Weekly Scripture 2-2-2025

Answer:

This comes from Luke

__:__-__For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

*To much of the time we as Christians tend to almost try to limit God, and we respond to God in doubt or fear. But, Mary responded correctly to God. She responded through faith in the Lord's ability to do the thing He had said. She did not understand the specifics of how He would do it, but she knew it would be a sure thing to happen if the Lord had said it to her. What an amazing picture of true faith that is and should be an example to us as to how we should respond to God when we face situations that seem impossible to us. God is the same today as He was back then in Mary's time. Romans 8:28 is a conditional statement of love for God and faith in God, for Him to cause all things to work together for good, because when we respond out of love and faith that is when we are in line with His purpose!

Weekly Scripture 1-26-2025

Answer: John 7:15

This comes from John.

__:__-__And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

*Quality education declines as immorality increases and there is no exception to that rule. Public schooling is relatively new in America. Even as far back as the 1600's here in America all education here was Christian and church related, and even as close as the turn of the 20th century 70% of education was private and of a Christian background or home schooled. In the verses above think about what is being said, the Jews are basically wondering how Jesus could have such knowledge without their teaching! But, Jesus was raised in a Godly home and had Godly parents; He studied the scriptures and communed with His heavenly Father daily and Jesus received His teaching from the Father who sent Him. How in the world could the unsaved Pharisees be so bold to think they could ever teach Jesus anything; however, they seemed to think they knew it all! Saul who later was named Paul and became an apostle appointed by God was a product of the Pharisees teaching. Before Saul was miraculously converted, he went around trying to murder all Christians and persecute them, before God saved Him and re-taught him. He received God's doctrine (teaching) through a revelation of Jesus Christ (see Gal. 1:12). Now, in our day we have unsaved people teaching in our schools and colleges to our children. The unsaved teaching in public schools and colleges are turning out some rather bad results in our day and the surge of immorality is a barometer that proves the point. If you have children or grandchildren, be careful to know who is teaching your child in school.