#obey me lesson 66

[5mary5]

I just finished playing lesson 66 in the og obey me and I know that I'm late to the party but :

1) I honestly really like raphael and thirteen now that I'm getting to meet them a little better, nightbringer hasn't really done much to introduce us until now, atleast for any new players/ players that haven't reached that point in the og like me

2) honestly? Mephistopheles is such a MOOD, I'm not even mad at him he is an acon

3) lesson 66 had me FURIOUSSSSS WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT ONLY FOR LUCIFERS TEAM TO WIN?!?!?!?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?! FUCK THAT! ALSO "aw look how well the exchange students are getting along lucifer🥰" IM GOING TO STRANGLE YOU DIAVOLO! DOWN WITH MONARCHY

Honestly lesson 63,64 and 65 wasn't a walk in the park either but ixkekxnskdnrj

[princeofgod-2021]

LIGHT OF LIFE 574

John 1:4

DIVINE ORDER 139: WORKING ORDER 34

Joh 15:26 And when the Comforter has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH WHO PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER, HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME. MKJV

THE HOLY GHOST IS WORKING 24 - HIS POWER TO RAISE THE DEAD 3

Following from our last lesson’s final statement, we see that the Pharisees were skeptical, yet fearfully anticipating the possibility of Jesus’ prediction of His Resurrection coming true, especially having seen His Power and authority, in deeds and words.

Mat 27:65-66 “I will send soldiers to guard the tomb,” Pilate replied. “Go with them and make the tomb as secure as possible.” SO THEY LEFT AND SEALED THE STONE, AND PILATE’S SOLDIERS SECURED THE TOMB. TPT

I hope you know, beloved, that there was not merely a stone rolled to cover the Tomb of Jesus but the stone itself was also SEALED, then soldiers posted to guard it all through.

But why would the authorities have been concerned about the Body of Jesus after it had been released to His Disciples by an official order from the Pilate earlier?

Mat 27:57-59 That evening a rich disciple named Joseph from the town of Arimathea went and asked for Jesus' body. PILATE GAVE ORDERS FOR IT TO BE GIVEN TO JOSEPH, who took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. CEV

Now, this man Joseph had indeed rolled a stone to cover the Tomb but not “secured” it.

Mat 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. KJV

I presume, beloved, that “securing” the Tomb by the Sanhedrin implied they cemented it or wedged it with other stones or heavy things.

I see now that God Himself moved them to do all these, just to further authenticate the profundity of His Great Power, by establishing witnesses of the Resurrection of His Son Jesus.

Even though they lied about it, they saw it happen and must admit to it on judgment day.

2Pe 1:16 We told you about the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. We told you about his coming. The things we told you were not just clever stories that people invented. No, WE SAW THE GREATNESS OF JESUS WITH OUR OWN EYES. ERV

Not only the Apostles but all His enemies and their appointed forces, saw His greatness and Power.

Jesus’ authority mesmerized everyone who comes in contact with Him.

Joh 7:45-47 When the temple guards returned, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, "Why didn't you bring Jesus?" THE TEMPLE GUARDS ANSWERED, "NO HUMAN HAS EVER SPOKEN LIKE THIS MAN." The Pharisees asked the temple guards, "HAVE YOU BEEN DECEIVED TOO? GW

So, the impression the Holy Spirit makes of His Resurrection is undeniable and anchored on the potency of His authority from back then till now.

But besides the actual Resurrection of our Lord Jesus, the Holy Ghost still works to make the impressions in hearts of believers.

Gal 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, BEFORE WHOSE EYES JESUS CHRIST HATH BEEN EVIDENTLY SET FORTH, CRUCIFIED AMONG YOU? KJV

How could Jesus, who had died and resurrected many years before this letter, had been “evidently set forth and crucified amongst” the Galatians?

It is the manifest working Power of the Spirit in the hearts of men as they listen and absorb the Gospel by faith.

Gal 3:2 Give me an answer to this one question, DID THE SPIRIT COME TO YOU THROUGH THE WORKS OF THE LAW, OR BY THE HEARING OF FAITH? BBE

For all those of us who were not around 2000yrs ago, God has arranged by the Holy Spirit, a “Revelation” of the reality of His death and Resurrection by faith in our hearts.

This is the Divine tool that produces penitence within the souls of men.

