PRAYER - Futile Prayer Some prayers are just useless. If we offend God by our sins and do not resolve the problem through proper repentance, the lines of communication are down. The Lord will not withhold blessings from someone in good standing with Him, but God is angry with the wicked every day, Psalm 7:11. It is a hard saying, but true. He essentially says, The only prayer I want to hear right now is repentance. Fortunately, God quickly responds to true repentance. Psalms 66:18 - If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. PRINCIPALS - Sarai The story of Sarai vastly outweighs the story of Hagar, as the story of Isaac outweighs the story of Ishmael. This Biblical story is diabolically perverted by the Koran. All Gods promises and dealings with Abraham hinged upon his having a child by Sarai, not Hagar! Gods covenant with Abraham would descend through his proper child, Isaac, not the surrogate, Ishmael. Genesis 17:16 - And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. PRINCIPLES - Grace versus Works For 2,000 years, men have debated grace versus works in the salvation plan. Some love to accuse others of preaching salvation by works, while others hurl insinuations of free grace or cheap grace. In the end, works cannot save us, but we cannot be saved without them. Faith without works is dead. You cant buy your salvation, but you cant get it free, either. Grace or not, God still wants us to live right. James 4:17: To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. PROPHECIES - Hebron Hebron is 18 miles south of Jerusalem, second-most Jewish city on earth. The king of Hebron launched an offensive against Joshua, but lost. Joshua gave Hebron to Caleb. Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob and Leah are buried there. David ruled there. Today, 166,000 Palestinians and 700 Jews live there. That Israel is giving it away is outrageous! Jesus will recapture it at Armageddon. Genesis 13:17,18 - ...walk through the land, ...for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:06:33 +0000
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