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YOUR SPEECH SHOULD MATCH YOUR LIVING.
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
Do you realize that religion doesn't seek the one true God? That may surprise you, but it's true. Religion is nothing more than man's frail effort to create God in his own image.
But while religion is man's quest to be like God, the Christian faith is about God's search for man! Isn't that amazing? This is what separates Christianity from the world's religions. Luke 19:10 says, "The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
So when someone says, "I found the Lord," in all honesty, they didn't. The Lord found them! You and I were lost and he came looking for us. And he found us and loved us and made it possible for us to be forgiven of our sin.
Now some people resent being judged as sinful. And if you feel this way, pay close attention, because this is the very part of our nature that rebels against God. But Romans 3:23 clearly states that, "all have sinned and fall short of God's glory."
We are lost without him and doomed to be separated from a holy God. But in his endless love, God sent a Savior to find us and to pay the ultimate price for our sin.
Don't let your pride stand between you and eternity in the presence of our loving heavenly Father. Repent and turn from your sin and begin to follow Jesus today!
"ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF GOD'S GLORY."
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But while religion is man's quest to be like God, the Christian faith is about God's search for man! Isn't that amazing? This is what separates Christianity from the world's religions. Luke 19:10 says, "The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
So when someone says, "I found the Lord," in all honesty, they didn't. The Lord found them! You and I were lost and he came looking for us. And he found us and loved us and made it possible for us to be forgiven of our sin.
Now some people resent being judged as sinful. And if you feel this way, pay close attention, because this is the very part of our nature that rebels against God. But Romans 3:23 clearly states that, "all have sinned and fall short of God's glory."
We are lost without him and doomed to be separated from a holy God. But in his endless love, God sent a Savior to find us and to pay the ultimate price for our sin.
Don't let your pride stand between you and eternity in the presence of our loving heavenly Father. Repent and turn from your sin and begin to follow Jesus today!
"ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF GOD'S GLORY."
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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
I recently heard an interview with Labib Madinat, executive director of Bible Society in Israel, Westbank and Gaza, who has the right attitude and a heart concerning his fellow believers.
Listen to this interview hosted by Julia Fisher on her radio program, Olive Tree Reconcialiation.
http://www.godspodaudio.co.uk/The%20Olive%20Tree%202.mp3
Listen to this interview hosted by Julia Fisher on her radio program, Olive Tree Reconcialiation.
http://www.godspodaudio.co.uk/The%20Olive%20Tree%202.mp3
JEW AND GENITLE
WHERE JEW AND GENITLE CAN MEET IN PEACE IN MESSIAH( JESUS)
http://www.saltshakers.com/
http://www.hebrewroots.com/
http://www.saltshakers.com/
http://www.hebrewroots.com/
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History is His-story
For reading & meditation: Ephesians 2:14-22
"In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord." (v.21)
There can be little doubt that meeting together with other members of God's family is a powerful way of bringing about a changed perspective. Another thing that happens when we go to church or meet together in Christian fellowship is that we are reminded that the very existence of the Church in today's world is proof positive that God is on the throne. Voltaire, the French infidel, said: "It required eleven men to build the Church; I will prove that it needs only one man to knock it down." He was wrong on two counts: first, it was not eleven men who built the Church, it was one man, the Man, Christ Jesus, and second, no one can ever knock it down, for its omnipotent Founder declared: "I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it" (Matt. 16:18). The mere existence of the Church is, I submit, decisive proof that the living Christ is in the midst of it. Voltaire is dust; Christ lives on. Think of the tempests the Church has weathered through the centuries. Think also of the persecutions through which it has victoriously come, and try, if you can, to account for this extraordinary phenomenon apart from the fact that its Founder and Protector is Jesus Christ. The next time you meet together with your fellow Christians/believers, reflect on the fact that, although every generation has produced people who have predicted the downfall of the Christian Church - it is still here. The realization of this is yet another thing, I suggest, that helps to put our doubts into the right perspective.