Zec 12:10 "I will fill the descendants of David and the other people of Jerusalem with the spirit of mercy and the spirit of prayer. They will look at the one whom they stabbed to death, and they will mourn for him like those who mourn for an only child. They will mourn bitterly, like those who have lost their first-born son. GNB

As an integral part of the Gospel ministration, every man coming to Christ has his conviction premised on the inner witness and view of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Act 2:36-37 Therefore LET ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL KNOW ASSUREDLY that God made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. AND HEARING THIS, THEY WERE STABBED IN THE HEART, and said to Peter and to the other apostles, Men, brothers, what shall we do? MKJV

May the convictions of the Death & Resurrection of Christ never leave your soul, IN JESUS NAME.

See you on Monday, as we proceed with this interesting Subtopic.

Brother Prince

Friday, October 11, 2024

08055125517; 08023904307

[saras-devotionals]

Quiet Time 2/29

What am I feeling today?

I feel rather relaxed and peaceful. I got to sleep in a bit and I plan on getting a lot of work done today. I just have one more big busy day ahead of me tomorrow and then I’m free for a week. So overall, I’m feeling pretty good😁

Women’s Midweek: What Happened to Miss Independent? (Part 1/3)

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month we have women’s midweek at our church where all the women come together and we get a mini lesson and then get time to fellowship with each other too!

Psalms 66:1-4 NIV

“Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name.””

Stating that the whole entire earth bows down to Him and sing His praises! Let’s analyze though, on a scale of 1-10, where would we place ourselves, in comparison to this scripture, of how we praise Him? If you’re in the lower numbers, spend deeper, meaningful time with God. Pray to Him about it, ask for your heart to be soft and joyous!

I would say I’m around a 7 on this scale. I thank God every chance I get, whenever something good happens it’s the thought of how great God is! But I don’t feel that I always praise Him properly. That He deserves more from me, I’ll think of how to improve that.

Matthew 6:25-34

““Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

God knows what we need and He will provide it for us so long as we obey His condition in verse 33: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. I can attest that when you obey this, He really does give you all you need and sometimes more. The Lord is so generous when you put Him first. That is not to say that you’ll always get what you want though, He gives what is beneficial to you and your walk with Him. Anything you get that pulls you away from your relationship with God is not from Him.

What’s the definition of “Independence”?

Merriam-Webster gives a multiple:

not dependent, not subject to control by others

not requiring or relying on something else

not looking to others for one's opinions or for guidance in conduct

not requiring or relying on others (as for care or livelihood)

showing a desire for freedom

In the Greek, the word χωρις (choris) means by itself, separately; without, besides, apart from, independent from

Further, the word independent shows up in the NIV Bible once:

1 Corinthians 11:11

“Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.”

We’re not meant to be independent of each other, we need each other in our lives.

1) LOWER YOUR DEFENSES

What do we look to from our past that justifies our independence? I think for me, it was necessity, I had to grow up quick. I have a disabled father and he was the one who would stay at home with us while my mom was at work. Since he couldn’t do much for himself, once my brother and I reached the age where we could be helpful, that’s what we did. We did stuff for him and in turn had to do that for ourselves since he wasn’t able to. I’m not bitter at him for it, it was out of his control and my parents tried their best, but sometimes I miss having just been a kid. As I got older though, it did stem from some hurt - I was a lonely child and had a very hard time making friends so it was just easier for me to operate on my own and also avoid getting hurt.

With independence, when people approach us, we can feel attacked because at one point we were and we’re now unable to distinguish.

What are reasons we can struggle with independence?

fear of being abandoned

fear of being rejected

fear of trusting people

In all these reasons, being independent “protects” us

Practical:

Identify and write down experiences from your life that have made you feel hurt, abandoned, rejected, etc. and pray to God over it and to help you trust Him

I love to read and I always wanted to share cool things from what I read, pretty every time no one wanted to listen to me and shunned me off and that hurt, so I kept to myself when I read.

For the past five or so years, my father keep talking about how he was gonna leave. I don’t like to be abandoned, it affects me very much. With my father talking this way, I projected it on to God. I had believed He abandoned me too but I learned that I cannot compare my physical father to my spiritual one. To further this, about three months after I got baptized, he left. I took it very hard emotionally and spent a lot of time in prayer and the word for comfort. My father eventually had to come back because his health took a sharp decline and we’re the ones who care for him. I think he has realized the importance of his family now and will not try to leave again.

With rejection, that can come from a lot of places. Multiple times coming up to people to start conversations and being shunned. Or being in a group and no one acknowledges you. Or speaking and seeing that no one is paying attention. Or realizing that whoever you’re with doesn’t want to be with you. All of those can just pile and pile on and it leads to a lot of hurt.

