Treat Them Like Unbelievers and Tax Collectors!
Jesus said, “Treat them like unbelievers and tax collectors!” Does that phrase make you stop and take pause? It did me. I began to ask myself, is that really what Jesus meant? Since Scripture interprets Scripture, I decided to look at exactly how Jesus treated pagans and tax collectors. Here is what I discovered.
The Power of Unbelief: Lessons from Nazareth and Beyond
Just as faith is a powerful force, the opposite of faith, unbelief, is also a powerful force. Unbelief produces disastrous consequences and prevents people from receiving God’s blessings.
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Letting go. How can something be so hard and yet so easy at the same time?!?! Trusting God is a choice. It’s a yes or no answer. It’s an attitude of the heart. He tells us to not look at our understanding.
The Tower of Babel: Making A Name
God, through the flood, had given mankind another chance to make things right, yet not 100 years later, humanity had once again begun to turn from its Creator.
The Ark of Salvation: How Noah’s Ark Foreshadows Jesus in Genesis
The story of Noah and the Ark paints a beautiful picture of God’s plan to redeem His creation by way of a future Messiah. God always provides a way out.
A Seed of Promise: the First Gospel, Genesis 3:15
Skimming the surface, Genesis 3:15 seems straightforward, but once we dig deeper, we find a Seed of Promise hidden in its depths. Not only is Genesis 3 a picture of the sacrifice Jesus would make 2,000 years later on the cross, but it is the promise of a future Savior: the first Gospel. Genesis 3:15 also is the reason, we are the enemies of Satan and why he will go to any length to destroy us.