Prayer: O Father, how can I thank You enough for the times my own perspective has been changed after meeting together with Your people. I have greater insight now why You commanded us not to neglect assembling together. And I am grateful. Amen.
For further study:
1 Corinthians 3:9-17; Ephesians 1:22
1. What do we know about the foundation of the Church?
2. What does Paul declare to the Ephesians?
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THE LAMP OF GOD
HOW THE HOLY SPRIIT BURNS IN US
PROV 20:27
God created us to live with the Spirit, breathe of life, within us.
Human kind is now dysfunctional.
Animals continue on as they were originally designed to be.
We were designed to have the spirit of God governing us. Without God’s guidance and control our lives are out of control. Mankind has been functioning as a bunch of idiots.
If a pen doesn’t have ink in it, it is no longer functional as it was designed to be. Not until it gets more ink in it. Or as a car without gas in the tank is worthless so are we until we have what we need inside to keep us running spiritually healthy, functional, and useful.
If we have the lamp burning, it will never be taken from us. There is no sin that can take it away. There is no other power that can take it away.
He created us so that He could dwell in us and we would illuminate Him for others to see.
We could see things thru His eyes once the Spirit came to indwell us. He could see and hear us because our sin no longer made us abhorrent to Him. Us in Him and He in us; a living testimony that God is alive. Animals, trees, rocks, plants cannot experience this.
We can know Him in a way the angels can’t know Him.
We can know His love and acceptance as a result.
If you don’t have God’s spirit, life within you, you are not born again.
You do not belong to God and He does not dwell within you. You do not have the governance of His spirit to guide you.
If you do have new life then you won’t habitually sin. The power of the Spirit enables us to live the life God intended.
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THE LAMP OF GOD
HOW THE HOLY SPRIIT BURNS IN US
PROV 20:27
God created us to live with the Spirit, breathe of life, within us.
Human kind is now dysfunctional.
Animals continue on as they were originally designed to be.
We were designed to have the spirit of God governing us. Without God’s guidance and control our lives are out of control. Mankind has been functioning as a bunch of idiots.
If a pen doesn’t have ink in it, it is no longer functional as it was designed to be. Not until it gets more ink in it. Or as a car without gas in the tank is worthless so are we until we have what we need inside to keep us running spiritually healthy, functional, and useful.
If we have the lamp burning, it will never be taken from us. There is no sin that can take it away. There is no other power that can take it away.
He created us so that He could dwell in us and we would illuminate Him for others to see.
We could see things thru His eyes once the Spirit came to indwell us. He could see and hear us because our sin no longer made us abhorrent to Him. Us in Him and He in us; a living testimony that God is alive. Animals, trees, rocks, plants cannot experience this.
We can know Him in a way the angels can’t know Him.
We can know His love and acceptance as a result.
If you don’t have God’s spirit, life within you, you are not born again.
You do not belong to God and He does not dwell within you. You do not have the governance of His spirit to guide you.
If you do have new life then you won’t habitually sin. The power of the Spirit enables us to live the life God intended.
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Is the American Church the "Frog in the Kettle"? Daniel Henderson
http://bible.christianity.com/11603220/
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Is the American Church the "Frog in the Kettle"? Daniel Henderson
http://bible.christianity.com/11603220/
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ROAD TO JERUSALEM, TOWARD JERUSALEM AND BACK TO JERUSALEM!
I have recently become of aware of something remarkable: the LORD appears to be orchestrating a worldwide movement, coordinated by Himself, but implemented by several seemingly unconnected groups, all pointing to Jerusalem as the center.
THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM is the new ministry of Coach Bill McCartney and Dr. Raleigh Washington, who have left Promise Keepers to pursue a new calling: to stand behind the Messianic Jews in the world and to proclaim the “One New Man,” Jew and Gentile, in Christ. These two founders of the incredible movement of the Promise Keepers are starting over from scratch on this new calling. Their purpose statement is “Bringing peace and reconciliation to Jews and Gentiles in Yeshua.”
