1 Samuel 25:14-17.
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.
Matthew 24 Table of Contents
Table of Contents for Matthew 24.
Putting on the Sword of the Spirit in response to hostility towards the Spirit
1 Samuel 25:12-13. Those who shear the Spirit thrive on conflict, but we respond in the Spirit of Christ and put on the Sword of the Spirit.
Those who shear the Spirit do not acknowledge the importance of Jesus Christ.
1 Samuel 25:9-11. In today's world, Jesus Christ is not acknowledged, and no support is given to prosper the Spirit.
Followers of Christ extends the peace of the Holy Spirit to those shearing the Sprit.
1 Samuel 25:4-8,
United Nations has a program called “Bring the UN to Your Classroom” for K-12
United nations are now publicly making known their involvement in the educational system from K-12.
Couples who shear the Spirit are like lemons and sugar towards the Spirit
1 Samuel 25:3. Relationships are rooted in shearing the Spirit, but Christians are loyal to Christ and feed His sheep.
When the Gospel of Christ dies, the shearing of the Spirit begins
1 Samuel 25:1-2. God wants the wool of the Spirit of Christ to grow on us, but the Gospel is scarce, and the Spirit is sheared.
David and the foolish sheepshearer: Jesus Christ and those shearing the Spirit
1 Samuel 25.
Jesus Christ is the Word of God; Living in the Spirit of Christ is to live by His Word
John 1:14-18.