January 18 2019 is my sobriety date and Born Again Date. This Psalm is my Psalm. The Joy of The Lord IS MY STRENGTH. THANK YOU JESUS MY PORTION FROM THE CUP OF WRATH! ✝ ✝ ✝
Prise God 🙏 pastor David blessed you and your family I love how you explain the word you do speak the voice of Lord Jesus 🙏 like the way you do the study
I have worked hard in the field of the Father (though I am still young). My hands were forever ready to work, but they are now bound by grave sickness. I have been poisoned and abandoned, by Princes and people, but I will give thanks to the Lord, for his mercy endures forever. -- Make straight the way of the Lord. I would rather wait for my Father by his gate, than live in luxury in this world. Jesus is alive in me, and with me, and the way which I follow. May our Faith never falter completely, may we persist to the end, like our Lord. Lower the bridge, open the ancient Gates, the king of kings returns. Who is this King of kings? The Lord of Lords is the one true King, he who comes to serve and not be served. No one is greater than he who comes from heaven. Praise Jesus. Praise the Lord. The stone rejected knows the glory. The humbled will be exalted. The first will be last, and the last will be first. The Father prunes back those he loves so that they may bear more fruit. In Jesus name, Amen.
At around 18 min he says “god never disappoints” but certainly even the Bible admits that good people suffer and bad people reap rewards on earth. Does the pastor mean that god doesn’t disappoint those who were good on earth, when he rewards them in heaven?
Yes, you bring up a valuable distinction. Namely, that hardship and struggle meet the just and the unjust, and in some sense, followers of Christ can often expect harsh treatment, suffering, and disappointment in the world, whether for His sake or otherwise. When Pastor David says, 17:30 "When we look to Him for our needs, we are never unsatisfied. [...] When we find our purpose in Him, He never disappoints," he seems to be referring to disappointment not occurring as a result of God failing to meet (reasonable, biblical) expectations - that, when we serve and mold ourselves to His image, we will never be let down by Him, or by His promises to us; never be cheated or abandoned by Him, should we follow Him unceasingly. "Disappointment" may abound when we put our faith in riches, the material world, our senses, or other people or idols, and we may be disappointed as a general emotion when we engage with a fallen world, but when ardently pursuing our purpose in Him, He will never (rightly) be the source of disappointment. It will never be Him who doesn't hold up His end of the bargain, or falls short of His word, as recorded in scripture. -Enduring Word Team
I wouldn’t call Martin Luther a great reformer he was a great divider though…he fracture the church even further than it had been. If he should have worked within it to fix the problems and not turn his back on early church teachings and traditions …now we have over 10,000 sects of Christianity each church claiming to be the right one all while disagreeing with each other on important issues.
It's true what you say about the state of the church today. Although there may never be a day we see a fully "organizationally unified" church in our lifetimes, we can strive towards guiding believers towards the truth and the light of Christ Jesus, as He is revealed to us in His Word, and working towards a more powerful unity in His Holy Spirit, God willing.
