Talk of JESUS . com

Tag: God

  • Good, good, very good & the knowledge of Good and Evil

    Good, good, very good & the knowledge of Good and Evil

    • January 4, In the year of our Lord, 2022: Good

    What do you know about good and evil?

    Short takes from Scripture:

    God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

    And God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good.

    The earth produced vegetation .. according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.

    .. day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

    And God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves.. and every winged bird according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    God made the animals of the earth according to their kind.. and God saw that it was good.

    And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. ..

    Genesis 1:4,10.13,18,21,25,31

    Creation: Good (so far)

    Out of the ground the LORD God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

    Genesis 2:9 NASB20

    The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”

    Genesis 2:16-17 – Command of the LORD God to the man Adam (which he would disobey)

    So now that we know the difference: what is good?

    טוֹב

    • What does it mean to be good?
    • Is the idea of a good man (or woman) any different in the New Testament?

    But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

    Gospels of Mark 10:18 & Luke 18:19 NASB20
    What is your short take on the questions of good and evil? 

ASK your question in the Comments below OR give us your short take on how to be good.

ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, but MODERATED. And all links provided for your further study are secure.

Roger@TalkofJESUS.COM

    Have a GOOD COMMENT?

    GOOD for you, and thanks for SHARING it.

  • Do you FEAR Almighty GOD!?

    Do you FEAR Almighty GOD!?

    • In the year of our Lord, 2022: God

    What do you believe about God?

    Short takes from Scripture:

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    Genesis 1:1

    וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם׃

    Bereishit (Genesis) 1:2 :: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)
    earth rotating
    And the earth was a [waste] formless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the [primeval ocean] surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    Do you believe in God? – אֱלֹהִים

    Is your god or are your gods the God of Scripture?

    IF SO (even if not), DO YOU FEAR THE ONE WHO IS AND WAS, THE ALMIGHTY THE ETERNAL ONE?

    OR do you, a mere MORTAL & created one create a god you DO NOT FEAR?

    • What if your theory of creation is wrong?
    • Then might your concept of LIFE, DEATH AND JUDGMENT also be suspect?
    • Will you bet your ETERAL soul on this failing flesh?
    What is your short take on Genesis 1:1-2 and the God (according to Scripture) who caused the biggest bang in the cosmos and created man from the dust of creation? 

ASK your question in the Comments below OR give us your short take on the God of Creation.

ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, but MODERATED. And all links provided for your further study are secure.

Roger@TalkofJESUS.COM

  • A Church Seized by Signs and Wonders

    A Church Seized by Signs and Wonders

    Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

    ACTS of signs and wonders by the Apostles 5:11 NIV

    ACTS of Signs and Wonders

    What has just happened?

    • So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.
      Ananias and Saphira – followers of the Apostles struck dead at Peter’s feet!

    At this point in Luke’s account of the ACTS of the church we encounter an unexpected sign and wonder which struck great fear into the church.

    Two believers lied to the Holy Spirit, after which each immediately met withthe judgment of God – death.

    Don’t miss this:

    Peter Replied: Signs Preached from Solomon’s Porch
    .. God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”
    Acts of the Apostles 3:26 ESV 

    In addition to the tongues of fire, a lame man made to walk and the Apostles walking out of a locked prison without explanation, EVERYONE begins to see signs of the power of GOD at work though them. When reports of the deaths of two disciples of the Apostles reach the ears of Jerusalem, MANY fear what could happen as these signs and wonders continue.

    Acts 5:

    12 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem.

    14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.

    Signs and Wonders since Pentecost have already caused a stir in Jerusalem

    Speaking the Word of God with Boldness
    parrēsia -all out-spokenness, i.e. frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication, assurance:—bold confidence, × freely, × openly, × plainly

    Jerusalem’s officials also fear the Apostles, not only because of their own wickedness, but since undeniable signs and wonders already performed in their midst in Herod’s temple threaten their tenuous political leadership of the temple..

    Arrested AND Released
    from ACTS 5 – AFTER GOD STRUCK DOWN ANANIAS AND SAPHIRA

    “Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”

    [Peter has convicted them of their complicity in Jesus’ Sacrifice on the Cross; however the Apostle had also stated that God the Father had allowed it AND that JESUS had been raised from the grave!]

    But Peter and the apostles answered,

    “We must obey God rather than men.

    Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

    ACTS 4:30 NIV + Prayer of the Apostles

    Signs and Wonders from GOD!

    And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

    ACTS 4:31 NKJV
    • ACTS 5:14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
      • 15 so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.
    • 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem,
      • bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits,
      • and all of them were healed.
    • 17 Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy, arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out..
      • Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 As they left the council, they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
    • 42 And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.
    • ACTS 6: Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number..
    • 7 The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem,
    • and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

    To be continued…