The Matthew West Podcast - Don't Be a Backseat Driver
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- Опубликовано: 27 фев 2024
- On today's episode of The Matthew West Podcast, I’m talking about prayer and the temptation we face to try and tell God how to do HIS job! This is for all the backseat drivers out there! A much-needed reminder that we are not in control, but we can learn to pray humbly asking not for our will but for His will to be done.
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Great podcast Matthew! I love to listen to them. They are so good!
I came early 😂😂😂😂 I will love it!!
"God does not need the help of a backseat driver when navigating you and me." - Amen! Awesome podcast, Matthew!
Enjoyed watching ♥️♥️
Hi Matthew I really needed this episode today. My mom is struggling and in pain. And this month she’s about to have foot surgery. And I’ve been having a lot of anxiety so this really helped. I might make a devotion about this myself for my new book. Anyways, this is so much fun this is probably one of my favorite devotions you’ve ever shared with us out of the ones that you shared about prayer sometimes when I write devotions, it feels like I’m reading my own personal diary I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day
Hi Matthew, may the Lord bless you from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic! Thanks for sharing this episode!
This is part of my weekly quiet time
I’m permanently divorced from a backseat driver@MatthewWestPodcast
Genesis 29:4-8
" 4(a) Jacob said to them, " My brothers, where do you come from?" They said, " We are from Haran( " Haran" do you also remember how Abraham's father, Terah settled in Haran ( in Genesis 11:31b and died in Haran( Genesis 11:32b) suppose only point us back to Genesis 11:32 but for your sake in love in Christ. We open from Genesis 11:31-32 for fuller picture in Chrst.
Genesis 11:31-32
"31 Terah( Abraham's dad or Abram's dad) took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his( Terah's) grandson( Lot)and Sarai his daughter- in- law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together to Ur( they worship "Moon god Nanna" so it is no good) the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there(" Haran").
( Terah( Abraham's dad) had made a wrong choice because where he settled is where he died also in Genesis 11:32
"32 The days of Terah( Abram's dad or Abraham 's dad) were 205 years( shorter in age at their time remember to die), and Terah died in Haran."( Genesis 11:32 ESV Study Bible and above meant to share Genesis 11:31-32 ESV Study Bible)
Back to
Genesis 29:4
"4 Jacob said to them, " My brothers, where do you come from?" They said, " We are from Haran."( ESV Study Bible)( " Haran" Remembering of Genesis 11:31, 31b( Terah settle there with his family members there ) and Genesis 11:32( where Terah settled was where he died too in Haran, so good thing the Lord God or God called Abram in Genesis 12:1-9( The call😊❤ of Abram( later called by God to be Abraham😊❤))
Right away after Abram's dad died in Haran( Genesis 11:32b) , God had called him( Abram) out of Haran. Now by God's grace( Ephesians 2:8) i will share Parts( Genesis 12:1-3) of whole of Genesis 12:1-9( The call of Abram) before resume back to Genesis 29:4-8 then end with Jesus' resurrection from also a stone rolled away later but first share from
In Genesis 12:1-3
" 12 Now the LORD (😊❤)
said to Abram😊❤, " Go from your country
and
your kindred
and
your father's house to the land😊❤ I will😊❤ show you😊❤.
2 And I will make you a great nation😊❤,
and I will bless 😊❤ you 😊❤ and make 😊❤
your name great, so that you will😊❤ be a blessing😊❤.
3 I will😊❤ bless😊❤ those 😊❤ who bless 😊❤ you😊❤, and him who dishonor you I will curse,
and in you😊❤ all the families😊❤
of the earth😊❤ shall be 😊❤ blessed😊❤."( Genesis 12:1-3 ESV Study Bible. Amen. Thank you God😊100%❤ for Abram didn't settle in Haran. In Jesus'name, i pray( Genesis 12:1-3😊❤;
Matthew 28:19-20😊❤). Amen.
Back to Genesis 29:4-8
Genesis 29:4
"4 Jacob said to them, " My brothers, where do you come from?" They said, " We are from Haran."
5 He( Jacob😊❤) said to them, " Do you know Laban( Jacob's uncle) the son of Nahor( please read Genesis 11:26 ) ?"
They said,
" We know him( Laban= Jacob's uncle or Jacob's mom, Rebekah's older brother= Laban= "him")
6 He( Jacob😊❤) said to them( "my brothers"),
" Is it well with him( Laban)?"
They said,
" It is well; and see Rachal his daughter is coming with the sheep! "
7( a) He( Jacob😊❤) said, " Behold 😊❤, it is still high day;
it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together( Do you remember Genesis 29:3 ? The Bible said
in Genesis 29:3,
"3 and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well."( Genesis 29:3 ESV Study Bible)
Now back to what Jacob😊❤ said😊❤ in Genesis 29:7-8
"7He( Jacob😊❤) said, " Behold 😊❤, it is still high day;
it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together( recall of Genesis 29:3 or what we shared before in the past in Christ). Water😊❤ the sheep😊❤ and
go , pasture 😊❤
them( sheep😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤)."
8 But they said,
" We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep."( Genesis 29:7-8 ESV Study Bible and above all in all meant to share😊❤ Genesis 29:4-8 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ meant for in Christ and for Christ Jesus 😊1st ❤ too in Christ when Genesis 29:8b said, "... the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well. ..."( Genesis 29:8 middle of the verse. The stone is rolled remember me about Matthew 28:2 and Matthew 28:1-10( The Resurrection) of my Lord Jesus😊❤ in Christ. On how God sent an angel of the Lord to rolled back the stone and sat down.
The Bible said in Matthew 28:2
"2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for angel😊❤ of the Lord😊❤ descended( d" descended" means came down) from heaven( 😊❤ or God😊100%❤) and came😊❤ and rolled😊❤ back😊❤ the stone😊❤ and sat on it " ( Matthew 28:2 ESV Study Bible ( the angel😊❤sat on
" it" = Jesus' tomb= "it". The angel sat on it here i think in Christ. )
In Jesus'name, i pray( praise God😊❤ for the angel😊❤ of the Lord😊❤ that came from God or heaven to roll back the stone and sat on it. I remember the Jesus' Show we had watched from the past also describe Matthew 28:2😊❤ too so good😊❤in Jesus our Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) and our savior( Jesus😊1st❤)'s resurrection power of hope in Jesus' resurrection. In Jesus'name, i pray( Matthew 28:1-2😊❤ and Jesus' resurrection from Matthew 28:1-10( The Resurrection 😊❤
) of Jesus😊1st❤
our Lord in Christ; Mark 16:1-8( The Resurrection😊❤
) of Jesus😊1st❤; Luke 24:1-12( The Resurrection😊❤) of my Lord, Jesus😊1st❤; John 20:1-10( The Resurrection😊❤) of Jesus😊1st❤ from ESV Study Bible in Christ too. In Jesus'name, i pray( Matthew 28:1-2😊❤). Amen.
