From Pastor Mikes sermon 3/2
' The Word of God keeps us from being easily OFFENDED.
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people get offended quite easily. if you are in Gods word you are not easily offended. thank you for that word Lord. so many people are easily offended by me.
Psalm 119:165
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Psalm 119:165 (KJV)
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Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.,
So the opposite of this would be that those that are believers, but are not moving the law, or spending time in the word shall be offended.
This reminds me of a few parents from church, that I have easily offended. Both times it has been with the truth. Of course I could have used my words more wisely. Lord, show me how to live, give me your words and your wisdom. What should my response be when I so easily offend someone?
(Continue speaking the truth). John 6:53-71 NIV
Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, "Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them." From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God." Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!" (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
(I am not God, or Jesus, and am not wanting to appear as though I think I am, however, I do know that God DID place me in the position I am in. I know this without a doubt. It is refreshing to known that it was not always easy for Jesus, he also had people think he was crazy, and a liar. His life was always in jeopardy, because of who he was. Jesus continued to speak the truth in love at all times.). Thank you Jesus for your word. Your word that comforts and brings peace. Please give me the words, and wisdom to do what you have called me to do.
John 8:39-47 NIV
"Abraham is our father," they answered.
"If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do what Abraham did. As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. You are doing the works of your own father."
"We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself." Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."
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