exodus 8 & luke 11

exodus 8 & luke 11

i started going through blog postings of an online bible study i did years ago with a group of women that were from our bible study. great stuff!

our hardened hearts -

both texts show us the true human heart, the true sin of man. in exodus moses pleads with pharaoh to allow his people to sacrifice and pray to the LORD, but the non-believer hardens his heart to GOD and defys what god wants from his people. the plagues proved the strength of the hand of god and what the consequences are of defying his word. in our society today so many are denying the word and the strength of his hand.

i ask each of you the question of whether or not disease is not a reminder to man to look to the light for all things. i ask each of you if natural disasters are not the hand of GOD reminding us to open the door for our friends and enemies whether we want to or not. i ask you if the crisis of this country is not a way for JESUS CHRIST to show us that we must blame ourselves for hardening our hearts from his word and we are now paying the consequence for those actions.

we as christians must remember that our outside appearance is a gift from god, but our hearts are the greatest gift from OUR LORD. just as JESUS said to the pharisees we are fools for we worry so much about what is on the outside that we do not repent for what is on the inside.

i love this following passage because we must fight to see the light for our salvation and for those around us that have hardened hearts.

The Light in You
33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 35 Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”