HELP ME TO KNOW YOU LORD - A Girl vs Almighty

God the Healer

2012-09-02T20:52:00.001-07:00

Allmee : O God, help me never to lose sight of the fact that You are able to heal........even when for some reason I am not healed,...... I know You have drawn closer to me than I could possibly have imagined......

Almighty:
(Divine purpose)
Exodus 15: 26
".... I am the Lord, who heals you."...

(Healing may not come but God's strength always does)

Isaiah 40:29-31

He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.

(Some more strength)
Isaiah 41:10

So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

(The comfort God gives you can be used to comfort others)
2 Corinthians 1:4

who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Heart: My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

False Sense of Security

2012-08-15T00:35:00.003-07:00

Allmee: My Christian friend is living a sinful lifestyle.....still thinking that God understands....

Almighty:

Jeremiah 7:5-10

⁵But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice;

⁶only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols.

⁷Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.

⁸“‘Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will never suffer because the Temple is here. It’s a lie! ⁹Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours, ¹⁰and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again?

1 John 3:9

Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s lifeis in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.

Heart:

But I will be merciful only if you do not make a practice of sinning. 1 John 3:9

does not mean that you cannot sin— it simply means that if you will obey the life of God in you, that you do not have to sin. Turn to me and experience true safety.

Revere God ....coz He overcame

2012-06-28T06:17:00.003-07:00

Allmee: Why God should be reverenced........?

Almighty:
Psalms 103:4
But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.

Heart: I am good and forgiving, abounding in love to all who call upon Me.......

Idols

2012-06-23T06:56:00.001-07:00

Allmee: Lord I feel sad whenever I see someone worship idols........I was once an idols worshipper....now, I am thankful to have a God-Yahwey that knows & loves me....

Almighty:
(This was how Paul felt and what he did)

Acts 17:16
¹⁶ While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:22-29

²² Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. ²³ For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.

²⁴ “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. ²⁵ And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. ²⁶ From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.

²⁷ God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. ²⁸ ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’^[a] As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’^[b]²⁹ “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.

Heart : I am the truth, the way and life.

The Lord's pleasure

2012-04-02T08:56:00.002-07:00

Allmee: I always trouble by my inability to express myself verbally. I think it hinders my ability to serve You, Lord.......

Almighty:

Psalm 147:10-11

¹⁰ His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,

nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

¹¹ the LORD delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Heart: To me, the most important thing is not physical strength but what is in your heart.

Assurance

2012-03-18T21:42:00.000-07:00

Allmee: You seem far from me again....... I desperately need the assurance that You are here with me.....

Almighty:

( No ophant is in God's family)
John 14:18
¹⁸ I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

( Take a step closer to God)
James 4:8

⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands,
you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

( Those who ask - get!)

Isaiah 58:9-10

⁹ Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;

you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,

with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

¹⁰ and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry

and satisfy the needs of the oppressed

then your light will rise in the darkness,

and your night will become like the noonday.

( God cannot go back on His Word)

2 Timothy 2:13

¹³ if we are faithless,

He remains faithful,

for He cannot disown Himself.

Heart: I'm near you.

Is God Good????