But even with all this pain, God still loves me. God still knows what’s best for me. God’s plan is still perfect. I will inevitably still go through pain, but I know I have God by my side and there’s nothing I can’t face when he’s with me. I don’t need to be independent, I don’t have to do everything on my own. He’s here and has given me a spiritual family too.♥️

[petewentzcoded]

#100 Catch Your Wave - The Click Five

#99 Cute Thing - Car Seat Headrest

“Come visit Kansas for a week of debauchery / Songs and high fives and weird sex”

#98 Tongue Tied - Grouplove

“I loved you then and I love you now

#97 Confidant - Bears In Trees

“Because I let your essence go / I’ve not felt clean to this day”

#96 A Little Less 16 Candles a little more touch me - Fall Out Boy

“You can make all the moves / You can aim all the spotlights / Get all the sighs and the moans just right”

#95 Funny You Should Ask - The Front Bottoms

“The good thing about this cast is I can still hold a knife / So if you ever twist my arm again I’ll be sure to put up a fight

#94 Cosmic Hero - Car Seat Headrest

“And if you don’t come home tonight / You will never call it home again / And if you need some peace and quiet / There is room for all in heaven

#93 Fly Out To Alaska - Bears In Trees

“They tried to promote to full-time at the gay bar / I told them I’ve got to finish my degree”

#92 Tibetan Pop Stars - Hop Along

“My love is average / I obey an average law”

#91 Rose by the Ocean - In Her Own Words

“In your eyes I’ve always been a sunny day”

#90 America (Never Been)

“It’s a living kind of life”

#89 Tire Swing - Kimya Dawson

#88 Timberwolves At New Jersey - Taking Back Sunday

#87 Sabrina the Teenage Bitch - Seaway

#86 The Drum - Car Seat Headrest

“The drum’s in debt”

#85 When I come Around - Green Day

#84 Great Heights - Bears In Trees

“And your smile on my shoulder, well that’s mine”

#83 She’s Out of Her Mind - blink-182

#82 Strangers - Car Seat Headrest

“When you’re strange then if they like you then they gotta be stranger”

#81 Dreamcatcher - Grayscale

“She’s got that dark skin, peppermint / Fingers in her mouth”

#80 It’s Called: Freefall

“Called to the Devil and the Devil said / Hey! / Why you been calling this late?”

#79 Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle and Sebastian

“Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll sail around the world”

#78 Beast Monster Thing - Car Seat Headrest

“Don’t get mad at the system / You can’t change the system / Get mad at your lover! / You can affect your lover!”

#77 I Don’t Want to Be - Gavin DeGraw

“My whole situation made from clay to stone / And now I’m telling everybody”

#76 Sugar We’re Going Down - Fall Out Boy

“Always sleeping in, and sleeping / For the wrong team”

#75 Never Meant - American Football

“”Cause you can’t miss what you forget”

#74 Destroyed By Hippie Powers - Car Seat Headrest

“What happened to that chubby little kid who smiled so much and love the Beach Boys / What happened is I killed that fucker and I took his name, and I got new glasses”

#73 Anyone Else But You - Michael Cera & Elliot Page

#72 Two Beers In - Free Throw

#71 Black Butterflies and Deja Vu - The Maine

“I lose my voice when I look at you”

#70 Beach Life-In-Death - Car Seat Headrest

“Capital O, significant other / And you can take him home to your mother / And say Ma, this is my brother”

#69 Everlong - Foo Fighters

#68 Superstar - Sonic Youth

#67 Notes - Modern Baseball

“A brick-boot swimming lesson / In the deep end of my adolescence”

#66 Bodys - Car Seat Headrest

“Don’t you realize our bodies could fall apart any second? / I am terrified your body could fall apart at any second”

#65 Strange Love - Simple Creatures

“You’re just a crater of yourself / And she’s the fallen angel underneath”

#64 Harness your Hopes - Pavement

“And I’m asking you to hold me just like the morning paper / Pinched between your point, your index and your thumb”

#63 Cigarette Daydreams - Cage the Elephant

“If you can find a reason, a reason to stay / Standing in the pouring rain”

#62 Death Valley - Fall Out Boy

“You can wear a crown but you’re no princess”

#61 Cloud Sick - Free Throw

“I’m chasing dreams in the clouds / But I don’t wanna feel like nothing forever / I wanna make you proud”

#60 Thick Skin (Should I Give In) - Brave Bird

“We’ll stay young or we’ll stay fucked up and numb / I’m not better but I’m not getting worse”

