Did the local church perform their due diligence (as the scriptures dictate) in choosing this person to be their pastor?
When we look at these passages of scripture together, one can see where understanding is definitely in order.
Some will say ask “Why didn’t Jesus just feed, heal, and save everybody?”
As Jesus hung on the cross in excruciating pain; having been beaten and bloodied, the Bible singles out seven last phrases (or words) that Jesus spoke.
Think about when you were learning to walk and your father would hold your hand as you shakily tried walking.
Some people question how much affection is being shown here when Jesus refers to His mother Mary as “Woman!
Once again Jesus showed us that even though we may find ourselves in physical distress, the LORD will still enable us to perform that which He has commissioned and commanded us to do.
Jesus asked His Father to forgive them because they did not know who He was and what He came there to do..
Here was GOD’S only begotten Son; crucified after having been beaten and whipped , spat upon, his hairs pulled from his face, and even forced to wear a crown of thorns.
God has not given us the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit for us to sit around and wait for Jesus’ return; but we are to be busy doing what He has assigned our…