The Laborers In God’s Harvest Are Few
What a person needs is boldness and God’s strength to carry them, who desires to go out in God’s harvest.
While Jesus was on earth, he rode on an ass into Jerusalem, as it was prophesied of. All people will one day bow down to and worship the Lord God, if not in this life, but in judgement.
No person on this earth has ever been saved, but through the blood of Jesus. Only because of what He did for us on the cross, does it make it possible to be redeemed and have our sins forgiven.
In knowing that Jesus is the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and all the prophets of the Old Testament, this puts Him as more than just a man but God.
Time went by while Israel and his family took residence in the land of Egypt, “and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.” (Genesis 47:27)
And so it was that Jacob did as the Lord commanded him. He made ready his family, after offering a sacrifice unto God, to meet Joseph and go with him into Egypt.
What I just went over is not just something that happened long ago, but also what happens in our day in age as well.
It is clear that our faith without doing God’s works in our lives is not faith at all. When our desires matter more than others, then God does not really matter in our life also.
It must have been very hard for Joseph to keep the hard feelings he had towards his brothers, all that time he was in Egypt.
The story that you just learned about is just the first part of the downfall of Judah and his family.
There is a reason why it is important that we are good examples to our children, lest they also do things that are not lawful in the sight of God.
God does not take lightly the fact that people have idols in their life. For this reason He Himself has given us a command to not have any other gods before Him.
These two issues that I mentioned above, my health and my job issues, weighed on my mind and my wives over the last many weeks.
Please know that the moment that Joseph insisted that his brothers bring his younger brother down to Egypt, before they could buy any food, is when His walls were still up in full force against them.
After getting such an amazing description of the New Jerusalem, which is on the new Earth, it is easy to blown away by all of this.
As we’ve read in the verses in Exodus, chapter 20, we are not to worship anything but God, which excludes Mary, the saints and angels.
As John mentioned above, the bride of Christ will come down from the new heaven and upon the new earth.
In John’s vision, he also saw people be given thrones in heaven and even the ability to judge. He also saw the people that were beheaded, because of their faith in Christ.