In Acts 16, 3, Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. While in Acts 15: 5 But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” In Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. (the uncircumcised) James, an elder brother of Jesus, wrote a letter to the Gentles stating Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this, the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written, ‘After this, I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen;
I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of humanity may seek the Lord and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old.’Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles concerning being circumcised. Yet the Apostle Paul wrote, in Romans 4; 9- 11 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised or also for the uncircumcised? How, then, was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted by them as well
The Gentile did not have to begin practicing it, nor did the Jew have to cease practicing it to be saved. In the Christian age, circumcision is one thing that falls in the realm of Christian liberty.
In Genesis 15, 5: No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations. This means the Jews and Gentiles were part of the covenant in short, Gentiles heard the gospel, the Holy Spirit fell upon them where Acts 11: 12,15, 17 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?” Calvin wrote, Now, the question is, whether it was lawful for Paul to use a vain sign, whose signification and force was abolished; for it seemeth a vain thing when a departure is made from the institution of God. But circumcision was commanded by God to continue only until the coming of Christ. To this question, I answer that circumcision did so cease at the coming of Christ,
Matthew Henry wrote: 2 Tim. 1:4. 6. That Paul took him and circumcised him, or ordered it to be done. This was strange. Had not Paul opposed those with all his might that were for imposing circumcision upon the Gentile converts? Had he not at this time the decrees of the council at Jerusalem with him, which witnessed against it? He had, and yet circumcised Timothy, not, as those teachers designed in imposing circumcision; why?
The Jews who were in those places for they all knew that his father was Greek and his mother was Jewish. Acts 16; 2 Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. Believer Bible Commentary wrote, Acts 16:3 (BBC): Paul, Silas, and Timothy were going forth on evangelistic work. Their first contact would frequently be with the Jews. If these Jews knew that Timothy was not circumcised, they might refuse to listen, whereas if he were, there would be no possibility of offence on this score. Since it was entirely a matter of moral indifference and not of doctrinal importance, Paul submitted Timothy to this Jewish ordinance. He was made all things to all men that he might, by all means, save some (1 Cor. 9:19–23). Though free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews, I became as a Jew, to win Jews. To those under the law, I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law, I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) so that I might win over those outside the law. To the weak, I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, and by all means, I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
The interpretation that Paul’s circumcising of Timothy was to gain an audience for the gospel with the Jews seems to be strongly implied by the words, and circumcised him because of the Jews Likely first question Jewish people would asks him if was circumcise
Dr John Gil wrote, that the apostle used circumcision not as a duty of the law, because of the Jews who were in those quarters; not the believing ones, Acts 16:3 (ENTVIIII): to teach in their synagogues, nor would they hear him out of them; wherefore having a mind to take Timothy with him to be assisting to him in the preaching of the Gospel, in point of prudence he thought it proper to circumcise him, that he might be received by them, and be the more acceptable to them; who would otherwise have taken such an offence at him, as not to have heard him: thus the apostle to the Jews became a Jew, that he might gain and save some, 1 Cor. 9:20 for they knew all that his father was a Greek; and that therefore he was not circumcised: for a woman might not circumcise, because she was not a fit subject of circumcision herself; though in case of necessity circumcision by women was allowed of. Moody Bible wrote Paul had Timothy circumcised not as a precondition for salvation but as an outward sign of the Abrahamic covenant. Paul would never compromise the gospel. As the Scriptures declare, If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
“Q come, O come, Emmanuel” (Latin: “Veni, veni, Emmanuel“) is a Christianhymn for Advent and Christmas Time compose The hymn has its origins over 1,200 years ago in monastic life in the 8th or 9th century. Seven days before Christmas Eve monasteries. It would be sung before and after Mary’s canticle, the Magnificat (Luke 1:46b-55).
The English translation of the Christmas carol came about in 1851 when priest and scholar John Mason Neale’s version featured in the pages of The Hymnal Noted – a key text in the history of hymns collected by hymnal documenter Thomas Helmore.
John Mason Neale love to read he read at meals, read walking, read driving, read everything that came to hand, and what he read he never forgot. He enter Trinity College in Cambridge in 1836.
He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge (A.B., 1840), was ordained deacon in 1841, and priest in 1842. In this year also he married Sarah Norman Webster. For a few months of 1842 he was incumbent of Crawley in Sussex, but after six weeks his health broke down due to a chronic lung disease and he was compelled to resign.John had many opportunities to see the misery of the poor in rural villages, some of whom died unattended.John had many opportunities to see the misery of the poor in rural villages, some of whom died unattended.
He had denounced churches that allowed the wealthy to box off sections of the church to separate themselves from commoners. Some of these elite folk even placed comfortable sofas in their boxes! The practice flatly contradicted the teaching of the Apostle James, who forbade Christians to give special seats to the rich (James 2:1-4). John’s appeals for the restoration of churches and for improved church architecture miffed other clergymen.
He was mauled at the funeral of one of the sisters. Crowds threatened to stone him or to burn his house.
Early in my Christian walk the Bible the tradition hymns came alive with me and beautify of the words became very real to me My mother and sibling sang around the piano and Church during Christmas, Even I brought up with these hymns they did not sense if anything nor did I care.
Until August 09 1976 I can only describe the worst day in my life and the best day in my. I was miserable SOB Scriptures declare,Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, Until acknowledge my sins before the Lord all burden was lifted from me it felt like four Mac trucks was lifted from me Scriptures also declares,I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin O Come O Come. Emmanuel was one those Hymns
Note or NB. O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear.Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan’s tyranny; From depths of hell Thy people save, And give them victory o’er the grave.Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come tthee, O Israel. O come, Thou Key of David, come And open wide our heav’nly home;Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery.
Silent Night
It was 202 years ago when “Silent Night” was first heard by Austrian villagers attending Christmas Eve mass in St. Nicholas Church.
In 1816 by a young priest in Austria, Joseph Mohr, not long after the Napoleonic wars had taken their toll. The backstory is that the priest went for a walk before he wrote it, and he looked out over a very quiet, winter-laden tow.
Set to music composed by Franz Gruber became famous worldwide?”And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night” — Luke 2:8
Recent flooding of the nearby Salzach river had put the church organ out of commission, so Gruber composed the music for guitar accompaniment.
Mohr decided those words might make a good carol for his congregation the following evening at their scheduled Christmas eve service. The one problem was that he didn’t have any music to which that poem could be sung. So, the next day Mohr went to see the church organist, Franz Xaver Gruber. Gruber only had a few hours to compose a melody which could be sung with a guitar. However, by that evening, Gruber had managed to compose a musical setting for the poem. That the church organ was inoperable no longer mattered to Mohr and Gruber. They now had a Christmas carol that could be sung without an organ.
As said previous Silent night, holy night one those came alive when heard it during Christmas Eve even thou many during my youth. Since I like sharing what heard and read with my mother. She told once those words in the Bible and Hymns were always
Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night“).
Together with Joseph Mohr, a Catholic priest who wrote the original German lyrics, Gruber composed the music for the Christmas carolSilent Night. On Christmas Eve of 1818, Mohr, an assistant pastor at St Nicholas, showed Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816. He asked Gruber to set the poem to music. The church organ had broken down so Gruber produced a melody with guitar arrangement for the poem. The two men sang Stille Nacht for the first time at Christmas Mass in St Nicholas Church while Mohr played guitar and the choir repeated the last two lines of each verse. For a long time many thought that Silent Night.
The song was first performed on Christmas Eve in 1818, just a few hours after it had been written brought them to the organist Franz Gruber, who composed a simple melody for a guitar accompaniment.
Over the centuries, hundreds of Christmas carols have been composed. Many fall quickly into obscurity. Not “Silent Night.”Translated into at least 300 language.
Mohr’s congregation was poverty-stricken, hungry and traumatized. So he crafted a set of six poetic verses to convey hope that there was still a God who cared. The song was apparently well-received by Mohr’s parishioners, most of whom worked as boat-builders and shippers in the salt trade that was central to the economy of the region.
The melody and harmonization of “Silent Night” is actually based on an Italian musical style called the “siciliana” that mimics the sound of water and rolling waves: two large rhythmic beats, split into three parts each.
On Christmas Eve 1918 first the Germans would sing one of their carols and then the British would sing one of our. In some places, German soilders emerged from their trenches, calling out “Merry Christmas” in English. Allied soldiers came out warily to greet them. In others, Germans held up signs reading “You no shoot, we no shoot.” Over the course of the day, troops exchanged gifts. One those songs Silent Nights Holy Night.
It started with German officer, Walter Kirchhoff, a tenor with the Berlin Opera.”He came forward and sang Silent Night in German, and then in English. In the clear, cold night of Christmas Eve, his voice carried very far.The song’s fundamental message of peace, even in the midst of suffering, has bridged cultures and generations. Great songs do this. They speak of hope in hard times and of beauty that arises from pain; they offer comfort and solace; and they are inherently human and infinitely adaptable.
Such classic rockers, including Bruce Springsteen, U2, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks. Over the years, everyone from Frank Sinatra to Cyndi Lauper and Aretha Franklin have lent their talents.
Early in my Christian walk the Bible the tradition hymns came alive with me and the words became very real to me My mother and sibling sang around the piano and The Church my parents sang wonderful during my Christmas, Even I was brought up with these hymns they did not make sense me nor did I care.
Silent night, Holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin, mother and child Holy infant, tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, Holy night Son of God, love’s pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord at thy birth Jesus, Lord at thy birth. Silent night, Holy night Shepherds quake, at the sight Glories stream from heaven above Heavenly, hosts sing Hallelujah. Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.
Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. Come Thou Long Expected Jesus was his most enduring Christmas hymn.
Charles Wesley, (born December 18, 1707, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England—died March 29, 1788, London), English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer who, with his elder brother John, started the Methodist movement in the Church of England.Charles Wesley, the youngest and third surviving son of Samuel and Susanna Wesley,
ECharles was subject to greater extremes of emotion than his brother, and his spiritual despair and physical exhaustion in Georgia led him to return happily to England after only a few months’ stay. With the help of the Moravians, like his brother John, he found spiritual peace.
He became a very eloquent preacher for the Methodist cause and translated the gospel message into hymns, which became important means of evangelism.He published more than 4,500 hymns and left some 3,000 in manuscript; George Frideric Handel wrote music specifically for some of them. Among Wesley’s best-known hymns are “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” “Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today,” “Soldiers of Christ, Arise,” “Rejoice, the Lord Is King,” and “Jesu, Lover of My Soul.”
1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free; From our fears and sins release us; Let us find our rest in thee. Israel’s strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth thou art; Dear Desire of ev’ry nation, Joy of every longing heart.
2 Joy to those who long to see thee, Dayspring from on high, appear; come, thou promised Rod of Jesse, of thy birth we long to hear! O’er the hills the angels singing news, glad tidings of a birth: “”Go to him, your praises bringing; Christ the Lord has come to earth.””
3 Come to earth to taste our sadness, he whose glories knew no end; by his life he brings us gladness, our redeemer, Shepherd, Friend, Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall; this the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all.
