of these passages deserves
our full attention but there is more to get to so I will leave
that to the reader.
We are not to worry about what to eat or drink. Food and water
are essential to life yet we are not to worry about them. I
remember the day our three oldest kids were young and we had
left everything to follow God’s call on our life. That
particular day we had a can of green beans and a little bread
and nothing more for three growing and hungry boys. I know full
well how hard it is to trust God with our daily bread, I have
lived it many times over but I can also testify to how
liberating it is to simply trust Him with our needs. Didn’t He
send manna and quail? (Exodus 15:22-16:1-36) But Deuteronomy
8:3 puts a unique spin on the entire account when it says,
(HCSB) He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you
manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that
you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on
every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. There was a
greater purpose to God providing manna, quail, even water and
that greater purpose was to teach the children of Israel that
there is so much more to life than simple survival and that
greater is God Himself and every word that He speaks.
Throughout scripture we see this teaching but it would seem we
seldom spend time meditating on what it means. (Matthew 4:4;
Luke 4:4; I Corinthians 10:1-13) Consider I Corinthians 10:31
(HCSB) Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do everything for God’s glory. When we go back to the previous
lessons, what we see is that it is about God NOT about us. When
we get this right, all things fall into place. When we figure
out that it is about God not about us and our fleshly needs we
begin to seek God and when we seek Him and His Kingdom, ALL
these things will be added. (Matthew 6:33)
Next we come to clothes, we are not to worry about what we will
wear. What a beautiful picture of the birds of the air and
flowers of the field, some of each are so beautiful that it is
hard to describe in words just how brilliant the colors, how
clear the contrasts and compliments and yet we are more
important than these. Like the food and drink that is talking
about more than just our fleshly needs, the clothes we wear is
not just about the flesh. We are to put on sackcloth and ashes.
In Biblical days, one used sackcloth and ashes to demonstrate
their brokenness and repentance of the sins they had committed.
It was an outward show of an inward condition. (Genesis 37:34)
When we wash our clothes in the blood of the Lamb, in other
words come to Christ broken, in sackcloth and ashes for
garments, He gives us a white robe, wedding clothes. (Exodus
19:14; Matthew 22:12; Mark 9:3; I Peter 3:3; Revelation 3:4-18)
When we fail to grasp these concepts, it is because we lack
faith. (Matthew 6:30) When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25)
So what then is the lesson...obviously the lesson is not to
worry, but it is the why that is most intriguing to me. Matthew
6:32 For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your
heavenly Father knows that you need them.
First because God already knows what we need, even before we ask
Him. (Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 6:8; Philippians 4:19; Romans 2:4;
II Corinthians 9:8) When we are able to shift our focus from
the things of the flesh to the things of God we begin to
discover freedom and life beyond our wildest dreams. It’s about
trust.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you.
Secondly, He has made a promise to you and He will keep His
promises. That promise is that if you do shift your focus and
seek Him and His Kingdom which is wherever the Spirit is, all
these things, the food, drink, and clothes that the flesh needs
will be given to you. One of the ways God shows His Love to us
is by being our Father, a Father that looks out for us and cares
for us. (Matthew 7:11; Psalms 84:11; Luke 11:13; Romans 8:32;
James 1:17)
34 Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will
worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
And lastly, because today has enough struggle and difficulties,
there is nothing beneficial from looking ahead to the struggles
yet to come. Focus in the moment of finding a way to glorify
God in the current struggle and let that struggle yet to come be
dealt with when God takes you to that moment. (John 16:33; John
14:27; John 15:18; Acts 14:22; Romans 8:37) Trusting God to be
the provider of all that is good, (I Timothy 6:17-19) not just
with the things of the flesh but the things of both the flesh
and the spirit.
[/quote]
You said and wrongly so:"When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25) "
God does not need our Help...It is we who needs His help. As a
servant, we follow his commands in obedience not help him out
out of the goodness of our heart.
"Help" is used 126 time in 117 verses in the KJV and not once
does it say that We are to Help God!
[/quote]Blade, my husband pointed out that because of how I
worded the text, you have an opportunity that you took to twist
what I said into something different, something you could use to
feel offended....so here is a corrected version for you...God
gives us good things so that we can show His Love by giving
those things to those in need.
#Post#: 32828--------------------------------------------------
Re: Parables of Jesus bit by bit
By: guest8 Date: July 4, 2021, 8:22 pm
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[quote author=Lori Bolinger link=topic=1282.msg32825#msg32825
date=1625439773]
[quote author=Bladerunner link=topic=1282.msg32807#msg32807
date=1625365884]
[quote author=Lori Bolinger link=topic=1282.msg32747#msg32747
date=1625243731]
The Cure for Anxiety...
