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Thursday, April 20, 2023

JESUS as PARADOX

 


Mark 2:16-17

King James Version

16 And when the scribes and Pharisees 

saw him eat with publicans and sinners, 

they said unto his disciples, 

How is it that he eateth and drinketh 

with publicans and sinners?

17 When Jesus heard it, 

he saith unto them, 

They that are whole have no need of the physician, 

but they that are sick: 

I came not to call the righteous, 

but sinners to repentance.


Do those things puzzle you?

The words of CHRIST?

The way He lived His life?

The way He showed up on earth?

The way He conducted His ministry?

Wonder no more, for we shall look into it here.


Merriam-Webster defines "paradox" as:

: one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases

: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true

: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true

: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises

: a tenet contrary to received opinion


The LORD JESUS was a mystery in Himself.

He was "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS", and yet He chose to come as an ordinary man.

Isaiah 53:2

King James Version

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: 

he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, 

there is no beauty that we should desire him.


He did not come to be ministered unto.

Mark 10:45

King James Version

45 For even the Son of man 

came not to be ministered unto, 

but to minister, 

and to give his life a ransom for many.


He took on sin, despite His not having any sin.

2 Corinthians 5:21

King James Version

21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, 

who knew no sin; 

that we might be made the righteousness of God 

in him.


How about the mystery of salvation?

Wherein:

Romans 11:25

King James Version

25 For I would not, brethren, 

that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, 

lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; 

that blindness in part is happened to Israel, 

until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.


But it becomes clear here:

Romans 11:11

King James Version

11 I say then, 

Have they stumbled that they should fall? 

God forbid: 

but rather through their fall salvation is come 

unto the Gentiles, 

for to provoke them to jealousy.


Such is GOD's magnificence, mystery, and magnanimity.

2 Peter 3:9

King James Version

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 

as some men count slackness; 

but is longsuffering to us-ward, 

not willing that any should perish, 

but that all should come to repentance.


And we've barely touched the surface.

John 21:25

King James Version

25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, 

the which, if they should be written every one, 

I suppose that even the world itself 

could not contain the books that should be written. 

Amen.


Related post:

Paradoxes

GOD's PLAN of SALVATION

JESUS

REPENTANCE


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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

What GOD delights in

 

Matthew 3:17

King James Version

17 And lo a voice from heaven, 

saying, 

This is my beloved Son, 

in whom I am well pleased.


Ever wondered what makes GOD happy?

What the LORD delights in?

I searched Scripture.

And here's what I found.


First, GOD delighted in His creation:

Genesis 1:4-5

King James Version

4 And God saw the light, 

that it was good: 

and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, 

and the darkness he called Night. 

And the evening and the morning 

were the first day.


Genesis 1:10

King James Version

10 And God called the dry land Earth; 

and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: 

and God saw that it was good.


Genesis 1:12

King James Version

12 And the earth brought forth grass, 

and herb yielding seed after his kind, 

and the tree yielding fruit, 

whose seed was in itself, after his kind: 

and God saw that it was good.


Genesis 1:16-18

King James Version

16 And God made two great lights; 

the greater light to rule the day, 

and the lesser light to rule the night: 

he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, 

and to divide the light from the darkness: 

and God saw that it was good.


Genesis 1:21

King James Version

21 And God created great whales, 

and every living creature that moveth, 

which the waters brought forth abundantly, 

after their kind, 

and every winged fowl after his kind: 

and God saw that it was good.


Genesis 1:25

King James Version

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, 

and cattle after their kind, 

and every thing that creepeth upon the earth 

after his kind: 

and God saw that it was good.


Genesis 1:31

King James Version

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, 

and, behold, 

it was very good. 

And the evening and the morning 

were the sixth day.


GOD delighted in His Son, JESUS.

Isaiah 42:1-7

King James Version

42 Behold my servant, 

whom I uphold; 

mine elect, 

in whom my soul delighteth; 

I have put my spirit upon him: 

he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, 

nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, 

and the smoking flax shall he not quench: 

he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, 

till he have set judgment in the earth: 

and the isles shall wait for his law.

