Hey guys! Great thoughts yesterday! I wish more of us were on here! But I am thankful for the faithful!!
A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Michael: I love that question: Is it possible to live without sinning? Here is how I answer it: Is it possible to go one second without sinning? Yes? What about 2 second? Yes? What about 10 seconds? 30 Seconds? 1 minute? 10 minutes? 1 hour? 24 hours? I believe the answer is yes to all of them, God would not call us to do something that is not possible! God has called us to live holy (seperate from sin) and that is what we should strive for every day!
Victoria: Glad you are on here! Are you coming to church tonight? (you better if you know what is good for you :)
Hebrews 5
1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
This is deep! If you are like me, you probably read quite a bit of this and did not understand it... I can explain part of it, but I want us to place our main focus on the last 3 verses... At the beginnind of this chapter it is explaining the position of the High Priest, the High Priest is the man in the old testament who went to God on behald of the people... The high priest went in to make the sacrifices for everyone elses sins, but the ironic part of that (what is also mentioned in verse 2) is that it says: "he himself also is compassed with infirmity". In other words, HOW CAN HE PAY FOR OUR SINS, IF HE IS COVERED IN SIN HIMSELF!!!!!
That is an absolute logical question, how can someone pay to get me out of debt, if they are in just as much debt as I am?? THEY CANNOT!!! In the same way, A Priest is a sinner just like me! Therefore He cannot pay for my sin! No, only a perfect high priest can pay for our sins, only a sinless sacrifice can cover our sins... Aren't you so thankful for Jesus!! He is the perfect High Priest! He could/ and did pay for our sins, when no one else could!!
That is cool, but lets jump to the end of this chapter! Look at verses 12 - 14
It makes it clear that there ar etwo kinds of truth, truth that is easy to digest (like milk) and truth that is much deeper (like meat)... The idea here is an illustration: You do not give a newborn baby a new york strip steak!! That would be crazy, and irresponsible! He might choke on it! His body cannot handle it! In the same way, you must start out as a young believer, or a new believer on the milk of the word...
It can be tempting to run straight to revelation, or some other prophetic book whenever you first get saved, but this passage makes it clear that we need to take our learning process in order! I was just talking with someone last night about the rapture and I thought to myself, if someone was not a believer, they would think that I am a nut for telling them that one day All Christians are going to vanish into thin air... We must take Gods truth in time, and in a process!
What stage in the process are you at? Time to start growing?
TUESDAY, March 3rd, 2009
Great Job Yesterday! We had four teenagers do their devotions!
I think we can do better!
A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Michael: We are praying for your family!
David: I don't know what happened to Josh S. You should invite him to come back sometime!
Lucy: You are quite an interesting girl! I guess you can use yesterdays passage to explain to your mom that you need more sleep :)
Hebrews 4:
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
These are some incredible verses: first, look at verse 12... It explains the purpose of Gods word on our life! It is quick, powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword!!!! And it helps us descern what kind of thoughts are good and what thoughts are bad...
The world can be so confusing these days: One days they say something is ok, then the next day they tell you that it is bad for you... well, that is why we should not live by what the world says; but instead we must live by what God says!
I LOVE VERSE 15!!! It tells us that we do not have a high priest who does not understand us! We cannot say: Jesus does not know what it is like to live in this world, and to suffer!! He knows better than all of us. If we are ever tempted to think that maybe God does not undersand what we are facing, we need to remember this verse! It reminds us that He was tempted or TESTED in ALL POINTS THAT WE COULD BE TEMPTED IN!!!!!
He knows what it is like to live a sinless life, and He knows that it is possible for us to do so!!!
I think we can do better!
A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Michael: We are praying for your family!
David: I don't know what happened to Josh S. You should invite him to come back sometime!
Lucy: You are quite an interesting girl! I guess you can use yesterdays passage to explain to your mom that you need more sleep :)
Hebrews 4:
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
These are some incredible verses: first, look at verse 12... It explains the purpose of Gods word on our life! It is quick, powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword!!!! And it helps us descern what kind of thoughts are good and what thoughts are bad...
The world can be so confusing these days: One days they say something is ok, then the next day they tell you that it is bad for you... well, that is why we should not live by what the world says; but instead we must live by what God says!