Matthew 6:25 “This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your
life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your
body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body
more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t
sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Aren’t you worth more than they? 27 Can any of you add a
single cubit to his height[o] by worrying? 28 And why do you
worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field
grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. 29 Yet I tell you that
not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of
these! 30 If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t
He do much more for you—you of little faith? 31 So don’t worry,
saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What
will we wear?’ 32 For the idolaters[p] eagerly seek all these
things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33
But seek first the kingdom of God[q] and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you. 34 Therefore don’t
worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
When I first began looking at this teaching, I wondered what
could be added to our understanding of such a simple truth, GOD
is our PROVIDER. It didn’t take long to figure out that there
was more to glean if we just looked. So let’s jump in. Don’t
worry...we already talked about this and how we can’t add
anything to our lives by worrying. (Luke 10:38-42; Luke 12:11;
Philippians 4:6; I Peter 5:7) Each of these passages deserves
our full attention but there is more to get to so I will leave
that to the reader.
We are not to worry about what to eat or drink. Food and water
are essential to life yet we are not to worry about them. I
remember the day our three oldest kids were young and we had
left everything to follow God’s call on our life. That
particular day we had a can of green beans and a little bread
and nothing more for three growing and hungry boys. I know full
well how hard it is to trust God with our daily bread, I have
lived it many times over but I can also testify to how
liberating it is to simply trust Him with our needs. Didn’t He
send manna and quail? (Exodus 15:22-16:1-36) But Deuteronomy
8:3 puts a unique spin on the entire account when it says,
(HCSB) He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you
manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that
you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on
every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. There was a
greater purpose to God providing manna, quail, even water and
that greater purpose was to teach the children of Israel that
there is so much more to life than simple survival and that
greater is God Himself and every word that He speaks.
Throughout scripture we see this teaching but it would seem we
seldom spend time meditating on what it means. (Matthew 4:4;
Luke 4:4; I Corinthians 10:1-13) Consider I Corinthians 10:31
(HCSB) Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do everything for God’s glory. When we go back to the previous
lessons, what we see is that it is about God NOT about us. When
we get this right, all things fall into place. When we figure
out that it is about God not about us and our fleshly needs we
begin to seek God and when we seek Him and His Kingdom, ALL
these things will be added. (Matthew 6:33)
Next we come to clothes, we are not to worry about what we will
wear. What a beautiful picture of the birds of the air and
flowers of the field, some of each are so beautiful that it is
hard to describe in words just how brilliant the colors, how
clear the contrasts and compliments and yet we are more
important than these. Like the food and drink that is talking
about more than just our fleshly needs, the clothes we wear is
not just about the flesh. We are to put on sackcloth and ashes.
In Biblical days, one used sackcloth and ashes to demonstrate
their brokenness and repentance of the sins they had committed.
It was an outward show of an inward condition. (Genesis 37:34)
When we wash our clothes in the blood of the Lamb, in other
words come to Christ broken, in sackcloth and ashes for
garments, He gives us a white robe, wedding clothes. (Exodus
19:14; Matthew 22:12; Mark 9:3; I Peter 3:3; Revelation 3:4-18)
When we fail to grasp these concepts, it is because we lack
faith. (Matthew 6:30) When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25)
So what then is the lesson...obviously the lesson is not to
worry, but it is the why that is most intriguing to me. Matthew
6:32 For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your
heavenly Father knows that you need them.
First because God already knows what we need, even before we ask
Him. (Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 6:8; Philippians 4:19; Romans 2:4;
II Corinthians 9:8) When we are able to shift our focus from
the things of the flesh to the things of God we begin to
discover freedom and life beyond our wildest dreams. It’s about
trust.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and
all these things will be provided for you.
Secondly, He has made a promise to you and He will keep His
promises. That promise is that if you do shift your focus and
seek Him and His Kingdom which is wherever the Spirit is, all
these things, the food, drink, and clothes that the flesh needs
will be given to you. One of the ways God shows His Love to us
is by being our Father, a Father that looks out for us and cares
for us. (Matthew 7:11; Psalms 84:11; Luke 11:13; Romans 8:32;
James 1:17)
34 Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will
worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
And lastly, because today has enough struggle and difficulties,
there is nothing beneficial from looking ahead to the struggles
yet to come. Focus in the moment of finding a way to glorify
God in the current struggle and let that struggle yet to come be
dealt with when God takes you to that moment. (John 16:33; John
14:27; John 15:18; Acts 14:22; Romans 8:37) Trusting God to be
the provider of all that is good, (I Timothy 6:17-19) not just
with the things of the flesh but the things of both the flesh
and the spirit.
