The Whole Creation Story – Part 31
THE DEVIL was tempting Jesus.
He tempted Jesus 3 times, with 3 almost irresistible temptations.
First Satan appealed to the instinct of human survival. We die. Death is scary.
What will a human do to survive? Probably kill if absolutely necessary. “It was him or me!” RIGHT?????
But, what if it was easy. No fuss, no muss. Easy, peasy, japanesey. And it was a career criminal. No harm, no foul. Of course, you’d do it. To survive. All Jesus had to do was turn some stones into bread. And eat. Simple.
Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
Have you ever not eaten anything for any real length of time. I have for 21 days. You get hungry. It is all you can do is to get through it. I can’t imagine twice that long.
Jesus was hungry.
I broke a fast early once.
Jesus KNEW it was not yet time for Him to eat. So you don’t eat. No matter what.
Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Jesus did not use His power to feed Himself though he could easily have done so. It was not His Father’s will.
Stop, wait! Not God’s will for a human to EAT? To survive? Liar! Of course it is.
God wants His children to LIVE. HE gave us LIFE. HE wants us to have LIFE.
This is a LIE.
Psalms 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death [not the life] of his saints.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
If Jesus CAME so that HUMANS, ALL HUMANS, MIGHT HAVE LIFE, then that means ALL OF THOSE HUMANS DID NOT ALREADY HAVE LIFE before Jesus came! Or He didn’t need to come.
Our course of understanding continues…
Look, The Bible Truth is that God wants humans to LOSE THEIR LIFE, not find it.
Matthew 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
The Bible Truth is that The Lord wants humans to LOSE THEIR LIFE, not save it.
Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
Luke 9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Luke 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Does The Lord God want you to LOVE YOUR LIFE?
OR does The Lord God want you to HATE YOUR LIFE?
John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
This concept is in ALL 4 gospels. Very precious few things are in ALL 4 gospels..
This NOT what the world teaches us. In fact, it is THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE WORLD TEACHES.
Do you think MAYBE this is why The Bible says this?…
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
And this…
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
The theme continues…
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
The CARES of this life – keep this person from Heaven.
The RICHES of this life – keep this person from Heaven.
The PLEASURES of this life – keep this person from Heaven.
Their thoughts. Their ways. Leads them to death. Not life.
What is their THOUGHT? Their “thought” is that they THINK they have eternal life.
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
They don’t.
John 5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
The world, ESPECIALLY those that THINK they are saved, gets mad at me. I’m just pointing out what it says. I’m not making it up or twisting it around.
But, THEY WILL NOT COME TO JESUS, that they might have life.
Jun 19 2023
The Whole Creation Story – Part 31
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The Whole Creation Story – Part 31
The Whole Creation Story – Part 31
THE DEVIL was tempting Jesus.
He tempted Jesus 3 times, with 3 almost irresistible temptations.
First Satan appealed to the instinct of human survival. We die. Death is scary.
What will a human do to survive? Probably kill if absolutely necessary. “It was him or me!” RIGHT?????
But, what if it was easy. No fuss, no muss. Easy, peasy, japanesey. And it was a career criminal. No harm, no foul. Of course, you’d do it. To survive. All Jesus had to do was turn some stones into bread. And eat. Simple.
Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
Have you ever not eaten anything for any real length of time. I have for 21 days. You get hungry. It is all you can do is to get through it. I can’t imagine twice that long.
Jesus was hungry.
I broke a fast early once.
Jesus KNEW it was not yet time for Him to eat. So you don’t eat. No matter what.
Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Jesus did not use His power to feed Himself though he could easily have done so. It was not His Father’s will.
Stop, wait! Not God’s will for a human to EAT? To survive? Liar! Of course it is.
God wants His children to LIVE. HE gave us LIFE. HE wants us to have LIFE.
This is a LIE.
Psalms 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death [not the life] of his saints.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
If Jesus CAME so that HUMANS, ALL HUMANS, MIGHT HAVE LIFE, then that means ALL OF THOSE HUMANS DID NOT ALREADY HAVE LIFE before Jesus came! Or He didn’t need to come.
Our course of understanding continues…
Look, The Bible Truth is that God wants humans to LOSE THEIR LIFE, not find it.
Matthew 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
The Bible Truth is that The Lord wants humans to LOSE THEIR LIFE, not save it.
Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
Luke 9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Luke 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Does The Lord God want you to LOVE YOUR LIFE?
OR does The Lord God want you to HATE YOUR LIFE?
John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
This concept is in ALL 4 gospels. Very precious few things are in ALL 4 gospels..
This NOT what the world teaches us. In fact, it is THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE WORLD TEACHES.
Do you think MAYBE this is why The Bible says this?…
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
And this…
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
The theme continues…
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
The CARES of this life – keep this person from Heaven.
The RICHES of this life – keep this person from Heaven.
The PLEASURES of this life – keep this person from Heaven.
Their thoughts. Their ways. Leads them to death. Not life.
What is their THOUGHT? Their “thought” is that they THINK they have eternal life.
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
They don’t.
John 5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
The world, ESPECIALLY those that THINK they are saved, gets mad at me. I’m just pointing out what it says. I’m not making it up or twisting it around.
But, THEY WILL NOT COME TO JESUS, that they might have life.
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