I LOVE VERSE 15!!! It tells us that we do not have a high priest who does not understand us! We cannot say: Jesus does not know what it is like to live in this world, and to suffer!! He knows better than all of us. If we are ever tempted to think that maybe God does not undersand what we are facing, we need to remember this verse! It reminds us that He was tempted or TESTED in ALL POINTS THAT WE COULD BE TEMPTED IN!!!!!
He knows what it is like to live a sinless life, and He knows that it is possible for us to do so!!!
MONDAY, March 2nd, 2009
Hey guys! I hope you had a great monday! Well, let's continue our study through the book of Hebrews!
Hebrews 4:1-8
1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “ So I swore in My wrath, ‘ They shall not enter My rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
5 and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”
6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,
7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “ Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
this is a little tricky, but there is definitely a great illustration in the midst... the focus here is clearly on rest. Something we all enjoy, some a little more than others...
Have you ever been tired? Last night, I was so tired! I do not remember being as tired as I was last night, I just wanted to go home and go straight to bed!I was craving rest! I did not want to stay up and watch tv, I did not want to go play a game, I did not even want to go on facebook and check my mobwars! I just wanted to go get some rest!
Well, the fact is there are times in life where we just need that rest, we need to catch up on rest... God himself gave us an example by resting (even when he did not need to) on the seventh day of creation! We need rest. I am getting tired just thinking about all of this rest...
I think one other point that could be added in here is this: Have you ever had trouble sleeping? Maybe you were stressed about something? Maybe you were gguilty about something, whatever the case is, many times, when we do not trust God or Obey God like we should, our sleep (or rest) life shows it.
Maybe you are not getting sleep like you need these days, well it is probably one of three things: 1. You are not disciplined enough to turn off the tv (or video game) and go to bed.
2. You are stressed about something that you should just trust God with.
3. You are guilty about something that you should ask forgiveness for.
Now, I know that there are possible other reasons, like health issues and stuff, but these are the main ones that I wanted to address today!
GO TO SLEEP!!
Hebrews 4:1-8
1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “ So I swore in My wrath, ‘ They shall not enter My rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
5 and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”
6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,
7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “ Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
this is a little tricky, but there is definitely a great illustration in the midst... the focus here is clearly on rest. Something we all enjoy, some a little more than others...
Have you ever been tired? Last night, I was so tired! I do not remember being as tired as I was last night, I just wanted to go home and go straight to bed!I was craving rest! I did not want to stay up and watch tv, I did not want to go play a game, I did not even want to go on facebook and check my mobwars! I just wanted to go get some rest!
Well, the fact is there are times in life where we just need that rest, we need to catch up on rest... God himself gave us an example by resting (even when he did not need to) on the seventh day of creation! We need rest. I am getting tired just thinking about all of this rest...
I think one other point that could be added in here is this: Have you ever had trouble sleeping? Maybe you were stressed about something? Maybe you were gguilty about something, whatever the case is, many times, when we do not trust God or Obey God like we should, our sleep (or rest) life shows it.
Maybe you are not getting sleep like you need these days, well it is probably one of three things: 1. You are not disciplined enough to turn off the tv (or video game) and go to bed.
2. You are stressed about something that you should just trust God with.
3. You are guilty about something that you should ask forgiveness for.
Now, I know that there are possible other reasons, like health issues and stuff, but these are the main ones that I wanted to address today!
GO TO SLEEP!!
SATURDAY, February 28th, 2009
Hey Guys! Sorry about yesterday! It was a little bit of a weird day and before I knew it the day was over and nothing was posted! Well, lets get down to business!!
Hebrews 3
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
This passage is clear! WE MUST NOT HARDEN OUR HEARTS~! How do we get to the point where we let our heart get hard? Our Heart gets hard when we do not obey or listen to the voice of God. Basically, when we dont believe!!
Put it this way: If you really believed that your house was burning down, you would stop watching TV and run out!! If you really truly believed that your plane was going to crash, you would NOT get on it...
The truth is that if we TRULY believe that God is our creator and ruler and we are created to live our lives for His glory... then we would strive for that... For to often the proof of our actions says that we just really dont believe like we say we do...
They say the proof is in the pudding, well James says: the proof of your salvation is in the fruit of your actions... so you better ask yourself... Do you really believe? Do your actions show it?
