SHALOM AND LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS!
Friday, March 23, 2018
SHARING A YOUTUBE LINK TO THE KJV BIBLE
I just want to share this YouTube video with you in case you're like me and need background noise but are tired of TV. I can't sleep in the quiet. I am sick of the trash on TV at night (and 99% during the day) so tonight, I'm going to listen to this until I can get the KJV Bible on a CD. I hope this blesses you. Also, I am not judging you if you watch television. I watch a few shows but tape them because I literally despise 99% of every commercial. They are trash. So please don't think I am anti-TV because there are a few shows I enjoy but I tape them so I can fast forward through the ads, lol. Make the world a better place by building ARKs...Acts of Random Kindnesses expecting and taking nothing in reward. God bless you all and have a wonderful, safe and blessed weekend.
STUDENT PROTEST...AND I LOVE IT!
High school students across the country have organized walk outs to draw attention to horrible shootings that have taken place at schools nationwide. Now, pro-life students in Sacramento California are organizing a walk out to draw attention to another horrific form of violence, abortions that kill unborn babies.
This week, Rocklin High School students are using social media to organize a pro-life walkout using the hashtag #life.
“To honor all the lives of aborted babies pretty much. All the millions of aborted babies every year,” said organizer Brandon Gillespie.He says his history teacher inspired the idea.
The pro-life students are worried they’re facing a double standard that could imperil their free speech.
Brandon says protesting on school grounds is just the point.“I would like to see if there really is a double standard and what will come of that,” he said.He doesn’t have a date for the protest, but he does with the principal. Their meeting is set for this Friday.
Responding to the news, Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins told LifeNews she appreciates the students drawing attention to the violence of abortion.
“Brandon Gillespie is a terrific example of the passion this pro-life generation has, and his courageous effort to draw attention to the reality that more lives have been lost in our generation to abortion than all other causes should be national news. It’s estimated that more than 650,000 preborn infants die in abortions annually, a loss that grieves many Americans,” she said.
Hawking continued: “Having opened to door to student-lead walkouts as a way to express a political or cultural viewpoint, schools cannot shut that door to pro-life students who also are moved by the loss of life and horrific realities of the toll of abortion. Pro-life students deserve the same respect and accommodation that anti-gun student activists experienced. There is a reason this is the pro-life generation, more pro-life than their parents even; it is because they have witnessed just how harmful abortion is to women and their preborn infants. They are the survivors who know abortion is not the simple fix, but a life-changing, life-ending event.”
Hawkins took issue with one pro-abortion student who said abortion is not relevant to high school students, even though teens are getting abortions on a daily basis..
She said: “In the initial media reports about this student-lead effort, one student is quoted as saying ‘Abortions aren’t really anything that has to do with school or students here.’ Sadly that is not the case. Educating students about how abortion and those who sell it have infiltrated the culture and covered up just how dangerous abortion can be is reason enough to welcome Brandon’s effort to talk about something which does impact us all.”
LifeNews Note: File photo.
THOU SHALT NOT KILL
AWESOME PICTURE
A friend took this picture on a cruise to the Bahamas. I assure you it has not been edited. I give you my word. Notice the pouring rain on the right and like it's perfectly divided in half, the sun is out on the left side and the sky is blue but gray on the right. I just love God's beautiful rainbow that is clearly seen. I have her permission to share and if you want to share it, feel free. I LOVE GOD'S WORLD. Be blessed and love in Christ Jesus!
SHABBOT SHALOM!
GOOD NEWS!
I forgot to mention in my last post some wonderful news. I don't know if you remember me telling you my only sister was diagnosed with stage 4, metastatic non-small cell carcinoma of the lung (metastatic to her brain in which her doctor told her IF she had to have a brain tumor, that was THE perfect place) and she was given 8 months to live. Wow! That was 8 months passed about 3 1/2 years ago and today she is STILL CANCER FREE!!! She just had her CT scan last month but she forgot to tell me because I refuse to say she has cancer cos she doesn't.
