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  ED]ELFGU Phlfdgedi tnc Ncfrt ha Ihm Whlc telc fih ly nus`fdm fdm E wcrc hd nhoemfy ed f gcrtfed ghudtry, mccp ed f trhpegfo rfed ahrcst. ]nc nhtco wfs sh wcoo nemmcd et es kdhwd fs tnc „edvese`oc ohmic―, `ei hd phsn gf`ed gnfrl fdm lhmcrd frt, ncftcm lfr`oc arhl aohhr th wfoo, aohhr th gceoedi wedmhws hvcrohhkedi pousn irccd dfturc fdm tnc wnetcst sfdm `cfgn bust lctcrs fwfy arhl tnc Nhtco―s wcoo lfdegurcm tura wncrc wc wcrc settedi. settedi. Et wfs `y afr tnc `cst `cst wc nfm cvcr sccd. sccd. Fs wc sft ed arhdt ha hur oevedi rhhl ohhkedi ft tnes whdmcr tnft Ihm grcftcm, wc nfm f vesetftehd arhl tnc Ohrm fdm wc ncfrm Ihm―s vhegc edstrugtedi us th tcfgn nes pchpoc „edtelfgy― ‗ nhw th `c mccpcr ohvcrs ha Ihm fdm nhw th `c Nes `cst arecdms! Fs tnc vhegc ha tnc Ohrm ghdteducm, Nc mercgtcm hur cycs th ghupocs settedi `y tnc scf arhdt, shlc lfrrecm, shlc ed fmuotcrhus faafers fdm ycs, shlc udlfrrecm. Whlc wcrc wfokedi nfdm ed nfdm, shlc wcrc ed cfgn htncr―s frls, fdm htncrs wcrc scftcm ed tncer pfrtdcrs― ofps wneoc shlc acfstcm hd hystcrs fdm shlc ha tnc ghudtry―s aedcst mcoegfgecs ed arhdt ha f rhfredi aerc. ‟Foo tncsc tncsc frc frc ohhkedi ohhkedi ahr edtelfgy,“ tnc Ohrm sfem. ‟]ncy wfdt f ohvc fdm f ohvcr wnh weoo dht oct ih. ]ncy scfrgn tnes ohvc ed foo tncsc tnedis yct E fl tnc hdoy hdc wnh gfd haacr tnft.“ ]nes wfs shlctnedi wc tnhuint wc forcfmy kdcw `ut et gflc th us ed f meaacrcdt wfy tnft mfy. Et nfm lhrc ahrgc fdm uricdgy th et tnfd wnft wc nfm ed hur sperets. Et gfrrecm f ahrgcauo `hhl th et cspcgefooy wncd Ihm uttcrcm tnc whrms tnft weoo lfkc tnc gfrdfo lfd lfm  ‟tcfgn ly pchpoc edtelfgy fdm `ueom lc f pchpoc tnft gfd rhlfdgc Ly ncfrt.“ Pclcl`cr wnft wnft tnc `e`oc `e`oc sfys f`hut f`hut tnc gfrdfo lfd2 6 Ghredtnefds 0 vs.6=

]nc gfrdfo lfd gfddht udmcrstfdm tnc tnedis ha tnc speret Dcetncr gfd nc kdhw tncl ahr tncy frc speretufooy mesgcrdcm. Ihm wfdts pchpoc tnft gfd rhlfdgc Nes ncfrt. @coecvcrs tnft frc sh kdet thictncr wetn Nel tnft et―s dht phsse`oc th scpfrftc tncl arhl Ihm dh lfttcr wnft nfppcds. Fphstoc Zfuo kdcw tnes fdm nc uttcrcm,

Phlfds > vs. 7>,75 Ahr E fl ghdvedgcm tnft dcetncr mcftn dhr oeac, dcetncr fdicos

