ANOINTED FOR CHRIST

 Malachi 1v2 Xref romans 9v13.  In the Book of Malachi we read about priests who have been corrupt. In the same way in the Book of Romans the priests were still corrupt as Malachi was written only 400 years prior to the time of Jesus christ. Concerning this corruption the Apostle Paul makes an argument saying that those born of Abraham do not always inherit Abraham's promises. But just as God loved Jacob and hated Esau or more so eat them the nation God chose Jacob or Israel because they had done God's Will and obeyed the lord. He rejected Esau and the nation of Edom because they wanted to destroy Jacob and the nation of Israel just like Cain destroyed abel. But this time God saved Israel and Jacob. Here are the argument continues to say that even though the Jews are born of Abraham they do not necessarily automatically inherited the promises of abraham. Nor the promise of God's blessing but instead it is based on obedience and belief in the Lord. For this reason God has re...

 When I grew up I hated lying and I never wanted to lie ever. As I got older I realized that sometimes I lied for a good cause. And then I thought what is the moral stance of God on that issue? Well in King David's story we see that King David lied to another king that would have killed him otherwise. He pretended to be insane and let drool drip down onto his beard so that he could save his own skin. He also lied to King Saul when he evaded him. He also took bread from the priests and ate and drank so that he could survive. God considered all of these things righteous. For God had said that David was faithful in everything that he did except for in the case of Uriah the hittite. There are more examples but God does allow us to lie if it is for a good cause. Now he wants us to try to be honest at all times, but sometimes we are in an unfair game. For example homicide investigators sometimes lie to their suspects in order to get them to confess to their crime. A woman kidnapped by a ...

 Zech outline part 1 of 2 I. 7 VISIONS AT NIGHT A. Intro 1:1-6 B. Horses (saw at night) 1:7-17 C. Horns (eyes) 1:18-20 D. Measure line (eyes) 2:1-5 E. Flee 2:6-13 F. Joshua 3:1-10 G. Zerubabel (waked me) 4:1-14 H. Theives (eyes) 5:1-4 I. Grain basket (eyes) 5:5-11 J. Chariots (eyes) 6:1-8 K. Crown 6:9-15

 We recently had to take my daughter to the emergency room. Every time a doctor takes her vitals my little daughter and gets extremely emotionally disturbed. I cannot help but realize that her disturbance comes from the sudden removal of her freedom of physical movement. Though she is safe physically, she is being damaged emotionally. The evidence is obvious by the look on her face and the screams from her vocal cords. It is in those moments that she experiences broken trust. She trusts us parents to protect her from everyone. In those moments we fail to protect her from the doctors and nurses who pin her down and take a look in her ear and put stethoscope to her chest and black pump band around her arm. Have we done anything wrong as parents? Absolutely not. But broken trust remains regardless on her end of the deal. In the same way God has allowed many horrible things to happen to me including torment by evil people of which I could not escape. In those moments I have broken trus...

  I love all people, including the homeless.   I have worked, by God’s grace, 4 plus years in homeless ministry services.   Though I love them, I have also come to some important conclusions about them.   Mostly, homeless ministry services temporarily help individuals for a brief time in their lives, but it does not solve homelessness in any manner.   Let me explain why I believe this. First off, I separate homeless people into two main groups: average middle class Americans who temporarily lost their way in life, and the perpetual homeless who cause trouble to those around them.     The root cause of temporary homelessness comes from being born into poverty, or a series of bad choices which they soon rectify.   I was homeless for three months in 2013, and it was caused by choosing a school major (psychology) which led to no jobs after graduation. Of the perpetual homeless population, the root cause of their homelessness comes from a selfish p...

Biblical references for the 7 things that happen to me when I sin: 1. I make God sad (Jeremiah 2:5 What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me?) 2. I make God mad (Psalm 78:29-32 So they [the wandering Israelites] ate and were well filled [with manna and quail], For He gave them their own desire. They were not deprived of their craving; But while their food was still in their mouths, The wrath of God came against them, And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down the choice men of Israel. In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous works.) 3. I lose God's blessing (Genesis 3:24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.) 4. I gain a curse (Genesis 4:10-11 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. So now you are cursed from the e...