{"id":2593,"date":"2021-01-11T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T21:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2021-01-11T13:30:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T21:30:57","slug":"devotion-luke-1249-53-surprised-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2593","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Luke 12:49-53 Surprised? Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 12:49-56<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!\u00a050<\/a>\u00a0But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!\u00a051<\/a>\u00a0Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.\u00a052<\/a>\u00a0From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.\u00a053<\/a>\u00a0They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.\u00a0<\/i>54\u00a0<\/sup><\/b><\/span>He said to the crowd:\u00a0\u201cWhen you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, \u2018It\u2019s going to rain,\u2019 and it does.\u00a055\u00a0And when the south wind blows, you say, \u2018It\u2019s going to be hot,\u2019 and it is.\u00a056\u00a0Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don\u2019t know how to interpret this present time?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Matthew 24:4-14<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Jesus answered:\u00a0\u201cWatch out that no one deceives you.<\/span>\u00a05<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>For many will come in my name, claiming, \u2018I am the Messiah,\u2019 and will deceive many.<\/span>\u00a06<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.<\/span>\u00a07<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<\/span>\u00a08<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>All these are the beginning of birth pains.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i>9<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/span>\u201cThen you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.<\/i><\/span>\u00a010<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,<\/span>\u00a011<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.<\/span>\u00a012<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,<\/span>\u00a013<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.<\/span>\u00a014<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Jesus warned us.\u00a0\u00a0Let us see our times and not be surprised by circumstances.\u00a0\u00a0Brothers and Sisters, do you think that these things will not also come against us.\u00a0\u00a0Be ready.\u00a0\u00a0When these things happen don\u2019t run from God, and don\u2019t be in the place where you have to run back to Him.\u00a0\u00a0Stay close to Him.\u00a0\u00a0May we remain so close to Him that not air or light can be between us and Him.\u00a0\u00a0Be ready.\u00a0\u00a0Do not be surprised.\u00a0\u00a0Pray and keep our relationship with Him as our most beloved and treasured.\u00a0\u00a0Be ready.\u00a0\u00a0Let nothing shake us.\u00a0\u00a0Be ready.\u00a0\u00a0Be awake.\u00a0\u00a0Can you say Jesus won\u2019t come today?\u00a0\u00a0Jesus said these things and so they will.\u00a0\u00a0Always, yes always praise God.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n

John 1:5<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luke 12:49-56\u00a0–\u00a0I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!\u00a050\u00a0But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!\u00a051\u00a0Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.\u00a052\u00a0From now on there will be five…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[100,106,101,94,1874,17],"class_list":["post-2593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-john","tag-luke","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2594,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions\/2594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}