@DerekFrew3@DanielvsBabylon I would say that a proper reading would show the reader that salvation is not in their hands in any capacity. Salvation is something done for us by Jesus Christ.
@f1koka@PExhaust76222@thugwontmiss To your point, if you’ve got some real life issues going on, why are you concerned about chalk on a sidewalk? If I’m getting divorced the last thing I care about is chalk on the sidewalk. Besides, I can let it go so the kids can have fun on the SIDEWALK.
If I'm honest this has been a hard season for me lately. I've been struggling with trusting God's timing. I was reminded when reading Psalm 37 today that I am to be still before Yahweh and wait patiently. That Yahweh is good to those who wait for him and seek him, and it is good to wait quietly for God’s salvation (Lam. 3:25–26). This quiet waiting involves hoping in God’s word while the soul waits more intensely than watchmen awaiting morning (Psalm 130:5–6).
I was reminded that prior to preaching to thousands, for a season Peter went back to fishing after thinking he failed Jesus. That Paul sat in prison cells, Lazarus lay in a tomb, Jonah prayed in the belly of a fish, Hannah wept on the steps of the tabernacle, Joseph was locked in the captivity, and Moses stood in the fields of Median herding sheep. All before God made moves in his timing.
Times of waiting, while hard, remind us of the confidence we should have in God’s timing and character. When direction seems slow in coming, we're called to wait for it, assured it will come when the time is ready (Hab. 2:3). Yahweh himself waits to be gracious and show mercy, and those who wait for him are blessed, for he is a God of justice (Isa. 30:18). Rather than taking matters into their own hands, like I often am tempted to do, we are instructed not to repay evil but to wait for the Lord, who will deliver us (Prov 20:22).
Hoping for what is unseen involves waiting with patience (Romans 8:25), and through the Spirit and faith, believers eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness (Galatians 5:5). Waiting involves expectancy and hope regarding events and contingencies still in the future, it's the outworking of a spiritual posture directed at trusting God’s promises and timing rather than our own understanding.
Knowing all of this, writing here on X doesn't make my season of needing to wait any easier, but the consistent, inspired, inerrant testimony of scripture nonetheless gives me something solid to trust in. I am fickle, impatient, and finite. God is trustworthy, forbearing, and infinite. And his timing is right even if I don't know how or when things will happen.
@jordankobewade7 Wtf? LeBron has no bag, doesn’t have any spots like that. He’s just a rim runner. So I guess he just became the all time leading scorer by just luck. “He played 20 years”. Where’s Vince Carter on that list? Robert Parrish?
@AppyOrtho Everything’s about race. When I was in school I was told not to come to school unless I got a haircut because my hair covered my ear lobes and eye brows and that was against the rules. I hated it but I still had to do it. Now I’m an adult and I can do whatever I want with my hair
@erythingerywher@katbalmy@clintyn_karaba@JezziiB I’m a man that has used public men’s restrooms my entire life obviously. I have never one time seen another man’s dick in the bathroom bro what are you yapping about 🤣
@EddieJamro84189@UsuryIsSatan Why couldn’t it be? We’re talking about God. I’m just rolling with what he says. I haven’t looked at Greek or Hebrew for that text, but like I said it’s pretty straight forward. Refers to the word as HE and said next all things were created through HIM.
@EddieJamro84189@UsuryIsSatan I think “in the beginning was the word and the word was WITH God. HE was in the beginning with God.” Is pretty straightforward. And then in Genesis God spoke things into existence. Whenever God speaks, things happen. His word is accompanied by action. Jesus is Gods word.
@EddieJamro84189@UsuryIsSatan “Digesting his word”. John 1:1-5 says Jesus is the word. Therefore “digesting Jesus”. Therefore actual flesh and blood. Thank you for coming to the conclusion yourself