The LORD God has one throne in heaven, which is the seat of one God (Being), yet three distinct persons: the Father, the Son (Lamb), and the Holy Spirit.
Psalms 11:4 KJV The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Revelation 22:1 KJV And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Politics should never prevent prayer.
1 Timothy 2:1 KJV I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 Timothy 2:2 KJV For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
1 Timothy 2:3 KJV For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1 Timothy 2:4 KJV Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Of course, not every man is saved, but men of every type have been saved through Jesus Christ: Jew, Gentile, White, Black, Yellow, rich, poor, and more.
1 Timothy 2:4 KJV Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
It isn’t the Catholic priest or the Baptist preacher, though both act like it at times.
1 Timothy 2:5 KJV For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
The salvation of Christ is available to all people, regardless of biological or genealogical details. This availability should not be confused with reception, as many have refused.
1 Timothy 2:6 KJV Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
If apostolic succession were true, the other apostles could have easily ordained Paul as an apostle. However, Paul was directly ordained by Jesus Christ. Catholicism practices apostolic succession, while Baptists emphasize preacher succession. In reality, God alone ordains our calling.
1 Timothy 2:7 KJV Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
I am unsure why many Christian factions shy away from lifting hands during prayer when this practice is recorded throughout the Bible. Personally, I am an introvert who does not like to draw attention to myself. However, in private prayer, I have incorporated it along with the opening prayers of my messages, private or not.
1 Timothy 2:8 KJV I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
In the previous verse, the context is "everywhere"; therefore, I am not sure how yoga pants fit in the context of everywhere, but perhaps there is a modest context for their wearing.
1 Timothy 2:9 KJV In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1 Timothy 2:10 KJV But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
When women are out of order, yoga pants are the least of your worries.
1 Timothy 2:11 KJV Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
1 Timothy 2:12 KJV But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Women bear the responsibility for their own sins.
1 Timothy 2:13 KJV For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
1 Timothy 2:14 KJV And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
1 Timothy 2:15 KJV Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Circumcision marked the physical descendants of Abraham, and the circumcision of Christ (heart) marks His spiritual descendants of faith in Christ. The former is no longer necessary and is never sinful in itself. The latter is necessary for salvation.
Joshua 5:2 KJV At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
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This man was God, none other than the Jesus Christ the Son of God; otherwise, Joshua would not have worshipped him. Other gods, angels, and mere men were never to be worshipped by the Israelites.
Joshua 5:13 KJV And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Joshua 5:14 KJV And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Joshua 5:15 KJV And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
This time speaks of the latter days; therefore, these families include the Gentiles who are part of the people and Israel of God.
Jeremiah 31:1 KJV At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
These families are part of the New Covenant.
Jeremiah 31:31 KJV Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jeremiah 31:33 KJV But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jeremiah 31:34 KJV And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
If you understand the love of God through Jesus Christ, you understand His love that never fails.
Jeremiah 31:3 KJV The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Why would God save only a part of Israel (the Remnant) and not all of it? Why would He call only a portion of Israel His people? The answer is obvious: faith.
Jeremiah 31:7 KJV For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
If you understand the difference between Jacob and Esau, you will understand many things.
Jeremiah 31:11 KJV For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
The seed of Israel is the seed of Christ.
Jeremiah 31:36 KJV If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Jeremiah 31:37 KJV Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Father, we pray for all who are in authority. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
