Spiritual Applications
Many people think that we as Christians need to observe a special day for the Lord in obedience to an Old Testament law. But what does the old law say about this, and what did Jesus say about the Sabbath? You might be surprised at what both say about the Sabbath.
The entire world calls the Bible the “Word of God,” but most people do not realize what they are doing. The Bible itself defines the Word of God. When we rightly divide the word, it clears up a lot of confusion on who has the authority to demand certain things from Christians.
Obeying Christ is universally taught as optional. This is not true; Jesus, all throughout the Gospels, demands that we obey. He even says some shocking things if we choose not to obey. This is one of the fundamental teachings from Jesus.
Faith in God is critical when we are striving to get things done for the Lord. Without it, we will struggle in numerous areas, like finding fellow brothers or sisters in Christ, helping the poor, and many other areas. But with it, there is much we can accomplish for God.
The most common question Christians receive. But people focus too much on the building itself and prioritize things like how many people attend and what denomination the person is from. Some of the biggest problems stem from buildings.
The world uses many emotions to explain how they feel, but often emotions go unchecked and affect people in plenty of negative ways. Foolishness plays a big role in the world; there needs to be more awaereness of such emotions.
Jesus´ biggest problem while on earth was dealing with people who would just pay him lip service and not do anything in actions. He heavily condemned the Pharisees for being outright hypocrites, something we all need to be aware of.
An important habit has to be prayer, specifically to God daily. I am not just talking about a fifteen-minute prayer or prayer chains, but prayer that lasts years only to have finally been answered by God with constant effort on the person’s part.
One of the greatest needs in today’s world is others getting involved in helping poor people, especially in third-world countries. But in today’s religious world, the masses are more interested in how respectable they can be in their church or congregation.
The biggest problem in any church, denomination, or community is that there are illusions of leaders guiding millions of people everywhere straight into Hell. Jesus had the same issue with the Jewish leaders in his time.
Jesus had quite a lot to say on marriage; it’s just that it is very uncomfortable for many people to hear, so they don’t talk about it. Maybe this will be your first time hearing from Jesus himself on marriage?
Jesus addressed family issues head-on, and he even went so far as to reject his mother, Mary! He said that his real family of God are the ones who hear the word of God and actually obey! Take a look!
Something that is more universal in the world is titles of respect, especially in the religious world. Believe it or not, Jesus dealt with this issue while he was around too. People have a hard time addressing others by name instead of using titles.
Oaths and promises are almost practiced everywhere in disobedience to the creator. Even going so far as to swearing on the Bible itself. Jesus asked us not to make oaths anymore or promises. Herod was the best example of bad promises.
There are many parables from Jesus or stories. A lot of people don´t know how to interpret them properly, but Jesus gave us one verse to dicern all the stories he taught so that we may know what the stories plainly mean.
There is a strong hate for people who do terrible things in this life to the point where the person is desired to be killed. But Jesus makes it clear that those people can still change and that some really bad apples have shaped Christianity, like Paul.
Money makes the world go round, or so everyone is taught that. But what did Jesus himself say about money and what does the Bible say about it? Jesus said a lot about money, this is the chance to really know the creators position on greed and money.
Faith and prayer are meant to work together. One is about beleiving and the other is acting on that beleif. Jesus gives us a very good parable on praying and being consistent about it and he puts an ephemsis on this particular parable indicating we should pay attention to it.
A common phrase people use everywhere is “God bless Isreal.” In the Christian world it is repeated that the Jews are God´s chosen people still to this day. But how true is this? And what did Jesus say about all of this? You might be suprised to find out the truth about this matter.
What does asking for money actually do to our faith in God providing all of our needs? In my experience, it takes away faith being practiced and puts more faith into a system or money. We require only to ask God for our needs, no one else.
We hear people say that God in the Old Testament is not the same as he was in the New Testament. If we look closer at the fine details in the OT and compare it with what Jesus said, we will see there is much resemblance to the same creator.
Jesus reminds the Pharisees that their fathers killed the righteous men and women of God in the past. Who were some of these people, and why did Jesus make this point? It is a significant statement and should bring us another answer as to why God chose a new people instead of the Jewish people.
Most people are told that water baptism is essential to being saved, but how true is this? How can the water itself save anyone and what was Jesus´position on this? In this application you will see that baptism is with the Holy Spirit.