Matthew 18:21-19:2 ~forgave

Matthew 18:21-19:2

 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 

²² Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. [Seven times seventy]

²³ “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.^{[a monetary unit worth 20 years' salary]  25}  And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’  

²⁷ And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.  

²⁸ But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii,^{[a day wage]} and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe.’ ²⁹ So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ ³⁰ He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt. 

 ³¹ When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place. ³² Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. ³³  And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ ³⁴  And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,^[torturers] until he should pay all his debt.  

³⁵  So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

Jesus tempered His forgiveness of sins. 1 Corinthians 7 tells us about peace. This is the passage abused people leave marriages. Jesus forgave all in His Salvation and Mercy. And returned to the 500 to have relationship. And with His Disciples.

John Mark went on to be forgiven and became Mark of the Gospels of Mark. Barnabas made sure John Mark, his known to his heart, family was forgiven. We go forth in the forgiveness of God and giving that forgiveness.

And in the balance scale, my grandmother prayed for her son all her life. He was not always very pleasant. Unpleasant mostly. And in his 70th year of life, he heard Joel Olsteen giving free copies of Rick Warren's 'Purpose Driven Life'. And my uncle experienced the Love and Joy of Jesus Christ.

Prayer has no cost - and many benefits.

Good Health.

Deuteronomy 5:32

So you shall observe to do just as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Joshua 23:6

Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

Matthew 9

9 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

The true feeling of forgiveness is exactly the same as the one we all experienced as a child, when we would swim underwater and come up gasping for air.

The good thing about prayer, this keeps hearts flexible and the soul open to Father God. Leaving the soul a welcome place for Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the internal life in us going to eternity pretty pleased, pleasant and hopeful.

Father God,

2 Corinthians 13

Your Love encourages, sustains, endures, renews, rejoices - the authority the Lord gives is for building up, not for tearing down.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Name and Power of Jesus Christ!

Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace.

Because we have seen Father God when we read the Gospels of Jesus Christ and His Willingness. The God of Love and peace will be with us.

God's people pray together.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

We always lift up the ones we love and see each day what God is doing. Psalm 91:3 says God delivers us from snares. He works all things for good and find what Good Purpose to work towards. Look for His signs and solutions. Help bring Heaven to Earth. For the Lord God is MIGHTY. And if this is the circumstance, look for the indwelling of His Holy Spirit.

Father God, we will move within Your plans with gratitude. Rejoicing in Your Grace.

We pray Father God to remove flooding from our southern states. We are grateful for the rain and respite from the heat. Jesus Mercy. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Revelation 21 ~ the dwelling place of God is with man

Revelation 21

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 

2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place [tabernacle] of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people [peoples], and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” 

5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”


9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia [About 1,380 miles; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters]. Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits [about 18 inches or 45 centimeters] by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement. 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.


A man telling us when he was young; he loved to run everywhere. To his house, to his room, to his bed, to his parents, and as he grew he lost the joy of life we have and the astonishment in his maturity. He drew a point from the Scriptures, when Paul told us to run the race to win, he wasn't droopy, but excited, on fire, joyous about all the possibilities of God. He wanted us to live knowing the Holy Spirit within us! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! 

Eternity doesn't start when we pass on, we live Now as Spirits from the time we accept Jesus Christ as our own Savior.

Hebrews 12


1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 

12-15 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled

18-19 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking.

  28-29 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

Isaiah 40:31 

They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint!!!!

  Luke 1:37 For nothing will be impossible with God

 Abba, Father God, 

Thank You for Your Daily Blessings.

Please dwell within us each day, be our strength, our hope, our direction. 

Your beloved reaches out hands in prayer, that You will touch each day with Your hope, faith and Love.  We are giving thanks our friend, numbered with the Greatest, is back to eating and walking in a regular room, not the ICU. We ask for Healing.

This is the day that the Lord has made.  Let's be glad to ask for more Heaven on earth.

In You and in us, Jesus Christ dwell in our lives daily. In the highest name of Jesus Christ, all honor and glory to You, O LORD. Amen. 

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Matthew 1:28-37 ~ and they found Him

Matthew 1:28-37

28 And at once his fame spread everywhere
throughout
all the surrounding region of Galilee.

29 And immediately
he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

35 And rising very early in the morning, 
while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37 and they found him

Jesus went through so much in His 3 Years of Ministry.

And Jesus is recorded in John 21 as finding the disciples, when they had looked for Him in the beginning, and making the new exactly look like the beginning.


Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.


Abba,

Thank You for Your many Blessings given.

We will pray for more Heaven on this earth and know Joy to have asked in Your Plan.