Matthew 28:1-2
"28 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day( " first day" then back was first day of week was Sunday ) of the week, Mary Magdalene😊❤ and the other Mary😊❤ went to see the tomb.
2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for angel😊❤ of the Lord😊❤ descended( d" descended" means came down) from heaven( 😊❤ or God😊100%❤) and came😊❤ and rolled😊❤ back😊❤ the stone😊❤ and sat on it " ( Matthew 28:1-2 😊❤
ESV Study Bible) Amen.
Matthew 14:13-21(Jesus 😊1st❤feeds the five thousand)
"13 Now when Jesus(😊1st❤) heard this,
he(Jesus)
withdrawl
from there
in a boat
to a desolate place
by himself.
But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
14 When he(Jesus😊1st❤) went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion😊❤ on them(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤...about five thousand(5000) men besides women and children from Matthew 14:21b ESV Study Bible) and healed their sick.
15 Now when
it was evening😊❤,
the disciples(12) came to him(Jesus😊1st❤) and said,
" This is a desolate place, and the day is now over;
send the crowds away to go into the village and buy food for themselves."
16 But 😊❤ Jesus😊1st❤ said 😊❤,
" They❤
need
not to go away; you give them something to eat."
17 They( Jesus' disciples) said to him(Jesus😊1st❤),
" We have only five( 5 ) loaves( breads) and two fish."
18 And he (Jesus😊1st❤)
said,
" Bring them ( 5 loaves of breads and 2 fish )to me."
19 Then
he (Jesus😊1st❤)
ordered
the crowds to sit down on the grass,
and taking the five(5) loaves and two(2) fish, he( Jesus😊1st❤)
looked up( Jesus😊1st❤ "looked up😊❤", not looking down at the 5 breads +2 fish = 7 things😊❤ but he(Jesus😊1st❤) looked up😊❤
You might ask why Jesus looked up to who 😊100%❤?
or to where😊❤
? )
to heaven😊❤
and said😊❤ a blessing😊❤. ..."( ESV Study Bible)
( Jesus "said a blessing😊❤. ..."(Matthew 14:19 middle of the verse)
Now today in Christ,
do you also give thanks to God(😊100%❤) with a blessing for the food like many faithful ones in Christ also do before their( our) eating today? Do you pray today before eating in Christ at home with your children or outside eating in any place too the question do you look up to heaven and thank God😊100%❤ too for the food too? Do you have also a grateful heart like Jesus😊1st❤. He looked up to heaven and not look down at the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish from the boy. Today wherever you are, do also you look up heaven to God 😊100%❤ and said a blessing like Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior too ? before you eat?
).
Back to Matthew 14:19 b -14:21
" ... Then he(Jesus😊1st❤) broke the loaves(5 loaves of breads) and gave( who did Jesus😊1st❤ give the 5 loaves of bread to? ) them( 12 disciples) to the disciples( see😊❤), and( who did the disciples gave it to? ) the disciples(12) gave😊❤ them( 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish too imply here in Christ) to the crowds😊❤.
20( a) And
they( "they" you might ask who are they?
" About five thousand(5000) men besides women and children." (Matthew 14:21b ESV Study Bible) It makes sense just imagine 5000 men or people and of course there were women and children too following Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ.
. Imagine in where you live only seeing 5000 men without women and children doesn't make senses so therefore the Bible makes sense in Christ. Walk out do you only see men? Or men, women and children too? So Matthew 14:21,21b make senses in Christ)
Again back to Matthew 14: 20-21
"20And
they
all " all" means "all")
ate😊❤
and were satified😊❤."( ESV Study Bible) ( Jesus looked up to heaven, said a blessing and gave to his disciples to share😊❤ with the crowd and they all ate and satified now today are you😊❤ satified today in Christ? ).
"And they took up twelves baskets full of the broken pieces left over( "left over" = extra or more than enough or abundance to" left over" Jesus feeds the five thousand men beside women and children they❤
all ate😊❤ and satified
😊❤ and last verse Bible interpret Bible verse? How many people did Jesus😊1st❤ feed all together?("... about five thousand men, beside women and children in Matthew 14:21b ESV Study Bible. So more than 5000 just like there 12 basket full( extra) of the broken piece left over( left over= more than enough or extra in Christ
)
"21 And those who ate were
about five thousand men😊❤
, beside women😊❤
and children😊❤."( above all in all were Matthew 14:13-21 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ also for and in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ learning in Christ😊❤.
Do you today also have a naturao habit in Christ to pray to God or give thanks to God(😊100%❤)
and said a blessing😊❤ like Jesus😊1st❤did he looked up 😊❤ to heaven😊❤ and said 😊❤ a blessing😊❤
for the food before pass it out sharing to His disciples and before eating ?
Genesis 29:9
"9 While he( Jacob😊❤) was speaking with them, Rachel😊❤ came to her father( Laban)'s sheep, for she was a shepherdess."( Genesis 29:9 ESV Study Bible. Rachel was a shepherdess and Jesus😊1st❤ is a good shepherd to me in Christ and He is a shepherd of shepherds in Christ to me in Christ too. Jesus said John 8:11
" 11 I am a good shepherd. The good shepherd( Jesus😊1st❤) lay down his life for the sheep(😊❤)."( John 8:11 ESV Study Bible. We are Jesus' sheep in Christ. Are you also Jesus' sheep too in Christ?
Matthew 14:22-33(Jesus😊1st❤ walks on the water)
"22 Immediately he ( Jesus😊1st❤) made the discipled get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
23 After he( Jesus😊1st❤) had dismissed the crowds, " he went up on the mountain by himself to pray(😊❤). When evening came, he was there alone,
24 but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by waves, for the wind was against them.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
26 But when the disciples( 12) saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, ( imagine Jesus had been with his disciples for a while, now they were terrified) and said,
" It is a ghost! "
and they cried out in fear.
27But immediately Jesus(😊1st❤) spoke to them(❤), saying
" Take heart😊❤;" it is I. Do not be afriad( reconfirm them and calm them down " Do not be afraid.").
