Category: Bible Study

This question has been asked by children and adults alike for centuries. The Bible speaks of the hand of God “…. I will stretch out my hand….”{Exodus 3: 20}

 The face of God     " The face of the Lord is against them that do evil" {Psalm 34: 16}

 The arm of God      " Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save.......{Isaiah 59: 1}

The ear of God “…… nor his ear to dull to hear” {Isaiah 59: 1}

However, the Bible also declares that: “… no man has ever seen God. …” {John 1: 18}

So how do we know what God looks like? “…… God himself entered mankind in the person of Jesus Christ and as we see Jesus, we see God. ” For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form” [Colossians 2: 9}

The first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, tells us about Jesus and Jesus has revealed God the father to us.

Jesus told Philip: ” Anyone who has seen me has seen the father” {John 14: 9}

The writer of the book of Hebrews tells us this ” …. the Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being……{Hebrews 1: 3}

The question is, what does God look like? If you want to know what God looks like, you must study the life of Jesus as given to us in the writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

How do we know God? We know God through Jesus, for he is the revelation of God the Father who loves you and has a plan, a good plan, for your life. He will help you when you seek him. The wonderful truth is that at this moment God is seeking you.

However, he will never force his truth on you but will respond to a very simple prayer of faith when you ask him to come into and to change your life. When this happens, a whole new world will open up to you

My prayer Is that you will do this today!

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Perhaps the most common pursuit of people around the world today is the pursuit of

PEACE

The dictionary defines peace as the normal, non-warring condition of a person, a nation, a group of nations or the world’

Most of the suffering in the world today would end if people would choose to live in peace. The world found peace in 1919 when World War One ended and the world established an organization called the League of Nations. This failed to produce a lasting peace. Again, in 1945 after the Second World War, another organization was formed called The United Nations. It also failed to produce world peace. And today there is still no peace in the world.

The Bible teaches two kinds of peace.

First, there is a world peace that exists between groups of people’

Second, there is a peace that exists in the heart of a person, and this peace is not affected by the external peace the world gives.

The Bible speaks very clearly on the topic of peace and how one may attain it. Jesus taught two kinds of peace: 1] ” Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you and {2} not as the world gives do I give to you….” {John 14-27}.

Jesus gives peace and the world gives peace, but the peace the world gives is transitory, not permanent and can be easily lost.

The peace Jesus gives begins with a proper relationship with God through faith in Jesus, “Therefore, having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” {Romans 5:1} and this peace with God can never be lost!

Following our peace with God, we also may have the peace of God’

” Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God: and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. {Philippians 4: 6,7}

Every person who has repented of unbelief and turned to God in faith has peace with God. and this peace with God can never be reversed.

. Peace with God is established forever when we trust Jesus as our Savior and the peace of God occurs when we as believers acknowledge and repent of sin in our lives.

Let me encourage you to be a good citizen and to work for peace in this world, but also to examine your life and make certain that you have peace with God. Trust in God today and in every difficult situation you face seek the peace of God through repentance, obedience and thankful prayer.

Blessings on you as you seek to live for Him today and in the future.

The Warriors of Ephriam though fully armed turned their backs and fled when the day of battle came. Psalm 78:9 {NLT}

Not much is known about the specific incident related here but the principle is very clear:            "Success of training is tested in battle".  What you learn in the classroom of life will be tested in the future. Why did the Warriors of Ashram fail when the day of battle came??  The next verse may give reasons for their understanding and I quote "--- they did not keep God's covenant And they refused to live by his law"  {Psalm 78:10}

And also, "....they forgot what he had done ........." {Psalm 78:11)

And essential to all life whether to plant, animal or human Is food… food is any substance that is eaten or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, to provide energy, and to promote growth. Any living organism deprived of food will soon shrivel up and die.

The physical body craves food and because it does, people work long hours each day to earn money in order to buy food. We make every effort to see that our children and others we love have food to eat

However, a person is much more than just a physical body; he is also a spiritual being and that spiritual being also craves and needs spiritual food..

Jesus taught that; "....... man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God (Matthew 4: 4)

This food Feeds the soul and just as physical Bread satisfies the pangs of hunger in a person, the Bible is spiritual food that satisfies the hungers of the heart. Every person experiences two types of hunger– hunger of the body and hunger of the heart. We feed the body with rice and potatoes we buy at the market, but only God can satisfy the hunger of the heart.

The Bible teaches that God wants to provide us this spiritual food and that it is free . ” Come, Take your choice of wine It is all free. “Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen, and I will tell you where you get food that is good for the soul.” (Isaiah 55:1,2)

Jesus said, ” I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” (john 6:32}

God has put within every person a spiritual vacuum, a spiritual hunger, that only He, can fill and satisfy. You can fill this void in the heart by loving and serving the God who made the world and all things in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth.

Let me encourage you to continue eating food that is nutritious and that will give you and your family strong healthy bodies. Also, take time to feed your soul by reading the Bible each day. If you need direction in getting started, begin with chapter one of the Gospel of John and read one chapter a day and in 21 days you’ll have read the entire book. this is spiritual food for your soul And I highly recommend it.