[/quote]
You said and wrongly so:"When we go back to previously taught
lessons, we also see that as God’s ambassadors, it is up to us
to help Him by providing food, water, clothing to the least.
(Matthew 25) "
God does not need our Help...It is we who needs His help. As a
servant, we follow his commands in obedience not help him out
out of the goodness of our heart.
"Help" is used 126 time in 117 verses in the KJV and not once
does it say that We are to Help God!
[/quote]Blade, my husband pointed out that because of how I
worded the text, you have an opportunity that you took to twist
what I said into something different, something you could use to
feel offended....so here is a corrected version for you...God
gives us good things so that we can show His Love by giving
those things to those in need.
[/quote]
you said:"Blade, my husband pointed out that because of how I
worded the text, "
Lori, you are a teacher of the WORD of GOD...If you word it
wrong, then the people listening to your wording will remember
it....Will it steer them in the wrong direction, I don't know?
I spoke those words not to twist it into something else but to
as I said, to enhance....My apologies to your and your husband
for interfering with your teaching of the Word of GOD..
Blade
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Re: Parables of Jesus bit by bit
By: guest24 Date: July 5, 2021, 11:21 am
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you said:"Blade, my husband pointed out that because of how I
worded the text, "
Lori, you are a teacher of the WORD of GOD...[/quote] please
show me where I taught anything to anyone????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
simply did a study and presented it as per what God showed
me...if you learn something that is between you and God.
[quote]If you word it wrong, then the people listening to your
wording will remember it....Will it steer them in the wrong
direction, I don't know?[/quote] so after praying and talking to
my husband we decided that I was right in the wording.
So let me lay it out for you....I used the word ambassador which
is a word scripture uses, I could have just as easily used the
word slave...which by the way you left out of your critic and my
husband wonders if you leave out important words in what I say,
are you doing the same in scripture to disagree with
scripture...oh well that you will have to decide in prayer. So
what does a servant/slave/ambassador do? The obey their Master,
right? In obeying their Master, what are they doing? They are
helping the Master with whatever task they are given...iow's as
ambassadors of Christ, we are helping Him to spread the gospel
of Love when we give to the poor...just like I said...if you
want to take on the question of whether or not God needs us, let
me know, that is a different discussion but one I can show you
in scripture if you decide to learn something. [quote]
I spoke those words not to twist it into something else but to
as I said, to enhance....My apologies to your and your husband
for interfering with your teaching of the Word of GOD..
Blade[/quote] Blade, where did I teach anything? I posted
scriptures it's a directed bible study...if any learning
happened it was purely God...if any lack of learning, it is
pride and arrogance that prevented it because it is just
scripture after scripture after scripture....btw, I notice you
didn't answer my question about Colossians and what was missing
in Christ's afflictions, it really is amazingly beautiful if you
take the time to look into it.
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By: guest24 Date: July 6, 2021, 4:02 pm
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Do Not Judge...
Matthew 7:7 “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For
with the judgment you use,[a] you will be judged, and with the
measure you use,[b] it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you
look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log
in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me
take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a log in your
eye? 5 Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then
you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s
eye. 6 Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls
before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn,
and tear you to pieces.
Most of this teaching seems like common sense, at least till we
get to the last line of it. Then suddenly it seems like it
doesn’t fit that maybe we got something wrong. Jesus starts out
by telling us that we are not to judge. The Webster’s
dictionary definition that would fit here is: one who gives an
authoritative opinion. There’s an old saying that opinions are
a dime a dozen. People as a general rule want to be heard and
what they want heard is their opinions because their opinions
are in their own mind truth that should not be challenged. It
happens all the time in all different walks of life. Politics
is a big one where we see it. The political view of the one
speaking is assumed by the speaker to be true and there is no
compromise in their one mind. It isn’t just politics or
theology or even religion where this happens. Unfortunately it
also happens when it comes to the character or nature of a
person. Jesus warns us against judging others. The reason He
gives us for not judging is because if we judge others, we also
will be judged.
As an elementary teacher by trade, one of my pet beliefs is
that kids are in the classroom way way too long. I am so
passionate about this that when I taught my own kids, I would
use anything, even play time that I could use to justify time in
class so that their education fit the government guidelines but
was on my terms of understanding of what is a good education.
