God Almighty is alive and active. Sure, no Christians deny that. But lets think on this. Almighty is a weighty word and used over 300 times in the Bible. However, the New Testament does not use this phrase at all except to quote the Old. Well, it is used in Revelations 9 times. Now, in between the Old Testament and Revelations, we learn about Jesus and even the Holy Spirit. Jesus is certainly almighty. We do not call him King …
In Mark 10, Jesus says marriage makes a man and woman one flesh when they unite. He says no separating as God does not want any divorce. Yes, God has a higher view of marriage. Yet, He sees us. We are sinners and marriage is a lot of work. A Christian I respect a lot told me— Marriage is two people who do not give up. First, marry someone who accepts God’s higher view of marriage and will not giive …
Some of you may know that I like to right about revelation and inflection points. A related issue is being prepared to hear from God. That could be from your close relative or a passing stranger. The word I need may be in another’s lips. Are you thankful for feedback? Even critical feedback? Feedback can hurt and rub against us as being wrong. Some feedback really is not meant for us. Some people may be transferring bad attitude to you …
In Genesis, Jacob has 12 children, and he proclaims the 4th son to be his heir. He kicked out the oldest Reuben for sleeping with his concubine. He kicked out Simeon and Levi for making enemies with the local people. Judas employed a prostitute publicly, and Jacob named him the heir. Now, even then people considered prostitution as a bad thing. Judah’s wife had died, so he was not unfaithful to her, but he hired a prostitute. In the book …
