In his sermon on the mountain, Jesus taught:
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.“ Matthew 5:5,7
The teacher of Proverbs writes:
”A gentle answer turns away wrath... The soothing tongue is a tree of life...“
Proverbs 15:1, 4
Jesus emphasizes the spirit of mercy:
”But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,“
Matthew 5:44
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Jean Daille wrote the Apology of the French Reformed Churches. He writes on redemption & care for each other (Col 1:14 & 1 Cor 12:25-27. Christ is nothing but sweetness and love. Knowing that he lad down his life for his enemies, how can we hate and perceute our brethren?
In how many Reformed churches could one say, “Christ is nothing but sweetness and love” in a bible study.
How can you love and persevere your brethren?
Beginning a study on the word “compassion” in the the Hebrew Bible. The root word is רחם (rachum) and it’s only used as an adjective 13 times in the Old Testament. A couple interesting notes:
1) it’s the first word God uses to describe himself (Exodus 34:6)
2) 12 of the 13 uses are to describe God. The 13th use is an exhortation for what we ought to be (Psalm 112:4)
The word is used a bunch more as both a noun and a verb, and I’ll be studying those use ages next!
“We know, in fact, that God works all things together for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose”. Romans 8:28 NTFE (N.T. Wright, New Testament For Everyone)
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”Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.“
Psalms 73:25-26 NIVUK
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“…giving joyful thanks to the Father…
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.“
Colossians 1:12,13-14 NIVUK
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”To you, Lord, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy: …
Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me; Lord, be my help.’“
Psalms 30:8, 10 NIVUK
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Join us tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern Time for our weekly Bible Study. We will be streaming it on https://www.younow.com/BishopGreg. To sign up for the handouts, please register at https://gaggle.email/join/saint-francis@gaggle.email.
Hope to see you there!
Join us tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern Time for our weekly Bible Study. We will be streaming it on https://www.younow.com/BishopGreg. To sign up for the handouts, please register at https://gaggle.email/join/saint-francis@gaggle.email.
Hope to see you there!
Nicky Gumbel similarly wrote, “… often we cannot work out what is going on or why we are suffering in the way we are. But the claim of Jesus and the Scriptures is that behind it all is the love of God. Even though things may seem very difficult for us to understand now, God is working out his loving purposes in the world. God can weave a pattern from the threads of our lives – including the suffering, heartaches and even our mistakes and make something beautiful…”(Rom.8:28) #biblestudy
In today’s devotional N.T. (Tom) Wright shares, “God's spirit comes to dwell in the midst of his world in the persons of Jesus's faithful followers. But that world is in great pain. The Spirit inhabits that pain and calls out to the Father from within its darkest depths by means of God's people being in prayer. This painful vocation is at the heart of God's rescuing plan for the whole creation”.
Standing in Humility and Hope: Day 5 • Devotional #biblestudy
https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/39846/day/5?segment=0
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.“
Romans 8:26-27 NIVUK #biblestudy #prayer
Careful #BibleStudy Shows It’s Not a #DivinelyInspired Book
If it is, #god must have had a lot of really bad days
https://www.debunking-christianity.com/2025/05/careful-bible-study-shows-its-not.html
Thomas Watson, English Puritan, teaches on good works. Some flip out with “jealousy” when works are stressed, acting as if this were mere Catholic doctrine. But should we teach Jesus’ words, or fear men?
I’ve got those bruises, talking in conservative Lutheran circles.
How can you speak the truth as it is in Jesus?
![THOMAS WATSON (1620 - 1686) "The Reward of the Righteous" ... many, even serious people, are jealous of all that is spoken upon this subject (good works]: Nay, and whenever the necessity of good works is strongly insisted on take for granted that he who speaks in this manner is but one remove from Popery. But should we, for fear of this or of any other reproach, refrain from speaking 'the truth as it is in Jesus?''](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/664/059/636/411/816/original/ab575f36114a63bf.png "THOMAS WATSON (1620 - 1686) \"The Reward of the Righteous\" ... many, even serious people, are jealous of all that is spoken upon this subject (good works]: Nay, and whenever the necessity of good works is strongly insisted on take for granted that he who speaks in this manner is but one remove from Popery. But should we, for fear of this or of any other reproach, refrain from speaking 'the truth as it is in Jesus?''")
Today’s verse references Isaiah 25:8 - ”he will swallow up death for ever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.“
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“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’“
Revelation 21:4 NIVUK
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”Peter and the other apostles replied: ‘We must obey God rather than human beings! The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead – whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Saviour that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. We are witnesses of these things…’
… they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.“
Acts 5:29-32, 42 NIVUK #biblestudy
My latest #BibleStudy notes on #Genesis20: https://notes.laniecarmelo.tech/shares/puLBoEJCgyPwKalkRc2WFg
#Bible #Christian #Christians #Christianity #Faith #Genesis @christians
Need to get a few things done but might try and do #Genesis21 here in a little while.
