Sept. 30
Daily Bread
Hebrews 4:2 - "For the gospel was also preached to us as well as unto them, but the word did not benefit them that heard not being mixed together with faith in them that heard."
Everyone runs the risk of hearing the word of God but not hearing faith. There were those around Jesus who heard Him preach by the Spirit but refused to believe. Because of their traditions or the hardness of their heart the things that He spoke never rang true. Even though there was a crowd of people around Jesus, only one woman had confidence that if she touched Jesus she would be made whole (Matthew 9:20). At the very heart of faith is trust, a trust that is inspired by the expression of God’s love and care for His people. Israel saw the demonstration of God’s love but they never came to a place where they would fully trust Him.
Blessings,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
www.abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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