Matthew 11: Rest for the Weary
25At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
27"All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Notes: I have found this to be a truth for when I was out off all my options, destroyed from a lifestyle of Drugs and dying. I called out to Jesus and he rescued me, and His yoke is easy. It is much easier to follow what is right, then to follow the is wrong in the long run. 13 years ago my life was forever changed by Jesus, as He took me in my life has been one reward after another. Marriage to a loving wife, cars, home, great job. I was in hell for 14 years of drugs and following my own desires. My prayer is simple and that is for God to use me and be in control of my life to twice of what I wasted. So if I am allowed by Him to reach out to others on His behave for another 15 yrs then I will be greatly rewarded. And the weary and weakness of my wasted years will be taken back in my mind at least.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10
34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn " 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law - 36a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'[e]
37"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
40"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. 41Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."
Notes from Nobody:
I have read this over and over again, quoting whoever shale lose his life for my sake will find it. But I have found something new to think about. 34 Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I am pretty sure that I have seen all of this stuff happed while serving at Church. And in my own life, with other family members that are Christians but the Church itself is more important to them the relationship with Jesus the Christ. They follow blindly hiding there eyes to what the Bible says is wrong because there Church accepts it. To quote my Pastor “right now you can call me a Baptist, but the second being a Baptist takes me away from the truth of the Bible and way from a relationship with Christ then I will be something else because following Jesus and the truth are more important that any Church.
34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn " 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law - 36a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'[e]
37"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
40"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. 41Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."
Notes from Nobody:
I have read this over and over again, quoting whoever shale lose his life for my sake will find it. But I have found something new to think about. 34 Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I am pretty sure that I have seen all of this stuff happed while serving at Church. And in my own life, with other family members that are Christians but the Church itself is more important to them the relationship with Jesus the Christ. They follow blindly hiding there eyes to what the Bible says is wrong because there Church accepts it. To quote my Pastor “right now you can call me a Baptist, but the second being a Baptist takes me away from the truth of the Bible and way from a relationship with Christ then I will be something else because following Jesus and the truth are more important that any Church.
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