 

dhr mclhds, dcetncr tnc prcscdt dhr tnc auturc, dhr fdy phwcrs, dcetncr nceint dhr mcptn, dhr fdytnedi cosc ed foo grcftehd, weoo `c f`oc th scpfrftc us arhl tnc ohvc ha Ihm tnft es ed Gnrest Bcsus hur Ohrm. ]nes es tnc ocvco ha oeac tnc `coecvcr weoo ict th fatcr icttedi cqueppcm wetn tnc phwcr ha edtelfgy. Et hpcdcm hur cycs aurtncr fdm usncrcm us edth neincr ocvcos ha ghlletlcdt fdm lfmc us cxpcrecdgc hpcd ncfvcds ed hur ledestry fdm ed foo htncr faafers ha oeac. Peint tncrc fdm tncd, ed tnft trhpegfo ahrcst nhtco, tnc Ohrm Bcsus aeoocm us wetn tnc Wperet ha wesmhl ghdgcrdedi edtelfgy tnft gfd usncr f lfd hr f whlfd edth f ocvco wncrc wc gfd dcihteftc wetn Ihm. F ocvco ha edtelfgy wncrc `coecvcrs gfd `c sh edtelftc wetn Ihm tnft tncrc weoo `c fd edtcrledioedi ha Ihm fdm Nes pchpoc th sugn fd cxtcdt tnft tnc supcrdfturfo `cghlcs dfturfo ahr tnhsc tnft mfrc th `c ED]ELF]C wetn Nel.

@cst arecdms ha Ihm… Yncd et ghlcs th nhw th `cghlc f `cst arecdm ha Ihm, hpedehds ncrc frc oekc `cooy `utthds ‗ cvcryhdc nfs hdc. Lfdy tfok wnft tncy tnedk edstcfm ha wnft tnc Ohrm nfs sphkcd rcifrmedi tnft essuc. E fl ncrc `y tnc Wperet ha Ihm th mctfeo wnft tnc Ohrm thom lc f`hut edtelfgy fdm dht wnft hpedehds E leint nfvc. E snfoo `c mcovedi edth tnc thpeg hd nhw hdc ifeds fd edtelftc arecdmsnep wetn Ihm oftcr hd ed tnc `hhk. Yc frc grcftcm ahr edtelfgy wetn tnc grcfthr. Yc frc grcftcm ahr f ohvc faafer wetn tnc hdc wnh lfmc us fdm Nc es wfetedi ahr us th ict th tnft ocvco ha ohvc faafer fdm arecdmsnep wetn Nel wncrc wc nfvc fggcss edth Nes scgrcts `cgfusc wc frc mcfr ohvcrs. Ihm ohvcs Nes pchpoc fdm Nc es lhrc weooedi th afoo cvcd mccpcr ed ohvc wetn tncl tnfd tncy frc weooedi th `c ed f ohvc faafer wetn Nel.

Uhu Frc Grcftcm Ahr ED]ELFGU Uhu scc wc frc grcftcm th `c gohsc th Ihm. Yc frc lfmc ahr tnc purphsc ha `cedi ed f mccp rcoftehdsnep wetn tnc grcfthr. Yc frc lfmc ahr edtelfgy. F ohdi telc fih, @ofesc Zfsgfo, fatcr ycfrs ha stumyedi Lftnclftegs h`scrvcm tnft tncrc es f ‟Ihm snfpcm vfguul“ edsemc cfgn fdm cvcry hdc ha us. Nc dhtegcm tnft tncrc wfs, es fdm fowfys weoo `c fd clpty pofgc tnft hdoy Ihm gfd aeoo. Ed f dutsncoo Zfsgfo rcfoezcm, tnhuin f lftnclftegefd nelscoa, tnft wc frc lfmc ahr f gohsc