2012-03-11T18:50:00.001-07:00

Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t
you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer
even though he prayed to GOD to heal
him. Most of us would attempt to help
others who are ill. But GOD didn’t . How
is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ?
Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD
good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come
from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is
there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ?
And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student :Yes
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness?
Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these
terrible things exist in the world, don’t
they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5
Senses you use to identify and observe
the world around you. Tell me, son,
have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard
your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD,
tasted your GOD, smell your GOD? Have
you ever had any sensory perception of
GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical,
Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says your GOD doesn’t exist.
What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the
problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a
thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as
cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t .
(The lecture theatre became very quiet
with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat,
even more heat, superheat, mega heat,
white heat, a little heat or no heat. But
we don’t have anything called cold. We
can hit 458 degrees below zero which is
no heat, but we can’t go any further
after that. There is no such thing as
cold. Cold is only a word we use to
describe the absence of heat. We
cannot measure cold. Heat is energy.
Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just
the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the
lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness,
Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there
isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir.
Darkness is the absence of something.
You can have low light, normal light,
bright light, flashing light. But if you
have no light constantly, you have
nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it?
In reality, darkness isn’t . If it is, were
you would be able to make darkness
darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are
making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your
philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain
how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the
premise of duality. You argue there is
life and then there is death, a good GOD
and a bad GOD. You are viewing the
concept of GOD as something finite,
something we can measure. Sir, Science
can’t even explain a thought. It uses
electricity and magnetism, but has never
seen, much less fully understood either
one. To view death as the opposite of
life is to be ignorant of the fact that
death cannot exist as a substantive
thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the
absence of it. Now tell me, Professor,
do you teach your students that they
evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the
natural evolutionary process, yes, of
course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed
evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a
smile, beginning to realize where the
argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever
observed the process of evolution at
work and cannot even prove that this
process is an on-going endeavor. Are
you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are
you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class
who has ever seen the Professor’s
brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has
ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it,
touched or smelt it? No one appears to
have done so. So, according to the
established Rules of Empirical, Stable,
Demonstrable Protocol, Science says
that you have no brain, sir. With all due
respect, sir, how do we then trust your
lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor
stared at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take
them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The
link between man & GOD is FAITH. That
is all that keeps things alive and moving.
P.S.
I believe you have enjoyed the
conversation. And if so, you’ll probably
want your friends /colleagues to enjoy
the same, won’t you?
Forward this to increase their
knowledge … or FAITH.
By the way, that student was EINSTEIN

Mad

2012-02-21T04:39:00.001-08:00

Allmee: Sue shouted at me like a mad dog! I feel hurt, angry, frustrated......

Almighty:

1 Peter 5:7 (Hand over to God your issue)

Cast all your anxiety on him because He cares for you.

Proverbs 17:9 (Love never failed)

whoever would foster love covers over an offense,

but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 19:11 (Overlook an offence = spiritual freedom)

A person’s wisdom yields patience;

it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

Romans 8:28 (God's skill at turning blocks into blessings)

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who^[a] have been called according to his purpose.

Psalm 34:18 (God saves us from heart-ache)

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Hebrews 12:15 (Unforgiveness can ruin our life)

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

Heart: My peace I gave to you.......I can take your life dissapointments and make them work for you rather than against you. I am closer than you think.....

IMAGINATION

2012-02-12T08:04:00.000-08:00

Allmee: How shall I bring my thought captive under your Word, Lord?

Almighty:
Isaiah 40:26-31 (Look at the tremendous treasure in nature)
²⁶ Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:

   Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
   and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
   not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 26:3 (Associates idea worthy of God)

³ You will keep in perfect peace

those whose minds are steadfast,

because they trust in you.

2 Peter 1:12-14 (Provoke yourself by recollection of God's goodness and etc, your affection for God will definitely increase)

¹² So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. ¹³ I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, ¹⁴ because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. (Peter said)

Heart: Imagination is the power I give to you to posit yourself out of yourself, so that you'll come close to me.

SINGING SONGS OF PRAISE

2012-02-08T19:26:00.000-08:00

Allmee: Why people love to sing praises to You? Don't they get tired?

Almighty: Zephaniah 3:17-
The LORD your God is with you,
   the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
   in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
   but will rejoice over you with singing.”

Heart : Each time you sing.... you are reminded that you are not alone, I am with you always.

HINDERANCES TO PRAYER - Part 2

2008-10-22T22:12:00.000-07:00

Read the following scriptures. Re-reading several times will help you meditate upon the meaning of God's word. Listen for what the Spirit of God is saying to you through the word.

Isa 59:1-2Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.
Ezek 14:1-3Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me. Then the word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?

Prov 1:24-30But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you-- when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke.