This summer(2004) I had lunch with Raleigh and his wife, and he explained to me how he and Coach see it: the Messianic Jews suffer rejection by their fellow Jews (including their own families in many cases) in order to embrace Yeshua as Messiah and Lord, but then most of the church expects them to stop being Jews and become Christians, thus rejecting them again. The Christian Zionists, who love Israel and the Jewish people the most, generally ignore them as they are currying favor with the non-Messianic Jews and/or the Israeli government, and any relationship with the Messianic Jews is an impediment, even an embarrassment to them. So, the Messianics are rejected on all sides, and have very few friends.
The calling of ROAD TO JERUSALEM is to stand behind the Messianic Jews in the world, and cause the Christian church, and non-Messianic Jews, to recognize them as a legitimate move of God, and/or a legitimate movement among the Jewish people.
The inaugural event is called “THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE” and it takes place THIS WEEK, Friday, December 3, 2004 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Esmeralda hotel in Indian Wells, CA, near Palm Springs. There will also be a morning youth event starting at 8:30 AM, and a wonderful evening event, “THE ONE NEW MAN CONCERT,” featuring Paul Wilbur, Joel Chernoff, Marty Goetz, Jonathan Settel, Karen Davis (worship leader of our congregation here in Israel), and virtually every other known Messianic recording artist. DON’T MISS ANY OF THIS IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT!!!
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM MOVEMENT’S FIRST EVENT TO BE A HUGE, CUTTING EDGE AND PROPHETIC SUCCESS!
For more information, please see their web sites:
http://www.roadtojerusalem.org/
http://www.road2jerusalem.com/
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TOWARD JERUALEM COUNCIL II is a movement headed by seven Messianic Jewish leaders and seven Christian leaders from several streams of Christianity, including Evangelical, Catholic and Greek Orthodox. They look back toward the first Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), in which the original believers in Messiah (all Jews) stated that Gentiles did not need to become Jews in order to receive salvation. The door was opened to all peoples and nations.
However, since that time, the Christian church has reversed the situation, and has, for centuries, treated Jews as if THEY had to stop being Jews and become gentile Christians in order to receive salvation. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, and rise of the Messianic Jewish movement, it has become increasingly evident to anyone that cares to look that God does still deal with Jews AS Jews.
The idea of the TJCII movement is to convene a NEW Jerusalem Council (Jerusalem Council II), in which gentile Christians declare that the Messianic movement is a genuine work of God, and that JEWS DO NOT HAVE TO BECOME GENTILE CHRISTIANS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SALVATION. While the movement was birthed in America, it seems to be finding its center in Europe, the home of the oldest and largest traditional churches (Catholic and Greek Orthodox), and the seat of the worst Christian anti-semitism.
I think it is a marvelous idea to have the Catholic Church, for example, reverse this injustice and downright heresy that was committed and maintained from before the time of Constantine.
More information is available on their website: http://tjcii.org/
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BACK TO JERUSALEM is a movement of the House Churches in China. They start from Acts 1:8, in which Yeshua tells the early believers that they will be His witnesses “..in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” These Chinese believers point out that the Gospel did indeed begin in Jerusalem and spread to Judea and Samaria, and then proceeded basically in a westerly direction.
Paul and the early believers took the Gospel west from Judea into what is today Turkey, then further west into Greece and Italy (with some exceptions to this overall westerly movement, such as the early visit of Thomas to India). From Italy it spread into Northern and Western Europe. Centuries later the Europeans took the Gospel west again to the New World, both North and South America. The Americans and others took the Gospel even further west into what we call the Far East, particularly China, beginning with the large cities on the east coast (Shanghai, Beijing), and from there it moved inland (the China Inland Mission), again in a westerly direction.
When the “Bamboo Curtain” closed China in @1947 all the western missionaries were forced to leave and the church buildings were burned. At that time there were no more than a few million believers in the whole country. But, under the terrible persecution of communism, the church grew and flourished. By the 90’s, when westerners could again go into China, the church had grown to over FIFTY MILLION, some say as many as one hundred million, and had reached all the way to the western extremities of China--one of the greatest revivals of all time!