Thank YOu for hearing our prayers and for our friend feeling better from Cancer.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Psalm 118 ~ His Steadfast Love Endures Forever!!!

2 Corinthians 4:16

Our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Psalm 118

1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 Let Israel say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
3 Let the house of Aaron say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
4 Let those who fear the Lord say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”

5 Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
the Lord answered me and set me free.
6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
7 The Lord is on my side as my helper;
I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in man.
9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in princes.

10 All nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 They surrounded me like bees;
they went out like a fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
13 I was pushed hard,a so that I was falling,
but the Lord helped me.

14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
15 Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,
16 the right hand of the Lord exalts,
the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”

17 I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of the Lord.
18 The Lord has disciplined me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.

19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
21 I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.

23 This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Save us, we pray, O Lord!
O Lord, we pray, give us success!

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
27 The Lord is God,
and he has made his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
up to the horns of the altar!

28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.
29 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever! 

John 8:12

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

In the 1970's - Billy Graham was having a good day in Dallas. Graham showed the crowd in the State Fair of Texas Colosseum the Light of Christ is always visible. He had the lights turned off and held up one mere candle and asked to the darkened Colosseum if the one candle could be seen. Lives changed all over to be strengthened in Jesus' Love.


The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.


Today. This is the day the Lord has made.

Jesus said
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Today. This is the Lord's doing.

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the LORD

Today. The Lord is God and he has made his light to shine upon us.

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.




Today. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Mark 10:27
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."



Today. You are my God, and I will give thanks to You!

Luke 1:37
For no word from God will ever fail.




Today. Jesus is the Cornerstone.

1 Samuel 14:6
Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.


Today. The Lord answered me and set me free.

Jeremiah 32:17
"Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you."

Today I was delighted to watch Gross Pointe Blank - the movie. Explaining where moral flexibility has bizarre and good comedy results. I love the Bridges God puts in life. This was in yesterday's Post. Today the terra cotta pot on my back patio - I have been shopping to replace since March gave way in a storm. Home Depot had the exact pot I wanted in March for 1/3 of the cost. Waiting prayerfully is A JOY!!! Gracious people helped me get this into my car. It is the right size too. I've wanted a reason to get this Roman clay post for about 16 years.

Delighted to Pick the Post in advance and find the old and new photos are identical and give Heart, warmth, Love and Joy to the bringing forth of the Post! God is with us in all aspects of our lives! God makes bridges to show He is working and with His Steadfast Love.

Blessed to have Family from Japan and Central Texas. A Family week is planned!!!

My son cut down a small dead tree. Our puppy Standard Poodles are always smiling and we are surviving finding puppy teeth from the floor to the bottom of our feet.

We have a new huge employer in our area and to see the young families blessed by opportunity and little bitty children - is a Blessing.

God tells us when we have lost something - like patience, Joy, fortitude - we have the chance to sweep our soul, our home soul, until this is found again. I always picture the search with a Shepherd's Lantern.

Each day gives us the opportunity to reach for truth in our beings. To sweep out the casual remark. To Rise Up in God's Plan. And with the room for a new place of Faith and Love - we find our Joy and Love returns. God did tell us the work of life is Believe God and lean on Him.

So blessed to hear of our friend numbered in the Greatest to be eating and drinking, breathing and blood pressure is good. God is strengthening a strong man of faith and his wife. Our prayers for his family, too.







Zechariah 8

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west; 8 and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.'"


Father God,

We give thanks to God always for Jesus.

We give thanks for the people in our prayers. Our friend who numbers among the Greatest of God's Children. Who is out of the ICU and eating again.

We will remember before You, God our Father, the living parables in our lives of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

We are thankful for the Beloved of God, chosen because the Gospel came to them not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. 

The Lord God, our Father knows us as we receive the Word of God and return good instead of the hand of woe.

Now may the God of peace, Himself sanctify us completely in Lord Jesus Christ. 

He who calls us is faithful; He will surely do it.

Thank You, Father God  for Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness, Joy, Love and Answered Prayer.

Jesus gave us the Joy to pray for "More Heaven on earth and Your Good Will be done."

We know You will bring this to us, our loved ones and the Children You have given. To our Nation trusting in You and the world looking for the Brightness of Jesus to Shine.

Amen.

I've had this Gif photo for about a year and a half. This has always reminded me of our tall friend who numbers with the Greatest of God.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Matthew 1 ~ Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

Matthew 1

1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.



18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 

20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”

(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

And this is the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew's Truth.

Yesterday we talked of generations going forward - this impacted Matthew too. Friends came alongside  Matthew for hundreds of years to say this Gospel is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Matthew's personality begins with verse - One. Luke is a Physician and he begins with Mary's Genealogy - someone a Physician could touch, talk, visit and know. The Talmud of the Sanhedrin Council, now located in Scotland, explains the genealogy of Luke 3.

