Inspiration

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

 

Matthew 5:44,”But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…”

 

Jesus is telling us to not only pray for everyone, but to love everyone. It’s so easy to love those who love you and so difficult to love those who would do you harm. We need to work and develop a loving attitude; work I say because it will be work for many, if not all. It’s so easy to get riled up and angry but if we work at it we can eventually develop an attitude of response to all things in life in a loving way.

 

I will be the first one to admit the way I respoind at times is not always the way Jesus would desire for me; however, I will listen to my own advice today and WORK at it. 

 

Inspiration

READ THE BIBLE

 

It’s always satisfying when one’s opinion is confirmed and especially if it’s confirmed by Jesus. John 4:4 Jesus answered,”Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

 

Comes from where, from the mouth of God? How can we ‘hear’ God if He doesn’t speak to us as he did to the Prophets of old? The Bible is the inspired word of God and when we open His word He will ‘speak’ to those who are sincere and desire to know the truth.  

Romans 10:17 says: “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.”

 

 

 

Inspiration

MY BELOVED SON

 

 

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” (Mt.3:17)

 

Would you like God to be well pleased with you? If we understand why God was pleased with Jesus it would be possible. Jesus pleased His Father because He obeyed Him and He loved Him. Isn’t this what Jesus told us when He replaced the 10 commandments with: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart’ and ‘love your neighbor as you would yourself.’ see Mark 30:30, 31.

 

 

 

 

Inspiration

THE INTERVENTION

 

God had to intervene when Herod attempted to kill Jesus because he, as well as all of Jerusalem, feared the arrival of the One who was described as the King of the Jews by the Magi (wise men). Again we see prophecy being fulfilled in Jesus, Mt. 2:6 that tells of the ‘ruler, the shepherd of the sheep’ that will come out of Bethlehem, (Micah 5:2).

 

There is so much prophecy fulfilled in Jesus that one has to wonder why people have a problem accepting Him as Lord and Savior. We know why as evidenced by the stubbornness and hard heartedness of people throughout history.   

 

Jesus is indeed the Savior of the world as we read His declaration in John 14:6: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  

                                       

 

 

 

Inspiration

BE ON THE ALERT

 

Jude 1:4:”For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.”

 

This is the last book I will be writing about in this book, however I believe it is most appropriate because it gives us pause and time to think of Jude’s message.

 

We should always be on the alert for false teachers; they come in many forms such as: organizations, cults, self- proclaimed preachers and even some religions. As Jude said they are actually godless people who try to create a following to achieve their own agenda which does not necessarily lead to the God of the Bible.

 

Jude is an excellent example of why it is so important, so very important to heed the last word in all my letters:

 

Please, please read the Bible to discover the truth.