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Do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”, New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 12-14, and Daniel 6-12 and the question of why does God have people return by a different way had occitred to me when reading Ezekiel. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. See, I am doing a new thing!
Granted, you might have to stay in the same city or the same job after coming to Christ (the Magi didn’t stay in Bethlehem but went back home after meeting Jesus). This was well received by me. However, your life needs to change. of Now there is a practical message we need to take from these passages.
Through prayer and spiritual growth, we can more easily put our past behind us and move forward to achieve the great things God has planned for us. Anyway, aside from the symbolism I may never understand we find this dragon waiting for a woman to give birth to a child. May the Holy Spirit reach as many as possible!
Through scripture we find that if we are faithful to Him and confess our sins, we will be forgiven and cleansed.
Use this collection of Bible verses for encouragement to put the past behind you.
Herod spoke privately with the Magi, and he spoke as though he was their friend and on the same side as them.
Introduction: The book of Jeremiah is a great book of the Bible. This means that in our new lives with Christ we should strive not to sin anymore. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws (Ezekiel 36:24-27). 1. By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. Let me give you three thoughts in this section of scripture. So too if we go back to our old ways, we’ll find that the devil is waiting to drag us down and ruin our lives (and trick us into losing some of our heavenly rewards). ^^. When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. This was a really cool revelation when the Holy Spirit finally explained the principle to me. What’s this all about? When they had brought them outside, one said, “Escape for your life! When they had brought them outside, one said, “Escape for your life!
King Herod was already sensitive about the situation, and if the Magi weren’t careful in how they talked about their visit with Jesus he probably would have had them quickly executed. Actually, while writing up the notes for this, the Holy Spirit opened up a passage in Revelation that I’d been chewing on for years as well. Through scripture we find that if we are faithful to Him and confess our sins, we will be forgiven and cleansed. ( Log Out / This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. John tells us. Taking a new path is inconvenient and uncomfortable (as I found out from walking); but when you avoid evil, God will protect you. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password.
Thus they gave up their old ways in order to follow the one true God and his son (even if they didn’t completely understand it).
Philippians 4:13 . Forget the former things; Do what it says (James 1:21-22). I am making a way in the desert Alright, now onto the other part of this command to not go back the way we came (which is what I had been trying to understand for months). I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. He writes.
Now after this momentous (and prophetic) moment with the young Jesus we find an odd passage, “And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route” (Matthew 2:12). Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated.
It has many great principles in it. They also weren’t Jews, but for some reason they were drawn to our Lord and Savior’s birth. None other than the devil himself; we read a few verses later, “The great dragon was hurled down- that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. Discover the top Bible verses about Mourning from the Old and New Testaments.
Scripture records. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up (James 4:7-10). Yet, upon reaching the Christ-child they gave him gifts and worshiped. So, just like we already discussed, when you allow Christ into your heart, you’re automatically registered as an enemy in Satan’s database. This is true in our lives too; when Christ comes into our hearts our status with the devil changes. We all know the story (and the song “We Three Kings”), but keep in mind that the wise men weren’t Christians (heck, Christianity didn’t even exist yet).
I had just finished reading Rev 2-12,Zec. Now as restored People of God, we have become enemies of the devil, much as how through their experience with baby Christ the Magi became the enemies of Herod. Thank you for this very humbling compliment. Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. Our text verse is a powerful summary of the message of Jeremiah. James explains it like this.
We read, “Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring- those who obey God’s commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus” (Revelation 12:17).
Why can’t these guys go back the way they came either? If he, in his rage and jealousy, could kill all the baby boys in a town, how much less would he have cared about killing some foreigners that switched to his infant rival’s side? 2 days ago. The prophet Jeremiah is exhorting the nation of Judah to REPENT and RETURN to GOD!
What does the Bible say about paths in life?
In Scripture, there is abundant advice for what path in life will provide the most meaning and fulfillment.
The Word of God says. Even though they had no idea what they were approaching, the Magi were delighted just feeling the light of Christ radiating from the star. Before Christ, the wise men were friendly with Herod.
Thank you for the…um…”thank you” Jeremy! But the man of God answered the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here. The Bible has so many neat hidden messages running through it so that no matter how many times you read it there is something new waiting for you. I’m not saying that faith is brought about through righteous acts, but I am saying that faith (and the Holy Spirit) should spur us on to live rightly.
( Log Out / We liked sin and we didn’t really care about who this Jesus guy was.
LET’S GET BACK TO THE OLD PATHS. This Revelation if taught in the churches and the streets will ring all of us to a new way in our lives with Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior. Jeremiah 6:16 . All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi (Matthew 2:16). But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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He was hurled to the earth and his angels with him” (Revelation 12:9).
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Proverbs 3:5-6. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. And streams in the wasteland (Isaiah 43:18-19). John explains. Our path refers to the way we live and what we decide to do with our limited time on earth.