The HouseChurch leaders in China now believe it is their calling to complete the circle, to take the Gospel west from Western China, covering the areas from there all the way BACK TO JERUSALEM. Between Western China and Jerusalem are the most unevangelized parts of the world, the Buddhist nations, the Hindu nations, and, in particular the hard core Muslim nations (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and others). The Chinese are preparing to send ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MISSIONARIES from China into these regions. They know many will have to give their lives for the Gospel, but they say that is no more than they have suffered under communism for the last 50 years, and they are ready. Other Asian peoples, such as the Koreans, are also feeling this call. You can find out more about this incredible movement from a web site: http://www.backtojerusalem.com/
CLEARLY GOD IS COORDINATING A VAST GLOBAL PLAN FOR THESE NEAR-END TIMES, ALL OF IT FOCUSING ULTIMATELY ON JERUSALEM: THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM IN AMERICA, THE TOWARD JERUSALEM COUNCIL II CENTERING IN EUROPE AND THE BACK TO JERUSALEM MOVEMENT IN THE FAR EAST.
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NEWS SOURCES ABOUT ISRAEL
There are a number of internet news sources from and about Israel, which I use, and which I believe are fair and accurate. Whether or not we resume sending regular Friends of The Galilee Experience Updates, I recommend that you check one or more of these sources regularly, in order to keep informed of events in the Land. If we do resume our Updates, they will balance these others in any case, as we try to provide commentary rather be just another news source.
Below is a list of recommended sources, in two categories, and some information about them. Many of them offer free daily or weekly transmissions by e-Mail.
CHRISTIAN/MESSIANIC NEWS SOURCES FROM ISRAEL
Bridges for Peace, a fine Christian ministry operating in Jerusalem: http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/
Christian Friends of Israel, dedicated Christians in Jerusalem helping Israel: http://www.cfijerusalem.org/
Maoz Israel, a very effective Messianic ministry in Israel: http://maozisrael.org/
The International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem, highly respected and well known by all: http://www.icej.org/
SECULAR AND ZIONIST NEWS SOURCES FROM ISRAEL
The Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/
English version of leading Israeli daily HaAretz: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/
VERY INFORMATIVE news service operated by Zionist Jewish sources: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/ Fascinating, but not always reliable web site claiming to have sources inside the Israeli intelligence community: http://www.debka.com/
MAY THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH BLESS YOU FROM ZION!!! (Psalm 134:3)
Eric Morey, General Manager
The Galilee Experience
PO Box 1693Tiberias14115ISRAEL
toll free from North America: 1-888-838-7928
tel: 972-4-672-3620
fax: 972-4-672-3195
web: www.thegalileeexperience.com
email: [email protected]
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LIVE WEBCAM FROM THE SEA OF GALILEE
http://thegalileeexperience.com/store/live-webcam-from-the-sea-of-galilee/info_6.html
I have recently become of aware of something remarkable: the LORD appears to be orchestrating a worldwide movement, coordinated by Himself, but implemented by several seemingly unconnected groups, all pointing to Jerusalem as the center.
THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM is the new ministry of Coach Bill McCartney and Dr. Raleigh Washington, who have left Promise Keepers to pursue a new calling: to stand behind the Messianic Jews in the world and to proclaim the “One New Man,” Jew and Gentile, in Christ. These two founders of the incredible movement of the Promise Keepers are starting over from scratch on this new calling. Their purpose statement is “Bringing peace and reconciliation to Jews and Gentiles in Yeshua.”
This summer(2004) I had lunch with Raleigh and his wife, and he explained to me how he and Coach see it: the Messianic Jews suffer rejection by their fellow Jews (including their own families in many cases) in order to embrace Yeshua as Messiah and Lord, but then most of the church expects them to stop being Jews and become Christians, thus rejecting them again. The Christian Zionists, who love Israel and the Jewish people the most, generally ignore them as they are currying favor with the non-Messianic Jews and/or the Israeli government, and any relationship with the Messianic Jews is an impediment, even an embarrassment to them. So, the Messianics are rejected on all sides, and have very few friends.
