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Friday, January 31, 2020

2 Corinthians 4:1-15 ~ having this ministry by the Mercy of God



Luke 8

49 While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.”

50 But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”

51 And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child.

52 And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.”

53 And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

54 But taking her by the hand he called, saying, “Child, arise.”

55 And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat. 56 And her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.


Wilson Ong painted Jairus' daughter and family. Jairus is in shock. He can't believe he has lived this. Jesus says not to tell, Jairus is thinking this sounds like a Plan to him. His emotional life has not caught up to his daughter, - - in this painting.






Wouldn't you think the next Chapter of Luke's Gospel would be Palm Sunday? Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh The Crowd Goes Wild. The Girl is 12, she Will Live!!!! The Ruler of the Synagogue's Daughter!!!! Hhhhhhh!

2,000 years later, we talk about Lazarus.
 Not the widow of Nain's son - very much. The next thing Jesus did according to Luke was send the 12 Disciples away from Jesus to speak of the arrival of God's Kingdom. And the Disciples are told not to tell the child is Alive.

Let's imagine what this looks like to be ...
Thomas, Simon the Zealot, Philip, Simon Peter, Matthias, Matthew, Jude, Judas Iscariot, John, James, Son of Alpheus, James, Son of Zebedee, Bartholomew, and Andrew - heading out to not tell about Jairus' daughter being alive. Head on out to the villages and towns and proclaim the Good News. (Hop on one foot?) However Jesus has Spoken.


What would the Disciples say about this particular journey given to them by Jesus the Lord?

2 Corinthians 4:1-15


Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.

2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.

13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that 

as grace extends to more and more people
it may increase thanksgiving,
to the glory of God.


16 So we do not lose heart.




Jesus gave the Disciples a task and charge to obey about not telling. Possibly this was a burden. Why?  Jesus was known to say in the middle of God's Awe and Wonders - no sign will be given.


Timothy 1:5
The aim of our charge is love
that issues from a pure heart
and a good conscience
and a sincere faith.



Why not tell??? Elijah did.

John 1:49-50
49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 

50 Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”








Jesus as God wanted time to be less Glorious to go further. There would come a time where no one could enter the house except by removing the ceiling. Jesus in the Tyre, Mark 7, would enter a home hoping no one would see Him. The goal was to bring His Light to the world. Not to lose one heart.


Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,

And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”





Jesus would go forth and heal the Widow of Nain's son. A great crowd was walking with Him, as Jesus 'just so happened' to be walking past the funeral bier. Luke 7. Maybe the funeral procession made a mistake. Maybe the Widow of Nain was fortunate not to leave her son in a tomb? What if Jairus' daughter was merely sleeping? What if Jesus healing all who touched Him was "The Screaming Beatles" of teenage girls?

Enter Lazarus with an aroma of death, waiting on Jesus for a few days. This is - the Real Deal. Jesus is carefully constructing the understanding of the Dead have Life. These Bones will rise Ezekiel.







The Gospel of Mark is the Hit Parade of Peter - 
asked about this from the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ.

  • Healing the mother of Peter's wife.
  • Healing the deaf mute of Decapolis.
  • Healing the blind at birth.
  • Healing the Paralytic at Bethesda.
  • The Blind Man of Bethsaida.
  • The Blind man Bartimaeus in Jericho.
  • Healing the Centurion's servant.
  • Christ healing an infirm woman.
  • Cursing of the fig tree
  • Jesus heals a man with a dreaded skin disease (Mark 1:40–45)
  • The man with the paralysed hand (Mark 3:1–6)
  • Jesus heals the haemorrhagic (Mark 5:25–34)
  • Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:21–42)
  • Jesus heals a deaf mute (Mark 7:31–37)





Why did this shake the world? How can we assume this is Real?

(You can skip this extensive List Showing How Important Jesus became to the Roman Empire and the Emperors. This is the Steadfast Love History Principal.)



The Bible in our hands is easily found today. 
We reap what many others fought and died to save. To have the Bible in our hands today.





Before the Coliseum, Claudius had an Imperial Palace on the site of the Coliseum. This is where the people of God found the Roman Empire would begin to destroy Scripture of the New Testament.




The Roman Colosseum was build by the gold from the destruction of Jerusalem and The Temple of God in 81 A. D.



