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What’s good about Good Friday?
15 April, in the year of our Lord, 2022:

Looking for a question that will trip-up nearly any 21st c. christian?
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And since I have answered it before rather than answering it yet once more today on this GOOD FRIDAY, I will point you (my christian, jewish and anti-Christ friends) to previous Good Friday posts on which perhaps you might comment (publicly or privately) in this year of our Lord 2022.
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Why do you call a day JESUS was killed on a Cross good; what GOOD is it to you or for me?

Look at the NEWS of today (and I dare say NONE of it is ‘Good News.’
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CLICK FOR example of BBC World News
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- Is ‘god’ even news-worthy?
- Does your local forecast not give more credibility to Mother Nature?
- Even TgIF may soon give way to some new credit.
It’s GUNS that kill, COVID which kills, FOSSIL FUELS will kill, the OTHER political party who kills everything right & GOOD!

Tell me, How can JESUS make anything about TODAY good?

GOD IS GOOD (Believe Him; or not)

Will you believe David?

19:1 למנצח מזמור לדוד׃ (19:2) השמים מספרים כבוד־אל ומעשה ידיו מגיד הרקיע׃
Masoretic Text Psalm 19:1-2

The heavens tell of the glory of God;
And their expanse declares the work of His hands.
Psalm 19:1b NASB20 – The Works and the Word of God.

Will you believe Moses? מֹשֶׁה

וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַיָּד הַגְּדֹלָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה בְּמִצְרַיִם וַיִּֽירְאוּ הָעָם אֶת־יְהוָה וַיַּֽאֲמִינוּ בַּֽיהוָה וּבְמֹשֶׁה עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ פ
https://www.blueletterbible.org/nasb20/exo/14/31/t_conc_64031

When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses.

Exodus 14: Now the LORD spoke to Moses..:31
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This is the victory of the LORD after His Passover of good woshipers among the Hebrews when the LORD killed the firstborns of the land. 
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Will you believe the [Gospel] GOOD NEWS of John 5?

“Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same way..

“For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father..

You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me..
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Yet truthfully -- and sadly -- not only do many jews no longer believe Scripture, but too many 'evangelical christians' no longer hold to the Way, the Truth & the Life of the Scriptures either.
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“How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
Gospel of John 5:45[46]-47 NASB20 + Challenge of the Messiah Jesus to those who refuse to believe Scripture.

Will you believe the Bible?

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.”
Galatians 3:8

All Scripture is [God-breathed] inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for [reprimand] rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be [proficient] fully capable, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NASB20

Why don’t YOU Talk of JESUS?
- I don’t talk of GOD.
- I don’t care about the Israel of David.
- I don’t think Moses applies anymore.
- Certainly JESUS is not GOOD NEWS for most!
- I do NOT believe the the BIBLE is TRUTH (for me).
IF these are YOUR excuses to say that GOOD FRIDAY is NOT GOOD NEWS for YOU, you will not want to Talk of JESUS [HERE, or anywhere else].

For salvation is only for those the Lord will choose as His faithful remnant who will believe.

Good Friday’s past
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PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS [privately or publically] OR any of my previous posts which include, of course, OTHER GOOD Fridays and RESURRECTION SUNDAYS. - rh 
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The Veil torn on Good Friday + Witness of a story & Scripture

Good Friday in the year of our Lord, 2021

Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross

Good Friday in the year of our Lord, 2015 + Roger’s personal witness to the Holy Spirit of God

And don’t miss yesterday’s post:

Blood on the night in which He was betrayed

14 April in the year of our Lord, 2022
April 15, 2022
Nehemiah 9 – The People Confess Their Sins
Today’s Short Take on Scripture focuses on confession.

Yesterday this personal conviction came to mind from imprinted corporate confession of the church. (You’re church may not use such a confession, but should they lead us in this way?)

Confession of Sin Before Communion

Corporate Confession of Sin by the Church
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From the Anglican BCP [Book of Common Prayer] (public domain, source not secure)
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Minister and People
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Almighty God,
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
maker of all things, judge of all men:

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,
which we from time to time most grievously have committed,
by thought, word, and deed, against thy divine Majesty,
provoking most Justly thy wrath and indignation against us.
We do earnestly repent,
and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings;
the remembrance of them is grievous unto us,
the burden of them is intolerable.
Have mercy upon us,
have mercy upon us, most merciful Father;
for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
forgive us all that is past;
and grant that we may ever hereafter
serve and please thee in newness of life,
to the honor and glory or thy Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Excerpts Nehemiah 9:
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New King James Version; Неемія 9
 Ukrainian Bible; Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition; נחמיה The Westminster Leningrad Codex; Неемия 9 New Russian Translation
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A corporate Confession of Sin after the jews rebuild the second temple

9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads. Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers..

