Matthew 8:14-15 – I Corinthians 9:5
No! Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law – his wife’s mother. Also, he traveled and preached with his wife.
Book of Leviticus – Matthew 5:18 – Colossians 2:14 – Hebrews chap. 8-9 – Hebrews 14:16 – John 19:28-30
No! There were 600 commandments in the Law of Moses, not just the famous 10. This old covenant required stoning people to death for adultery, offering blood sacrifices, donating 1/3 of their income to God, etc., etc. Jesus nailed them to the cross. Jesus said not one dot of the Law of Moses would end until all is fulfilled. Jesus fulfilled them all. How? He actually kept the Law of Moses perfectly and never sin. And he fulfilled every prophecy about him in the Old Testament.
When someone is in shock, the worst thing you can give them is a drink; it almost always causes immediate death. Our creator and savior knew this. His body was in shock on the cross. The last thing he did was to ask for a drink, then announce “It is finished” – “It is completed” – ‘It is fulfilled”.
Matthew 4:24 – Matthew 9:32 – Matthew 10:1 – Matthew 12:22 – Matthew 17:18 – Mark 5:1-20 – Luke 4:33-36 – Luke 10:17 – Acts 6:16-18
No! Examine the Bible. God allowed demons to reveal themselves only during the lifetime of Jesus and his apostles. Jesus ordered them out to show his power over Satan.
Notice, he did not do exorcisms and beg them to come out. They were afraid of him. He ordered them. He commanded them. He never begged them.
There is no mention of demon possession in any writings after the time of the apostles including the “Apostolic Fathers” or “Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History.” Demons having access to our world ceased by the end of the New Testament.
Matthew 4:21-22 – Matthew 27:56 – Mark 16:40 – John 19:25
James and John were sons of Zebedee. At the cross later was the mother of the sons of Zebedee. Her name was Salome, and she was “the sister of Mary”. James and John had known Jesus all their life. They were cousins! Mary and Joseph were their aunt and uncle.
Matthew 4:16 – Psalm 23:4
No! For the Christian, light has come to the shadow of death. Zechariah, John the Baptist’s father, said so when he prophesied the soon-coming Messiah – Jesus.
Matthew 4:13 & 18-20 – John 1:44 – Luke 5:10
No! Peter and Andrew lived in Bethsaida. By then, Jesus had moved from Nazareth to Capernaum, a fishing town just a little way up the coast from Bethsaida. James and John (who were related to Jesus) were their fishing partners.
Isaiah 9:6-7
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
The child will be a Son
The Son will also be the Counselor (Holy Spirit)
The son will also be the Father
The son will also be God
Ah, how can I praise you enough, Jehovah God? You are so good to me. You poured out your heart to the world in your Bible. How lucky I am to have a copy of it and live where anyone can have as many copies as they like. Lord God, I adore you. You are so high, I delight to follow you and try to reach up as high as you do. You’re never quite so far that I cannot sometimes touch you. To know you is to love you. You are my God and will be forever.
Thank you, God, for freedom to study your Book of all books. I have a copy of your very own words. How amazing. Every word is so fascinating. You pour out your heart and withhold nothing of your plans, emotions, and doings. And thank you for the exhilarating gift of mind that allows humans to know of your existence and to understand who you are. Thank you for making me so much in your image that I have your same emotions, instinctively long for wisdom, and delight in creating. Thank you for all that I am.
The scripture for today, July 7 (7/7), is Matthew 7:7 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“Ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.”
How beautiful. The Creator of the universe pays attention to each and every one of us. How does he do it? How does he even sort us all out when thousands of us are praying to him at the same time?
But sometimes you may think he is not listening to your prayers. It takes time to answer some of them. If I am praying to meet my future husband or wife, God may have to move him or her from the other side of the country, get a new job for him or her and arrange for the two of you to “accidentally” bump into each other. This is just one example.
At other times you may ask for something like winning a ball game. When Jesus said whatever we seek will be given to you, he had already explained that you must “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). So, within that context, God will give you your heart’s desire.
Maybe today, you can do a little bit of extra seeking and extra knocking.
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The scripture for today, July 2 (7/2), is Proverbs 7:2ff , as found in the Old Testament of the Bible.
“Keep my commands, and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’ and call understanding your kinsman.”
It is popular today for people to reject Christianity because they don’t like rules. That is not logical. Everything in life has rules ~ getting tired, and having to sleep is a rule, eating to stay alive is a rule, not running your car into someone else’s car is a rule. True Christianity has the same kind of logical rules.
But it seems, everywhere we turn, we are given differing religious rules and way too many. They cannot all be true, yet people who give them seems to be so good. They all pray and do good deeds and never kill, cheat, or steal.
How can they all be right when they contradict each other? Preachers and creeds and elders and dogmas. No wonder people are turned off by “organized religion”. When it comes down to it, only God’s opinion counts.
So how do we get God’s opinion? We look up everything in the Bible using the keyword we are concerned about. We look it up for ourselves and decide for ourselves. We do not let other people decide for us.
Well, how do we find all those verses? By using a concordance, which is like a large dictionary listing all the words in the Bible and what verses carry those words. It is the size of a large-city telephone book. You can also get it on the internet free here: http://bibletab.com/
So today, look up something about Christianity you have always been curious about. It will open up a whole new world for you. Then you’ll have wisdom, understanding, and God’s opinion.
All praises belong to you, my Lord and my God, for your intelligence and wisdom. You put together this whole material world. What I learn about this world you created helps me understand better your spiritual world. What I learn about life in this world helps me understand true life in your world. How awesome and amazing it all is. How awesome and amazing you are. More than I can grasp but tantalizing and testing me to try. And you smile. It is what you planned for me to do. You wanted me to touch you.
And it rained a little bit last night. The night before the sky was so clear with no moon and the stars glistened like diamonds. Oh, the enchantments you bring with the changes in the sky, each good in their own way. Storm clouds, rainbows, funny-shaped clouds, sunsets and sunrises. Ah, my Lord, thank you.
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Heaven stirs. The song comes near. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Angel wings are heard then stilled. Prayers rise from earth and soar to your majestic throne. The mountains declare your glory and the ocean answers with a mighty roar. Your love is like trees in a storm, bending but not breaking, and coming back stronger than ever. My praises break forth from my heart, dear Lord, in jubilation. The forests shiver in excitement and the tiniest creature answers with its tiny squeak.
Your love melts the hardest heart and chases away the worst sinful thoughts. Your love strengthens the weakest heart and makes it bold in the face of fear. Your love shouts from the mountain tops in glistening white purity and spreads delight, wonder, and exultation to those willing to look up. You emerge from the depths of the oceans in face of storms, for nothing can hold you back. You reign from the heavens and are all glorious. Whatever I do, you are there. Whether I run or walk, you are there. Whether I work or rest, you are there. You are in my song and in my silence.
It is dawn. The sun is shining today. We have had a lot of rain and that made the gardens happy. Now the sun is back, gleaming in a deep blue sky while cottony white clouds bounce here and there in satisfaction. Delightful serendipity, no matter what the heavens bring day by day, I thank you for that. And I smile.
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