When Jesus died, Claudius was Emperor of Rome. It was Claudius who imprisoned Paul, the first time. In the remote, far away country of Judea, the name of Jesus Christ and His promises and His Word, created unease for Claudius. Imagine this could occur in the time there were no mass methods of communication. It is historical fact. 16 years after the death of Jesus. Claudius has gone from prominence to being an enigma in history.


Jesus Christ has gone forth.


Claudius – Imprisoned Christians. Reigned 25 -54 AD. Emperor during the death and resurrection of Jesus. Imprisoned Paul, for his first imprisonment, house arrest.


Nero – Tortured, burned and vilified Christians. Blamed them for burning Rome . 54- 68 AD


Galba – Put St. Paul and others to death. 69 AD


Otho & Vittelius– only 4 months as Emperor


Vespasian – Sent Titus to destroy Jerusalem in 70 AD, it was the natural end time of Jesus’ life. It is said it is the prophecies Jesus spoke of, His forgiveness was given to the people of His generation. In that destruction, the Temple of the Jews has not been built in 2,000 years. (In 300 A.D, a third temple had the materials gathered, but earthquake, war and fire put an end to that.) Jewish Sacrifice has not been practiced for 2,000 years, it is forsaken. The Jews don’t even know why. God said Jesus was the sacrifice for you.


Titus – See Arch of Titus, still standing, in Rome today. The Temple Tools minus the Ark of the Covenant, is carved in the marble. The profit from the sack of Jerusalem is used for the Coliseum. The Coliseum was used to burn Christians until Constantine naively adopted Christianity thinking Christians would be model citizens. Still a triumph for the 1,100 Bishops, Priests, Christians proclaiming Jesus Christ for 300 years even if they would be burned alive for it.


Domitian – Hauled St. John from Ephesus and exiled him to Patmos. Continued to be fearful of Christians. Conducted one of the fiercest battles against Christians. Under Domitan, the Church split in half. Domitan Heresy - the Church is only for saints. Domitan tortured until Christians surrendered every fragment of the Gospels and New Testament he could find. 81-96. Because of Domitan – we have the word traitor . Part of the Church wanted to forever exile anyone who lied to get out of torture or gave up Scripture. Forgiveness is the business of the Church and Jesus Christ.


Because of Domitan, we only have 15 fragments of the Gospel before 96 AD. But these portions exist and date to 30 AD. Hebrews 9 tells us when Paul wrote Hebrews, the Second Temple is in operation.





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The Love of Jesus Christ opening His arms to slaves, lepers, women, the poor, the wife of the steward of Herod’s household, Nicodemus of the Sanhedrin Council and Josephus. Ian Wilson records a letter from a Jewish rabbi, of Lyracanthra, saying it would be the end of Judaism because of the incredible miracles of healing, restoration, life transformation and complete hope. These are letters confirming the Gospels show the Rabbi to be extremely unhappy. Josephus, the Israeli General turned traitor, turned Historian says Jesus was the Christ and his brother James formed the later Christian Church until martyred in 62 AD.


Trajan (c. 53 - 117) Philosopher Pliny the Younger's letter to Trajan on the subject of the Christians and the response of Trajan to Pliny the Younger. On Early Christian Writings. How to torture Christians to discredit the claims of Jesus Christ.


Hadrian (c. 76 - 138) Foxe's Book of Martyrs -- Persecution Under Trajan...... The forenamed authors, Antoninus and Equilius


Antoninus Pius (c. 86 - 161) Instead of stirring up persecution against the Christians, he extended to them the strong hand of his protection throughout the empire. Rather than give occasion to that oppression which he regarded as inseparable from an emperor's progress through his dominions, he was content to spend all the years of his reign in Rome, or its neighborhood. Under his patronage the science of jurisprudence was cultivated by men of high ability, and a number of humane and equitable enactments were passed in his name. 161 – 180 166 Christian persecution returned - The period was one of ever-increasing calamities. The earthquakes which had alarmed Asia under Antoninus were but the prelude to more serious convulsions. The Tiber rose to an unprecedented height and swept away the public granaries. This was followed by a famine, and that by a pestilence, which spread from Egypt and Ethiopia westward. Everywhere on the frontiers there were murmurs of insurrection or invasion. The year 166 was long known as the "annus calamitosus," and it was in that year that the persecution broke out and that Justin suffered. These calamities roused the superstition of the great mass of the people, and a wild fanaticism succeeded to an epicurean atheism. The gods were wrath, and what had roused their anger but the presence of those who denied them?


