Matthew 5:1-12
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness…For you will no longer be called the Lady of Kingdoms.”
Isaiah 47:5-7
People from all around came to Galilee to receive healing from Jesus.
Matthew 4:23-25
“Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne”
Isaiah 47:1-4
Jesus calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John to follow Him.
Matthew 4:18-22
“I bring My righteousness near, it will not be far off; My salvation will not linger.”
Isaiah 46:12-13
Jesus moved to Capernaum and a great Light was seen in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali.
Matthew 4:12-16
Anti-Christ table of contents.
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“I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done…”
Isaiah 46:8-11
John the Baptist baptizes Jesus Christ.
Matthew 3:13-16