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Christ Is All Part 2

Another popular song:
Well, I don’t possess houses or land
Fine clothes or jewelry, sorrows and cares
In this whole word my life seems to me
But I have a Christ who paid the price
Way back on Cavalry, and oh
He is all, all and all this world to me

Christ is all
Well, he’s everything to me
Don’t you know that he’s all
Well, just ‘ruse the land and see
He’s all, he’s all, he’s all
All and all this world to me

Well, there are some folk who look and long
For this world’s riches, oh yes
There some folk who look for power, position too, oh yes
But I have a Christ, whole in my life
This makes me happy, and oh
He’s all, all and all this world to me

Christ is all
Well, he’s everything to me
Don’t you know that he’s all
Well, just ‘ruse the land and see
He’s all, he’s all, he’s all
All and all this world to me

Well, ‘Christ is all’ means more to me
Than this world’s riches, oh yes
He’s my sight, my guiding light
Through pathless seas, oh yes
It’s mighty nice to have a price
Who will your friend be? Tell you-
He’s all, all and all this world to me

Christ is all
Well, he’s everything to me
Don’t you know that he’s all
Y’just ‘ruse the land and see
He’s all, he’s all, he’s all
All and all this world to me

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Wedding

Weddings in the Bible were sometimes lavish, noisy and costly, with lots of gifts and plenty of eating and drinking. Some things don’t change. There is no actual description of a wedding in the Scripture.
So, let’s look at a few mentioned.
Jacobs wedding Genesis 27:46-29:28 tells the whole story of his search for a wife. Genesis 29:22 (hints a big wedding) And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Judges 14 Samson’s wedding 10-11 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Some other Scripture suggesting the grandeur of some weddings:
Song of Solomon 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Psalms 45:13-15 The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Matthew 22:2-12 A parable describing a wedding.
John 2 The wedding in Cana of Galilee appears to have been a large affair.

Yes, Some Weddings in the Scripture were lavish, noisy and costly as they are today. It’s a shame that so many today end in divorce.

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Suicide

There are church traditions on suicide which can confuse the issue. Some, even teaching that a person who commits suicide can not go to Heaven. A Look are those who took their own lives:
Wicked Abimelech committed suicide, persuading another man to help.
Judges 9:54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died.”
Samson feeling all was lost pulled down the house:
Judges 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
King Saul also wanted his servant to kill him, but had do to it himself.
1 Samuel 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
Feeling all lost, the servant followed his King:
1 Samuel 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
Ahithophel so depressed by events that happened in his family.
2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
The sins of Zimri (16:19) overcame him:
1 Kings 16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died.
Judas so depressed by his actions:
Matthew 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
The jailer would have BUT Paul stopped him:
Acts 16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled
Yes, suicide is a terrible tragedy, a sin even, but it does not negate the Lord’s act of redemption. Did any of the seven go to Heaven? It depends on what they believed, NOT what they did! When one becomes a Believer, they have Eternal life.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Titus 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
This is a promise from God. The Lord Jesus said:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Wrath NT Part 3

Paul reminds the Jewish believers of God’s wrath.
Hebrews 3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

James instructs his fellow believing Jews not to let anger rule their lives:
James 1:19-20 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

John writes more detail about the wrath of God that is still coming.
Revelation 6:16-17, 11:18, 12:12, 14:8,10,19, 15:1,7, 16:1,19
Revelation 18:3, 19:15

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Wrath NT Part 2

Paul reminds us of what we are when we are not led by the Spirit (saved)
Acts 19:28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
2 Corinthians 12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Galatians 5:19-20 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Paul reminds the Ephesians that wrath was(is) our old nature but we should not yield to it
Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Paul speaks of the wrath of God to come (Tribulation)
1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Jacob’s Trouble

This prophecy of unprecedented difficulty for Jacob’s descendants will be fulfilled just before the second coming of Jesus Christ. The reason for God’s punishment is found in His instructions to their ancestors millennia ago.
Recognizing the ancient Israelites’ hostility toward Him and His commands, God told Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods” (Deuteronomy 31:16-18).
Repeating what God had revealed to him, Moses told the people: “For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands” (verse 29).
Daniel spoke of this latter fulfillment, saying, “At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:1-2).

In addition to the troubles coming to Jacob’s descendants, Jesus also spoke of an unprecedented time of difficulty that would threaten all nations just before His return. Describing this period of time, Jesus said, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22).

Essentially, the time of Jacob’s trouble corresponds to the same time period called the Great Tribulation. World conditions will be worse than any time in history, and humanity will be on the brink of self-destruction.

