Gods Sign Post - EP 525 - ONE BODY MANY PARTS - 12/17/2024

A daily bible study to draw us closer in our relationship with GOD through our Savior Jesus Christ in prayer and reading the word of GOD.
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365 Devotions on the Power of Prayer:
PSALM 23:1-4 NKJV
1) The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2) He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me besides the still waters.
3) He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His names’s Sake.
4) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
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PSALM 23:1-4 NIV
1) The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2) He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
3) He refreshes my soul, He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
4) Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Gods Sign Post EP #525
Life Lessons from ROMANS Lesson #9 - ONE BODY MANY PARTS
ROMANS 12:1-3
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Further Reading:
To Complete Romans during this twelve-part study, read Romans 12:1-21.
For more Bible passages on identifying your spiritual gifts and learning how to use them for the encouragement of other Christians, read 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; 14:1-40; and Ephesians 4:1-16.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #10: CONSUMING FIRE, JEALOUS GOD
Key Scripture’s : Exodus 34:14 and Deuteronomy 4:23-24

Understanding the Name:
God sometimes manifested himself through images of fire – as a blazing torch, in the burning bush, or as a pillar of fire. When Moses met with God on Mount Sinai, the Israelites thought the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.

Most often, when Scripture pictures God as a consuming fire Esh Oklah; AISH o-KLAH, it is in connection with expressions of divine anger against the sins of human beings and nations. Even so his jealousy is not the “green-eyed monster” so often associated with human jealousy. As biblical scholar Edward Mac pointed out: “This word…did not bear the evil meaning now associated with it in our usage, but rather signified ‘righteous zeal,’ Jehovah’s zeal for His own name or glory.”

Even so, Scripture compares God’s Jealousy to what a husband feels when his wife has been unfaithful. No wonder the first of the Ten Commandments prohibits the worship of other gods. The Lord is a jealous God (EL Kanna; EL kan-NAH), who cannot endure unfaith-fulness. Jesus expressed this same kind of exclusiveness when he told his disciples: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him” (John 14:6-7 NIV)