Marcus Aurelius (c. 121 - 180) The Thundering Legion incident (174)


During the war with the Quadi in 174 there took place the famous incident of the Thundering Legion (Legio Fulminatrix, Fulminea, Fulminata) which has been a cause of frequent controversy between Christian and non-Christian writers. The Roman army was surrounded by enemies with no chance of escape, when a storm burst. The rain poured down in refreshing showers on the Romans, while the enemy were scattered with lightning and hail. The parched and famishing Romans received the saving drops first on their faces and parched throats, and afterwards in their helmets and shields, to refresh their horses. Marcus obtained a glorious victory as a result of this extraordinary event, and his enemies were hopelessly overthrown.


That such an event did really happen is attested both by pagan and Christian writers. The former attribute the occurrence either to magic (Dion Cassius, LXXI, 8-10) or to the prayers of the emperor (Capitolinus, "Vita Marci", XXIV; Themistius, "Orat. XV ad Theod"; Claudian, "De Sext. Cons. Hon.", V, 340 sqq.; "Sibyl. Orac.", ed. Alezandre, XII, 196 sqq. Cf. Bellori, "La Colonne Antonine", and Eckhel, "Doctrina Nummorum", III, 64). The Christian writers attributed the fact to the prayers of the Christians who were in the army (Claudius Apollinaris in Eusebius, Church History V.5; Tertullian, "Apol.", v; ad Seap. c. iv), and soon there grew up a legend to the effect that in consequence of this miracle the emperor put a stop to the persecution of the Christians (cf. Euseb. and Tert. opp cit.).


It must be conceded that the testimony of Claudius is the most valuable of all that we possess, as he wrote within a few years of the event, and that all credit must be given to the prayers of the Christians given to Tertullian


Lucius Verus (co-emperor) (c. 130 - 169) with Marcus Aurelius

180 - 192

Commodus (c. 161 - 192) All these who failed to follow the decree were brought to the Senate and were tried. This decree was a forceful attempt to put down Christians completely. But the followers who believed in Jesus Christ refused to accept this and many were ready to face the trial. "The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs" written.


Persecution slows down -


Pertinax (193)


Didius Julianus (193) .


Septimius Severus (193-211) Edict makes it illegal to convert to Christianity; persecution especially in North Africa, ca. 203: Perpetua & Felicity martyred in Carthage (North Africa)


Caracalla (211-217)


Macrinus (217-218)


Elagabalus (218-222)


Severus Alexander (222-235)


Maximinus (235-238)


Gordian I and II (238)


Balbinus (238)


Pupienus (238)


Gordian III (238-244)


Philip the Arab (244-249) .


Trajanus Decius (249-251) 250: Major Empire-Wide Persecution; Christians required to participate in Emperor Worship. Bishop Fabian of Rome martyred; Bishop Cyprian of Carthage exiled; Origen of Alexandria tortured to death.


Trebonianus Gallus (251-253)


Aemilian (253) .

Valerian (253-260) ca. 258: Bishop Cyprian of Carthage martyred
Gallienus (253-268)
Claudius Gothicus (268-270) .
Aurelian (270-275) some persecutions
Tacitus (275-276)
Probus (276-282)
Carus (282-283)
Carinus (283-284)
Numerian (283-284) .

Diocletian (284-305) Major Empire-Wide Persecution begins ca. 303; confiscation of Christian churches and books; arrest, torture, and execution of many Christian leaders. Personally sends troops to Nazareth, the Bishop of Caesarea Eusibius records Diocletian offering clemency to the nephews carefully recording their ancestry to Jesus Christ. All refuse and are tortured and put to death. Diocletian sends troops to Turkey to place the Bishop Nicholas (also known as St. Nicholas or, in German, Santa Claus, in prison.


& Maximian (286-305) Major Empire-Wide Persecution begins ca. 303; confiscation of Christian Churches and books; arrest, torture, and execution of many Christian leaders


Constantius Chlorus (305-306)

Maxentius (306-312) .
Galerius (305-311)
Licinius (311-323) 311: Edict of Galerius: toleration for Christians, allowing them to worship openly

Constantine was forced as a nephew to the Emperor to go to Nazareth and torture and kill the descendents of the Brothers of Jesus. All refused to decant Jesus. All perished. A week Constantine would have to change his life. Bishop Eusebius is eyewitness to Constantines arrival and departure for this purpose.


