Saturday, October 16, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
George Washington put our nation in the hands of God, for guidance.
"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."
These are two quotes from George Washington... all the more to know and believe that our country was founded on the principle that God is our leader and should have a direct hand in governing our nation... as per the interest of the founding fathers.
Jesus Forgives .. we ought follow him.
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic
When saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?” which is easier, to say ‘your sins are forgiven you, or to say, ‘Raise up and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins- He said to the man who was paralyzed, I say to you arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
(Luke5: 20-25)
The paralytic was unable to come to Jesus himself, but he was fortunate enough to have four friends who were able to get him to Jesus. These four are example of how friends ought to minister to one another and help needy sinners come to the Savior. To begin with, they had faith that Jesus would heal him, and it is faith that God honors. Their love for the man united them in their efforts so that nothing discouraged them, not even the crowd at the door. Jesus could have simply healed the man and sent him home, but instead, He used the opportunity to teach a lesson about sin and forgiveness. Certainly it was easier to say to the man, “your sins are forgiven!” than it was to say, “Raise up and walk!” Why?
Because nobody could prove whether or not his sins really were forgiven! Jesus took the harder approach and healed the man’s body, something everybody in the house could witness.
The healing was immediate and the people glorified God. But even more than receiving healing, the man experienced forgiveness and the start of a whole new life. Our Lord’s miracles not only demonstrated His deity and His compassion for needy people, but they also revealed important spiritual lessons about salvation. They were “object lessons” to teach spiritually blind people what God could do for them if only they would believe in His Son. Amen
We Should Be Accepting... But be ye careful in choice of friends
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. (Romans 15:7)
Accepting others does not come easy. We live in the world where society (the world) teaches us we do not have to put up with this or that... we do not have to accept this or that... we to not have to do this or that...
But do you ever think of the long suffering consequences we are faced with when we live life as the world rather than that as a child of God? If we learn to accept others for who they are, we do not expect more of them than we are willing to give of ourselves... just the best we can be. In some, the best may be just getting them to crack half a smile. But, that is just who they are.
Christ died on the cross -- accepting EVERYONE with all their faults and sins -- to save us from our sins. If he can do that for us, then shouldn't we at least try a little harder to do that for our brothers and sisters?
Ya know, we do not have to like how they live or what they believe... we do not have to run with them or behave like them.... but as a Christian, it is our job to have acceptance of others. We should be showing them the light we possess and with hope, we will have made progress to bring another brother or sister with us into the mansions of glory our Father has waiting for us.
Everyone does not have to be unitary, just have a bit of charity in your heart and even in the worst, know there is better trying to surface. Accept them. Give them hope and faith. Give them love and understanding. For God does that for all of us. We are to be godly, as Christ. Tho we ourselves will have sin, we should not throw stones lest we have no sin of our own.
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