And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for one-fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God..

“You came down also on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven,
And gave them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.

“But they and our fathers acted proudly,
Hardened their necks,
And did not heed Your commandments.
They refused to obey,
And they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.
But they hardened their necks,
And in their rebellion [They].. [sinned: a long list of confession]
Nehemiah 16-17a – Corporate Confession of Sin by the people prior to rededication to worship of the Lord God

30 Yet for many years You had patience with them..

But we have done wickedly.
34 Neither our kings nor our princes,
Our priests nor our fathers,
Have kept Your law,
Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies,
With which You testified against them..

“Here we are, servants today!
Nehemiah 9:36a NKJV

For You are God, gracious and merciful.

32 “Now therefore, our God,
The great, the mighty, and awesome God,
Who keeps covenant and mercy:
Do not let all the trouble seem small before You
That has come upon us,
Our kings and our princes,
Our priests and our prophets,
Our fathers and on all Your people,
From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

“And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.”
9:38 [NKJV] (WLC 10:1)וּבְכָל־זֹאת אֲנַחְנוּ כֹּרְתִים אֲמָנָה וְכֹתְבִים וְעַל הֶֽחָתוּם שָׂרֵינוּ לְוִיֵּנוּ כֹּהֲנֵֽינוּ׃

My question for your COMMENT is:

How should the people confess OUR SINS?
Roger@TalkofJESUS.COM
March 4, 2022
Did God really say..? – DOCTRINE of the BIBLE – 2
Did God really say ‘ALL SCRIPTURE?‘

What DOCTRINES do you choose?

Do you choose what God said selectively from among scriptures?

I am a theologian; that is, I study God. Yet how? And where do I seek answers about God? Which books of the Bible? What verses?

Who should I believe in my choices about the Doctrine of Scripture?
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You won't want to miss some definitions and important church history in Part 1 linked below 
or our first doctrinal post on the holiness of God.
{These links may also be found in the talkofJESUS.com menu & will open in a new tab.}
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Introduction to Doctrine of the Bible – Part 2:

Questions about God

Imagine for a moment that YOU are the only man (adam) or woman, if you will.

I suppose the best place to meet the LORD is in Paradise — and here in the HOLY Presence of The Other, YOU are a man WITHOUT SIN!

Of course you recognize from Genesis in the LAW of Moses this Paradise you have never seen. Here you stand in Eden in the Presence of the LORD!

Observe this illustrative truth from the Holy Bible:

The LORD GOD is HOLY and until MAN (adam) sins, so were we.

Therefore we began this series with the Doctrine of the Holiness of God.

So here you imagine yourself — in Eden – walking with the Holy Lord God.

In the beginning, The LAW

(Do you believe the entire Creation narrative of Moses?)

אַף כִּֽי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים

“Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’? ”
Genesis 3:1b CSB

Of course most of us will recognize what seems to be a legitimate question from near the beginning of the Bible when the serpent hissed against the LORD, ‘Did God really say..’

Yes, it would have been a legitimate question IF the questioner had not already known the TRUTH of the command of the LORD God. But Scripture records Satan’s cunning in Genesis . (He knew, but twisted truth.)

Sin is turning away from God

YOU questioned God’s truth.

Temptation of Eve

On behalf of all mankind for perpetuity, YOU crossed the line of obeying God’s commands.

Here you now wander into the darkness beyond Paradise .. continually asking, ‘DID GOD REALLY SAY..?’

And do not think, my fellow fallen saint, that you will choose what is TRUE without seeking the Lord.

Do not ask the one who hisses against Jesus Christ, any tempter who doubts what God said, since the LORD’s command to obey is what they will not do.

SO WHERE DO WE FIND TRUTH?

DOCTRINE – What do you believe?

Do you choose what God said?

Where do you draw your line in the sand about believing the Doctrines of the Bible?
Some preachers don’t believe in Satan or some truths about Christ. (What else won’t they believe from Holy Scripture?)
Roger@talkofJesus.com

ALL of these TRUTHS are witnessed in Scripture. They give mortals many glances at Paradise and eternal life with the LORD God.

You just imagined yourself to be in the Presence of the Lord in Eden on behalf of the generations, but you crossed the line and wandered into the darkness of sin.

O man! I have asked myself, “Did God really say? Then I made excuses to the LORD for my sin.”

What is the ONLY BOOK where one made in the image of God can discern the TRUE words of WHAT GOD HAS SAID?

The HOLY Bible
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To be continued...
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NEXT: More in Doctrine of the Bible – 3
July 10, 2021