 

rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Nc iht tnc trutn tnft wc frc grcftcm ahr fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn hur grcfthr. Lfdy acco tncrc es shlctnedi wrhdi wetn tncer rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm `cgfusc tncy bust ofgk hdc elphrtfdt tnedi ed tncer wfok wetn tnc Ohrm. ]nft tnedi es rhlfdgc. Fd f`eoety th udmcrstfdm nhw th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm ievcs hdc tnc f`eoety th ohvc fdm dcvcr th `c lhvcm fdm fosh ievcs hdc tnc kcys ahr edtelfgy. Ihm es dht f „suifr mfmmy― ]ncrc es f guoturc ed lfdy Gnrestefds th trcft Ihm fs f suifr mfmmy. Yc wfdt wnft wc wfdt arhl Nel fdm tnft―s foo tnft lfttcrs. Yncd wc prfesc Nel et es sh wc gfd ict shlctnedi. Hn! Ynft f lcss. Yc nfvc ahr thh ohdi ihttcd et foo wrhdi. Ihm ycfrds ahr faacgtehd fdm rcoftehdsnep. Nc wfdts us fs f ohvcr fdm irhfds ahr f rcoftehdsnep dht `ueot hd us bust tfkedi fdm fskedi. Ihm ycfrds ahr rhlfdgc, wnegn es dht gfrdfo `ut speretufo. ]nes es tnc ncfrt ha Ihm ahr tnhsc Nc gfoos Nes gneomrcd. Yc wcrc grcftcm ahr edtelfgy fdm tncrcahrc wc dccm th quet tnc fttetumc ha trcftedi Ihm fs f suifr mfmmy hr fd crrfdm `hy. ]nft wny Nc fdswcrs prfycr dht `cgfusc wc frc prfyedi `ut…

Zsfol 11 vs.0: @ocsscm `c Ihm, wnh nfs dht turdcm fwfy ly prfycr, dhr nes ohvedi kedmdcss arhl lc. Nes ohvc es tnc rcfshd Nc ncops us fdm tnft huint th sct us strfeint ea wc tnedk Nc fdswcrs prfycr bust `cgfusc wc nfvc prfycm. Dh, Nc es f Ihm wnh es ohvedi, kedm fdm lcrgeauo.

Gfd hdc rcfooy rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm8 Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es wnft Nc thom lc es phsse`oc. E nfvc `ccd tncrc; E nfvc sccd et―s phsse`oc. Uhu kdhw lfdy telcs f

 pc  p c r s h d w e t n c x p c r e c d g c e s d c v c r ft t n c l c r g y h a s h l c h d c w e t n f l c r c f r i u l c d t .  Ihm nfs uscm lc ed cxtrf-hrmedfry lerfgocs fdm E fl uscm ed tnc prhpncteg ed f leinty wfy tnft E gfd hdoy ievc iohry th Ihm. E nfvc cxpcrecdgcm ircft seids, lerfgocs fdm whdmcrs ed ly ledestry `fscm uphd edtelfgy wetn Ihm. E nfvc sccd f oht ha tnedis ed tnc speret rcfol, scgrcts ha auturc cvcdts `fscm uphd tnc scgrct th rhlfdgedi Ihm―s ncfrt tnft Nc ifvc lc th tcfgn Nes pchpoc wnh whuom oestcd.

 

Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm lfmc et phsse`oc ahr lc fdm tnc Ohrm th `c gohscoy kdet thictncr tnft wnegn es Nes, `cgflc ledc, sh Nc tcoos lc tnedis. Et―s `cgfusc rhlfdgedi Nes ncfrt lfmc lc ifed fggcss edth Nes scgrcts. Mh yhu scc tnft8 Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es tnc ircftcst tnedi tnft wc gfd mh fs `coecvcrs. Ed tnc Hom ]cstflcdt wfs f lfd wnh kdcw edtelfgy tnrhuin h`cmecdgc fdm ircft sfgreaegc tnft tnc Ohrm gfoocm nel f arecdm. Ihm ohvcm tnes lfd th tnc cxtcdt tnft nc ghuom dcihteftc wetn Nel. F`rfnfl es tnc lfd fdm lfdy tnedk tncy kdhw nel `ut oct lc ievc yhu oeint hd nhw nc rhlfdgcm tnc ncfrt ha Ihm ft f gcrtfed telc. Yc snfoo tfkc fdhtncr ohhk ft F`rfnfl ed f oftcr gnfptcr `ut E bust dccm th hutoedc tnc typc ha edtelfgy fdm rcoftehdsnep tnes `hhk es foo f`hut. Ihm wfs ed f gohsc rcoftehdsnep wetn F`rfnfl tnft Nc sfw dh rcfshd th nemc Nes scgrcts arhl nel. Yny8 F`rfnfl tnhuin nc rcgcevcm irfgc th `c wnft nc wfs, nc nfm f scgrct, nc udmcrsthhm edtelfgy. Nc kdcw nhw th ict gohsc th Ihm. Nc kdcw nhw th rhlfdgc Ihm―s ncfrt. Pclcl`cr `cahrc Ihm sfem, „Wnfoo E nemc arhl F`rfnfl wnft E fl f`hut th mh8― F`rfnfl nfm mhdc shlctnedi ahr tnc Ohrm. Dhtegc wnft Ihm mem wetn F`rfnfl;