Constantine (307-337) 313: Edict of Constantine (Edict of Milan): toleration for all religions, including Christianity; ends persecutions


Constantine's position on the religions traditionally practiced in Rome evolved during his reign. At first he prohibited the construction of new temples and tolerated traditional sacrifices; by the end of his reign, he had begun to order the pillaging and tearing down of Roman temples. The day Christianity officially arrived in the Roman Empire was in 325 A.D. The First Council of Nicaea is regarded as the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church. Invited by Emperor Constantine, about 318 world-wide Bishops (including St. Nicholas), who had risked their lives and were condemned for serving Jesus, traveled across continents and oceans, continued to risk their lives in dangerous travel, to express the basis of the Church today and choose the Books of the Bible.


(* The above information was gathered from several sources and paraphrased.)


The triumph of Christianity is actually a very remarkable historical phenomenon


The Roman Colosseum was build by the gold from the destruction of Jerusalem and The Temple of God in 81 A. D.



When Jesus died, Claudius was Emperor of Rome. It was Claudius who imprisoned Paul, the first time. In the remote, far away country of Judea, the name of Jesus Christ and His promises and His Word, created unease for Claudius. Imagine this could occur in the time there were no mass methods of communication. It is historical fact. 16 years after the death of Jesus. Claudius has gone from prominence to being an enigma in history.


Jesus Christ has gone forth.


Claudius – Imprisoned Christians. Reigned 25 -54 AD. Emperor during the death and resurrection of Jesus. Imprisoned Paul, for his first imprisonment, house arrest.


Nero – Tortured, burned and vilified Christians. Blamed them for burning Rome . 54- 68 AD


Galba – Put St. Paul and others to death. 69 AD


Otho & Vittelius– only 4 months as Emperor


Vespasian – Sent Titus to destroy Jerusalem in 70 AD, it was the natural end time of Jesus’ life. It is said it is the prophecies Jesus spoke of, His forgiveness was given to the people of His generation. In that destruction, the Temple of the Jews has not been built in 2,000 years. (In 300 A.D, a third temple had the materials gathered, but earthquake, war and fire put an end to that.) Jewish Sacrifice has not been practiced for 2,000 years, it is forsaken. The Jews don’t even know why. God said Jesus was the sacrifice for you.


Titus – See Arch of Titus, still standing, in Rome today. The Temple Tools minus the Ark of the Covenant, is carved in the marble. The profit from the sack of Jerusalem is used for the Coliseum. The Coliseum was used to burn Christians until Constantine naively adopted Christianity thinking Christians would be model citizens. Still a triumph for the 1,100 Bishops, Priests, Christians proclaiming Jesus Christ for 300 years even if they would be burned alive for it.


Domitian – Hauled St. John from Ephesus and exiled him to Patmos. Continued to be fearful of Christians. Conducted one of the fiercest battles against Christians. Under Domitian, the Church split in half. Domitan Heresy - the Church is only for saints. Domitan tortured until Christians surrendered every fragment of the Gospels and New Testament he could find. 81-96. Because of Domitian – we have the word traitor . Part of the Church wanted to forever exile anyone who lied to get out of torture or gave up Scripture. Forgiveness is the business of the Church and Jesus Christ.


Because of Domitian, we only have 15 fragments of the Gospel before 96 AD. But these portions exist and date to 30 AD. Hebrews 9 tells us when Paul wrote Hebrews, the Second Temple is in operation.







The Love of Jesus Christ opening His arms

 to slaves, lepers, women, the poor, the wife of the steward of Herod’s household,

Nicodemus of the Sanhedrin Council and Josephus. Ian Wilson records a letter from a Jewish rabbi, of Lyracanthra, saying it would be the end of Judaism because of the incredible miracles of healing, restoration, life transformation and complete hope. These are letters confirming the Gospels show the Rabbi to be extremely unhappy. Josephus, the Israeli General turned traitor, turned Historian says Jesus was the Christ and his brother James formed the later Christian Church until martyred in 62 AD.


Trajan (c. 53 - 117) Philosopher Pliny the Younger's letter to Trajan on the subject of the Christians and the response of Trajan to Pliny the Younger. On Early Christian Writings. How to torture Christians to discredit the claims of Jesus Christ.


