Six Days Shalt Thou Labor
The four day work week and retiring early is in the vogue. But is that really the best pathway for life?
God commands … not suggests … to work six days. You might say it is a like Father, like son thing.
Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
If you have figured out how to make a living in such a way that you can retire early from working for your own needs, good for you. Maybe the Lord has need of your talents.
Moses effectively had three careers.
- He started out as prince of Egypt, on the way to the throne. He realized that he was called to help the Hebrews.
- That led to a banishment where he was a shepherd for forty years.
- God called him at the burning bush at the age of eighty. He went back to Pharoah, was instrumental in helping liberate the children of Israel, crossed the Red Sea, received the Ten Commandments, and brought the children of Israel to the brink of the promised land. His third career spanned forty years.
At the age of 120 this was his testimony.
Deuteronomy 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
In a culture that is obsessed with youth, in some cases, using some diabolical means to obtain that, consider the example of Moses. His life spanned three careers and he was going strong at 120.
On the other hand, scripture gives us an example of a man who quit working as was obsessed with “me, myself, and I.”
Luke 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
He retired early and his life ended early. God called back the talent since he would not use it for the purposes of God.
Some of you who have lived long enough have probably seen at least one example of this. I know I have. Someone retires early and a few years later that person is dead.
I get it. You work hard for many years and want a little break. But perpetual days with nothing to do is not good.
Six days shalt thou labor. Surely, your talents can be used somewhere.
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Quit You Like Men
I Corinthians 16:13 (KJV) Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
I Corinthians 16:13 (YLT) Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
“….I firmly believe that any man’s finest hours – his greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear – is that moment when he has worked his heart out in good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.” Vince Lombardi
“I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.” Vince Lombardi Source
This is a comment from observation. There are those who are not necessarily religious who “get it,” who understand the need for cultural battle more than the church.
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
There are those who are not necessarily religious, but who understand the extreme danger of the satanic globalists. Indeed, they will even discuss the dangers of satan more strongly than the church. They stand against transgenderism and many of the ills of today’s society more strongly than the church.
Elon Musk, in being willing to permit Matt Walsh’s “What is a woman” to be shown on Twitter, has probably done more to break the spell of transgenderism than many sermons that have been preached in churches.
There are other individuals out there, it is not necessary to mention names because there is more than one, but they talk about the takedown of manhood. Testosterone has decreased in men because of diet. Men have been feminized and marginalized.
It is good that these individuals, whether they are religious or not, are taking a stand against the satanic globalists.
But for those in the church who say, so what, why are you saying this, I will explain. This will be a little raw, but it’s got to be said for those who haven’t thought this through.
Your young men are looking for models of manhood to emulate. God didn’t create emasculated men, feminized men, neutered men. Satan and modernists did.
Throughout history, until recently, men could be counted on to defend the family and society. Is that the model that we see today?
Again, there are those who are not necessarily Christian who are saying … don’t abort, take care of your family, your loved ones. They have some things right. However, they may not necessarily believe in biblical marriage. Therefore, they become examples of fornication, even though they may have other things right.
If you want your sons to see a godly, strong manly example, you have to do at least as much as those who are not going to church but who are fighting the cultural battles. If not, your sons may look to some of these individuals as cultural warriors. These individuals are willing to go to battle against an ungodly culture, more than some church members. These individuals are willing to correct their testosterone levels, more than some church members. While they may have some things right, even more than the church in some ways, some of them are into fornication, since they don’t have a biblical structure. Are those the manly examples you want for your sons?
Your sons may go to those who have more testosterone and cultural fight in them, and those people may not necessarily have the fulness of the faith. Your sons need to see manhood in action.
I won’t belabor the point, as I have spoken of it before, but I believe the root cause of whether someone resists cultural rot or not is a person’s eschatalogical belief which will incite him to either action or inaction.
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Protect Your Children
You need to be aware of the forces coming after your children through entertainment, iphones, schools, libraries, and social interaction. They need to be protected through education, limited as to what kinds of entertainment they have, and have content blockers on phones (and why do kids have phones anyway?).
A winning strategy is to take them to church, teach them about the Lord, teach them to read their Bibles, teach them to pray, pray for them, pray as a family. You need to teach them to put on the full armor of God. You need to teach them that God created male and female … only. Don’t ignore the teaching in the Old Testament because that is where God explains to mankind that God created them male and female.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Matt Walsh created “What is a woman?” which Elon Musk permit to be aired on Twitter after the movie was banned elsewhere.
At the time of this writing, it is currently available through a link on this post In case you missed it although I don’t know how long it will continue to be available as it was only supposed to be available for 24 hours.
C.S. Lewis was ahead of his time in recognizing this same problem when he wrote, The Abolition of Man.
Is truth objective, biological, measurable, knowable, biblical? Or is it anyone’s feeling? Feelings can be manipulated by psychological warfare and satan.
This whole discussion of transgenderism is rooted in rebellion against God and the truth of Creation as explained in Genesis. How do I know the Bible is true? The author of the Word of God, called the Bible, died for mankind and rose from the dead as his signature brand. That cannot be contested. Like any argument a progressive does not want to have, they avoid the discussion, call names, lie, or do anything but face the facts.
