What might the Lord Jesus be referring to in His Promises?
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I think you’re the one who should provide proof and evidence if you really know God
Who is God the Father?
Can you identify him?
According to God the Father, everybody shall know him.
JEREMIAH 31:34
34 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 can't identify who God the Father is.
Then your belief is GOD IS A MYSTERY which is a contrary in what God the Father said in Jeremiah 31:34.
Fallacy: burden of proof reversal. You made the accusation; you provide the evidence.
He encourages us to ask for wisdom, truth, and specifically the Spirit of Prophecy. He promises to overwhelm us with these.
He said that if we seek him, we will find him, if it's him and not doctrinal validation that we honestly seek.
Knocking on his door is accepting his invitation to commune together. It means you've found him. Requesting an audience with the King, (think of Esther) can be intimidating, but is where we find that "relationship" that we tell the world we already have with him ..
"He who has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says "
"His will" seems to be the biggest mystery of Scripture, and yet it is so crucial to abandoning our own will.
Another overlooked statement here, "if we know that He hears us..." The idea that God leaves prayers unanswered stems from people thinking he hears all prayers from anyone...
People are confused by what it means to "know God;" but, to me, there is no greater gift or blessing than to actually know that He knows Me.
I'm not depending on my own understanding with regards to the meaning of Parables. So no need to ask me to tell you.
And I'm depending in God's revelation about the meaning of the word Parables.
Let me know first if you believe in God's revelation about the meaning of the word Parable.
But to God, the meaning of Parable is a dark saying.
PSALMS 78:2
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
If you believe in Psalms 78:2 then we both ask God's revelation about the meaning of this parable words within this story.
“Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same is become the head of the corner: This is the Lord's doing, And it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.”
….. you don’t recognize it at all huh ?
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.,,,,,
You honestly don’t know what Jesus is talking about ?
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
Still nothing ?
Still no ideer ?
last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. “
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.”
Matthew 23:37-38 KJV
Not a clue ?
“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:”
Acts 2:22-23 KJV
Not ringin a bell ?
last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. ……
When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons…..
“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.”
Matthew 21:43 KJV
He has convinced himself that all of Scripture is parables which mere humans are incapable of understanding.
“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; And a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: But fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
Proverbs 1:5-7 KJV
How can you prove that this story is still relevant in our time and it must be according to Lord Jesus?
MATTHEW 24:35
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
I'm not convincing myself that All Scripture is Parable.
I only believe in what the Lord Jesus said.
MARK 4:34
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
What God wants is the complete surrender of a person.
MATTHEW 16:24
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
You can only deny yourself is to accept what Jesus said in Mark 4:34. The total dependence to Jesus.
If you believe that Jesus is only speaking in Parables SOMETIMES. That is denying yourself sometimes only.
In the eyes of the Lord Jesus you are a lukewarm.
Do you know what Jesus does to the lukewarm? He spits them out
REVELATION 3:15-16
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth
As long as you are afraid to admit before God that you do not know Him, you will remain ignorant in the eyes of God
For a person who does not know God will not receive wisdom from God.
Take note of what the two thieves beside Jesus, who were nailed to the cross, asked for.
At first, both thieves mocked Jesus.
MATTHEW 27:44
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
This is the request of the thief in Jesus left side.
LUKE 23:39
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
This is the request of the thief in Jesus right side.
LUKE 23:42
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
To whom was the promise ‘ask and you shall receive’ fulfilled?
You are a stubborn fool who refuses to support your accusations with any relevant evidence and who refuses to learn important principles of biblical interpretation. You are immune to instruction and to wisdom.
Are you applauding his repeated baseless slander? Or just pretending it didn’t happen?
Right also his apostles testimony about his word of the gospel
“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord ( Jesus ) endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”
1 Peter 1:22-25 KJV
of course he is referencing the prophets
“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, ( John ) Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ( Jesus ) Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”( Jesus )
Isaiah 40:3-8