Hadrian (c. 76 - 138) Foxe's Book of Martyrs -- Persecution Under Trajen...... The forenamed authors, Antoninus and Equilius


Antoninus Pius (c. 86 - 161) Instead of stirring up persecution against the Christians, he extended to them the strong hand of his protection throughout the empire. Rather than give occasion to that oppression which he regarded as inseparable from an emperor's progress through his dominions, he was content to spend all the years of his reign in Rome, or its neighborhood. Under his patronage the science of jurisprudence was cultivated by men of high ability, and a number of humane and equitable enactments were passed in his name. 161 – 180 166 Christian persecution returned - The period was one of ever-increasing calamities. The earthquakes which had alarmed Asia under Antoninus were but the prelude to more serious convulsions. The Tiber rose to an unprecedented height and swept away the public granaries. This was followed by a famine, and that by a pestilence, which spread from Egypt and Ethiopia westward. Everywhere on the frontiers there were murmurs of insurrection or invasion. The year 166 was long known as the "annus calamitosus," and it was in that year that the persecution broke out and that Justin suffered. These calamities roused the superstition of the great mass of the people, and a wild fanaticism succeeded to an epicurean atheism. The gods were wrath, and what had roused their anger but the presence of those who denied them?


Marcus Aurelius (c. 121 - 180) The Thundering Legion incident (174)


During the war with the Quadi in 174 there took place the famous incident of the Thundering Legion (Legio Fulminatrix, Fulminea, Fulminata) which has been a cause of frequent controversy between Christian and non-Christian writers. The Roman army was surrounded by enemies with no chance of escape, when a storm burst. The rain poured down in refreshing showers on the Romans, while the enemy were scattered with lightning and hail. The parched and famishing Romans received the saving drops first on their faces and parched throats, and afterwards in their helmets and shields, to refresh their horses. Marcus obtained a glorious victory as a result of this extraordinary event, and his enemies were hopelessly overthrown.


That such an event did really happen is attested both by pagan and Christian writers. The former attribute the occurrence either to magic (Dion Cassius, LXXI, 8-10) or to the prayers of the emperor (Capitolinus, "Vita Marci", XXIV; Themistius, "Orat. XV ad Theod"; Claudian, "De Sext. Cons. Hon.", V, 340 sqq.; "Sibyl. Orac.", ed. Alezandre, XII, 196 sqq. Cf. Bellori, "La Colonne Antonine", and Eckhel, "Doctrina Nummorum", III, 64). The Christian writers attributed the fact to the prayers of the Christians who were in the army (Claudius Apollinaris in Eusebius, Church History V.5; Tertullian, "Apol.", v; ad Seap. c. iv), and soon there grew up a legend to the effect that in consequence of this miracle the emperor put a stop to the persecution of the Christians (cf. Euseb. and Tert. opp cit.).


It must be conceded that the testimony of Claudius is the most valuable of all that we possess, as he wrote within a few years of the event, and that all credit must be given to the prayers of the Christians given to Tertullian


Lucius Verus (co-emperor) (c. 130 - 169) with Marcus Aurelius

180 - 192

Commodus (c. 161 - 192) All these who failed to follow the decree were brought to the Senate and were tried. This decree was a forceful attempt to put down Christians completely. But the followers who believed in Jesus Christ refused to accept this and many were ready to face the trial. "The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs" written.


Persecution slows down -


Pertinax (193)


Didius Julianus (193) .


Septimius Severus (193-211) Edict makes it illegal to convert to Christianity; persecution especially in North Africa, ca. 203: Perpetua & Felicity martyred in Carthage (North Africa)


Caracalla (211-217)


Macrinus (217-218)


Elagabalus (218-222)


Severus Alexander (222-235)


Maximinus (235-238)


Gordian I and II (238)


Balbinus (238)


Pupienus (238)


Gordian III (238-244)


Philip the Arab (244-249) .


Trajanus Decius (249-251) 250: Major Empire-Wide Persecution; Christians required to participate in Emperor Worship. Bishop Fabian of Rome martyred; Bishop Cyprian of Carthage exiled; Origen of Alexandria tortured to death.


Trebonianus Gallus (251-253)


Aemilian (253) .

Valerian (253-260) ca. 258: Bishop Cyprian of Carthage martyred
Gallienus (253-268)
Claudius Gothicus (268-270) .
Aurelian (270-275) some persecutions
Tacitus (275-276)
Probus (276-282)
Carus (282-283)
Carinus (283-284)
Numerian (283-284) .

