Not to be argumentative; yet, I must defend the Gospel. While I appreciate correction, where correction is necesssary and accurate; there have been many instances where the “correcting” was in err. Almost immediately after posting my last entry to my blog, which virtually nobody admits to reading – yet so many, here especially, have responded to with sheer cussedness and turned backs, I was confronted with such correction.
“Honey, if people are responding to your ministry with hatred and insults, then you must be doing it wrong. Jesus spoke in peace.” So said to me by a godly looking woman, with Bible in hand.
My first thought was, Jesus was altogether nailed to a cross because, in man’s estimation, He needed to be corrected because of His ministry - His claim of deity, the miracles He performed, and His chastising of the church, which according to church leaders, was blasphemy against God.
“Honey, if people are responding to your ministry with hatred and insults, then you must be doing it wrong. Jesus spoke in peace.” So said to me by a godly looking woman, with Bible in hand.
My first thought was, Jesus was altogether nailed to a cross because, in man’s estimation, He needed to be corrected because of His ministry - His claim of deity, the miracles He performed, and His chastising of the church, which according to church leaders, was blasphemy against God.
Luke 5:21 That set the religion scholars and Pharisees buzzing. "Who does he think he is? That's blasphemous talk! God and only God can forgive sins."
Matthew 27:1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
Matthew 27:1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
I simply advised the woman, who confronted me m, to “read it again.” The Pharisees, being full of err, in their so called correction of Jesus, were always tracing His footsteps, insulting Him, and trying to trip Him up with frivolous questions in an attempt to disprove His ministry.
Matthew 22:15-16 (NIV) Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. *They sent THEIR disciples to Him along with the Herodians.
*Notice how Jesus did not go to them, they came at Him with their foolishness.
Moreover, Jesus’s own family called Him crazy because of His ministry.
Mark 3:21 When His family heard about this, they went to take charge of Him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
Luke 8:21 He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”
Luke 8:21 He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”
It’s not enough to simply look the part; we must live it. We must know the Word - that we do it.
Matthew 23:23b “but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.”
Not every online influencer has your best interest at heart; but rather, like the Pharisees, show up in other’s ministries to serve their own interest by casting doubt. This is how so many are persuaded and misled in err. Therefore, JESUS SAID...
Matthew 23:33b (MSG) It's on account of people like you that I send prophets and wise guides and scholars *generation after generation—and generation after generation you treat them like dirt, greeting them with lynch mobs, hounding them with abuse.
*He still sends forth His prophets, even in this - especially in this generation.
ADAM WHERE ARE YOU?!
Please stop listening to the snake.
Please stop listening to the snake.
Jesus is not only the author and finisher of my faith; He is the orchestrater and navigator of my ministry.
THANK YOU LORD
I WILL DEFEND THE GOSPEL
AMEN
(Let those who have ears to hear, hear)
I WILL DEFEND THE GOSPEL
AMEN
(Let those who have ears to hear, hear)