“And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question him (Jesus), tempting him, and he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you. There shall no sign be given unto this generation.” Commentary: Remember to tempt means to prove by soliciting to sin! Unbelief in God! Satan sins against God and men! He deceives men to believe his lies! Jesus was telling the religious rulers all the signs of the Messiah listed in the Pentateuch or the Torah and all the Old Testament writings of the coming Messiah were standing before them! Hey you dudes your religion has become your God! Your politics has become your God! Not me! Why are you so slow of hearing? Your culture has become your God! Did you flunk Theology 101? I raise the dead! I heal the blind! Your ideology and theology will never do that! You have a form of religion but deny the power of God! You are going to crucify God on a Cross! But it is necessary for you and your sin! Why are you in unbelief about me? Today in the 21st Century the same problem we meet in evangelizing for Christ on planet earth! Everyone has the same problem Satan has! They want to be God! Many are not willing to surrender their sin for his righteousness! Master of their own destiny headed for hell! They want to gamble their eternity in heaven for one in hell! For the temporary pleasures of this life! Unbelief in Christ is to tempt God! Put God to a foolish test with their sin! Rather than repent and receive his salvation receive judgment on their own heads! God chose suffering on a bloody Cross to take your sin away from you to escape the judgment of God! He will remember your sin no more! If you are going to escape judgment you will have to remember him! This do in remembrance of me! Everyday in your worship of Christ! God fixed your evil on a Cross! Accept it or reject it determines your today and forever! James & Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
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Tempting God!
I Corinthians 10:9 “Neither let us [tempt] Christ as some of them also [tempted], and were destroyed of serpents.” Commentary: So what does [tempt] mean? The Greek word Strong’s #1598, means refusing to believe God and his Word! What about [tempted], Strong’s # 3985. It means to try to prove God by soliciting sin! What did Jesus say in Matthew 4:7? “Jesus said unto him (Satan), It is written again, thou shalt not “tempt” the Lord thy God.” Satan is the tempter! Not God! When you challenge God with your sin you can expect a bad outcome! Jesus in our Lord’s prayer said, “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” When a homosexual, lesbian, transgender challenges God with their sin with no repentance then here comes Sodom and Gomorrah! Here comes the deadly AIDS epidemic! I do not like to use examples in the church but sadly there are some! Pastor Jamie Coots died after being bitten by a poisonous snake in a controversial religious service on February 17, 2014. The “snake handling” pastor of a small Pentecostal church in Kentucky died after being bitten by a rattlesnake during a weekend church service. I remember in India the years we were there in the Hindu Temples they would feed snakes and rats milk! There are are a ton of scriptures in your Bible on temptation and tempting God with sin! Jesus defeated Satan on the Cross! When Jesus was tempted by Satan what did Jesus say? “It is written man shall not live by bread but every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” If we neglect the Word of God bad things happen! Study and read your Bible everyday! Repentance leads to stopping your tempting of God! Unconfessed sin is tempting God and no mortal every won that challenge! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com
Snake Bit Pastor Dies!
First of all our condolences to the Jamie Coots family! I believe he is in Heaven but I also believe he has misinterpreted scripture! It is an easy thing to do. Our prayers are for his son Cody that he not follow this same path. It is not easy to tell any son his father is wrong! Let me explain why I think he was wrong. Luke 10:19. A snake is a physical manifestation of the spirit of Satan! Jesus gives us power over Satan. This power is not proven by picking up snakes but is demonstrated by victory over sin! When Jesus was tempted or tested by Satan in Luke 4:12 and Matthew 4:7, He said you shall not test the Lord thy God! In Deuteronomy 6:16 it says, “You shall not test or tempt the Lord thy God as you tested Him in Massah.” In Isaiah 7:12 it says, “But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt or test the Lord.” In Matthew 6:13 Jesus said in the Lord’s prayer, “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” The word temptation (Strongs 3986), from the Greek means ; put to the test. In Psalm 26:2 David is praying to God and the word try here means to purify me as gold in the fire. In Psalm 139:23 David is asking God to test him. The word test as used in Malachi 3:10 (Strongs 974) (Bachan), refers to God testing humanity. The point here is we do not test God! When we sin we test God! God will test us and Satan will test us! The victory comes when we are tested and Trust God at His Word! Ed Cole used to say, “Any truth carried to an extreme becomes an untruth!” I can test God if I do something foolish and expect God to rescue me! Let me give you some examples. Lord I want to go to hell so in your name I can cast out demons and get all these people to Heaven! You could not do it but I can! I know a man in Macon Georgia who went into the night clubs to save people. He is a drunk today! Lord let me go and lay with this prostitute so I can save her! Tempting God? Yes! Thankyou. James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com