tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324130942024-03-19T02:30:49.269-07:00Daily Visit with GodThese are the regular devotional thoughts of Pastor Marvin McKenzie from Bible Baptist Church in Puyallup Washington. Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.comBlogger6358125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-70738231887952466932024-03-17T08:08:00.000-07:002024-03-18T08:21:05.008-07:00John 2:25 (KJV) The Infallible Christ<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFaY9ebwLUjaTDjfpzwH9BXHH4qA548ghBm0HqRsap7O2OY_d1tKt_CDss2eX1dkaf7rorajlsdRGHBjUVaCV2szVLjhz2LLkBKwYccT2x3Kp16WhpZ9LJgP4Zsw8LX6bxb8kkf_W0wMGLNos1pMX_YRP7h_lN-EaWzWiWO_WcYw8r0sVIwgGIQ/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFaY9ebwLUjaTDjfpzwH9BXHH4qA548ghBm0HqRsap7O2OY_d1tKt_CDss2eX1dkaf7rorajlsdRGHBjUVaCV2szVLjhz2LLkBKwYccT2x3Kp16WhpZ9LJgP4Zsw8LX6bxb8kkf_W0wMGLNos1pMX_YRP7h_lN-EaWzWiWO_WcYw8r0sVIwgGIQ/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>John 2:25 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Albert Barnes makes much of this as a testimony to the deity of Christ. Only God can know what is in man.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">John Gill lists those things He knows about man:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- That there is no good in him<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- That his heart is deceitful and desperately wicked<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- That their affections are on the things of earth and not of God<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- He knows whether they are surrendered to the will of God<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- He knows whether their consciences are defiled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- He knows the secret motivations of their heart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- He knows whether a work of grace has begun in them<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMICl6pQgvU-7_zUPflBbvwAlMg5uNLNXSJCOxMD4OeKLK4ilzbowQlZR1D99YUr2Cr72Zn9ZOUEu23t_p06AEDwcI-wHOJsH99UH7nuFZYs3LUwuIgvGqE1fHelxDPz90HCXRNaa641hxLeJDM6h41j_AHCoOhokQYpwzVyX5HZLtNrb5DD9eA/s768/no%20mistakes.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMICl6pQgvU-7_zUPflBbvwAlMg5uNLNXSJCOxMD4OeKLK4ilzbowQlZR1D99YUr2Cr72Zn9ZOUEu23t_p06AEDwcI-wHOJsH99UH7nuFZYs3LUwuIgvGqE1fHelxDPz90HCXRNaa641hxLeJDM6h41j_AHCoOhokQYpwzVyX5HZLtNrb5DD9eA/s320/no%20mistakes.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Jesus needs no one to support the testimony of men, whether good or bad. He is not reliant on multiple witnesses to tell their side of the story to prove whether one is a believer or a false professor. He makes no mistakes in discerning those who are born again against those who merely play the part of Christianity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Jesus is firmly committed to those He knows are saved. They may never be lost because they are fully in His care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But Jesus has no such commitment to those who just saw the miracles. There is no promise of salvation upon those who come for the good things they might receive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Once one is saved, he is eternally, forever and always saved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But of those who have jumped onto the Christian religion hoping to see another miracle, those have never been saved.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#DivineDiscernment #HeartRevealed #TrueBelief #EternalSecurity #GenuineFaith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Infallible Christ: The True Condition of the Human Soul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">John 2:25 (KJV) The Infallible Christ</h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-65575123438854496682024-03-16T06:26:00.000-07:002024-03-17T06:32:23.949-07:00Ezekiel 34:2 (KJV) Woe to the Shepherds<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fpa8gxC-45iJ6na-XUUmb9Eqr8wmpIgQCWk7ZndUIOmeMU7V5cnlqOlHB6bhZklTkv7_1N0ndyEYtQLWxoH6fSp0Niq33ftlcoFWobDJnQ-kmofoUIo-Kbe02p_SE07VNKgMjmsS0kRIg5-f7aXYJBgiKHH_tEcXPOGP207zU1V14V471wbSXA/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fpa8gxC-45iJ6na-XUUmb9Eqr8wmpIgQCWk7ZndUIOmeMU7V5cnlqOlHB6bhZklTkv7_1N0ndyEYtQLWxoH6fSp0Niq33ftlcoFWobDJnQ-kmofoUIo-Kbe02p_SE07VNKgMjmsS0kRIg5-f7aXYJBgiKHH_tEcXPOGP207zU1V14V471wbSXA/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 34:2 (KJV)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The point of this daily visit is to emphasize the importance of studying the Scriptures rather than assuming we understand them just because we know the words.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Who doesn’t know what a shepherd is? The term shepherd is used for those who tend sheep. But, of course, this passage could not be a message against them. It’s obvious God’s prophecy was toward some class of men. The term shepherd is commonly used of pastors. Jesus is the chief shepherd. We hear Pastors called undershepherds. As shepherds, pastors are charged to feed the flock. It sounds like it ties into the Ezekiel passage, doesn’t it? But there were no pastors when Ezekiel penned these words. There wouldn’t be for hundreds of years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpqHA_TxO0TxSNCkVXpKBd8WUgriVEki-FZmoczelAqmm4qU-iPkM_1pUJmwy0sRO__hGpgFRkPvcPmvMAggMmGiKOEeed5vX_tuc3V-yOyscaDm5IsSX4PmnDvRXet6QFkaIW4YyDU0OmeK8iM8cFZcl1wbYN2WZ9JhfOBmWb_7yRx1x_5kthA/s768/woe%20to%20the%20shepherds.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpqHA_TxO0TxSNCkVXpKBd8WUgriVEki-FZmoczelAqmm4qU-iPkM_1pUJmwy0sRO__hGpgFRkPvcPmvMAggMmGiKOEeed5vX_tuc3V-yOyscaDm5IsSX4PmnDvRXet6QFkaIW4YyDU0OmeK8iM8cFZcl1wbYN2WZ9JhfOBmWb_7yRx1x_5kthA/s320/woe%20to%20the%20shepherds.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Albert Barnes writes, "Shepherds - Not priests or prophets, but rulers and kings (see the Jeremiah 2:8 note).</span><a href="applewebdata://1E85C6D3-1277-4973-BA8C-1CA504AFA368#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="color: #954f72;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The most ancient title for 'ruler' is a monogram which occurs on the oldest monuments discovered in the cuneiform character. In the Assyrian language it became riu. In the traditions of Berosus we find that Alorus, the first king in the world, received from the Divinity the title of Shepherd. The title, as well as the monogram, was preserved to the latest times of the Assyrian monarchy. While the distress and misery of the people daily increased, the last kings of Judah exacted more and more from their subjects and lavished more and more on personal luxury and show."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The primary application of this passage must be against the government and those leading it. Those in government are warned to use their office for the good of the citizens and not for personal gain. To rightly divide the word of God means so much more than to separate the Old Testament from the New, to discern between what belongs to Israel and what belongs to Christians. To rightly divide the Word of God must mean to drill down to learn the meanings of the word of God in the context of its time of writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">John Gill agrees with Barnes on who these shepherds were, but he makes a leap and writes, "also their ecclesiastical governors are intended, prophets, priests, Levites, scribes, and Pharisees." The passage does not give him this leave, but perhaps it does indicate a secondary application. God is alive. He knows the end from the beginning. He knows that we would interpret the shepherd as a pastor. As a secondary application, pastors should ALSO heed the warning to feed the flock and not use the ministry for personal gain.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#StudyScripture #ShepherdsAndLeaders #BiblicalWisdom #GovernmentResponsibility #FeedTheFlock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Woe to the Shepherds: The Call to Genuine Leadership<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Ezekiel 34:2 (KJV) Woe to the Shepherds</h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="applewebdata://1E85C6D3-1277-4973-BA8C-1CA504AFA368#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="color: #954f72;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The guilt of this idolatry is ascribed to the four ruling classes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(a) The accusation brought against the priests is indifference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(b) “They that handle the law” belonged also to the priestly class <a href="ref:Deu.33.10" style="color: #954f72;"><span style="color: #1f7442;">Deu 33:10</span></a>. Their offence was that “they knew not God.” Compare <a href="ref:Mic.3.11" style="color: #954f72;"><span style="color: #1f7442;">Mic 3:11</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(c) The third class are “the pastors” or shepherds, that is the temporal rulers. Their crime is disobedience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(d) The fourth class are “the prophets.” It was their business to press the moral and spiritual truths of the law home to the hearts of the people: but they drew their inspiration from Baal, the Sun-god. Upon the corruption of the prophetic order at this time, see the <a href="ref:Jer.14.13" style="color: #954f72;"><span style="color: #1f7442;">Jer 14:13</span></a> note.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Things that do not profit<b> - </b>Here idols, which are not merely unreal, but injurious.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-56857230531610864442024-03-15T11:23:00.000-07:002024-03-16T11:30:50.480-07:00Ezekiel 33:33 (KJV) Success in Ministry<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQqr8ETw22hPJojlcAv8LVH4LeUqt_RFGPOKcDh86REo_YmnrizRYEmaPdKVWFqCbkOjsskog1vG3aXGY7gu4PS9p1kJyroqSdVbDDWapICxeauqVjjpusNRN3JAm-NEGs7iDTgpC7FmzTfaQOVxlMF_nXxy3ORacbAMsr1oNUM4XBsqg-nmEVA/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQqr8ETw22hPJojlcAv8LVH4LeUqt_RFGPOKcDh86REo_YmnrizRYEmaPdKVWFqCbkOjsskog1vG3aXGY7gu4PS9p1kJyroqSdVbDDWapICxeauqVjjpusNRN3JAm-NEGs7iDTgpC7FmzTfaQOVxlMF_nXxy3ORacbAMsr1oNUM4XBsqg-nmEVA/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 33:33 (KJV)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Here is the test of the preacher.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Not that he can gather an assembly.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Not that he can motivate others to go out and “compel the to come in.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Not that they love to hear him preach.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Not that they grow to love him.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The test is whether they will believe him and do as he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">We might have a false sense of our success in the ministry if we think we are successful in any of the above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQMRUXuSWWfXpnRjrMeqVlq0Ane6SS3U2gY7iifmv5VJg2L3OwqigNoz0AD5Kd1_BkGEVV8KSVxDmQcqIgDX-_Y2gzCpzAgVV_KUhsK-bhQO5ICvVJHc7Lu0UINxNd4rXgq5ESA33rJVujdzLvZiBFi1MNqzWbKMnqfvJNcTes23RhwXsUDNDRw/s768/success.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQMRUXuSWWfXpnRjrMeqVlq0Ane6SS3U2gY7iifmv5VJg2L3OwqigNoz0AD5Kd1_BkGEVV8KSVxDmQcqIgDX-_Y2gzCpzAgVV_KUhsK-bhQO5ICvVJHc7Lu0UINxNd4rXgq5ESA33rJVujdzLvZiBFi1MNqzWbKMnqfvJNcTes23RhwXsUDNDRw/s320/success.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">What I believe is a mark of success is, if when we have finished our course, there is someone who will take up the mantle and keep preaching the message until God’s Word comes to pass. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">We are assured, in God’s good time, it will come to pass.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#ProphetTest #BelieveAndObey #TrueSuccess #FaithfulPreaching #GodsWordFulfilled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Success in Ministry: The True Test of a Preacher<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-61741194932920408982024-03-14T10:10:00.000-07:002024-03-15T10:26:47.747-07:00Luke 23:25 (KJV) Power Dynamics<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffYZJwfN6ZiAevtupzUZ5qKC2lwZxZgyQAJm8Z1zgBSkXLATT_kcCoC3kIfsO6SO-AT0c6rknWFjlA2H_PTAJGFYDQ40mS6uLS8WzvtZp7GbuFFyJgQ5gfdDsbjnmKXWT9DHq0pk4K0Tkn77dtH2eMumn3UABdB2PRfde4p4bUQFx3Ga1eXo1Hw/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffYZJwfN6ZiAevtupzUZ5qKC2lwZxZgyQAJm8Z1zgBSkXLATT_kcCoC3kIfsO6SO-AT0c6rknWFjlA2H_PTAJGFYDQ40mS6uLS8WzvtZp7GbuFFyJgQ5gfdDsbjnmKXWT9DHq0pk4K0Tkn77dtH2eMumn3UABdB2PRfde4p4bUQFx3Ga1eXo1Hw/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 23:25 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I think we think people in authority are privileged. They make the rules. They get to do what they want. It’s a façade. It’s not true. Those in authority are often the most browbeaten of us all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCc1eE5V8LkiiwWFNLto06vrPMaDMETJc5zVY-rJNdhuTmwHIctJV2OF2WDPG4pv4Fbm8wk6ltocZSQ_JlyF3bdJI_2gPiQ_O1GCVzfYUZ1DRjV7ExNneKCXrP0ohVCLQPha8KEqWwYlBKwob8GnNz95Z8im_7EG4O2sj4nCVb5yMmsk0_KwVucA/s768/browbeaten.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCc1eE5V8LkiiwWFNLto06vrPMaDMETJc5zVY-rJNdhuTmwHIctJV2OF2WDPG4pv4Fbm8wk6ltocZSQ_JlyF3bdJI_2gPiQ_O1GCVzfYUZ1DRjV7ExNneKCXrP0ohVCLQPha8KEqWwYlBKwob8GnNz95Z8im_7EG4O2sj4nCVb5yMmsk0_KwVucA/s320/browbeaten.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I note the three elements involved with Christ in the text.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The Jews lied about Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He had not forbidden anyone to give tribute to Caesar. He had specifically taught them, “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”</span><a href="applewebdata://FA2F3D77-D3D4-469D-896C-C4FA435E5AC2#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847)"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Pilate deflected.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Having heard Jesus was from Galilee, he passed Him off to Herod.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Herod mocked.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">His only interest in Christ was to see a miracle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Pilate found nothing in Christ worthy of death. He offered to allow Him to be released. The multitude, who are always the real authority—if they only knew it—caused such an uproar that Pilate, knowing Jesus was innocent, delivered Jesus to their will.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Wicked leadership realizes they are not the ultimate authority. Therefore, they manipulate the masses, seeking to discern the "will" of the multitude and providing them with what they desire in exchange for power, wealth, and other, well – who knows what else.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Good leadership would, to the best of their ability, do the right thing – regardless of the consequences.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#AuthorityStruggles #ManipulationOfPower #LeadershipDilemma #MultitudeInfluence #TrueAuthority<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Power Dynamics: The Illusion of Authority<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Luke 23:25 (KJV) Power Dynamics</h2><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="applewebdata://FA2F3D77-D3D4-469D-896C-C4FA435E5AC2#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847)" style="font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a> Matthew 22:21 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div></div>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0Puyallup, WA 98373, USA47.1474103 -122.323988918.837176463821152 -157.48023890000002 75.457644136178843 -87.1677389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-43256544437377892592024-03-13T10:32:00.000-07:002024-03-14T10:39:20.963-07:00Luke 22:34 (KJV) Confidence to Contrition<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0bawoeCHzoPRva4OUk2aXoQQod3asGO-pXG4i4uvSx2KNg4HQO49GcIoPBeSGeGvMIozSZOP3nnzDc4nlGJ8RIPDCbaIBo6_0qfhAcaOlmSbck0KfzHG4R4Xu20N9AuHhAXnV6fx5hTlO2nAKQejJP34uOIrsPxw715K7ktmiNri4ckHYGToSg/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0bawoeCHzoPRva4OUk2aXoQQod3asGO-pXG4i4uvSx2KNg4HQO49GcIoPBeSGeGvMIozSZOP3nnzDc4nlGJ8RIPDCbaIBo6_0qfhAcaOlmSbck0KfzHG4R4Xu20N9AuHhAXnV6fx5hTlO2nAKQejJP34uOIrsPxw715K7ktmiNri4ckHYGToSg/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 22:34 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s quite the contrast. Jesus had just said that these men were the one who had continued with Him in the temptations. They had made it this far. They hadn’t gone away to walk no more with Him as the multitude had done in John 6.</span><a href="applewebdata://E6F63C0D-8D9A-4FF3-8331-8C7E561454F1#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And they were to be recognized for that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>They would each receive a kingdom. And<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>They would eat at Jesus’ table in His kingdom<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCdA-jvt0azNbFN7DQEqlVm4BycqSyVuXs-QLf4vH-mf_k3y8cwU9WMm6zOAKewGsMZM0RzX2M5CDisbxiaKh3uQR_-DwDMZwlIzFQq7t5S1DsMyaxn736YzUrDFRw808JOKVrky4rtJiSWjWNPtbi8JENAo843D_3n3oIXAiypWzHKGC7ZmkNA/s768/hard%20times%20prove%20us.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCdA-jvt0azNbFN7DQEqlVm4BycqSyVuXs-QLf4vH-mf_k3y8cwU9WMm6zOAKewGsMZM0RzX2M5CDisbxiaKh3uQR_-DwDMZwlIzFQq7t5S1DsMyaxn736YzUrDFRw808JOKVrky4rtJiSWjWNPtbi8JENAo843D_3n3oIXAiypWzHKGC7ZmkNA/s320/hard%20times%20prove%20us.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Then Jesus immediately changed the subject. The temptations were not over, and these would try them as never before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Judas would betray Jesus<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Jesus would be caught, tried and crucified and<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Peter would deny Jesus<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The chapter ends with Peter leaving the court scene weeping. He was not as strong as he believed himself to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">None of us like going through hard times, temptations. But they do serve to prove us, test us and, if we are teachable, build us in faith.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#TemptationTestsFaith #FollowingJesusThroughTemptations #Peter'sDenial #FaithUnderTrial #LessonsFromHardTimes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Confidence to Contrition: Peter's Test of Faith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-46849903125221700892024-03-12T11:02:00.000-07:002024-03-13T11:12:37.179-07:00Luke 21:37 (KJV) Sacred Balance<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqUWpQMO4U5RHCK1U0u3rgJOpAN59mXelU8hjLVnCPSRwQE8kq6VCtqCwbO6dZTzjS-eDzM97hGOf9jHdKtEtlcrZvUmAkgieP8OrbspIa6YX93X6YBrOarWMxo48CccFdbsST985ViNZpp4toYEZz2cR0u6ytZqLjlp-tH6fhhw1ws-54yrYmg/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqUWpQMO4U5RHCK1U0u3rgJOpAN59mXelU8hjLVnCPSRwQE8kq6VCtqCwbO6dZTzjS-eDzM97hGOf9jHdKtEtlcrZvUmAkgieP8OrbspIa6YX93X6YBrOarWMxo48CccFdbsST985ViNZpp4toYEZz2cR0u6ytZqLjlp-tH6fhhw1ws-54yrYmg/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 21:37 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Jesus didn’t spend all of His ministry in and around Jerusalem, but He was there for the important events at the Temple. This passage tells us, and I think the account of Judas Iscariot knowing where to find the Lord confirms that His regular routine while in the area of Jerusalem was:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>- To teach at the Temple during the day. This we see Him doing regularly.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>- To abide in the event at the Mount of Olives, where He most assuredly engaged in prayer.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0p6QuJFcI4KAB_EYwuEoGKQXyiDEbY-Kl5dOcDMsfJOVN7prHxg69L8d5JOPXxwF8V9E5kKYAysrWt4cWhZiH5zpQM__f1H7CL29v-E3ScDWgdL1TTyx5_sj0Grp1VoEikMWzx0cqnYF3Wyum1o8E5PmtqsZvxHwhtDzw2RWexoaeRHgMqVn7HA/s768/prayer%20and%20ministry.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0p6QuJFcI4KAB_EYwuEoGKQXyiDEbY-Kl5dOcDMsfJOVN7prHxg69L8d5JOPXxwF8V9E5kKYAysrWt4cWhZiH5zpQM__f1H7CL29v-E3ScDWgdL1TTyx5_sj0Grp1VoEikMWzx0cqnYF3Wyum1o8E5PmtqsZvxHwhtDzw2RWexoaeRHgMqVn7HA/s320/prayer%20and%20ministry.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The two greatest needs of the people of God are to be taught God’s Word and to have a man of God pray for them. This was the great work of the apostles. They said it wasn’t reasonable for them to do anything else. It is the only work the pastor should occupy himself with. It is this work that demonstrates genuine faith in God. The work of administration, visitation, etc., tends to degenerate into faith in a system. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I know those things need to be done, but they do not need to be done by the preacher.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#TeachingAtTheTemple #PrayerAtTheMount #GenuineFaith #ApostolicWork #FaithInGod'sWord<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Sacred Balance: Teaching and Prayer in Jesus' Ministry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Luke 21:37 (KJV) Sacred Balance</h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0Puyallup, WA 98373, USA47.1474103 -122.323988918.837176463821152 -157.48023890000002 75.457644136178843 -87.1677389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-51093271054281398312024-03-11T07:42:00.000-07:002024-03-13T11:02:51.043-07:00Luke 20:4 (KJV) A Closer Look<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnS9he3thcQOoaRrpOLlY5IXe8eVOBc3kzQEsAWBwnEwQuSe5wvFa8idCXHfEdmN84cruFCR2HH-xWFYoDGkNTi5lzCD_6MoSg1WomML7jYg7VtDMSNNS5TNrJiOgYPJyj7uHt4gYCRW7-xFcjXtkxKdTDPnQme7OODo0YYjZjFl2d3LzYV1jCNg/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnS9he3thcQOoaRrpOLlY5IXe8eVOBc3kzQEsAWBwnEwQuSe5wvFa8idCXHfEdmN84cruFCR2HH-xWFYoDGkNTi5lzCD_6MoSg1WomML7jYg7VtDMSNNS5TNrJiOgYPJyj7uHt4gYCRW7-xFcjXtkxKdTDPnQme7OODo0YYjZjFl2d3LzYV1jCNg/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 20:4 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It interests me how dismissive Christians are of John the Baptist and his baptism. We are so prone to accept a thing without contemplating that when a truth that goes against what we have assumed is presented, we dismiss it, often without a thought.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The evolutionist does this.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Having generally been brought up under evolutionist teaching, to be presented with something other must mean that the other is patently wrong - crazy - uninformed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The Catholic/Protestant System does this.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It is so commonly understood that Catholicism is the first Christian church and that all Christians not Catholics are Protestants. To be introduced to the Baptist belief that the Catholic system was man-made some 300 years after Jesus built HIS church must mean that this belief is patently wrong - crazy - uninformed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The believers in the universal, invisible church do this.