Today I want to look into what the world and those of the religious sect call blessings by how blessings are received. And as usual I will allow the word by the Holy Spirit to speak for itself. But by way of reminder we are in Ephesians 1:3-14 and what it has to say about those things of GOD's workings within us, to be GODs working within and through us as we have matured to having the mind of Christ. The LORD willing my next topic deals with a victorious life of faith or maybe justifications faith.
Faiths Blessings According to,
Matthew 8:13 of 5-13 "After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to Him, appealing to Him, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly." To this Jesus said to him, 'I will come and heal him.' But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who followed Him, 'Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' To the centurion Jesus said, 'Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.' And the servant was healed at that very moment."
Matthew 9:29-30 of 27-31 "As Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." When He entered the house, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus said to them, 'Do you believe that I am able to do this?' They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He touching their eyes, saying, 'According to your faith be it done to you.' And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, 'See that no one knows about it.' But they went away and spread His fame through all that district."
Mat 17:20 of 19-21; 21:21 "Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, 'Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you. But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.'"
Matthew 21:21 of 18-19, 20-22 "In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He became hungry. Finding a fig tree by the wayside, He went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And He said to it, 'May no fruit ever come from you again!' And the fig tree withered at once.
When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" To this Jesus answered them, 'Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.'"
Mark 9:23 of 14-29 "And when they (Peter James and John/Jacob with the Lord) came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw Him, were greatly amazed and ran up to Him and greeted Him. And He asked them, 'What are you arguing about with them?' And someone from the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought my son to You, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." To this He answered them, 'O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to Me.' And they brought the boy to Him. And when the spirit saw Him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. Jesus asked his father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." Jesus said to him, 'If you can! All things are possible for one who believes.' Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, 'You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.' And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when He had entered the house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And He said to them, 'This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.'"
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