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Colin
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 Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: Matthew 4 |
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| Matthew wrote: | 1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. |
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Colin
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| Jesus wrote: | | Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. |
He of course is referencing their trade, referencing that which they pride themselves in. Reading it this time around, I couldn't help analogizing it to my life and daydreaming the equivalent pertaining to my various roles:- "Listen to the Spirit, and I will make you a teacher of nations, not just this bleed-off-your-gifts at a government job thing you have going here."
- "Keep the commandments, and I will design you a google, not just these couple people a day websites you run now."
- "Sanctify yourself, and I will sanctify your fatherhood. You will not just watch your children grow, but you will be the instrument in my hands to grow them."
- "Pray more intently, and I will make you a real husband, the Lord's appointed mouthpiece to those in your family."
- "Lead according to the counsel of the Lord, and I will make you a leader of millions and give you the confidence and respect of those you preside over."
- "Listen in your prayers, and I will tell you mighty and overt revelations."
What other possible analogies do other people see from this verse? What about your professions?- "Follow me, and you will fight the fires of hell."
- "Follow me, and I will make you an attorney for the only real laws."
- "Follow me, and you serve more than just food."
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