4 Born thy people to deliver, Born a child, and yet a King, Born to reign in us for ever, Now thy gracious kingdom bring. By thine own eternal Spirit Rule in all our hearts alone; By thine all-sufficient merit Raise us to thy glorious throne.
note verse 3-4 Come to earth to taste our sadness, he whose glories knew no end; by his life he brings us gladness, our redeemer, Shepherd, Friend, Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall;this the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all.
Born thy people to deliver, Born a child, and yet a King, Born to reign in us for ever, Now thy gracious kingdom bring. By thine own eternal Spirit Rule in all our hearts alone; By thine all-sufficient merit Raise us to thy glorious throne. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
And I will shake all nations, so that the desire of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. – Haggai 2:7
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus is perhaps one of my favorite Advent songs. Written by Charles Wesley in 1744, it focuses on the “long-expected Jesus” who was born to set us free from sin, and to bring us salvation by His death. Here are the lyrics:
Come, Thou long-expected Jesus, born to set Thy people free; from our fears and sins release us; let us find our rest in Thee. Israel’s strength and consolation, hope of all the earth Thou art;dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart.
Joy to those who long to see thee, Dayspring from on high, appear; come, thou promised Rod of Jesse, of thy birth we long to hear! O’er the hills the angels singing news, glad tidings of a birth; “Go to him, your praises bringing; Christ the Lord has come to earth.”Come to earth to taste our sadness, he whose glories knew no end; by his life he brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend.Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall;this the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all. Thy people to deliver, born a child, and yet a King,born to reign in us forever, now Thy gracious kingdom bring.By Thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts alone; by Thine own sufficient merit, raise us to Thy glorious throne.
Wesley did not want to just paint a picture of Jesus in the manger; he wanted the entire Christmas story to have a personal application. Wesley wanted to impress upon God’s people that Jesus is not only the “desire of every nation,” but is also the personal “joy of every longing heart.” Jesus has the “government on his shoulders,” but he was born to reign personally “in us.
Furthermore she wrote, he wanted the entire Christmas story to have a personal application. Wesley wanted to impress upon God’s people that Jesus is not only the “desire of every nation,” but is also the personal “joy of every longing heart.” Jesus has the “government on his shoulders,” but he was born to reign personally “in.
Verse 1 Come, Thou long-expected Jesus, born to set Thy people free; from our fears and sins release us; let us find our rest in Thee. Israel’s strength and consolation, hope of all the earth Thou art;dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart
W If we are not careful, we will miss much of the meaning that this song so lyrically conveys. The first verse focuses on the fact that the coming of Jesus Christ fulfilled Israel’s longing for the Messiah. A few of the prophecies that Jesus fulfilled are Isaiah 7:14, which spoke of a virgin giving birth to a child whose name would mean Jeanette Taylor wrote “God with us;” Isaiah 9:6, which told of a child whose name would be called “Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, eternal Father, the Prince of Peace;” and Micah 5:2, which said that from Bethlehem would come a ruler whose “goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.”
https://myfaithradio.com/2017/story-behind-hark-herald-angels-sing/ Many of the carols we sing have a rich theological tradition, and “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” is no exception. It was written by Charles Wesley, who was an English Methodist leader and hymn writer. Wesley wrote over 6,000 hymns.
His goal in writing hymns was to teach the poor and illiterate sound doctrine. His brother, John Wesley, a famous theologian and founder of Methodism, said that Charles’ hymnal was the best theological book in existence. Some have noted that Methodism was born in song and Charles was the chief songwriter.
Known Hymns Writer And Composer Part Seven
I Need Thee Every Hour
Annie Hawks was an American poet and gospel hymnist who wrote a number of hymns with her pastor, Robert Lowry . He wrote the refrain I Need Every You Hour. He was musician and Pastor at Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn a gifted speaker His fondness for music was exhibited in his earliest years. As a child he amused himself with the various musical instruments that came into his hands. I need thee, oh, I need thee; Ev’ry hour I need thee!Oh, bless me now, my Savior;I come to thee!
A New York native, Hawks displayed a gift for verse at the early age of 14, contributing poems on a regular basis to a variety of newspapers. Though she composed over 400 hymn texts, Through Hawks was chiefly known as a writer of hymns. The hymn was prophetic rather than expressive of my own experiences, for it was wafted out to the world on the wings of love and joy, instead of under the stress of personal sorrow. Consider these words I need thee ev’ry hour,Most gracious Lord.No tender voice like thineCan peace afford. I need thee ev’ry hour;Stay thou nearby.Temptations lose their pow’rWhen thou art nigh. I need thee ev’ry hour,c In joy or pain.Come quickly and abide,Or life is vain. I need thee ev’ry hour,Most holy One.Oh, make me thine indeed,Thou blessed Son!
Every Hour” is the only hymn of hers that is still sung today. have a personal account of the genesis of “I Need Thee Every Hour”: Hawks writes, “One day as a young wife and mother of 37 years of age, I was busy with my regular household tasks during a bright June morning [in 1872]. Suddenly, I became so filled with the sense of nearness to the Master that, wondering how one could live without Him, either in joy or pain, these words were ushered into my mind, the thought at once taking full possession of me –
Before His crucifixion, his disciples celebrated Passover, where Jesus established a new convent in which the disciples to observe
Where Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is My body.” Then, He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is the shed for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in remembrance of Me?
Where Jesus fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.” John MacArthur wrote Christ would “bear the sins of many” (Heb. 9:28)—and the fullness of divine wrath would fall on Him (Is. 53:10, 11; 2 Cor. 5:21). This was the price of the sin He bore, and He paid it in full. His cry of anguish. Reformed Bible Study wrote In, “6:39 cup. See the 20:23 note. Jesus is horrified at the prospect of enduring His Father’s wrath. Jesus had to face death knowing that His Father would not be with Him but against Him in the rage of judgment.
He was arrested, tried, convicted, and brought before Pilate even thou there was no formal charges. The Jewish method of executing the guilty party is stoning. Only the Romans had the authority to execute criminals; however, they could not use blasphemy. The Roman form of execution was crucifixion.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees brought Jesus to Pilate, who was the Government of Judah. Pilate said, “What charges are you bringing against this man?” They responded, “If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.” So Pilate told them, “Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your law.” But, we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. This took place to fulfill what Jesus predicted and what kind of death he would die. John 3:14 As “Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.”
The only thing they could mustard up was that claim that Jesus was Son Of God or the Messiah the king. Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting, the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. Therefore, I will punish him and then release him.
Remember Pilate heard reports, and written report on Jesus, and saw that it was quite clear that He wasn’t leading a military revolution. There was simply no evidence support the Jewish leaders charges. The Chief Priests and Pharisees, eventually admitted the real reason why they wanted Jesus dead, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
Now, it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas. So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked for them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus the Messiah?” For Pilate knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him. Pilate wife warns him not have anything to do with them because he would innocent.
But, the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to asked to release Barabbas and crucify Jesus. Because of the hatred to Christ and their spiritual blindness they wanted Jesus died. “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked for the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered. “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!” “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But, they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting; he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!
Then, he released Barabbas to them although he was found guilty of insurrection. Pilate found no charges against Jesus. Yet, He was executed Jesus replaced the sinner. Even thou Pilate de
Good Friday or Holy Friday For the follower of Christ is the most important day of their lives. Where Jesus Christ loves us, and willingly went to the cross and sacrifice Himself on it, and took mankind sins and His Father wrath to bridge the gap between His Father and mankind As scriptures declares, 2 Cor. 5:21
Even thou the Bible does not explicitly state on which day of the week Jesus was crucified. However, in Mark 15;42 it states And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath.
Stuart my brother told me this story about Jesus carrying his cross-prior to his execution. He kept falling down, however, He kept getting back up because He had a mission to accomplish to be obedient His Father will and this work had to be accomplished because God is just and holy God. While this narrative is not told in the Bible, yet that was His mission was to take mankind sins and Father’s wrath to bridge the gap between humanity and His His Father
Linda Alchin wrote a piece on Roman Crucifixion and wrote these words. ” Death by Roman crucifixion was a result of the whole body weight being supported by the stretched arms. When nailed to the cross there was a massive strain put on the wrists, arms, and shoulders often resulting in a dislocation of the shoulder and elbow joints. The rib cage was constrained in a fixed position, which made it extremely difficult to exhale, and impossible to take a full breath. The victim would continually try to draw himself up by his feet to allow for inflation of the lungs enduring terrible pain in his feet and legs. The pain in the feet and legs became unbearable, and the victim was forced to trade breathing for pain. The length of time required to die from crucifixion could range from hours to several days.
While hanging on the cross the crowd, the leader, and the two thieves were mocking Him. Eventually would be abandoned by His Father.
I witness someone who had emphysema cause by second hand smoke it not easy to watched them struggle for oxygen not pretty pictures.
I can imagine going through the pain and anguish Jesus went through. For example, every time I got extremely ill I was not the most gentle person to be around with, if anything I could be ill-mannered, harsh, and unsympathetic, not the gentle spirit to all men during those times as scripture declares. Or another example when I was in the hospital in recovering from an operation in which they removed my second toe due resulting from diabetes. A patient who was next to me names George not his real name had pneumonia, asthma, and an extremely sore back. However, he was allergic to penicillin and Tylenol 3. Every time his back would seize up it would become very painful, and he would start cursing and taking the Lord’s name in vain. When the condemned criminal had been in intense pain or agony while hanging on the cross the condemned would start cursing Rome resulting from the lack of oxygen to the brain. The Roman soldiers would eventually cut the tongue to silence them. Sinful man tends to blame to God in times of trouble water were mankind was responsible for mess there in because of the fall Adam and Eve they themselves committing their own sins.
Despite his agonizing pain. Jesus still did not sin, nor He violates God ordinance. His last seven words were source encouragement and blessing to others.
• “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” Luke 23:34. He was hanging on the cross-resulting from mankind sin not His own and paying the sin debt that mankind violated and they were the unaware full scope of theirs sins, along Jesus was the lamb of God who take away the sins of the world. (Jn 1:29.
• ” Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43 Ensuring the thief would enter Heaven’s Gate or garden as forgiven a sinner.
• Woman, this is your son.” Then he said to the disciple: “This is your mother.” Ensuring that His earthly mother was cared for when He departed into glory
•My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27; 46. All Of mankind sins fell upon Him. Jesus bore His Father wrath resulting from mankind sin. Cor. 5:21 Matthew and Mark both record this cry of Jesus that was the fourth of the seven last sayings of Jesus. It occurred about the ninth hour after sunrise, or about 3 p.m. Jesus had been in agony on the cross for six hours by this time.
But what did He mean by, “Why have You forsaken Me?”
David once wrote, “I have not seen the righteous forsaken” (Psalm 37:25). “Forsake” means to abandon or leave helpless. Being forsaken is a horrific experience, but to be forsaken by God would be the worst!
Surely His Father had not forsaken Him! Later statements show Jesus knew His Father didn’t, but did momentarily leave Him helpless. Why?
First, Jesus was taking on Himself all the sins of humanity—“the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6)—and God would not intervene to ease anything associated with the penalty of sin. Sin causes suffering, and Christ bore its full weight, including the emotional trauma of comprehending how sin distances us from God!
He had previously declared that “the Father has not left Me alone” (John 8:29). He had never experienced the aloneness that comes from being cut off from God, but now, bearing the sins of the world, He would.