HINDRANCES OF PRAYER - Part I

2008-10-15T23:54:00.000-07:00

Read the following scriptures. Re-reading these several times will help you meditate upon the meaning of God's word. Listen for what the Spirit of God is saying to you through the word.

Ps 66:188If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

Hag 1:6, 9-11You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."

"You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house. Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the oil and whatever the ground produces, on men and cattle, and on the labor of your hands."

Do

2008-06-25T03:56:00.000-07:00

Allmee :
Lord, even though I have been reading Your word for so many times now, but I am still not sure what are the things I should do for Your…….

Almighty :
Matthew 28:19-24
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to OBEY everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

John 14:15
If you love me, keep my commands.

1 Corinthians 10:31-32 (Just start with this)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble,………

1 Thessalonians 4:1-3 (Do everything to please God)
Finally, brother we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more……..It is God’s will that you should be sanctified;………

Micah 6:8He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Deut 10:12-13
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for?

Ephesians 5:1
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children.....

Heart :
Seek My will in all you do, and I will show you which path to take (Proverbs 3:6). A conscious choice you must make to do what is right. This is My will for you.

Fear of Uncertainty

2008-02-29T01:04:00.000-08:00

Allmee:
Dear Lord, uncertainty in life can really grip my heart......

Almighty:
Mark 16:7 (God is going ahead of us)
But go, tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.'"

Psalms 23:4 (God is with us)
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff,they comfort me.

Rom 8:15-16
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

Ps 46:1-2 (Our present help)
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear......

Heart:
I will always go ahead and make your path straight. Know that you can never be able to go where I have not been. So seek Me always.

The Deliverance

2007-12-31T00:50:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Lord, when You say You will never leave nor forsake us, does that mean, we are free from all trouble?

Almighty :
Psalms 34:19-20A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

Psalms 34:22The Lord redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him..

Psalms 34:6This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; He saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry.

Heart :
I will protect and deliver my own children from all their fears when they cry out to me and draw near to me.

What/When to Pray

2007-12-12T15:48:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Lord, so many things on my mind, so many needs in my life, do I list them all out to You when I pray? Do I have time for all that?

Almighty :
1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray continually;

Colossians 4:2 (Being watchful, you’ll know what to pray)Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Ephesians 6:18 (Things that are on your mind)And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Heart :
Time spent fellowshipping with me in prayer is worth spending because when you pray, you do not just get anything, but the best from Me!

The Book of Psalms

2007-12-04T01:48:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
The Book of Psalms, some people say this is a book of worship, what can I learn from it……..

Almighty :
Psalm 19: 7-11
(Our soul – How to be saved)The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.

(Our mind – How to think)The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

(Our heart – Positive feelings)
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.

(Our eyes – Be filled with light and not darkness)
The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

(Our hands – Do it for the glory of God)
The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.

(Our conscience – Clear conscience makes right decision)
The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous.

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Heart :
Do desire for My Word, warned by these and make sure you keep them for they will bring you
great reward.

How to Stop Feeling Depress

2007-11-27T18:08:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Lord, my emotion often goes up and down. When I am emotionally down, I’ll tend to think You’ve forgotten about me………

Almighty :
Psalms 121: 3-6 (God watches you)
He will not let your foot slip – he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over you – the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

Isaiah 49:15
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

Psalms 37:28 (Never – no.1)
For the Lord loves the just and will not (never?) forsake his faithful ones.

Joshua 1:5 (Never – no.2)
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Hebrew 13:5 (Never – no.3 & no.4)
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Heart :
My child, I watch over you even when you are asleep. I cannot forget you and I will never leave nor forsake you. Could you please remember this promise and be confident in my leading?

Becoming the Child of God

2007-11-25T19:02:00.000-08:00

(This was how Allmee became a child of God some years ago before she started talking to God)
Someone sent by God said:Without Jesus we are all lost in the darkness – without hope as we are without God. But all that can change if you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior.