The calling of ROAD TO JERUSALEM is to stand behind the Messianic Jews in the world, and cause the Christian church, and non-Messianic Jews, to recognize them as a legitimate move of God, and/or a legitimate movement among the Jewish people.
The inaugural event is called “THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE” and it takes place THIS WEEK, Friday, December 3, 2004 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Esmeralda hotel in Indian Wells, CA, near Palm Springs. There will also be a morning youth event starting at 8:30 AM, and a wonderful evening event, “THE ONE NEW MAN CONCERT,” featuring Paul Wilbur, Joel Chernoff, Marty Goetz, Jonathan Settel, Karen Davis (worship leader of our congregation here in Israel), and virtually every other known Messianic recording artist. DON’T MISS ANY OF THIS IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT!!!
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM MOVEMENT’S FIRST EVENT TO BE A HUGE, CUTTING EDGE AND PROPHETIC SUCCESS!
For more information, please see their web sites:
http://www.roadtojerusalem.org/
http://www.road2jerusalem.com/
______________________________________________________________________
TOWARD JERUALEM COUNCIL II is a movement headed by seven Messianic Jewish leaders and seven Christian leaders from several streams of Christianity, including Evangelical, Catholic and Greek Orthodox. They look back toward the first Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), in which the original believers in Messiah (all Jews) stated that Gentiles did not need to become Jews in order to receive salvation. The door was opened to all peoples and nations.
However, since that time, the Christian church has reversed the situation, and has, for centuries, treated Jews as if THEY had to stop being Jews and become gentile Christians in order to receive salvation. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, and rise of the Messianic Jewish movement, it has become increasingly evident to anyone that cares to look that God does still deal with Jews AS Jews.
The idea of the TJCII movement is to convene a NEW Jerusalem Council (Jerusalem Council II), in which gentile Christians declare that the Messianic movement is a genuine work of God, and that JEWS DO NOT HAVE TO BECOME GENTILE CHRISTIANS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SALVATION. While the movement was birthed in America, it seems to be finding its center in Europe, the home of the oldest and largest traditional churches (Catholic and Greek Orthodox), and the seat of the worst Christian anti-semitism.
I think it is a marvelous idea to have the Catholic Church, for example, reverse this injustice and downright heresy that was committed and maintained from before the time of Constantine.
More information is available on their website: http://tjcii.org/
__________________________________________________________
BACK TO JERUSALEM is a movement of the House Churches in China. They start from Acts 1:8, in which Yeshua tells the early believers that they will be His witnesses “..in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” These Chinese believers point out that the Gospel did indeed begin in Jerusalem and spread to Judea and Samaria, and then proceeded basically in a westerly direction.
Paul and the early believers took the Gospel west from Judea into what is today Turkey, then further west into Greece and Italy (with some exceptions to this overall westerly movement, such as the early visit of Thomas to India). From Italy it spread into Northern and Western Europe. Centuries later the Europeans took the Gospel west again to the New World, both North and South America. The Americans and others took the Gospel even further west into what we call the Far East, particularly China, beginning with the large cities on the east coast (Shanghai, Beijing), and from there it moved inland (the China Inland Mission), again in a westerly direction.
When the “Bamboo Curtain” closed China in @1947 all the western missionaries were forced to leave and the church buildings were burned. At that time there were no more than a few million believers in the whole country. But, under the terrible persecution of communism, the church grew and flourished. By the 90’s, when westerners could again go into China, the church had grown to over FIFTY MILLION, some say as many as one hundred million, and had reached all the way to the western extremities of China--one of the greatest revivals of all time!
