Proverbs offers us a series of simple comparisons that teach us fundamental truths about life. King Solomon, the wisest man ever known shares with us the difference between pursuing a life of wisdom and pursuing folly. Wisdom being, instruction, knowledge, and understanding while folly is the opposite.
Institution of The Lord’s Supper (Communion)
The full armor of God! Paul, in Ephesians 6 informs us about the armor we GET to put on each day.
Storms, whether natural or those which are spiritual, are never easy to deal with. God, however, is always there for us. He is our refuge and strength. He is sufficient, secure, and supreme.
When our brothers and sisters in Christ behave badly, it’s important for us to recognize that they are not the enemy. Our real enemy – Satan – sometimes uses people to accomplish his wicked purposes within the Church. We need to understand that, and beware of becoming a tool of the enemy ourselves.
In this familiar story, we see a devoted woman anoint Jesus’ feet with oil and wipe them with her hair. Judas Iscariot was incensed by what he viewed as a waste of a precious resource. But Jesus rebuked him saying that she was anointing Him in preparation for His burial. We then see that Judas made up his mind to betray Jesus into the hands of the Jewish authorities.
Now that we understand the Christian life is not lived on a playground but is instead carried out on a battleground where attacks from the enemy are ever present, we can now begin investigating what it takes to defend ourselves. What does it take? The full armor of God! Paul, in Ephesians 6 informs us about the armor we GET to put on each day.
In this passage we find Jesus’ familiar parable in which He likens God’s final judgment to a herdsman separating His sheep from His goats – the sheep being those who followed Him and will inherit eternal life with Him while the goats are those who rejected His Gospel and are therefore condemned for all eternity to be separated from God in what Jesus called “the outer darkness.”
Our ultimate antagonist is none other than Satan himself. He is God’s number one enemy and therefore makes him our number one enemy. If we are in a spiritual war where each day has the potential to bring us a new and different battle, then we must do some things to make sure we are prepared for the fight. One of the first things is to understand our enemy or enemies.
In this passage, we review two of Jesus’ so-called “kindom” parables in which He likens the coming Kingdom of God to some familiar earthly things. In the parable of the ten virgins, He warns us to always be prepared for His return because no one knows when He will come again. In the parable of the ten talents, He warns us not to squander the spiritual gifts He has bestowed upon us, but to use them faithfully in the work of His Kingdom.
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