She got the diagnosis the December after we moved 800 miles away. I freaked out because I thought she'd die before I could see her. Normally, I'd be so scared all the time but when she told me, I got off the phone and prayed. I first asked for her to be healed Spiritually. She called me right after her surgery and told me she had accepted Christ Jesus. I am not ashamed to admit that I prayed for physical healing second because it is appointed for man to die once and I wanted to be with her eternally because life is short on earth. She got the very last place in a clinical trial using Immunotherapy and within a year, all traces of that demonic cancer was gone. God is still healing today. She didn't go to some charlatan's fake "healing" service or get knocked down by some false prophet either. I and many others asked Jesus Christ to heal her and even if it returns, look at how long He has given her to be with us. Normally, if you live a year, even with the best chemo, with a good quality of life, that's good. Depending on the stage when diagnosed but my mom lived just shy of a year after diagnosis although I am convinced her husband (not my father) killed her. I knew it the minute my brother in law told my husband that she had died and he had killed her. One day, I want to share that story but I'm too happy tonight to go down that road. I have finally forgiven him. Oh, it took a long time and I still have my moments. I miss my mom though. I'm dreaming about her a lot lately.
Back to the good news! Pam, my sister, is an artist. She did stained glass that rivaled Tiffany's. I'm going to ask her to send me some pics of her work to share with you because she was awesome. She got the talent, I was at the shallow end of the gene pool, lol. I write though. I just don't have the courage to share my work. She told me I should write a book and I'm thinking about it. It will be a book about faith. I'd love to write one with true testimonies of how people came to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior so if anyone is willing to share, I promise to keep ALL personal info to myself. My email is WorthyistheLamb737@yahoo.com and just put "testimony" in the subject line. I write better formally but on here, I feel a personal connection so I don't get formal.
Anyway, I wanted to share that good news and the GREATEST NEWS of salvation for those who are seeking. It's simple, just read the following verses...
First Corinthians 15:1-4
John 3:16-17
Acts 8:37 (KJV only as it is left out of the newer versions)
Ephesians 2:8-9
Gospel of John (read 3 x without any preconceived ideas)
Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord God and Savior, the Messiah, and repent of your sins. They will be remembered no more. You start fresh and Jesus's blood cleanses you. Not sure the book/chapter/verse but Paul says this...
"Should we sin so that grace can abound? God forbid! But when we do, there is one mediator between God and man and that is in the man Christ Jesus."
Also, you only have to ask for forgiveness of your past sins once. God doesn't remember them anymore so why remind Him, lol? Someone once told me that and it makes sense! We aren't commanded to forgive ourselves (at least I don't think) but do it anyway. Accept His forgiveness and work it to the good. I have one in particular that I am just unable to forgive myself for, so I'm using Romans 8:28 to guide me to help those not make the choices I made.
Pray for us and you are all in mine. Love in Christ Jesus!
She got the diagnosis the December after we moved 800 miles away. I freaked out because I thought she'd die before I could see her. Normally, I'd be so scared all the time but when she told me, I got off the phone and prayed. I first asked for her to be healed Spiritually. She called me right after her surgery and told me she had accepted Christ Jesus. I am not ashamed to admit that I prayed for physical healing second because it is appointed for man to die once and I wanted to be with her eternally because life is short on earth. She got the very last place in a clinical trial using Immunotherapy and within a year, all traces of that demonic cancer was gone. God is still healing today. She didn't go to some charlatan's fake "healing" service or get knocked down by some false prophet either. I and many others asked Jesus Christ to heal her and even if it returns, look at how long He has given her to be with us. Normally, if you live a year, even with the best chemo, with a good quality of life, that's good. Depending on the stage when diagnosed but my mom lived just shy of a year after diagnosis although I am convinced her husband (not my father) killed her. I knew it the minute my brother in law told my husband that she had died and he had killed her. One day, I want to share that story but I'm too happy tonight to go down that road. I have finally forgiven him. Oh, it took a long time and I still have my moments. I miss my mom though. I'm dreaming about her a lot lately.
Back to the good news! Pam, my sister, is an artist. She did stained glass that rivaled Tiffany's. I'm going to ask her to send me some pics of her work to share with you because she was awesome. She got the talent, I was at the shallow end of the gene pool, lol. I write though. I just don't have the courage to share my work. She told me I should write a book and I'm thinking about it. It will be a book about faith. I'd love to write one with true testimonies of how people came to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior so if anyone is willing to share, I promise to keep ALL personal info to myself. My email is WorthyistheLamb737@yahoo.com and just put "testimony" in the subject line. I write better formally but on here, I feel a personal connection so I don't get formal.
Anyway, I wanted to share that good news and the GREATEST NEWS of salvation for those who are seeking. It's simple, just read the following verses...
First Corinthians 15:1-4
John 3:16-17
Acts 8:37 (KJV only as it is left out of the newer versions)
Ephesians 2:8-9
Gospel of John (read 3 x without any preconceived ideas)
Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord God and Savior, the Messiah, and repent of your sins. They will be remembered no more. You start fresh and Jesus's blood cleanses you. Not sure the book/chapter/verse but Paul says this...