Have you ever felt alone, forsaken? Christ knows that feeling, and He can give you the understanding and faith you need in such times!
Notice also, in asking, “Why have You forsaken Me?” He merely posed a question. Just because He felt forsaken, He would not forsake God. There was no accusing God, no questioning God’s love, no doubting His promises. It was, as some have noted, “a cry of distress, not of distrust.”
Something else is noteworthy. Earlier that day religious leaders, clearly rejecting Him as their Savior, had taunted Jesus, going so far as to mock Him with words from Psalm 22, a messianic prophecy (Matthew 27:41-43). When Jesus later cried out, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me,” He, too, quoted Psalm 22—the same psalm His tormentors had used!
Using this scripture back to them was His rebuttal that they were indeed crucifying the Messiah! He knew this psalm prophesied about Him; and though He anguished over being temporarily forsaken, He knew God would answer. (For deeper study, see “Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?”)
Let’s ask a question about ourselves, though: Has our Father ever asked of us, “My child, My child, why have you forsaken Me?” We all, of course, have abandoned God through our sinfulness. Isn’t it time to stop?
• “I thirst.” Gospel of John 19:28 The worst ordeal that of bearing in the place of His people the wrath of God against sin (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34), is over. He also was fulfilling prophecy in Ps 69;21.
• “It is finished”; John 19;30 The sin debt is now paid in full. The entire work of redemption had been brought to completion. Jesus died as a victor and had accomplished His Tasks
• He was only minutes away from concluding His ultimate work in the flesh—offering Himself as our atoning sacrifice, His beaten body and shed blood paying for our sins. Jesus had never wavered from His destiny—the Lamb of God, “slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8). Now He had triumphed! “Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame” (Hebrews 12:2).
Also finished was Satan’s fate! It was through Jesus’ death that “He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14). Satan remains to be cast into the bottomless pit, but his time is coming. The Day of Atonement, one of God’s holy days, explains how God will shut the door on Satan and open the door for humanity’s reconciliation with God.
• Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Luke 23:46 His Father was satisfied and accepted His payment of the sin debt and, His Father was satisfied with payment of sin since He committed no sin. Prophecy was fulfilled Ps 34; 20, He protects all his bones, not one of them was broken. 34:20 not one of them is broken. John 19:36 applies this verse to Christ, the only perfect righteous Man.. “
• I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43).Jesus was blameless, without sin, and was not guilty of such a horrific death, but two men who were guilty of their crimes hung next to Him that fateful day. Both men spoke to Jesus, but only one would die to be greeted into the promise of Heaven. The response of Jesus in this instance was profound to the criminal, as He promised this sinner that he too would enter the gates of Heaven to live in Paradise, not later but that day!”A convicted thief, St. Dismas presumably did not lead the most holy life. Yet as he hung alongside Jesus, his eyes were opened to the presence of God. With his final dying breaths, he proclaimed Jesus as Lord of all creation.
• Jesus recognizes this act of faith and affirms to St. Dismas that he will join him in heaven.The promise of God’s kingdom is so great. St. Dismas realized this as he was at the side of Jesus. During Lent, when we find time to be present with Jesus, we’re reminded of the beautiful gift of our salvation and our call to bring God’s kingdom to earth, as it is in heaven.
• Jesus’s words remind us that no matter how many times you’ve sinned, or how long it’s been since you prayed, God is always looking to forgive you. In this second week of Lent, we will reflect on Jesus as King as we seek to have the same faith as the good thief. We will pray with the names of Jesus in the Litany of Christ the King and offer up our sins and praises to God.
George Macleod wrote these words, “I simply argue that the cross should be raised at the center of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves; on the town’s garbage heap; at a crossroad so cosmopolitan that they had to write His title in Hebrew and Latin and Greek … at the kind of place where cynics talk smut, and thieves curse, and soldiers gamble. Because that is where He died. And that is what He died for. And that is what He died about. That is where churchmen ought to be and what churchmen ought to be about.” As scripture declares, “Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourself with this same attitude, because He who has suffered in his body is done with sin.”
Got question wrote The Bible does not instruct Christians to remember Christ’s death by honoring a certain day. The Bible does give us freedom in these matters, however. Romans 14:5 tells us, “One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.” Rather than remembering Christ’s death on a certain day, once a year, the Bible instructs us to remember Christ’s death by observing the Lord’s Supper. First Corinthians 11:24-26 declares, “…do this in remembrance of me…for whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
Expositor’s Bible Commentary wrote these words, “That Christ, treated as if he were a sinner, became the object of God’s wrath and bore the penalty and guilt of sin.” Furthermore they wrote, “Just as “the righteousness of God ” is extrinsic to us, so the sin with which Christ totally identified himself was extrinsic to him. He never had a sinful attitude or did a sinful act. As Jesus declares,”For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already,
He came as savour not as warrior. He came as lamb not a lion. He came set us free from our sins.
For the Christians it not a sad day its day of celebrating because they no longer need carry the curse of sin instead they are not wearing theirs sinful clothes they’re now wearing Christ clothes
Hiro Nakamura fictional character in Hero uttered these words, To eulogize him is to admit he is gone. My father is not dead. Kaito “Nakamura taught me right from wrong. What it means to be a hero. So long as his lessons live through me he will never die. My father taught me to understand that certain things are in God’s hands. But for everything else God gave us the gift of choice. My father gave me the tools to fight the battles ahead. Every hand I extend in kindness is his hand, and every blow I strike for justice is his fist. So long as the lessons he taught me stays in me and so long as he lives in my heart then my father is not truly dead.
As scripture declares, “I have been crucified with Christ and me no longer live, but Christ lives in me.The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
When Jesus cleansed the temple complex because they were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, along money exchanger
So the Jews replied to Him,” What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.” While the scribes and Pharisees, wanted we want to see a sign from Jesus.
Jesus also declared He would be in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights, just as the Son of Man will be deep in the earth for three days and nights. Jesus declared to his disciples in Mark 8:31; Matthew 17:22; Luke 9:22 That Son of Man would be handed over to Chief priests and the teachers would kill Him, and on the third day He would raise up.” And the disciples were deeply distressed. Apostle Peter took Jesus aside and rebuke Him.
In Psalm 16;10; For You will not abandon me to Sheol; You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay. Anthropology did study and found that a dead starts decaying after 72 hours. it worn repeating study again, ” Human Death and Decay, “As the cells die, bacteria within the body begin breaking them down. Enzymes in the pancreas cause the organ to digest itself. The body soon takes on a gruesome appearance and smells. Decomposing tissue emits a green substance, as well as gasses such as methane and hydrogen sulfide. The lungs expel fluid through the mouth and nose. As Martha stated, Martha, “Lord, he’s already decaying ! It’s been four days.
Isaiah 53:9 declared that He would be assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death.
When Jesus gave up His spirit a soldier pierced His side with a spear, and at once blood, and water came out. When Joseph a member of the Sanhedrin who had not agreed with their plan and action. Toke Jesus down from the cross He gave him proper burial according to the burial custom of the Jews, and buried him his tomb. Nicodemus (who had previously come to Him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes. Then, they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the aromatic spices.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary observed the tomb and where His body was placed. Then, they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
After the preparation and burial, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together went to Pilate, and said, “Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I am to rise again.’ Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.
When speaking prior to His crucifixion Jesus predicted his death and resurrection to his disciple that he would be handed over to Elders, Chief Priest, and legal expects and would be crucified and die and after three days He would rise again. Since Jesus already fulfill this first part of His prediction by dying on Calgary Cross and buried Rich man sepulchre.
Chuck Swindoll, utter these words several times. Since, the disciples and two Marys were unaware of Mathew 28 because they’re still living in Matthew 27. Even thou Jesus predicated it would occur. Now Matthew 28 will unfold as Jesus predicated.
On the third day, violent earthquake, and an angel appeared clothing as white as snow and the guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men and they fled the grave site and reported to the chief priest what transpired. And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.” And if this should come to the governor’s ears, we will win him over and keep you out of trouble.” And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely spread among the Jew to this day.
On the same day Mary Magdalene and, the other Mary went to where Jesus was buried finished the preparation, bringing the spices with them and view the tomb and was empty. They went into the tomb. An angel of the Lord was in the tomb dressed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; they were amazed and alarmed. He said ” Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there just as He told you.'” that He has risen from the dead. So they went out and started running from the tomb, because trembling, and astonishment overwhelmed them. Mary went to the disciple and said, “The tomb was empty
So Peter and John went forth, and they went to the tomb. The two were running together; and John ran faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; and stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in. And Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. So the John who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. At the time, they went back to their own homes and their vocations.
Accordingly, the Apostle Paul For I delivered to you on first importance what I also received, from Christ. He died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas {Simon Peter} then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; and last of all. He appeared to me also
People who saw Jesus after His death:
✤ He appeared before the other Mary,” Salome, Joanna, and o Mary Magdalene while at the tomb John 20:11-18Mark 16:9-11.
Jesus without doubt is one the key figure in history, Yet Wikipedia claims Jesus has several burial sites, There located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. A second site, known as the Garden Tomb, located just outside Jerusalem the Old City. Other key religious leader such as Muhammad, Confucius, and Bahá’í you know where they were buried For example: Muhammad is buried in the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, The grave of Confucius, founder of Confucianism, is in his home town of Qufu, Shandong Province, China, and Bábism The Shrine of the Báb, the burial location of the Báb, the founder of Bábism and one of three central figures of the Bahá’í Faith, is located on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel. Yet, the historian can only speculated where Jesus was buried.
It is also the key to the Christian faith. The core of are walk. Logically how can someone pray to someone who is dead how can that hear your prayers when they’re dead? Dr. Henry Morris wrote these words concerning Jesus resurrection “, the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. Everything else that was said or done by Christ and the apostles are secondary in importance to the resurrection. If the resurrection did not take place then, Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is God and the Christian faith is absolute truth.
Another factor that sin is the cause and the effect of physical and spiritual death.
“Death is our greatest enemy, and it has conquered all men but Christ. No man is wise enough to outwit death or wealthy enough to purchase freedom from death or strong enough to vanquish death. The grave always wins the victory, and every person sooner or later returns to the dust.” In fact, the inexorable triumph of death applies not only to people, but to all things. Animals die, and plants die, and even whole species atrophy and become extinct. Cities and nations, like people, are born and grow for a season, and then fade away. Homes and automobiles and clothes wear out and must eventually go back to the dust, just as do their owners. Even the universe itself is running down and heading toward an ultimate “heat death.” Or the apostle Paul wrote, ” and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
Remember the disciples they were scattered when chief priest, and legal expect arrested Jesus and the disciples lived in fear for their lives as scripture states, ” Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little one.” After Pentecost when 120 followers of Jesus were upper room praying requested by Jesus. The Holy Spirit descended upon them, and they became to speak in tongues and the apostle Peter preached the gospel. Later on, chief priests and the Pharisees order John and Peter threatens them beat them in Acts 4. The key was the resurrection of Jesus Christ all they had to is point to His empty tomb. The Pharisees and Sadducees had to produce the body, and the apostles would be the laughing stock of community and no one would take them serious.
