Something I Found: Christ’s Birth (Update)

It is amazing what in influences our minds. It is these things that help to build our belief system. It is well know that Hollywood is a lucrative entertainment hamlet and cares less about how its outputs affect the world. The Word of God is not left out of the concepts that are twisted to misinform and disinform the watching gullible public. Here is come information I found from reading about Christ’s birth in the Bible.

1. The account of Jesus birth, many will believe, is not found in all for gospels. Only Matthew and Luke accounts for His birth.

2. Many people already know this, but the number of wise men that went in search of our dear Lord Jesus was no mentioned.

3. In the account of Christ’s birth, Matthew only mentioned the wise men and not the shepherds.

4. In the account of Christ's birth, Luke only mentioned the shepherds and not the wise men.

5. Only the wise men followed a star, the shepherds followed the instructions of the angels.

6. The wise men did not meet the shepherds and did not find Jesus in a manger, they found Him in a house. Extra reading points to the fact that He was 40 days old (either 1 month and 9 days or 1 month and 10) old.

7. Unlike what books and movies depict, the wise men and the shepherds did not meet each other at the manger.

8. Jesus was not born on a cold winters night. Books bequeath such falsies to young children that inevitably causes perversion of the true story. Below is an example 

Above can be seen pictures taken by cousin phone. It is a children’s book. My friend, who has a daughter, gave her child the book. This is not to contest the morality of the mother (this can be easily correct by telling the child the true story), but to show how subtle erroneous concepts  of Christ birth is spread.

Read Matt 1:18-25, 2:1-23 and Luke 1:1-80, 2:1-22 for yourself and see.

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Hope This Helps: Outside Appearance, Index to the Mind

As you walk the path of life as a Christian, you will of course witness to others. This is either done verbally or non-verbally. Your main book of reference is the Bible. The problem arises however when you have a point, and the only way to solidify it into the mind of the receiver is to quote from the Bible. The conflict comes when the text will just not come to mind, but it on the tip of your tongue.

In regards to attire/dress, especially in women, texts such as 1 Peter 3:3-4 and 1 Timothy 2:9 have been used so often, they are now seen as clichés. Its sad that a verse from the bible can not convince individuals anymore. One has to see “THOU SHALT NOT WEAR TIGHT CLOTHING AS A CHRISTIAN” to stop displaying such a demeanor. This is a sad world.

I read those verses, and it led me to other verses in the Bible. One such verse is Isaiah 3:16-26. The Bible is not just stories, a lot of the text can be explained by reading the background of the text. You will be surprised with your findings. I can now safely say I can proof that Christians should not where make up (face paint, eyeliners, eye shadow, rings, plastic/metal bracelets etc.). Such things have been a burden of mine for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG while, but I wanted to be as convincing as possible when I present it to anyone. (NB: THIS NOTE THAT WAS NOT WRITTEN TO BE THE MOST CONVINCING, IT IS JUST TO NOTIFY OTHERS OF MY DISCOVERY). If most people read the last verse aforementioned, they might see no relevance in me stating it. Let me just say as Solomon said, “There is nothing new under the sun.” It is said that we should not judge, but ones attire helps others to make a good assumption of what your character is like. Act contrary to your attire and others will be confused.

Below I chose to leave a few words from Ellen. The quote is from the book Messages To Young People. I did not to put the pages, as they were sited from many.

“Many deceive themselves in thinking that good looks and a gay attire will gain for them consideration in the world. But the charms that consist only in the outward apparel are shallow and changeable; no dependence can be placed upon them. The adorning with Christ enjoins upon His followers will never fade. If half the time spent by the youth in making themselves attractive in outward appearances were given to soul-culture, to the inward adorning, what a difference would be seen in their deportment, words, and actions. Those who are truly seeking to follow Christ will have conscientious scruples in regard to the dress they wear; they will strive to meet the requirements of this injunction so plainly given by the Lord. The outside appearance is frequently an index to the mind, and we should be careful what signs we hang out for the world to judge of our faith. If the world introduces a modest, convenient, and healthful mode of dress, which is in accordance with the Bible, it will not change our relation to God or to the world to adopt such a style of dress. Christians should follow Christ, and conform their dress to God's word. They should shun extremes.”

Your Friend,

Ellen

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Godly Allusions: Lady’s Shoes (Written By Joel W. Jackson)

Pffffffffftttt...

That's the sound a tire makes when it's punctured.
Recently, our faithful family sports wagon [I call her Lady Blue] had a rusty nail jammed into one of her aging black shoes. Upset, she was, to be staggering on a broken heel, so we decided to get her all fixed up for her next date on the road. Tonight, while reflecting on life, I remembered Lady Blue's right rear shoe and how tedious the repair was: remove wheel from car, remove tire from wheel [which was pretty cool], locate the breach, seal the breach [ a process that is much longer than the three-word statement implies], wait, wait, wait...wait, check tire for more breaches, smile with approval, reunite tire with wheel, reunite wheel with car. In about 20 minutes, the Lady was no longer a one-quarter Tramp. Good as new...or so the surface implied.
You see, although she now has another forty to sixty days added to her patched shoe, the damage done really isn't gone. It's still there. Just covered up. Furthermore, although the patchwork was done from the inside-out, due to its frailty, what's to say another intrusion won't occur in the same spot? But hey, what do I know? As Paul said, I speak as a man.

What I do know is this: many times we go to God for our regular patchwork, but never for the new tire. We engross ourselves in spiritual boosts in the form of music, a little devotional, a chat with a good friend, or maybe a quick prayer to Talk the guilt away. Humans are burdened beings; they really are, and it's because of our luggage that Jesus sends out a special invitation to all who will heed: come and rest [Matthew 11:28 - 30]. What's key [and quite ironic] about this passage is that, while calling us into relief, Christ actually urges us to latch His yoke around our necks; but (!) it's in doing this that we actually find the rest we need. And that, right there, is the issue we sometimes miss.

The Christian life is nothing more than a series of selfless recommitments to God: you wake up and redo everything you did when you first met God; the "fo-real" met God. No matter how tiny the matter may seem, no matter how insignificant it is to you, God's concerned about even the little things which threaten your relationship with Him because His mission is complete and utter purification of your character. As a result, God doesn't do patchwork: He makes a brand new tire. If the clay is marred or torn, ignoring however minute the tear may be, He takes up the clay and starts all over again. It's God we're talking about here. Hiss profession is Perfection.

 
Wondering why you can't get over that one sin? Or why life just isn't going the way you'd expect it? Or why, as a Christian, that guilt just won't go away? Permanently? Buy from Him gold tried in the fire [Rev. 3:18] and don't just spare some loose change for a quick fix. According to the Word, the greatest hurdle we'll ever face is ourselves as, once we've acknowledged our inadequacies and anchored our decisions in Christ, all other things will seem, well, insignificant: take My yoke, then you'll find Rest.
Until that black shoe's purchased, Lady Blue will always be on red-alert. She needs a new one: not a patch, not even an excellent second-hand. However, Blue isn't promised immunity once she does get her new toy. No. The good news is, if she ever gets a rip in her shoe again, the tire shop is always there: willing and able to deliver a new one.

 
No questions asked.

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