Tuesday’s Blog – Children

Tuesday’s Blog – Children

Proverbs 29:15 – The rod of reproof (correction) gives wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Bible Challenges and Comments

Psalm 127 – (1) Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. (There are beautiful homes throughout this land and yet there is much trouble, vanity and strife are found behind the curtained windows of many).

(2) It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, and to eat the bread of sorrows; for He gives to His beloved – sleep! (parent after parent watch in vain as their children march readily into deception, this freefall into the worldly abyss is very real and many parents today are sleepless “dotes”).

(3) Behold (LOOK), children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is His reward. (What is the country doing to the fruit of the womb, what are we doing to our heritage?) Simply! The heritage of the United States of America is RUINED.

(4) Like arrows in the hand of the warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. (5) Happy is the man (parent) who has a quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate. (The military has a slogan that if you drop a missile or one of its arrows it is labelled a “dull sword”! As a nation we have dropped most of our arrows and the minds of our young are filled with insecurity, promiscuity and the cowardly lions desire to face the enemy).

Our inventory of freedom is depleted because our children are these days “few in number” largely “undisciplined” and have no wisdom to stand in the gate.

Tuesday’s Blog – Peace and Safety

Tuesday’s Blog – Peace and Safety

Proverbs 15:2 – The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly. But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

Bible Challenges and Comments

In the April 2014 magazine “Proceedings” of the U.S. Naval Institute there is a small article titled “In Defense of Taking Risks” by Commander J.A. Craig (Retired); apparently he has more to say in the February 2014 Issue, but for today this will suffice.

Quoting! “There was a time when U.S. Navy Officers were allowed to make mistakes and learn from them. John Paul Jones stressed the need for seniors to recognize “well-meant shortcomings” and to make appropriate allowances. When a young Chester W. Nimitz ran his ship aground in 1907, he was allowed to continue his career.

But in the years leading up to U.S. entry into World War II, risk avoidance was the rule, 30 percent of U.S. submarine skippers had to be relieved of command. They were ineffective because of their overly cautious upbringing. These were good officers who simply had aggressiveness and innovation bred out of them by a risk-adverse, mistake-fearing culture.

In my own active-duty days, the “zero-defects” attitude was alive and well, I never saw a case where a junior officer who had made an error of any significance was given “another chance” as advocated by Commander Craig. (actually – zero tolerance relating to drugs I believe, I do not recall "zero-defects" although someone else might). Brings up another thought, if the Navy had a zero-defect policy. None of us would have completed boot camp.

I thought about this retired Commander’s statement because of one comment and here it is: “They were ineffective because of their overly cautious upbringing”. WARNING, do we accept the making of costly mistakes as a personal failure or do we simply say that an error in judgment that cost the lives of many is the fault of our parental upbringing!

 

 

Proverbs 13:1 – A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but the scoffer does not listen to rebuke. I would feel a lot better about the article above and may be willing to give opportunity to some young buck of an officer another chance when full responsibility for an error in judgment is accepted and corrected by them.

Children, in accordance with biblical teaching are to “Obey their parents” as stated in Ephesians 6:1-4 – first the training is for the child, it is right to obey for in doing so you honor your father and mother and this is a command that promises a reward and not a career ending mistake.

Ephesians 6:3 – that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth. Sometimes I believe we miss the mark of this verse; “that it may be well with you”. This does not mean that mistakes will not happen, but it does mean that obedience to fulfilling the New Testament Law of Liberty makes provision for error in life.

Here is the rub! There is responsibility on the burden of upbringing by parents to keep from causing wrath to develop in the heart of children. “Wrath” is not causing the child to be overly cautious as to how they govern their future, but how to destroy it. Wrath is sin, personal sin. It is not the sin of the parent although related, but the child. What is the qualifier for this? (PERSONAL sin).

The bottom line: whatever future a young person has in front of them is personal to them alone. Surely as parents we influence our children to “do” many things; “right and wrong” but it is also the young person who disobeys commands from the Living Word of God and who disobeys parents ending in the destruction of lives and careers.

Romans 1:30-32 says this! Backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful, who knowing the righteous judgment of God that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. (Did you notice! all of these are motivate by wrath!).

 

Hebrews 9:28 - so Christ was offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for Him shall He appear a second time without sin unto salvation.  Jesse <><

Tuesday’s Blog – Resurrection Day

Tuesday’s Blog –  Resurrection Day

Proverbs 8:5 – O you simple (naïve) ones, understand prudence and you fools (stilly), be of an understanding heart!

Bible Challenges and Comments

If you ask a young person today what Easter is all about, you will obtain a good answer. The Easter bunny brings thoughts of spring with candy, eggs and other things that provide happy thoughts that tends to usher in the springtime. 

Yet if you ask a young person today about Resurrection Sunday, you will no doubt receive a very puzzled look and no verbal response. In order to get a response there is a labor of discussion leading up to what the universal church does on this Sunday.

Jews and gentiles alike are lulled by the world to lay aside biblical views of the Holy Days, instead of relating to the Creator and glorifying Him; nations relate to the events of the world around them with terms like, mother earth and holidays that are earthly and demonic.  

Demonic? Yes really! Easter being the worst in that Easter began; not with the resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ but with the god of the dawn, a female goddess called Eastre or Eostre is a blending of Paganism with Catholicism. 

If you take the time to look into the history of the two words above you will find some very interesting information regarding the work of Satan to reprogram the death and resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ to nothing more than another localized myth of Jewish origin (urban myth).

Since the Jew is not liked by most of the world, Satan’s attempt to destroy truth is made a lot easier by counterfeiting many secular holidays by replacing these days of biblical events with false gods, false teaching and false motives of distraction. 

Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.

 

But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen as He said. Come see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you."

 

So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee and there they will see Me: Matthew 28:1-10.

The world around us TODAY needs to REHEAR this message… Jesus is Risen, He is RISEN. Luke 24:33-34. So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven (disciples) and those who were with them (Jesus and His disciple) gathered together saying. “The LORD is RISEN INDEED and has appeared to Simon (Peter).

Tuesday’s Blog – Peace and Safety; I pray that you are reading!

Tuesday’s Blog – Peace and Safety; I pray that you are reading!

Ecclesiastes 8: 1-2 – Who is like a wise man? And who know the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the sternness (strength) of his face is changed.

Bible Challenges and Comments

In Ecclesiastes 8; Solomon is speaking of confidence in matters that promote national good. Like most of us, I look at the times we live in and consider (or think) on the state of our Union. There is little union in the nation, if union were a spread to put on a piece of bread, the jar would be empty except for some scrapings on the sides and the very bottom. 

You have like me heard all of this before, so there is no sense to reheat the “hash” by now the hash is barely worthy for dog food (I must be hungry!). 

Here is the answer to our national condition: 1 John 5:14-17 – Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask ANYTHING according to His will, He hears us. And if we KNOW He hears us, whatever we ask, we KNOW that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

(Nationally we see the government and the religion of our nation and if you are not afraid to look you will see two major sins. One that does not lead to death and one that does). 

If anyone SEES his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask and He (God) will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin and there is sin not leading to death.

Simply put we are no longer a nation that prays for one another for freedom, peace and Spiritual prosperity. We are now a nation that preys on one another for bondage in sins that leads to death, corruption in government that leads to national decay and spiritual poverty. Sins that do not really lead to death, but over time leads a people to destruction because we have lost our SALT, Matthew 5:13-16.