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Life is?? #144 knowledge enables us to control our emotions
** Emotions were meant as signals to call attention to a problem, not a total shutdown or defeat call! **
Date: 10/4/2017 2:36:08 PM ( 7 y ) ... viewed 536 times This knowledge enables us to control our emotions
Luke 21:18-19 "But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls."
LUKE 21:15-22
read this set of Scriptures!
Jesus says the disciples were betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, friends, and some disciples were even put to death.
Yet, the amazing statement of Christ is that not a hair of their head will perish.
The context of this statement speaks of some of the disciples dying, so this is not a promise that no physical harm will ever come. This could only refer to the resurrection.
The Greek word for "resurrection" means "a standing or rising up." The resurrection is a major theme of New Testament teaching. Out of the 13 sermons in the book of Acts, 11 stress or imply the resurrection.
The hope of the believer is in the resurrection. The natural, earthly, terrestrial, corrupt, weak, mortal, vile body is said to be raised, changed and fashioned into a spiritual, heavenly, celestial, incorruptible, glorious, powerful, and immortal body. This is the completeness that has been purchased for all of us in Christ.
The Lord views everything in the light of eternity.
Man tends to view things in the context of his brief life on earth. From man's perspective, a person who dies for his faith in Jesus has lost a great deal. From Jesus' viewpoint, a martyr hasn't lost a thing. Even the very hairs on our head are numbered.
The patience that Jesus is speaking of here is the calm assurance that God knows every hurt that we feel and He will abundantly recompense us in the resurrection.
This knowledge enables us to control our emotions in the face of persecution
(i.e. possess our souls) instead of letting our emotions of fear dominate us.
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Clarification notes from Blogger ::
Our emotions were meant only to alert or call out attention to some problem just like your nerves. So that when we sense them , we can take appropriate actions to stop or limit the action the damage.
This is similar to " Damage Control " on Ships when I was in the Navy. i.e. locate, access then take appropriate actions to limit damage!
{Fear is of the Devil therefore the Blessed Promises our Lord and Savior Jesus far over come all the things of this world in every-way. So do not fear!}
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