Coaching Football Jesus Style. Coach Pitcher goes over the special… | by Mark Jackson | Medium
https://medium.com/@coachmaj/coaching-football-jesus-style-592fee30e2ca In Matthew 6:30–34, we are instructed on proper priorities. I like the Message Bible as it expressed God’s Word in everyday language. Matthew 6:30–34 in the Message reads: 30″If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers — most of which are never even seen — don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? 31What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. 32People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. 33Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Put God first and as King James puts it all these things will be added to you. I will end this paragraph with a question; Where do your priorities lie and how will they be judged when Friday night lights have long faded?
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What does Matthew 12:31 mean? | BibleRef.com
As used in Scripture, the word “blasphemy” means expressing something disrespectful or evil about God. Among the worst forms of blasphemy are those which twist sacred truths about God into lies. Taken out of context, it’s understandable that this verse has caused many people to worry. There’s a fear of experiencing a moment of weakness, blaspheming the Holy Spirit, and remaining unforgiven by God for all of eternity. However, Jesus is not warning about casual or thoughtless stumbles. In the most immediate context, He’s speaking about an extremely specific sin, which can’t be literally replicated today. In a broader sense, He also implies that our words reveal our hearts, which is where the true problem is. Two things help us to understand Jesus’ words here. The first is context. Jesus has been accused by some Pharisees of casting out demons by the power of Satan (Matthew 12:22–24). Jesus responded by pointing out that He cast out demons by the power of God’s Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:25–28). This made the Pharisees guilty of giving credit to Satan for the work of the Holy Spirit. This is the blasphemy Jesus is talking about. Why did the Pharisees do such a thing? Their goal was not truth; it was to discredit Jesus at any cost (John 5:39–40). When confronted with an obvious miracle, they were willing to attribute it to Satan. They chose that extraordinary act of blasphemy, rather than submission to God, because they rejected Jesus as the Son of God. That act, because it represents someone absolutely committed to disbelief, is proof that such a person is never going to find salvation. In the strictest sense, this is a sin which can no longer be committed today. The Pharisees talked to the Son of God in person, watched Him perform a miracle, and blasphemed God in response. This is not an act anyone living today can commit. The only way for anyone to be forgiven for their sins, any sin, is through faith in Jesus (John 3:16–18). Faith in Christ causes God to take Jesus’ death as payment for our sin and to give us the credit for Jesus’ righteous life (2 Corinthians 5:21). A major work of the Holy Spirit is leading people to faith in Jesus (John 16:7–11). In a broad sense, those who “blaspheme the Holy Spirit” today are those who continue to reject the Spirit’s message. They keep saying “no” to the Holy Spirit’s leading, in essence calling Him a liar. Those who persist in stubbornness and disbelief will not be forgiven, because they refuse to trust in Christ as the Holy Spirit is leading them to do. Since there is no other path to forgiveness except through faith in Jesus, their choice to consistently reject the Spirit’s leading causes them to remain unforgiven (John 3:36). https://www.bibleref.com/Matthew/12/Matthew-12-31.html