(Allmee made up her mind after she had thought to herself that what is there to lose if she would just receive Jesus as her personal savior and expect the change and hopethat would come with it.)

Allmee prayed :
God, I see myself as a sinner in need of grace. Your light has shone into my life and exposed my pitch-black heart. For Jesus Christ is the light. I now trust what You have said in Your Word. I believe Your Son, Jesus died in my place on the cross and took my punishment for sin. I receive Jesus now. Let His light, light up my life. I am excited to be Your child. Thank you Abba Father. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen

How to Read the Bible

2007-11-21T22:36:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Lord, please show me how I should read my Bible……….

Almighty :
Isaiah 28: 9 (The beginners)
“Who is it He is trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?

Isaiah 28:10 (One line at a time)
“For it is:
Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there,”

2 Timothy 3:14-17 (Apply your heart to it)
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Job 32:8 (Understanding comes from God)
But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

Heart :
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. (Psalms 32:8)

Good Heart

2007-11-15T00:53:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Lord, how do You define ‘A Person with Good Heart’?

Almighty :
Luke 8:15 (who bear good fruits)
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Heart :
Together with my salvation grace, a good heart will help you to break the power of sin.

God is Holy

2007-11-13T00:43:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Lord, You said in the Bible that if I abide in You, You’ll abide in me. I want to know how (the way) a person can abide in You…..
Almighty :
Psalms 15 ( The man who abides with God - of David)
1.Lord, who may dwell in Your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?
2.He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart.3.and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellow man.
4.who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his oath even when it hurts,
5.who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

1 John 3:10………Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.Heart :
I am Holy, therefore be holy. (1 Peter 1:16). My child, I want you to be holy that you can abide/remain in Me.

How God Looks at Hurtful Feelings

2007-11-08T18:22:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Hurtful situations bring so much pain to my heart, how do I handle these feelings?

Almighty :
Ezekiel 24:16-17 (Ezekiel’s wife died)
“Son of man, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears. Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead…….”

Ezekiel 24:17 (Acknowledge, be in touch with the pain he felt inwardly)
Groan quietly; do not mourn the dead…….”

Ezekiel 24:17 (Outwardly, controlled the expression of his feelings)
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead…….”

Jeremiah 31:16
This is what the Lord says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, ……”

Psalms 43:5 (of David)
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Acts 13:22………”I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.”

Heart :
Come to Me, fully expressing your feelings to Me. I am your help. Have hope in My comfort and sufficiency.

Sin of a Father

2007-11-07T04:58:00.000-08:00

Allmee :
Will the sin of a father be passed down to the children?

Almighty :
1 King 13:9-12 (Jeroboam 931-910 B.C.)
You have done more evil than all who lived before you…………Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel-slave or free…………..the boy will die.

Ezekiel 18:2-4 (Ezekiel 593-571 B.C.)
The word of the Lord came to me: “ What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:
“’The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?”
“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. For every living soul belongs to me, the father as well as the son-both alike belong to me. The soul who sins is the one who will die.”

Ezekiel 18:14-20 (God is a fair God)
………He will not die for his father’s sin, he will surely live………

Ezekiel 18:21“But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.”

Ezekiel 18:24
“But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live? None of the righteous things he has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness he is guilty of and because of the sins he has committed, he will die.”

Heart :
I do not hold anyone accountable for the evils of preceding generations. I will judge my people for their own evil.

Ordinary Life

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“……build yourselves up in your most holy faith…….” (Jude 20)

As Oswald Chambers wrote in his popular devotion:

“…….We do not need the grace of God to stand crisis, human nature and pride are sufficient, we can face the strain magnificently; but it does require the supernatural grace of God to live twenty-four hours in every day as a saint, to go through drudgery as a disciple, to live an ordinary, unobserved, ignored existence as a disciple of Jesus. It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God; but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, and this
is not learned in five minutes.”