Read Hebrews 13 and pray over it, then read my prayer. This entry is dated June 5/22
ADORATION (v. 8)
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
My Savior, you’re the same yesterday and today and forever. You never changed and kept all your promises. Your steadfast love endures forever, and the Father’s love for us surpasses those of our earthly ones. Holy Spirit, you never ceased to draw us to Jesus Christ, our only hope of salvation.
"44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.” - John 12: 44- 50
Do you not hear our Savior Jesus Christ crying to believe and command us to have eternal life? Why are we turning our eyes away from Him by not wanting to repent, forgive, and love the lost souls by dining them to hear the gospel? Are our hearts and minds not constantly fed with deceptions and things not worthy of his name? I do it all week long. It’s a battle of the flesh, mind, and spirit. Take arms, my friend and believe with all your hearts that all may be well with you.
CONFESSION (v.1-16)
Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear;what can man do to me?” 7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tent[a] have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. 13 Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. 14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. 16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
Oh, my Savior, you came in the flesh and taught us how to live a godly life pleasing to the Father. Not to neglect hospitality and to keep our life free from the love of money and be content with what we have, which at times is hard to be satisfied with a world advertising harassing our minds that ” we NEED this and that.”
Let us not be “led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace” and not by other things. Jesus, you’re a friend to sinners and called us to repent our sins and believe you’re the Son of God.
THANKSGIVING
The Bible is a historically recorded event of Jewish genealogy and the relations of God with his people. Also, it has recorded letters of men sent to the early churches led by the Holy Spirit, containing teachings and how to live a godly life with our neighbours, family, children, wife and God. The book teaches us how to have a relationship with a holy God, and the laws were given to protect us from harming others and ourselves. A redemption call to salvation that we may live and be well.
If we deny the Bible as historical and textual, many other ancient manuscripts should be categorized similarly. A myth is created by man. The Creator exits his own will.
Textual Criticism and the Bible
“In our scientific and educated age we question many of the non-scientific beliefs that earlier generations had. This skepticism is especially true of the Bible. Many of us question the reliability of the Bible. It stems from what we know about the Bible. After all, the Bible was written more than two thousand years ago. For most of these millennia there has been no printing press, photocopy machines or publishing companies. So the original manuscripts were copied by hand, generation after generation, as languages died out and new ones arose, as empires changed and new powers ascended. Since the original manuscripts have long been lost, how do we know that what we read today in the Bible is what the original authors actually wrote? Or has the Bible been changed or corrupted, perhaps by leaders in the church, or priests and monks who wished to change its message to suit their purposes?”
Considering Jesus from His Roots
Searching for the truth is what sets us free. Now let’s go pray!
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