Hebrews 3
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
This passage is clear! WE MUST NOT HARDEN OUR HEARTS~! How do we get to the point where we let our heart get hard? Our Heart gets hard when we do not obey or listen to the voice of God. Basically, when we dont believe!!
Put it this way: If you really believed that your house was burning down, you would stop watching TV and run out!! If you really truly believed that your plane was going to crash, you would NOT get on it...
The truth is that if we TRULY believe that God is our creator and ruler and we are created to live our lives for His glory... then we would strive for that... For to often the proof of our actions says that we just really dont believe like we say we do...
They say the proof is in the pudding, well James says: the proof of your salvation is in the fruit of your actions... so you better ask yourself... Do you really believe? Do your actions show it?
THURSDAY, February 26th, 2009
Hey Everyone! I hope you enjoyed the service last night! I was a little disappointed that several of our regular attenders were not there, If you did not get to see that message last night, then ask me for the link and I will give it to you!
Hebrews 3
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
This is such a cool passage! Do you remember Moses? What did He do? Well, if you remember, back in Exodus Moses lived in Egypt and he became the man that God used to free the jews from slavery in Egypt. Remember Moses telling the Pharaoh: LET MY PEOPLE GO!!!
It could be said that Moses was the "savior" of the jews!! Moses obeyed God and gave up his position in Egypt to become the savior of the people of Israel. Did you catch that?
Well there is a problem, when Christ came, the Jews had a rough time trusting that Jesus was the messiah, because they had different expectations. It was easier for them to look back at their great great great great... grandparents and trust in Moses as savior than it was for them to look ahead and accept Christ.
This passage was written to show them that they have a better savior that Moses, and His name is Jesus Christ. Moses did nothing for the jews of that day, nor does moses do anything for the Jews of today... But they still give Him glory. Hebrews 3 makes it clear that WE HAVE A BETTER SAVIOR THAN MOSES! He freed some from bondage, our Savior, Jesus Christ frees all who will accept Him!!
It is easy to see some of the illustrations that are taught here: When you see an incredible house, you don't think: "Good Job House, You are Incredible" NO! That is silly! You think: "Good Job Builder that house is incredible!"
In the same way, we should not respect persons and look at them and think about how incredible they are in and of themselves... No, we should look at greatness and thank God for it. We must glorify the builder not the building!
The lesson is this: It is so easy to glorify, love, worship, the things of this life... girlfriends, boyfriends, tv shows, internet, iPhones :), but the fact is that we should not worship our possessions, or our "people" Instead we should glorify and worship the ultimate creator... our savior!!! Jesus Christ!
Hebrews 3
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
This is such a cool passage! Do you remember Moses? What did He do? Well, if you remember, back in Exodus Moses lived in Egypt and he became the man that God used to free the jews from slavery in Egypt. Remember Moses telling the Pharaoh: LET MY PEOPLE GO!!!
It could be said that Moses was the "savior" of the jews!! Moses obeyed God and gave up his position in Egypt to become the savior of the people of Israel. Did you catch that?
Well there is a problem, when Christ came, the Jews had a rough time trusting that Jesus was the messiah, because they had different expectations. It was easier for them to look back at their great great great great... grandparents and trust in Moses as savior than it was for them to look ahead and accept Christ.
This passage was written to show them that they have a better savior that Moses, and His name is Jesus Christ. Moses did nothing for the jews of that day, nor does moses do anything for the Jews of today... But they still give Him glory. Hebrews 3 makes it clear that WE HAVE A BETTER SAVIOR THAN MOSES! He freed some from bondage, our Savior, Jesus Christ frees all who will accept Him!!
It is easy to see some of the illustrations that are taught here: When you see an incredible house, you don't think: "Good Job House, You are Incredible" NO! That is silly! You think: "Good Job Builder that house is incredible!"
In the same way, we should not respect persons and look at them and think about how incredible they are in and of themselves... No, we should look at greatness and thank God for it. We must glorify the builder not the building!
The lesson is this: It is so easy to glorify, love, worship, the things of this life... girlfriends, boyfriends, tv shows, internet, iPhones :), but the fact is that we should not worship our possessions, or our "people" Instead we should glorify and worship the ultimate creator... our savior!!! Jesus Christ!