"Should we sin so that grace can abound? God forbid! But when we do, there is one mediator between God and man and that is in the man Christ Jesus."
Also, you only have to ask for forgiveness of your past sins once. God doesn't remember them anymore so why remind Him, lol? Someone once told me that and it makes sense! We aren't commanded to forgive ourselves (at least I don't think) but do it anyway. Accept His forgiveness and work it to the good. I have one in particular that I am just unable to forgive myself for, so I'm using Romans 8:28 to guide me to help those not make the choices I made.
Pray for us and you are all in mine. Love in Christ Jesus!
WHAT IS PALM SUNDAY - BY "GOT QUESTIONS"
Question: "What is Palm Sunday?"
Answer: Palm Sunday is the day we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, one week before His resurrection (Matthew 21:1–11). As Jesus entered the holy city, He neared the culmination of a long journey toward Golgotha. He had come to save the lost (Luke 19:10), and now was the time—this was the place—to secure that salvation. Palm Sunday marked the start of what is often called “Passion Week,” the final seven days of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Palm Sunday was the “beginning of the end” of Jesus’ work on earth.
Palm Sunday began with Jesus and His disciples traveling over the Mount of Olives. The Lord sent two disciples ahead into the village of Bethphage to find an animal to ride. They found the unbroken colt of a donkey, just as Jesus had said they would (Luke 19:29–30). When they untied the colt, the owners began to question them. The disciples responded with the answer Jesus had provided: “The Lord needs it” (Luke 19:31–34). Amazingly, the owners were satisfied with that answer and let the disciples go. “They brought [the donkey] to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it” (Luke 19:35).
As Jesus ascended toward Jerusalem, a large multitude gathered around Him. This crowd understood that Jesus was the Messiah; what they did not understand was that it wasn’t time to set up the kingdom yet—although Jesus had tried to tell them so (Luke 19:11–12). The crowd’s actions along the road give rise to the name “Palm Sunday”: “A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road” (Matthew 21:8). In strewing their cloaks on the road, the people were giving Jesus the royal treatment—King Jehu was given similar honor at his coronation (2 Kings 9:13). John records the detail that the branches they cut were from palm trees (John 12:13).
On that first Palm Sunday, the people also honored Jesus verbally: “The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’ / ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ / ‘Hosanna in the highest heaven!’” (Matthew 21:9). In their praise of Jesus, the Jewish crowds were quoting Psalm 118:25–26, an acknowledged prophecy of the Christ. The allusion to a Messianic psalm drew resentment from the religious leaders present: “Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, rebuke your disciples!’” (Luke 19:39). However, Jesus saw no need to rebuke those who told the truth. He replied, “I tell you . . . if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out” (Luke 19:40).
Some 450 to 500 years prior to Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, the prophet Zechariah had prophesied the event we now call Palm Sunday: “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! / Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! / See, your king comes to you, / righteous and victorious, / lowly and riding on a donkey, / on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). The prophecy was fulfilled in every particular, and it was indeed a time of rejoicing, as Jerusalem welcomed their King. Unfortunately, the celebration was not to last. The crowds looked for a Messiah who would rescue them politically and free them nationally, but Jesus had come to save them spiritually. First things first, and mankind’s primary need is spiritual, not political, cultural, or national salvation.
Even as the coatless multitudes waved the palm branches and shouted for joy, they missed the true reason for Jesus’ presence. They could neither see nor understand the cross. That’s why, “as [Jesus] approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies . . . will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you” (Luke 19:41–47). It is a tragic thing to see the Savior but not recognize Him for who He is. The crowds who were crying out “Hosanna!” on Palm Sunday were crying out “Crucify Him!” later that week (Matthew 27:22–23).
There is coming a day when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:10–11). The worship will be real then. Also, John records a scene in heaven that features the eternal celebration of the risen Lord: “There before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands” (Revelation 7:9, emphasis added). These palm-bearing saints will shout, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” (verse 10), and who can measure sum of their joy?
Answer: Palm Sunday is the day we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, one week before His resurrection (Matthew 21:1–11). As Jesus entered the holy city, He neared the culmination of a long journey toward Golgotha. He had come to save the lost (Luke 19:10), and now was the time—this was the place—to secure that salvation. Palm Sunday marked the start of what is often called “Passion Week,” the final seven days of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Palm Sunday was the “beginning of the end” of Jesus’ work on earth.
