THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVE AFTER THEM TO CAUSE THEM ANGUISH (STORYTIME): READ AND WHAT'S YOUR VIEW
Jesus Christ owns everything
The devil owns nothing.
(1) John the Baptist ministry and Jesus Christ ministry co-existed on this earth and they all served the same purpose which is to bring people to the Messiah. When Jesus Christ was still here in human flesh, the disciples directly under Jesus Christ were not fasting because their gathering was described by Jesus Christ Himself as "A WEDDING PARTY" (and we know that wedding feast/party has to do with the happy celebration of the recent union between a bride and groom and those who attend the party must not be starved of eating good food). The disciples directly under the teachings of John the Baptist fasted because the call of their ministry was to specifically prepare people to receive the Messiah. The disciples directly under the teachings of the Pharisees were still fasting as it is their normal rituals. Jesus Christ assured that He is the groom and all Christians (His disciples) in this world comes together as the people attending a wedding party. The wedding party was between Jesus Christ and the first Church while He was still here on earth in human flesh (that is, the first church that comprised of His first twelve apostles and the other many disciples of Jesus Christ). So, Jesus Christ did not marry a physical woman but He wedded the church through the first church He built by Himself. Now, the church is His bride and He is the bridegroom. The love He has for the Church is the type of love He has asked all grooms (husbands) to have for their brides (wives). Men who are well-to-do must in this way do their very best to grow and develop their respective wives to become like them before and after their Holy Matrimony union. A happily married woman is always happy when the husband is alive no matter the obstacles, trials and tribulations that they face together but when the man dies and she becomes a widow she starts missing the man who made her so happy and also wish that he will come back and make her so happy again like he did before. Anytime, you notice that Jesus Christ is no longer with you (whether you caused it or someone else caused it), the best medicine to bring Jesus Christ back to you is "FASTING."
John the Baptist ministry and the Pharisees synagogue are the old ways of being with God, the Father. Jesus Christ ministry (that is, going to God, the Father through Jesus Christ) is the newly upgraded way of being with God, the Father. You don't merge John the Baptist ministry; Pharisees synagogue; and Jesus Christ ministry together when it comes to fasting because each one has a different way of doing things. John the Baptist disciples had not accepted Jesus Christ as the Messiah even if John the Baptist Himself accepted Jesus Christ as the Messiah. The disciples of the Pharisees did not accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah just like the way the Pharisees themselves did not accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah. If the disciples of John the Baptist and the disciples of Pharisees had accepted Jesus Christ as the Messiah what they would have been doing at that time would not be fasting but it would have been to eat and merry with Jesus Christ (the groom) and the church (his bride).
NOTE THAT:
(A) OLD CLOTH AND NEW CLOTH: SO IF CHRISTIANS COVER THE EMPTY SPACE IN JOHN THE BAPTIST MINISTRY AND PHARISEES SYNAGOGUE WITHOUT THEM ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS THE MESSIAH, WITH TIME THE CHRISTIANS WILL TAKE SOME OF THEIR DISCIPLES BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS WOULD HAVE GIVEN OFF SO MUCH STRENGTH IN THE BID OF KEEPING THEM IN GOOD SHAPE AND THE EMPTY SPACE IN THEIR GATHERING WILL BECOME WIDER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. SO THE LONG AND SHORT OF THE WHOLE STORY IS THAT AN UNBELIEVER (NON-CHRISTIAN) NEEDS TO BECOME A BELIEVER (CHRISTIAN) SO THAT THE HELP THAT A BELIEVER (CHRISTIAN) WILL GIVE TO HIM OR HER WILL WORK WELL FOR HIS OR HER OWN GOOD.
