Wednesday, July 29, 2015

UNION

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. - John‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. - Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭23‬

THE GODLY WOMAN
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. - Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭11‬

THE OLDER WOMAN
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. - Titus‬ ‭2‬:‭3-5‬

THE GODLESS WOMAN
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. - Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭3‬

SHE SEES HIS POINT OF VIEW
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. - Genesis‬ ‭3‬:‭4, 6‬

THE HEART
. . . she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬

HER ABOMINATIONS
"women in the church & in society"

FEMININE INFLUENCE gone bad.
Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. - Ezekiel‬ ‭16‬:‭45‬

HEALING
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: - Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭25, 28-29‬


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Old people

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. - Psalms‬ ‭68‬:‭1, 3, 6‬

Why do you think that more elderly people are not involved in actively ministering in the church?

Although they may not have the energy of the young, the elderly have more time and the wisdom of a lifetime of walking with Christ. They can be involved in a ministry of prayer (1 TIMOTHY 5v. 5) and good deeds (v. 10). This can be about as broad as the person wants to make it. They can offer spiritual and practical counsel to younger families. They can serve on church committees. They can visit shut-ins or those in hospitals and nursing homes. They can call on church visitors. They can help in church office work. They can help Sunday School teachers in preparing materials or in managing their classes. They can assist in child evangelism ministries or by calling on the homes of Sunday School youngsters. They can open their homes in hospitality, help out with church socials, volunteer to babysit an evening for a younger couple, correspond with missionaries, help mission organizations, collect clothing for the needy, help a shut-in clean house, or use their individual skills in various ways. You name it!

. . . we must deliberately reject the world’s thinking about self-centered retirement living. As long as God gives us life and strength, we should live to serve Him.

“Although Shanghai is one of the five largest cities in the world, it has just one home for the aged.

Older people in China don’t need Golden Age clubs or retirement communities.

They have the most important life-support system of all: active, dignified work in an atmosphere of close family life and community respect.”

Maybe American Christians can learn from the Chinese what the Bible affirms!

Agree/disagree: The many convalescent homes in America reflect our lack of concern for the aged.

Many people in our day claim to be Christians, but their lives are no different than those who do not know Christ as Savior. The gospel Paul preached urged people to “repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance” (Acts 26:20).

Believers are to be zealous for good deeds (Titus 2:14). We don’t live to serve ourselves, whether we’re 20 or 80. We live to serve Jesus Christ and to lay down our selfish interests for the sake of those for whom Christ died.

We are deliberately to reject the cult of self-fulfillment, and “through love serve one another” (Gal. 5:13), not just in “spiritual” ways, but ministering to the total person.

The film series, “Whatever Happened to the Human Race,” has a graphic scene depicting the way our culture neglects and abandons our old so that we can pursue our own interests.

An elderly lady is wheeled down a white corridor by her children and grandchildren. They kiss her on the forehead and assure her that she will be all right. They leave and a nurse wheels the confused old woman into a darkened room where a TV set is blaring with the obnoxious voice of a game show host. She is abandoned by her family to live out her final days in front of the TV set!

It almost makes euthanasia seem like an option! At least it’s quicker! But God’s way is not abandoning or killing the elderly; it is honoring and caring for them.

FROM S.J.Cole
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Science

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
- 1 Timothy 6:20-21

There is a large 'body of knowledge' I believe, that may be covered by the bible phrase :
"OPPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE FALSELY SO CALLED".

The whole study of psychology and psychiatry and the 'mental health industry' is suspect in this regard.

When you begin with the fact of the body of the believer being the "temple of The Holy Spirit" you end up at a very different 'place'.

The unbeliever
is controlled
by the devil.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. - John‬ ‭8‬:‭44‬

If much "mental health issues" are approached from this biblical perspective; we would soon begin to see the implication of "having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof.

The fact of the matter is that the Christian church in America historically was the pioneer in "higher education". Most 'Ivy league'
schools were originally seminaries.

It is noteworthy that Jesus ministry involved "teaching, preaching and healing. The disciples continued, having "received power" to "turn the world upside down" !

The church has abandoned its mission IMHO and it's "roots". It has given over "the healing of the nations" to ungodly men of science falsely so called.

PRAY & NOT FAINT
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.

Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? - Luke‬ ‭18‬:‭7-8‬

Modern Christianity, I believe, seems to have abandoned the 'all-encompassing' power of the Holy Spirit in favor of the "vain babblings" of ungodly 'scientists' falsely so called. We are clearly instructed not to "walk in the counsel of the ungodly."

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