God, The Mighty Man in Battle (STORY TIME): Read and what's your view
(1) The mourning widow Judith cut off the head of the wicked Assyrian General Holofernes (who was a threat to her people) by the Grace, Strength and Power of God through night prayers and also praying silently while carrying out the exceptional action of cutting his head when she was alone with him. She took the head to her people for them to see and praise the Name of God Almighty who gave them great victory while on the verge of a battle to the amazement of many men. She also achieved this by following God's commandment (in the olden days Before Christ) even while with Holofernes. People must learn that you don't just go around threatening the True children of God. God is still God.
According to Judith 13: 1-17
'FINALLY WHEN IT GOT LATE, THE GUESTS EXCUSED THEMSELVES AND LEFT. BAGOAS THEN CLOSED UP THE TENT FROM THE OUTSIDE AND PREVENTED HOLOFERNES' SERVANTS FROM GOING IN. SO THEY ALL WENT TO BED; EVERYONE WAS VERY TIRED BECAUSE THE BANQUET HAS LASTED SO LONG. JUDITH WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE TENT WITH HOLOFERNES WHO WAS LYING DRUNK ON HIS BED. JUDITH'S SLAVE WOMAN WAS WAITING OUTSIDE THE TENT FOR JUDITH TO GO AND PRAY, AS SHE HAD DONE EACH NIGHT. JUDITH HAD ALSO TOLD BAGOAS THAT SHE WOULD BE GOING OUT TO PRAY AS USUAL. ALL THE GUESTS AND SERVANTS WERE NOW GONE, AND JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES WERE ALONE IN THE TENT. JUDITH STOOD BY HOLOFERNES' BED AND PRAYED SILENTLY, "O LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY, HELP ME WITH WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO FOR THE GLORY OF JERUSALEM. NOW IS THE TIME TO RESCUE YOUR CHOSEN PEOPLE AND TO HELP ME CARRY OUT MY PLAN TO DESTROY THE ENEMIES WHO ARE THREATENING US." JUDITH WENT TO THE BED POST BY HOLOFERNES' HEAD AND TOOK DOWN HIS SWORD. SHE CAME CLOSER, SEIZED HOLOFERNES BY THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD, AND SAID, "O LORD, GOD OF ISRAEL, GIVE ME STRENGTH NOW." THEN JUDITH RAISED THE SWORD AND STRUCK HIM TWICE ON THE NECK AS HARD AS SHE COULD, CHOPPING OFF HIS HEAD. SHE ROLLED HIS BODY OFF THE BED AND TOOK DOWN THE BED AND TOOK DOWN THE MOSQUITO NET FROM THE BEDPOSTS. THEN SHE CAME OUT AND GAVE HOLOFERNES' HEAD TO HER SLAVE, WHO PUT IT IN THE FOOD BAG. THEN THE TWO WOMEN LEFT TOGETHER, AS THEY ALWAYS DID WHEN THEY WENT TO PRAY. AFTER THEY HAD WALKED THROUGH THE ASSYRIAN CAMP, THEY CROSSED THE VALLEY AND WENT UP THE MOUNTAINSIDE UNTIL THEY CAME TO GATES OF BETHULIA. WHEN THEY WERE A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, JUDITH CALLED OUT TO THE GUARDS AT THE GATE "OPEN THE GATE! OPEN THE GATE! OUR GOD IS STILL WITH US. TODAY HE HAS ONCE AGAIN SHOWN HIS STRENGTH IN ISRAEL AND USED HIS POWER AGAINST OUR ENEMIES." WHEN THE MEN HEARD HER VOICE, THEY HURRIED DOWN TO THE GATES AND CALLED FOR THE TOWN OFFICIALS. EVERYONE, YOUNG AND OLD, RAN TOGETHER TO THE GATE. NO ONE COULD BELIEVE THAT JUDITH HAD COME BACK. THEY OPENED THE GATE FOR HER AND HER SLAVE AND WELCOMED THEM. THEN, WHEN THEY HAD LIT A FIRE TO GIVE SOME LIGHT AND HAD GATHERED AROUND THE TWO WOMEN, JUDITH SHOUTED, "PRAISE GOD, GIVE HIM PRAISE! PRAISE GOD, WHO HAS NOT HELD BACK HIS MERCY FROM THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. TONIGHT HE HAS USED ME TO DESTROY OUR ENEMIES." SHE THEN TOOK THE HEAD OUT OF THE FOOD BAG AND SHOWED IT TO THE PEOPLE, "HERE," SHE SAID, "IS THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES, THE GENERAL OF THE ASSYRIAN ARMY, AND HERE IS THE MOSQUITO NET FROM HIS BED, WHERE HE LAY IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR. THE LORD HAS USED A WOMAN TO KILL HIM. AS THE LORD LIVES, I SWEAR THAT HOLOFERNES NEVER TOUCHED ME, ALTHOUGH MY BEAUTY DECEIVED HIM AND BROUGHT HIM TO HIS RUIN. I WAS NOT DEFILED OR DISGRACED; THE LORD TOOK CARE OF ME THROUGH IT ALL." EVERYONE IN THE CITY WAS UTTERLY AMAZED. THEY BOWED DOWN AND WORSHIPPED GOD, PRAYING TOGETHER, "OUR GOD, YOU ARE WORTHY OF GREAT PRAISE. TODAY YOU HAVE TRIUMPHED OVER THE ENEMIES OF YOUR PEOPLE."