28 And Peter(😊❤) answered him, " Lord( Jesus😊1st❤),
if it is you, command me to come to you(Jesus😊1st❤, do you see how Peter requests to come to Jesus😊1st❤, not to anyone else?
) on the water."
29 He(Jesus😊1st❤)
said, " Come(😊❤)."
So Peter(😊❤)
got out of the boat and
walk and came to Jesus(😊1st❤).
30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, " Lord( Jesus😊1st❤), save me."
31 Jesus( 😊1st❤)
immediately( "immediately" mean right away for Jesus didn't wait for long time to save Peter but "31Jesus (😊1st❤) immediately...") reached out his( Peter's) hand. Remembering of Jesus' Show poster again. Is it right hand or left hand ? Anyways i know it's Peter's hand)
and took hold of him( when is the last that you also felt that Jesus(😊1st❤) took hold of you or your hand( doesn't matter your left or right hand ) as long as Jesus(😊1st❤) our Lord
took hold of your hand. So Jesus( 😊1st❤) took hold of him( Peter's hand😊❤), saying to him,
" O you of little faith, why did you doubt( now remenbering of Hebrews 12:2 😊❤)."
32 And when they( Jesus😊1st❤ and Peter😊1st❤= " they") got into
the boat( "the boat" they do not car back then but they do have water travel by boat) ,
the wind ceased( died down or stopped).
33(a) And those( 12 of Jesus' disciples = all on the boat now = "those") in the boat worshipped him( Jesus😊1st❤, again you might ask worship who? They( or we today in Christ also worship Jesus(😊1st❤) not anyone else we worship the Lord our God or Jesus(😊1st❤) in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( Matthew 4:4😊❤; Matthew 4:7😊❤;
Matthew 4:10😊❤ and Luke 4:4😊❤; 8😊❤:12😊❤) today we worship Jesus😊1st ❤ or we worship God 😊 100%❤ or Jesus😊1st❤( John 1:1-2)
of the Bible. Just make you know too. In Jesus'name,i pray( John 14:6😊❤). Amen.
Again back to Matthew 14:33
"33And those( 12 of Jesus' disciples = all on the boat now = "those") in the boat worshipped him( Jesus😊1st❤), saying,
" Truly you are the Son ( Jesus😊1st❤) of God😊100%❤( remembering of John 3:16😊❤)."( Matthew 14:22-33 ESV Study Bible. From "....they( 12 disciples) were terrified and said " It's a ghost" and they cried out in fear( opposite of fear is what? Faith :))." in Matthew 14:26b ESV Study Bible to in Matthew 14:33
"33And those( 12 of Jesus' disciples = all on the boat now = "those") in the boat worshipped him( Jesus😊1st❤ worship Jesus by faith), saying,
" Truly you are the Son ( Jesus😊1st❤) of God😊100%❤."( Matthew 14:33 😊❤ ESV Study Bible)
Therefore from "terrified"( Matthew 14:26b) with "fear"( Matthew 14:26b) to "worship him"( Jesus😊1st❤) by faith 😊❤
in joy ❤ and in peace( John 14:27😊❤)in Jesus😊1st❤ and from
" ..., they were terrified and said, " It is a ghost!" and they cried out in fear."( Matthew 14:26b ESV Study Bible) to Matthew 14:33
" ... " worship him(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord of lordsand our King of kings ( Revelation 19:16b) or Jesus😊1st❤),
saying, " Truly you are the Son( Jesus😊1st❤) of God(😊100%❤)."( Matthew 14:33b ESV Study Bible)
Do you see by faith and worship Jesus😊1st❤ too today?
Under you must be born again( John 3:1-15( You Must be born again) in Christ Jesus.
John 3:16
"16 For God
(😊100%❤) so loved❤ the world( people in our world), that he gave his Only Son( Jesus😊1st❤), whoever( anyone) believes(trusts) in him( Jesus😊1st❤ ) should
not perish
but😊❤ have eternal life( in heaven)."(John 3:16😊❤ Amen to John 3:16😊❤ too in Christ.
John 14:6❤😊
" 6 Jesus answered,
" I am
the way ❤😊
and
the truth ❤😊
and
the life😊❤.
No one
comes
to the Father( God😊100%❤
, our Father in heaven )
except
through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.).
Matthew 16:17😊❤
"17 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Simon Peter😊❤), " Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father(God 😊100%❤our Father in heaven😊❤) who is in heaven
😊❤."( Matthew 16:17 ESV Study Bible)
In Matthew 16:17 the phrase "And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Peter😊❤),..."( Matthew 16:17a ESV Study Bible)
" Although Peter spoke for the group, Jesus' reply is directed at Peter himself. " Blessed"( Greek makarios see ... Matthew 5:3 "3 Blessed😊❤
are the poor in spirit,
for ( because😊❤) their is the kingdom😊❤
of heaven😊❤."( Jesus said in Matthew 5:3 ESV Study Bible Amen to what Jesus😊1st❤ said in Matthew 5:3 😊❤.) "( ESV Study Bible)
"Jesus😊1st❤ is not conferring blessing so much as acknowledging Peter's condition of being previleged to benefit from God's personal revelation."( ESV Study Bible)
"Simon Bar- Jonah! "( Matthew 16:17 middle of the verse)
Matthew 16:17
"17 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Simon Peter😊❤), " Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father(God 😊100%❤our Father in heaven😊❤) who is in heaven
😊❤."( Matthew 16:17 ESV Study Bible)
"Simon Bar- Jonah! "( Matthew 16:17 middle of the verse)
" ( Aramaic for " Simon son of Jonah"). Simon has a natural father, Jonah, but his ability to confess Jesus😊1st❤( Matthew 16:16) came not from any flesh and blood source
but😊❤ from( what Jesus said. In Matthew 16:17b) "... (but) my Father( God😊100%❤, our Father in heaven) who is in heaven😊❤."( Matthew 16:17 b ESV Study Bible)" ( ESV Study Bible)
😊Matthew 15:21-28(The faith❤( " faith" is trust in Jesus😊1st❤) of a Canaanite woman)
"21 And Jesus(😊1st❤) went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanitebwoman from that region came out and was crying,
" Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him(Jesus😊1st❤), saying,
" Send her away, for she is crying out after us."
24 He(Jesus😊1st❤),
" I am sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel(❤)."
25 But she came and knelt before him(Jesus😊1st❤), saying, " Lord help me."
26 And he(
Jesus😊1st❤),
" It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 She said,
" Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
28 Then Jesus(😊1st❤) answered her, " O woman, great is your faith(" faith" = trust in Jesus😊1st❤))!
Be it done for you as you desire( your daughter to be healed)."