Icdcses 6> vs. 6-3 ‟…Wh nc oeatcm nes cycs fdm ohhkcm fdm `cnhom tnrcc lcd wcrc stfdmedi `y nel. Yncd nc sfw tncl nc rfd arhl tnc tcdt mhhr th lcct tncl fdm `hwcm nelscoa th tnc irhudm fdm sfem, ‟Ly Ohrm ea E nfvc dhw ahudm afvhr ed yhur seint, mh dht pfss hd `y yhur scrvfdt. Zocfsc oct f oettoc wftcr `c `rhuint fdm wfsn yhur acct fdm rcst yhurscovcs udmcr tnc trcc. Fdm E weoo `redi f lhrsco ha `rcfm, tnft yhu lfy rcarcsn yhur ncfrts fatcr tnft yhu lfy pfss `y ed fs lugn fs yhu nfvc ghlc th yhur scrvfdt.“ Fdm tncy sfem, ‟Mh fs yhu nfvc sfem.“ F`rfnfl nfm f ncfrt ahr Ihm tnft tnhuin nc udmcrsthhm Ihm th `c f Wperet, nc steoo `ciicm Nel th stfy ahr oudgn fdm nc ghhkcm tnc `cst lcfo tnft mfy `cgfusc Ihm nfm vesetcm. Ed vcrsc 61 et sfys,

‟… Fdm tnc Ohrm sfem tncsc whrms; jWnfoo E nemc arhl F`rfnfl wnft E fl f`hut th mh8“ Ihm fdm F`rfnfl wfokcm thictncr sh gohsc, sh edtelftc fdm sh

 

lugn ed ohvc wetn cfgn htncr tnft Ihm ghuom sfy ha F`rfnfl;

Wnfoo E nemc arhl nel wnft E wfdt th mh8 Ihm wfs sfyedi tnft Nc wfs mhedi shlctnedi tnft ed f scdsc mem dht rcoftc th F`rfnfl cxgcpt ahr Oht `ut `cgfusc tnes lfd wfs f lfd fatcr Ihm―s ncfrt, Ihm wfdtcm th snfrc Nes pofds wetn nel. Nc acot ghlpcoocm `y ohvc th snfrc Nes scgrcts wetn F`rfnfl. Ihm wfdtcm th snfrc wetn f nulfd `cedi Nes edtcdtehds. Fdm ea tnft wfs dht strfdic cdhuin, strfdicr steoo wfs tnc afgt tnft F`rfnfl wfdtcm th cvcd dcihteftc wetn Ihm f`hut Nes pofd th mcstrhy f gety. Ed vcrsc 0: ha tnc sflc gnfptcr,

‟… @ut F`rfnfl steoo sthhm `cahrc tnc Ohrm. Fdm F`rfnfl gflc dcfr fdm sfem, ‟ Yhuom yhu fosh mcstrhy tnc reintchus wetn tnc wegkcm8 wegkcm8 Wupphsc tncrc frc frc aeaty aeaty rreintchus eintchus wetned tnc gety, whuom yhu fosh mcstrhy tnc pofgc fdm dht spfrc et ahr tnc aeaty aeaty reintchus tnft wcrc ed et8 Afr `c et arhl arhl yhu th mh sugn f tnedi.“ ]nc Ohrm sfem, jEa E aedm ed Whmhl aeaty reintchus wetned tnc gety tncd E weoo spfrc tnc pofgc ahr tncer sfkc“ F`rfnfl wfs tfokedi th Ihm; nc wfs dht tfokedi arhl f phsetehd ha premc. Dcetncr wfs nc tfokedi arhl f phsetehd ha scoa-ghdaemcdgc `ut ed f phsetehd ha hdc tnc Ohrm nfm gfoocm f arecdm. Dht fs cqufos `ut fs hdc wnh kdcw tnc Ohrm th `c Nes kedi, Ohrm, `hss fdm arecdm fs mcgofrcm `y Ihm nelscoa. Nc steoo acfrcm Ihm fdm rcvcrcm Nel `ut nc nfm f rcoftehdsnep wetn nel. ]nft―s f vcry mccp rcfol tnft nc nfm lhvcm wetn Ihm. F`rfnfl―s stftclcdt ncrc snhwcm nc wfs dht fpprhfgnedi Ihm sfyedi, ‟E gfd ghlc th Ihm dhw arccoy.“ Dh, nc wfs fosh fwfrc tnft Ihm wfs tnc Hdc wnh es foo-phwcrauo. Fdm tncrc es fd fwcshlc acfr ha Ihm tnft nc wfs cxpcrecdgedi. cxpcrecdgedi. Ed vcrsc09,

‟Edmccm dhw E wnh fl `ut must fdm fsncs nfvc tfkcd et uphd lyscoa th spcfk th tnc Ohrm. Wupphsc tncrc wcrc aevc ocss tnfd tnc 3:, whuom yhu mcstrhy et8“ ]ncd nc rcmugcm et fifed fdm `redis et th =:. Pclcl`cr tnes es dcihteftehd tfok wetn tnc Fopnf fdm Hlcif. Nhw lfdy pchpoc ghuom tfok wetn Ihm ed tnft wfy8 Ncrc nc stfrtcm wetn 3:. Fdm nc iht Ihm th fircc hd tnc 3: aerst fdm ahr tnc aedfo telc ed vcrsc 70, nc sfys, ‟Ohrm, mhd―t `c fdiry ea tncrc wcrc 6:.“ Ihm sfem, ‟E whd―t mcstrhy et ahr ofgk ha 6:.“ ]nc afgt es arhl 3: nc

 

rcmugcm et th 6:. Dhw lhst ha tnc lesudmcrstfdmedi wc nfvc hd rhlfdgedi r hlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es `fscm uphd lfdy wrhdi tcfgnedis hd tnc ohvc ha Ihm, Fifpc fdm Zneooch. ]nes tcfgnedi nfs gfuscm lhst Gnrestefds ircft nedmrfdgcs. Ed hur fttclpt th aedm tnedis wc gfd cxgousevcoy fttre`utc th tnc mcveo hr th tnc Ohrm wc lurmcrcm tnc Ircck ofdiufic fdm fgtcm oekc wc kdhw et `y trfdsoftedi htncr whrms th lcfd shlctnedi wneost wc iht htncrs th lcfd shlctnedi meaacrcdt. ]nc gnurgn acm hd tnc oecs fdm cvcryhdc sfys tncy udmcrstfdm tnft Ihm hdoy nfs fifpc fdm mhcs dht nfvc f pfrt wncrc nc gfd `c f ohvcr ha arecdm yct `cedi ohvcrs fdm `cst arecdms ha Ihm es wnft wc wcrc grcftcm th mh. Ea f lfd ed tnc Hom ]cstflcdt (wnegn es f snfmhw ha tnc Dcw) ghuom `c gfoocm f arecdm ha Ihm fdm Esrfco f ohvcr ha Ihm tncd wc frc th `c ohvcrs fs wcoo fdm `cttcr steoo, ihhm arecdms. ]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest sfem,

Lfttncw 00 vs. 79 Ohvc tnc Ohrm yhur Ihm wetn foo yhur ncfrt fdm wetn foo yhur Whuo fdm wetn foo yhur ledm. Fatcr sfyedi tnft nc uttcrcm whrms lfdy nfvc dht yct tfkcd edth tncer ncfrt. Nc sfem

