Watchman: God Finds Possibilities for Grace in the Most Unlikely of People. To Choose the Youngest Son to Be a King Seems Strange. To Say That a Baby Born in a Stable, Who Dies on a Cross Under a False Sentence of Treason, Is the Savior of the World and God in the Flesh Is Incredible

King David The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. —  1 Samuel 16:7 Samuel was sent by God to Bethlehem to anoint a new king. Because the present king, Saul, had failed to obey and honor God, God decided to make his decision for the next monarch public. Samuel’s attention was drawn to Jesse’s sons, a line of seven young men beginning with the oldest and tallest. As Samuel moved down the line, God warned him that the one he was looking at was not the one. Saul was chosen as king in part because he was tall and lovely, but God made it clear that height and appearance don’t matter this time. God examines what is on the inside—in the heart. Jesse informed…

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EDWARD O’HARA: THE FAITH THAT COMES BY HEARING IS RIGHTEOUSNESS- ROM.10

aith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. What does this mean to you? When I hear these words it means that as we hear the message of the gospel and we are made aware of a choice we need to make. And when we make the free will choice to believe the gospel we are given the gift of faith. And now having this gift it gives us the ability to grow into the man or woman of God God wants us to be. If we will continue hearing God’s word. This growth happens when we go from saying yes to the gospel message when we first heard it. To continuing to hear God’s word. Because by this God builds into us a frame of reference by which we can understand more and more of His…

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Basics Pt.4- FAITH PER HEB.11:1- SUBSTANCE, EVIDENCE, AND HOPE

Edward

We do not hope for what we already have. We hope for what we do not yet possess. If we have believed in Jesus we have eternal life. But, we do not yet have the body we will spend eternity in. Nor have we yet inherited the kingdom of Heaven. It is a promised inheritance. So we hope in and for what we do not yet see. Faith- substance of things hoped for- evidence of things not seen Substance is reality Things we hope for are things we don’t yet possess Evidence is the criteria that determines truth Not seen is speaking of things the natural eyes can see. So faith is the reality we hope for that we do not yet possess. A reality that is actually more real than what we now possess because it is eternal. Whereas the…

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WHY FLESH AND BLOOD CAN NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD- 1COR.15:50

By Edward O’Hara People that believe in salvation by works like the doctrine of original sin and sin nature doctrines teach are those who think that the reason man is separated from God is because they are bad because they have done bad things, or because they are accountable to God for Adam’s sin, and need to be made good enough to be acceptable to God. And that this is the reason that Jesus had to die for our sins. To pay a penalty for sins so that by faith in Jesus His righteousness would be imputed to us to assuage God’s anger at mankind. Making us good enough for God to accept us into His kingdom.  But, this construct is a rejection of what the Bible plainly says. Because the Bible says that it is only because we are natural, only…

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WHICH LIFE WILL YOU CHOOSE?

Edward O’Hara Thu 5/7/2020 9:11 PM… What is life? This is a question I was asked recently. It didn’t just come out of the blue. But, it was asked in kind of a strange context. A conversation about whether the earth is flat or a sphere. And this person I was speaking with insisted that if we do not believe the earth is flat, that somehow this means we can not possibly know what life is. In the correct context, something I would never have believed flat or spherical earth would fit with, this question can be quite profound. But, to me in this context it just seemed to be a question that wasn’t appropriate to the context. And as our conversation continued, this proved to be true. Because just how it was that this person believed these are connected, turned out to…

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