Question – Jesus, 113

 ~ Regarding Reward ~

 

Introduction  ~  This series is about questions involving Jesus.  Some were asked by individuals involved with Jesus Christ while He walked on earth.  Others are questions that Jesus Christ asked others.  We will look at questions on about 130 topics (some may split into two or more posts).  Even so, it is far from an exhaustive list. 

 

Scripture  ~  Jesus said, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’  But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.  For if you love those who love you, what reward have you?  Do not even the tax collectors do the same?  And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others?  Do not even the tax collectors do so?  Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:43-48).

 

Additional Scripture  ~  “Then Peter came to Him and said, ‘Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?  Up to seven times?’  Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven’” (Matthew 18:21-22).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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God Is My… (Psalms), 80

 ~ God Is My Deliver, 6 ~ 

 

Introduction  ~  Previously from July 16, 2017 through January 6, 2019 ALN posted a series of 60 posts of “Jesus is…,” and now we look exclusively at who “God is…” from the Book of Psalms.  While not a complete list these posts occur are in the same order they are in the Psalms.  

 

Passage  ~  “Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle —  my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me” (Psalm 144:1-2).    

 

Other Passages  ~  “I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies” (Psalm 18:1-3). 

 

“But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him” (Psalm 37:39-40). 

 

“Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” (Psalm 43:1-2).

 

“But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay” (Psalm 70:5). 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Myth, 119

 ~ Life’s Goal Is Personal Satisfaction ~

 

Myth  ~  The only real purpose in life is to be happy and satisfied.  This is expressed in overt ways such as.  “You only go around once.”  “Live life with all the gusto you can.”  “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.”  This philosophy is also expressed in many subtle ways – often ways that are not even recognized by those who live this way.

 

Reality  ~  Mankind was made in the “image of God” (Genesis 1:27, 9:6).  Our Creator desires a relationship with each of us and we will never find real satisfaction until we have that relationship.  “You [God] will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).

 

Scripture  ~  King Solomon, purported to be the wisest man to ever live sought satisfaction through all our normal human efforts – yet it was elusive until he found mankind’s purpose.  This is how he summarizes man’s purpose:

 

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear [revere] God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.  For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

 

Quotes  ~  “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” —Jim Elliot 

 

“Don’t sacrifice the permanent on the altar of the immediate.” —unknown

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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