The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional
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kjv@Revelation:14:12
( FaithOfJesus thread begun by rRandyP )
Today's Verse:
kjv@Luke:8:22 kjv@Luke:8:23 kjv@Luke:8:24 kjv@Luke:8:25 (also recounted in kjv@Matthew:8:23-27 and kjv@Mark:4:35-41) G622 perish, be destroyed - note sense of judgment in many uses Where is there faith? There are many passages that put God big enough to be in charge of all things (examples kjv@Psalms:65:5-8 kjv@Psalms:104:6-9 kjv@Isaiah:50:2 kjv@Jeremiah:5:22 kjv@Nahum:1:3-6). Not even a sparrow falls without HIM knowing. In whose hands is this present situation in? To understand these men better, I think we need to better understand the world that they were in. These are all Jews raised in the scriptures; a people much acquainted and reliant upon the deliverance of God and the miracle in impossible situations. God is known to be fearful and wondrous. Meteorological events are known to happen around and to their holy figures. Even among the heathen sudden calamity is seen as judgment from God; especially by seamen well versed with the sea, such as these four fishermen likely in lead of the others aboard and in the entourage of other smaller vessels. Their faith is that they (or else Jesus) are being judged. In our day and age our faith is much the same. Not so much any more in the forces of the sea in which we are not as familiar/superstitious with, but in the sudden and overwhelming calamities come upon us. Our faith is wantingly of course in God, except it is largely in HIS judgment and our inability against it. Our inability against judgment can be in fact an important and healthy consideration of faith. At the same time, faith that stops at that and does not consider the fuller faith as to where the object of productive faith should be better placed is rather little or crippled faith instead. Judgment for the sake of judgment is an odd but common notion. Judgment for the sake of proving one's self above others even for God is an angry notion if such judgment is unwarranted or unannounced. That is not to say that all calamity however is judgment, it can be of a most natural origin, in this case the rebuke of the storm may be the show of judgment and not the storm itself. The fear of death often masquerades as the faith in God until called out. Declaring Certainty Further Resources: Comment Board:Luke:8:22-25
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kjv@Psalms:142:5
kjv@2Corinthians:1:9
kjv@2Corinthians:1:10
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