Isaiah 7:11-12, 14 “Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But King Ahaz said, I will not ask neither will [tempt] the Lord. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call him Immanuel.” Commentary: King Ahaz was under siege! Juda was threatened by foreign armies! Yet he was a wise man! He answered Isaiah wisely! He was not going to tempt the Lord with unbelief! Let the Lord give me a sign I will not request it! Are we sign seekers in our prayers? All our signs are listed in your Bible! Lord let’s make a deal! If I win the lottery then I will serve you! Are you a sign seeker prayer? Do not pile on stuff for the Lord he would never approve! Be thankful for what you have! Your two fish and five loaves can feed the multitudes if God blesses it! The Lord sent King Ahaz a sign for the troubles and temptations of evil men! Lead us not into tempting God but deliver us from evil! When you pray for the lost and do something sacrificially to support ministries the salvation of the lost is a sign! So what was the sign given to King Ahaz? A virgin shall bear a son! This happened hundreds of years after the death of King Ahaz! Verse 15 goes on to say Jesus will refuse the evil and choose the good! Jesus had to make a choice to leave heaven and suffer on a Cross for our sin! That is real love! To deliver us from tempting God with our sin! To take our judgment! He could have stayed in heaven! Let us perish! Where was the first sin committed? Not in the Garden of Eden but in heaven! Lucifer had it made as choir director of heaven yet wanted more! He wanted to be God! Men on earth who reject Christ today want to be God! This is tempting God with their sin! Judgment follows unrepentant sin through the Son of God Jesus Christ! Is he your Savior or judge? People are either a sign in heaven or a sign in hell depending on what they did with Christ the sign from heaven! James & Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
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Do You Have a Meaningless Life? Ecclesiastes 1:1-9
Solomon was a wise man but sometimes not so wise! Starting life off with 1000 wives would not be a good starter? You would have to remember 3 wedding anniversaries everyday! Could he remember all their names? Name tags would help! Solomon seemed to be a cynical old man at times but he did write a book of wisdom! He tries to explain to us not to make the same mistakes! He took an honest look at his life! He was the richest man in the world! He did not spare himself any pleasure! Solomon wished he had asked himself the hard questions! Do you have time to wrestle with your Faith? Take an inventory of your Faith! Why do I believe? Why do I follow Jesus? Do you ask questions about God? Solomon repeated 27 times, “Is there anything new under the sun?” Life can seem burdensome and meaningless at times! I have two teenagers at home. We have on going conversations like when can I get my drivers license? When can I go off to college? I want to go to a college far away from home? Teenager’s want your money and your absence! Do not be in a hurry to grow up! Our daily routines of dishes, laundry, house cleaning repeat everyday with no end in sight! A lot of life is routine! You may hate your job and is just a paycheck? Sometimes we can lose our passion for life! Like Solomon we are looking for the right things in the wrong places! We are looking for something to give life meaning! In 1st Kings we see Solomon was a great builder! He built palaces and Houses of Worship! Today in 2015 people are not sparing themselves any pleasure! We have hundreds of options! We have all the electronic gadgets to amuse ourselves! We have drugs and alcohol to drown our meaningless in! Solomon arrived at emptiness! Is your tank on empty? When we reach the point of our limitations collapse can come! What can we turn too? Our need for completeness comes from outside of ourselves! Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus said come unto me! Those that are laboring and overburdened! To those that are carrying a heavy load! Jesus promised to those that receive His invitation He will give rest! Yes! Rest and refresh. You will find completion in Christ! How do you know you are doing well? Solomon had everything but was not doing well? Jesus said, “Come to me.” Solomon did not have the revelation of Christ we have today! True worship is to come to Jesus! Jesus did not come to promote Himself but to promote you! The Old Testament Books point to the Cross! People without Christ come to despair! You may have lost a key relationship? Husband or wife? Son or daughter? You may have lost a job or business failure? A sickness or accident may have taken your ability away to provide for your family? Internal failure requires and external rescue! When we learn we cannot make it own our own then we discover the only one who can give us rest! We discover Christ’s yoke is easy and His burden is light! A yoke is designed for two! Let Jesus come along side you and lift you out of your troubles! Rest in Him! Talk with Him! Walk with Him! Think on Him! Discover in Him! Love in Him! Plan in Him! Win in Him! Stand in Him! Trust in Him! Faith in Him and He will never leave nor forsake you! Source; Pastor Brady Boyd, New Life Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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When the solution is simple, God is answering! Albert Einstein
History Endorses The Bible! Genesis 16:11-12
God told Hagar one of the wives of Abraham that her son Ishmael would be a wild man with his hand against every man and every man’s hand against him! The Book of Genesis was written about 1450 BC by Moses during the wilderness wandering after leaving Egypt. Abraham lived about 420 years before Moses. Islam did not come along until about 650 AD. So this prophecy about Ishmael and the Arabs was given about 2100 years before Islam came along. This family feud between the Jews and the Arabs has gone on for thousands of years. All Islam did for the Arabs was legitimize their hatred towards Christians and Jews. There is no political solution for this problem and no military solution. This is a spiritual battle that wages on through the flesh! There can only be a spiritual solution for a spiritual problem! God reconciled Himself to man through His Son Jesus Christ. When we reject the Blood of Christ as the atonement then man’s blood will flow! Christ came to make us spiritual brothers and this peace is the only lasting peace man will ever know and experience! In Christ’s Love. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com