"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith."
--Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Divine Life Causing a Division
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses (RcV) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John 8:43 Why do you not understand My speaking? It is
because you cannot hear My word. (44) You are of your
father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your
father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not
stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
speaks the lie, he speaks it out of his own possessions; for
he is a liar and the father of it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
. the unbelievers, who live by the life of Satan, are in
another realm [from that of the believers], another kingdom.
This means that they are in the reality of the satanic
kingdom. The kingdom of Yahweh and the kingdom of Satan
certainly do not agree but are contrary to each other. Hence,
there is a struggle between the kingdom of Yahweh and the
kingdom of Satan, and this struggle causes division.
This kind of division has taken place again and again
throughout the last nineteen centuries. The kind of division
described here is not pleasant, for it is due to the struggle
between two lives, the divine life and the satanic life.
We have seen from Luke:12:51-53 that there will be division caused
by the satanic life in the unbelievers struggling against the
divine life in the believers. We have pointed out that this
is a conflict between the satanic kingdom and the kingdom of
Yahweh.
Now that we understand the thought conveyed in these verses,
we should not do anything to start a war in our family. We
should never go to those in our family and say, "I have the
divine life, but you don't have this life. Because I have the
divine life, there will be war between me and you. Even
though I don't want to be against you, you will be against
me." To say something like this would be very foolish.
Instead of doing anything to provoke conflict with our
family, we should live a life that is humble, peaceful, and
submissive, and allow the Yahushua to work in the situation.
Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it shall be opened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Prayer is not a sermon; it is not a speech. To pray is to
ask Yahushua for something. We do not need to speak many
words before Yahweh in the prayer meeting, as if Yahweh knows
nothing and needs to be informed of all the details. We do
not need to make a report or preach a message to Him. We
pray because we have a need and because we are weak. We
want to receive spiritual supply and power through prayer.
The amount of heart felt prayer depends on the amount of need that we feel. If we can not or are not motivated by any need, our prayers will be vain prayers.
The more urgent our need is, the more sacrificial our prayer will be. Yahushua once gave an illustration. A man had a
visitor to his house, but he ran out of bread. So he went
to his friend for bread. The need was urgent; he had no bread.
After asking persistently, the other friend gave in to his need.
Yahushua then said, "For everyone who asks receives, and
he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened."
If the need is urgent and we ask openly, it shall be given
to us.
In Messiah -vume
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John
[This message has been edited by vume (edited 10-06-2002).]
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