2 Peter 1:16 “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were EYEWITNESSES of his majesty.”
• And these men went so far as seal their testimony with their blood! They died a horrible and martyrs death!
• There is no way; these 12 men could have all been deceived.
• For this reason—these 12 men not only died for a lie—and here is the catch—THEY KNEW IT WAS A LIE!
• If the resurrection of Jesus Christ a lie—THEY KNEW IT!
Professor Thomas Arnold, former chair of history at Oxford, and author of the famous volumes, History of Rome, was skillfully educated in the study of historical facts. Professor Arnold, stated, “I have been used for many years to study the histories of other times, and to examine and weigh the evidence of those who have written about them, and I know of no one fact in the history of mankind which is PROVED BY BETTER AND FULLER EVIDENCE of every sort, than the great sign which God has given us that Christ died and rose again from the dead.”
After investigating the evidence of the resurrection, Lord Darling, former Chief Justice of England, stated, “. . . There is such overwhelming evidence, positive and negative, factual, and circumstantial, that no intelligent jury in the world could fail to bring in a verdict that the resurrection story is true.” Now to deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ you have to close your eyes to the overwhelming facts of history. Tim Keller penned these words, “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.”
Jesus is alive!!
if believe in His atoning works you will have eternal life with Christ. Martha Tigchelaar my mother died on March 08 2012. What comfort our family most I’ll see one day in heaven. As King David declares, “I’ll go to him, but he will never return to me.”
As written in scriptures, ” O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” Furthermore, it is written in the Old Testament, “I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your barbs? Sheol, where is your sting?”
Christianity is the most persecuted people throughout history because of their faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ eleven of the twelve apostles were martyred because their strong belief in the resurrection of Christ.
If the disciples took Jesus body the common belief in that time frame. You would think at least one. The disciples would reveal where Jesus body is, certainly chief priest, nor the guards kept watch over the grave site would not reveal their secret meeting The guards would have lost their lives if Roman authority found out they abandoned their posts.
The chief priests, Pharisee, and the legal expect hated Jesus, and put Him to death. If the mass would have known their intent of killing Him, and covering up the resurrection it also would have expose their hypocrisy to the people. As Jesus stated the disciples, “If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it; the world hates you. Remember if world attack you remember they attack Jesus first. As scripture declares,” Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith. My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead. NT Write wrote, ” The resurrection completes the inauguration of God’s kingdom…It is the decisive event demonstrating that God’s kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven.
Ephesians 6; 1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Ephesians 6;5-9 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Cavin wrote: The community at large is divided, as it were, into so many yokes, out of which arises mutual obligation. There is, first, the yoke of marriage between husband and wife;—secondly, the yoke which binds parents and children;—and, thirdly, the yoke which connects masters and servants. By this arrangement there are six different classes, for each of whom Paul lays down peculiar duties.
A strong community starts waitin the home without structures within the family the society would not funtion basic and essential building blocks of societies, families have a crucial role in social development. They bear the primary responsibility for the education and socialization of children as well as instilling values of citizenship and belonging in society.
Dr. Laura Markham Structure offers children a sense of security and control in a world full of uncertainty – and helps create healthy habits that last into adulthood. Plus, you’re building overall healthy family relationships.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),
Through the Bible wrote,Disobedience to parents is the last and lowest form of lawlessness to occur on this earth. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy” (2 Tim. 3:1–2). Disobedience to parents is one of the characteristics of the last days. Today we hear of many cases of children rejecting parental authority and even killing their parents! This is indicative of the times in which we live
Of course there will come a time in a boy’s life when he begins to rebel against his parents because it is time for him to move out and get married and start a home of his own. God has given him a nature that rebels against being a mama’s boy, tied to his mama’s apron strings for the rest of his life. God wants him to stand on his own two feet. This kind of rebellion, this struggle for independence, is different from disobedience.
Ephesians 6:1 (ENTVIIII): Children, obey your parents in the Lord, &c.] The persons whose duty this is, children, are such of every sex, male and female, and of every age, and of every state and condition; and though the true, legitimate, and immediate offspring of men may be chiefly respected, yet not exclusive of spurious children, and adopted ones, Furermore he wrote, Ephesians 6:2 (ENTVIIII): Honour thy father and mother, &c.] This explains who parents are, and points at some branches of obedience due unto them; for they are not only to be loved, and to be feared, and reverenced, their corrections to be submitted to, offences against them to be acknowledged, their tempers to be bore with, and their infirmities covered; but they are to be honoured in thought, word, and gesture; they are to be highly though.
Ephesians 6:3 (ENTVIIII): That it may be well with thee, &c.] In this world, and that which is to come; see Deut. 5:16. The Jews say, “there are four things, which if a man does, he eats the fruit of them in this world, and the capital part remains for him in the world to come; and they are these, כיבוד אב ואם, honouring father and mother, doing acts of beneficence, making peace between a man and his neighbour, and learning of the law, which answers to them all.” And thou mayest live long on the earth: length of days is in itself a blessing; and though men’s days can’t be lengthened beyond God’s purpose and decree; and though obedient children don’t always live long; yet disobedience to parents often brings the judgments of God on children, so that they die not a common death, 2 Sam. 18:14; Prov. 30:17. On those words in Deut. 32:47 the Jews have this paraphrase; “because it is your life,
In.Ephians .6.4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Colossians 3:21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged Proverbs 22;6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 19:18 – Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Ephesians 6:4 (BBC): The instructions to children are now balanced with advice to fathers. They should not provoke their children to anger with unreasonable demands, with undue harshness, with constant nagging. Rather children should be nurtured in the training and admonition of the Lord. Training means discipline and correction, and may be verbal or corporal. Admonition means warning, rebuke, reproof. Child-qqqtraining should be “in the Lord,” that is, carried out in accordance with His will as revealed in the Bible by one who acts as His representative.
Susannah Wesley, the mother of seventeen children, including John and
Charles, once wrote: The parent who studies to subdue self-will in his child, works together with God in the renewing and saving of a soul. The parent who indulges it, does the Devil’s work, makes religion impractical, salvation unattainable, and does all that in him lies to damn his child, soul and body forever
Ephesians 6:4 (ENTVIIII): And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, &c.] Neither by words; by unjust and unreasonable commands; by contumelious and reproachful language; by frequent and public chidings, and by indiscreet and passionate expressions: nor by deeds; preferring one to another; by denying them the necessaries of life; by not allowing them proper recreation; by severe and cruel blows, and inhuman usage; by not giving them suitable education; by an improper disposal of them in marriage; and by profusely spending their estates, and leaving nothing to them: not but that parents may, and ought to correct and rebuke their children; nor are they accountable to them for their conduct; yet they should take care not to provoke them to wrath, because this alienates their minds from them, and renders their instructions and corrections useless, and puts them upon sinful practices; wrath lets in Satan, and leads to sin against God; and indeed it is difficult in the best of men to be angry and not sin; or Fathers are particularly mentioned, they being the heads of families, and are apt to be too severe, as mothers too indulgent. But bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; instructing them in the knowledge of divine things, setting them good examples, taking care to prevent their falling into bad company, praying with them, and for them, bringing them into the house of God, under the means of grace, to attend publio worship; all which, under a divine blessing, may be very useful to them: the example of Abraham is worthy of imitation, Gen. 18:19 and the the advice of the wise man deserves attention, Prov. 22:6.
In short when the father display unjust anger to thier child they would tend to rebel against their father and God. Note the father not mother because he is the spiritual leader of the home. Here are 5 important but easily overlooked roles of a father.
1.Enforcer. Fatherlessness is a great concern in our society today. …
2.Encourager. Every child loves positive fatherly encouragement. …
3.Trainer. …
4.Counsellor.
5.The Jewish father must ensure the viability of his children’s future. He is obligated to teach his child Torah, teach him/her a trade, facilitate marriage, and even provide his child with swimming lessons. The father therefore guarantees the Jewishness of his son while equipping him with the tools he needs to cope with the world as a human being. Every step the father takes in rearing the child also empowers the child to take a step away from home. As Emmanuel Levinas states, “The father discovers himself not only in the gestures of his son, but in his substance and his unicity [uniqueness].”
The role the father with daughter, recent research has shown that a father’s influence in his daughter’s life shapes her self-esteem, self-image, confidence and opinions of men. A girl’s relationship with her dad can determine her ability to trust, her need for approval and her self-belief. It can even affect her love life
“The daughter who has a fulfilling relationship with her father is usually more trusting, more secure and more satisfied in her romantic relationships than the daughter with a troubled or distant relationship with her dad,” she said, adding that this is the case regardless of whether her parents are married or divorced
• “Women who grow up with meaningful, comfortable, conversational relationships with their dads make better choices in who they date, sleep with, and marry.” She adds, sadly, the converse is also true. When women don’t grow up affirmed and acknowledged by their fathers, they can suffer from low self-esteem and make bad choices in their lives. They can become needy, clingy, preoccupied with the relationship and always looking for reassurance from their partner
• Fathers shape their daughters’ self-esteem.
• Fathers influence their daughters’ body image.
• Father-daughter bonds are correlated with academic abilities.
• Fathers influence their daughters’ behavior.
• Fathers impact their daughters’ social traits.
• Fathers show their daughters how women deserve to be treated.
• Fathers can help determine their daughters’ persistence.
• Fathers help define future romantic relationships for their daughters.
• Fathers help define their daughters’ non-romantic relationships.
• Fathers are role models for their daughters whether they like it or not.
Fathers should also be role models for their daughters, teaching them how to live godly lives. In Proverbs 31:29, the Bible says, “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” A father can help his daughter become an excellent woman by teaching her what God’s Word says about womanhood.
It worth noting that the son rebels against God and society or daughter sleep around with different men both parties are respondsbities for their own actions. The father is responsible being the spiritual leader to thier children Remember we all are sinner in need of a savour, remember Jesus took our sins and replace with His righteousness. We are responsible for confessing our sins and believe He is the Son of God who sacrifice Himself on the cross for our sins.
I am not a father since I am unmarried and have no children but, if had children, I would take my responsibility as a spiritual leader seriously, however, I would take ownership of my failure as father particularly in the area being overbearing to your children and extremely hard a bad day is no excuse for your behaviour or ill manner. Going to your children confessing your failure is your your children is not sign of weakness is one the signs of being a spiritual leader of the home
Ephesians.6.5- 8, Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,
Note Twice Christ mention once God mention twice Lord mention
Ephesians 6:5 (BBC): The third and final sphere of submission in the Christian household is that of servants to masters. The word Paul uses is bondservants or slaves, but the principles apply to servants or employees of all types.
The first duty of employees is to those who are their masters according to the flesh. The expression, masters according to the flesh, reminds us that the employer has jurisdiction as far as physical or mental work is concerned, but he cannot dictate in spiritual matters or command the conscience.
Second, servants should be respectful. Fear and trembling do not mean cowering servility and abject terror; they mean a dutiful respect and a fear of offending the Lord and the employer..
:, Services should be conscientious, or in sincerity of heart. We should endeavor to deliver sixty minutes of work for every hour of pay
Ephesians 6:6 (BBC): We should always be diligent, not only when the boss is looking, but conscious that our Master is always looking. It is a natural tendency to slack off when the employer is away, but it is a form of dishonesty. The Christian’s standards of performance should not vary according to the geographical location of the foreman.