And her daughter was healed(😊❤) instantly."( Matthew 15:21-28 ESV Study Bible. Today you also have faith( trust) in Jesus to heal whoever put their faith in Jesus(😊1st❤) and follow him too. In Jesus'name, i pray for others' healing by faith in Christ Jesus(😊1st❤) my Lord ( Jesus😊1st❤) and my savior ( Jesus😊1st❤) in Christ too. In Jesus'name, i pray( Hope you trust in Jesus to heal your family members by faith in Christ alone) Amen.
John 21:24-25😊❤
Matthew 15:32-39(
Jesus 😊1st❤ feeds❤ the four thousand❤ )
"32 Then Jesus😊1st❤ called his disciples(12) to him( Jesus😊1st❤) and said,
" I have 😊❤ compassion😊❤ on the crowd😊❤ because they have been with😊❤ me now three days😊❤ and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hunger, lest they faint on the way."
33 And the disciples said to him(Jesus😊1st❤),
" Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?"
34 And Jesus(😊1st❤) said to them, " How many loaves do you have? " They said,
" Seven(7), and a few small fish."
35 And directing😊❤ the crowd
to sit😊❤ down😊❤ on the ground😊❤,
36 he(Jesus😊1st❤) took the seven loaves( or bread) and the( few small) fish, and having given thanks😊❤ he broke them( the 7😊❤ loaves of bread and the few small fish( Matthew 15:34b)
and gave😊❤ them
to the disciples(
12), and
the disciples
gave
them
to
the crowds😊❤.
37 And
they all
ate😊❤
and were satisfied😊❤.
And 😊❤
they
took up
seven(7😊❤) baskets 😊❤ full 😊❤ of broken😊❤ pieces😊❤
left😊❤ over😊❤."( ESV Study Bible)
( who or how many people ate with Jesus😊1st❤ and Jesus' disciples(12😊❤'s) with the four thousand men, besides women and children an open-ended question 😊❤
? Only God( or Jesus😊1st❤ knows😊❤ just accept what Matthew 15:38 said in the Bible in Christ
)
"38 Those who😊❤ ate 😊❤ were
four thousand( 4000) men😊❤
, besides
women(😊❤'s...ect)
and children(😊❤'s...ect)."
Pause in Christ. So besides 4000 men😊❤
, there were also women😊❤
and Children.
39
After😊❤
sending them away
the crowds,
he(Jesus😊1st❤)
got
into
the boat
and
went
to
the region
of Magadan."( Matthew 15:32-39 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ also in and for Christ Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ.
7 loaves of bread plus (+) a few small fish= Matthew 15:37=
"37 And
they all
ate😊❤
and were satisfied😊❤.
And 😊❤
they
took up
seven
(7😊❤)
baskets 😊❤ full 😊❤
of broken😊❤
pieces😊❤
left😊❤
over😊❤."
( Matthewb15:37 ESV Study Bible)
Did Jesus just feed only the four thousand ?
In Matthew 15:38 the Bible said in Matthew 15:38😊❤
"38 Those who😊❤ ate 😊❤ were
four thousand( 4000) men😊❤
, besides
women(😊❤'s)
and children(😊❤'s)."
( Matthew 15:38 ESV Study Bible 😊❤ Amen.
John 21:24-25😊❤
" 24 This is the disciple( John 😊❤)
who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things😊❤, and we😊❤know😊❤ that his testimony is true😊❤.
25 Now there are also many other things 😊❤ that Jesus(😊1st❤) did😊❤.
Were every one 😊❤ of them😊❤ to be written😊❤, I ( John 😊❤ in Christ😊❤) suppose that
the world itself
could
not contain
the books 😊❤
that
would be😊❤ written😊❤."( John 21:24-25 ESV Study Bible , under the context of John 21:20-25(Jesus😊1st❤
and the beloved😊❤ Apostle( John😊❤)). In Jesus'name, i pray( John 21:20-25Jesus😊1st❤
and the beloved😊❤ Apostle😊❤). Amen.
Genesis 30:8-13
" 8 When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10 Then Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, " Good fortune has come! "
so she called his name Gad.
12 Lead's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said,
" Happy am I! For the women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher."( Genesis 30:9-13 ESV Study Bible)
Speaking of " ...Happy....happy."( Genesis 30: 13a ESV Study Bible. It leads to me to( Philippians 4:4😊❤)
"4 Rejoice😊❤ in the Lord(Jesus😊1st❤) Always; again I ( Paul 😊❤ in Christ) will say, rejoice(😊❤)."( Philippians 4:4😊❤ESV Study Bible).
Philippians 4:5-7
"5 Let your reasonableness😊❤ be known😊❤ to everyone😊❤( in Christ😊❤) .
The Lord ( Jesus😊1st❤ ) is at hand;
6 do not😊❤
be anxuous about anything,
but😊❤ in everything😊❤ by prayer😊❤ and supplication😊❤ with thanksgiving😊❤
let your ( "your" or ours requests) requests be made known 😊❤ to God(😊100%❤).
7( Seven😊❤)
And the peace😊❤ of God( 😊100%❤
or God's peace😊❤ here in Philippians 4:7a( God's peace😊❤)) which surpass( bypass😊❤) all understanding😊❤, ..."
( you might ask, what does it do for us today in Christ? )
"... will guard your( " your " or today our hearts
(😊❤
😊❤😊❤
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤ = 7 happy smile faces in Christ and 7 hearts of love❤😊 in Christ)
and your (or ours minds too in Christ today) minds(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤= 7😊❤
)
( you might ask in who? )
in😊❤ Christ Jesus(😊1st❤)."( Philippians 4:5-7 😊❤ ESV Study Bible Amen.😊❤)
Philippians 4:7😊❤
"7
And the peace😊❤ of God( 😊100%❤
or God's peace😊❤ here in peace(😊❤),which surpass( bypass😊❤) all understanding😊❤,
will guard😊❤
your( " your " or today our hearts
😊❤
😊❤😊❤
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤ too in Christ)
and your (or ours minds too in Christ today) minds(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤= 7😊❤
)
( you might ask in who? )
in😊❤ Christ Jesus(😊1st❤)."( Philippians 4:7 😊❤ ESV Study Bible Amen.😊❤). Hope in Christ😊❤
you😊❤
too Philippians 4:4😊 -7😊❤ in Jesus Christ with God's peace( Philippians 4:4😊-7😊❤; Philippians 4:7😊❤) ,
"...which surpass( bypass😊❤) all understanding😊❤,
will guard😊❤
your( " your " or today our hearts
😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤ too in Christ)
and your (or ours minds😊❤
too in Christ today) minds(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤= 7😊❤
)
( you might ask in who? )
in😊❤ Christ Jesus(😊1st❤)."( Philippians 4:7b 😊❤ ESV Study Bible Amen.😊❤). Amen.