(B) NEW WINE AND OLD WINE SKIN: IF THE CHRISTIANS RELY ON THE JOHN THE BAPTIST MINISTRY AND THE PHARISEES SYNAGOGUE IN ORDER TO KEEP "THE WORD" (JESUS CHRIST) WHILE THEY ARE STILL FOLLOWING THEIR USUAL WAY OF NOT ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR MESSIAH, WITH TIME THE CHRISTIANS; THE JOHN THE BAPTIST MINISTRY; AND THE PHARISEES SYNAGOGUE WILL ALL BE DESTROYED BY SUCH DEPENDENCY OF CHRISTIANS ON THEM. SO THE LONG AND SHORT OF THE WHOLE STORY IS THAT IF AN UNBELIEVER (NON-CHRISTIAN) WANTS TO HELP A BELIEVER (CHRISTIAN), HE OR SHE NEEDS TO BECOME A BELIEVER (CHRISTIAN) IF NOT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN SUCH AGREEMENT WILL LOSE.
(C) NEW WINE AND THE FRESH WINE SKIN: TO AVOID THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ALL RELIGIOUS PEOPLE; "THE WORD" (JESUS CHRIST) IS TO BE KEPT BY ONLY THOSE WHO ARE NOW NEW CREATURES BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS THE MESSIAH, THUS, OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE HOLY BIBLE SAYS, "DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOKED WITH UNBELIEVERS. THE SOLUTION TO ALL THESE IS HAVING NEW WINE IN THE FRESH WINESKIN (AND NOT IN OLD WINESKIN) WHICH MEANS THAT EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD NOW AND THE GENERATIONS AFTER NOW MUST ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THE LONG AWAITED MESSIAH JUST LIKE THE CHRISTIANS (THAT IS, THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST) HAVE DONE.
(D) ON A RELATIONSHIP BASIS, DO YOU SEE WHERE THEY GOT THIS CONCEPT OF SAYING, "USED AND DUMPED" THEN THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY WANT TO GO AND GET A VIRGIN GIRL/WOMAN THAT THEY WANT TO MARRY FORGETTING THAT THE MAN HIMSELF HAS BEEN USED TOO SO THE WOMAN TOO SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR A VIRGIN MAN TO MARRY (THIS IS BECAUSE THE MAN AND WOMAN WERE ONCE UPON A TIME VIRGINS IN THIS LIFE). LET THE MALE AND FEMALE REPENT AND BECOME NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST JESUS SO THAT THE SAME MAN CAN BE THE NEW WINE (THROUGH FAITH-BASED AND OBEDIENCE-BASED RIGHTEOUSNESS) THAT WILL BE JOINED TOGETHER IN HOLY MATRIMONY WITH THE SAME WOMAN WHO IS NOW A FRESH WINESKIN (THROUGH FAITH-BASED AND OBEDIENCE-BASED RIGHTEOUSNESS).
According to Mark 2: 18:22
ON ONE OCCASION THE FOLLOWERS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST AND THE PHARISEES WERE FASTING. SOME PEOPLE CAME TO JESUS AND ASKED HIM, "WHY IS IT THAT THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST AND THE DISCIPLES OF THE PHARISEES FAST, BUT YOURS DO NOT?" JESUS ANSWERED, "DO YOU EXPECT THE GUESTS AT A WEDDING PARTY TO GO WITHOUT FOOD? OF COURSE NOT! AS LONG AS THE BRIDEGROOM IS WITH THEM, THEY WILL NOT DO THAT. BUT THE DAY WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM WIL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, AND THEN THEY WILL FAST. " NO ONE USES A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH TO PATCH UP AN OLD COAT, BECAUSE THE NEW PATCH WILL SHRINK AND TEAR OFF SOME OF THE OLD CLOTH, MAKING AN EVEN BIGGER HOLE. NOR DOES ANYONE POUR NEW WINE INTO USED WINESKINS, BECAUSE THE WINE WILL BURST THE SKINS, AND BOTH THE WINE AND THE SKINS WILL BE RUINED. INSTEAD, NEW WINE MUST BE POURED INTO FRESH WINESKINS."