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It is so widely believed that all Christians, at the moment of salvation, are baptized by the Spirit into the invisible body of Christ. It must mean that those who teach that the only church in the Bible is a local congregation must be patently wrong - crazy - uninformed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtjmAE3moEw5HNhvW0PTvrPEcaq431EnaPrZtVuQVkV393VETfWzMF0luNd651wKkOVKkKOkKOonOzGsaYoZnEv-BurGa6fVqbN2Hpdjqe9JMAOb9PB4qROiOiCnuJy2hWOT8w2dH9FY3vssDlpqIM3UQsYsGt-k8iS3wRcSCF3J7rAuJ8YtEOw/s768/the%20baptism.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtjmAE3moEw5HNhvW0PTvrPEcaq431EnaPrZtVuQVkV393VETfWzMF0luNd651wKkOVKkKOkKOonOzGsaYoZnEv-BurGa6fVqbN2Hpdjqe9JMAOb9PB4qROiOiCnuJy2hWOT8w2dH9FY3vssDlpqIM3UQsYsGt-k8iS3wRcSCF3J7rAuJ8YtEOw/s320/the%20baptism.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And the same is done with John the Baptist.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">He is so frequently dismissed in modern Christianity that to make much of a baptism authorized by God only for believers, only by immersion, and only under the authority of a scriptural local church must be patently wrong - crazy - uninformed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Jesus made a big deal of the baptism of John, submitting Himself to it. It was more than once the dividing line in His ministry between glorifying God or rejecting the counsel of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I counsel every sincere Christian, of whatsoever faith, to investigate the position of those Baptists who still preach that the baptism of John is from heaven.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#ReconsideringJohnTheBaptist #QuestioningTradition #BiblicalBaptism #ChallengingAssumptions #InvestigatingTheScriptures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">A Closer Look: The Baptism of John and Christian Dismissiveness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Luke 20:4 (KJV) A Closer Look</h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0Puyallup, WA 98373, USA47.1474103 -122.323988918.837176463821152 -157.48023890000002 75.457644136178843 -87.1677389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-28395297992209544372024-03-10T12:12:00.000-07:002024-03-11T12:19:38.380-07:00Luke 19:10 (KJV) Seeking the Lost<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhrl_W8tlA6B-ztFgaR-IwcOu7hcLk2u-rQtovmWIgo9hlsoDqxqhORjCmpvVkZ3C18g_NxK0pxtcLfrEkIdmEXGPaRoG31Gq_rIne-zNx6qhneWJ7nEEwwke95KkXTfFPqxtnDyL7-Dan5aqDFl8LvqOZ-eCEJ6IJLk9ZMQJU1oAlPZFaVaC0A/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhrl_W8tlA6B-ztFgaR-IwcOu7hcLk2u-rQtovmWIgo9hlsoDqxqhORjCmpvVkZ3C18g_NxK0pxtcLfrEkIdmEXGPaRoG31Gq_rIne-zNx6qhneWJ7nEEwwke95KkXTfFPqxtnDyL7-Dan5aqDFl8LvqOZ-eCEJ6IJLk9ZMQJU1oAlPZFaVaC0A/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 19:10 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Jesus only intended to pass through Jericho, but as was always the case, He sought after the souls of men.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Zacchaeus, a publican and a sinner, had climbed into a tree to get a glimpse of Jesus. It must have indicated a longing that, though secreted in the heart, revealed his conviction. This compelled Jesus to investigate. He 'must abide' with Zacchaeus that day. Do we stop what we’re doing to speak with those the Lord reveals to us are seeking?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">We do not know the details of the conversation between Jesus and Zacchaeus. The Bible only tells us the result. The details of the gospel are recorded in multiple places in the Scriptures. It was not necessary to have them here. The purpose of this account is to remind us of Christ’s purpose on this earth and of ours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhym3zK3sb4JTWEPO0vns6-dv7Z0RuE81jp6PsB_KtEX6R6-o1S_k5SHlSB7nA6QvkJOn4XvrLTwJpdggr4eKHFYhTN1sjYT0AyrIs29hNr3gv4YejWQnf5ZYMCwuxn65QZvUvYIaAugtAqzyL7FC1YirRNkJKcKlqxCT3-bnEPIb3Y3n4vBPAkxQ/s768/Zacchaeus.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhym3zK3sb4JTWEPO0vns6-dv7Z0RuE81jp6PsB_KtEX6R6-o1S_k5SHlSB7nA6QvkJOn4XvrLTwJpdggr4eKHFYhTN1sjYT0AyrIs29hNr3gv4YejWQnf5ZYMCwuxn65QZvUvYIaAugtAqzyL7FC1YirRNkJKcKlqxCT3-bnEPIb3Y3n4vBPAkxQ/s320/Zacchaeus.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">That Zacchaeus offered to return money and do other works meet for repentance doesn’t mean these works were necessary for his salvation. I would rather say they served as a sign that salvation had been wrought in his soul. No one is saved by works, but no one who is saved refuses to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It is this work of seeking out the lost and then giving the gospel of salvation that Jesus came to do. It is this work that we, who profess to know Him, love Him, and follow Him, must be about.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• Never be too busy to notice those seeking.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• Never be too embarrassed to go where they live.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• Never be afraid to tell them about Christ’s salvation.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">#SeekingTheLost #SalvationMission #GraceForSinners #ZaccheusEncounter #JesusSaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Seeking the Lost: Jesus' Mission and Ours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Luke 19:10 (KJV) Seeking the Lost</h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0Puyallup, WA 98373, USA47.1474103 -122.323988918.837176463821152 -157.48023890000002 75.457644136178843 -87.1677389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-62901219078707215512024-03-09T07:07:00.000-08:002024-03-10T07:17:46.576-07:00Ezekiel 25:15 (KJV) From Goliath to Grace<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfCePwOJdg7tRvA7cllk8iioT9m3DG936LcQjVEJ8q-OKlAbl3JS_BKHe2JcNMKVAJKzg47plaeP7db4ry-dtMbMPU6Z4WzyMbfG0fJNDVIJ88lEoOVw85B3QSw1MBjzcDGmsNVWbSlkPSvbw6ZPjJ8bsg5k4Nr7i9kXG4cIOKJrY6RIP3E4HDw/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfCePwOJdg7tRvA7cllk8iioT9m3DG936LcQjVEJ8q-OKlAbl3JS_BKHe2JcNMKVAJKzg47plaeP7db4ry-dtMbMPU6Z4WzyMbfG0fJNDVIJ88lEoOVw85B3QSw1MBjzcDGmsNVWbSlkPSvbw6ZPjJ8bsg5k4Nr7i9kXG4cIOKJrY6RIP3E4HDw/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 25:15 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">There are hardly any people of the Canaanites who more famously caused Israel grief than the Philistines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• Saul was made king to fight them.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• They were the ones who stole the ark.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• Eli’s sons were killed by them.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• Goliath was a Philistine.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">• Saul was killed fighting them.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Most of David’s kingdom was one battle after the other against them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuarQPbTo-VPToAAEvYj6r_fZdZPzKtBjYLfRihv_M_1Q8IN8fPBTHcTN2Tqk6ZThBbw49y-q6rr4CnFytw95IaqWfRnH6f4balp2VQnHNQtPCaUB6yck8Xi9IcyNcu-AI3yYfNCctqRNbiZmK50pjuoLt_kc3aZZvjMprxPS2FkYAgMDxFWbSg/s768/bitterness.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuarQPbTo-VPToAAEvYj6r_fZdZPzKtBjYLfRihv_M_1Q8IN8fPBTHcTN2Tqk6ZThBbw49y-q6rr4CnFytw95IaqWfRnH6f4balp2VQnHNQtPCaUB6yck8Xi9IcyNcu-AI3yYfNCctqRNbiZmK50pjuoLt_kc3aZZvjMprxPS2FkYAgMDxFWbSg/s320/bitterness.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Fast forward hundreds of years. God says His problem with the Philistines was “the old hatred.” It means something like a grudge. These hundreds of years later they’ve been effectively defeated, and life has moved on, but they haven’t given up their grudge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s the “root of bitterness”</span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><a href="applewebdata://A258F4E7-1936-4A58-8FB1-64759707DC29#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> that we need to pull out. Few things are more damaging than “old hatred.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But God has given us an answer: fresh forgiveness.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#PhilistineGrief #OldHatred #RootOfBitterness #FreshForgiveness #LessonsFromEzekiel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">From Goliath to Grace: Finding Freedom in Fresh Forgiveness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Ezekiel 25:15 (KJV) From Goliath to Grace</h2><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="applewebdata://A258F4E7-1936-4A58-8FB1-64759707DC29#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a> Hebrews 12:15 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div></div>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0Puyallup, WA 98373, USA47.1474103 -122.323988918.837176463821152 -157.48023890000002 75.457644136178843 -87.1677389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-17937389757977241252024-03-08T09:17:00.000-08:002024-03-09T09:22:43.249-08:00Ezekiel 24:13 (KJV) The Last Call<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY-F78Wm__q6fP8Hsa0MGRO3ymRSpnxp79h43CpPeKr7hXsCpMnl8WXbe6Ov_CLYMABtC6d9wj9SpBTU6Yu77yH18iiCFyh1JVW2a82g7jBf2Ae4YfWxqkTs5aJNRUVyWk5OAdrbfZ4sXiYrW30hbmIjM-91GlA2KBEJHgztphaGsbrdiHwr22w/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY-F78Wm__q6fP8Hsa0MGRO3ymRSpnxp79h43CpPeKr7hXsCpMnl8WXbe6Ov_CLYMABtC6d9wj9SpBTU6Yu77yH18iiCFyh1JVW2a82g7jBf2Ae4YfWxqkTs5aJNRUVyWk5OAdrbfZ4sXiYrW30hbmIjM-91GlA2KBEJHgztphaGsbrdiHwr22w/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 24:13 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">John Gill says that the phrase "<b><i>I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged</i></b>" means that God had given them opportunities to repent through such events as the nine years of Babylonian oppression up to this point, but they had not repented. It was then, at that moment, that God determined to allow Nebuchadnezzar to take Jerusalem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I can hear some Bible skeptic right now accusing our God of being weak and incapable. "What do you mean God tried to purge them and failed? Why would you trust a God like that?" Those who do not know God do not understand the mind of the Lord and cannot understand the Bible. God's grace in allowing the free will of men to repent or not is not weakness. It is, in fact, the ultimate strength.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrtsX34z96PMJ62XiQcCpVDgQrwCJ7NPz-og6ZFwH57qCgZkhrd_ghi2lDvW5UjBYUOWYxc9wxR3WYdfWQ0_pI16wiuXkbwk9BZzFFP34ifwwRx601eO_DiTj-ss9NU_BKUdicmaMbi-yo_IL540sKsOHjo8aAK2L3U2pw0gzfqb0BZF0RdfKtw/s768/safekeeping.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrtsX34z96PMJ62XiQcCpVDgQrwCJ7NPz-og6ZFwH57qCgZkhrd_ghi2lDvW5UjBYUOWYxc9wxR3WYdfWQ0_pI16wiuXkbwk9BZzFFP34ifwwRx601eO_DiTj-ss9NU_BKUdicmaMbi-yo_IL540sKsOHjo8aAK2L3U2pw0gzfqb0BZF0RdfKtw/s320/safekeeping.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think I have met many people who claim to have been purged, to have been saved, who know something of the goodness of God, but have not trusted Christ and so are not born again. They, like Agrippa,</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="applewebdata://5521E703-16D9-4263-BB53-C69AB3214AC1#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">[1]</span></span></span></a> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">have been almost persuaded. They have tasted the goodness of God.