Daily Bible Study – Immanuel experience…

LEARN and PRACTICE the WORD of GOD

THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD = God knows everything. He is perfect in knowledge. His understanding is infinite.

Daily Bible Study – Immanuel experience…

LEARN and PRACTICE the WORD of GOD

The personality of God

God is a living God – He hears, sees, knows, feels, wills, acts, and has a personality.

God Promises special reward to the people who does spiritual service and suffering.

(Continuation from yesterday)

11.172.3 Bearing insults and being excluded for the name of Christ
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. (Luke 6:22-23)
It seems to be backwards for us to be told to “rejoice” and “leap for joy” when we are hated for being Christians. But that is exactly what Jesus says. He knows that persecution in his name brings promised blessing and rewards and glorifies the Father. The gospel of Jesus Christ is so great that, even when we are ridiculed on earth for it, we receive treasure in heaven.
What is your first reaction to persecution? If it is anything other than rejoicing, you have an incomplete view of who Christ is. Christ died for our sins to reconcile us to God and buy us eternal life, something that nobody and nothing can take away (Romans 8:38-39)

11.172.4 Love for your enemies
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. (Luke 6:35)
Just as Christians receive blessing from God for being insulted for the name of Christ, they receive blessing and rewards for loving the very ones who insult them. When we love our enemies, we emulate the kind of mercy and grace that our Savior showed to those who were crucifying him when he said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).
Christ showed the grace of the Father by loving his enemies and gives us the opportunity to show his grace and gain eternal rewards by doing so.
11.172.5 Generous giving
Giving is a gift. …Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. (Luke 6:38)
Every coin you have, every material item you own, every skill you have is a gift from Almighty God. Knowing that all we have is a gift from God (James 1:17), Let is seek to generously give to others, especially when we consider that this is an activity God promises to reward?

Prayer: Abba Father, Help me to accept and acknowledge that Satan is my true enemy and not those around me. When I am wronged unjustly, help me to relinquish my right to hold another person responsible for the wrong they have caused me. Lord, may I remember the truth of your word in Psalms 135:14 that says you will vindicate me. Even though I am tempted to repay evil for evil, please help me to choose to fight my battles on my knees: believing that my struggle is not with another human being but with the devil and my own flesh. Forgive my enemies Lord and all those who have tried to hurt or harmed me…Look down in pity on all those who I term ‘enemies’ and give me the grace to show them the love of Christ in my actions and attitudes towards them. Keep my thoughts from becoming resentful or seeking revenge but rather release in my heart the peace that only comes from casting all my cares on You – including my enemies. I pray by the name of Jesus. Amen