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Today's Reading: Matthew 5: 27-37
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Bible Study
Yesterday we talked about the third "Blessing" in the Beatitudes as the first change in our lives when we went through the process of the first and the second "blessing" to be able to see our sins, repent, confess and washed by the blood of Christ. Then the process of Christlikeness will start and our character will change to be more like Jesus - meek. That is from anger to meek, from killing to reconcile, from hate to love.
Today we talk about the the fourth Beatitudes - Hunger and thirst for what, want to be filled by what.
Jesus is talking about sex, about divorce and about the root of breaking a vow, a wedding vow or any kind of vow due to sexual desire leading to divorce.
N.T. Wright says:
Divorce normally happens when lust and lies have been allow to grow up like weeds and choke the fragile and beautiful plant of marriage.
So, divorce starts with your very small sexual desire of your eyes and your hand! In modern term it should be pornography and beyond. Some small wrong sexual desire, leading to commit all kinds of sins, adultery, then breaking the wedding vow-divorce.
In order to stop this sinful desire to hunger and thirst for sexual stimulations and to be filled by all kinds of dirty things in our souls, we need to have another character change to hunger and thirst for righteousness, that is God's standard, God's Word, spiritual books, daily devotion and everything that is pure, holy and Godly. To be filled by those things rather than those sinful things.
That's how you become more Christlike - meek, holy!
Have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"
Spiritual Journal
What I heard from Jesus today is: STOP!
What I received from Jesus today is just one very, very strong word.
If you can't stop in that sinful process then today Jesus commands you to stop. Stop that wrong path, stop that wrong hunger and thirst but to be hunger and thirst for those Godly things. Then you will be filled by the Holy Spirit each day to be more Christlike each day and you can really be salt and light to the world.
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to stop of those wrongful huger and thirst but to hunger and thirst each day for those Godly things and to be filled by the Holy Spirit each day. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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