This weekend was great! Jesus showed up on Sunday morning and showed us His awsomeness; then I got to go to a very good movie with my best friend. The vikings lost, but that's the way things go sometimes. Scripture this morning reminded me that troubles we go through are not in vain, and we will make it through.
Luke 21:5-195) And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,6) "As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."
7) And they asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign when this is about to take place?" 8) And he said, "Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, `I am he!' and, `The time is at hand!' Do not go after them. 9) And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once."
10) Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; 11) there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. 12) But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
13) This will be a time for you to bear testimony. 14) Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer; 15) for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
16) You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death; 17) you will be hated by all for my name's sake. 18) But not a hair of your head will perish. 19) By your endurance you will gain your lives."
Monday, October 17, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
My Blog 10-14-2011
Welcome to my blog. I figured it's time that I start one so I don't slam facebook with my thoughts.
There are some who have been hung up lately on a bit of trivia that truly cannot be substantiated. Some people are actualy offended by the thought that Jesus may have been a bricklayer, or "buff".
While it truly doesn't make a difference as He is my Savior and redeemer, and should not be a point of arguement, here's an interesting tidbit I found:
There is not one verse in the Bible that says Jesus worked with wood, that He built anything, that He worked with stone, or ploughed a field, so we have no scripture that tells us exactly what Jesus did. What we can do is study the scriptures to work out that it is possible that Jesus was a builder; a constructor of houses and other buildings. That was a subject Jesus knew a lot about. He used parables about buildings and houses to get His point across. There was the parable of the wise or foolish men who built their houses on rock or sand (Matthew 7:24 to 27; Luke 6:48 & 49). The disciples wanted Jesus to take notice of the temple buildings (Matthew 24:1). They pointed out what kind of buildings they were, what they were made of and the quality of the stone walls (Mark 13:1). It was as though they wanted to talk about a subject that they knew, Jesus knew about. Jesus referred to Himself as the Cornerstone (Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17). So it seems that Jesus knew about ground quality, foundations, cornerstones and building materials; subjects an architect, carpenter, builder, stonemason or any skilled tradesman in the building industry would know all about.
So really.. wether He was a bricklayer or a woodworker or an engineer or a teacher, the point of the offending talk was to help people relate to Him as a person, and to show that, even though He WAS a regular run of the mill human being, He was also perfect in that He did not sin while being among those who did. He cared about those people, even with their imperfections, and He cares for me and you right now.
Those people who are getting hung up about wether He was a woodworker or a bricklayer, are focussed on the wrong thing, and distract from the reall mission of believers: to seek and save the lost people of the world who do NOT know Christ as their Savior.
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