Diocletian (284-305) Major Empire-Wide Persecution begins ca. 303; confiscation of Christian churches and books; arrest, torture, and execution of many Christian leaders. Personally sends troops to Nazareth, the Bishop of Caesarea Eusibius records Diocletian offering clemency to the nephews carefully recording their ancestry to Jesus Christ. All refuse and are tortured and put to death. Diocletian sends troops to Turkey to place the Bishop Nicholas (also known as St. Nicholas or, in German, Santa Claus, in prison.


& Maximian (286-305) Major Empire-Wide Persecution begins ca. 303; confiscation of Christian Churches and books; arrest, torture, and execution of many Christian leaders


Constantius Chlorus (305-306)

Maxentius (306-312) .
Galerius (305-311)
Licinius (311-323) 311: Edict of Galerius: toleration for Christians, allowing them to worship openly

Constantine was forced as a nephew to the Emperor to go to Nazareth and torture and kill the descendents of the Brothers of Jesus. All refused to decant Jesus. All perished. A week Constantine would have to change his life. Bishop Eusebius is eyewitness to Constantines arrival and departure for this purpose.


Constantine (307-337) 313: Edict of Constantine (Edict of Milan): toleration for all religions, including Christianity; ends persecutions


Constantine's position on the religions traditionally practiced in Rome evolved during his reign. At first he prohibited the construction of new temples and tolerated traditional sacrifices; by the end of his reign, he had begun to order the pillaging and tearing down of Roman temples. The day Christianity officially arrived in the Roman Empire was in 325 A.D. The First Council of Nicaea is regarded as the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church. Invited by Emperor Constantine, about 318 world-wide Bishops (including St. Nicholas), who had risked their lives and were condemned for serving Jesus, traveled across continents and oceans, continued to risk their lives in dangerous travel, to express the basis of the Church today and choose the Books of the Bible.


(* The above information was gathered from several sources and paraphrased.)



The triumph of Christianity is actually a very remarkable historical phenomenon.











Truly, an amazing list, the lengths belief has taken us.


Miracles in the Book of Acts:

  • Peter heals a lame man Jerusalem 3:1-11
  • Ananias and Sapphira struck dead Jerusalem 5:1-10
  • Apostles perform many wonders Jerusalem 5:12-16
  • Peter and John communicate the Holy Spirit Samaria 8:14-17
  • Peter heals Eneas of a palsy Lydda 9:33, 34
  • Peter raises Tabitha, or Dorcas, to life Joppa 9:36-41
  • Peter delivered out of prison by an angel Jerusalem 12:7-17
  • God smites Herod, so that he dies Jerusalem 12:21-23
  • Elymas, the sorcerer, smitten with blindness Paphos 13:6-11
  • Paul converted Road to Damascus 9:1-9
  • Paul heals a cripple Lystra 14:8-10
  • Paul casts out a spirit of divination Philippi 16:16-18
  • Paul and Silas's prison doors opened by an earthquake Philippi 16:25, 26
  • Paul communicates the Holy Spirit Corinth 19:1-6
  • Paul heals multitudes Corinth 19:11, 12
  • Paul restores Eutychus to life Troas 20:9-12
  • Paul shakes off a viper Malta 28:3-6
  • Paul heals the father of Publius and others Malta 28:7-9

Jesus wasn't building a 'wall' with Living Stones. In fact, Jesus said we are the Temple of God. The History of belief is interesting, but what really was happening - the Miracles of Jesus were present during His Life and Continued in the Holy Spirit beyond The Book of Acts until this was present everywhere in the Roman Empire.

Just like today. When we find Believers have times they pray and something 'coincidental' happens.




Abba,

We give You Thanks for Renewing our Blessings Daily. Help us to Live and move and truly know the truth of our Blessings. To build upon what You have Willingly Given. To understand and to Please You as we live in these Blessings.

Jesus told His Disciples not to speak. The Kingdom of Heaven is said:


Matthew 13:45-44
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

When we pray for a way to explain our Faith. We Pray for the Wisdom of God. And the timing of God. You have placed Your Spirit within us who Believe and we sometimes know the time is not quite right. Like the ancient symbol of Ichthus. Like the woman who reached for the fringe of Jesus' robe.

Luke 6
17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.


The Holy Spirit of God is Abundant. Inclusive. Thank You Jesus. You seek to save the world in Jesus Christ. We can pray and we will have the opportunity. Jesus and His Holy Spirit will do this.

We love to have conversational prayer with You, Father, all the day in Jesus. We will be empowered to pray for others and to have His opportunities.

