Luke 13:1-9. Being victimized or traumatized by violence and happenstance is no reflection on us. Jesus looks at who we are in the heart.
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.
Table of Contents for Acts 1 through chapter 13:3
Table of Contents for Acts Chapters 1-12
Israel lifts itself up, solicits worldly favor, and turns their back on God and Jesus Christ
Ezekiel 16:23-43.
Joshua Built an Altar to God: Jesus Christ Has Built an Altar to God
Joshua 8:30-35.
Jesus Christ did not Come to Sign a Peace Agreement with this World
Luke 12:49-59. The peace agreement that Jesus makes is not with this world, but with His Father by the remission of sin.
Revelations Table of Contents
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Jesus Christ Returns When No One Believes Any More
Luke 12:35-48. Jesus Christ is coming back when no one believes anymore. Let's keep the light of the Holy Spirit shining in us as Believers.
Persistent rejection of Jesus Christ brings tribulation even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were here.
Ezekiel 14:12-23.
Joshua Sets an Ambush Against the City: Jesus Christ Has Set an Ambush Against the Global Government of the Beast
Joshua 8:1-29
A Heart Focused on Money and Possessions is with the Mark of the Beast, A Heart Focused on Christ Has Treasures in Heaven
Luke 12:22-34.