#59 Harness Your Hopes (Live Version) - Pavement

#58 Jamie All Over - Mayday Parade

“You opened up into my arms / And we laughed as I held you”

#57 Cocaine Jesus (Live Version) - Rainbow Kitten Surprise

#56 Tainted Love - Soft Cell

#55 Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood

“touch my neck and I’ll touch yours / You in those little high-waisted shorts

#54 When You Were Young - The Killers

“He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus / But more than you’ll ever know”

#53 When? When? When? - Car Seat Headrest

“And now I’m torn between / Trying to be a better man / Trying to accept the man I am”

#52 Pothole - Modern Baseball

“The fossils of my footsteps will be unearthed / At a far off date unknown”

#51 This Year - The Mountain Goats

“I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me”

#50 Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash

#49 Sober To Death - Car Seat Headrest

“We were wrecks before we crashed into each other”

#48 Work - Jimmy Eat World

“When the dance is through, it’s me and you / Come on, would it really be so bad?”

#47 Charlie Black - Modern Baseball

“Wait a minute, ‘cause I’ve been living / More like a fucking king without you”

#46 Alien Blues - Vundabar 

“I need to purge my urges / Shame, Shame, shame on you”

#45 Ivy - Frank Ocean (Car Seat Headrest Cover)

“Not matter what I did / I couldn’t fucking sing back then”

#44 Red & Blue Jeans - The Promise Ring

“You in red and blue jeans / And your white and night things”

#43 Tonight You’re Perfect - New Politics

“Tonight, you’re perfect / I feel perfect too”

#42 Greek Tragedy - The Wombats

“So free up the cheaper seats / Here comes a Greek tragedy”

#41 Heaven, We’re Already Here - The Maine

#40 Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

#39 Always Sunny In South London - Bears In Trees

“You woke me up last night saying / You were scared of the old you / But I’ve romanticized that enough”

#38 Smokey Eyes - Lincoln

“I hope you’re walking around campus / Contemplating your own smallish size / This is not what all my idols told me college would be like”

#37 1937 State Park - Car Seat Headrest

“I didn’t want you to hear / That shake in my voice / That pain is my own”

#36 Drops of Jupiter - Train (With Confidence Cover)

#35 Apartment - Modern Baseball

#34 Float On - Modest Mouse

#33 Nervous Young Inhumans - Car Seat Headrest

#32 Love & Drugs - The Maine

#31 Your Graduation - Modern Baseball

“And you’d never forget it, oh, just forget it”

#30 Center of Gravity - The Brazen Youth

“And his parents / Still love each other / And music / Still finds its way back to him”

#29 Mr. Brightside

“Open up my eager eyes, ‘cause I’m Mr. Brightside”

#28 Hayloft II - Mother Mother

“Whatever happened to the hayloft? / Burnt to the ground, and what about Pop?”

#27 Cocaine Jesus - Rainbow Kitten Surprise

“When you find an old picture of us / And you clear away the dust / I hope you miss me sometimes”

#26 Long Distance Conjoined Twins - Home Is Where

“Alter boys curb stop the mall Santa Claus”

#25 Pretty Handsome Awkward - The Used

#24 Foreigner’s God - Hozier

#23 Where Did The Party Go - Fall Out Boy

“Silent film stars stuck in talking cinema life / So let‘s fade away together one dream at a time”

#22 Courage Was Confused - Knapsack

#21 The Adults Are Talking - The Strokes

#20 The Medic - Foxing

#19 Don’t Drink Coffee - Bears In Trees

#18 Coals - Modern Baseball

“You find it hard to miss your family / When everyday you’re part of one more”

#17 In The Water - Head North

“That’s how I loved you most / When you’d burn at my soul / Remind of all I could feel”

#16 Kilby Girl - The Backseat Lovers

“Feels like a night to carry a tune”

#15 You’re In Love with Me - Car Seat Headrest

#14 Re-Do - Modern Baseball

“Your unrequited love for life”

#13 I’m Doing Push Ups - Bears In Trees

“Now you’re as hollow as you’d always said you’d be / Screaming “hold my hand but please don’t touch me”

#12 A Decade Under The Influence - Taking Back Sunday

#11 Cherry Wine - Hozier

#10 Re-done - Modern Baseball 

“On a side note you stole my heart/ Like I stole your hometown lingo

#9 Long Distance Conjoined Twins (Live Version) - Home Is Where

#8 Cute With The E - Taking Back Sunday

#7 She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5

#6 Jackie and Wilson - Hozier

“I need to be youthfully felt ‘cause God I never felt young”