Thank You Father, You are the Way, the Truth and the Life. When we clearly perceive in life we are told to be quiet, You have given us wisdom. You give us the way forward to Pray in Jesus and He will provide.

We pray to have the Joy in the Lord for finding the Kingdom of Heaven first. To live lives of Love, Peace and Joy.

Knowing You cover those we Love in Jesus. Bringing their hearts to You. Covering the people You have given us. Giving our Nation hope as we Trust in You. Covering Australia and China and all the Nations praying for Your Steadfast Love and Mercy.

Thanking You, Father God. Your Plans are our Hope and Future. We ask for all the Willing Blessings You would give and rely on Your Steadfast Love and Mercy.

The Righteousness of Jesus Christ - Your Gift to us. In Jesus, Amen.












Thursday, January 30, 2020

2 Peter 3:11b-18 ~ Righteousness dwells


Luke 8 tells us Jairus' daughter is saved after dying by Jesus Christ. And Jairus faced supreme grief to find Jesus was busy and had walked by too late to help his 12 year old daughter.

God Himself gave us Scripture to explain Scripture.


2 Peter 3:11b-18


What sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 

13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 

15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 

17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 

18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

And let's not forget the Great and Good News of Luke 8. Jairus and his wife found Jesus caused their 12 year old daughter to Live.

2 Peter 3
9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 


10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.


2 Peter 3 The first paragraph Agrees with Jesus, trouble exists in this life. Remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles - have faith in all trials in life.

Scoffers scoff - when will 'that happen' ? God says this is part of problem solving and happens just about the time the problem is finished. Jesus Himself was patient with His own Mother, Brothers and Sisters.

We all want Father God to speak the Blessing of Jabez.

1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.


Jabez was pretty impudent to ask God. Beyond his circumstances labelled by life.

Jesus found Jairus to be this honorable. And we do not see Jairus flop like a fish, create a scene, jump up and down saying he was the ruler of the Synagogue. Except like the woman from Tyre, Jairus really placed Himself at the feet of Jesus. And like the woman from Tyre, Jesus seemed too busy.

The Blessing of Jabez was not to feel pain. Jairus certainly did not give Jesus any pain or harm. He knew Jesus was God. Exactly like the woman from Tyre. The anger of man does not produce the Righteousness of God. According to James, who grew up with Jesus. Self-control is a Fruit of the Spirit - especially when addressing God Himself. A Blessing of Jabez, going along with faith and trust in the Goodness of God.


Faith, Fear
and the Giant God Gong 
for being oddly a worrier or fearful or complaining
to God and asking Him about a lot of things that might Irritate the Almighty God of All


Jesus told the woman who reached out and touched the fringe of His Garment without asking - proved - The Spirit prays for us when we need God more than words say. And Jesus then recognized Power went out from ... "Him." We do not save ourselves, Salvation is a Gift of God.

Father God tells us to Him all hearts are open, no secrets are hidden. Father God tells us to pray impudently to a friend. To ask about everything. And give thanks. Sometimes this genuine thanks can take an hour. To find, now, what was good about that?

Jairus is a declaration of Faith as well.
Jairus asked God and then gave God permission to be God. Jairus did quite a few things right.
  1. Asking
  2. Being impudent to reach past the circumstances of life and ask. Jairus was a 'ruler' and all that, after all.
  3. Being humble to God, realizing Him as God. 
  4. Being Patient. Believing something good was coming from not flopping like a fish. Pushed to being Strong.
  5. Not throwing a jealous fit God would stop to talk to a mere woman.
  6. Not stopping God by saying, "Too Late."
  7. Like Jabez, Jairus swallowed his own pain to allow God the Majesty of Being God.


Father God,

We Thank You for Renewing Your Mercies Every Day. Help us to keep our truths. Help us to build our Blessings You've given to being the people You call as Your Beloved. Help us to Please You. We ask more of You for Willing Blessings.

When life is overwhelming. When our prayers grow in number and the times we are frantic, we ask Your Love and Your Name carry and strengthen us. I ask You for the Goodness of God for the People You call Beloved. I ask for our Seeking You First and the Kingdom of Heaven to give us lives of Love, Peace and Joy.

The Disciples You told us in John 6 were fearful. You never left them. In many different storms, You say immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

Bless all our prayer concerns as we know as You found Nathanael - You hear our prayers. And we know Your Comfort.

To be with the saints in the Number when You march in. To have and find and dwell knowing more Heaven on earth. In the Name of Jesus. Amen.