</span><a href="applewebdata://5521E703-16D9-4263-BB53-C69AB3214AC1#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> They have been shown His light, yet they remain in darkness. Like Jerusalem in Ezekiel's day, they come finally to that moment when God's mercy runs out and the grace of God fails. They are lost forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I am reminded, though, that in the case of Jerusalem, the siege began this day, but the fall of the city was still two years in the future. Even after the pronouncement of no more grace, there were two years of mercy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">If you are playing around with religion, now is the time to quit and surrender your soul's safekeeping to Christ alone!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#DivineGrace #RepentanceOpportunity #GodsMercyEndures #EternalWarnings #SurrenderToChrist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Last Call: God's Strength in Grace<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Ezekiel 24:13 (KJV) The Last Call</h2><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="applewebdata://5521E703-16D9-4263-BB53-C69AB3214AC1#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a> Acts 26:28 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div><div id="ftn2"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="applewebdata://5521E703-16D9-4263-BB53-C69AB3214AC1#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[2]</span></span></span></a> Hebrews 6:4-5 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><b><i>For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><b><i>And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div></div>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-38448446981057894502024-03-07T07:28:00.000-08:002024-03-08T07:35:19.864-08:00Luke 17:19 (KJV) Faith Makes Whole<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtp2SEKkjHGRjs-LwAFmL-VpYI7dNNyfo-MX9EGBpreppZoRAWHJoOVlJl9VPvKvEe8aCIgqSV4KU0ww_XoEqMOl2ENEd2LMn-yB2KtuTO9Lv7xa7u84bQ9m0afvO0tGpvKNXTpyp_tOZIIhi0_Co4zqMG67xczk6-pUgVQIN_cXGQWPdXMT21Q/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtp2SEKkjHGRjs-LwAFmL-VpYI7dNNyfo-MX9EGBpreppZoRAWHJoOVlJl9VPvKvEe8aCIgqSV4KU0ww_XoEqMOl2ENEd2LMn-yB2KtuTO9Lv7xa7u84bQ9m0afvO0tGpvKNXTpyp_tOZIIhi0_Co4zqMG67xczk6-pUgVQIN_cXGQWPdXMT21Q/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 17:19 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ten lepers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>All ten asked for mercy.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>All ten were instructed to shew themselves to the priests.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>All ten left to see the priests before they were cleansed.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>All ten were cleansed of leprosy.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Just one returned to give thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0BysNCFc8M_7mG29daLUMu7lad3Yy9yiPJVpcHyJ0Vq63x1NnkpP_xakyYNaN1g1zSuYp9w-5VcjDeMmA2mM6yKrhxu6hOlLjjE2ZC22lj_g3PItKdeF0ZjmS66MTyrBfWGLfHwwUsBURlHFQ65WJqw0_IvKYFo9VnBXyOh1W9eSc6L1kpbAcw/s768/the%20ten.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0BysNCFc8M_7mG29daLUMu7lad3Yy9yiPJVpcHyJ0Vq63x1NnkpP_xakyYNaN1g1zSuYp9w-5VcjDeMmA2mM6yKrhxu6hOlLjjE2ZC22lj_g3PItKdeF0ZjmS66MTyrBfWGLfHwwUsBURlHFQ65WJqw0_IvKYFo9VnBXyOh1W9eSc6L1kpbAcw/s320/the%20ten.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Of him, Jesus said, “<b><i>thy faith hath made thee whole</i></b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>It didn’t require faith to do the religious thing.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>It didn’t require faith to be cleansed.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>It didn’t even require faith to “worship” Jesus.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It <b><i>did</i></b> require faith to be made more than cleansed; whole</span><span style="font-size: small;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#GratitudeInFaith #ThankfulHeart #FaithInWorship #CompleteHealing #ThankfulFaith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Faith Makes Whole: Gratitude Beyond Healing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-44866149298668473092024-03-06T10:30:00.000-08:002024-03-07T11:01:18.643-08:00Luke 16:22-23 (KJV) Facing Reality<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulCcwL5hiWqUOXFruQsNT-u4Am0avhW6Ym4TabJD-PGFwjynxRgDkka-DjfMkGGaNRHSz6gSTa5BkQKySWP1NOWwbG8oKGgG6wMfIQl_7qQdInWFHNGEpNJEqeHhLcXs_nF1oOYUvUYqunPEK5ewHb3aWhaNwlgBoe4_ROJo4toWRi5ACxxrphg/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulCcwL5hiWqUOXFruQsNT-u4Am0avhW6Ym4TabJD-PGFwjynxRgDkka-DjfMkGGaNRHSz6gSTa5BkQKySWP1NOWwbG8oKGgG6wMfIQl_7qQdInWFHNGEpNJEqeHhLcXs_nF1oOYUvUYqunPEK5ewHb3aWhaNwlgBoe4_ROJo4toWRi5ACxxrphg/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 16:22-23 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It’s intriguing how people will deny a biblical truth simply because it is biblical. In this case God’s Word lays out for us one truth that is undeniable and unavoidable and sets beside it another truth that is less obvious but is intrinsically understood and is equally unavoidable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>It came to pass that the beggar died.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>The rich man died also.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">It matters not what is your station in this life, death comes upon all men. It is unavoidable. Some rich men die very young, some poor men die very old. I suspect there are things that might improve our health and the enjoyment of life while we have it, but I doubt there is anything we do that keeps one person alive longer than the next.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Death is sure and it is unavoidable.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Some people harden themselves to it like a soldier does in war. This does not make them less anxious to live if they have the chance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIY2Bqq2xqrHT1uxUhczAijisofYdSRkElge0Dgp7sxtlGOOyv2ISgewvDw2XdY-j0R3Lk62v2tjhLVCWyaWmdDnDAYg8p4wXCnfx4LQFUY1UxXuxHsOZo3tCjlf1V3zil0Rxs6SLm3vEclHJpU5j_Nar-TAZRyQE6P8q0cTpiuupH9AATsgGkQQ/s768/sure%20and%20unavoidable.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIY2Bqq2xqrHT1uxUhczAijisofYdSRkElge0Dgp7sxtlGOOyv2ISgewvDw2XdY-j0R3Lk62v2tjhLVCWyaWmdDnDAYg8p4wXCnfx4LQFUY1UxXuxHsOZo3tCjlf1V3zil0Rxs6SLm3vEclHJpU5j_Nar-TAZRyQE6P8q0cTpiuupH9AATsgGkQQ/s320/sure%20and%20unavoidable.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Next to it Jesus, lays this - neither the beggar nor the rich man was, “dead after death.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Though we have no way to verify it, we instinctively know it to be so. The rich man and Lazarus were both conscious; aware, they had feelings. But their conditions were entirely unique:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>One was comforted and could not go to the place of torment.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>The other was tormented and could not go to the place of comfort.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Jesus Christ gave us this account. Jesus is the only man to have died, been buried, and resurrected three days and night later. You can argue and disagree with what professing Christians have done over the last 2000 years if you please, but the best wisdom suggests you do not ignore what Jesus said about life, death, or salvation.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#LifeAndDeath #BiblicalTruths #DeathIsInevitable #AfterlifeRealities #ListenToJesus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Facing Reality: The Paradox of Life and Death<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0Puyallup, WA 98373, USA47.1474103 -122.323988918.837176463821152 -157.48023890000002 75.457644136178843 -87.1677389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-36798879017308794832024-03-05T09:33:00.000-08:002024-03-06T09:57:45.467-08:00Luke 15:1-2 (KJV) Publicans, Sinners, Pharisees<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEqlA48iuIqMea0GM1mxo6CQFIm-DZ_20OYsUlBGfNzh3TsTUC2cWigzshuYk6opOAqACLY3HCTcLy4z0uQF8gOoei_31KlcQ5ulm0Ut9K3-gcTx-o6br3NR80fNyEgG79Tg8Q_D6tPSU3pI-m1FrXQitpwDyL7Ve3vip6VLzhki7-pjhvdcC-w/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEqlA48iuIqMea0GM1mxo6CQFIm-DZ_20OYsUlBGfNzh3TsTUC2cWigzshuYk6opOAqACLY3HCTcLy4z0uQF8gOoei_31KlcQ5ulm0Ut9K3-gcTx-o6br3NR80fNyEgG79Tg8Q_D6tPSU3pI-m1FrXQitpwDyL7Ve3vip6VLzhki7-pjhvdcC-w/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 15:1-2 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">We find three parables in this chapter:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>The parable of the lost sheep.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>The parable of the lost coin. and<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>The parable of the prodigal son.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">All three are in response to what we see in verses 1 and 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Publicans and sinners came to hear Him.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Pharisees and scribes came to murmur against Him.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The publicans and sinners knew they needed what Jesus offered. The Pharisees and scribes believed they had already gotten it. Virtually everyone knows there is something wrong with us. We’re broken. We have ideals and standards; morals we know ought to be held. Yet none of us can attain to them perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Philosophy attempts to explain it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Religion attempts to redeem it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Government attempts to contain it.</b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span> </span><span> </span>Only Jesus heals it. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh31utTjomjTsor4zK8uLlFHMwZ4MzT3VkDm9cA8lmBv_cncsS26oKCNZcIYnSPtko_zZrR2IpECho3HLDUU2OInB55PJ2Sg9bg49DdqQU79gMng6_9ELrmrHyxLjN-OqRjDXOLae0xT4xGSpgqoyOHWjWNSAzxNBO0FfU6_IKAxjOWLoY7X7lKQ/s768/prodigal.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh31utTjomjTsor4zK8uLlFHMwZ4MzT3VkDm9cA8lmBv_cncsS26oKCNZcIYnSPtko_zZrR2IpECho3HLDUU2OInB55PJ2Sg9bg49DdqQU79gMng6_9ELrmrHyxLjN-OqRjDXOLae0xT4xGSpgqoyOHWjWNSAzxNBO0FfU6_IKAxjOWLoY7X7lKQ/s320/prodigal.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The difference between the publicans and the sinners and the Pharisees and the scribes is that the former knew the problem was not solved while the latter had been inoculated. They no longer saw the sin problem in themselves. They had convinced themselves that their religion had gotten them over it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Very often I have comments and responses to my sermons from such religious people. Their attitude demonstrates that they view themselves as superior to me or at least superior to whoever my audience is.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The sin problem exists in us all. Those whom the Father receives are the ones who confess it.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#LostandFound #RepentanceandRedemption #ParablesofGrace #RecognizingOurBrokenness #ConfessionandForgiveness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Publicans, Sinners, Pharisees: Contrasting Reactions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-31562800483300025002024-03-04T11:00:00.000-08:002024-03-05T11:07:30.899-08:00Ezekiel 20:49 (KJV) The Preacher's Plight<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU9uF_smHzqrfH1enL0LdgzCW37ngMptPIJ4-dpttBzOOxpNmeHYQdTu_rc-RasspIngpGPl0a_1tbHIo7Akq2tRyhqIRp46gBIk9VH0DAZDl-9YAKRmV9jdvSnkwVBu5omcIYAKvyDYP1qgFEe7rllvDG1IZO6izTDSkDr4hWf_B7TKwW3KYyw/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU9uF_smHzqrfH1enL0LdgzCW37ngMptPIJ4-dpttBzOOxpNmeHYQdTu_rc-RasspIngpGPl0a_1tbHIo7Akq2tRyhqIRp46gBIk9VH0DAZDl-9YAKRmV9jdvSnkwVBu5omcIYAKvyDYP1qgFEe7rllvDG1IZO6izTDSkDr4hWf_B7TKwW3KYyw/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 20:49 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">“<b><i>They say of me...