5 Thus saith God the Lord, 

he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; 

he that spread forth the earth, 

and that which cometh out of it; 

he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, 

and spirit to them that walk therein:

6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, 

and will hold thine hand, 

and will keep thee, 

and give thee for a covenant of the people, 

for a light of the Gentiles;

7 To open the blind eyes, 

to bring out the prisoners from the prison, 

and them that sit in darkness 

out of the prison house.


Matthew 17:5

King James Version

5 While he yet spake, 

behold, 

a bright cloud overshadowed them: 

and behold a voice out of the cloud, 

which said, 

This is my beloved Son, 

in whom I am well pleased; 

hear ye him.


GOD delighted in Israel.

Deuteronomy 7:6-9

King James Version

6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: 

the Lord thy God hath chosen thee 

to be a special people unto himself, 

above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, 

nor choose you, 

because ye were more in number than any people; 

for ye were the fewest of all people:

8 But because the Lord loved you, 

and because he would keep the oath 

which he had sworn unto your fathers, 

hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, 

and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, 

from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, 

he is God, 

the faithful God, 

which keepeth covenant and mercy 

with them that love him 

and keep his commandments 

to a thousand generations;


Isaiah 62:4

King James Version

4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; 

neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: 

but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, 

and thy land Beulah: 

for the Lord delighteth in thee, 

and thy land shall be married.


Zephaniah 3:17-20

King James Version

17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee 

is mighty; 

he will save, 

he will rejoice over thee with joy; 

he will rest in his love, 

he will joy over thee with singing.

18 I will gather them that are sorrowful 

for the solemn assembly, 

who are of thee, 

to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

19 Behold, 

at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: 

and I will save her that halteth, 

and gather her that was driven out; 

and I will get them praise and fame in every land 

where they have been put to shame.

20 At that time will I bring you again, 

even in the time that I gather you: 

for I will make you a name and a praise 

among all people of the earth, 

when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, 

saith the Lord.


Romans 2:29

King James Version

29 But he is a Jew, 

which is one inwardly; 

and circumcision is that of the heart,

 in the spirit, 

and not in the letter; 

whose praise is not of men, 

but of God.


GOD delighted in us.

Psalm 18:19

King James Version

19 He brought me forth also into a large place; 

he delivered me, 

because he delighted in me.


Psalm 44:1-3

King James Version

44 We have heard with our ears, 

O God, 

our fathers have told us, 

what work thou didst in their days, 

in the times of old.

2 How thou didst drive out the heathen 

with thy hand, 

and plantedst them; 

how thou didst afflict the people, 

and cast them out.

3 For they got not the land in possession 

by their own sword, 

neither did their own arm save them: 

but thy right hand, 

and thine arm, 

and the light of thy countenance, 

because thou hadst a favour unto them.


John 3:16-17

King James Version

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.


John 15:16

King James Version

16 Ye have not chosen me, 

but I have chosen you, 

and ordained you, 

that ye should go and bring forth fruit, 

and that your fruit should remain: 

that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, 

he may give it you.


Other things GOD delights in:

Psalm 37:23

King James Version

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: 

and he delighteth in his way.


Psalm 104:31

King James Version

31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: 

the Lord shall rejoice in his works.


Psalm 147:11

King James Version

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, 

in those that hope in his mercy.


Psalm 149:4

King James Version

4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: 

he will beautify the meek with salvation.


Proverbs 3:11-12

King James Version

11 My son, 

despise not the chastening of the Lord; 

neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; 

even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.


Jeremiah 9:24

King James Version

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, 

that he understandeth and knoweth me, 

that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, 

judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: 

for in these things I delight, 

saith the Lord.


Jeremiah 31:3

King James Version

3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, 

saying, 

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: 

therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.


Micah 7:18

King James Version

18 Who is a God like unto thee, 

that pardoneth iniquity, 

and passeth by the transgression 

of the remnant of his heritage? 

he retaineth not his anger for ever, 

because he delighteth in mercy.