The Radical Message of the Gospel of Jesus
changed the face of the world. 
16 years after Jesus died, the Emperors of Rome began
a 300 year world wide search to end the Gospels we readily have today.

The University of Michigan has 300 intact Chapters of the New Testament from the late first century or early 2nd Century called Papyrus 46, all the Chapters are called Papyrus 46. The Gospels changed lives to renew Love, increase Hope, save lives and change the world.


We will lift up the cares of God's Good Creation and put Jesus on the Throne of God and for His Glory we will Trust all the Nations to come to His Brightness.

We will join the Communion of the Saints asking Jesus for more Heaven on earth. Seeking God first. And find His Commandment to Love one another.

Beloved of God, Jesus live in us always. Amen.




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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Luke 8: 40-56 ~ Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed


Painting of Jarius’ daughter by Wilson Ong

Luke 8:40-55


40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45 "Who touched me?" Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you."

46 But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me."

47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."

49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. "Your daughter is dead," he said. "Don't bother the teacher any more."

50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."

51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother. 52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. "Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep."

53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he took her by the hand and said, "My child, get up!" 55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. 

Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.




Praying Rabbi, painted by Gottlieb


Scripture explains Scripture.

Luke 11:2-10

2 And he said to them, “When you pray, say:

“Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread,
4 and forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.”

5 And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

7 And he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’?

8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend,
yet because of his impudence
he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.



Published: 08.14.16 , 14:08
A synagogue dating back to the end of the Second Temple Era was discovered on the Tel Recheš Peak in the Galilee last week in a rare and unique archaeological find.

This is the first synagogue of its kind in the Galilee villages,” Dr. Aviam explained.
Last Tuesday, an excavation team discovered, just ten centimeters below the peak’s surface, a synagogue from the first century AD. The find contained a huge and impressive room nine meters high and eight meters wide with walls lined with benches made of limestone blocks. Diggers also discovered one of the two foundational pillars supporting the synagogue's roof.

A new discovery of the ancient synagogue, but the very layout of the benches along the structure’s walls. This is the common feature of a Sephardic synagogue’s designed in which worshippers sit along the wall facing the center of the room. It was customary for the the prayer reader to stand in the center of the room and read portions and lessons of the Torah during the Sabbath and the Jewish holidays.

Dr. Aviam added, “This is a simple synagogue but it is not simple to build a synagogue. The benches that we discovered are made of beautiful white Ashlar stone and the large foundational pillars required considerable investment and were expensive.”



To speak with Christians, we all know someone, including ourselves who have had a miracle. Father God rarely sends an Angel. Trumpets rarely blow.

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Miracles are sometimes seen as coincidences. Favor. Good fortune. And yet not everything surrounding this Miracle is fortuitous.


Luke 8

Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

19 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” 21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, 23 and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24 And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”

26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.) 30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. 31 And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. 32 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. 37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41 And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue.


 And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, 42 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying.

As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.

 43 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. 44 She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. 45 And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” 

46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. 48 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”

49 While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.” 


50 But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.” 

51 And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child.

 52 And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.” 53 And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But taking her by the hand he called, saying, “Child, arise.” 55 And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat. 56 And her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.





Jesus was still working. He had a busy season. Jesus was busy, according to the first paragraph. Jesus was going far, He went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, and also some women.


Jairus had a very deep need for a miracle.

And that particular day, Jesus was walking by. Unfortunately for Jairus, a crowd was waiting for Jesus.


Jairus is an official, and he makes his request. And still the crowd is pressing in on Jesus.


Jesus has another Miracle pressed to Him. And they are informed, Jesus walking by and pressed by the crowd has ended the prayer request of Jairus for his 12 year old daughter. 

Impudently, Jesus does not leave nor forsake Jairus.


Jesus had told Jairus to only believe. 

To have the crowd weeping, would not be helpful. Jesus went on. Impudently. Jesus continued past hopelessness around Him.  The Word of God is not held back. Jesus is working. 


The coincidences didn't align to be brilliant.  The dark has not overcome The Light.


An important point could be made. The father of the son Jesus met after the Transfiguration cried out to Jesus to have more faith. The father couldn't pull the Word of God to heal his beloved Son. He asked Jesus for help. The Holy Spirit is the Helper. Comforter. Jesus is God. We love because God first has Loved us.



Ephesians 2:8

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--and this is not from yourselves, 
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