(2) The story of Noah and the flood that God used to destroy the evil mankind in the olden days. In this present world, we are all, in a way, the surviving generation of Noah and his saved family members. God hates evil. All the generations of Adam and Eve were destroyed (killed) by the flood sent by God except Noah and his family members who were in the boat (some call it an ark) that Noah built as God directed him. Human beings did a lot of violent things everywhere in those days which prompted God to make such a decision. SIMPLE AND SHORT!
QUESTION: DID YOU NOTICE THAT AT THE AGE OF 600 YEARS, BASED ON THE BIBLE, THE INSTRUCTIONS GOD GAVE NOAH NEVER MENTIONED THAT HE HAD ANY GRANDCHILD AT ALL?
NOAH HAD:
(A) A WIFE
(B) THREE SONS (CALLED SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH)
(C) HIS SONS' RESPECTIVE WIVES.
ONE OF THE MEANINGS OF THE ABOVE 👆: IT MEANS THAT NONE OF NOAH'S GRAND CHILDREN EXISTED BEFORE THE WORLD WAS DESTROYED BY THE FLOOD GOD SENT, SO, THEY NEVER SAW THAT VERY WICKED AND EVIL WORLD AND NEVER LEARNT ANYTHING FROM THAT WORLD. ALL THEY LEARNT WAS FROM NOAH, HIS WIFE, HIS SONS AND HIS SONS' WIVES. AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN PASSED THE KNOWLEDGE FORM GENERATION ONTO ANOTHER GENERATION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND HERE WE ARE, THE LATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (WE ARE IN THE WORLD BUT WE ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD). SIMPLE THE SHORT!
According to Genesis 6: 9-22; Genesis 7:1-10
'THIS IS THE STORY OF NOAH. HE HAD THREE SONS, SHEM, HAM, JAPHETH. NOAH HAD NO FAULTS AND WAS THE ONLY GOOD MAN OF HIS TIME. HE LIVED IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, BUT EVERYONE ELSE WAS EVIL IN GOD'S SIGHT, AND VIOLENCE HAD SPREAD EVERYWHERE. GOD LOOKED AT THE WORLD AND SAW THAT IT WAS EVIL, FOR THE PEOPLE WERE ALL LIVING EVIL LIVES. GOD SAID TO NOAH, "I HAVE DECIDED TO PUT AN END TO ALL MAN KIND. I WILL DESTROY THEM COMPLETELY, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS FULL OF THEIR VIOLENT DEEDS. BUILD A BOAT FOR YOURSELF OUT OF GOOD TIMBER, MAKE ROOMS IN IT AND COVER IT WITH TAR INSIDE AND OUT. MAKE IT 133 METRES LONG, 22 METRES WIDE, AND 13 METRES HIGH. MAKE A ROOF FOR THE BOAT AND LEAVE A SPACE OF 44 CENTIMETRES BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE SIDES. BUILD IT WITH THREE DECKS AND PUT A DOOR IN THE SIDE. I AM GOING TO SEND A FLOOD ON THE EARTH TO DESTROY EVERY LIVING