</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The preacher is so often the target of much conversation, mockery, complaint:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>He preaches too long<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>He has no substance<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>He is boring<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>He tells too many jokes<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>He talks to much about himself<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>He uses no illustrations<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Over the years I’ve been accused of using too many college words, of not looking at the congregation enough, of being too long-winded, and of being too excited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wpvDSawlLPudO9TCdMheHwn8o-WtADDN562O03BjNF8jT-1XOmMGVHa-ge4X2baIEs4jitp4oDrgKZ2sW79Bx07d9Sm5shr1owYVBAq2JBkCHWID5Koe_XFabGNgl5IeMuE3csvdOOcojoGuvdP8nqnRr9C5CTsX22RnElR7I8sefgYHdt7-tQ/s768/the%20truth.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wpvDSawlLPudO9TCdMheHwn8o-WtADDN562O03BjNF8jT-1XOmMGVHa-ge4X2baIEs4jitp4oDrgKZ2sW79Bx07d9Sm5shr1owYVBAq2JBkCHWID5Koe_XFabGNgl5IeMuE3csvdOOcojoGuvdP8nqnRr9C5CTsX22RnElR7I8sefgYHdt7-tQ/s320/the%20truth.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">One of those “accusations” that bothers me the most is when people claim they don’t understand the message. “Put the cookies on the bottom shelf so everyone can reach them” is the common colloquialism of our day. Here’s the thing: they’re not gonna get the cookies if they are not cookie eaters. The fact of the matter is they can understand every word the preacher says and still not understand what the preacher said. It is the Spirit of God who reveals the parables.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel’s job, as is the case with every man of God, is to speak the truth. Then pray that the Holy Spirit makes it make sense to the congregation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">1 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#PreacherProblems #MisunderstoodMessages #SpiritualUnderstanding #SpeakingTruth #GodsMessage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Preacher's Plight: Misconceptions, Misunderstandings, andtThe Role of the Spirit in Understanding<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">To my readers:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-4333005458350459352024-03-03T11:32:00.000-08:002024-03-04T11:39:08.997-08:00Ezekiel 18:20 (KJV) Soul Liberty<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhXZL5B-vUyO_9Aje23JRpEU_xcK7MxBeNZu0Yj4VOOVMeDkwWBKxR5R6iz1ECq649dzEk_ioRKc1b3zyTN9FAMpdunZXYHKrmozWGkAFOgzsBl9qSdMfqdkGIibN-nQKLY5wux8QEZi4kAn04PMmIiCojDoK4DEL-EySyfFkJ9_uKk8N6p0zyA/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhXZL5B-vUyO_9Aje23JRpEU_xcK7MxBeNZu0Yj4VOOVMeDkwWBKxR5R6iz1ECq649dzEk_ioRKc1b3zyTN9FAMpdunZXYHKrmozWGkAFOgzsBl9qSdMfqdkGIibN-nQKLY5wux8QEZi4kAn04PMmIiCojDoK4DEL-EySyfFkJ9_uKk8N6p0zyA/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 18:20 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The Lord was just about to anticipate the accusations against Him,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 18:25 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Somehow they believed that the son ought to bear the iniquity of the father.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 18:19 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, </i></b><b><i><span style="color: #626262;">and</span></i></b><b><i>hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Because of God’s grace, they believed God to be unfair, unjust, evil.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I’ve witnessed this mindset in my world. More and more often people claim to not believe because they believe the God of the Bible is cruel, or evil. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>They hear that the Bible endorses slavery and they judge Him unjust. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>They hear the Bible opposes alternate lifestyles and they judge Him evil. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>They hear that the unsaved go eternally to hell and they judge God wicked.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9uYXeFHcSHilJJv4Y9x4G-NUbA22M4ztFSU2Jo5ncsGXRu-caMAqvuIS9NtPdv1xzKC_XMQNuoUwg9z2G3ILgNhiTvxA7Mhw4LDnhEPrYsRgE6zov9-uLV0TleBWl1pJj9uZHkfzgYH0wVr31XmWH7nj_XAKyEl_BFmQRhBNpOtCjcpxhA98xw/s768/Soul%20Liberty.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9uYXeFHcSHilJJv4Y9x4G-NUbA22M4ztFSU2Jo5ncsGXRu-caMAqvuIS9NtPdv1xzKC_XMQNuoUwg9z2G3ILgNhiTvxA7Mhw4LDnhEPrYsRgE6zov9-uLV0TleBWl1pJj9uZHkfzgYH0wVr31XmWH7nj_XAKyEl_BFmQRhBNpOtCjcpxhA98xw/s320/Soul%20Liberty.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The God of the Bible answers these questions thusly: “<b><i>are not your ways unequal</i></b>?” The corruption of the human nature, and who can deny that exists, causes men to see God in skewed forms. Only as we surrender to the Lord does His Holy Spirit begin to unravel our minds so that we begin to see that:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>God is not just loving but the ultimate of love. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>God is not only just but the ultimate of justice. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>God’s plan is not only good but the ultimate of goodness.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">As for the father and the son, the doctrine is this, individual soul responsibility. Each one of us is free to follow the Lord or not according to the dictates of our own consciences. And in response each one of us is responsible to bear our own burden for the choices we have made.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#DivineJustice #GodsWaysAreEqual #HumanResponsibility #UnravelingMisconceptions #SoulAccountability<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Soul Liberty: The Burden of Choice <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-81451018065999255822024-03-02T07:15:00.000-08:002024-03-03T07:23:33.568-08:00Ezekiel 17:24 (KJV) Beyond the Smoke<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYreaiDu40eHvQxMcftegwPBytB9iIsXS65EW_bFwUG2woiwPTrur_BsKRS6lzucPy4zMwzNgu3SJNVpoRs3z8rjhPaHlw24AWWzG0v9ByDzBH0m0ERym-pA1mjT2bTVDIHOeMF7UaSnLYw0TZMI56nVLDc5cm24uu5D4ZSN0A2Kv4QB4GVe81w/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYreaiDu40eHvQxMcftegwPBytB9iIsXS65EW_bFwUG2woiwPTrur_BsKRS6lzucPy4zMwzNgu3SJNVpoRs3z8rjhPaHlw24AWWzG0v9ByDzBH0m0ERym-pA1mjT2bTVDIHOeMF7UaSnLYw0TZMI56nVLDc5cm24uu5D4ZSN0A2Kv4QB4GVe81w/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 17:24 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">This chapter sounds remarkably similar to the parable of the mustard seed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Matthew 13:31-32 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>I see in the chapter the tree Satan, Anti-Christ, and the religions of the world attempt to plant. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">(Vs 1-10). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Though it appears at first to prosper, it is eventually plucked up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">There is some application and interpretation given, along with another parable about a vine in verses 11-21.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>I see second in the chapter another tree the LORD of heaven plants. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">(vs 22-24) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Though its beginnings are humble, it in fact succeeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvjUJbpKuIhbYdSK6aKfAa4TTKhLCFcNCJVEFbLRjhFJgv3Ta5Lj1lIhKCwNDL4xoEXZYupuCRag5qY1B707EynO7Hd0a2QCyB3rGFxHONovC0UHItwERQuWuoNgudzeRIiMcyZ0lFQ6FOHU_NCxPSnntxgOb_CbizNEZ1lhtHHIDhyZoDJpR3A/s768/Jesus%20Rose.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvjUJbpKuIhbYdSK6aKfAa4TTKhLCFcNCJVEFbLRjhFJgv3Ta5Lj1lIhKCwNDL4xoEXZYupuCRag5qY1B707EynO7Hd0a2QCyB3rGFxHONovC0UHItwERQuWuoNgudzeRIiMcyZ0lFQ6FOHU_NCxPSnntxgOb_CbizNEZ1lhtHHIDhyZoDJpR3A/s320/Jesus%20Rose.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The chapter concludes with what I believe is the lesson of the whole Bible: Satan, though seemingly beautiful, attracts people with what appears to be riches, popularity, knowledge, and health. In fact, it is all temporary and fake. It fades away and dies along with those who are deceived by it. God, on the other hand, </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><i>appears</i></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> to offer what is humble, low, and dry. But in the end, these are the branches that flourish. Why would it be so? It’s because the world we currently live in is corrupted. Those things that are genuinely lovely, true, and flourishing are “hidden” behind a smoked glass. They are more wonderful than anything in this world.</span><a href="applewebdata://5C149FC8-6BE7-4555-9EAB-DF6A5B97A839#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847)"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> But they appear shiny because we are currently on the same side of the glass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Death is a reality. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The question is, will it transport you to the other side of the glass? Jesus rose from the grave and promises to all who believe and trust Him that’s where they’ll be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Take the shiny but temporary things on this side or else the things on the other side of the glass. It’s your choice. But you can’t have both and you can only have what’s on the other side through faith in Christ.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#ParableOfTheMustardSeed #KingdomOfHeaven #SatanicDeception #GodsTree #EternalTruths<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Beyond the Smoke: The High Tree, the Low Tree, and God’s Divine Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Ezekiel 17:24 (KJV) Beyond the Smoke</h2><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="applewebdata://5C149FC8-6BE7-4555-9EAB-DF6A5B97A839#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847)" style="font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a> (Even those caught up in the world’s things know they are vain because they won’t last.)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-52580638502995695312024-03-01T09:03:00.000-08:002024-03-02T09:12:53.295-08:00Ezekiel 16:3 (KJV) Jerusalem<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjczQwK8Vj28Oqm6FiIqrSXTX-q_GWWIUXpQFY2iC8lCTQE9j21mYXAzb2fxvJj5CByZYzb7fI13KAtPnoOEaQsaEVxqf2rIiR3R_gOSj3jvgyfjQN-JQkai4Dw8g_yWWzHNcxyciQ-hD3MPcMjFwNsET9otLX1dSfctHqdKDap21XIz5KfcBMA/s1050/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjczQwK8Vj28Oqm6FiIqrSXTX-q_GWWIUXpQFY2iC8lCTQE9j21mYXAzb2fxvJj5CByZYzb7fI13KAtPnoOEaQsaEVxqf2rIiR3R_gOSj3jvgyfjQN-JQkai4Dw8g_yWWzHNcxyciQ-hD3MPcMjFwNsET9otLX1dSfctHqdKDap21XIz5KfcBMA/s320/Black%20And%20White%20Simple%20Personal%20Business%20Card.