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Can you even imagine what Joseph went through? Can you imagine having your family turn on you? If my siblings sold me into slavery, and I was taken away to serve a master in a far away foreign country, I don’t know what I’d do. But look what Joseph did.
Fate is basically the destiny God has set for our lives, and therefore to tempt fate is to do something that severely risks getting our lives off the course set for them by God.
Our title obviously presents a complex subject and there are numerous aspects that cannot be covered in a relatively short article, but it definitely does merit our consideration and serious thought.
It is ironic in these “enlightened” times that human wretchedness continues to fester. For believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, however, David explains there is a grand and wonderful hope. There is a soul-refreshing and cleansing hope.
We can never reduce God to our understanding, because when we do, we begin to manage Him, and that’s because it’s in our fallen sinful nature to want to have some measure of control.
The genealogies of Jesus recorded by Matthew and Luke prove that He was not a self-appointed Messiah; a misguided reformer caught up in popular acclaim who began to have delusions of grandeur. Nor was He merely a good teacher of morality and ethics, or a revolutionary out to overthrow Rome’s rule. His genealogies, tracing His ancestry back through David and Abraham to Adam and ultimately to God Himself, show that Jesus was Israel’s rightful king.
Genesis 1:27 is one of the most misunderstood verses in the Bible. David helps us understand what this verse does NOT mean. How can we explain worshiping God in spirit to our grandchildren if we do not understand what it means to be made in His image?
Who is your historical hero of the faith? Did he live and breathe the Gospel for all people, and particularly the poor? Are you? Scottish writer, Alan Kearns reveals a distinct contrast between the mighty men of God in history, and the modern man of God. He unwraps what is needed to bring out the real men of God!
Within the story of the Hebrew people, Sampson becomes an antithetical example. He was special from the beginning. He is God’s man. He is divinely gifted. He has a calling and a purpose. Yet, all he does is act foolishly, get himself into trouble, and live selfishly. Sound like anyone you know?
Thick black smoke made it impossible to see. He was wandering, searching for a way out when his low air-warning bell began its constant ring. He was disoriented. He was running out of time. He had no idea which way to go. The panic began to well up inside. Then, behind him, he just barely heard the sound of someone else’s low air alarm in the distance.
Should I follow that sound, he thought, or should I stay here by this window? He decided to take a chance, and follow the sound of the bell. “Through the Lord’s guidance, no brilliance of my own, I came walking out . . . ” to safety. When the bell rings, when the Lord calls, what will you do?
What is the impact of your Father’s Day legacy? Will your child, or grandchild, be willing to pick up the mantle of God that you leave? Will they continue to walk in the Light of the Christ who died for them? It may be time to evaluate your legacy, for we are but, “70 years, or 80 by strength..and they are soon gone, and we fly away.”