Matthew 16:1-4(The Pharisees and sadducees demands signs)
"16 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and to test him they ask him (Jesus😊1st❤) to show them a sign from heaven.
2 He(Jesus😊1st❤) answered them, " When it is evening, you say,
' It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
3 And in the morning,
' It is be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.'
You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky,
but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign,
but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah( remembering of Matthew 12:39) ." So left them and departed."( Matthew 16:1-4 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 12:39
"39 But he(Jesus😊1st❤) answered them, " An evil and adulterouels generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."( Matthew 12:39 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 16:4
"4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign,
but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah( remembering of Matthew 12:39) ." So left them and departed."( Matthew 16:4 ESV Study Bible)
Ephesians 2:8
"8 For( Because) by grace😊❤ you have been 😊❤ saved😊❤ through faith( trust😊❤). And
this is not
your own doing;
it is😊❤
the gift("gift" is free in order to be gift😊❤ so to me, Jesus😊1st❤ the gift from God😊100%❤ above too) of God( 😊100%❤)."( Ephesians 2:8 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 13:51-52( New and old treasures)
"51 " Have you understood all these things? They said to him, " Yes."7
52 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said to them,
" Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."( Matthew 13:51-52 ESV Study Bible. In Matthew 13:51-52
In Matthew 13:51 "Have you understand all these things? Jesus😊1st❤ asked. "Yes." They replied."( Matthew 13:51 Zondervan NIV Study Bible or in Matthew 13:51
"51 " Have you understood all these things? They said to him( Jesus😊1st❤)
, " Yes." "( ESV Study Bible) The phase in Matthew 13:51
"Have you understood
...
, " Yes." ( Matthew 13:51 ESV Study Bible)
" True disciples grow in understanding through Jesus'(😊1st❤) teaching😊❤ (... Matthew 28:20) "( ESV Study Bible.
Matthew 28:20
" 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded😊❤ you
( 😊❤
😊❤
😊❤😊❤😊
❤😊
❤😊
❤😊
❤😊
❤😊
❤😊
❤ or u or us today.).
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."( Matthew 28:20, just share what we have learn in Christ and the rest is up to God with trust in Jesus with faith in Jesus for his assurance that Jesus😊1st❤
will be with us " ...
I am with you always, to the end of the age."( Matthew 28:20b ESV Study Bible)in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( Matthew 28:19-20😊❤).Amen.
Again in Christ When Jesus asked them, in Matthew 13:51
"51 " Have you understood all these things? They said to him( Jesus😊1st❤)
, " Yes." "( ESV Study Bible)
" True disciples grow in understanding through Jesus'(😊1st❤) teaching😊❤ (... Matthew 28:20) They are like the man who "...brings out of his treasure( 2 Corinthians 4:7 or Jesus😊1st❤) what is new and what is old."( Matthew 13:52b ESV Study Bible), in that they( true disciples of Jesus😊1st❤ or Jesus' true disciples( 11)
(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤
😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤
😊❤😊❤😊❤ ) understand both the
" new" revelation from Jesus😊1st❤ and how it fulfull😊❤ the " old" promises😊❤ in the OT( Old Testament)😊❤."( ESV Study Bible)
Amen to Hebrews 4:14-5:10(Jesus😊1st❤ the Great😊❤ High Priest😊❤
)
Matthew 28:19-20😊❤
Romans 8:1-39😊❤
Hebrews 5:9-10
"9And being made perfect( "perfect"= Jesus😊1st❤), he( Jesus😊1st❤) became the source of eternal😊❤
salvation😊❤
to all❤
Who😊❤ obey him( Jesus😊1st❤)
,
10 being designated by God(😊100%❤) a high priest( Jesus😊1st❤) after the order of Melchizedek😊❤. "( Hebrews 5:9-10 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 13:34-35
" 34 All these things Jesus😊1st❤ said to the crowds in parables, indeed,
he( Jesus 😊1st❤)
said nothing to them
without a parable.
35 This was to fulfull what was spoken by the prophet:
" I will open my mouth in parable;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world." "( ESV Study Bible)
Genesis 28:1-5( Jacob sent to Laban)
" 28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women."( ESV Study Bible)
( Do you remember what Abraham said in Genesis 24:3-4? Or Genesis 24:37?
Genesis 24:3
"3 that I may make you swear by the LORD, the God(😊100%❤) of heaven and God (😊100%❤)
of the earth( sound like Genesis 1:1😊❤), that you will not takw a wife for my son( Isaac😊❤)from the daughters of the Canaanites, among who I dwell,
4 but will go to my country and to my kindred, and make a wife( Rebekah) for my son( Isaac) Isaac." "( Genesis 24:3-4 ESV Study Bible)
Genesis 24:37
" 37 My master made mw swear, saying,
'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell,
38 but you shall go to my father's( Terah's) house and to my clan and make a wife for my son.' "( Genesis 24:37-38 ESV Study Bible ) with that said now resume back to Genesis 28:1 and Genesis 28:2-5 make sense in Christ.
Genesis 28:1-5
28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.
2 Arise, go to Paddan- aram to the house if Bethuel your mother( Rebekah's) fathern( Bethuel), and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother."( ESV Study Bible. Do you remember in the Bible the first time it mentioned "Laban" is in Genesis 24:29-30
"29 Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out toward the man( Abraham's oldest servant), to the spring.
30 As soon as he(Laban) saw the ring and the bracelets of his sister's arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, " Thus the man spoke to me, " he( Laban) went to the man( Abraham's faithful servant). And behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring." ( Genesis 24:29-30 ESV Study Bible)
Now back to Genesis 28:3
"3 God Almighty😊❤ bless 😊❤ you(Jacob😊❤) and make you 😊❤ fruitful😊❤and multiply😊❤ you😊❤, that you( Jacob😊❤) may become a company of peoples.
4 May he gives the blessing of Abraham😊❤ to you( Jacob😊❤ ) and to your offspring😊❤ with you😊❤, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings😊❤ that God(😊100%❤) gave😊❤( "gave" that is grace😊❤) to Abraham😊❤!"
