Our paragraph topic is: (Their persecution of religion) Part 9.
It is amazing and chilling these next sentences in this paragraph because they pose a unique perspective from which we can view the nature of our God. Christ speaks for God the Father because he is one with the Father. Everything that he does comes from the Father. Many times he tells the disciples that a cripple has not sinned as they might believe nor has someone in their family done so. But it is the will of God that the cripple is there before them that he may be cured so that they might believe in him.
God has allowed those things to happen so that they will serve his purpose in showing the disciples who he is and who his son is, that they may believe in him. And it is through his son that he works and performs his miracles. And yet he does not speak. But in this one sentence the voice of God comes forth after offering the Scribes and the Pharisees opportunity to escape hell. God tells them: "Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them you will put to death, and crucify."
It is the "I" that testifies to the speaker. For Christ does not speak but it is God the Father that speaks through him telling the Scribes and the Pharisees what they have done and will do to those that God sends to help his people. They persecute religion and it is the evil within them that has taken over completely and will not let go of their souls.
They are possessed and ignorant of the fact. They are workers of evil and see no wrong in what they do. They are doomed to the judgment of hell as those before them and do not understand the punishment before them. How can they escape? How can they not reap the rewards of hell?
How thankful are we to have the knowledge and the understanding we have today. It has been given us the way and the truth of who we are. It has been given us the word of God that we may know his will for us that keeps us from harms way. It has been given us the path to follow that leads us to the kingdom of heaven. It has been given us a guide to help us along the way that we may not go astray or be led astray. All this is ours for the asking if we believe in him who came to save us and the one who sent him, our loving Father. God is real, God is ever living, God is loving and forgiving. He is merciful and full of joy and hope and peace for those who love him. God your Father loves you as much as you love him. Open your heart to him and see.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
It is amazing and chilling these next sentences in this paragraph because they pose a unique perspective from which we can view the nature of our God. Christ speaks for God the Father because he is one with the Father. Everything that he does comes from the Father. Many times he tells the disciples that a cripple has not sinned as they might believe nor has someone in their family done so. But it is the will of God that the cripple is there before them that he may be cured so that they might believe in him.
God has allowed those things to happen so that they will serve his purpose in showing the disciples who he is and who his son is, that they may believe in him. And it is through his son that he works and performs his miracles. And yet he does not speak. But in this one sentence the voice of God comes forth after offering the Scribes and the Pharisees opportunity to escape hell. God tells them: "Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them you will put to death, and crucify."
It is the "I" that testifies to the speaker. For Christ does not speak but it is God the Father that speaks through him telling the Scribes and the Pharisees what they have done and will do to those that God sends to help his people. They persecute religion and it is the evil within them that has taken over completely and will not let go of their souls.
They are possessed and ignorant of the fact. They are workers of evil and see no wrong in what they do. They are doomed to the judgment of hell as those before them and do not understand the punishment before them. How can they escape? How can they not reap the rewards of hell?
How thankful are we to have the knowledge and the understanding we have today. It has been given us the way and the truth of who we are. It has been given us the word of God that we may know his will for us that keeps us from harms way. It has been given us the path to follow that leads us to the kingdom of heaven. It has been given us a guide to help us along the way that we may not go astray or be led astray. All this is ours for the asking if we believe in him who came to save us and the one who sent him, our loving Father. God is real, God is ever living, God is loving and forgiving. He is merciful and full of joy and hope and peace for those who love him. God your Father loves you as much as you love him. Open your heart to him and see.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
