Genisis 4-7

CHAPTER 4:
It says that Adam and eve had 2 kids, cain & able.  they both offered a sacrifice to God.  The lord took Ables sacrifice of the first born lamb, but rejected the vegies that cain offered.  Can got mad, and then the lord told him in vs 7 “If you do what is right, [...]

wired jv 8/10/08

The power of prayer is so over looked.  Even in my own life and the peoples lives around me, the power of prayer is often over looked.  especially by people that are young in their faith.  Through prayer comes healings, through prayer, the labor for other peoples salvation is done, through prayer we communicate with [...]

Romans 10:12-15

I was the youngest of  4 boys.  We would do all kinds of things together.  for example, we would play smear the queer, me, being the littlest one, was always the “queer”.  We used to play with linking logs.  This would normally be the “lets see who can make the best cabin” or something like [...]

Romans 10:9

Romans 10:9
9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 
So this i think contains one of the most famous verses next to john 3:16.
This verse is not past tense.  it is not in if you confessed at [...]

Romans 10:1-8

This section is titled salvation is for everyone.  The main thing that has been kicking my butt recently as i have been working on and overcoming the various things i go through on a daily basis, is that i forget why i work to fight these habits off or why I try to live the [...]

Romans 9:30-33 & 1 peter 2:8-11

Romans 9:30-33
Isreal’s unbelief
What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place. 31 But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. 32 [...]

2 kings 4:1-7

1 One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
2 “What can I do to help you?” [...]

Romans 9:25-33

verse 30 starts off a new section titled, “Isreal’s disbelief”.  I like how it has the no brainer verse in 31-32.  31 But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. 32 Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by [...]

Romans 9:4-24

This is a pretty nice little tid-bit.  there is alot to take out of this scripture.  i have been reading little bits of this for a week or so, and the little bits  make no sense, but when i stepped back and looked at the whole picture i finally get what he is saying with [...]

Romans 9: 1-5

Romans 9
God’s Selection of Israel
1 With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. 2 My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief 3 for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters.[a] I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that [...]