A great incentive to do all as if to Christ is the assurance that He will reward every such good work.
Ephesians.6;:9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him. .
(CC Ga/Eph): In the treatment of their slaves, the laws granted to masters a vast amount of power over the slaves
All slaves and their families were the property of their owners, who could sell or rent them out at any time. Their lives were harsh. Slaves were often whipped, branded or cruelly mistreated. Their owners could also kill them for any reason, and would face no punishment..Slaves played an important role in society and the economy. Besides manual labour, slaves performed many domestic services and might be employed at highly skilled jobs and professions. Accountants and physicians were often slaves. Slaves of Greek origin in particular might be highly educated. Unskilled slaves, or those sentenced to slavery as punishment, worked on farms, in mines, and at mills.Most slaves were people captured in times of war. As the Roman Empire expanded, they often captured slaves from new lands they conquered. Other slaves were bought from slave traders and pirates who captured people from foreign lands and brought them to Rome. Legal rights meant nothing in the life of a Roman slave.
In the Jewish culture in tho Old Testament or in the Torah, they were treated with the respect they were part of the household. For example. If a fellow Hebrew, man or woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year, you shall set him free. When you set him free, do not let him go empty-handed: Furnish him out of the flock, threshing floor, and vat, with which the Lord your God has blessed you. Bear in mind that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I enjoin this commandment upon you today.
When you do set him free, do not feel aggrieved; for in the six years he has given you double the service of a hired man. Moreover, the LORD and your God will bless you in all you do.” (Deuteronomy 15:12-18)
To the texts concerning slavery in Exodus and Deuteronomy, I will now add the laws of manumission in Leviticus 25:39-55. If your kinsman under you continues in straits (lit. if your brother becomes poor) and must give himself over to you, do not subject him to the treatment of a slave. He shall remain with you as a hired or bound laborer; he shall serve with you only until the jubilee year. Then he and his children with him shall be free of your authority; he shall go back to his family and return to his ancestral holding. For they are My servants, whom I freed from the land of Egypt; they may not give themselves over into servitude. You shall not rule over him ruthlessly; you shall fear your God
In Psalms 124; 2 -3 My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved;he who keeps you will not slumber.
RSo, too, you should denigrate a servant, neither physically nor verbally. The Torah made him your servant to do work, not to be disgraced. Do not treat him with constant screaming and anger, rather speak with him pleasantly and listen to his complaints.
The follower of Christ who are masters or employers, especially in the Gentle cultures In Ephesians 6;4, Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Or in. Phlm.1.10-11, 15-16I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Philemon 10 (BBC): Philemon’s slave had run away and made his way to Rome. Somehow or other he had met Paul and had been converted. If was caught, they could be punished by being whipped, burnt with iron, or killed. Those who lived were branded on the forehead with the letters FUG, for fugitivus. Sometimes slaves had a metal collar riveted around the neck..
Philemon 11 (BBC): The slave who was returning to Philemon was a better slave than the one who had run away. It has been said that in NT times Christian slaves commanded a higher price on the market than others. It should be true today that Christian employees are more valuable as workers than unbelievers.
Philemon 16 (BBC): Philemon was not only getting Onesimus back—he was receiving him under better conditions than he had ever known him before. It would no longer be the customary master-slave relationship. Onesimus was now more than a slave; he was a beloved brother,
If the mastery mistreated the slave and they are Christians
Eph.6. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
In 1Timotht 6:1 Christian slaves should work hard for their owners and respect them; never let it be said that Christ’s people are poor workers. Don’t let the name of God or his teaching be laughed at because of this.
ESV Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
John Gil: Let as many servants as are under the yoke, &c.] Not under the yoke of the law of God, or under the yoke of Christ; though the servants here spoken of were under both; but under the yoke of government, as the Arabic version renders it; that is, under the yoke of men, in a state of servitude, under the government of masters, and in their service; being either apprentices to them, or bought with their money, or hired by them: count their own masters worthy of all honour; and give it to them; which includes subjection to them; obedience to a
ll their lawful commands
(BBC): The conduct of slaves is now brought before us. They are spoken of as bondservants who are under the yoke, that is, the yoke of slavery. The apostle, first of all, speaks to slaves who have unsaved masters. Should slaves in such a case act insolently toward their masters? Should they rebel or run away? Should they do as little work as possible? On the contrary, they should count their own masters worthy of all honor. This means that they should give them due respect, work obediently and faithfully, and in general seek to be a help rather than a hindrance. The great motive for such diligent service is that the testimony for Christ is involved. If a Christian slave were to act rudely or rebelliously, then the master would blaspheme the name of God and the Christian faith. He would conclude that believers were a worthless lot.
The history of the early church reveals that Christian slaves generally commanded a higher price on the slave market than unbelievers. If a master knew that a certain slave on the auction block was a Christian, he would generally be willing to pay more for that slave, since he knew that the slave would serve him faithfully and well. This is high tribute to the Christian faith.
This verse reminds us that no matter how low a person’s position may be on the social scale, yet he has every opportunity for witnessing for Christ and bringing glory to His name.
It has often been pointed out that the institution of slavery is not openly condemned in the NT. However, as the teachings of Christianity have spread, the abuses of slavery have been abolished.
Every true believer should realize that he is a bondslave of Jesus Christ. He has been bought with a price; he no longer belongs to himself. Jesus Christ owns him—spirit, soul, and body, and deserves the very best he has.
While I was employed I work under some unreasonable bosses I did not handle this well eventually I was discharged in some circumstances they were right in firing me. I simply did not like working there not easy person to work forduring that period. My dad told you best even if the circumstances sucks
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His (LORD)dw might.
Ephesians 6: 10-20 Put on The Full Armor Of God
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.1.19,Matt.1.20,Matt.1.21&version=ESV
And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke.1.28,Luke.1.27,Luke.1.30,Luke.1.31,Luke.1.34,Luke.1.35,Luke.1.38&versionESVNote “Mary state How will this be, since I am a virgin?” or The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word It is worth noting that Mary was the only women who was pregnant without knowing a man and yet she said Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word, an she willingly toface the shame and embarrassment in the Jewish societyshe live. A pregnancy before caused her to be shunned out of her community. A scandal! To be pregnant before marriage was grounds for divorce in the Old Testament.Since it is widely known that Joseph was not Jesus’ father as states in Scripture We were not born of sexual immorality. John.8.41 Some believe that a Roman soldier impregnated rather than as a virgin. Remember the old testament fortold it “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,and they shall call his name Immanuel”(which means, God with us).ESVNote And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things. An average man would been enrage he will be jealous and angry and do everything he can to get revenge. No payment—no amount of money—will stop him. Note Joseph reaction And Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.But , an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” Furthermore, scripture states, Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with a child from the Holy Spirit. Mary also stated How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. The Same angel appeared Mary spoke Joseph in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.Jesus or Joshua derives from Hebrew roots meaning “the Lord is salvation.” Christ or Messiah is not his last name it means the anointed one.
It worth noting the first chapter Luke and Matthew it spell out Jesus mission My spirit rejoices in God my Savior, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for usin the house of his servant David, to give knowledge of salvation to his peoplein the forgiveness of their sins,https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke.1.47,Luke.1.68,Luke.1.69,Luke.1.77&version=ESVIn Matthew and Luke, in the first chapters spell out Jesus’ mission to redeem mankind from Adam and Eve’s Curse is known as sin. The Hymn when peace like River The joy, O the joy of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, is nailed to his cross and I bear it no more; to me this is the greatest gift God has given us
Robert Robinson (1735-1790), who as a barber’s apprentice, fell under the powerful influence of George Whitefield’s preaching.
When he was just eight years old, he lost his father. Angry, bitter, and fatherless, Robert rebelled in excess through his teenage years — drinking, gambling, and causing trouble. He fell under the powerful influence of George Whitefield’s preaching. Note stance three,Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood; How His kindness yet pursues me Mortal tongue can never tell, Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me I cannot proclaim it well.God’s amazing grace flows to us through Jesus, not only in our salvation, but in every single good gift we receive from his hand
Jesus sought us when we were strangers, while we were wandering — literally fleeing — from the fold of God. “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:8
Note stances two. Here I raise my Ebenezer; Here by Thy great help I’ve come;And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home.
In 1 Samuel 7:1-11, the Philistines came after the Israelites in Mizpah. Upon the Lord’s rescue, confusing the Philistine army, Samuel set a stone between Mizpah and Shen, naming it Ebenezer, which means “The Lord has helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12). To raise one’s own Ebenezer means to praise God for helping us. He recognizes God as the One who rescues him (Philippians 2:5-11).And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. He hopes to gain eternal life with God by trusting in Jesus found in sacrifice Matthew 20:28, John 3:16, John 19:30,and Acts 4:12,
He first preached at a Calvinistic Methodist chapel at Mildenhall, Suffolk, and then founded his own independent congregation at Norwich. He was re-baptized in 1759 after taking up Baptist theological perspectives.
William Reynolds notes that Robinson “was an unusual man, and, while lacking formal education, he rose to great prominence as a preacher, scholar.” Robinson published A History of Baptism in 1790.
Isaac Watts once complained about hymn singing in church: “To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly,
But neither Watts’ father nor his mother wished to discourage their son from writing in rhyme. Indeed, his mother did all she could to encourage this propensity.
He had been bemoaning such since his late teens. His father, tired of his complaints, challenged him to write something better. The following week, the adolescent Isaac presented his first hymn to the church, “Behold the Glories of the Lamb,” which received an enthusiastic response.
He has been called the greatest of English hymn-writers, and he wrote about six hundred hymns. By no means all have survived, but quite a large number are still very popular, amongst them being Jesus shall reign where’er the sun; Our God, our help in ages past; When I survey the wondrous Cross; There is a land of pure delight, and Give to our God immortal
There is adage Dynamite Comes in Small Packages: Never Underestimate the Power Within Isaac Watts appear fit him
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. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, so that he might present the church to himself in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” because we are members of his body. This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
1 Peter3;1-7 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honour to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
While this passage stir up animosity among the breathers within in churches, some churches, separated over this issues and much bad blood or bad feeling among the believers where brothers and sisters would not talk to each others, they would sometimes would walk over on, the other side of the street avoid them.
What does the scriptures, says how should a husbands treat his wife? And what wives roll Tao her husband ?
Verses Ephesians 5 22,24 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. The word submit does not mean takes a baseball bat with word submit on bash over her head . Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
The Greek word for submit is hypotassō a verb meaning “1) to arrange under, to subordinate2) to subject, put in subjection 3) to subject one’ s self, obey 4) to submit to one’ s control5) to yield to one’ s admonition or advice 6) to obey, be subject
This verse is sometimes used to teach a mutual submission that cancels out the roles of authority and submission in marriage. I think it is more likely that “submitting” is used here as it is throughout the rest of the New Testament. The verses on this page show that it consistently appears as a response to authority. If we take it that way here, does that mean that we are to take turns submitting to each other’s authority? I don’t think so. That would be confusing. Instead, I believe this verse is a segue to the following section which is about three relationships that involve authority. There is the submission of wives to husbands in verses Eph. 22-24, the obedience of children to parents in Eph. 6:1-3, and the obedience of slaves to masters in Eph. 6:5-8. These three relationships follow the pattern that we have seen elsewhere regarding the word hupotassō – there is one party that submits to the authority of another..