WEDNESDAY, February 25th, 2009
Hello Everyone! Great Job Yesterday! We had a great time at Buffalo Wild Wings last night! I wish everyone could have joined us! Well, tonight is the night! I am very excited about Suncoast Youth Group and everything we have planned tonight! Make sure you attend!
Hebrews 2:
10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Satan had the power of death because our God is a God of Justice, but Jesus Came and defeated Satan, so that Satan could not hold us in bondage anymore!! That is great stuff and I was going to spend most of the devotions today talking about that, until I got to the last verse: Verse 18!
What an incredible verse! It explains to us that Christ went to the cross ans suffered for us, and was even tempted for u! WHY? So that He could soccour them that are tempted!! GREAT! ... BUT WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES SUCCOURED MEAN? Well, if you look it up, you will see that succoured literally means to give aid to, or to HELP!!
God knew that we would face difficult circumstances and tough temptations, and that is why God said, I was tempted so that I could help you defeat your temptations! God knows what temptation is like, He has experienced it first hand. He hung on the cross, while He could have called 10,000 angels to come and destroy all of His scoffers, and all of his false accusers.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE!!! I would have proved to them I was who I said I was, but that would have meant, coming off the cross. Christ gave the perfect example of resisting temptation, and enduring trials, enduring tough times, and He did it all for US!!! Maybe we should follow His example by not giving in to temptation! Maybe we should realize that Christ suffered for us, so if that means we have to suffer a little bit for Him, HE IS WORTH IT!
Hebrews 2:
10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Satan had the power of death because our God is a God of Justice, but Jesus Came and defeated Satan, so that Satan could not hold us in bondage anymore!! That is great stuff and I was going to spend most of the devotions today talking about that, until I got to the last verse: Verse 18!
What an incredible verse! It explains to us that Christ went to the cross ans suffered for us, and was even tempted for u! WHY? So that He could soccour them that are tempted!! GREAT! ... BUT WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES SUCCOURED MEAN? Well, if you look it up, you will see that succoured literally means to give aid to, or to HELP!!
God knew that we would face difficult circumstances and tough temptations, and that is why God said, I was tempted so that I could help you defeat your temptations! God knows what temptation is like, He has experienced it first hand. He hung on the cross, while He could have called 10,000 angels to come and destroy all of His scoffers, and all of his false accusers.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE!!! I would have proved to them I was who I said I was, but that would have meant, coming off the cross. Christ gave the perfect example of resisting temptation, and enduring trials, enduring tough times, and He did it all for US!!! Maybe we should follow His example by not giving in to temptation! Maybe we should realize that Christ suffered for us, so if that means we have to suffer a little bit for Him, HE IS WORTH IT!
TUESDAY, February 24th, 2009
Alright guys! What an encouraging day you guys made yesterday! Thanks for doing you devotions! You all are great! Well, I will post some comments today about what you guys talked about yesterday!
A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Michael... nice try, but a lost person will not see a good, growing, "real" Christian, and decide to never look at Christ... An illustration does not mean that Every single concept that you ever throw at it will align, it simply means the ones that were mentioned have similarities... The sun is really reall really hot, but that doesnt mean that when you become a Christian you become really really really hot! Think about that :)
Victoria: It is so great to see you on here! Great thoughts on yesterdays verses by the way: Hey, have you gone by our house yet?
Tyler: Wow! GREAT THOUGHTS on verse 2 man! That was a great application!
Michael: Very wise stuff man! I feel the same way, when I get in the word at night, I feel like I forget it all before the next morning! Way to "Do Hard Things"! It is not fun to get up early to do devotions, but it is worth it!
David: Can you please explain the joke to me? I don't get it...
ALRIGHT GUYS ON TO THE DEVOTIONS!!! Hey, some of us are going to go to Buffalo Wild Wings tonight around 7ish, so call me if you want to go with us!
Hebrews 2
1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?
7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Now this passage is incredible... I think I could write a mini book about it, but then you guys wont have time to read it so I will keep it as short and to the point as possible! Verse one begins by talking about how we must give earnest, passionate heed or attention to the "things which we have heard" (the reading, preaching and teaching of the word of God). If we do not stay in Gods word do you see what happens to us? "We slip". It is pretty clear, I have seen many people "slip" in the past year because they have not "stuck to the truths" in the word of God. Passtionately or earnestly we must STAY IN GODS WORD EVERY DAY!!