BEING. EVERYTHING ON THE EARTH WILL DIE, BUT I WILL MAKE A COVENANT WITH YOU. GO INTO THE BOAT WITH YOUR WIFE, YOUR SONS, AND THEIR WIVES. TAKE INTO THE BOAT WITH YOU A MALE AND A FEMALE OF EVERY KIND OF ANIMAL AND OF EVERY KIND OF BIRD, IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. TAKE ALONG ALL KINDS OF FOOD FOR YOU AND FOR THEM. NOAH DID EVERYTHING THAT GOD COMMANDED. THE LORD SAID TO NOAH, "GO INTO THE BOAT WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY; I HAVE FOUND THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE IN ALL THE WORLD WHO DOES WHAT IS RIGHT. TAKE WITH YOU SEVEN PAIRS OF EACH KIND OF RITUALLY CLEAN ANIMAL, BUT ONLY ONE PAIR OF EACH KIND OF UNCLEAN ANIMAL. TAKE ALSO SEVEN PAIRS OF EACH BIRD. DO THIS SO THAT EVERY KIND OF ANIMAL AND BIRD WILL BE KEPT ALIVE TO REPRODUCE AGAIN ON THE EARTH. SEVEN DAYS FROM NOW I AM GOING TO SEND RAIN THAT WILL FALL FOR FORTY DAYS AND NIGHTS, IN ORDER TO DESTROY ALL THE LIVING BEINGS THAT I HAVE MADE." AND NOAH DID EVERYTHING THAT THE LORD COMMANDED. NOAH WAS 600 YEARS OLD WHEN THE FLOOD CAME ON THE EARTH. HE AND HIS WIFE, AND HIS SONS AND THEIR WIVES, WENT INTO THE BOAT TO ESCAPE THE FLOOD. A MALE AND FEMALE OF EVERY KIND OF ANIMAL AND BIRD, WHETHER RITUALLY CLEAN OR UNCLEAN, WENT INTO THE BOAT WITH NOAH, AS GOD HAS COMMANDED. SEVEN DAYS LATER THE FLOOD CAME.
(3) Judas finished those who mocked God and His digiligent people in the olden days. Their threat on the people of God led to their death. The priests and the people went into prayers because our Heavenly Father was been mocked by the heathen and they finally saw and felt pepper through Judas, his army of soldiers and their neighbors by the Grace and Mighty Power of God Almighty. Nicanor (the loud mouthed, insulting, not God fearing and boastful man) was the first to be killed on the battlefield before his army was killed. You cannot mock God and His people and go scot free. Stop threatening the true people/children of God as it is not good for your own sake. Its outcome will be bad for you if you threaten the true children of God. God is still God!
QUESTION AND THE LIKELY ANSWER: WHO KNOWS THIS, CAN ONE SAY THAT ONE LAHK =ONE MILLION IN TODAY'S WORLD? THEN, IF YES, ONE CAN ALSO SAY THAT ONE LAHK EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS THAT ONLY ONE ANGEL OF GOD KILLED, BASED ON THE HOLY BIBLE, IS THE SAME AS ONE MILLION, EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS 😳. JUST SAYING!
