@murphy9190@churchtalkative Sry, that's a lie from Satan.
If someone tortures & murders your loved one, should they be free
Yahweh says that's sin & will be judged. He also says hating = murder, so who is pure?
None of us. That’s why God came as Jesus, died for your sins. It’s a free gift. You are loved.
@murphy9190@churchtalkative Sry, that's a lie from Satan.
If someone tortures & murders your loved one, should they be free
Yahweh says that's sin & will be judged. He also says hating = murder, so who is pure?
None of us. That’s why God came as Jesus, died for your sins. It’s a free gift. You are loved.
You can’t earn heaven
Heaven is not “for good people”
Nobody gets into heaven by good deeds
You get into heaven by grace
God’s grace
His grace of the work done by Jesus
Jesus is God
One God. One grace. One free gift.
This is why Jesus isn’t just some ‘good moral teacher’ we can learn from. He is God in the flesh covering our debt for free so we don’t have to be separated from Him for eternity.
Interesting thought. Rich young ruler came to Jesus and told Him that he had kept all the laws. The Word says Jesus looked at him and loved him.
It seems that what Jesus said to the young man was actually a question of whether or not he had truly kept all the laws.
The first commandment is to have no other idols and to love the Lord with all of your heart, soul and mind.
When Jesus told this young ruler to sell all he had and give to the poor, Jesus was asking him to obey the first commandment and show that he put God first, knowing that the young man struggled with the idol of wealth and money.
Jesus told them just being angry and hating someone was equivalent to murder. God’s standards are far higher than we often acknowledge.
Remember Jesus didnt come as a moral teacher. He came as a sacrifice for our sin because our ability to be perfect according to God’s law is zero. We need redemption.
The gift is free.
Satan offered satisfaction without God
The idea is that even if what God offers is good, you can still get better on your own or that He is still denying you something you COULD have.
Do you believe this lie?
God will feed me and care for me BUT I can get more if I work hard and do it my own way on my own?
Psalm 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.
How about a lie like this?
God will give me a good job BUT if I’m clever and whitty and do things a certain way I’ll go farther in my career and be paid better than if I waited on God
Matthew 4:4, Deuteronomy 8:3 Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Jesus in the wilderness said He’d rather have nothing than have something outside of the will of God.
Let God and God’s will satisfy you. Take all your needs to Jesus and credit Him as King in your life.
This is the God who calls you to Himself and says you have value. He allowed Himself to be so beaten and tortured before He diedf and rose from the dead that He no longer looked human.
“Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness— so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.”
Isaiah 52:14-15 NIV
What Is a Burden?
A burden is a heavy load—something that makes you feel crushed, tired, and like you can’t ever do enough.
Jesus said some religious leaders did exactly that:
“They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders…”
— Matthew 23:4
Those “heavy burdens” are when people add extra rules and pressure like:
“God might accept you… but only if you keep all these legalistic rules.”
Then Jesus said the opposite. He invited the tired and weighed-down people to come to Him:
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden… For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
— Matthew 11:28–30 (KJV)
So Jesus was not calling people into fear, pressure, and rule-keeping to earn God’s love.
He was calling people to Him—to forgiveness, mercy, and rest—and then to follow Him from that place.
When David faced Goliath, he didn’t ask God to bless his plan—he defended God’s name. I can’t choose my own battles and demand God fight for me. The paradox: I gain God’s power by surrendering the outcome. “Whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” (Matt. 16:25)
@FearedBuck Lord Jesus let the greater miracle here be healing. Let this story be a story of testimony that an outcome so many knew was impossible- a 100% miraculous healing of this person- be the real blessing. I believe. Save us, change us, position us, use us. To God be the glory.