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  • The Grace for which the Prophets prayed

    The Grace for which the Prophets prayed

    The Lord put this verse on my heart Monday as I prayed:

    1 Peter 1:10  Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you

    The Holy Spirit seems to lead in the themes of Monday’s prior posts. (Not being one to remember passages of scripture, I did not have any idea of the content of this verse and application.  You may want to visit my two posts from Monday.)

    1 Peter 1: {13b} rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance…

    (The link above will take you to the full context OR read all of it in your BIBLE.)

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  • Prophets: I Told You So…

    Prophets: I Told You So…

    WHAT IF: God signed you up to be a Prophet?  Would you jump up and down for joy?

    Jeremiah is known as “the weeping Prophet” and for good reason. Like so many Godly men who must deliver bad news to people who will not listen, Jeremiah was not a popular guy in his own day.

    God gives Jeremiah and other Old Testament Prophets a word they MUST speak.  (No choice here.)  God challenges the Prophet to not only obey, but to do even MORE than a man believes is humanly possible.

    “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
    Then how can you contend with horses?
    And if in the land of peace,
    In which you trusted, they wearied you,
    Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan? -Jeremiah 12:5

    In essence, God says to the Prophet: “I AM THE LORD and I have a tough assignment for you.”

    The example here is just one of many difficult tasks to come:

    Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors…  

    if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ …

    But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation,” says the Lord.

    Jeremiah 12: (You can read all of it.)

    A Prophet of God has a tough life.  John the Baptist has a tough life.  Christ Jesus had a tough life.  His ultimate sacrifice of love for the forgiveness of our sins is well worth any small price or verbal or physical persecution we may endure for His witness.

    The Apostles had a tough life. (All but John were martyred.) The prophets of the first century church had a tough life (along with those who did not prophesy in the Holy Spirit and most of their families).  You may be acquainted with some of their suffering.

    And I might add that followers of false prophets and false christians hell-bent on their own ungodliness did and do persecute the faithful.  Telling the Truth of Christ Jesus has a price.  Telling the Truth of God has a price.  Yet we MUST, in these last days, proclaim repentance of the peoples and church.  Proclaim the return of Christ Jesus, King and Lord of all.

    Believe in Jesus Christ, while it is yet today.

    Do not be caught before the Throne of God, where the sad face of His Prophets will say, “I told you so…”

    Return to Christ Jesus. He IS Lord.

     

  • GOD Allows Violence

    GOD Allows Violence

     O Lord, how long shall I cry,

    And You will not hear?
    Even cry out to You, “Violence!”
    And You will not save. Habakkuk 1:2

    If God did NOT allow violence, the blood of Christ’s Cross could not have been sacrificed for our sins.

    This is a time that Muslims spend in study and prayer. Some will spend the whole night in prayer or in reciting the Qur’an.

    Lailat al Qadr is a good time to ask for forgiveness.

    Whoever establishes the prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah’s rewards (not to show off) then all his past sins will be forgiven.  Hadith, Bukhari Vol 1, Book 2:34

    IF this is a time for prayer and fasting in Islam, why must God use Mosques as morgues?

    God allows violence.  Every nation is a nation of sinners.  My nation, the United States is also a nation of sinners. Every man is a sinner.  Every woman is a sinner.

    Sin against God Almighty will be judged.  Sin of false prophets will be judged.  Sin of godless religious and national leaders will be judged. Sin of godless men will be judged.

    No night or month or years of prayer can attain the forgiveness of sin.

    Only the blood of Christ shed on the Cross is sufficient before God our Father to grant the mercy we do NOT deserve – the wonderful grace of our Father God’s love.

    Does that mean we should not pray?  Of course not.  Prayer to God our Father is answered in His time.  Do not pray to idols or angels or men who are dead.  We pray by the grace of the Blood of Christ Jesus.  Our Father loves us and listens to our prayers.

    “Therefore pray for the people of Egypt.  We pray for you in the Name of Christ Jesus, who shed His Blood on the Cross also for you.