Day 72 - Reading the New Testament in one year.
Praise Alert: Heather was back to church. Joshua is receiving rehabilitation. Blanca is in rehab…… improving.
Mark 13:21-37
21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
24 “But in those days, following that distress,
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a]
26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it[b] is near, right at the door. 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
The Day and Hour Unknown
32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard! Be alert[c]! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
March 13th The Heart-Knower
“I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” JEREMIAH 17:10
Who do we live to? Our orientation in our fallen nature is to live to ourselves — to our own reasoning mind, to our feelings, to our reactions, to our own analysis of ourselves. In the past the self has been our point of reference. When the self is our point of reference, we really do not know ourselves as we should in God’s light. In fact, according to the Scriptures, apart from Him we are prone to being deceived about ourselves. The self cannot accurately know the self. No one really knows himself without God’s light. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Who can know their own heart properly? We may think we are fine, when we are totally off. Or we may think we are off, when we are fine. Brothers and sisters, we are unable to know our hearts. God says that our hearts are desperately wicked, whether or not we agree with His diagnosis. It is God who asks the question, “Who can know the heart?”In Jeremiah 17:10 the Lord answers His own question. It is the Lord who knows and searches our hearts. He is even identified by a compound title in Greek — “the Heart-Knower” (Acts 1:24; 15:8). Thus, to know ourselves we must first come to know God. We may think we know ourselves by introspection, or by analyzing our own heart. We may imagine that we know ourselves rightly. But apart from being in fellowship with the Heart-Knower, we are prone to deception.furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” ROMANS 8:34 When our religious flesh is alive, trying to be justified by the works of the law, we unwittingly set ourselves up for a condemnation situation. But if our flesh is terminated, and the law- keeping “I” is crucified with Christ (Gal. 2:19-20), then there is not even a possibility of receiving any condemnation. We do not even have a chance to be condemned anymore. We died with Christ, and it is “no longer I who live.” Thus, Christ is now my relationship with condemnation.Paul is so clear about being a person in Christ who cannot be condemned that he begins to boldly challenge everyone in the universe. It is as if he was saying, “Are you (whoever you may be) going to condemn me? Are you going to bring a charge against me? Come and listen to me!” He declares in Romans 8:31-34, 31 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God ’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns?It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” Hallelujah! Paul totally ignores the possibility of being chargeable, or of whether or not the condemnation is perhaps legitimate. He does not give any ground for anyone to say anything against him. He does not answer the charges with himself, his record, or even his victorious Christian life. He only answers with Christ Jesus. It is Christ who died! It is Christ who is risen! It is Christ who is at the right hand of God making intercession for us! It is Christ who is our relationship with condemnation!
21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
24 “But in those days, following that distress,
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a]
26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it[b] is near, right at the door. 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
The Day and Hour Unknown
32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard! Be alert[c]! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
March 13th The Heart-Knower
“I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” JEREMIAH 17:10
Who do we live to? Our orientation in our fallen nature is to live to ourselves — to our own reasoning mind, to our feelings, to our reactions, to our own analysis of ourselves. In the past the self has been our point of reference. When the self is our point of reference, we really do not know ourselves as we should in God’s light. In fact, according to the Scriptures, apart from Him we are prone to being deceived about ourselves. The self cannot accurately know the self. No one really knows himself without God’s light. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Who can know their own heart properly? We may think we are fine, when we are totally off. Or we may think we are off, when we are fine. Brothers and sisters, we are unable to know our hearts. God says that our hearts are desperately wicked, whether or not we agree with His diagnosis. It is God who asks the question, “Who can know the heart?”In Jeremiah 17:10 the Lord answers His own question. It is the Lord who knows and searches our hearts. He is even identified by a compound title in Greek — “the Heart-Knower” (Acts 1:24; 15:8). Thus, to know ourselves we must first come to know God. We may think we know ourselves by introspection, or by analyzing our own heart. We may imagine that we know ourselves rightly. But apart from being in fellowship with the Heart-Knower, we are prone to deception.furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” ROMANS 8:34 When our religious flesh is alive, trying to be justified by the works of the law, we unwittingly set ourselves up for a condemnation situation. But if our flesh is terminated, and the law- keeping “I” is crucified with Christ (Gal. 2:19-20), then there is not even a possibility of receiving any condemnation. We do not even have a chance to be condemned anymore. We died with Christ, and it is “no longer I who live.” Thus, Christ is now my relationship with condemnation.Paul is so clear about being a person in Christ who cannot be condemned that he begins to boldly challenge everyone in the universe. It is as if he was saying, “Are you (whoever you may be) going to condemn me? Are you going to bring a charge against me? Come and listen to me!” He declares in Romans 8:31-34, 31 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God ’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns?It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” Hallelujah! Paul totally ignores the possibility of being chargeable, or of whether or not the condemnation is perhaps legitimate. He does not give any ground for anyone to say anything against him. He does not answer the charges with himself, his record, or even his victorious Christian life. He only answers with Christ Jesus. It is Christ who died! It is Christ who is risen! It is Christ who is at the right hand of God making intercession for us! It is Christ who is our relationship with condemnation!
A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Ariel, Ariana, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie, Derithia, Heather, Mia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Paul and Iyana, Robert, Shirley and family, and Willie.
Health and Healing
Health and Healing
Vonetta's mom and Willie
Support and Comfort
Praise Alert
Blanca is in rehab….improving.
Blanca is in rehab….improving.
National
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.
Conflict between citizens and police officer.
International
Israel and Palestine
Iraq
Iraq
Syrians
Ukraine
Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W1EdvUfaRY
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Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W1EdvUfaRY
No copyright infringement intended
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