From the Heart by B.Demaere

But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves.  For the truth about God is known to them instinctively.  God has put this knowledge in their hearts.  From time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God has made.  They can clearly see his invisible qualities---his eternal power and divine nature.  So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing God. God's anger is not like human anger because it pleads for all mankind to plead for them to come to back to him.  It's more like a strong holy disapproval.  It's wicked people who push truth away from themselves.  Not their own made up truth but God's truth and anything that would draw them to himself.  They make a conscious effort to reject him knowing full well that God is the Author and Maker of all things and being created.  I had like to think that mankind is pushing the truth away from itself by introducing all kinds of doc

Promises to Keep : Prophecies of Jesus's birth (Where and Who?) ... : Where was Jesus to be born?  Micah 5:2  Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village in Judah...

Where was Jesus to be born?  Micah 5:2  Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village in Judah.  Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose origins are from the distant past. In the Hebrew language, Bethlehem stands for the House of Bread and Ephrathah means "Fruitful" This prophecy is fulfilled in Matthew 2:4-6 . ..Where did the prophet say the Messiah would be born?" he (Herod) asked them. In Bethlehem," they said, "for this is what the prophet wrote: ' O Bethlehem of Judah, You are not just a lowly village in Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel' "  Who was Jesus and was he born from a virgin?  Isaiah 7:14  His name was Immanuel and he was born from the virgin Mary. All right then the Lord himself will choose the sign.  Look! The virgin will conceive a child!  She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel----God is with us' The pro

Promises to Keep : He has Risen (Jesus's resurrection predicted) Psa... : For will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your godly one to rot in the grave. Since a dead body takes about 3 days to smell Jesus h...

For will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your godly one to rot in the grave. Since a dead body takes about 3 days to smell Jesus had to rise from the dead at that time. In Psalm 118:15-17 ...The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things. The strong right arm of the Lord is raised in triumph.  The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!  I will not die, but I will live to tell what the Lord has done.  The Lord has punished me severely, but he has not handed me over to death.  Through other scriptures we know that Jesus is at the right of God the Father.  The right hand usually represents the place of authority.  Here in these verses alone "The right arm of the Lord is mentioned 3 times. Would it be a coincidence that he rose after 3 days? You might say: "Well, Jesus did die!", but you have to read it in the context of the whole verse...He was not handed over to death...meaning that he didn't fall victim of death like most people do

Promises to Keep : Jesus Christ predicted as the Shepherd (Ezeki... : And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David.  He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.  And I, the Lord, will be their ...

Promises to Keep : Jesus Christ predicted as the Shepherd (Ezeki... : And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David.  He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.  And I, the Lord, will be their ...

Promises to Keep : Jesus Christ predicted as the Shepherd (Ezeki... : And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David.  He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.  And I, the Lord, will be their ...

Promises to Keep : Jesus Christ predicted as the Shepherd (Ezeki... : And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David.  He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.  And I, the Lord, will be their ...

Promises to Keep : Jesus Christ predicted as the Shepherd (Ezeki... : And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David.  He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.  And I, the Lord, will be their ...

And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David.  He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.  And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people.  I, the Lord, have spoken! In the Gospel of Matthew 1 in the chapter of the earthly genealogy of Jesus, in verse 20 the angel refers to Joseph, Jesus's legal father as the son of David.  So in that sense he could be saying David's descendant so obviously Jesus is also David's legal descendant.  (legal here is not opposed to illegal but earthly descendants) I wanted to explain this first so that all of you would understand why in Ezekiel's verses that shepherd who is referred to as David is actually a prediction of the coming of Jesus, the son of David in a legal term but not spiritually. Now in the Gospel of John, Jesus calls himself the good shepherd in chapter 10:11' "I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep' And in verse 14

Promises to Keep : Hypocrisy or denial? 1John 4:20 : If someone says, "I love God", but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we ...

Promises to Keep : Hypocrisy or denial? 1John 4:20 : If someone says, "I love God", but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we ...

If someone says, "I love God", but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God whom we have not seen? I just read the definition of what an hypocrite is on this website (www.psychopathfree.com)                                                          Hypocrite:                                                       Someone who                                                     conveniently forgets                                                    their faults to point out                                                    someone else's. I want to admit that by this definition, I am a hypocrite because although I don't like to see myself being that way I honestly think I am.  This word though is taken very lightly to describe in general all Christians.  This definition shows that none of us are perfect and that we are all out there pointing some faults of someone else because we can't

Promises to Keep : Malachi 2:13-14 Loyalty to a wife or a friend : Here is another thing you do.  You cover the Lord's altar with tears, weeping and groaning because he pays no attention to your offering...

Here is another thing you do.  You cover the Lord's altar with tears, weeping and groaning because he pays no attention to your offerings and he doesn't accept them with pleasure.  You cry, "Why has the Lord abandoned us?  I'll tell you why!  Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made to each other on your wedding day when you were young.  But you have been disloyal to her, though she remained your faithful companion, the wife of your marriage vows. This is the book written by the prophet Malachi to the people of that time, but it can also be interpreted as a message to all of us so let's not be pointing fingers except to ourselves.  We, as people in general come to God and ask him, "What is the matter with you?  Why does it look like you have abandoned us? We sometimes even blame God for our hardships and here he gives us the answer in the book of Malachi, one of the smallest book of the Bible but with a punch.  The book of Malachi is a great