Anyone who knows me at all knows how strictly I hold to the idea
that kids spend too much time in formal education and yet
someone close to me once accused me of putting my kids in school
all day long and even past bedtime...lol. The judgment of me
was not based on anything that even resembled my beliefs and
passion and yet the judgment was made, as unbelievable as it
was. Jesus warns us here that if we judge others, we will be
judged by the same judgments. In other words, the person who
judged me on emotion rather than facts will himself be judged on
emotions rather than facts. It is a hard lesson to learn to be
sure especially in the heat of battle so to speak when our
emotions are going crazy and we want to hurt the other person
and so we make judgments to do harm, never thinking about the
harm that will come to us as a result. (Romans 2:1) If we take
the time to consider what is wise, we will refrain from judging
others. First, we ourselves are not without sin. (John 8:7)
Even non active things can be sin if we allow our thoughts to
venture where they should not go. (Matthew 5:28; Proverbs 6:25)
Sometimes, in the heat of our emotional judgments, we speak out
of our own sin, our own jealousy and covetous desires. (Exodus
20:17) In fact, instead of judging, we are to forgive. (Luke
6:37) God is our judge and is the only one qualified to judge.
(John 8:15-16; I Corinthians 10:29; Luke 12:57; Acts 4:19; I
Corinthians 4:5; John 7:24; Romans 14:3) Thus we also need to
guard ourselves against man’s judgments of us. (Colossians 2:16;
Romans 14:22)
Measuring is somewhat different from judgment. When we measure
another we have a ruler or guide for which we use. For example,
there are a set of rules in the classroom. If your behavior
does not conform to the rules, you are measured and found
wanting. (Daniel 5:27) but again, this is something that God
should do. (Job 31:6; Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 21:2; I Samuel
2:3; I Samuel 16:7; Ephesians 4:7) This does not mean that we
cannot correct someone caught in sin, it simply means there is a
right way and wrong way to do so. (Galatians 6:1; Psalms 141:5;
I Corinthians 2:15; II Corinthians 2:7; Matthew 18:15) Again,
whatever measure we use on others will be used on us so make
sure it is a measure you can and are living by. (Mark 4:24)
Jesus' teaching goes on to say that the judges among us are
hypocrites. The Pharisees were being so legalistic with the
people that they put unnecessary burdens on them because they
thought that it was their job and right to judge and measure
what they themselves were not willing to live by. (Matthew 23:4;
Luke 11:46) The Pharisees were not the only ones who were
hypocrites, all who judge are hypocrites according to Jesus
teaching here. (Romans 2:1; Matthew 23:31-33) If you must
measure, be sure to make it a measure you yourself can measure
up to. (Mark 4:24; Romans 7:13) We can remain pure by examining
ourselves not others with sober judgment, (Romans 12:3; II
Corinthians 13:5; Lamentations 3:40; I Corinthians 9:27; I
Corinthians 11:28; Psalms 17:3; Psalms 26:2; Psalms 119:59;
Psalms 139:23-24; Psalms 19:12) through the power of the Living
God who reveals to us where we ourselves fall short. (Psalms
143:10; Psalms 51:2; Psalms 90:8; I Thessalonians 2:4; Job 31:6)
Until or unless we allow God to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness, we cannot even begin to help our brother (or
sister in Christ) who might not meet up to our desired height of
righteousness or idealism.
Then comes the line that gives so much trouble. Don’t give
what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they
will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
If we read the sentence using common literary rules for
comprehension we see that holy and pearls are referring to the
same thing. Just like dogs and pigs are both referring to the
same thing. So what is holy? Holy is that which is hallowed,
sacred, or sanctified. God is holy, (Revelation 4:8; Exodus
15:11; Isaiah 6:3) and everything that is of God is holy.
(Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15; Acts 7:33; Mark 6:20; Mark 8:38; Luke
1:72) There are a couple of different ways dogs are used but
the one that seems to fit here is that of a dog being an evil
person. (Philippians 3:1-11) So don’t put what is holy before
evil men and women. In the case of this teaching, don’t put
correction before men and women who are evil and want to do evil
because they will simply return to that evil as a dog returns to
his vomit or a washed pig returns to the mud. Only God can
change a heart and thus judge in such a way as to cleanse the
one in sin. (II Peter 2:22; Revelation 22:15) There are many
passages that talk about a foolish man not adhering to God’s
correction or wise counsel, some I found especially interesting.
(Proverbs 9:8-9; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 10:8, 18-19, 21; and
14; Ecclesiastes 10:12; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 26: 7, 8,
11,12, 17, 20, 21, 23; Psalms 39:8; Proverbs 1:7 and 32;
Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 14:8 and 9; Proverbs 16:22;
Ecclesiastes 5:1)
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