#5 The Future Freaks Me Out - Motion City Soundtrack

#4 MakeDamnSure - Taking Back Sunday

“You are everything I want / Cause you are everything I’m not”

#3 Cherry - Moose Blood

“With your hair up like you do / And that face that you give me when you’ve missed me”

#2 Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional

#1 Acolyte - Slaughter  Beach, Dog

“Soak my scrapes and sleep tight / Sing, my brave acolyte”

[blxssom-221]

I’m sorry for doubting you and thinking you’re here to capture or assassinate Simeon😔

[emmys-grimoire]

LESSON 66 SUMMARY & ANALYSIS, PART 2

There’s not a lot, but there’s some interesting bits.

Lucifer’s Unusual Niceness

This seems to have popped up again.

It’s been established that Lucifer is prickly when it comes to his time in the Celestial Realm: Diavolo opines that he never tells him anything about it, he brushes Simeon off in text messages, he insists he doesn’t remember anything to Beelzebub in S3, and he tells us he doesn’t have many fond memories of the place in Angelic Demons. And yet...

He has no problem with talking about the good ol’ days with Raphael. He does this in their devilgram, too. It’s a very strange and obvious juxtaposition against how he is with everyone else regarding the Celestial Realm. Mind you, it helps that he’s referring to an embarrassing moment for Raphael and not himself, but even if you remark on how close the two are he doesn’t even blink or deny it. It’s Raph who seems confused lol.

What does this mean? I have no idea. My guess is their relationship was much more cordial than S3 suggested, or Lucifer is trying to bond with Raphael as a way to help Simeon. I’m not sure how it helps Simeon, but he may know something we’re missing.

Angel Abilities

We got some insight in what angels are typically capable of. Previously, only Luke used his "blessing", and it's still very vague. But --

-- It's implied that angel magic is very effective against monsters, and Simeon normally shouldn't have any issue protecting himself against a juiced up chimera. Mammon himself is probably familiar with these abilities, being a former ex-angel and all.

We learn that Raphael has a spell that literally rains down (possibly holy?) spears and it seems he can intuitively sense what poke'mon types monsters are weak to. Beginning to wonder if he was the military strategist for the Celestial Realm (which could explain why Lucifer may have high regard for him, being a chessmaster himself).

Will this be significant in how things unfold with Simeon? Find out next episode. Or in the next after that.

[lucifucky]

Honestly lesson 66 is everything 😂 I am 100% here for all of these new characters and this drama.

[firecatvariant]

Lesson 66

Lesson 66 = squeal!

*Spoilers* below:

Ok, so I loved this lesson, it’s been a little while since I was *really* into a full lesson. It made me laugh, it made me cringe, it made me worry for Simeon - and all the Solomon praised heaped upon MC? Swoon. I also am liking Raphael (he seems sweet) and Thirteen’s (I swear Solomon antagonizes her on purpose) personalities a lot more (Mephisto is still iffy in my book). I was also so proud of Mammon for once, before he inevitably did his Mammon thing. And the side lessons? Made me laugh.

There are other blogs that will provide an in depth look at the lesson so I’m not going to give away the whole story. But these SS made me so happy.

I love it when he praises MC. 

[slugbeans]

“ITS OZZIE OCTOPUS NUMBER 3!”

[nerdyconnoisseurtrash]

Lesson 66 spoilers

Simeon lost his powers didn't he? <\3

Also Raphael really loves him and also Lucifer too. Raphael in this lesson particularly, didn't hesitate to jump to save him.

Lord knows what's happening, but bring on the drama I guess?

[ragefilledseaurchin]

Lesson 66 spoilers be warned

Something bad is gonna happen to Simeon in this season. I can feel it...

[messysketchyobeyme]

If new characters aren't going to be datable, then what's this? 🤨

What's this?? 🤔

[princeofgod-2021]

LIGHT OF LIFE 521

John 1:4

DIVINE ORDER 86: God Seekers 15

Gen 4:26 And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. AT THAT TIME PEOPLE BEGAN to worship the LORD. NET

The Altar And The Sacrifice 1

Again brethren, we want to take note that the first mention of ALTAR was that of Noah.

Gen 8:20 And NOAH BUILDED AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS ON THE ALTAR. KJV

But that couldn’t have been the first Altar built in the Bible because we can make inferences from a cogent factor seen in the Offerings of Cain and Abel much earlier in Time.