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Children’s Day

Children’s Day dates back to the 1860s or even earlier when Children’s Day was first celebrated in America. In 2000, President Bill Clinton declared October 8th to be celebrated as Children’s Day thereafter. But in 2001, President George W. Bush announced June 3rd as National Child’s Day and the commemoration of this day on the first Sunday in June every year. In researching this, it is very confusing. Isn’t Christmas children’s day? What about Easter? And their Birthday? Seems we have a lot of days that are Children’s Day! Do we really need a National Children’s Day?
Yes, we should cherish and love our children. See what the Scripture says:
Psalm 127:3-4 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Psalm 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
This even includes grand children:
Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
And we should instruct them:
Psalm 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Proverbs 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
When father and mother cherish, love and instruct their children:
Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

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GOD’S PLAN

May GOD’S richest blessings be yours as we take time to meditate in His Word.
Think about how God has invaded history.
The Holy Spirit has recorded Peter’s words to Israel concerning the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 2:22-23 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
He quotes David, using him as an example to establish that Jesus is the Christ, that Jesus is LORD .
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Jesus is the Christ, that Jesus is LORD. JESUS is indeed GOD IN FLESH.

Think of it – GOD became MAN and dwelt among us – God invaded History.

Had it ever happened before? Had God ever invaded life on this planet before?
As any student of Scripture knows, the answer is YES.

Time prevents a real look into each event, but let us ponder a few ….
The Garden of Eden …
The flood when Noah, his wife, 3 sons and their wives were saved in the Ark
The tower of Babble …
Choosing of Abram (renaming him Abraham) ….
The birth of Moses …
Setting the Children of Israel free from Egypt …
The list goes on …..

The question then arises, WILL GOD AGAIN INVAID HISTORY?
The answer is YES …
During the Translation of the Church (Rapture)…
The returning of the LORD Jesus in all His glory, establishing His 1000 year reign on earth …
But, right now, more important … God wants to invade your life …
He wants to dwell in you, to be your God …
2 Corinthians 2:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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American Holidays

The word holiday comes from the Old English word hāligdæg, originally referred only to special religious days. It is a shortened form of Holy Days. The first four congressionally designated Federal Holidays were created in 1870: New Year’s Day (January 1st), Independence Day (July 4th), Thanksgiving Day (3rd Thursday in November), and Christmas Day (December 25th).

There are currently (in 2022) eleven (11) federal holidays.

Started 1870 — New Year’s Day – January 1st
Started 1986 — Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Third Monday of January
Started 1885 — Washington’s Birthday – Third Monday of February
Started 1971 — Memorial Day – Last Monday of May
Started 2021 — Juneteenth – June 19th
Started 1870 — Independence Day – July 4th
Started 1894 — Labor day – First Monday of September
Started 1971 — Columbus Day – Second Monday of October
Started 1968 — Veterans Day – November 11th
Started 1870 — Thanksgiving Day – Fourth Thursday of November
Started 1870 — Christmas Day – December 25th

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday (But don’t count Sundays). It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. One can safely conclude that by the end of the fourth century, the 40-day period of Easter preparation known as Lent existed, and that prayer and fasting constituted its primary spiritual exercises.

Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The date of the first observance of Palm Sunday is uncertain. Palm Sunday was frequently marked by the burning of Jack-‘o’-Lent figures. This was a straw effigy that would be stoned and abused on Ash Wednesday and kept in the parish for burning on Palm Sunday.

Good Friday was kept beginning in the Middle Ages as it was associated to easter by the Roman Catholic church. Good Friday the supposed day the Lord Jesus died on the cross. (SEE Three Days)

Easter celebrates Christ’s resurrection from the tomb. Celebrated in March or April. The First Council of Nicaea (325 AD) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the March equinox.

Started 1914 — Mother’s Day is observed the second Sunday in May.
Started 1972 — Father’s Day is observed on the third Sunday of June.

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Family

Family, Parents, Fathers Mothers, and children, all these words are under attack today. Not just the words but the very meaning of the words.
Parents no longer mean a father (male) and a mother (female) who have given birth (or adopted) a child.
Father no longer means the male partner in a family with children.
Mother no longer refers to a female partner in a family with children.
Mother is no longer a female who has given birth to a baby, she is now called a birthing parent.
And men can also be called birthing Parent? Getting pregnant and giving birth?
A child is no longer Boy (male) or Girl (female).
When we remove God from everything, turn our backs on Him, this is the result.
AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH. See Noah.

But what does the Bible, God’s word have to say about these things?
⇛ Family Part 2 Parents -National Parents Day — July 24th
⇛ Family Part 3 Fathers -Father’s day – 3rd Sunday in June
⇛ Family Part 4 Mothers -Mother’s day – 2nd Sunday in May
⇛ Family Part 5 Children -Children’s day – 2nd Sunday in June.
⇛ Family Part 6 Family -International Day of Families — May 15th

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June 1st Global Day of Parents
July 24th National Parents Day
Sept – Grandparents Day celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day.