Hey! It Is Sunday! DO NOT FORGET THE LORD. My Morning Bible Read Was Deuteronomy 8, "Do Not Forget the Lord". Verse 18 Says, "But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. - The Great Awakening

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Hey! It Is Sunday! DO NOT FORGET THE LORD. My Morning Bible Read Was Deuteronomy 8, "Do Not Forget the Lord". Verse 18 Says, "But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. ✝️ Scripture 🕊️

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Deuteronomy 8

https://www.biblestudytools.com/deuteronomy/8.html

Do Not Forget the LORD

1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the LORD promised on oath to your ancestors. 2 Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. 6 Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. 7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; 8 a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9 a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. 10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. 16 He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. 17 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. 19 If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. 20 Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God.

Study Notes:

8:3 Jesus quoted this verse when the devil tempted him to turn stones into bread (Matthew 4:4). Many people think that life is based on satisfying their appetites. If they can earn enough money to dress, eat, and play in high style, they think they are living "the good life." But such things do not satisfy our deepest longings. In the end, they leave us empty and dissatisfied. Real life, according to Moses, comes from total commitment to God, the one who created life itself. It requires discipline, sacrifice, and hard work, and that's why most people never find it.

8:4 It's usually easy for us to take God's protection for granted. We seldom take notice or thank God when our car doesn't break down, our clothes don't rip, or our tools don't break. The people of Israel also failed to take notice, it seems, for they didn't even notice that in 40 years of wandering in the desert, their clothes didn't wear out and their feet didn't swell. Thus, they did not remember to give thanks to God for those blessings. What has been working well for you? Who has been giving you great service? What has been lasting a long time without breaking down or apart? Remember to thank God for these quiet blessings.

8:10 This verse is traditionally cited as the reason we say grace before and after meals. Its purpose, however, was to warn the Israelites not to forget God when their needs and wants were satisfied. Let your table prayers serve as a constant reminder of the Lord's goodness to you and your duty to those who are less fortunate.

8:11-20 In times of plenty, we often take credit for our prosperity and become proud that our own hard work and cleverness have made us rich. It is easy to get so busy collecting and managing wealth that we push God right out of our lives. But it is God who gives us everything we have, and it is God who asks us to manage it for him.

Oh we certainly do need realignment of our focus. May this Sunday be a day for us to do that. God has a way of making us see if we pay attention. May we pay attention to what He is showing us! We pray for God to bring out the Truth, and when He does, do we run scared and hide our heads in the sand? No! We give praise to God for eyes to see and ears to hear and abilities for Him to use for His purpose on earth. So let us do it. Let us realign our focus and seek His kingdom here on earth. God gives us what we need. He equips us. Through Him, we can do all things. We can do this for God's glory.

Our heavenly Father, we give You praise and thanks for all that You provide (which is everything). Help us see Your hand working in our lives. Let us be attentive to the little things that You do in our lives. Help us take one of those little things and delight in how it made the big things fit right in for Your purpose. We can see Your work in us and through us when we do. Let us celebrate Your work by praising You openly. Help us to remember those who are constrained, unable to openly worship You. Provide them ways to honor You in their present circumstances. Let them know that You recognize them. Thank You, Lord, for bringing out the Truth and for helping us recognize and believe. Let us act upon what is true with Your guidance. We follow You in obedience. In Jesus' name, Amen.

A Song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6CMclLT_Hjg

Have a blessed day.

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– defendliberty911 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0

Due to vain traditions or the vile catholic church?

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– ThePowerOfPrayer 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

The Role of Tradition - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Picayune MS

Most of our separated brethren believe that all that is needed for faith is conveyed in the Bible.

This is the principle of sola scriptura (only scripture) while the Catholic teaching is "Scripture and Tradition."

What does Tradition encompass?

Paul teaches us that we are to hold to what is given us by Scripture and what is conveyedorally (1 Cor 11:23). This oral teaching is Tradition.

The Catholic faith makes a distinction between Traditions (capital T) which are based on the teaching of apostolic times and thus can not be changed and those traditions (small t) which can be changed by the church.

Examples of Traditions are: prayers for the dead, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the celebration of Sunday as the Lords' day, and the Blessed Trinity. Many of these Traditions are summed up in the early creeds such as the Apostles Creed. The (capital T) Traditions are also referred to by the Church as "Sacred Tradition."

The other (small t) traditions are such practices as: priestly celibacy, specified days of fasting and/or abstinence, and kneeling and standing in Church.

As time goes on, these traditions may be changed or revised as necessary for the Church to respond to God through the language, culture, problems and opportunities of our day.

http://www.scborromeo.org/papers/traditio.pdf

According to Tradition, even though Jesus had brothers, Mary was a perpetual virgin.

The explanation?

Matthew 12:46

New Catholic Bible

**46 The True Family of Jesus.[a] While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brethren[b] appeared. They were standing outside, wishing to speak with him. **

Footnotes

Matthew 12:46 Belonging to Jesus has nothing to do with the bonds of blood relations. The Church is never based on attachments of race, class, or culture. She is the family of God. Only one who does the will of Jesus’ heavenly Father belongs to his true family.

Matthew 12:46 His mother and his brethren: “brethren” here is used in the sense of “cousins” or “relatives.” If they were true brothers of Jesus, sons of Mary, the Gospel would say: “his mother and the sons of his mother,” which was the normal manner of speaking in Israel of that time. The Church has never wavered in her teaching that Mary was a Virgin and that Jesus was her only son, just as he is the only Son of the Father (Lk 1:26).

In the ancient tongues of Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic, there were no concrete words to indicate the different types of relatives that exist in modern languages. In general, all who belonged to the same family clan, including tribes, were called “brethren” or “sisters.” (See, for example, Jn 19:25, which mentions a certain Mary, sister of Mary the Mother of Jesus. If they were really sisters, they would not bear the same name. Also note that in Mt 27:56, the second Mary is called “the mother of James and Joses” [i.e., Joseph], two personages who are called “brethren” of the Lord in Mt 13:55.)

In addition, in the first Christian community when the Gospels were written, there existed a very influential group composed of Jesus’ relatives and his countrymen of Nazareth, called the “brethren of the Lord.” The leader seemed to be James, who became bishop of the Judean community. This group was late in believing in Jesus even though they had lived with him for several years (Mk 3:21; Jn 7:3-5). When speaking of them, the evangelists use the name the community gave them: “brethren of the Lord” or “N. brother of Jesus.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012%3A46&version=NCB

Meanwhile, the Greek word translated as brethren is ἀδελφός (pronounced "adelphos") and it literally means "of the same womb."

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g80/kjv/tr/0-1/

it can be used to describe spiritual brethren. Those who have accepted Christ as Savior are adopted sons and daughters.

Ephesians 1:3-8

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

I could go into the rest but I encourage people to learn the differences between Tradition and Sola Scriptura (the Bible and the Bible alone) and to make this call on their own.

John 14:26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Ultimately, the choice is faith in this promise, or in Tradition.

We don't know all the answers, and we can study the Bible our entire lives and not even come close to understanding how deep it truly is.

I learn something new every time I study it, and that wasn't the case when I studied the Bible from a secular mindset. This is all the proof I need that the Spirit is working inside of me and all believers.

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