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 16:3 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">This chapter is an intriguing judgment on the city of Jerusalem. I notice, by reading the commentaries, even John Gill, while admitting that Abraham and Sarah were not Canaanites, makes the leap and suggests, he believes Jerusalem must be synonymous with the Jews, saying Abraham and Sarah are “like Canaanites.” I think a better understanding of this chapter is to see it as representative of the city itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Founded by Canaanites, a gruesome people,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Conquered by God in David’s day,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Washed and cleaned in the reign of David,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Adorned with the Temple in Solomon’s day.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The city of Jerusalem was host to the heathen until God chose to set His love upon her and build His faith there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Jesus was born just outside Jerusalem, in Bethlehem.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Jesus was crucified just outside Jerusalem on Calvary.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Jesus ascended into heaven and will return again just outside Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The destruction of Jerusalem, prophesied in this chapter, has a near and distant fulfillment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>The first was through Babylon.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>The second was through Rome.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJCFRvpaL9aSGbfuC431QiZCtI_JbLsOJwvNyAnmxDg8To9v2TJH2lA8P02NbNrFtCch7gMPG5NwaAn9EXxjpJVjNQusxFuLrR4hVPBwjB6xE8vdo8kJmgCVOFSkhTn5DtM8HHnsVerd9GUJGOD2eI13QuZOmQvIhDJW0_wewUdNButvDa_DJoQ/s768/Jerusalem.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJCFRvpaL9aSGbfuC431QiZCtI_JbLsOJwvNyAnmxDg8To9v2TJH2lA8P02NbNrFtCch7gMPG5NwaAn9EXxjpJVjNQusxFuLrR4hVPBwjB6xE8vdo8kJmgCVOFSkhTn5DtM8HHnsVerd9GUJGOD2eI13QuZOmQvIhDJW0_wewUdNButvDa_DJoQ/s320/Jerusalem.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The city has been occupied now by her sisters, the people of Sodom and the people of Samaria - we now call them Palestinians. They are not the ancient people of the land; they are from the heathen lands surrounding her.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But God is not finished with Jerusalem. When Jesus returns, He will establish His throne there and those people who belong to the nations around her will come to worship, love, and serve the One, Jesus, God has set on the throne there.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#JerusalemJudgment #CityOfJerusalem #DivineJudgment #JerusalemProphecy #FutureOfJerusalem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Jerusalem: Past, Present, and Future in Prophecy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-23040351082698457462024-02-29T11:18:00.000-08:002024-03-01T11:24:08.377-08:00Ezekiel 14:7 (KJV) Fear vs. Faith<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdvJnFMoqv6-JzJTK-D7mvjEoIi5NUN8tDCcJqOpRd5tMJznZBR69OLTeVFy2V5F0hNom9DPHSqF-Gm6MMDX6-7Fv5Sg3C_1psXNrUcCKMgT6oIo6j4wlbVaCYhGMh4IwU2jODfYbLTbOPral1xfTYX7BS244an0UWAQp3DCvuDruDkS9a42VZA/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdvJnFMoqv6-JzJTK-D7mvjEoIi5NUN8tDCcJqOpRd5tMJznZBR69OLTeVFy2V5F0hNom9DPHSqF-Gm6MMDX6-7Fv5Sg3C_1psXNrUcCKMgT6oIo6j4wlbVaCYhGMh4IwU2jODfYbLTbOPral1xfTYX7BS244an0UWAQp3DCvuDruDkS9a42VZA/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 14:7 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">There are several Biblical texts that reference God’s visitation. It is very seldom seen in a good light. God’s visitation is almost always in respect to the pouring out of His wrath.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">There are two serious mistakes I think we see among the carnal; the first is the inappropriate fear of His coming. I once heard a lady on a Christian radio station in Portland, OR complain about her pastor, “He’s always preaching that Jesus is coming soon. Why can’t he be more positive?” To the one who loves Christ, there is no message more positive than the blessed hope. It is true that the unsaved will not fare well at His coming, but we preach to them the good news of reconciliation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcd0UYXr5JQH9hNpNUm7LR1QxN7E5ho1UQgCH03NLhr3ygHiDgjAD-X5rhdw73K697djpC6nrwqlnYGUiNQZOm-mS5FFS_cF02MKyai6QeeoLYfrzCuG0IGmrgmxwXRUw0lvM6ZZwCEQxC4yrTmjWS7xyfCRw0M4V28Agu7DCBhdQdjM5LSpeNsg/s768/God's%20Visitation.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcd0UYXr5JQH9hNpNUm7LR1QxN7E5ho1UQgCH03NLhr3ygHiDgjAD-X5rhdw73K697djpC6nrwqlnYGUiNQZOm-mS5FFS_cF02MKyai6QeeoLYfrzCuG0IGmrgmxwXRUw0lvM6ZZwCEQxC4yrTmjWS7xyfCRw0M4V28Agu7DCBhdQdjM5LSpeNsg/s320/God's%20Visitation.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The second serious mistake among the carnal regarding God’s visitation is to think too lightly of it. One might reason it is mean or cruel or unfair that God would seek vengeance against those who “hold the truth in unrighteousness,” but it is foolish, even if you think it’s monstrous, to resist God on that count. We are not His equal. To fight against God is the utmost foolishness. The good news is, once you surrender to God, a light shines into His nature not seen before. You discover He is no monster, but the very source of love, goodness, and charity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Do not take God’s visitation lightly. Hear the message of His prophets and preachers. Seek the God of the Bible. Trust Him. In this way, He will be gracious to you.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#GodsVisitation #BlessedHope #SeekGod #DivineWrath #TrustGod<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Fear vs. Faith: Facing God's Visit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Ezekiel 14:7 (KJV) Fear vs. Faith</h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-79351776699872983372024-02-28T09:28:00.000-08:002024-02-29T09:52:19.636-08:00Ezekiel 12:27 (KJV) Time to Act<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXNLWKK2HnviGlmoxwpPeMnW-5IYmHcvzYLG-TvwAc68JTAuDjZRGnzBuRybfVrj_bUNVUNP5cVwfAf69tNL7pQQQVZqDBLtWjbSPZ9bfthhd-BkUz0bxE8004MM0pNZQRbpFQQMOjEnCCFOgoK34rM5grLuLV66cINi_ESAtjN6JF7UzDWJiag/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXNLWKK2HnviGlmoxwpPeMnW-5IYmHcvzYLG-TvwAc68JTAuDjZRGnzBuRybfVrj_bUNVUNP5cVwfAf69tNL7pQQQVZqDBLtWjbSPZ9bfthhd-BkUz0bxE8004MM0pNZQRbpFQQMOjEnCCFOgoK34rM5grLuLV66cINi_ESAtjN6JF7UzDWJiag/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Ezekiel 12:27 (KJV)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">That Ezekiel’s message is from God, there is no question. Few of the prophets were more insistent upon it than he.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 12:1 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">That said, the majority did not obey God’s Word the same as Ezekiel did.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 12:7a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And I did so as I was commanded…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">This chapter describes clearly two of the most common responses to the Word of God (with a third one implied):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Denial<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Recently someone commented to one of my messages, “It’s all fake. Use some common sense.” In my mind common sense says I had better not deny what is arguably the best documented event in ancient history (the resurrection of Christ) what is the most published and read book in all of history, the Bible, and what many of the best minds have examined and found the evidence to be too compelling to ignore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Rebellion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 12:9 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Common among those who know in their soul that God is, would be rebellion. They choose to disobey, or else they choose to find their own way to supposedly love and worship God.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvu6Rg_hD91nPDAlbCzPFuD0QRnSklcM5FJhS9P5JBg-CtfN6Qn5UvPSTwqg6lyGGcAIkIx5gXflqqZYXk0-hTlACFd4GYffKH4-TGucTFIl9gZ7gdLGGYDHq-Bnakt90DbLmWQeLe5mKHkLx5g-S55MDcNQqSediSun_W3TaxkRqk92ka_LD-Ng/s768/the%20time%20to%20act.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvu6Rg_hD91nPDAlbCzPFuD0QRnSklcM5FJhS9P5JBg-CtfN6Qn5UvPSTwqg6lyGGcAIkIx5gXflqqZYXk0-hTlACFd4GYffKH4-TGucTFIl9gZ7gdLGGYDHq-Bnakt90DbLmWQeLe5mKHkLx5g-S55MDcNQqSediSun_W3TaxkRqk92ka_LD-Ng/s320/the%20time%20to%20act.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Procrastination<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Ezekiel 12:27 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Son of man, behold, </i></b><b><i><span style="color: #626262;">they of </span></i></b><b><i>the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth </i></b><b><i><span style="color: #626262;">is </span></i></b><b><i>for many days </i></b><b><i><span style="color: #626262;">to come, </span></i></b><b><i>and he prophesieth of the times </i></b><b><i><span style="color: #626262;">that are </span></i></b><b><i>far off.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Likely the most common of responses is procrastination. People claim to believe the Bible but believe they have time. They stick their spiritual heads in the sand and refuse to think about the consequences of faith. They hope to do all they wish to do while there is still time. They think they will have the time to reconcile with God in the end.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I am of the mind that, since I have a conviction in my soul that God is, the Bible is true, and Jesus is the only way truth and life, the time to reconcile and to follow Him is NOW.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#DivineMessage #ObeyGodsWord #DenialVsFaith #RebellionAgainstGod #TimeToActNow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Time to Act: Terrible<b> </b>Responses to God's Word<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ezekiel 11:23 (KJV) Divine Departure</span></h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-49330594130066510152024-02-27T09:41:00.000-08:002024-02-28T09:47:51.039-08:00Ezekiel 11:23 (KJV) Divine Departure<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RZLbwBM_cDl-SWCY1gaenKxr65_K4vH9z9T2Pjyhma14ckx5xJ0Ia3U3iqBFLQwFBVgjhdwFavvJcuiXflv_G5_VdvXVM9hybkUrxVT4KZeNLq8ibkYaumNuvN24T80Mgpotar0xEUnWIhdSiq5QzK5oDX6YvdPmitkZ-VtaiiUvINNlCD6jKQ/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RZLbwBM_cDl-SWCY1gaenKxr65_K4vH9z9T2Pjyhma14ckx5xJ0Ia3U3iqBFLQwFBVgjhdwFavvJcuiXflv_G5_VdvXVM9hybkUrxVT4KZeNLq8ibkYaumNuvN24T80Mgpotar0xEUnWIhdSiq5QzK5oDX6YvdPmitkZ-VtaiiUvINNlCD6jKQ/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ezekiel 11:23 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I found an interesting observation concerning the removal of the glory of God. Though Israel was about to be judged, God gave every opportunity for them to repent, as He removed Himself:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>From the mercy seat to the threshold, then<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>From the threshold to the court, then<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>From the court to the east gate, finally<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>From the east gate to the mountain on the east side<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">This mountain must be the mount of Olives:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Where Jesus wept over the city<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Where Jesus descended into the city to hear hosanna<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">For three and a half years Jesus moved about Israel, preaching, healing, performing miracles, calling souls, “ </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><i>come unto me</i></b><span style="font-size: x-large;">…”</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="applewebdata://ABD1C49F-D1AC-4B1C-A4DE-AFD3C99E8FC2#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">[1]</span></span></span></a> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">He walked a straight path, never diverting from His mission the “</span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><i>seek and to save that which was lost</i></b><span style="font-size: x-large;">.”