Gen 4:3-4 And after a time, CAIN GAVE TO THE LORD AN OFFERING OF THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH. And ABEL GAVE AN OFFERING OF THE YOUNG LAMBS OF HIS FLOCK AND OF THEIR FAT. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering; BBE

We can see that if Abel offered Lamb and “Fat”, they must definitely have been burnt offerings sacrificed on an Altar.

Now the question is: was Cain’s “fruits” also offered burnt?

The obvious answer is No!

Let’s just say that Cain’s offering was a “First Fruit” Offering.

Lev 2:12 AN OFFERING OF THE FIRST GRAIN THAT YOU HARVEST each year shall be brought to the LORD, BUT IT IS NOT TO BE BURNED ON THE ALTAR. GNB

So now, we have one son’s offering given plain to God and the other son’s offered as burnt on an Altar. We see that an Altar must definitely have been involved, but why was it not mentioned?

I believe that it is because God wants us to focus on what is presented than on what it is presented on. That is what forms the basis of this lesson today.

Let’s dig in more.

Gen 4:4-5 and Abel also gave an offering to the LORD. He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the LORD the best parts of it. THE LORD WAS PLEASED WITH ABEL AND HIS OFFERING, BUT NOT WITH CAIN AND HIS OFFERING. This made Cain so angry that he could not hide his feelings. CEV

There have been many controversial inputs as to why God accepted Abel but not Cain. Many say it is because Cain brought fruits plainly while Abel chose the best.

Let’s not go far beloved: God was not really looking for Offering but for the quality of their very lives.

God has to find the life of a Man acceptable as sacrifice [first] before considering his offering.

Gen 4:6-7 And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall? IF YOU DO WELL, SHALL YOU NOT BE ACCEPTED? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door; and its desire is for you, and you shall rule over it. MKJV

Take note that God didn’t say: “if you DID well…”, but He said: “if you DO well…”. So, his being rejected was not about what he “had” done before then but about how he should steadily and consistently live his life [in Righteousness, Character and integrity] before God.

That is much more important to God that food and meat. God doesn’t eat them anyways.

1Pe 3:3-4 Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes – but the inner person of the heart, the LASTING BEAUTY of a GENTLE AND TRANQUIL SPIRIT, WHICH IS PRECIOUS IN GOD’S SIGHT. NET

If our concept of God’s worship in Church does not transcend wearing fine clothes, giving fat offerings and Tithe, and mere service “in His vineyard”, we are still far from redemption.

Isa 66:2-3 I myself created the whole universe! I AM PLEASED WITH THOSE WHO ARE HUMBLE AND REPENTANT, WHO FEAR ME AND OBEY ME. "The people do as they please. It's all the same to them whether they kill a bull as a sacrifice or sacrifice a human being; whether they sacrifice a lamb or break a dog's neck; whether they present a grain offering or offer pigs' blood; whether they offer incense or pray to an idol. They take pleasure in disgusting ways of worship. GNB

Beloved, this is again how you know that God is same from eternity to eternity and His requirements are not subject to Testaments or Dispensations but to His own Nature.

Rom 12:1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? I encourage you to SURRENDER YOURSELVES TO GOD TO BE HIS SACRED, LIVING SACRIFICES. AND LIVE IN HOLINESS, EXPERIENCING ALL THAT DELIGHTS HIS HEART. FOR THIS BECOMES YOUR GENUINE EXPRESSION OF WORSHIP. TPT

Isn’t this what God was telling Cain? “DO well and I will accept you and your offerings”.

May God lovingly accept our lives upon His Holy Altar, IN JESUS NAME.

See you on Wednesday, as we proceed with this Subtopic.

Brother Prince

Monday, June 10, 2024

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[leviathanswingman]

pov: they are about to shove you into a locker

[hallowxiu]

LMAO IM SORRY??

[rsmrymnt-tea]

lia- sometimes i just sit and randomly think "oh btw do ppl realize that stn is actually rly hot"

sdfdjf He’s so hot like >.< but I know his flavor isn’t for everyone… more food for us, then

Though tbh… He’s kinda more cute to me than he’s hot? He doesn’t really have too much of a smolder and more of a cozy fireplace vibe y’know? I honestly don’t think he’s as suave as people make him out to be. He’s a hopeless romantic and he can be smooth with a way with words when he wants to (like isn’t it interesting how he’s gone from not having the words to convey how he feels to busting out poems he’s found/written for MC?) but he’s also like… still a bit clumsy and unsure with love sometimes, like you get the feeling he’s still trying his best. Very cute.