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The 12 wells and 70 Palm trees?
What interpretation to you come up with after comparing Exodus 15:27: "Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters." with the following New Testament passages?
Matthew 10:1 says that when Jesus had “called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.” He sent out the 12 and said to them, “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons…” (Matthew 10:7–8)
Luke 10:1, the Lord “appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go”. He also said to the 70, “And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’” (Luke 10:9)
Well?
Understanding Ourselves Theologically!
(a) ‘Theology is a work of faith’;
(b) ‘Theological truth is not created by faith’;
(c) ‘Truth is Christian truth only within the framework of faith’
– L B Smedes
Belief in the Gospel!?
Where did you get the sound judgment or good sense to believe the gospel?
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. “But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him. And He was saying, “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father” (John 6:63-65).
“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out (John 6:37)
Why do some NOT have the good sense to believe the gospel?
He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God" (John 8:47).
…but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. (John 10:26)
Access & Assurance!
Let us draw near to God with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb. 10:22). For through Jesus we … have access by one Spirit unto the Father (Eph. 2:18). In deed we have boldness and access with confidence trough faith in Jesus (Eph. 3:12). So let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need (Heb. 4:16).
Enjoy!
TreeChair!
In the picture below a man is standing by what looks like a chair-tree. Now, you know nothing else about the tree other than what you can infer from a visual inspection.
Multiple Choice:
- The tree probably obtained this shape through chance.
- The tree probably obtained this shape through mechanical necessity.
- The tree probably obtained this shape through a combination of chance and mechanical necessity.
- The tree probably obtained this shape as the result of the purposeful efforts of an intelligent agent.
- Other.
Select your answer and give supporting reasons.
PS. Kudos to Uncommon Descent blog for this one!
PSS. Romans 1.20ff
Enjoy, ron
Heart Broken!
“Faith lives in a broken heart. ‘He cried out with tears, Lord, I believe.’ True faith is always in a heart bruised for sin. They, therefore, whose hearts were never touched for sin, have no faith. If a physician should tell us there was a herb that would help us against all infections, but it always grows in a watery place; if we should see a herb like it in color, leaf, smell, blossom, but growing upon a rock, we should conclude that it was the wrong herb. So saving faith always grows in a heart humbled for sin, in a weeping eye and a tearful conscience.” –Thomas Watson
PS. “God loves a broken heart, not a divided heart.”
enjoy, ron
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