Palm Sunday began with Jesus and His disciples traveling over the Mount of Olives. The Lord sent two disciples ahead into the village of Bethphage to find an animal to ride. They found the unbroken colt of a donkey, just as Jesus had said they would (Luke 19:29–30). When they untied the colt, the owners began to question them. The disciples responded with the answer Jesus had provided: “The Lord needs it” (Luke 19:31–34). Amazingly, the owners were satisfied with that answer and let the disciples go. “They brought [the donkey] to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it” (Luke 19:35).
As Jesus ascended toward Jerusalem, a large multitude gathered around Him. This crowd understood that Jesus was the Messiah; what they did not understand was that it wasn’t time to set up the kingdom yet—although Jesus had tried to tell them so (Luke 19:11–12). The crowd’s actions along the road give rise to the name “Palm Sunday”: “A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road” (Matthew 21:8). In strewing their cloaks on the road, the people were giving Jesus the royal treatment—King Jehu was given similar honor at his coronation (2 Kings 9:13). John records the detail that the branches they cut were from palm trees (John 12:13).
On that first Palm Sunday, the people also honored Jesus verbally: “The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’ / ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ / ‘Hosanna in the highest heaven!’” (Matthew 21:9). In their praise of Jesus, the Jewish crowds were quoting Psalm 118:25–26, an acknowledged prophecy of the Christ. The allusion to a Messianic psalm drew resentment from the religious leaders present: “Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, rebuke your disciples!’” (Luke 19:39). However, Jesus saw no need to rebuke those who told the truth. He replied, “I tell you . . . if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out” (Luke 19:40).
Some 450 to 500 years prior to Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, the prophet Zechariah had prophesied the event we now call Palm Sunday: “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! / Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! / See, your king comes to you, / righteous and victorious, / lowly and riding on a donkey, / on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). The prophecy was fulfilled in every particular, and it was indeed a time of rejoicing, as Jerusalem welcomed their King. Unfortunately, the celebration was not to last. The crowds looked for a Messiah who would rescue them politically and free them nationally, but Jesus had come to save them spiritually. First things first, and mankind’s primary need is spiritual, not political, cultural, or national salvation.
Even as the coatless multitudes waved the palm branches and shouted for joy, they missed the true reason for Jesus’ presence. They could neither see nor understand the cross. That’s why, “as [Jesus] approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies . . . will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you” (Luke 19:41–47). It is a tragic thing to see the Savior but not recognize Him for who He is. The crowds who were crying out “Hosanna!” on Palm Sunday were crying out “Crucify Him!” later that week (Matthew 27:22–23).
There is coming a day when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:10–11). The worship will be real then. Also, John records a scene in heaven that features the eternal celebration of the risen Lord: “There before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands” (Revelation 7:9, emphasis added). These palm-bearing saints will shout, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” (verse 10), and who can measure sum of their joy?
Answer: Passion Week (also known as Holy Week) is the time from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday (Resurrection Sunday). Also included within Passion Week are Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Spy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Passion Week is so named because of the passion with which Jesus willingly went to the cross in order to pay for the sins of His people. Passion Week is described in Matthew chapters 21-27; Mark chapters 11-15; Luke chapters 19-23; and John chapters 12-19. Passion Week begins with the triumphal entry on Palm Sunday on the back of a colt as prophesied in Zechariah 9:9.
Passion Week contained several memorable events. Jesus cleansed the Temple for the second time (Luke 19:45-46), then disputed with the Pharisees regarding His authority. Then He gave His Olivet Discourse on the end times and taught many things, including the signs of His second coming. Jesus ate His Last Supper with His disciples in the upper room (Luke 22:7-38), then went to the garden of Gethsemane to pray as He waited for His hour to come. It was here that Jesus, having been betrayed by Judas, was arrested and taken to several sham trials before the chief priests, Pontius Pilate, and Herod (Luke 22:54-23:25).
Following the trials, Jesus was scourged at the hands of the Roman soldiers, then was forced to carry His own instrument of execution (the Cross) through the streets of Jerusalem along what is known as the Via Dolorosa (way of sorrows). Jesus was then crucified at Golgotha on the day before the Sabbath, was buried and remained in the tomb until Sunday, the day after the Sabbath, and then gloriously resurrected.
It is referred to as Passion Week because in that time, Jesus Christ truly revealed His passion for us in the suffering He willingly went through on our behalf. What should our attitude be during Passion Week? We should be passionate in our worship of Jesus and in our proclamation of His Gospel! As He suffered for us, so should we be willing to suffer for the cause of following Him and proclaiming the message of His death and resurrection.
Recommended Resource: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas
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