God Conversation

God Loves you and wants to bless you!

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. - Psalm 35:27

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God made Christ to [judicially] be sin on our behalf. He became sin for us. He got the guilt.

2 Corinthians 5:21 AMP - "He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness]."

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Barabbas is famous for his infamy. He suddenly appeared on the stage of world history at his most ignoble moment. all we know about Barabbas is that he was a “notorious” criminal (Matthew 27:16). Pontius Pilate, in his political chess game with the Jewish leaders over whether to free or execute Jesus, gave the crowd a choice between freeing Barabbas or Jesus. in Barabbas we are to see ourselves…

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John 3:17; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Isaiah 1:18; 1 John 1:9; Psalm 103:12; Romans 8:1; 2 Corinthians 5:17

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An Angel touched Isahia's lips with a coal from the altar and said “BEHOLD, THIS HAS TOUCHED YOUR LIPS; YOUR GUILT IS TAKEN AWAY, AND YOUR SIN ATONED FOR.”

•Can the devil condemn us? No.

•Can our friends condemn us? No.

•Can our enemies condemn us? No.

•Can the demons condemn us? No.

•Will God condemn us? No, he won’t.

•Will Jesus condemn us? No, he won’t. He died and rose again for us.

•Can we condemn ourselves? We can try, but we can’t even condemn ourselves, because through justification you have a standing that is eternally secure in the eyes of Almighty God.

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A “guilt trip” is when someone tries to make you do whatever they want you to. so they start making you feel bad about something.. so then you'll give in and do whatever they want. God doesn’t want to condemn you!

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." - Romans 8:1

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The Condition: If you fully obey all of these commandments of the Lord your God

"If you fully obey all of these commandments of the Lord your God, the laws I am declaring to you today, God will transform you into the greatest nation in the world." Deuteronomy 28:1 - The Living Bible

"And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God" - Deuteronomy 28:2

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The Beatitudes are eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. In the Latin Vulgate, each of these blessings begins with the word beati, which translates to "happy", "rich", or "blessed" (plural adjective).

"1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying... BLESSED ARE..." Matthew 5

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Jesus Learned to be Obedient "Although He was a Son, He learned obedience" Hebrews 5:8

God the Father and His Son, Jesus, have the original parent/child relationship. We can learn all we need to know about our relationship to God and a child’s relationship to his parents through observing this heavenly relationship.

Jesus “learned obedience” and was “made perfect.” He had no sin, but His will had to be tested in Gethsemane. The goal of the parent/child relationship is dual: to empower and to prove the obedience of the will (Mark 14:36).

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Isaac, aged and preparing for the end of his life, sends his eldest son, Esau, out to the field to hunt game. When he returns, Esau is to prepare a meal for Isaac with his catch, after which Isaac will bestow upon Esau his blessing. From the perspective of human justice, this story is deeply unsettling.Do not let anyone steal your blessing!

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