(2) Paul (who was known as Saul) asked His preaching partner Barnabas to join Him in revisiting all the churches where they had shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ to know how they were surviving but Barnabas wanted John Mark to go with them. Paul saw no reason why he should revisit those places with a person like John Mark who has already clearly proven to be an unreliable person as to his own commitment to the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those places to go and reap where he did not sow. They both disagreed and separated because of John Mark; and so Barnabas took John Mark to Cyprus. Paul chose Silas as his new work partner and they worked for Jesus Christ through Syria Church and Cilicia Church. The Christians in the Antioch church where the disagreement happened prayed for them before they left Antioch for God to give them the grace to complete their preaching work. John Mark must have been more than a preaching work partner to Barnabas because Barnabas decided out of his own volition to take John Mark to places that he didn't deserve/qualify to go to as far as the Spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (that is, the preaching work) is concerned. "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT TO THE FINISHING LINE."
NOTE THAT:
(A) THE CHOSEN ONES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE THEY WISH TO WORK WITH ASIDES FROM THE PERSON THAT THEY STARTED THEIR WORK OF GOD WITH BECAUSE THE IMPORTANT THING THERE IS TO MAKE SURE TO CONTINUE SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN ONE AGREEMENT. SO, BARNABAS CHOSE JOHN MARK WHILE PAUL CHOSE SILAS. CHOOSE WISELY AS A CHOSEN ONE THAT YOU ARE AND THEN SWITCH TO SOMEONE ELSE WHEN THE NEED ARISES AS LONG AS YOU CONTRIBUTE YOUR PART IN SPREADING THIS GOSPEL ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD.
(B) BASED ON THE BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW, THE MISSIONARY JOURNEY (THE WORK THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF JESUS) OF THE JOINT WORK OF PAUL AND BARNABAS HAD ALREADY OFFICIALLY ENDED. IT WAS JUST THAT PAUL SAW A NEED TO CROSSCHECK ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT THE BOTH OF THEM HAD, GENERALLY, PREACHED TO JOINTLY.
According to Acts 15: 36-41
SOME TIME LATER PAUL SAID TO BARNABAS, "LET US GO BACK AND VISIT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN EVERY TOWN WHERE WE PREACHED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND LET US FIND OUT HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON." BARNABAS WANTED TO TAKE JOHN MARK WITH THEM, BUT PAUL DID NOT THINK IT WAS RIGHT TO TAKE HIM, BECAUSE HE HAD NOT STAYED WITH THEM TO THE END OF THEIR MISSION, BUT HAD TURNED BACK AND LEFT THEM IN PAMPHYLIA. THERE WAS A SHARP ARGUMENT, AND THEY SEPARATED: BARNABAS TOOK MARK AND SAILED OFF FOR CYPRUS, WHILE PAUL CHOSE SILAS AND LEFT, COMMENDED BY THE BELIEVERS TO THE CARE OF THE LORD'S GRACE. HE WENT THROUGH SYRIA AND CILICIA, STREGHTENING THE CHURCHES.
Sing this Hymn Song of Faith, Hope, Love and Assurance:
Verse 1)
Through the love of God our Saviour,
All will be well;
Free and changeless is His favour,
All, all is well.
Precious is the blood that healed us,
Perfect is the grace that sealed us,
Strong the hand stretched forth to shield us,
All must be well.
Verse 2)
Though we pass through tribulation,
All will be well.
Ours is such a full salvation,
All, all is well.
Happy still in God confiding;
Fruitful if in Christ abiding;
Steadfast through the Spirit's guiding:
All must be well.
Verse 3)
We expect a bright tomorrow;
All will be well.
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
All, all is well.
On our Father's love relying,
Jesus every need supplying;
Or in living or in dying;
All must be well.
Sing these Songs of Exaltation
SONG 1)
*** Unquestionable, you are the Lord.
*** Unquestionable, you are the Lord.
*** Unquestionable, unquestionable, unquestionable, you are the Lord.
SONG 2)
*** I will exalt you Lord
*** For thou has lifted me
*** Above my enemies.
*** Your banner over me is love.
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