In SUMMARY, GOD delights in the following:

in His creation

in His Son, JESUS

in Israel

in us

in the steps of a good man

in His works

in those that fear Him

in those that hope in His mercy

in meek people

in us, whom He considers sons

in His exercising lovingkindness, judgment, righteousness in the earth

in His prophets

in mercy


Related material:

GOD's MERCY 

GOD's LOVE

GOD's TRUTH

GOD's GRACE

GOD's DELIGHT

GOD's GENEROSITY

REPENTANCE

SALVATION


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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

GOD is in CONTROL of the CLIMATE

 

2 Chronicles 20:6

King James Version

6 And said, 

O Lord God of our fathers, 

art not thou God in heaven? 

and rulest not thou 

over all the kingdoms of the heathen? 

and in thine hand is there not power and might, 

so that none is able to withstand thee?


Climate change?

Really?

We're forgetting something.

Isn't God, the LORD of ALL, in total control of everything?

That everything is according to His will?

Why do we doubt Him so?

These verses will remind us of His POWER.

Genesis 1:1-5

King James Version

1 In the beginning 

God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, 

and void; 

and darkness was upon the face of the deep. 

And the Spirit of God moved 

upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, 

Let there be light: 

and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, 

that it was good: 

and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, 

and the darkness he called Night. 

And the evening and the morning 

were the first day.


Genesis 2:5-6

King James Version

5 And every plant of the field before it 

was in the earth, 

and every herb of the field before it grew: 

for the Lord God had not caused it to rain 

upon the earth, 

and there was not a man to till the ground.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, 

and watered the whole face of the ground.


Genesis 7:4

King James Version

4 For yet seven days, 

and I will cause it to rain upon the earth 

forty days and forty nights; 

and every living substance that I have made 

will I destroy from off the face of the earth.


Genesis 7:11-12

King James Version

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, 

in the second month, 

the seventeenth day of the month, 

the same day were all the fountains of the great deep 

broken up, 

and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 And the rain was upon the earth 

forty days and forty nights.


Genesis 7:19-20

King James Version

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly 

upon the earth; 

and all the high hills, 

that were under the whole heaven, 

were covered.

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; 

and the mountains were covered.


Genesis 8:1-3

King James Version

8 And God remembered Noah, 

and every living thing, 

and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: 

and God made a wind to pass over the earth, 

and the waters assuaged;

2 The fountains also of the deep 

and the windows of heaven were stopped, 

and the rain from heaven was restrained;

3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: 

and after the end of the hundred and fifty days 

the waters were abated.


Genesis 8:20-22

King James Version

20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; 

and took of every clean beast, 

and of every clean fowl, 

and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; 

and the Lord said in his heart, 

I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; 

for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; 

neither will I again smite any more every thing living, 

as I have done.

22 While the earth remaineth, 

seedtime and harvest, 

and cold and heat, 

and summer and winter, 

and day and night shall not cease.


1 Chronicles 29:11

King James Version

11 Thine, O Lord is the greatness, 

and the power, and the glory, 

and the victory, 

and the majesty: 

for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; 

thine is the kingdom, O Lord, 

and thou art exalted as head above all.


2 Chronicles 7:14

King James Version

14 If my people, 

which are called by my name, 

shall humble themselves, 

and pray, 

and seek my face, 

and turn from their wicked ways; 

then will I hear from heaven, 

and will forgive their sin, 

and will heal their land.


2 Chronicles 20:6

King James Version

6 And said, 

O Lord God of our fathers, 

art not thou God in heaven? 

and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? 

and in thine hand is there not power and might, 

so that none is able to withstand thee?


Job 12:9-10

King James Version

9 Who knoweth not in all these 

that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 

and the breath of all mankind.


Job 12:15

King James Version

15 Behold, 

he withholdeth the waters, 

and they dry up: 

also he sendeth them out, 

and they overturn the earth.