The next part explains, if we will be punished for our sin, then how shall we escape , if we neglect salvation? How can we live out the wonderful life that God has planned for us if we are neglecting Him, his Salvation, and His word? WE CANT!!!
Now, here is my favorite part... Starting in verse 6, we see that someone asked a question: "What is man, that You, God are mindful of Him?" in other words... God, why do you care about us?? Why did you make Him just barely lower than the Angels... (which is temporarily by the way because the Bible says that one day we will judge the angels)
Why did you make man and give Him so much glory and honor, and why did you set man above all of the works of your hands???
I can imagine the writers thoughts: Why did you place all your bets on mankind? Why did you "invest" everything on man... you knew that Adam would screw up in the garden of Eden, you knew that mankind would turn away from you and destroy this wonderful life that you had planned for them... If you knew all of that, then why did you pick mankind to show your glory??
then it says this: BUT WE SEE JESUS!! The perfect man! The one who came to fix what Adam and Adams seed had destroyed. We see Jesus who came and made himself a man, "one lower than the angels" although He could never be lower than the angels, he created them all and gave them all of their powers...
We see Jesus! He is the answer to all of our questions! He is the solution to our problems, he is the only way to Salvations!! Do you see Him?
A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Michael... nice try, but a lost person will not see a good, growing, "real" Christian, and decide to never look at Christ... An illustration does not mean that Every single concept that you ever throw at it will align, it simply means the ones that were mentioned have similarities... The sun is really reall really hot, but that doesnt mean that when you become a Christian you become really really really hot! Think about that :)
Victoria: It is so great to see you on here! Great thoughts on yesterdays verses by the way: Hey, have you gone by our house yet?
Tyler: Wow! GREAT THOUGHTS on verse 2 man! That was a great application!
Michael: Very wise stuff man! I feel the same way, when I get in the word at night, I feel like I forget it all before the next morning! Way to "Do Hard Things"! It is not fun to get up early to do devotions, but it is worth it!
David: Can you please explain the joke to me? I don't get it...
ALRIGHT GUYS ON TO THE DEVOTIONS!!! Hey, some of us are going to go to Buffalo Wild Wings tonight around 7ish, so call me if you want to go with us!
Hebrews 2
1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?
7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Now this passage is incredible... I think I could write a mini book about it, but then you guys wont have time to read it so I will keep it as short and to the point as possible! Verse one begins by talking about how we must give earnest, passionate heed or attention to the "things which we have heard" (the reading, preaching and teaching of the word of God). If we do not stay in Gods word do you see what happens to us? "We slip". It is pretty clear, I have seen many people "slip" in the past year because they have not "stuck to the truths" in the word of God. Passtionately or earnestly we must STAY IN GODS WORD EVERY DAY!!
The next part explains, if we will be punished for our sin, then how shall we escape , if we neglect salvation? How can we live out the wonderful life that God has planned for us if we are neglecting Him, his Salvation, and His word? WE CANT!!!
Now, here is my favorite part... Starting in verse 6, we see that someone asked a question: "What is man, that You, God are mindful of Him?" in other words... God, why do you care about us?? Why did you make Him just barely lower than the Angels... (which is temporarily by the way because the Bible says that one day we will judge the angels)
Why did you make man and give Him so much glory and honor, and why did you set man above all of the works of your hands???
I can imagine the writers thoughts: Why did you place all your bets on mankind? Why did you "invest" everything on man... you knew that Adam would screw up in the garden of Eden, you knew that mankind would turn away from you and destroy this wonderful life that you had planned for them... If you knew all of that, then why did you pick mankind to show your glory??
then it says this: BUT WE SEE JESUS!! The perfect man! The one who came to fix what Adam and Adams seed had destroyed. We see Jesus who came and made himself a man, "one lower than the angels" although He could never be lower than the angels, he created them all and gave them all of their powers...
We see Jesus! He is the answer to all of our questions! He is the solution to our problems, he is the only way to Salvations!! Do you see Him?
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