</span><a href="applewebdata://ABD1C49F-D1AC-4B1C-A4DE-AFD3C99E8FC2#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> On the outskirts of the city, on a hill called Calvary, the final indignation against Him was committed. But what the devil meant as a death blow turned out to be the stroke of God’s ultimate glory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Jesus died<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Jesus was buried<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But three days and three night later<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>Jesus rose again<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And through His resurrection, all who accept His invitation find victory over sin, and over death.</span><a href="applewebdata://ABD1C49F-D1AC-4B1C-A4DE-AFD3C99E8FC2#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#GloryofGod #RepentanceOpportunity #MountofOlives #ResurrectionVictory #DivineGlory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Divine Departure: From Calvary to Victory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ezekiel 11:23 (KJV) Divine Departure</span></h2><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="applewebdata://ABD1C49F-D1AC-4B1C-A4DE-AFD3C99E8FC2#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a> Matthew 11:28-30 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div><div id="ftn2"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="applewebdata://ABD1C49F-D1AC-4B1C-A4DE-AFD3C99E8FC2#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[2]</span></span></span></a> Luke 19:10 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div><div id="ftn3"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="applewebdata://ABD1C49F-D1AC-4B1C-A4DE-AFD3C99E8FC2#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[3]</span></span></span></a> 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div></div><style class="WebKit-mso-list-quirks-style">
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</style>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-9830333031257572032024-02-26T11:38:00.000-08:002024-02-27T11:46:23.842-08:00Luke 7:23 (KJV) The Offense of Christ<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr9_UDH6hj16-ANZkX4MYDXhXxynSkgr3wnPsZ_Fpk7BuxAaiisBCSlDknPk1Xbf6GjiKnAEs67MfLghpMBwxRXul1FbWR_MbDRIBEcIlHNzEv_wX2kv9sI1fb3Oyi2zZKvOlMwSSC5l1r9e4CK6UsgBbJm1N9FTF8-SYH54ff98te_uWtrurUQ/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr9_UDH6hj16-ANZkX4MYDXhXxynSkgr3wnPsZ_Fpk7BuxAaiisBCSlDknPk1Xbf6GjiKnAEs67MfLghpMBwxRXul1FbWR_MbDRIBEcIlHNzEv_wX2kv9sI1fb3Oyi2zZKvOlMwSSC5l1r9e4CK6UsgBbJm1N9FTF8-SYH54ff98te_uWtrurUQ/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 7:23 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The idea of being offended in Christ is taking on new meaning in my day. There was a time when it seemed that, even among the most hostile toward the faith, their hostility was against Christians for being hypocrites and against organized religion for the notable atrocities it has committed. I suppose this hostility has always existed, but it seems to have increased in number and found its voice, those who decry Christ Himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif64T-Mq8mmpMeobVsbRgouD1JEqUs_0OBecDfeK0cDzOZ5JXHCGSiAwGyQcdjMt_bJQmHGS8zcDRdWM2gwVAp6AffTfjapshOF2wsvyXl3yhd76oAM3vAlYPp2d2SMjzi2RRH8-G0gbpCkdIFK18GweW_P8L9cP0LqFJVTw9n1WeWdgSYma9MAw/s768/the%20offense%20of%20Christ.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif64T-Mq8mmpMeobVsbRgouD1JEqUs_0OBecDfeK0cDzOZ5JXHCGSiAwGyQcdjMt_bJQmHGS8zcDRdWM2gwVAp6AffTfjapshOF2wsvyXl3yhd76oAM3vAlYPp2d2SMjzi2RRH8-G0gbpCkdIFK18GweW_P8L9cP0LqFJVTw9n1WeWdgSYma9MAw/s320/the%20offense%20of%20Christ.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">They view Him as a charlatan who did no miracles.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I had a brief conversation with a man the other day who said Thomas Jefferson believed Jesus did none. I am aware of the so-called “Jeffersonian Bible.” I am also aware that Jefferson is not here to explain his intentions by cutting the miracles out of a copy of the Bible. Could he have been demonstrating the meaninglessness of a miracle-less Gospel? Whatever he meant, I am certain it wasn’t meant for public consumption and speculation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">They view Christ as the founder of the religion guilty of horrible acts against Mankind.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">To this, I would counter they do not understand church history. There was always a kind of Christian who saw the error and corruption of Catholicism and that never protested out of Catholicism because it never was part of Catholicism. The crimes against humanity were all committed by Catholicism and its babies – the various denominations of Protestantism. The Christians who never yoked with Catholicism were persecuted by Catholicism and never in history hurt anyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Those Baptists guilty of harm and injury today can arguably be said to have joined the ranks of Protestantism and are not true to Baptist convictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I would also claim that Baptists alone, and only those who have done no harm, are the true faith Christ founded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Blessed is he whosoever is not offended in me.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">To love and to follow Christ is to be blessed indeed.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#OffendedInChrist #ChristAndMiracles #TrueFaith #ChurchHistory #BlessedInChrist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Offense of Christ: Clarifying Christ's Role in Church History<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. There you will find daily visits going back to 2005.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">If you have been blessed by this blog, please subscribe to my feed and share it with others.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For more resources from Pastor Marvin McKenzie visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">http://puyallupbaptistchurch.com</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">My books, and other resources, are available at:<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://marvinmckenzie.org</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Join me at Daily Visits with God Podcast<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://marvinmckenzie.substack.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://marvinmckenzie.substack.com/</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Merch at my Teespring store <a href="https://macz.creator-spring.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://macz.creator-spring.com/</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Be a witness with hats, mugs, t-shirts, sweat shirts, and more</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><a href="https://ko-fi.com/marvinmckenzie14276" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">Let’s have coffee?</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />The link to Ko-fi is an opportunity to support this effort to <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">reach a world of souls with the Word of God</em></strong>. I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Luke 7:23 (KJV) The Offense of Christ</span></h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-12021856605079439692024-02-25T11:50:00.000-08:002024-02-26T11:56:27.989-08:00Luke 6:9 (KJV) Jesus' Bold Challenge<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT84DIOmHT5FglB2etm_VBmTajxUvjg1bKtJXPj4jcbTqWVdcv0XND8CAMQ1nDRcG3nxceOdRxGKkqLUKHuNgwHRrQLkz4Xif4szA2rY_rr4KOuoL-I01CmkDPh-FBEs_NoN-1G2RnhBI67CP_FuqTzJm_XPb0Pb0NYu8QUpZqw1mTyWIRqh86DQ/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT84DIOmHT5FglB2etm_VBmTajxUvjg1bKtJXPj4jcbTqWVdcv0XND8CAMQ1nDRcG3nxceOdRxGKkqLUKHuNgwHRrQLkz4Xif4szA2rY_rr4KOuoL-I01CmkDPh-FBEs_NoN-1G2RnhBI67CP_FuqTzJm_XPb0Pb0NYu8QUpZqw1mTyWIRqh86DQ/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Luke 6:9 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I’ve always been amazed at Jesus’ willingness to confront religious error. The scribes and Pharisees watched Jesus closely, hoping He would break what they believed to be a Sabbath commandment. They <b><i>expected</i></b> Him to heal on the Sabbath day and <b><i>intended</i></b> to accuse Him if He did so. However, there is nothing in God’s Word that forbids healing on the Sabbath.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjHzwYo8XhkN3rHkFXt2B6sxKulLA9X1Mt8SUzdJEkmUohn-NeAMbreHU2ICE2z2-wywI9Z2EzaMiQA4ZT9uECAq_52yxzWCm6aYnnnro9kBdKuwW4o5nYkDcMK2y2R7hxhzjCpyY-WhK8tjgoMG4606pK7XlKGCU4s4xp6owv1yBlGPYZ65H_g/s1280/good%20or%20evil.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjHzwYo8XhkN3rHkFXt2B6sxKulLA9X1Mt8SUzdJEkmUohn-NeAMbreHU2ICE2z2-wywI9Z2EzaMiQA4ZT9uECAq_52yxzWCm6aYnnnro9kBdKuwW4o5nYkDcMK2y2R7hxhzjCpyY-WhK8tjgoMG4606pK7XlKGCU4s4xp6owv1yBlGPYZ65H_g/s320/good%20or%20evil.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Notice the contrasts the Lord makes in our passages:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- Good or evil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">- Save life or destroy it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Religion, in this context, is portrayed as evil and destructive. Christ, on the other hand, does good and saves lives. Those who accuse religion of evil do so justifiably. However, where they fall short is in failing to make the distinction between Christ and religion.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#ReligiousErrorConfronted #SabbathHealingDebate #GoodVsEvilContrast #ChristSavesReligionDestroys #AccusingReligionVsFollowingChrist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Jesus' Bold Challenge: Religion vs. Christ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. There you will find daily visits going back to 2005.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">If you have been blessed by this blog, please subscribe to my feed and share it with others.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For more resources from Pastor Marvin McKenzie visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">http://puyallupbaptistchurch.com</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">My books, and other resources, are available at:<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://marvinmckenzie.org</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Join me at Daily Visits with God Podcast<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://marvinmckenzie.substack.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://marvinmckenzie.substack.com/</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Merch at my Teespring store <a href="https://macz.creator-spring.