Calvin wrote,Ephesians 5:22 (CC Ga/Eph): The community at large is divided, as it were, into so many yokes, out of which arises mutual obligation. There is, first, the yoke of marriage between husband and wife;—secondly, the yoke which binds parents and children;—and, thirdly, the yoke which connects masters and servants. By this arrangement there are six different classes, for each of whom Paul lays down peculiar duties. He begins with wives, whom he enjoins to be subject to their husbands, in the same manner as to Christ,—as to the Lord. Not that the authority is equal, but wives cannot obey Christ without yielding obedience to their husbands.
The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman Because she was taken out of Man.” For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:22-24 NASB
Ephesians 5:22 (BBC): The same is true in the home. There must be a head, and there must be obedience to that head. God ordained that the place of headship be given to the man. He indicated this by creating man first, then creating woman for the man. Thus, both in the order and purpose of creation, He put man in the place of authority and woman in the place of submission.
Submission never implies inferiority. The Lord Jesus is submissive to God the Father, but in no way is He inferior to Him. Neither is the woman inferior to the man. In many ways she may be superior—in devotedness, in sympathy, in diligence, and in heroic endurance. But wives are commanded to submit to their own husbands, as to the Lord. In submitting to the authority of her husband, a wife is submitting to the Lord’s authority. This in itself should remove any attitude of reluctance or rebellion.
History abounds with illustrations of the chaos resulting from disobedience to God’s pattern. By usurping the place of leadership, and acting for her husband, Eve introduced sin into the human race, with all its catastrophic results. In more recent times many of the false cults were started by women who usurped a place of authority which God never intended them to have. Women who leave their God-appointed sphere can wreck a local church, break up a marriage, and destroy a home.Ephesians
: On the other hand, there is nothing more attractive than a woman fulfilling the role which God has assigned to her. A full-length portrait of such a woman is given in Proverbs 31—an enduring memorial to the wife and mother who pleases the Lord.
John Gil wrote not to any other man, nor to her children, nor to her servants, or any brought into her house ,and this consideration should render the subjection more easy, voluntary, and cheerful: and which is but reasonable that it should be; as may but reasonable. For example, if the husband show respect and honour her she would willy submit to him , if he is unreasonable than submit to him as unto the Lord.
To me the greatest gifts have is women Intuition The Females has a strong ability to understand and predict the needs of their offspring and mates needs. To often romance get in the way get the way her intentional AifShe a attracted man and he charming if she sense he a creep RUN!.
She should be under an older and wisdom woman so she can choose a suitable husband to help meet his needs As Scripture declares4 That the older and wise women may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands
verse 22As to the Lord 24 Now as the church submits to Christ,
JohnGils wrote, the credit of religion requires it, that so the word of God be not blasphemed: wherefore it follows, as unto the Lord; that is, either as the Lord has commanded, that so it should be, shewing a regard to his precepts; or as in the sight of the Lord, and so yielding it sincerely and heartily; or in things pertaining to the Lord, which are consistent with the law of the Lord, and the Gospel of Christ; and in like manner as the church is subject to Christ, her Lord and husband, as follows. If the husband ask the wife violate God’s law she obligate to obey God’s moral law
Concerning Husband’s role to his wife
In 1 Peter 3;7 Likewise , husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honour to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. Or Ephesians 5 25, 28: 29.and 30; Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body.
Meaning he needs put hers needs above his needs. Most commons phase that wife would say that their husbands that do not understand her .For example men are problem solvers while women prefer relationships and want talk about thier her day John Gray who men are fromMars and Women are from Venus when they travel to earth they had amnesia yet kept their personality and they met fell in love married and discovered they were different.Furthermor he wrote when a man can listen to a woman’s feelings without getting angry and frustrated, he gives her a wonderful gift.He makes it safe for her to express herself.The more she is able to express herself, the more she feels heard and understood, and the more she can give a man the loving trust, acceptance, appreciation, admiration, approval, and encouragement that he needs.” T Where cat do not remember what they an hour ago
Believer Bible Commentary wrote In this day of the women’s liberation movement, the Bible might seem out of step with the times in speaking of women as the weaker vessels. But it is a simple fact of life that the average woman is weaker than the man physically. Also, generally speaking, she does not have the same power to control her emotions and is more frequently guided by emotional reactions than by rational, logical thought. The handling of deep theological problems is not characteristically her forte. And, in general, she is more dependent than the man.
But the fact that a woman is weaker in some ways does not mean that she is inferior to man; the Bible never suggests this. Neither does it mean that she might not actually be stronger, or more competent in some areas. As a matter of fact, women are generally more devoted to Christ than men. And they usually are better able to bear prolonged pain and adversity.
A man’s attitude toward his wife should recognize the fact that she is a fellow heir of the grace of life. This refers to a marriage in which both are believers. Though weaker than the man in some ways, the woman enjoys equal standing before God and shares equally the gift of everlasting life. Also she is more than her husbands equal in bringing new physical life into the world.
When there is discord, prayers are hindered. Bigg says: “The sighs of the injured wife come between the husband’s prayers and God’s hearing.”23 Also it is very difficult for a couple to pray together when something is disrupting their fellowship. For the peace and welfare of the home the husband and wife need to observe a few basic rules: Furthermore, he Overlook minor faults and idiosyncrasies. Love covers a multitude of sins. Don’t demand perfection in others when you are unable to produce it in yo.
1. Remember that love is a commandment, not an uncontrollable emotion. Love means all that is included in 1 Corinthians 13. Love is courteous, for instance; it will keep you from criticizing or contradicting your partner in front of others. Love will keep you from quarreling in front of your children, which could undermine their security.
2. In these and a hundred other ways, love creates a happy atmosphere in the home and rules out strife and separations.Keep lines of communication open. There must be a constant readiness to talk things out. When steam is allowed to build up in the boiler, an explosion is inevitable. Talking things out includes the willingness for each to say, “I am sorry,” and to forgive—perhaps indefinitely.
3. Overlook minor faults and idiosyncrasies. Love covers a multitude of sins. Don’t demand perfection in others when you are unable to produce it in yourself.
1 Thessalonians 4:4 (ENTVIIII): The commentators on the passage add, in the vessel which he has chosen; that is to say, “whether he will or no, he must marry her;” see Prov. 5:15. And again, they sometimes call a man’s wife his tent: hence that saying, “אין אהלו אלא אשתו. “there’s no tent but his wife, as it is said, Deut. 5:30 go, say to them, get you into your tents again,” And certain it is, that the woman is called the weaker vessel in 1 Pet. 3:7 between which passage and this there seems to be some agreement. The same metaphor of a vessel is made use of in both; and as there, honour is to be given to the weaker vessel, so here, a man’s vessel is to be possessed in honour; and as there, husbands are to dwell with their wives according to knowledge, so here, knowledge is required to a man’s possessing his vessel aright. Now for a man to possess his vessel in this sense, is to enjoy his wife, and to use that power he has over her in a becoming manner; see 1 Cor. 7:4 and which is here directed to in sanctification and honour;
For example, women are like China cups if you dropped the cup it would shatter, however, if pour boiling water in the cup it withstands the heat.
In Genesis 2; 20, 22-23 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,“This at last is bone of my bonesand flesh of my flesh;she shall be called Woman,because she was taken out of Man.”
Meaning Adam was missing something a suitable help meet his needs
Genesis 2:22 (EOTVIVI): And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he woman, &c.] It is commonly observed, and pertinently enough, that the woman was not made from the superior part of man, that she might not be thought to be above him, and have power over him; nor from any inferior part, as being below him, and to be trampled on by him; but out of his side, and from one of his ribs, that she might appear to be equal to him; and from a part near his heart, and under his arms, to shew that she should be affectionately loved by him, and be always under his care and protection:
The women came from the man ribs meaning not to be behind him or front of him but to beside him
Genesis 2:15–23 (BBC): This prepared Adam for a helper who would be comparable to himself. His bride was formed from one of his ribs, taken from his side as he slept. So from Christ’s side, His Bride was secured as He shed His life’s blood in untold agony. The woman was taken not from Adam’s head to dominate him, nor from his feet to be trodden down, but from under his arm to be protected, and from near his heart to be loved.
In Ehesians 5; 25, 28-30 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the Church, because we are members of his body.
Wow those men that use a submission club on their wives need to consider their role to their wives It is worth noting 5 verses in regards to the husband’s role to their wives along.
Ephesians 5:25 (BBC): Husbands are not told to keep their wives in subjection; they are told to love their wives just as Christ also loved the church. It has been well said that no wife would mind being submissive to a husband who loves her as much as Christ loves the church. Someone wrote of a man who feared he was displeasing God by loving his wife too much. A Christian worker asked him if he loved her more than Christ loved the church. He said no. “Only when you go beyond that,” said the worker, “are you loving your wife too much.” Christ’s love for the church is presented here in three majestic movements extending from the past to the present to the future. In the past, He demonstrated His love for the church by giving Himself for her. This refers to His sacrificial death on the cross. There He paid the greatest price in order to purchase a Bride for Himself. Just as Eve was brought forth from the side of Adam, so, in a sense, the church was created from the wounded side of the Savior.
I know a man who is married he prepared a meal for wife tend his children wife when she tired take his daughter for walks, and does the laundry, and has a good paying job. He said that luckily have her as a wife believe me she luckily him as a husband.
Lastly, I am single and have no plans to get married, I am single and satisfied, being single has some advantages, however, there are many drawbacks as well, for example I am missing an important piece in my life I am missing a good wife, as scriptures declare, A man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favour from the LORD.
However, it was ever tired the knot
Everyvday as a husband would fail her as a wife and confess my sins to every day. She would have to live withmy BS. To me women are more forbearing than men we can learn a thing or two from them.As Scriptures However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 6; 1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Ephesians 6;5-9 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Cavin wrote: The community at large is divided, as it were, into so many yokes, out of which arises mutual obligation. There is, first, the yoke of marriage between husband and wife;—secondly, the yoke which binds parents and children;—and, thirdly, the yoke which connects masters and servants. By this arrangement there are six different classes, for each of whom Paul lays down peculiar duties.
A strong community starts waitin the home without structures within the family the society would not funtion basic and essential building blocks of societies, families have a crucial role in social development. They bear the primary responsibility for the education and socialization of children as well as instilling values of citizenship and belonging in society.
Dr. Laura Markham Structure offers children a sense of security and control in a world full of uncertainty – and helps create healthy habits that last into adulthood. Plus, you’re building overall healthy family relationships.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),
Through the Bible wrote,Disobedience to parents is the last and lowest form of lawlessness to occur on this earth. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy” (2 Tim. 3:1–2). Disobedience to parents is one of the characteristics of the last days. Today we hear of many cases of children rejecting parental authority and even killing their parents! This is indicative of the times in which we live
Of course there will come a time in a boy’s life when he begins to rebel against his parents because it is time for him to move out and get married and start a home of his own. God has given him a nature that rebels against being a mama’s boy, tied to his mama’s apron strings for the rest of his life. God wants him to stand on his own two feet. This kind of rebellion, this struggle for independence, is different from disobedience.