The HouseChurch leaders in China now believe it is their calling to complete the circle, to take the Gospel west from Western China, covering the areas from there all the way BACK TO JERUSALEM. Between Western China and Jerusalem are the most unevangelized parts of the world, the Buddhist nations, the Hindu nations, and, in particular the hard core Muslim nations (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and others). The Chinese are preparing to send ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MISSIONARIES from China into these regions. They know many will have to give their lives for the Gospel, but they say that is no more than they have suffered under communism for the last 50 years, and they are ready. Other Asian peoples, such as the Koreans, are also feeling this call. You can find out more about this incredible movement from a web site: http://www.backtojerusalem.com/
CLEARLY GOD IS COORDINATING A VAST GLOBAL PLAN FOR THESE NEAR-END TIMES, ALL OF IT FOCUSING ULTIMATELY ON JERUSALEM: THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM IN AMERICA, THE TOWARD JERUSALEM COUNCIL II CENTERING IN EUROPE AND THE BACK TO JERUSALEM MOVEMENT IN THE FAR EAST.
_________________________________________________________
NEWS SOURCES ABOUT ISRAEL
There are a number of internet news sources from and about Israel, which I use, and which I believe are fair and accurate. Whether or not we resume sending regular Friends of The Galilee Experience Updates, I recommend that you check one or more of these sources regularly, in order to keep informed of events in the Land. If we do resume our Updates, they will balance these others in any case, as we try to provide commentary rather be just another news source.
Below is a list of recommended sources, in two categories, and some information about them. Many of them offer free daily or weekly transmissions by e-Mail.
CHRISTIAN/MESSIANIC NEWS SOURCES FROM ISRAEL
Bridges for Peace, a fine Christian ministry operating in Jerusalem: http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/
Christian Friends of Israel, dedicated Christians in Jerusalem helping Israel: http://www.cfijerusalem.org/
Maoz Israel, a very effective Messianic ministry in Israel: http://maozisrael.org/
The International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem, highly respected and well known by all: http://www.icej.org/
SECULAR AND ZIONIST NEWS SOURCES FROM ISRAEL
The Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/
English version of leading Israeli daily HaAretz: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/
VERY INFORMATIVE news service operated by Zionist Jewish sources: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/ Fascinating, but not always reliable web site claiming to have sources inside the Israeli intelligence community: http://www.debka.com/
MAY THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH BLESS YOU FROM ZION!!! (Psalm 134:3)
Eric Morey, General Manager
The Galilee Experience
PO Box 1693Tiberias14115ISRAEL
toll free from North America: 1-888-838-7928
tel: 972-4-672-3620
fax: 972-4-672-3195
web: www.thegalileeexperience.com
email: [email protected]
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LIVE WEBCAM FROM THE SEA OF GALILEE
http://thegalileeexperience.com/store/live-webcam-from-the-sea-of-galilee/info_6.html
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A common belief in Jewish custom was that calamity or suffering was the result of some great sin. But Christ used man's suffering to teach about faith and to glorify God. We live in a fallen world where good behavior is not always rewarded and bad behavior is not always punished. Therefore innocent people sometimes suffer. If God took away the suffering whenever we asked Him to, we would follow Him for comfort and convenience not out of love and devotion. Regardless of the reasoning for suffering, Jesus has the power to deal with it. When you suffer from a tragedy, try not to ask why. Why did this happen to me? What did I do? Instead, ask God for strength through the trial and a clearer perspective on what is happening. God alone knows the seasons of your life and He alone can change them. He is the only one who can explain them. God knows your tommorrows. Learn to lean on and learn from Him in every situation.
A common belief in Jewish custom was that calamity or suffering was the result of some great sin. But Christ used man's suffering to teach about faith and to glorify God. We live in a fallen world where good behavior is not always rewarded and bad behavior is not always punished. Therefore innocent people sometimes suffer. If God took away the suffering whenever we asked Him to, we would follow Him for comfort and convenience not out of love and devotion. Regardless of the reasoning for suffering, Jesus has the power to deal with it. When you suffer from a tragedy, try not to ask why. Why did this happen to me? What did I do? Instead, ask God for strength through the trial and a clearer perspective on what is happening. God alone knows the seasons of your life and He alone can change them. He is the only one who can explain them. God knows your tommorrows. Learn to lean on and learn from Him in every situation.