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://macz.creator-spring.com/</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Be a witness with hats, mugs, t-shirts, sweat shirts, and more</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><a href="https://ko-fi.com/marvinmckenzie14276" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">Let’s have coffee?</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />The link to Ko-fi is an opportunity to support this effort to <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">reach a world of souls with the Word of God</em></strong>. I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Luke 6:9 (KJV) Jesus' Bold Challenge</span></h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-57086256467371036742024-02-24T11:32:00.000-08:002024-02-26T11:38:03.716-08:00Luke 5:17 (KJV) The Neediest of All<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmao4sqBoMrSiTzjzYS-6wMdwzD9-G7Ahkg7mJcrtmSWXF_nuVztIAJuuPFOTWLkRi21Ig5aLyTfB5BuR_bsoUpV2cJ7p2oS-5yzSL1cbMfim2epfLiqlNwwy37x5SYdIm61bxwgB-Gg8p9OIsdx3roQwum_qL0KMsuiqBoziOpWYRPHKfQN6edw/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmao4sqBoMrSiTzjzYS-6wMdwzD9-G7Ahkg7mJcrtmSWXF_nuVztIAJuuPFOTWLkRi21Ig5aLyTfB5BuR_bsoUpV2cJ7p2oS-5yzSL1cbMfim2epfLiqlNwwy37x5SYdIm61bxwgB-Gg8p9OIsdx3roQwum_qL0KMsuiqBoziOpWYRPHKfQN6edw/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Luke 5:17 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Commentaries suggest that the "power of the Lord" to heal in the passage could be attributed to the multitude of people surrounding the house where Jesus was teaching. Alternatively, the power of God may have been present to heal the man with palsy who was lowered down to Jesus through the roof by his friends. He was undoubtedly healed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">However, I prefer the way the passage reads. The power of the Lord was present there to heal the Pharisees and the doctors of the law who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and were sitting by.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The power of the Lord was present to heal them. They needed healing every bit as much as the sick, infirmed, deaf, and blind. They needed healing just as desperately, perhaps even more so, than the man with palsy. They needed what Jesus gave to the palsied man. They needed their sins forgiven.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkPV10qojEnE1PFUJotyxydTti-jc8Y-eBZvBrRA574ZLdAqj9DyfZqKN8r3soDqnm6QmXcPh9QRM06PlkSqd6ec26Y465PaRq7Bav7r7IzXJn8SbriqqB6RNA0nf7hB89718HQFisV0JPxiY-N3jx8YVJuK6m20AfqRgq202QuxOx2Mr7CsImg/s768/no%20confusion.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkPV10qojEnE1PFUJotyxydTti-jc8Y-eBZvBrRA574ZLdAqj9DyfZqKN8r3soDqnm6QmXcPh9QRM06PlkSqd6ec26Y465PaRq7Bav7r7IzXJn8SbriqqB6RNA0nf7hB89718HQFisV0JPxiY-N3jx8YVJuK6m20AfqRgq202QuxOx2Mr7CsImg/s320/no%20confusion.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The context makes it clear that the goal was never solely about healing a man with palsy. His friends may have been confused about that, as they were more concerned with the physical than the spiritual. Similarly, the Pharisees and doctors were likely confused, knowing that only God could forgive sins. Yet Jesus did so, which puzzled them. He forgave the man's sins and then healed him as a sign of His deity, proving that as the Son of Man, He had the power on earth not just to heal, but to forgive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">There is no reason for confusion. Jesus is 100% man and 100% God. His purpose, as God, is to forgive our sins, and His plan, as man, was to pay for them through His death, burial, and resurrection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#PowerToHeal #ForgivenessOfSins #DivineAuthority #HealingForTheHeart #JesusIsGod<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Neediest of All: Forgiveness and Healing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Luke 5:17 (KJV) The Neediest of All</span></h2>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0Puyallup, WA 98373, USA47.1474103 -122.323988918.837176463821152 -157.48023890000002 75.457644136178843 -87.1677389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-60770375816402979252024-02-23T09:46:00.000-08:002024-02-26T10:00:11.663-08:00Ezekiel 5:7 (KJV) Once Saved, Always Saved<div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18pfAOgY0T8OkWwh9HZVINTwRwV7RaArisFlFANQQQmwEofs0jcUyaoyRQffaZRHMfE_CsIZzTdQXGb7tt2bEApFRCCff3Ys8c21FZ5rKNFnFJdQRHLy39aEMDeTJ8cjGIaKrwHjY9PdUWb5ThFza9RDrHnaxiRmI-8iqSK7z7rhozpvOrOvg-w/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18pfAOgY0T8OkWwh9HZVINTwRwV7RaArisFlFANQQQmwEofs0jcUyaoyRQffaZRHMfE_CsIZzTdQXGb7tt2bEApFRCCff3Ys8c21FZ5rKNFnFJdQRHLy39aEMDeTJ8cjGIaKrwHjY9PdUWb5ThFza9RDrHnaxiRmI-8iqSK7z7rhozpvOrOvg-w/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-large; text-align: justify;">Ezekiel 5:7 (KJV)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">My understanding of Scripture is that once a soul in genuinely saved, they can never be anything but saved. Since salvation is a work of God to justify, redeem, and give new birth, it is impossible for any work of man to reverse it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvTyfRQZeIgU8cp7N3aNWFZBHgiQ93FEMrR9dfKBE8kgBosD7BUjF0Li6-ITfyFJ9cPGUeFVQTk9zXJe2faaGKpxn1cNfe2MbvBW4NZ1oYzdjVtceb3SlwxjEchu9cFW4updQF9hZbwzFmEGQ34Trp3BctCP1ND8mfyFvlfKzyjv9JZtuoUISlQ/s768/those%20who%20prey.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvTyfRQZeIgU8cp7N3aNWFZBHgiQ93FEMrR9dfKBE8kgBosD7BUjF0Li6-ITfyFJ9cPGUeFVQTk9zXJe2faaGKpxn1cNfe2MbvBW4NZ1oYzdjVtceb3SlwxjEchu9cFW4updQF9hZbwzFmEGQ34Trp3BctCP1ND8mfyFvlfKzyjv9JZtuoUISlQ/s320/those%20who%20prey.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My understanding of Scripture also teaches me those who once professed faith and have abused or left the profession were never saved at all. Peter said they are like the dog returning to the vomit and the sow returning to the wallow.</span><a href="applewebdata://86BD5A79-2740-4C67-8872-CA7AE4C91178#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But what about those who have made this profession and have abused it? What about those who profess to be saved and then prey on the young, or use the faith for personal gain, or go off into unorthodox doctrinal errors? (Giving allowance for the fact that we see through a glass darkly and all of us have the Biblical right to worship God according to the dictates of our conscience. I am referring to those who willfully abuse the faith.) I believe the Bible teaches they are lost. But more. They may be the worst of the lost. It may be that, if hell has places of worse torture, those places won’t belong to the pagan, or even to the atrociously evil, but to those who stay amid the things of God and still “<b><i>multiplied more than the nations that are round about them</i></b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It may be more consequential than most suspect to have seen the light God, tasted the good things of God and yet turned away from God.</span><a href="applewebdata://86BD5A79-2740-4C67-8872-CA7AE4C91178#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#OnceSavedAlwaysSaved #TrueFaithEndures #BiblicalSalvation #ProfessionVsPossession #ConsequencesOfAbuse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Salvation: Once Saved, Always Saved<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br /></div><div><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For this and, more than 6300 earlier Daily Visits with God, visit <a href="https://bbcpuyallup.org/marvinmckenzie/index.php/2023/11/25/revelation-617-the-inescapable-day/#" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com</a>. 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I would appreciate any gift you can give. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f2326;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 8pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="proverbs-11-10-listening-for-the-shout" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ezekiel 5:7 (KJV) Once Saved, Always Saved</span></h2><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="applewebdata://86BD5A79-2740-4C67-8872-CA7AE4C91178#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a> 2 Peter 2:22 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><b><i>But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p></div><div id="ftn2"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="applewebdata://86BD5A79-2740-4C67-8872-CA7AE4C91178#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-size: 10pt;">[2]</span></span></span></a> Hebrews 6:4-6 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.</i></b></p></div></div>Marvin McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168125387539377168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32413094.post-82809476601998518312024-02-22T06:09:00.000-08:002024-02-25T06:14:52.675-08:00Luke 4:32 (KJV) The Power of the Gospel<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WTgR3oIiRKmSRDlUybXW7BnhBIp5Sd3JfT4btizfvCk8PImu8YLEdExxzffPPg-aMqB4_-1Bcta17GyqXXy8LQRN8iRzDHZPkBSp_lHM1AhTQSPaG_IcDGQPLF1MTqKX0_fThCXDvTLxumzdq28IeZJf758gqApzPrNOT2ZfO3SwG6fKONKhOQ/s703/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="703" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WTgR3oIiRKmSRDlUybXW7BnhBIp5Sd3JfT4btizfvCk8PImu8YLEdExxzffPPg-aMqB4_-1Bcta17GyqXXy8LQRN8iRzDHZPkBSp_lHM1AhTQSPaG_IcDGQPLF1MTqKX0_fThCXDvTLxumzdq28IeZJf758gqApzPrNOT2ZfO3SwG6fKONKhOQ/s320/Business%20Card%2012-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Luke 4:32 (KJV)</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.</span></i></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">We are, of course, not Jesus. We will not have the same power or the same authority He had in His words.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">But His servants are to be as their Lord. It would do us well to speak in some measure with the power and authority Christ did.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The word power means: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>mastery <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>competency<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>ability<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndUDsuPecaH7-N1-x0DN8DE35BrgWbXYx022mGqAom7dOKQu_Rto0RR1oVPUNHOlq-Z8RG_SWO02hRL7p8HgVrDhK4_mfATV_Ny3JOgfjOJ0vWS8m_CrpSdZ2Pi6o4ONDtMUACZZZxdUeHffn4DGgReBbRfoKnEfxFL2MP0V-hti4_Pp3jXW9tQ/s768/mastery.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndUDsuPecaH7-N1-x0DN8DE35BrgWbXYx022mGqAom7dOKQu_Rto0RR1oVPUNHOlq-Z8RG_SWO02hRL7p8HgVrDhK4_mfATV_Ny3JOgfjOJ0vWS8m_CrpSdZ2Pi6o4ONDtMUACZZZxdUeHffn4DGgReBbRfoKnEfxFL2MP0V-hti4_Pp3jXW9tQ/s320/mastery.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> With such mastery comes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>force <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>strength<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b>influence<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I notice He spoke <u>doctrine</u>. And it was His <u>Word</u>. We would do well to so master the Word of God, and the doctrines taught in it that when we speak, we may do so with competence. Such mastery of the Word will naturally carry its own influence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Romans 1:16 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">#SpeakWithAuthority #MasterTheWord #MasteryAndInfluence #DoctrineMastery #PowerfulTeaching<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">The Power of the Gospel: Speaking with Conviction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></p><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">To my readers:</strong></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thank you! 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