Showing posts with label perfect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perfect. Show all posts

Saturday, October 11, 2014

And Enoch walked with God


Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

Believers are called to walk with God. This can only be done with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is not easy for our natural self to walk with God, but it is not impossible otherwise God would not have asked us to do so. A perfect example we can look to is Jesus Himself. As he taught us the secret, He only does what He hears the Father telling Him to do and not do the things the Father did not tell Him to do.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect


Matthew 5:48
be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Yshua asked us to be like Him in perfection. How can that be when He and us know that we are never really perfect as humans in this world. Yet it must be possible because He calls us to be perfect. This perfection is not the kind of human perfection that we can achieve. On the contrary it is God's perfection that is revealed in us. The way this is evident is through our love we have for others, just as Yshua has loved us - this is the means that the world may see God through us.

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Blessed are

Matthew 5:3-11
Blessed are ...

The beatitudes are some of the well remembered verses of Yshua's teachings. They appear very soft and spiritual, unlike the Ten Commandments with "Thou Shalt Not ....". The deeper meaning of the beatitudes are often missed, even by non-new believers. It seems to focus more on positive reinforcements by beginning with Blessed are those who will do certain things. Upon careful reading and understanding, it may not be easy at all. In fact it reflects the perfect standard that Yshua expects us to live up to. By our own means it is as impossible to follow as the Ten Commandments. It is only by surrendering to the Holy Spirit that we can live out the Beatitudes.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

We all come to the unity of the faith

Ephesians 4:13
till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 

To finally get to the fullness of Christ is the ultimate that all believers of Yshua should aspire too. This is not merely our own private spiritual growth. It also incorporates us together with the rest of the body of Christ. Knowledge of Christ is to be included with the unity of the faith. It is obvious but worth stating that strife and division tears the body apart and is counter-productive to the work of the Kingdom.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

God - creator of all animals

The Almighty God speaks to Job, this time about the animals in his earthly kingdom. He describes the natural characteristic of some of the common animals; they are all different in their unique way, yet have the necessary characteristics to survive. God made them in their unique ways as only God the All-Knowing and All-Wise knows how to do this. The majesty of God is not only shown through the natural beauty of heavenly objects (stars, galaxies) nor terrestrial objects (mountains, rivers, oceans) but also through his Creative work as creator of all living creatures. All this to show Job the true character of God - perfect, planned, caring, wise, etc....

Job 39

 1 “Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young?      Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?
 2 Can you number the months that they fulfill?      Or do you know the time when they bear young?
 3 They bow down,      They bring forth their young,       They deliver their offspring.[a]
 4 Their young ones are healthy,      They grow strong with grain;       They depart and do not return to them.
 5 “Who set the wild donkey free?      Who loosed the bonds of the onager,
 6 Whose home I have made the wilderness,      And the barren land his dwelling?
 7 He scorns the tumult of the city;      He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture,      And he searches after every green thing.
 9 “Will the wild ox be willing to serve you?      Will he bed by your manger?
 10 Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?      Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
 11 Will you trust him because his strength is great?      Or will you leave your labor to him?
 12 Will you trust him to bring home your grain,      And gather it to your threshing floor?
 13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,      But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?
 14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground,     And warms them in the dust;
 15 She forgets that a foot may crush them,      Or that a wild beast may break them.
 16 She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;      Her labor is in vain, without concern,
 17 Because God deprived her of wisdom,      And did not endow her with understanding.
 18 When she lifts herself on high,      She scorns the horse and its rider.
 19 “Have you given the horse strength?      Have you clothed his neck with thunder?[b]
 20 Can you frighten him like a locust?      His majestic snorting strikes terror.
 21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;      He gallops into the clash of arms.
 22 He mocks at fear, and is not frightened;     Nor does he turn back from the sword.
 23 The quiver rattles against him,      The glittering spear and javelin.
 24 He devours the distance with fierceness and rage;      Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.
 25 At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’      He smells the battle from afar,       The thunder of captains and shouting.
 26 “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,      And spread its wings toward the south?
 27 Does the eagle mount up at your command,      And make its nest on high?
 28 On the rock it dwells and resides,      On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
 29 From there it spies out the prey;      Its eyes observe from afar.
 30 Its young ones suck up blood;      And where the slain are, there it is.”

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