Matthew announces right off the word - start - Matthew is interested in Faith as fitting into customary history with his own reservations. Fitting for someone with the moral flexibility to accept being a tax collector - making the funds without the backing of propriety.

And Matthew is recorded directly into history by employers and then friends. In the Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) "Mattai" is one of five disciples of "Jeshu." How is this Sanhedrin the employer of Matthew? No one sits in the Temple official seats without Herod's Approval Stamp. The Essenes have left the Temple of Luke 2's warmth stating Herod has taken the Holy Spirit from the Temple in his quest for Roman Privilege. The Royal Stoa is on the Temple Mount and is of utterly Roman Architecture and houses "the Money People." The truth is the Money People in the Temple and collecting the taxes had the stamp of Herod's Approval.

Matthew does not have overt praise for being a tax collector. And when History records the downfall of Judah in 70 A.D, the gold and silver is going to run into the millions and millions and millions. Herod has a choke hold on the throats of the people. Herod is this - a puppet of Rome and Prize Cash Cow. Ching taxes, Ching Roman improvements, Ching Temple. Ching Governor Pontius Pilate kills Jews and Passover and taxes roll in better for Herod. Ching more castles for Herod. Ching more personal glory. The people are suffering and Matthew is going to be - disliked. The Roman Coliseum is going to be built and stand today from the Cash Cow of Herod's Fox Enterprise. Herod - really did - like to build things for the Emperor and look how - that - ended up for him.


Verse One. Matthew is not about to include Genesis and the Creation. This is a man who dots the i's and t's of taxes. It doesn't make 'cents'. Matthew well understands about fathers, culture and tradition.

The math makes sense to Matthew, the timing agrees this is time for an Act of God.

Before we decide Matthew is good with cheating little widows for Herod, we have to see Matthew believes God should be arriving about Now. And as fathers care for sons, God should be arriving - probably because the industry is not supposed to be "industry". Matthew has had a front row seat into the corruption of the entire 'industry'.

Maybe - maybe - maybe this is an entirely different Judea than Matthew grew up expecting. And we know Matthew is literate from his very employment. Matthew has gone looking for prophetic knowledge of "God, I really believe You need to see what I'm seeing." This is prayer. Matthew quotes from Isaiah 7. Perfect. Isaiah 7 even announces the arrival of "clean shaven men." Matthew probably has noticed this is indeed a Problem. In fact, Isaiah 7 says if they can't be defeated - there is a message exactly in that. The New Testament includes this a lot. If these are your circumstances - then God's hand is here. Solomon was counted as wise for knowing this.



Now ask yourself, what is God's Son going to do with this thinking and disliked thug who has found, probably, disgust in the undefeated corruption. Just what every Ministry needs - the mathematical thug. Possibly with a nod at solving problems by looking in Scripture? The kind that 2 millenniums would record ... Throwing a Party for Jesus!!!

Look at Matthew thawing as the Chapter continues...

Matthew is putting away the Song from Fiddler on the Roof "TRADITION." He says this couple is going to have a baby. And in this very unhappy event - incorrect morality while in Judaism - there is a Just man. Who Considers. And is looking for the Way, Truth and Life God would call him to live. This man doesn't enjoy shame and he does not like to see shame brought to others.

Jesus has seen, probably, Joseph in Matthew. And Matthew is going to Jump up at the opportunity to go with Jesus, the Messiah. Jesus has rocked Capernaum by healing everyone. The lame walk. The blind see The deaf hear. And Matthew understands who Jesus is and the timing of God.



Capernaum avoided disastrous wars until about 1400 A.D. which is coincidentally when the world would see the level of Trade and Prosperity of the Roman Empire again. Peter's House was still used as a House Church. Next to the Synagogue. The house has plaster walls that match Peter's Tomb in the Vatican. Discovered when the World itself faced disastrous war.

God puts His hand in interesting places. All the time.

Matthew's Gospel would see this continue to live. John was forced to Patmos Island by Emperor Domitian. The world was so interested in Jesus that on this exile island of Greece - John had disciples.

One of the most interesting is Papias of Hierapolis (c. 100–140 A.D.). Papias meets John on Patmos and sails off to Israel to meet the people who were healed by Jesus. And a lot of Matthew's confirmation and love for Matthew's Gospel is from Papias adoring Matthew's Gospel. This is the Second Century A.D. Papias' travels lead him to be called Bishop. One of the First. And his histories record pages of people who confirm Jesus is God indeed. A lot is missing but the people who loved what Papias, learned to quote him constantly. This is called getting by with a little help from your friends.



