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Have you ever looked, in wonder, over the the way God reaches through time and moves people from one place to another to accomplish His will?
Take Paul, for instance. This is one of my favorite demonstrations of the way God works in the Bible. He is first mentioned in the Bible, in Acts chapter 8 verse 1 as Saul, where he watches Stephen being stoned to death.
Saul was a devout Jew. He felt what these disciples of Christ were doing was so very wrong. Little did he know, that this was only the beginning of a transformation for him, in a way he probably never dreamed was possible.
In verse 3: the Bible tells us that “as for Saul, he made havoc of the Church, entering every house, dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. 4: Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching.
Just think about that for a minute, if Saul weren’t searching these people out, they may have stayed, nice and secure, in their homes, and towns. Because of the anger of Saul, and his determination to stop them, he actually scattered them and facilitated the work of God.
In chapter 9:1 we find Saul “still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the way, men or women, he could bring them bound to Jerusalem.
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him “Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
And Saul asked “Who are you, Lord?”
“I am Jesus, who you are persecuting.”
So Saul, trembling and astonished, said “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
And the Lord said “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
The men that were with Saul heard a voice but saw no one. Saul rose up and opened his eyes, but was blind. They took him to Damascus and for three days, he could not see. During this time, he neither ate or drank anything.
While this was happening to Saul, the Lord was also giving a disciple in DAmascus named Ananias a vision.
In chapter 9:10 He says to him, “Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for the one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold he is praying. And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananais coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.”
Then Ananais answered “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your Saints in Jerusalem. And he has the authority to bind all who call upon Your name.”
But the Lord said to him “Go for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel“.
The Lord worked through time and place to influence Saul, who would become Paul, believed to be the writer of five books of the Bible.
I know people who don’t believe that the Bible is fact will say that it is impossible to work through time, but is it really? We have science fiction books that posit time travel and even great scientist like Einstien who believed that one day it would be possible. Do we truly believe that if man can imagine it, that God could not do it?
Even today we have cell phones that work, to a certain degree, outside of time. This was unimaginable just one hundred years ago, and yet here in the Bible, almost 2000 years ago, we find a similar principle.
When you read the Bible, you find things that are simply wondrous, if you read with and open mind and an open heart. Matthew 7:7 says “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you.”
What do you want to find?
Ask, Seek, Knock!!!!!!
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Genisis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2: The earth was without form, and void;
The one who created everything, created the laws of all things. We presume to know everything, and yet at the same time, continually find that God has more in store for us. No man knows all the answers, but God says Luke 11:9 “And I say unto you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10:”For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Can the one who made everything, and the one who knows you from before you were born, not know how to move when he sees the necessity? We are children of God, and if we accept him, we are granted the ability to find the answers that we seek. Faith, Love and blessing on you.
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Shame the other Paul cant learn from him really.
I enjoyed this immensely Loopyloo. I just completed reading the Bible in it’s entirety (again) starting it Jan. 1, 2011. Each time I read of course I find new things I never noticed or understood before. (I read only the KJV since 1972)
This time I noticed more than ever this one thing:
If one reads different books by different authors, it’s easy to recognize the diverse styles of each author. Thus people have their favorites.
Of course we tend to have favorite books of the Bible (Proverbs and Ecclesiastes being mine). This time I was impacted most by the consistency of every book in that even though there are many different “writers” … they all were led by the same spirit. Thus confirming, to me anyway, that the Bible is the Word of God and contains the words of eternal life.
Does that make sense?
Thank you Steve, I have to say that Acts and Psalms are my favorites. Acts because of the way God takes what looks very bad and turns it into one of the greatest examples of the power and influence on a man that there is with Saul going from persecuting Christians to being one of the greatest teachers and prophets. And Psalms because of the way they just have of filling whatever need I happen to have at any given moment.
Absolutely, it makes sense, it is so wonderful and it always makes me wonder how so many are willing to deny it. I fear for those that try to change the Bible and make it more appealing and inclusive, it tells in Rev. that they will be removed from the Book of Life. You have to wonder if those who preach such inclusiveness, truly are believers. Otherwise, why would they take such a risk and risk the fate of their followers?
Wow. you are good! (: I really like this….you are right….God stirs in our hearts to do His Will and what is convenient for the lost souls. Beautiful..
Sometimes we don’t listen, but He always talks. I hope and pray that He guides my hands.
I got to your site by being forwarded from another site with information on how Shariah law is infiltrating our American school systems. I try not to get too caught up in the scariness of it all by reminding myself the Lord is in control of everything. As strong as my faith is, It does my heart good, however, when I come across other individuals with the same Christian values. As it says in Mark 16:15 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” I’m glad to see your blog is doing just that, and hopefully mine does also. Thanks for your sharing of the gospel with others.
Kim, I am very thankful that He sent you my way. The way that God works in putting His people in touch with each other is wonderful. God bless you!
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Hi Loopy,
I hope I don’t offend you when I criticize organized religion. It’s the leaders I attack, not the Christians. I know you’re wise and would understand.
No, my friend, you don’t offend me, my own pastor criticizes organized religion. The problems of many church’s today is that they concentrate on themselves and not on God. They tend to forget that He is the reason, not the excuse for their existence. Just, please don’t judge them all as a whole, they are not all the same, and there are many out there, like my own pastor, that put the emphasis on God where it belongs. Our goal should never be serving ourselves or treating His as if He should give us everything that we want, we are expected to do our part and He will give us what we need. There are way to many modern churches that think that He will give them all they ask for, and that they do not have to do anything. God bless you my friend.
Now I see that you have a wise pastor too Loopy. Like leader like follower. God bless you all your church Loopy.
Thank you my friend!
Non-Christians have argued again and again, they disilke being inundated by Christianity promotion. Many points can be made in defense, including- 1. I don’t like TV advertisements, so I mute them. The fact that most Americans are Christians is just the way things are, accept it and move on. 2. Advertisements are everywhere, if you really truly disbelieve, then you should be able to ignore the warnings of hell, without a problem. Your inner Soul may be nudging you to believe, and you may be angry that you live in a Christian oriented society. Nobody’s life is perfect. You may think that we are arrogant. Please try to understand that an important part of Christianity is our belief that Jesus asks us to promote his message of salvation, and we are just following our belief. I have to add that, if there were no judgement day, then what incentive do non-believers have to act with compassion for others, etc. I personally don’t know how to quell the non-believers irritation at our signs, etc. other than what I have stated here. I’ll give you this- the universe is such a wonder, that however it got started, the reasons are mind boggling- It’s really no giant leap to go from being in awe of its origin, to believing in Jesus Christ as the son of God.
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