According to 1 Maccabees 7: 33-50
'SOME TIME LATER NICANOR WENT TO MOUNT ZION. SOME OF THE PRIESTS LEFT THE TEMPLE AND, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE, WENT TO WELCOME HIM WITH WORDS OF PEACE AND TO SHOW HIM THE BURNT OFFERING THAT WAS BEING SACRIFICED ON BEHALF OF THE KING. BUT HE RIDICULED THEM AND MADE THEM CEREMONIALLY UNCLEAN BY SPITTING ON THEM. HE SPOKE PROUDLY AND ANGRILY THREATENED THEM WITH AN OATH, "UNLESS JUDAS AND HIS ARMY ARE SURRENDERED TO ME IMMEDIATELY, I WILL BURN HIS TEMPLE DOWN AS SOON AS I RETURN FROM MY VICTORY." AND HE LEFT IN A RAGE. THE PRIESTS WENT INTO THE COURTYARD AND STOOD FACING THE ALTAR AND THE TEMPLE. THEY STARTED WEEPING AND PRAYED, LORD, YOU CHOSE THIS TEMPLE TO BEAR YOUR NAME AND BE A PLACE OF PRAYER AND INTERCESSION FOR YOUR PEOPLE. NOW, TAKE VENGEANCE ON THIS MAN AND HIS ARMY, LET THEM DIE IN BATTLE. REMEMBER HOW THEY SPOKE EVIL OF YOU, AND LET NONE OF THEM SURVIVE." NICANOR LEFT JERUSALEM AND SET UP HIS HEADQUARTERS AT BETH HORON, WHERE THE SYRIAN ARMY JOINED HIM. MEANWHILE, JUDAS SET UP CAMP AT ADASA WITH THREE THOUSAND MEN. THERE JUDAS PRAYED, "LORD, THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT WHEN A KING SENT MESSENGERS TO INSULT YOU, YOUR ANGEL WENT OUT AND KILLED ONE LAKH EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND OF THEIR SOLDIERS. NOW, IN THE SAME WAY, CRUSH THIS ARMY BEFORE US TODAY AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT NICANOR IS BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE HE INSULTED YOUR HOLY TEMPLE. PUNISH HIM AS HIS WICKEDNESS DESERVES." THE ARMIES MET IN BATTLE ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH OF ADAR, AND NICANOR'S ARMY WAS DEFEATED. NICANOR HIMSELF WAS THE FIRST TO BE KILLED IN THE BATTLE, AND WHEN HIS SOLDIERS SAW THAT HE WAS DEAD, THEY THREW DOWN THEIR WEAPONS AND FLED. THE JEWS PURSUED THEM ALL DAY LONG FROM ADASA TO GEZER. AS THEY FOLLOWED, THEY KEPT SOUNDING THE CALL TO BATTLE ON THE TRUMPETS, AND FROM THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES OF JUDEA PEOPLE CAME OUT AND ATTACKED THE FLEEING ENEMY FROM THE SIDES. THIS FORCED THEM BACK TOWARDS THE JEWS WHO WERE CHASING THEM AND ALL THE ENEMY WERE KILLED IN THE FIGHT. NOT ONE OF THEM SURVIVED. THE JEWS TOOK THE LOOT AND THEN CUT OFF NICANOR'S HEAD AND HIS RIGHT ARM, WHICH HE HAD EXTENDED SO ARROGANTLY. THEY BROUGHT HIS HEAD AND HIS ARM TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE JERUSALEM. THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING AMONG THE JEWS. THEY SET THAT DAY ASIDE AS A SPECIAL DAY OF CELEBRATION, AND DECREED THAT THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR SHOULD BE OBSERVED AS AN ANNUAL DAY OF CELEBRATION. THERE WAS PEACE IN THE LAND OF JUDEA FOR A LITTLE WHILE.'
(4) The death of the faithful servants/people of God normally leaves a significant mark behind on this earth/world no matter how hard and painful their exit/death might have been. EVEN IN THE DARKEST MOMENTS OF TRUE CHRISTIANS, PEOPLE WILL TESTIFY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THEIR LORD AND PERSONAL SAVIOR.
THREE MAIN WOMEN FOLLOWED JESUS CHRIST WHILE HELPING HIM AS THEY COULD THROUGH OUT HIS CROSS JOURNEY:
(A) MARY MAGDALENE (B) MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOSEPH
(C) THE WIFE OF ZEBEDEE.
REMEMBER THAT:
(I) THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE IN THE BIBLE ARE CALLED JAMES AND JOHN.
(II) JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, WHO CARRIED THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS WAS NOT ONE OF THE KNOWN DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST AT THAT TIME. HE WAS A RICH MAN OF THE COUNCIL THAT CONDEMNED AND CRUCIFIED JESUS CHRIST, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT HE NEVER SUPPORTED THEIR ACTIONS. SO, THE LEAST HE COULD DO WAS TO ASK FOR JESUS DEAD BODY FROM PILATE TO GIVE HIM A BEFITTING BURIAL OF A PROMINENT MAN IN THE SOCIETY. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA USED HIS MONEY, ASSET, AND CONNECTIONS WISELY TO SECURE THIS EVEN IF IT WAS AFTER JESUS' DEATH HE SUMMONED COURAGE AND ACHIEVED IT.