Ephesians 6:1 (ENTVIIII): Children, obey your parents in the Lord, &c.] The persons whose duty this is, children, are such of every sex, male and female, and of every age, and of every state and condition; and though the true, legitimate, and immediate offspring of men may be chiefly respected, yet not exclusive of spurious children, and adopted ones, Furermore he wrote, Ephesians 6:2 (ENTVIIII): Honour thy father and mother, &c.] This explains who parents are, and points at some branches of obedience due unto them; for they are not only to be loved, and to be feared, and reverenced, their corrections to be submitted to, offences against them to be acknowledged, their tempers to be bore with, and their infirmities covered; but they are to be honoured in thought, word, and gesture; they are to be highly though.
Ephesians 6:3 (ENTVIIII): That it may be well with thee, &c.] In this world, and that which is to come; see Deut. 5:16. The Jews say, “there are four things, which if a man does, he eats the fruit of them in this world, and the capital part remains for him in the world to come; and they are these, כיבוד אב ואם, honouring father and mother, doing acts of beneficence, making peace between a man and his neighbour, and learning of the law, which answers to them all.” And thou mayest live long on the earth: length of days is in itself a blessing; and though men’s days can’t be lengthened beyond God’s purpose and decree; and though obedient children don’t always live long; yet disobedience to parents often brings the judgments of God on children, so that they die not a common death, 2 Sam. 18:14; Prov. 30:17. On those words in Deut. 32:47 the Jews have this paraphrase; “because it is your life,
In.Ephians .6.4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Colossians 3:21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged Proverbs 22;6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 19:18 – Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Ephesians 6:4 (BBC): The instructions to children are now balanced with advice to fathers. They should not provoke their children to anger with unreasonable demands, with undue harshness, with constant nagging. Rather children should be nurtured in the training and admonition of the Lord. Training means discipline and correction, and may be verbal or corporal. Admonition means warning, rebuke, reproof. Child-qqqtraining should be “in the Lord,” that is, carried out in accordance with His will as revealed in the Bible by one who acts as His representative.
Susannah Wesley, the mother of seventeen children, including John and
Charles, once wrote: The parent who studies to subdue self-will in his child, works together with God in the renewing and saving of a soul. The parent who indulges it, does the Devil’s work, makes religion impractical, salvation unattainable, and does all that in him lies to damn his child, soul and body forever
Ephesians 6:4 (ENTVIIII): And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, &c.] Neither by words; by unjust and unreasonable commands; by contumelious and reproachful language; by frequent and public chidings, and by indiscreet and passionate expressions: nor by deeds; preferring one to another; by denying them the necessaries of life; by not allowing them proper recreation; by severe and cruel blows, and inhuman usage; by not giving them suitable education; by an improper disposal of them in marriage; and by profusely spending their estates, and leaving nothing to them: not but that parents may, and ought to correct and rebuke their children; nor are they accountable to them for their conduct; yet they should take care not to provoke them to wrath, because this alienates their minds from them, and renders their instructions and corrections useless, and puts them upon sinful practices; wrath lets in Satan, and leads to sin against God; and indeed it is difficult in the best of men to be angry and not sin; or Fathers are particularly mentioned, they being the heads of families, and are apt to be too severe, as mothers too indulgent. But bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; instructing them in the knowledge of divine things, setting them good examples, taking care to prevent their falling into bad company, praying with them, and for them, bringing them into the house of God, under the means of grace, to attend publio worship; all which, under a divine blessing, may be very useful to them: the example of Abraham is worthy of imitation, Gen. 18:19 and the the advice of the wise man deserves attention, Prov. 22:6.
In short when the father display unjust anger to thier child they would tend to rebel against their father and God. Note the father not mother because he is the spiritual leader of the home. Here are 5 important but easily overlooked roles of a father.
1.Enforcer. Fatherlessness is a great concern in our society today. …
2.Encourager. Every child loves positive fatherly encouragement. …
3.Trainer. …
4.Counsellor.
5.The Jewish father must ensure the viability of his children’s future. He is obligated to teach his child Torah, teach him/her a trade, facilitate marriage, and even provide his child with swimming lessons. The father therefore guarantees the Jewishness of his son while equipping him with the tools he needs to cope with the world as a human being. Every step the father takes in rearing the child also empowers the child to take a step away from home. As Emmanuel Levinas states, “The father discovers himself not only in the gestures of his son, but in his substance and his unicity [uniqueness].”
The role the father with daughter, recent research has shown that a father’s influence in his daughter’s life shapes her self-esteem, self-image, confidence and opinions of men. A girl’s relationship with her dad can determine her ability to trust, her need for approval and her self-belief. It can even affect her love life
“The daughter who has a fulfilling relationship with her father is usually more trusting, more secure and more satisfied in her romantic relationships than the daughter with a troubled or distant relationship with her dad,” she said, adding that this is the case regardless of whether her parents are married or divorced
• “Women who grow up with meaningful, comfortable, conversational relationships with their dads make better choices in who they date, sleep with, and marry.” She adds, sadly, the converse is also true. When women don’t grow up affirmed and acknowledged by their fathers, they can suffer from low self-esteem and make bad choices in their lives. They can become needy, clingy, preoccupied with the relationship and always looking for reassurance from their partner
• Fathers shape their daughters’ self-esteem.
• Fathers influence their daughters’ body image.
• Father-daughter bonds are correlated with academic abilities.
• Fathers influence their daughters’ behavior.
• Fathers impact their daughters’ social traits.
• Fathers show their daughters how women deserve to be treated.
• Fathers can help determine their daughters’ persistence.
• Fathers help define future romantic relationships for their daughters.
• Fathers help define their daughters’ non-romantic relationships.
• Fathers are role models for their daughters whether they like it or not.
Fathers should also be role models for their daughters, teaching them how to live godly lives. In Proverbs 31:29, the Bible says, “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” A father can help his daughter become an excellent woman by teaching her what God’s Word says about womanhood.
It worth noting that the son rebels against God and society or daughter sleep around with different men both parties are respondsbities for their own actions. The father is responsible being the spiritual leader to thier children Remember we all are sinner in need of a savour, remember Jesus took our sins and replace with His righteousness. We are responsible for confessing our sins and believe He is the Son of God who sacrifice Himself on the cross for our sins.
I am not a father since I am unmarried and have no children but, if had children, I would take my responsibility as a spiritual leader seriously, however, I would take ownership of my failure as father particularly in the area being overbearing to your children and extremely hard a bad day is no excuse for your behaviour or ill manner. Going to your children confessing your failure is your your children is not sign of weakness is one the signs of being a spiritual leader of the home
Ephesians.6.5- 8, Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,
Note Twice Christ mention once God mention twice Lord mention
Ephesians 6:5 (BBC): The third and final sphere of submission in the Christian household is that of servants to masters. The word Paul uses is bondservants or slaves, but the principles apply to servants or employees of all types.
The first duty of employees is to those who are their masters according to the flesh. The expression, masters according to the flesh, reminds us that the employer has jurisdiction as far as physical or mental work is concerned, but he cannot dictate in spiritual matters or command the conscience.
Second, servants should be respectful. Fear and trembling do not mean cowering servility and abject terror; they mean a dutiful respect and a fear of offending the Lord and the employer..
:, Services should be conscientious, or in sincerity of heart. We should endeavor to deliver sixty minutes of work for every hour of pay
Ephesians 6:6 (BBC): We should always be diligent, not only when the boss is looking, but conscious that our Master is always looking. It is a natural tendency to slack off when the employer is away, but it is a form of dishonesty. The Christian’s standards of performance should not vary according to the geographical location of the foreman.
A great incentive to do all as if to Christ is the assurance that He will reward every such good work.
Ephesians.6;:9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him. .
(CC Ga/Eph): In the treatment of their slaves, the laws granted to masters a vast amount of power over the slaves
All slaves and their families were the property of their owners, who could sell or rent them out at any time. Their lives were harsh. Slaves were often whipped, branded or cruelly mistreated. Their owners could also kill them for any reason, and would face no punishment..Slaves played an important role in society and the economy. Besides manual labour, slaves performed many domestic services and might be employed at highly skilled jobs and professions. Accountants and physicians were often slaves. Slaves of Greek origin in particular might be highly educated. Unskilled slaves, or those sentenced to slavery as punishment, worked on farms, in mines, and at mills.Most slaves were people captured in times of war. As the Roman Empire expanded, they often captured slaves from new lands they conquered. Other slaves were bought from slave traders and pirates who captured people from foreign lands and brought them to Rome. Legal rights meant nothing in the life of a Roman slave.
In the Jewish culture in tho Old Testament or in the Torah, they were treated with the respect they were part of the household. For example. If a fellow Hebrew, man or woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year, you shall set him free. When you set him free, do not let him go empty-handed: Furnish him out of the flock, threshing floor, and vat, with which the Lord your God has blessed you. Bear in mind that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I enjoin this commandment upon you today.
When you do set him free, do not feel aggrieved; for in the six years he has given you double the service of a hired man. Moreover, the LORD and your God will bless you in all you do.” (Deuteronomy 15:12-18)
To the texts concerning slavery in Exodus and Deuteronomy, I will now add the laws of manumission in Leviticus 25:39-55. If your kinsman under you continues in straits (lit. if your brother becomes poor) and must give himself over to you, do not subject him to the treatment of a slave. He shall remain with you as a hired or bound laborer; he shall serve with you only until the jubilee year. Then he and his children with him shall be free of your authority; he shall go back to his family and return to his ancestral holding. For they are My servants, whom I freed from the land of Egypt; they may not give themselves over into servitude. You shall not rule over him ruthlessly; you shall fear your God
In Psalms 124; 2 -3 My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved;he who keeps you will not slumber.
RSo, too, you should denigrate a servant, neither physically nor verbally. The Torah made him your servant to do work, not to be disgraced. Do not treat him with constant screaming and anger, rather speak with him pleasantly and listen to his complaints.
The follower of Christ who are masters or employers, especially in the Gentle cultures In Ephesians 6;4, Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Or in. Phlm.1.10-11, 15-16I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Philemon 10 (BBC): Philemon’s slave had run away and made his way to Rome. Somehow or other he had met Paul and had been converted. If was caught, they could be punished by being whipped, burnt with iron, or killed. Those who lived were branded on the forehead with the letters FUG, for fugitivus. Sometimes slaves had a metal collar riveted around the neck..
Philemon 11 (BBC): The slave who was returning to Philemon was a better slave than the one who had run away. It has been said that in NT times Christian slaves commanded a higher price on the market than others. It should be true today that Christian employees are more valuable as workers than unbelievers.
Philemon 16 (BBC): Philemon was not only getting Onesimus back—he was receiving him under better conditions than he had ever known him before. It would no longer be the customary master-slave relationship. Onesimus was now more than a slave; he was a beloved brother,
If the mastery mistreated the slave and they are Christians
Eph.6. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
In 1Timotht 6:1 Christian slaves should work hard for their owners and respect them; never let it be said that Christ’s people are poor workers. Don’t let the name of God or his teaching be laughed at because of this.
