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Exodus 17:2 Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the Lord?”
When Moses confronted people about being angry with him for not supplying water his response was probably not what they expected.
Moses knew that he was following God’s will and continued to try and do things according to what God instructed him with; even though he did make mistakes, he still tried.
If we go against our church leaders who are doing their best to follow God’s will on our behalf, we had better have a good reason to do so otherwise we are going against God’s will!
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Numbers 16:22 Then they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”
Aaron and Moses were very afraid when God said that He would consume the whole congregation in a moment; God is all powerful!
They understood just how powerful God really is and they knew that when God warned them in this way that they had to take it very seriously.
And yet they still pleaded on behalf of all the people…
How often do you plead on behalf of people who are working against God? How often do you call on God to give sinners one more chance?
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Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Are you beginning to realise just how important this statement is yet?
God alone is our creator and He alone is God above all. No matter how much man lifts up other gods, they are not.
We can call things whatever we want, but if God has not created it as that, then we are deceiving ourselves as well as others.
God’s power alone is in us though the Holy Spirit and it is His choice to be with us. By His grace we exist and by His grace we can live forever.
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Ephesians 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
Jesus Christ alone is Lord of all. No other name can be lifted high as God because Christ alone is the Son of God.
That means that all other religions don’t quite get the point; but equally some people who call themselves Christians don’t quite get it either!
Faith comes in many forms and we believe in many things, but there can only be one truth.
That is the truth that we must seek and God will guide us, if we listen!
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Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
There is one church, not hundreds and thousands, just one. If ever there were a contentious statement this is it!
Christ instituted one church, a church of people who believe on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and trust in Him.
He calls us to be together as one family and one nation under Him.
The problem being that man wants to be at the top of that nation, at the top of the church, and the top of everything.
We need to leave that to God, the only one worthy.
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Ephesians 6:4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
How many people thought this was saying bring up your children to love God; or is it just me and my bad English?
God warns us not to do things and we need to bring our children up knowing those things and knowing that God is a God of wrath and not just lovey dovey things!
True love comes from being just and fair. Hiding justice does not show love but encourages deceit.
We need to make sure our children know justice but not through our anger and strife; through God’s justice.
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Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Teaching children and youth is one of the most important tasks we have; without sound teaching they will not get to hear the truth!
But it is not just teaching them the worldly things they need. They need to know the Gospel so that they can get to know God as well.
Without a relationship with Christ, children are not going to be able to “walk on water”, they will only walk like everyone other non-believer.
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Joel 1:3 Tell your children about it, let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
One of the most important things we need to do is to share the Gospel!
Not everyone can read, not everyone can hear, not everyone can walk to church, not everyone has enough to buy a bible… so we have a duty to take this Word that we have and share it.
We can see the results of God being left out of lives as we see various parts of society crumble and fall. God needs to be in our lives and He needs to be at the centre!
Don’t leave God out until Sunday. Bring Him in here and now!
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Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”
Death is something that does not announce itself at any exact time, it comes when it comes. Christ allows us to see the uncertainty of death so that we know the uncertainty of the time of His return.
We cannot prevent death and we cannot prevent Christ’s return.
But what we can do is be ready for both. We can keep our households in good order. We can keep our faith strong. We can continue to serve God as best we can.
Don’t fear the end. Rather work expecting it so that you feel fulfilled every day!
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Genesis 3:10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
There are times when we run and hide because we are scared, frightened or worried that things will go wrong.
God does not want us to be scared of Him but rather to fear Him. So what’s the difference?
Fearing God means knowing that He is in absolute charge. That means that what He says goes!
Listen to God to find out what He really wants of you, and then DO IT!
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Matthew 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
Have you ever been surprised by meeting someone from you past out of the blue, or meeting someone born in the same place as you on the other side of the world?
We can look at things as being coincidences all we like, but when we get to look through who had to get together and where and when to make sure Christ was born we should stand in awe!
God continues to make sure so much does happen in our lives to encourage and protect us. Believe more in Him and less in the world today!
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Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.
We have some pretty amazing people in this world who can build some amazing things and yet none compare to the simple human body.
We can marvel at the accomplishments of men over the years and still we know that we have got a very long way before we can duplicate what God has done.
That does not seem to stop man from trying things; why can’t we just accept that God has created all things and trust Him with our futures?
Pride?
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2 John 1:9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
When people come to you with good ideas and plans of doing great things for God, make sure that they are bringing God’s teaching into their ideas as well.
When people come in and tell you that Jesus was just a man or just a prophet and not the Son of God, they are going against God, against God’s Word and are themselves heading for a fall.
We are warned about such people in many ways in our bibles, and yet we are also quick to jump at any chance of getting involved with something that sounds good.
Make sure biblical teaching is in the idea. Make sure God is in the idea.
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1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
There is no way that God would let us just go out there and do His work without being there with us. When He calls us to do His Work He is calling us to work with Him.
The other side of that is that we should never go out to do God’s work alone; we should always make sure that we take Him with us.
So the best way of looking at this is to go forward to willingly take on God’s work and expect Him to be with you every step of the way.
God has given us what we need already, we have to start using it properly.
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Mark 16:20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
I love the way that the Gospel of Mark is ended with such a matter of fact statement that the Lord was with them after His death.
Christ did promise us that we would never be left alone to fend for ourselves but that He would be there and Mark confirms this here that the Lord was still working.
How do we know? Well, when we stop and look at how things are happening or how they have happened we will see that extraordinary things do happen.
They happen just when God needs them to.
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Mark 16:19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
After Jesus had told the disciples that they now had the privilege of being able to go out and teach others the Gospel story, God the Father received Jesus into heaven.
Not just into heaven, but to sit on the right hand of God the Father!
Christ has made it possible that we will be able to be in heaven one day too, and he has done this because of His great love toward us. He wants us to know that we have a task to do first of all.
On completion of His task, He ascended back into heaven. When our job is done we too can be with God because Christ made that possible!
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Mark 16:6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.
Today is the day we celebrate Christ being raised from the dead to defeat our sin debt once and for all! Hallelujah!
I don’t see how anyone would not have been alarmed to see that someone had been brought back to life – but this is the power of God, without limit.
It is not that He had to wait for anything other than showing us He keeps His promises, no matter how long we have to wait.
Don’t doubt God’s promises! Don’t be surprised to see them come true!
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John 19:42 So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.
We are told that Jesus body was hurriedly laid in the tomb before the feast day because it was not lawful to work on the feast day, besides the tomb was new and unused.
What we are not told is what the disciples actually did on the next day. Besides it being a solemn day when things were remembered and contemplated upon, we don’t really know that much.
But if we relate that day to one where a very dear person died in our lives, we can begin to think what they may have been going through.
But not for long!
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John 19:5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”
I love the way that Pilate gave the people one more chance at making the right choice; just as God gives us chances to change our minds.
Pilate declared Jesus as a man to get them to take pity after He was beaten and scourged just as any other man (yet more so).
The crowd went on to choose a criminal instead of Christ. Christ did not fight that decision but accepted it as the final choice.
What choice will you make about Christ in your own life?
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1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen.
We like to think we know enough to get by. We like to think we continue learning all the time. We like to think we do what is right.
God is the one who created us and has all power, knowledge and wisdom; He alone is worthy of being praised for everything He does.
We need constant guidance to filter out the world and focus on God’s ways so that we can get closer to making the right choices.
Give God all glory for all He does show us; we need to try to listen to Him more often.