Tuesday, September 28, 2021

PT-3 "Confirming Credentials" (Matt. 10:8)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/28/2021 8:54 PM

 

My Worship Time                                                              Focus:  PT-3 “Confirming Credentials”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                     Reference:  Matthew 10:8

 

            Message of the verses:  8 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; freely you received, freely give.”

 

            I mentioned that we would be looking at the contrast how the world does things, and I have to say that the making of money is usually at the root of what their motives are.

 

            Ezekiel 18:12 gives us an example as he speaks of the unbeliever  “oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination.”  Psalm 10:2 tells us that He persecutes the poor, and then Amos 5:11 and 8:5-6 tells us that He puts heavy burdens on them and defrauds them.  Isaiah 3:15 “"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts.”  MacArthur writes “The world has little use for the afflicted.  What concern there is comes as the residual fruity of Christian influence on society.

 

            False prophets have no mercy or compassion but rather use and abuse people to their own selfish advantage.  Jesus warned about ‘the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets’ but ‘who devour widows’ houses’ (Mark 12:38-4).

 

            I am sorry to say that I won’t be able to add any more this evening as I had a terrible night last night and had things to do today on very little rest.

 

9/28/2021 9:06 PM

 

 

 

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