5 Thus Isaac😊❤ sent Jacob😊❤ away. And he went to Paddan- aram, to Laban( Jacob's uncle = Rebekah's older brother= Laban), the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah( see😊❤ " the brother of Rebekah), Jacob's and Esau's mother( Rebekah)."( Genesis 28:1-5 ESV Study Bible in Jesus'name, i pray( Ephesians 2:8😊❤
). Amen.
Under Ephesians 2:1-10( By grace through faith( trust in Jesus😊1st❤)
Ephesians 2:8
"8 For( Because) by grace😊❤ you have been 😊❤ saved😊❤ through faith( trust😊❤). And
this is not
your own doing;
it is😊❤
the gift("gift" is free in order to be gift😊❤ so to me, Jesus😊1st❤ the gift from God😊100%❤ above too) of God( 😊100%❤)."( Ephesians 2:8 ESV Study Bible)
Genesis 28:1-5( Jacob sent to Laban)
" 28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women."( ESV Study Bible)
( Do you remember what Abraham said in Genesis 24:3-4? Or Genesis 24:37?
Genesis 24:3
"3 that I may make you swear by the LORD, the God(😊100%❤) of heaven and God (😊100%❤)
of the earth( sound like Genesis 1:1😊❤), that you will not takw a wife for my son( Isaac😊❤)from the daughters of the Canaanites, among who I dwell,
4 but will go to my country and to my kindred, and make a wife( Rebekah) for my son( Isaac) Isaac." "( Genesis 24:3-4 ESV Study Bible)
Genesis 24:37
" 37 My master made mw swear, saying,
'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell,
38 but you shall go to my father's( Terah's) house and to my clan and make a wife for my son.' "( Genesis 24:37-38 ESV Study Bible ) with that said now resume back to Genesis 28:1 and Genesis 28:2-5 make sense in Christ.
Genesis 28:1-5
28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.
2 Arise, go to Paddan- aram to the house if Bethuel your mother( Rebekah's) fathern( Bethuel), and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother."( ESV Study Bible. Do you remember in the Bible the first time it mentioned "Laban" is in Genesis 24:29-30
"29 Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out toward the man( Abraham's oldest servant), to the spring.
30 As soon as he(Laban) saw the ring and the bracelets of his sister's arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, " Thus the man spoke to me, " he( Laban) went to the man( Abraham's faithful servant). And behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring." ( Genesis 24:29-30 ESV Study Bible)
Now back to Genesis 28:3
"3 God Almighty😊❤ bless 😊❤ you(Jacob😊❤) and make you 😊❤ fruitful😊❤and multiply😊❤ you😊❤, that you( Jacob😊❤) may become a company of peoples.
4 May he gives the blessing of Abraham😊❤ to you( Jacob😊❤ ) and to your offspring😊❤ with you😊❤, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings😊❤ that God(😊100%❤) gave😊❤( "gave" that is grace😊❤) to Abraham😊❤!"
5 Thus Isaac😊❤ sent Jacob😊❤ away. And he went to Paddan- aram, to Laban( Jacob's uncle = Rebekah's older brother= Laban), the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah( see😊❤ " the brother of Rebekah), Jacob's and Esau's mother( Rebekah)."( Genesis 28:1-5 ESV Study Bible in Jesus'name, i pray( Ephesians 2:8😊❤
). Amen.
Under Ephesians 2:1-10( By grace through faith( trust in Jesus😊1st❤)
Ephesians 2:8
"8 For( Because) by grace😊❤ you have been 😊❤ saved😊❤ through faith( trust😊❤). And
this is not
your own doing;
it is😊❤
the gift("gift" is free in order to be gift😊❤ so to me, Jesus😊1st❤ the gift from God😊100%❤ above too) of God( 😊100%❤)."( Ephesians 2:8 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 13:34-35
" 34 All these things Jesus😊1st❤ said to the crowds in parables, indeed,
he( Jesus 😊1st❤)
said nothing to them
without a parable.
35 This was to fulfull what was spoken by the prophet:
" I will open my mouth in parable;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world." "( ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 13:45( The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value
😊❤)
"45 "Again, 😊❤ the kingdom😊❤
of heaven😊❤
is 😊❤
like😊❤
treasure( Jesus😊❤ ( 2 Corinthians 4:7)) hidden in a field, which the man😊❤
found😊❤
and
covered😊❤up😊❤.
Then in his joy😊❤
he goes😊❤
and
sells all😊❤
that he😊❤ has😊❤
and
buys😊❤ that field😊❤."( Matthew 13:45 ESV Study Bible)
Is Jesus😊1st❤( 2 Corinthians 4:7😊❤) also your treasure too today in Christ? Hope you too. In Jesus'name, i pray(John 14:6😊❤ and Acts 16:31😊❤ and Matthew 28:19-20😊❤ and Romans 8:1-17😊❤and Romans 8:28😊❤). Amen.
Genesis 28:6-9( Esau marries an Ishmaelite)
"6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he directed him, " You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women, "
7and that Jacob had obey his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
8 So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
9 Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth." ( Genesis 28:6-9 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 5:3😊❤
Matthew 16:17😊❤
"17 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Simon Peter😊❤), " Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father(God 😊100%❤our Father in heaven😊❤) who is in heaven
😊❤."( Matthew 16:17 ESV Study Bible)
In Matthew 16:17 the phrase "And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Peter😊❤),..."( Matthew 16:17a ESV Study Bible)
" Although Peter spoke for the group, Jesus' reply is directed at Peter himself. " Blessed"( Greek makarios see ... Matthew 5:3 "3 Blessed😊❤
are the poor in spirit,
for ( because😊❤) their is the kingdom😊❤
of heaven😊❤."( Jesus said in Matthew 5:3 ESV Study Bible Amen to what Jesus😊1st❤ said in Matthew 5:3 😊❤.) "( ESV Study Bible)
"Jesus😊1st❤ is not conferring blessing so much as acknowledging Peter's condition of being previleged to benefit from God's personal revelation."( ESV Study Bible)
"Simon Bar- Jonah! "( Matthew 16:17 middle of the verse)
Matthew 16:17
"17 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Simon Peter😊❤), " Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father(God 😊100%❤our Father in heaven😊❤) who is in heaven
😊❤."( Matthew 16:17 ESV Study Bible)
"Simon Bar- Jonah! "( Matthew 16:17 middle of the verse)
" ( Aramaic for " Simon son of Jonah"). Simon has a natural father, Jonah, but his ability to confess Jesus😊1st❤( Matthew 16:16) came not from any flesh and blood source
but😊❤ from( what Jesus said. In Matthew 16:17b) "... (but) my Father( God😊100%❤, our Father in heaven) who is in heaven😊❤."( Matthew 16:17 b ESV Study Bible)" ( ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 5:3😊❤
More update in Christ t :)
Matthew 16:24-28(Take up your cross( t )
and follow Jesus( 😊1st❤))
"24 Then Jesus(😊1st❤) told his disciples,
" If anyone would come after me,
let him deny himself
and take up(😊❤)
his cross(t) and follow me.