Job 12:23

King James Version

23 He increaseth the nations, 

and destroyeth them: 

he enlargeth the nations, 

and straiteneth them again.


Job 12:25

King James Version

25 They grope in the dark without light, 

and he maketh them to stagger 

like a drunken man.


Job 38:22-23

King James Version

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? 

or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved 

against the time of trouble, 

against the day of battle and war?


Psalm 22:28

King James Version

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: 

and he is the governor among the nations.


Psalm 24:1

King James Version

24 The earth is the Lord's, 

and the fulness thereof; 

the world, 

and they that dwell therein.


Isaiah 14:27

King James Version

27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, 

and who shall disannul it? 

and his hand is stretched out, 

and who shall turn it back?


Isaiah 40:15

King James Version

15 Behold, 

the nations are as a drop of a bucket, 

and are counted as the small dust of the balance: 

behold, 

he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.


Isaiah 40:17

King James Version

17 All nations before him are as nothing; 

and they are counted to him less than nothing, 

and vanity.


Isaiah 40:21-23

King James Version

21 Have ye not known? 

have ye not heard? 

hath it not been told you from the beginning? 

have ye not understood 

from the foundations of the earth?

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, 

and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; 

that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, 

and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; 

he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.


Isaiah 45:5-7

King James Version

5 I am the Lord, 

and there is none else, 

there is no God beside me: 

I girded thee, 

though thou hast not known me:

6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, 

and from the west, 

that there is none beside me. 

I am the Lord, 

and there is none else.

7 I form the light, 

and create darkness: 

I make peace, 

and create evil: 

I the Lord do all these things.


Daniel 4:3

King James Version

3 How great are his signs! 

and how mighty are his wonders! 

his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 

and his dominion is from generation to generation.


Daniel 4:17

King James Version

17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, 

and the demand by the word of the holy ones: 

to the intent that the living may know 

that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 

and giveth it to whomsoever he will, 

and setteth up over it the basest of men.


Matthew 5:45

King James Version

45 That ye may be the children of your Father 

which is in heaven: 

for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, 

and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.


Matthew 28:18

King James Version

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 

All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.


Romans 13:1

King James Version

13 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. 

For there is no power but of God: 

the powers that be are ordained of God.


Ephesians 1:19-23

King James Version

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power

 to us-ward who believe, 

according to the working of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ, 

when he raised him from the dead, 

and set him at his own right hand 

in the heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, 

and power, and might, and dominion, 

and every name that is named, 

not only in this world, 

but also in that which is to come:

22 And hath put all things under his feet, 

and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23 Which is his body, 

the fulness of him that filleth all in all.


Hebrews 1:3-4

King James Version

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, 

and the express image of his person, 

and upholding all things by the word of his power, 

when he had by himself purged our sins, 

sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

4 Being made so much better than the angels,

 as he hath by inheritance obtained 

a more excellent name than they.


2 Peter 3:8

King James Version

8 But, beloved, 

be not ignorant of this one thing, 

that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, 

and a thousand years as one day.


2 Peter 3:9

King James Version

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 

as some men count slackness; 

but is longsuffering to us-ward, 

not willing that any should perish, 

but that all should come to repentance.


1 John 1:5

King James Version

5 This then is the message 

which we have heard of him, 

and declare unto you, 

that God is light, 

and in him is no darkness at all.


Revelation 1:7

King James Version

7 Behold, 

he cometh with clouds; 

and every eye shall see him, 

and they also which pierced him: 

and all kindreds of the earth shall wail 

because of him. 

Even so, Amen.


Revelation 16:21

King James Version

21 And there fell upon men a great hail 

out of heaven, 

every stone about the weight of a talent: 

and men blasphemed God 

because of the plague of the hail; 

for the plague thereof was exceeding great.


Revelation 21:23

King James Version

23 And the city had no need of the sun, 

neither of the moon, 

to shine in it: 

for the glory of God did lighten it, 

and the Lamb is the light thereof.


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GOD's GREAT POWER


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