Wednesday, 7 June 2017

AUDIENCE of ONE


Up on a mountain, Jesus is teaching His disciples...(Matt 6)                                          
What a light-bulb moment this should have been for them!...to learn that God in heaven is their Father: vitally interested in how they give, how they pray and even how they fast!

The audience of One: the Father

So how much will they trust their heavenly Father to provide for them?                        
Jesus sees them as: ‘O ye of little faith’
Guys, don’t you realize?... Just as:
  • The birds...your heavenly Father feedeth them
  • God so clothes the grass of the field”, so also...
  • “The Father shall reward thee openly...

Does the Almighty God of the universe have the resources?                                      
“For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever!”                            
(Compare the reverence of the Lord’s Prayer with today’s ‘worship bands’)

Let’s not forget... Ye cannot serve God and mammon! (wealth)                       
(Compare this with the money-making schemes of today’s churches)

What about you and I?... are we seeking first the kingdom of God?
Remember...
“Without faith it is impossible to please... God”  

Oh and by the way... did you know?... some modern translations leave out fasting wherever possible. What a disaster if we miss a feed!

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http://guvsdesk.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/judge-not.html

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