25For(Because)whoever would save his life will lose it, but(😊❤) whoever( 😊❤) loses his life for ( Jesus') my sake will find it.
26 For what will it profit a man if he gain the whole wolrd and forfeits his soul?
Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
27 For the Son of Man ( " Son of Man" = Jesus(😊1st❤) = John 3:16(😊❤) = Son( Jesus😊1st❤) of God = John 1:1-2😊❤= John 14:6😊❤)
is going to come with his (Jesus') angels(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤) in the glory😊❤ of his( Jesus' ) Father(God, our Father in heaven😊❤), and then he(Jesus😊1st❤)
will😊❤ repay😊❤ each 😊❤ person😊❤ according to what he😊❤ has done😊❤.
28 Truly😊❤, I say😊❤ to you😊❤, there are some
(😊❤
😊❤
😊❤😊❤
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤)
standing😊❤
here😊❤
who 😊❤ will not(" will not"😊❤)
taste death until😊❤
they(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤ in Christ)
see the Son of Man ( Jesus 😊1st❤ 100% God and 100% man too) coming 😊❤
in 😊❤
his( Jesus'😊1st❤)
kingdom😊❤." "( Matthew 16:24-28 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts😊❤ and symbols😊❤ in Christ Jesus😊1st ❤ too. Again who's kingdom?
"... until they see the Son of Man coming😊❤ in his( Jesus'😊1st❤) kingdom." "( Matthew 16:28b ESV Study Bible, so it not yours or not my kingdom but😊❤ Jesus'😊1st ❤ kingdom. Look at the cross(t) and look at Jesus😊1st❤ and pray up or look up 😊❤ get it? In Jesus'name, i pray( for you John 14:6😊❤ too in Christ and may Jesus heal others by God's grace( Ephesians 2:8😊❤) and Jesus'😊1st❤ grace( 2 Corinthians 12:9😊❤) and turn our eyes 😊❤in Jesus😊1st❤ ( Hebrews 12:2😊❤) not anyone else but Jesus😊1st❤
). Amen.
John 14:6😊❤
Matthew 15:1-9(Traditions and commandments)
"15 Then Pharisees and Scribes came to Jesus(Jesus😊1st❤) from Jerusalem and said,
2 " Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eats."
3 He(Jesus😊1st❤) answered them, " And Why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God commanded, ' Honor your father and your mother, ' and, ' Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'
5 But you say, ' If anyone tells his father or his mother,
" What you would have gained from me is given to God,"
6 he need not to honor his father.' So for sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.
7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
8 " ' This people honor me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' " "( Matthew 15:1-9 ESV Study Bible)
Philippians 4:4😊❤
-7😊
❤
God😊100%❤
loves you( John 3:16
😊❤
) and Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord ( Jesus😊1st❤) and our savior ( Jesus😊1st❤) also
loves you( John 14:21😊❤
,23😊❤
) and the Holy Spirit😊❤
also is love😊❤( 1/9 fruits of the Holy Spirt is
love❤ from Galatians 5:22😊❤)
( Galatians 5:22 😊❤
) love you😊❤
in Christ.
Genesis 29:15-20
"15 Then Laban said to Jacob(😊❤),
" Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing?
Tell me, what your wages be?
16 Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the olde was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachal.
17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachael was beautiful in form and appearance.
18 Jacob(😊❤) loved Rachal(😊❤). And he( Jacob😊❤) said,
" I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachael."
19 Laban said,
" It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me."
20 So Jacob(😊❤) served seven (7) years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love(❤) he had for her."( Genesis 29:15-20 , speaking of " ...the love he( Jacob) had for her( Rachel)" Do you also know that God our Father in heaven and Jesus our savior ( Jesus😊1st❤) and the Holy
Spirit 😊❤
( our helper also love( Galatians 5:22😊❤-23) you in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( John 14:21😊❤ ; John 14:23😊❤ ; John 14:27Jesus😊1st❤. Do you also love God of the Bible? I do in Christ. Do you?
John 13:34-35😊❤ and 2 Corinthians 12:9-10😊❤
). Amen.
😊Matthew 15:21-28(The faith❤( " faith" is trust in Jesus😊1st❤) of a Canaanite woman)
"21 And Jesus(😊1st❤) went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanitebwoman from that region came out and was crying,
" Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him(Jesus😊1st❤), saying,
" Send her away, for she is crying out after us."
24 He(Jesus😊1st❤),
" I am sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel(❤)."
25 But she came and knelt before him(Jesus😊1st❤), saying, " Lord help me."
26 And he(
Jesus😊1st❤),
" It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 She said,
" Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
28 Then Jesus(😊1st❤) answered her, " O woman, great is your faith(" faith" = trust in Jesus😊1st❤))!
Be it done for you as you desire( your daughter to be healed)."
And her daughter was healed(😊❤) instantly."( Matthew 15:21-28 ESV Study Bible. Today you also have faith( trust) in Jesus to heal whoever put their faith in Jesus(😊1st❤) and follow him too. In Jesus'name, i pray for others' healing by faith in Christ Jesus(😊1st❤) my Lord ( Jesus😊1st❤) and my savior ( Jesus😊1st❤) in Christ too. In Jesus'name, i pray( Hope you trust in Jesus to heal your family members by faith in Christ alone) Amen.
Matthew 16:1-4(The Pharisees and sadducees demands signs)
"16 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and to test him they ask him (Jesus😊1st❤) to show them a sign from heaven.
2 He(Jesus😊1st❤) answered them, " When it is evening, you say,
' It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
3 And in the morning,
' It is be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.'
You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky,
but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign,
but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah( remembering of Matthew 12:39) ." So left them and departed."( Matthew 16:1-4 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 12:39
"39 But he(Jesus😊1st❤) answered them, " An evil and adulterouels generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."( Matthew 12:39 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 16:4
"4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign,
but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah( remembering of Matthew 12:39) ." So left them and departed."( Matthew 16:4 ESV Study Bible)
Genesis 30:14-18
"14 In the day of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, " Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." 15 But she ( Leah) said to her ( Rachel),
" It is a small matter that you have taken away my husband?