There is only one honest scientist I heard once, as I have heard more than one of these discussions. Basically, he said that I believe that Jesus is who he says he is, but I don’t like what he teaches. That is at least an honest answer. Following the teachings of Jesus ends murder, pedophilia, child exploitation in any fashion; it ends organ harvesting, drugs, alcoholism, war for profit, pharmaceutical and medical malpractice for profit. It ends people worshipping mammon and satan who says that “if thou wilt fall down and worship me, all shall be thine.” It ends government corruption, bribery, pornography and the works of the world, the flesh and the devil for profit. That’s really why people don’t want to acknowledge Jesus. It is not that they don’t believe that he is God. They like their investments in the world, the flesh, and the devil. But if they resist long enough, this happens.
II Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
The bottomline issue is “what is truth”. Is there an objective truth?
Yes. God created mankind and truth is the Word of God, the written and living Word of God, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.
God created man and woman, male and female. That is the answer. That is the truth.
From Mel Gibson’s, The Passion of the Christ, watch on YouTube.
In the book of Isaiah, in talking about the Medes who overcame the Babylon that existed at that time, there are these verses.
Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Perhaps this shows us a key. Isn’t that what is required in this time to overcome the corruption? Satan/ mammon says “fall down and worship me and all shall be thine.” Politicians are sent to D.C. by their constituents who have hopes for change, but “it’s the money, honey,” where the politicians fail. Lobbyists get to them. We need people who “shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.” These people are able to resist the bribery and simply get the job done.
The Medes were more interested in extending their kingdom than in the silver and gold. Those who are of the kingdom of heaven need to be more interested in extending the kingdom of heaven than in accumulating silver and gold.
Why the preaching of the gospel? Without a change of heart that comes through the gospel, without the new birth into the kingdom of heaven, satan will continue to lead mankind down worse and worse pathways.
Luke 4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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In Case You Missed It
As the pre-video warning says, some of the imagery and language you may find disturbing.
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On the lighter side, satire:
Repost from the Babylon Bee: Spelling Bee Contestant Asks The Definition of “Woman”
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short
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In the Fall, the focus has rightly been placed on Eve. She listened to the serpent. She took the forbidden fruit. She passed it onto her husband.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
But where was Adam before Eve’s meeting with the serpent? Was he, as the saying goes, “a day late and a dollar short?”
It is notable that after the Fall, Adam decided to call his wife’s name Eve, “the mother of all living.”
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Is that correct? The Bible teaches that all mankind since the Fall is born into trespasses and sin. That doesn’t sound like being “the mother of all living.”
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
So was Adam directed by God to name Eve prior to the Fall, and he was prophetically a day late? Prophetically, if Adam had called her name Eve, prior to the Fall, would it have given her the spiritual strength to resist the temptation to eat off the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
Just wondering.
It has always struck me when I read that why Adam called her the mother of all living because she just became the doorway whereby sin, sickness, and death entered the world.
I’m sure theologians, which I am not, could pick that apart or comment on it.
Regardless, if you think details don’t matter, in the story of Achan, one man, who “stole the stuff” that he wasn’t supposed to steal, caused the downfall of the nation in the next battle until the “stolen stuff” was remedied. Details matter.
Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
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Man does not live by bread alone
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Matthew 4:4 (KJV) 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.
Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
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The Baptism of Jesus
Matthew 3:15 (KJV) And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Isaiah 42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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The kingdom of heaven is at hand
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Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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Relationship and Prayer Requests
Prayer is a topic about which there are many scriptures and examples in the Bible. This post can only be a minute, minute (adj.) discussion.
It is important to realize that prayer begins with relationship … a relationship with God the Father.
Jesus began the Lord’s prayer with the words, “Our Father.”
Isn’t God the Father of everyone? God is the Father of spirits. All spirits … and man is a spirit, has a soul, and lives in a body … all spirits were created by God. A relationship through Jesus Christ restores fellowship.
Hebrews 12:9 (KJV) Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
I Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At Creation, God created man to fellowship with him. That fellowship was broken by the Fall.
Genesis 3:8 In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.
9 The Lord God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”
Jesus came to make a way for that fellowship to be restored.
Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Jesus went to the heart of the matter in this discourse.
John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Without the new birth through Jesus Christ, the spiritual lineage of all men (in English grammar that includes women) is to be born in trespasses and sin. The sin nature, like genetics, is carried on from generation to generation until it is broken through the power of Jesus Christ through the new birth. It requires individual repentance and turning to the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a saying that “God has no grandchildren.” In other words, the new birth experience cannot be carried down generation after generation. Knowledge can be passed on on how to be born again, but the experience cannot be.
This is why Jesus could talk to the most religious people of the day and tell them they were of the father the devil. It wasn’t necessarily about their actions, it was about their lineage. They had not yet been adoped into the family of God through Jesus Christ.
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jesus stated:
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
The reason why a person is “condemmed already” is because that person exists in trespasses and sins, no matter how nobly they may act.
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
This is why before talking about the topic of prayer, it is necessary to talk about establishing a relationship with God first. A child asks help of his father.
The one prayer that God does hear in order to re-establish that relationship is this.
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
That comes from the Apostle Paul’s longer explanation here.
Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
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