Matthew 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Exodus Chapter 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is. Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
When I became born again I was translated out of darkness into His marvelous light : I am in the kingdom of God now : His Grace is sufficient and I will continually grow in Grace , which teaches me to deny ungodliness : To fear God is to have a reverential Trust in Him , in His word : to serve Him acceptably means to me is to walk in Faith in His word and leadership of Holy Spirit which is one in the same . It takes His Grace to serve Him acceptably.
The Kingdom we receive is inside us when God grants us piece, and if he has delivered us from evil through prayer in secret then we must remember to honour our loving God the Father so that we are never in the hands of the enemy, it would be foolish not to fear God who can do such amazing things for us. What an amazing big God he is.
AFTER SALVATION, WE MUST LEARN TO FIGHT SATAN WHICH HATES US AND GOD...SATAN OFFERED THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD TO OUR LORD.....THE WORLD, THE FLESH, THE DEVIL WE WILL BE FIGHTING TILL WE DIE OR CHRIST COMES
THE WORLD (RICHES OF WORLD) THE FLESH (OUR SINS, SELFISH DESIRES, EVIL THOUGHTS ETC) THE DEVIL (FALSE TEACHERS AND WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING ETC
Hebrews 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; James 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
The great cloud of witnesses in 12:1 couldn't refer to the faith heroes of chapter 11 since vs 39 says they never saw their promise, or Christ, other than in shadow. I think it refers to the people in Christ's time who saw the resurrection as they did witness it.
verse 2 says "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."the joy that was set before him made him endure the cross, He had a purpose, he loved doing what would bring his purpose to accomplishment despite the cost, dear friends let it not be in vain, be a beneficially of the blood shed on the cross. And in our daily lives, let us emulate Christ Jesus, loving the work we do despite the toil and cost, the bible says that and in everything we do we do it as for the Lord,it will be easy while done out of love,the grace of God will always be sufficient for us, God bless you.
God is longing to bless us and heal us. Jesus already restores our Soul and have forgiven our sins when Jesus redeemed us on the cross. But sometimes because of our disobedience we are chastened. When the storm comes into our life we dont know what to do if we dont have Christ in our life. Jesus is the only Savior, He who opens his door for him will be saved. We must show our obedience to his words in order for us to see the Glory of God as his mercy and love endureth forever. What a promising God and always faithful to his words. Thanks to Jesus and keep praising his blood as his precious blood washed our ungodly sins. Praise you Lord and thanks for your blood i will love you Jesus forever until rapture. Amen
V6 to me means that when we sin intentionally or unintentionally, God withdraws His grace from us for a season, so that we know we cannot do without Him. This leads to repentance and a renewed desire for His word, prayer and holy living that His holy name may once again be glorified in our lives. Woe to you whose sins go unpunished know it I not well with you. Later a recompense shall be made.
The difference in the interpretations of "author and finisher " is interesting. I found this page because it dawned on me that the writer may have meant the author and finisher of our faith as in our "Faith, " meaning the Faith of Christianity, rather than the saving faith of the individual. I 'm not completely sure what weight this might hold, because truthfully both are equally as profound, nevertheless, they encompass two entirely different ideas as well as ideals. I 'm also not sure that it could threaten the doctrine of the security of the saints or the doctrine of election, but it is one passage that is used to strengthen the positions of both aforementioned doctrines, though obviously not the only passage. Just interesting.
Hebrew 12:14 is a verse, a weapon, a tool, an artillery, a secret but influential weapon, a shield around an obedient child of God....... most importantly a dose for long life and enabler to enjoy prosperity. Thanks
It made me feel like if we can be obedient to man than certinely we can be obedient to our heavenly Father, for he is the one who created us and will save us from Sin and All that is not Righteous.
To realize the most important thing we can do in our life is to make our peace with God, to also realize that the answer is in our response. It is not too late.
Indeed,we christians should learn from the master Himself,not from our preacher of nowadays,who some are not even followers of Christ,though admires Him, but they have their own personal doctrines,doctrine of men,doctrine of church, which are mostly self centered.watch for their fruit,for by it you will determine if the three is good.And by their fruit you should know them.shalom!
I agree with all three of the student 's that expressed their findings regarding Hebrews Chpt,12. It is an very powerful word obviously, as it is God 's word,but i do also believe that God is telling us as his follower 's to clean-up our act or hold fast as he does clean-up, and that or those which is not found steadfast in Him, will be shaken away, and those or that which is steadfastly in him will remain.
Hold fast to Christ with everlasting hope. Never trifle with all-knowing God because he is a consuming fire of fools. He is a loving and chastising father.
I belive if one is a jew he or she got the blood of juses Christ as I am now 74 I don 't see so well but one must help the jews for their are god children and may god bless us all
There is a whole lot of shaking going on. That which can be shaken shall be removed and that which can not be shaken shall remain. So be strong in the Lord and put on the whole armor of God so that you will be able to stand.
What then is holiness? Holiness means setting yourself apart for the lord. It comes with self feniance and conscious effort to please God. One has to suppress the flesh in an attempt to pleasing God. May God help us to be holy for without holiness no man shall see God.
Wherefore since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace so that we can serve God acceptably with reverance and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire, and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. So give God all the glory for what He is doing in your life always.
THE WORLD (RICHES OF WORLD) THE FLESH (OUR SINS, SELFISH DESIRES, EVIL THOUGHTS ETC) THE DEVIL (FALSE TEACHERS AND WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING ETC