3rd Century. Jerome. Jerome was the same man conversion story as St. Augustine. No one readily quotes Jerome any more but he loved Matthew's Gospel and thanks to Jerome adoring Antioch. Ahhhh Antioch, we have an intact 3rd Century Bible of Matthew's Gospel. Today.

Jerome was having a happy life and started to die. In dying, his visions told him about Jesus. He woke up. Became a Humble Priest but Jerome loved language and he was soon working for The Pope. Jerome and Matthew would have been companions and boon friends. Jerome loved the company of a woman and found Jesus had as well. Jerome threw parties. Jerome schmoozed. Jerome was tapped by the Pope to be the one who collected every manuscript of the New Testament and put this in Latin. He did. We have the Bible thanks to 'Joy of Life Jerome". And like Matthew - rode off into the sunset.

No one knows exactly what happened to Matthew. Yet all agree Matthew loves Jesus Christ. Jerome retired to Ahhh Antioch and had a wonderful life for having done his All for the Lord Jesus Christ. I would bet you dollars to donuts, Matthew felt the same way about his Life. Matthew fell into company with God's Son. Jerome fell into the priesthood by death bed vision. And then Pope Employment and then establishing all of the New Testament into Latin. You bet Jerome liked Matthew. Both of these Just men considered life and found Jesus Christ. Life.

Jacob would become Israel and Israel found this:

Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

God sorts us - up.

Revelation 5:12
with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”


Abba,

Blessed be Your Son, Jesus. Blessed is His Name.

You have delivered us and Saved us. Redeemed us and LOVED us. Thank You.

We pray for our friend, numbered among the Greatest, to be healed completely of cancer. And rest in Your Love for him.

We give You all our cares and are made stronger and more joyous.

We give You all our Loved Ones for their Love and Care and are made to rest with great happiness in Your Love for us.

We give to You this Nation to be Lifted Up to Faith and Love and Joy and Peace.

We give You the whole world to save and know Your Mercy and Love and have Comfort.

Rejoicing Jesus told us to ask You for more Heaven on earth

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Psalm 102:12-28 ~ throughout all generations

Genesis 1:2-3

And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Psalm 102:12-28

You, O Lord, are enthroned forever;

you are remembered throughout all generations.

13 You will arise and have pity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

the appointed time has come.

14 For your servants hold her stones dear

and have pity on her dust.

15 Nations will fear the name of the Lord,

and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16 For the Lord builds up Zion;

he appears in his glory;

17 he regards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come,

so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

19 that he looked down from his holy height;

from heaven, the Lord looked at the earth,

20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,

to set free those who were doomed to die,

21 that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

22 when peoples gather together,

and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he has shortened my days.

24 “O my God,” I say, “take me not away

in the midst of my days—

you whose years endure

throughout all generations!”

25 Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands

26 They will perish, but you will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away

27 You are the same, and your years have no end.

28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure

their offspring shall be established before you.

What was Jesus doing when...

Revelation 3:5 

The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

... He was learning about Mary, Joseph, James, Jude, Joses, Simon and His Sisters?

Psalm 139

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,

and the light about me be night,”

12 even the darkness is not dark to you;

the night is bright as the day,

for darkness is as light with you.

13 For you formed my inward parts;

you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.

Proverbs 8 

 Answers Deep calling to Deep

Jesus and Father God looked into mankind and - "Delighted!"

Just as God knew the Plan for Jesus to have Birth, Joy and Giving us Life ...

Just as God knew you all of His Days - All of His Days ...

We can have this hope of the generation coming forth in His Plan, in His Love, in His Mercy, in His Grace with Jesus. And Jesus calls Life, "Joy"!

Abba,

We ask Your abundant, willing Blessings. And Thank You - every day.

Jesus has healed the blind and the deaf - open our heart, mind and soul to our Blessings. You have said, "All Things work together for good, for those who Love the Lord and work according to His Purpose." We will believe. We will lean upon You.

Let us see with faith and with ears that hear and eyes that see, what Jesus has said for us to Lean towards, "More Heaven on earth and Thy Good Will be Done."

Let us have this assurance for ourselves and for our children and the generation to arrive in Your Glory. Let Your Wondrous Works shower us to the Nation itself. And all the Nations in the Brightness of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

And this is the faith, You have said is our work to believe and is the message of Love, Joy, and Peace renewing in Your mercies daily.

We pray for our friend, numbered among the Greatest, to live to have joy over his children and grandchildren with his beloved wife. And Thank You for improvements.

Jesus Christ our Righteousness and Redemption. Amen.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground

 I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, 

and my blessing on your descendants.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †