Bible paths are God's word
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14, King James Version
Psalm 130, Matthew 1:21, Isaiah 48:17-20, Psalm 125:3-5, Isaiah 57:20-21, 59:7-8, Psalm 126:4-6, Isaiah 58:9-12, Psalm 128:5-6, 125:3, Revelation 3:20, Isaiah 58:12, KJV
Psalm 19:14, King James Version
Psalm 130, Matthew 1:21, Isaiah 48:17-20, Psalm 125:3-5, Isaiah 57:20-21, 59:7-8, Psalm 126:4-6, Isaiah 58:9-12, Psalm 128:5-6, 125:3, Revelation 3:20, Isaiah 58:12, KJV
Many times, the Bible asks us to seek paths that lead to life in Jesus, even "old paths," one scripture says. Those paths are God's word itself.
The path, or group of scriptures that I found above, leads out of the Old Testament and into life in Jesus, who teaches us how to walk in life (that is, what to do and what to avoid doing!).
When Jesus sat down and had meals together with people who had sinned, He knew they would repent. He didn't hang around if He knew they wouldn't repent.
His ministry, in walking in earth, was to those who were simply lost (Matthew 10:6) — not to those who always will be determined to do evil (Psalm 125:5); to backslide (Psalm 129:3-4, Matthew 11:20-24); to steal, waste, and destroy even ground that's profitable in faith or righteousness (Isaiah 57:20, 59:7, 48:17).
The Bible tells us that His ministry, today, remains a promise to those whose offspring will choose to live in His righteousness: to repent and become "repairers of the breach," to repair (sustain) the bridge (the cross of Christ) that carries our faith out of the darkness of the force and iniquity of Old Testament times and into the light of Heaven in earth — a bridge of faith that carries even the lost who was a prostitute into life that bears eternal faith; a bridge that brings the wayward believer back to faith in Christ, back to true life, and back to the promise of Heaven.
The path, or group of scriptures that I found above, leads out of the Old Testament and into life in Jesus, who teaches us how to walk in life (that is, what to do and what to avoid doing!).
When Jesus sat down and had meals together with people who had sinned, He knew they would repent. He didn't hang around if He knew they wouldn't repent.
His ministry, in walking in earth, was to those who were simply lost (Matthew 10:6) — not to those who always will be determined to do evil (Psalm 125:5); to backslide (Psalm 129:3-4, Matthew 11:20-24); to steal, waste, and destroy even ground that's profitable in faith or righteousness (Isaiah 57:20, 59:7, 48:17).
The Bible tells us that His ministry, today, remains a promise to those whose offspring will choose to live in His righteousness: to repent and become "repairers of the breach," to repair (sustain) the bridge (the cross of Christ) that carries our faith out of the darkness of the force and iniquity of Old Testament times and into the light of Heaven in earth — a bridge of faith that carries even the lost who was a prostitute into life that bears eternal faith; a bridge that brings the wayward believer back to faith in Christ, back to true life, and back to the promise of Heaven.
I've begun to believe that the reason Jesus said the disciples only needed to wash their feet was that they not only had been spiritually baptized, and were clean in heart, but, being saved as believers, they also had not used their hands to shed blood or to do other evils. But what they had needed to do was walk through difficult places sometimes, like when Jesus walked near the tombs where a demon-possessed man hung around. The purpose in the physical path that Jesus walked that day was to rebuke the enemy who was hanging around those tombs. And, after such a journey, I imagine he needed a foot cleansing.
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