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Comment on Reading Fish by hoathgece

hoathgece — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:19:35 +0000

Heh. Nice. I like to emphasize my appealing president Wanna joke?) What kind of coffee was served on the Titanic? Sanka.

Comment on Matthew 11.28-30, ESV by zrexwhpv kqxvrme

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Comment on Reading Fish by Socke

Socke — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:39:24 +0000

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Comment on Proverbs by Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:36:54 +0000

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Comment on Strength by Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:29:15 +0000

This is speaking to me again, months later. I think I need more “quiet”. More of His words. Less of mine. More confidence. Less doubting. More doing. Less reasoning. More rest. Less churning. More sensitivity. Less evaluation.

“Quietness and trust”
“Quietness and confidence” another version said.

Not confidence in self, therefore, but confidence in God.

In trusting him quietly, I am strong.

In a lot of words and fear…I am weak.

Comment on Matthew 11.28-30, ESV by Luis

Luis — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:43:55 +0000

I just reread my post and would like to clarify binding and loosing was a rabbi’s way of saying allowing and prohibiting so this is the authority given to the disciples, and by proxy us as apostles of this great rabbi! Because a disciple was to pick up his rabbi’s yoke they were expected to do what their rabbi could do. So much so that Christ says if our faith is as small as a mustard seed a mountain will jump in the ocean. When Simon Peter asks Yeshua if he can come to him on the water it’s his assumptions based on his understanding of what it means to carry a rabbi’s yoke and do what he can do. Jesus doesn’t condemn him at this point indeed he CALLS him! When Peter takes his eyes off his Rabbi, he looks at himself and this is where he and many of us fail, he doubts himself. Jesus rightfully says Ye of little faith, because Christ chose Peter! He sees something in Peter he doesn’t see himself, he LOVES Peter, and He loves you, so I love you=) oh and for more info on these and many other thoughts of the first century I suggest you read Meet the Rabbis by Brad Young, Yeshua by Ron Mosely, and Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell

Comment on Matthew 11.28-30, ESV by Luis

Luis — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:30:45 +0000

Peace be to you all! Found this discussion board and thought I’d leave a little of what I’ve learned about the yoke of a rabbi. I’ve been reading lots of books about rabbis of the first century to try and get a clearer picture of our messiah Yeshua and his words via their historical context. A rabbi’s yolk was indeed his way of teaching and varied from rabbi to rabbi. Many of Christ’s teachings are better understood in this context. In the synagogues there was only one copy of the Scripture so everyone read from the same copy, however many people were able to speak, in fact all rabbis could share their learning. Unlike in western culture were there’s one teacher they had many from different orders no less. In the New Testament we read of the Saducees, Sages, and Pharisees but there were AT LEAST twenty others, so they’d come to town and offer THEIR insights to Scripture in an informal debate by saying: “You’ve heard it said that” (insert other rabbi’s teaching here) “but I tell you” (insert your own teaching here). All men were to have learned the Torah (Pentuach) by age 10! After that they would PURSUE a rabbi by APPEALING to his yoke, if they couldn’t get accepted they went home and learned there father’s trade ;And this is part of the radical ministry of Yeshua (Jesus for us in the west btw =) he calls his disciples to HIM! And appeals his yoke to THEM, men who were found WANTING by other rabbis, he finds value in to complete the scripture that says he will use the foolish things of this world to confound the wise! He later gives Peter the ‘keys’ to His Church, saying that whatever is ‘loosed’ or ‘bound’ on Earth would also be done in Heaven. I’m coming to a close I promise =) So it was said that the disciples of a rabbi would carry his yoke, so Jesus is saying in essence ‘you can do what I can do’ and we see this in Acts multiple times, the choosing of the new 12th as an apostle, that gentiles could be added to the promise, that we don’t have to be circumsized, etc. and they did so with AUTHORITY! SO in closing as DISCIPLES of Christ we have authority to bind and loose things on Earth in an appeal to our Great Intermediator so that they can be so in Heaven where “two or three gather in” His “Name”! Let us make sure that this being the case we do so in accordance with Scripture, in The Spirit, and most importantly in love.

God be praised and Amen!
With love (read agape) and Shalom (peace)
Your brother in our Adonai (Lord) Yeshua
Luis

Comment on 90 Day Bible Reading Marathon by Christian Biographies

Christian Biographies — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:28:05 +0000

We did this as a church in the summer. At the conclusion, we had a special service to share what God had taught us. There was not one person who participated that finished unchanged. I need to do it again!

Comment on Matthew 11.28-30, ESV by Tom

Tom — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:38:09 +0000

By taking on his yolk, by accepting God as our Lord and Master, By accepting life as it is and not forcing our ego and will based mind upon it, we can make our soul peaceful and ourt burden easy. When we look at an ox with his yolk on it,it appears heavy , a tremndous burden.
However the spirit of the oxen is gentle and kind
and therefor his burden is made light.
Life is about perception. If our perception is one that accepts what is while gently and lovingly doing our part..no matter the outward appearnce of things, our souls will be at peace and our burden will be light! What more could we ask for?
To me this is saying we need to completely turn over our lives to God and his will not ours, and in this surrender and acceptance of the appearnaces of life no matter what we will find great peace and a light load!

Comment on 90 Day Bible Reading Marathon by monteal purcella

monteal purcella — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:38:55 +0000

I started the 90 day bible reading yesterday
I regret any time I do not faithfully read my bible
I waste to much time watching movies that often violate what I believe for the pleasure of being entertained. May Jesus continue to convict me for my flesh
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I’ve got a friend at church and my two oldest sons reading as well and my two youngest followed our lead and read a couple chapters too! Im excited about what God is going to do with all this bible reading !

my freind (josleen ) at church suggested I take notes about what God speaks to me from the word and I thought It was a great Idea so we are both doing that as well . I started in Matthew and she in genisis and my oldest son in genises and younger son in Matthew.

there are many things God has dealt with me on since starting to read

like the phrase the blind leadeth the blind I dident realize it was in the bible it is Matthew 15 around verse 15 in the phillips translation it made the remark about the pharisees being blind leading others blindly and them ending up in a pit

and in 16 : 25 or so phillips
It phrases that very familiar scripture like this if any man desire to follow me he must give up any rights to himself
Wow ! I love that its so all out for Jesus!

and in 19 : around 19 vs phillips
it says about divorce that moses allowed it because they knew so little about the meaning of love!

like I said I really had a great time in my bible today and yesterday

sorry Ive gone on and on

any of you reading let me hear what God has done

his word is alive
I thank him for it
and for the challenge this site has given me
read on as I willl and lets see what God will do with us

monteal