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BELIEVE IN THE WORD!
(Doing What Matters MOST!)
📖Matthew 2:1-12
📜 Matthew 2:1 "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came WISE MEN FROM THE EAST to Jerusalem..."
"What?! OMG 😱! Wait o, are you kidding me 😱? Like seriously 😱?" These are the thoughts that run through my mind when I read this passage of scripture, don't know about you!
How could this be? The GREATEST EVENT in the history of God's dealings with mankind was taking place and the LEADERS of God's people (The Sanhendrin, made up of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes) DIDN'T EVEN KNOW about it.
Isn't this Preposterous? The mere thought of it makes ME wanna puke (Please don't get ME wrong)! I refuse to offend the JEWS or the Gentiles or the Church of GOD.
📖1 Corinthians 10:32 GIVE NONE OFFENCE, neither to the JEWS, nor to the GENTILES, nor to the CHURCH of God:
However, it doesn't negate the fact that it's AMAZINGLY ANNOYING to think that people to whom belonged the Covenant of Promise, who were OBLIVIOUS to the Timely Workings of GOD, would later dare to ask JESUS to show them SIGNS!
(📖Matt 12:39; 16:4)
✒ The FOREIGNERS
FOREIGNERS who were unfamiliar with the covenants of God perceived what God was doing more than His own chosen people!
See how Apostle Paul describes it:
📖Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world
The problem of the JEWS, which eventually became their UNDOING, was clearly spelt out by our Lord JESUS CHRIST:
📖Luke 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; BECAUSE thou KNEWEST NOT the TIME of THY VISITATION.
✒ The ANSWER
The apparent answer to this is that these Persian wise men were MORE IN TUNE to the prophecies of scripture than the Jews were.
DANIEL had been promoted to be the head of all the wise men of Babylon.
📖Daniel 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a GREAT MAN, and gave him many GREAT GIFTS, and made him RULER over the WHOLE province of Babylon, and chief of the governors OVER ALL the wise men of Babylon.
While in Babylon, Daniel had come through the lions' den victoriously and had no doubt gained the reputation as the greatest wise man of all (📖Dan 6).
✒ The PROPHECY
It was during this time that Daniel wrote the prophecy:
📖Daniel 9:24-27
📜9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
📜 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
📜 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall MESSIAH be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
📜 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
This prophecy pinpointed the time of the MESSIAH'S BIRTH and all that would follow after that. This no doubt provided the inspiration for these wise men.
✒ The STAR 🌟
OK, what about The Star 🌟?
The STAR simply served as a SIGN that the prophesied event had come and directed them towards where the king was born.
✒ PREDETERMINED Delusion or DELIBERATE Delusion?
Shall we say that the Jewish Religious Community suffered delusion because it was predetermined (by prophecy) or because they chose to deliberately remain blinded to the arrival of their MESSIAH!?!?!?
I said that because The JEWS had these SAME prophecies. They just WEREN'T waiting in ANTICIPATION for the Birth of the MESSIAH.
📝 The WORD of God only PROFITS us if we BELIEVE it.
📖Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not PROFIT them, not being MIXED WITH FAITH in them that heard it.
Let's not make the same mistake. MIX the truths that you know from God's Word WITH FAITH.
📖Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and BELIEVE THE GOSPEL.
✏ And What is it about the GOSPEL that we MUST believe? ✏
👉 The Crucifixion and Death of JESUS
👉 The Burial Of JESUS
👉 The RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
📖1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS according to the scriptures; 15:4 And that HE WAS BURIED, and that HE ROSE AGAIN the third day according to the scriptures
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS #BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
BELIEVE IN THE WORD!
(Doing What Matters MOST!)
📖Matthew 2:1-12
📜 Matthew 2:1 "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came WISE MEN FROM THE EAST to Jerusalem..."
"What?! OMG 😱! Wait o, are you kidding me 😱? Like seriously 😱?" These are the thoughts that run through my mind when I read this passage of scripture, don't know about you!
How could this be? The GREATEST EVENT in the history of God's dealings with mankind was taking place and the LEADERS of God's people (The Sanhendrin, made up of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes) DIDN'T EVEN KNOW about it.
Isn't this Preposterous? The mere thought of it makes ME wanna puke (Please don't get ME wrong)! I refuse to offend the JEWS or the Gentiles or the Church of GOD.
📖1 Corinthians 10:32 GIVE NONE OFFENCE, neither to the JEWS, nor to the GENTILES, nor to the CHURCH of God:
However, it doesn't negate the fact that it's AMAZINGLY ANNOYING to think that people to whom belonged the Covenant of Promise, who were OBLIVIOUS to the Timely Workings of GOD, would later dare to ask JESUS to show them SIGNS!
(📖Matt 12:39; 16:4)
✒ The FOREIGNERS
FOREIGNERS who were unfamiliar with the covenants of God perceived what God was doing more than His own chosen people!
See how Apostle Paul describes it:
📖Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world
The problem of the JEWS, which eventually became their UNDOING, was clearly spelt out by our Lord JESUS CHRIST:
📖Luke 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; BECAUSE thou KNEWEST NOT the TIME of THY VISITATION.
✒ The ANSWER
The apparent answer to this is that these Persian wise men were MORE IN TUNE to the prophecies of scripture than the Jews were.
DANIEL had been promoted to be the head of all the wise men of Babylon.
📖Daniel 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a GREAT MAN, and gave him many GREAT GIFTS, and made him RULER over the WHOLE province of Babylon, and chief of the governors OVER ALL the wise men of Babylon.
While in Babylon, Daniel had come through the lions' den victoriously and had no doubt gained the reputation as the greatest wise man of all (📖Dan 6).
✒ The PROPHECY
It was during this time that Daniel wrote the prophecy:
📖Daniel 9:24-27
📜9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
📜 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
📜 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall MESSIAH be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
📜 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
This prophecy pinpointed the time of the MESSIAH'S BIRTH and all that would follow after that. This no doubt provided the inspiration for these wise men.
✒ The STAR 🌟
OK, what about The Star 🌟?
The STAR simply served as a SIGN that the prophesied event had come and directed them towards where the king was born.
✒ PREDETERMINED Delusion or DELIBERATE Delusion?
Shall we say that the Jewish Religious Community suffered delusion because it was predetermined (by prophecy) or because they chose to deliberately remain blinded to the arrival of their MESSIAH!?!?!?
I said that because The JEWS had these SAME prophecies. They just WEREN'T waiting in ANTICIPATION for the Birth of the MESSIAH.
📝 The WORD of God only PROFITS us if we BELIEVE it.
📖Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not PROFIT them, not being MIXED WITH FAITH in them that heard it.
Let's not make the same mistake. MIX the truths that you know from God's Word WITH FAITH.
📖Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and BELIEVE THE GOSPEL.
✏ And What is it about the GOSPEL that we MUST believe? ✏
👉 The Crucifixion and Death of JESUS
👉 The Burial Of JESUS
👉 The RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
📖1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS according to the scriptures; 15:4 And that HE WAS BURIED, and that HE ROSE AGAIN the third day according to the scriptures
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS #BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
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