(III) THE DEAD RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE ROSE FROM THE DEAD IMMEDIATELY JESUS CHRIST DIED, PEOPLE SAW THESE RISEN PEOPLE. JESUS CHRIST ROSE THE RIGHTEOUS FROM THE DEAD IMMEDIATELY HE DIED.
(IV) JESUS CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD THREE DAYS AFTER HE ROSE THE RIGHTEOUS DEAD PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.
(V) IT CAN BE SAID THAT THE RESURRECTION OF THE RIGHTEOUS DEAD PEOPLE HAS ALREADY STARTED SINCE THE DEATH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
According to Matthew 27:45-56
'AT NOON THE WHOLE COUNTRY WAS COVERED WITH DARKNESS, WHICH LASTED FOR THREE HOURS. AT ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK JESUS CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD SHOUT, ELI, ELI, LEMA SABACHTHANI? WHICH MEANS, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY DID YOU ABANDON ME?" SOME OF THE PEOPLE STANDING THERE HEARD HIM AND SAID, "HE IS CALLING FOR ELIJAH!" ONE OF THEM RAN UP AT ONCE, TOOK A SPONGE, SOAKED IT IN CHEAP WINE, PUT IT ON THE END OF A STICK, AND TRIED TO MAKE HIM DRINK IT. BUT THE OTHERS SAID, "WAIT, LIKE US SEE IF ELIJAH IS COMING TO SAVE HIM!" JESUS AGAIN GAVE A LOUD CRY AND BREATHED HIS LAST. THEN THE CURTAIN HANGING IN THE TEMPLE WAS TORN IN TWO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THE EARTH SHOOK, THE ROCKS SPLIT APART, THE GRAVES BROKE OPEN, AND MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WERE RAISED TO LIFE. THEY LEFT THE GRAVES, AND AFTER JESUS ROSE FROM DEATH, THEY WENT INTO THE HOLY CITY, WHERE MANY PEOPLE SAW THEM. WHEN THE ARMY OFFICER AND THE SOLDIERS WITH HIM WHO WERE WATCHING JESUS SAW THE EARTH-QUAKE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED, THEY WERE TERRIFIED AND SAID, "HE REALLY WAS THE SON OF GOD!" THERE WERE MANY WOMEN THERE, LOOKING ON FROM A DISTANCE, WHO HAD FOLLOWED JESUS FROM GALILEE AND HELPED HIM. AMONG THEM WERE MARY MAGDALENE, MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOSEPH, AND THE WIFE OF ZEBEDEE.'
According to Luke 23: 44-56
'IT WAS ABOUT TWELVE O'CLOCK WHEN THE SUN STOPPED SHINING AND DARKNESS COVERED THE WHOLE COUNTRY UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK; AND THE CURTAIN HANGING IN THE TEMPLE WAS TORN IN TWO. JESUS CRIED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, "FATHER! IN YOUR HANDS I PLACE MY SPIRIT!" HE SAID THIS AND DIED. THE ARMY OFFICER SAW WHAT HAPPENED, AND HE PRAISED GOD, SAYING, CERTAINLY HE WAS A GOOD MAN!" WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO HAD GATHERED THERE TO WATCH THE SPECTACLE SAW WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ALL WENT BACK HOME, BEATING THEIR BREASTS IN SORROW. ALL THOSE WHO KNEW JESUS PERSONALLY, INCLUDING THE WOMEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED HIM FROM GALILEE, STOOD AT A DISTANCE TO WATCH. THERE WAS A MAN NAMED JOSEPH FROM ARIMATHEA, A TOWN IN JUDEA. HE WAS A GOOD AND HONOURABLE MAN, WHO WAS WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ALTHOUGH HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, HE HAD NOT AGREED WITH THEIR DECISION AND ACTION. HE WENT INTO THE PRESENCE OF PILATE AND ASKED FOR THE BODY OF JESUS. THEN HE TOOK THE BODY DOWN, WRAPPED IT IN A LINEN SHEET, AND PLACED IT IN A TOMB WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN USED. IT WAS FRIDAY, AND THE SABBATH WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN. THE WOMEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED JESUS FROM GALILEE WENT WITH JOSEPH AND SAW THE TOMB AND HOW JESUS' BODY WAS PLACED IN IT. THEN THEY WENT BACK HOME AND PREPARED THE SPICES AND PERFUMES FOR THE BODY. ON THE SABBATH THEY RESTED, AS THE LAW COMMANDED.'
(5) King Herod (who is an enemy of God) tried to use the Information of the Scriptures (that is, the Word of God) to defeat and kill Jesus Christ (who is the Messiah) upon His birth into this world but God is still God. King Herod failed woefully as He could not kill the baby Jesus Christ even at such a tender age (a less than one year old baby Jesus Christ).
According to Matthew 2: 1-15
'JESUS WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA, DURING THE TIME WHEN HEROD WAS KING. SOON AFTERWARDS, SOME MEN WHO STUDIED THE STARS CAME FROM THE EAST TO JERUSALEM AND ASKED, "WHERE IS THE BABY BORN TO BE THE KING OF THE JEWS? WE SAW HIS STAR WHEN IT CAME UP IN THE EAST, AND WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP HIM." WHEN KING HEROD HEARD ABOUT THIS HE WAS VERY UPSET, AND SO WAS EVERYONE ELSE IN JERUSALEM . HE CALLED TOGETHER ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND ASKED THEM, "WHERE WILL THE MESSIAH BE BORN?" "IN THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA," THEY ANSWERED. "FOR THIS IS WHAT THE PROPHET WROTE: "BETHLEHEM IN THE LAND OF JUDAH, YOU ARE BY NO MEANS THE LEAST OF THE LEADING CITIES OF JUDAH; FOR FROM YOU WILL COME A LEADER WHO WILL GUIDE MY PEOPLE ISRAEL." SO HEROD CALLED THE VISITORS FROM THE EAST TO A SECRET MEETING AND FOUND OUT FROM THEM THE EXACT TIME THE STAR HAD APPEARED. THEN HE SENT THEM TO BETHLEHEM WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS: "GO AND MAKE A CAREFUL SEARCH FOR THE CHILD, AND WHEN YOU FIND HIM, LET ME KNOW, SO THAT I TOO MAY GO AND WORSHIP HIM." AND SO THEY LEFT, AND ON THEIR WAY THEY SAW THE SAME STAR THEY HAD SEEN IN THE EAST. WHEN THEY SAW IT, HOW HAPPY THEY WERE, WHAT JOY WAS THEIRS! IT WENT AHEAD OF THEM UNTIL IT STOPPED OVER THE PLACE WHERE THE CHILD WAS. THEY WENT INTO THE HOUSE, AND WHEN THEY SAW THE CHILD WITH HIS MOTHER MARY, THEY KNELT DOWN AND WORSHIPPED HIM. THEY BROUGHT OUT THEIR GIFTS OF GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH, AND PRESENTED THEM TO HIM. THEN THEY RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRY BY ANOTHER ROAD, SINCE GOD HAD WARNED THEM IN A DREAM NOT TO GO BACK TO HEROD. AFTER THEY HAD LEFT, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED IN A DREAM TO JOSEPH AND SAID, "HEROD WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE CHILD IN ORDER TO KILL HIM. SO GET UP, TAKE THE CHILD AND HIS MOTHER AND ESCAPE TO EGYPT AND STAY THERE UNTIL I TELL YOU TO LEAVE." JOSEPH GOT UP, TOOK THE CHILD AND HIS MOTHER, AND LEFT DURING THE NIGHT FOR EGYPT, WHERE HE STAYED UNTIL HEROD DIED. THIS WAS DONE TO MAKE WHAT THE LORD HAD SAID THROUGH THE PROPHET COME TRUE, "I CALLED MY SON OUT OF EGYPT."
(6) We are Free (Free borns) through our Lord Jesus Christ. One bad raw egg broken and mixed up with other good broken raw eggs in order to make a fried egg paste can give it a bad taste even if the main aim is to quench hunger, the taste could be so bad that no one will be able to eat it and if anyone eats it, it may cause bad/ill health. Follow the teachings of Christ Jesus totally and it shall be well with you. Faith, Hope and love is a wonderful and productive combination when you are in Christ Jesus. The Grace of God should be your preferred criteria for you to be put right with God. If you choose trying to meet up with obeying all the Laws of God all by yourself without the Grace of God, be sure that it will fail because no man on earth is perfect. SIMPLE AND SHORT! GOD IS GOOD!!!
SEE HOW IT WORKS: THE LAWS OF GOD ARE OBEYED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND NOT BY YOUR HUMANLY POWER. WE HOPE THAT GOD WILL SAVE US THROUGH HIS GRACE. THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT GIVES HIS GRACE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE (THAT IS, THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH). AND FAITH WORKS THROUGH THE LOVE IS US. HAVING LOVE IN YOU IS THE HIGHEST COMMANDMENT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS ALL THE LAWS OF GOD, AND GOD IS LOVE. THUS, IF GOD IS IN YOU, YOU AUTOMATICALLY HAVE LOVE, FAITH, POWER, GRACE, HOPE AND FINALLY, OBEYING HIS LAWS WON'T BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF ALL THESE LISTED VIRTUES OF GOD IN YOU. HAVING THESE VIRTUES OF GOD IN US IS BETTER THAN BEING EMPTY INSIDE AND TRYING TO JUST OBEY THE LAWS OF GOD ONLY. WE ARE FREE BORNS (FREE) THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. BASED ON PAUL IN THE BIBLE, MAY GOD PUNISH ANY MAN WHO PREACHES ANYTHING ASIDES THE CORRECT WORD OF GOD NO MATTER WHO IT MAY BE.
According to Galatians 5: 1-15
'FREEDOM IS WHAT WE HAVE - CHRIST HAS SET US FREE! STAND, THEN, AS FREE PEOPLE, AND DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BECOME SLAVES AGAIN. LISTEN! I, PAUL, TELL YOU THAT IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE CIRCUMCISED, IT MEANS THAT CHRIST IS OF NO USE TO YOU AT ALL. ONCE MORE I WARN ANY MAN WHO ALLOWS HIMSELF TO BE CIRCUMCISED THAT HE IS OBLIGED TO OBEY THE WHOLE LAW. THOSE OF YOU WHO TRY TO BE PUT RIGHT WITH GOD BY OBEYING THE LAW HAVE CUT YOURSELVES OFF FROM CHRIST. YOU ARE OUTSIDE GOD'S GRACE. AS FOR US, OUR HOPE IS THAT GOD WILL PUT US RIGHT WITH HIM; AND THIS IS WHAT WE WAIT FOR BY THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH OUR FAITH. FOR WHEN WE ARE IN UNION WITH CHRIST JESUS, NEITHER CIRCUMCISION NOR THE LACK OF IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL; WHAT MATTERS IS FAITH THAT WORKS THROUGH LOVE. YOU WERE DOING SO WELL! WHO MADE YOU STOP OBEYING THE TRUTH? HOW DID HE PERSUADE YOU? IT WAS NOT DONE BY GOD, WHO CALLS YOU. "IT TAKES ONLY A LITTLE YEAST TO MAKE THE WHOLE BATCH OF DOUGH RISE," AS THEY SAY. BUT I STILL FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT YOU. OUR LIFE IN UNION WITH THE LORD MAKES ME CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL NOT TAKE A DIFFERENT VIEW AND THAT THE MAN WHO IS UPSETTING YOU, WHOEVER HE IS, WILL BE PUNISHED BY GOD. BUT AS FOR ME, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IF I CONTINUE TO PREACH THAT CIRCUMCISION IS NECESSARY, WHY AM I STILL BEING PERSECUTED? IF THAT WERE TRUE, THEN MY PREACHING ABOUT THE CROSS OF CHRIST WOULD CAUSE NO TROUBLE. I WISH THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSETTING YOU WOULD GO ALL THE WAY; LET THEM GO ON AND CASTRATE THEMSELVES! AS FOR YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT LET THIS FREEDOM BECOME AN EXCUSE FOR LETTING YOUR PHYSICAL DESIRES CONTROL YOU. INSTEAD, LET LOVE MAKE YOU SERVE ONE ANOTHER. FOR THE WHOLE LAW IS SUMMED UP IN ONE COMMANDMENT: "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF." BUT IF YOU ACT LIKE WILD ANIMALS, HURTING AND HARMING EACH OTHER, THEN WATCH OUT, OR YOU WILL COMPLETELY DESTROY ONE ANOTHER."
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