ESV Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
John Gil: Let as many servants as are under the yoke, &c.] Not under the yoke of the law of God, or under the yoke of Christ; though the servants here spoken of were under both; but under the yoke of government, as the Arabic version renders it; that is, under the yoke of men, in a state of servitude, under the government of masters, and in their service; being either apprentices to them, or bought with their money, or hired by them: count their own masters worthy of all honour; and give it to them; which includes subjection to them; obedience to a
ll their lawful commands
(BBC): The conduct of slaves is now brought before us. They are spoken of as bondservants who are under the yoke, that is, the yoke of slavery. The apostle, first of all, speaks to slaves who have unsaved masters. Should slaves in such a case act insolently toward their masters? Should they rebel or run away? Should they do as little work as possible? On the contrary, they should count their own masters worthy of all honor. This means that they should give them due respect, work obediently and faithfully, and in general seek to be a help rather than a hindrance. The great motive for such diligent service is that the testimony for Christ is involved. If a Christian slave were to act rudely or rebelliously, then the master would blaspheme the name of God and the Christian faith. He would conclude that believers were a worthless lot.
The history of the early church reveals that Christian slaves generally commanded a higher price on the slave market than unbelievers. If a master knew that a certain slave on the auction block was a Christian, he would generally be willing to pay more for that slave, since he knew that the slave would serve him faithfully and well. This is high tribute to the Christian faith.
This verse reminds us that no matter how low a person’s position may be on the social scale, yet he has every opportunity for witnessing for Christ and bringing glory to His name.
It has often been pointed out that the institution of slavery is not openly condemned in the NT. However, as the teachings of Christianity have spread, the abuses of slavery have been abolished.
Every true believer should realize that he is a bondslave of Jesus Christ. He has been bought with a price; he no longer belongs to himself. Jesus Christ owns him—spirit, soul, and body, and deserves the very best he has.
While I was employed I work under some unreasonable bosses I did not handle this well eventually I was discharged in some circumstances they were right in firing me. I simply did not like working there not easy person to work forduring that period. My dad told you best even if the circumstances sucks
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His (LORD)dw might.
Ephesians 3 1-2 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
Believer Bible Commentay wrote,is generally believed that this Letter was written during Paul’s first Roman imprisonment. But he does not speak of himself as a prisoner of Rome. That might have indicated a sense of defeat, a feeling of self-pity, or a craving for sympathy. Paul calls himself the prisoner of Christ Jesus; this speaks of acceptance and dignity and triumph. Ruth Paxson puts it well:There is no smell of prison in Ephesians, for Paul is not bound in spirit. He is there as the prisoner of Rome, but this he will not admit, and claims to be the prisoner of Jesus Christ. What is the secret of such victorious other-worldliness? Paul’s spirit is with Christ in the heavenlies, though his body languishes in prison.16
His imprisonment was definitely on behalf of the Gentiles. Throughout his ministry he ran into bitter opposition for teaching that believing Gentiles now enjoyed equal rights and privileges with believing Jews in the Christian church. What finally triggered his arrest and trial before Caesar was a false charge that he had taken Trophimus, an Ephesian, into the temple area that was out of bounds for Gentiles (Acts 21:29). But behind the charge was the already fierce hostility of the religious leaders
To understand the apostle Paul background.
To understand the Apostle Paul, you need to understand the cultures and upbringing. The Bible declares these words, circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal,
Note Hebrew of HebrewsPaul was raised by his parents as a Hebrew of the Hebrews.Paul has all the reasons why he might have confidence in the flesh. He says that among an elite people which were the Jews, he was of an elite sect, the Pharisees, who were known for their scrupulous devotion to God’s laws. Paul was raised by his parents as a Hebrew of the Hebrews. Philippians 3:4-8Paul has all the reasons why he might have confidence in the flesh. He says that among an elite people which were the Jews, he was of an elite sect, the Pharisees, who were known for their scrupulous devotion to God’s laws.One mentors wasGamaliel as a Pharisee and celebrated doctor of the Mosaic Law in Acts 5:34–40 a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a law teacher held in honour by all the people.Saul had a bright future ahead of him and likely would be being a candidate for 70 elders.The seventy elders of Israel were granted extraordinary privileges, but they also put a weighty responsibility on the Jewish people.they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others.
The Damascus Road was a turning point for the Apostle Paul, a committed follower of Christ. He never forgot this. For example, in Acts 22;6, “As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. Or in , At midday. And when he had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. The last voice he wanted to hear say that terrified would be an understatement, since he was persecuting the church. Trying to eradicate the church in its infant stage.he thought he was working for God he thought the Way was a heretic and needed to eradicate from society.“I was convinced that needed to be eradicated the church.
Instead condemn Saul He forgave him He said But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do. Jesus said Ananias
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending youActs.26.16,Acts.26.18, Acts.26.17. Paul has Instantly transformed from a Pharisee to a follower of Christ.He later penned these words; indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the failure of all things and count them as rubbish, so that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on dedication.Philippians 3:8-10
Who better preached forgiveness
Tarus it known the hometown of the apostle Paul (Acts 9:11), a city of great importance (21:39) as a learning center of the ancient world, alongside Alexandria and Athens. Notably, Jewish citizens of Tarsus were granted Roman citizenship. In Acts 22;3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day. we can see, Tarsus was a very important city in the ancient world and was very well-known for its intellectual citizens. It is also said that the people of this city craved learning even more than those from Athens or Alexandria.
The Apostle Paul spoke and wrote Hebrew and Greek. Likely Latin as well, the GrecianJews who lived Tarsus spoke Greek. Yet follow the Mosaic Law.
The Apostle Paul was devoted Pharisee yet his birthplace wasTarsus and the Greek Culture had an impact on him.
Again the mandate given by Christ Another passage states, But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, Eph.4.1- 2, Jesus declares these words to. Ananias..For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” He also stated to him. But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
For example in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and being exposed to death again and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
In 2Tim.4.6-7 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
As Scriptures declares This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
The Apostle Paul was a prayer warrior from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and everAmen.=Eph.3.15,Eph.3.14,Eph.3.17,Eph.3.16,Eph.3.18,Eph.3.19,Eph.3.20,E
On November 11, is a day of remembrance for those brave men and women who fought courageous, sacrificing their lives, and many sacrifice their lives, for the sake of our freedom. The Poppy is a reminder of those brave men and women who love their country and willing to sacrifice their lives, so we can live in freedom . This quote came from The Poppy Campaign, “Every year, from the last Friday in October to Remembrance Day, The Legion conducts the Poppy Campaign. Canadians have donated money to support the services we provide and to clearly show their recognition of the debt owed to so many Canadians who gave their lives for our freedom.”
Below is several pictures of our uncles who risk their lives, to rescue those who were oppressed by Nazi regime and were a threat to the world. Here’s a brief summary from novelette, Wherever You Go written by Martha Turkstra- Tigchelaar on page 41, “These were days of great anxiety on the home front, for our parents and our church. Our concern was for boys as dad and mom lovingly called them. Needless to say, many prayers went up for each one of them.” Further on page 43, “on May 4th and 5th, 1945 the Germans finally withdrew the troops. Uncle Wilfred travel throughout Holland. That was time of great rejoicing for our family in Holland, to actually hear, to touch and see a Turkstra clan in a Canadian uniform. Many Canadians have fallen in the battle to free Holland, and thousands lay buried there. This was truly amazing. Hedser Turkstra, a cousin, told Wilford that Dad’s debt to his family – incurred years earlier to make the move to Canada – was now settled because three of his sons had joined in the fight to free Holland.” When see see poppy remember the vets!!
On my desk top is a Picture of several medics recusing wounded solders out of harm way. One of them is my uncle.
Hebrew 12; 1; a; 12 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us,
Ever notice that church and the fallen comrades or soldiers use the cross as symbol, and they use the symbol of the cross for different reasons; however, they’re are remarkably similarity. One died to set us free from the tyranny of our sin. While the other sacrifice themselves to set us free from the tyranny of the oppressor who trying to overtake the world. Both willingly went to serve, and obeyed their commanding officer. Both eventualities liberated the people from their dictators and sins Both were not responsible for the cause and effect of what happened. The first is the fallen soldiers; the second is Jesus Christ.
First, the solider or militaries who were men or women that enlisted in the army, navy, or air force, and were trained for combat. In the event of a threat these, men and women were willing go into harm way to protect the laws of land because they value their freedom.
While Canada and United States is known for the land of the free. They both have laws that give the citizens the right to express their religious beliefs, and worship we’re protect them from being persecuted. The laws that the government enacted laws are designed to protect the people not harm them. When we openly disagree with the laws, and politicians we able to voices are concerns. When justice is not melded properly, we’re able appeal the decision without being concern mistreated. Both countries can vote for the politicians in or out the office without any blood shed.
Many countries are governed by dictators, and they the law,they decide what is best for the people. Some dictators hate the American way, and want to destroy it, and level the to ground, and impose their oppressive law upon on our freedom. There’re times when wars is to a called, where you need to eradicate the evil by sending men and women into harm way like removing the tumour from society regrettably these brave men and women are casualties of war, and their blood is shed and they sacrifice themselves, and they should be honor and remembered for their bravery. Corporal Nathan Cirillo is great example honoring the fallen solider. He was shot by terrorist while on duty at a ceremonial sentry duty.
In her novelette Where ever Go Martha Tigchelaar – Turkstra wrote these words, “These were days of great anxiety on the home front, for our parents and our church. Our concern was for boys as dad and mom lovingly called them. Needless to say, many prayers went up for each one of them. On May 4th, and 5th, 1945 the Germans finally withdrew the troops. Uncle Wilfred travel throughout Holland. That was time of great rejoicing our family in Holland, to actually hear, to touch, and see a Turkstra clan in a Canadian uniform. Many Canadians have fallen in the battle to free Holland, and thousands lay buried there. This was truly amazing. Hedser Turkstra, a cousin, told Wilford that Dad’s debt to his family –incurred years earlier to make the move to Canada –was now settled because three of his sons had joined in the fight to free Holland.”
Throughout North America and Europe there’re many grave sites with crosses on them, in remembrance of the fallen soldiers who fought so bravely and were willing to sacrifice their lives for sake of our freedom! Never forget these brave men and women who fought and sacrifice themselves for our freedom!
Jesus Christ And The Cross S Symbol Of Forgiveness The God Man That Knew No Sin For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5; 21,
The cross to the Christian is a symbol where ours sins are, taken by Christ, when confess, repent, and believe than we’re and declared righteous before Jesus Father. And God grants and credits to us, the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor were a sinner,
For Jesus, it was the ultimate sacrifice a place of extreme suffering and agony. Where every sin that man committed fell upon Him, and His beloved Father who loves him dearly forsook Him, and the wrath of God fell upon Him because of our sins.
The similarity between the fallen solider and Jesus is that they were both innocent, and dies because someone else lack of judgement. In Jesus case He committed no sin, yet he was sacrifice for our sins as Caiaphas stated, that one man should die for the people instead of the whole nation perish.” He was willing die to take our place, He obeyed His Father, and went to the cross, to suffered a shameful death. He went to the cross to shed His blood for our sins. He went to the cross to set us free from our sins.
In both cases, the cross symbolizes the sacrifice they willing to make for mankind sake.
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