Would you take away my son's mandrakes also? Rachel said,
" Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."
16 When Jacob(😊❤) came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,
" You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes."
So he lay with her that night.
17 And God(😊100%❤) listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Leah said, " God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband." So she called his name Issachar."( Genesis 30:14-18 ESV Study Bible)
In Genesis 30:14-16,
" These verses, which recount Leah's conception of Issachar, high light the intensity of the dispute between the two sisters( Leah and Rachel).
On this occation Leah buys from Rachel the right to lie with Jacob. Having agree to this with her sister, she says to Jacob, "... I have hired you with my son's mandrakes."( Genesis 30:17b or middle of the verse ESV Study Bible). " I have hired you with my son's mandrakes"( Genesis 30:16 middle of the verse)
The Hebrew term translated here as " mandrakes
( duda' im, possibly "love fruits") is usually understood to demote the plant mandragora officinarum, a species long regardes as having unusal properties.
Unfortunately , no explanation is given as to why Racheln is eager to have these mandrakes; the context suggests that she may have viewed the plant(mandragora officinarum) as increasing female fertility. This and other proposals, however, must be treated with caution."( ESV Study Bible)
May Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord ( Jesus😊1st❤) and our savior( Jesus😊1st❤) heal all who trust in Him( Jesus😊1st❤) by His grace😊❤and His mercy❤😊. In Jesus'name, i pray( James 5:14-15❤). Amen.
Mattthew 16:13-20( Peter😊❤ confesses Jesus😊1st❤ as the Christ( Messiah = Jesus😊1st❤))
"13 Now when Jesus(😊1st❤) came into the district of Caesara Philippi, he asked his disciples(12😊❤'s
),
"Who do people say that the Son of Man("Son of Man"= Jesus=" the Christ, the Son of the Living God")is?
14 And they said, " Some say, John the Baptist,
others say Elijah, and other Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15 He(Jesus😊1st❤) said to them(Jesus' disciples),
" But who do you say I that I am? "
16 Simon Peter😊❤ replied,
" You are the Christ(" Christ" means Messiah= Jesus😊1st❤), the Son of the living God(😊100%❤)."
17 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Simon Peter😊❤), " Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father(God 😊100%❤our Father in heaven😊❤) who is in heaven
😊❤.
18 And I tell you, you are Peter😊❤ and on this rock😊❤, I will build my church😊❤, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give 😊❤ you( Peter😊❤) the keys😊❤ of the kingdom😊❤ of heaven😊❤, and whatever😊❤ you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever😊❤ you(Peter😊❤) loose 😊❤ on earth
shall be😊❤
loosed😊❤ in heaven😊❤."
20 Then he(Jesus😊1st❤) strictly 😊❤
charged😊❤ the diciples(12)
to tell
no one
that he was the Christ."( Matthew 16:13-20 ESV Study Bible)
( again " Christ" means Messiah = Jesus😊1st❤, our Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) and our savior( Jesus😊1st❤)
in Christ)
Amen to Matthew 16:16-20😊❤, Luke 4:8😊❤; Matthew 4:10😊❤ in Christ and Matthew 16:13-20😊❤too.
In Matthew 16:13
"13 Now when Jesus(😊1st❤) came into the district of
Caesara Philippi,
he asked his disciples(12😊❤'s
),
"Who do people say that the Son of Man("Son of Man"= Jesus=" the Christ, the Son of the Living God")is?"( Matthew 16:13 ESV Study Bible)
The phrase when Jesus came into " Caesarea Philipi..."( Matthew 16:13 middle of the verse)
" Some 25 miles ( 40 km)north of the Sea of Galilee, had been a center of the worship of
(1) Baal( no good)
then of
(2)the Greek god pan( no good) , and then of
(3) Caesar( no good) .
At that time it was an important Greco- Roman City, with a primary pagan Syrian and Greek Population. In fact, its name had recently been changed from Paneas to Caesarea Philippi by Philip the Tetrarch(one of Herod the Great's son), in honor of himselr and Augustus Caesar. Excavations at the site have revealed coins minted to dipict the temple built to honor Augustus Caesar, and a pagan cave delicated to Pan, with shrines ( no good) and cult niches ( no good) that are still visible today. Regard the title " Son of Man"(... Matthew 8:29) "( ESV Study Bible)
Today we in Christ worship
Jesus😊1st❤ and follow Matthew 4:10
" 10 Then Jesus😊1st❤ said to him( Satan, no good), " Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
" ' You shall worship the Lord your God 😊❤
and him 😊❤ only shall you serve.' " "( Luke 4:10 ESV Study Bible and Jesus😊1st❤
said in quotes in Matthew 4:10b above in Christ)
Today do you also worship Jesus😊1st ❤ too? Jesus (😊1st❤)
is
our Lord ( Jesus😊1st❤, Luke 2:11, Revelation 19:16b " Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) of lords..."( Revelation 19:16b )
) and our savior( Jesus😊1st❤) and our King( Revelation 19:16b "...King of kings.") in Christ too. Or
Or do follow what Jesus said too worship the Lord your( our) God(😊100%❤) in Matthew 4:10b😊❤ and Luke 4:8😊❤ too?
Luke 4:8
"8 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( no good Satan), " It is written,
" ' You shall worship😊❤ the Lord Your God😊❤, and him😊❤ only shall you serve.' "( Luke 4:8 ESV Study Bible. Amen to what Jesus😊1st❤ said in Luke 4:8😊❤ in Christ)
Do you remember what Jesus said in Matthew
16:16-20?
Matthew
16:16-20
"16 Simon Peter😊❤ replied,
" You are the Christ(" Christ" means Messiah= Jesus😊1st❤), the Son of the living God(😊100%❤)."
17 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him( Simon Peter😊❤), " Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father(God 😊100%❤our Father in heaven😊❤) who is in heaven
😊❤.
18 And I tell you, you are Peter😊❤ and on this rock😊❤, I will build my church😊❤, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give 😊❤ you( Peter😊❤) the keys😊❤ of the kingdom😊❤ of heaven😊❤, and whatever😊❤ you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever😊❤ you(Peter😊❤) loose 😊❤ on earth
shall be😊❤
loosed😊❤ in heaven😊❤."
20 Then he(Jesus😊1st❤) strictly 😊❤
charged😊❤ the diciples(12)
to tell
no one
that he was the Christ."( Matthew 16:13-20 ESV Study Bible)
Amen to Matthew 4:10 😊❤; Luke 4:8😊❤; Matthew 16:16-20😊❤, 13-20😊❤ in Christ.