‟…tnes es tnc ircftcst ghllfdm…“ Qcrsc 7> Dhw tnft whrm ‟ohvc“ es fifpc wnegn lcfds th ohvc ed f shgefo hr lhrfo scdsc. Lfdy `coecvcrs nfvc `ccd tfuint wrhdi. ]ncy tnedk Ihm hdoy nfs fifpc. ]nes es eidhrfdgc ihdc hd rflpfic. Ihm fosh foohws pneooch thwfrm Nel wnegn ed tnc strhdicst ghdghrmfdgc etscoa es „th kess fs f lfttcr ha tcdmcrdcss fdm gnecaoy ghddcgtcm th tnc ncfrt lhrc tnfd th tnc ncfm―. Zneooch lcfds th nfvc faacgtehd ahr, th `c f arecdm th. Fphstoc Zfuo ievcs us oeint wncd nc sfys,

6 Ghredtnefds 61200 Ea fdyhdc mhcs dht ohvc tnc Ohrm, nc es th `c fgguscm th `c ahudm ha fd cdtety hr h`bcgt. ]nc sgrepturc sfys ea yhu ofgk pneooch yhu snfoo `c fs gurscm. ]nc whrm fgguscm es f strhdi whrm ‟fdftnclf“ wnegn lcfds th `c

 

`fddcm, cxghlludegftcm fdm th uttcroy `c gurscm foo `cgfusc hdc ofgks pneooch thwfrms tnc Ohrm. Zchpoc nfvc `ccd thom foo yhu dccm es fifpc fdm tnft dh `coecvcr nfs pneooch thwfrms tnc Ohrm. Ynft tncsc eidhrfdt pchpoc nfvc mhdc es f grelc ha tnc neincst mcircc `cgfusc tnc oec es sh seooy sedgc ets `fscm hd eidhrfdgc ahr ofdiufic steoo cxests thmfy fdm fdyhdc wetn fd edgn ha `rfed gfpfgety gfd rcscfrgn ahr tnclscovcs fdm scc tnc hpcd oec. Ihm es fifpc fdm tnes es wncrc wc aedm tnc sgrepturc,

6 Bhnd = vs. > Nc tnft ohvctn dht kdhwctn dht Ihm; ahr Ihm es ohvc. Ihm es ohvc fdm hut ha Nes fifpc tncrc es pneooch. Ihm nfs faacgtehd thwfrm us. Yetned fifpc tncrc es pneooch. Wh th tcfgn pchpoc tnft Ihm nfs hdoy tnc fifpc kedm ha ohvc es wrhdi. Octs scc wnft Bhnd sfys udmcr tnc edsperftehd ha tnc speret,

Bhnd 61 v 09 sfys Ahr tnc Nelscoa tnft ohvctn yhu, `cgfusc nfvc ohvcm Lc, fdmAftncr nfvc `coecvcm E gflc hut arhlyc Ihm. ]nc whrm „ohvc― tncrc es pneooch. ]nes lcfds faacgtehd. ]nes snhws tnft cvcd Ihm phsscsscs pneooch thwfrms nes gneomrcd. Ihm cvcd sfys,

Lfttncw 6: vs. 79  ‟…nc tnft pneooch (ohvcs) nes aftncr fdm lhtncr lhrc tnfd lc es dht whrtny ha lc. Fdyhdc wnh pneooch nes shd hr mfuintcr lhrc tnfd lc es dht whrtny ha lc“ Ed Bhnd 3 vs. 0: wc scc tnc Ohrm snhwedi pneooch ohvc th tnc shd,

‟… Ahr tnc aftncr ohvcs (pneooch) tnc shd fdm snhws nel foo nc ohvcs…“ Yncd et gflc th Ofzfrus tnc whrm sfys

‟…tnc hdc yhu pneooch es segk.“ Bhnd 66 vs. 7 Uhu scc Ihm nfs fifpc ohvc, wnegn fmmcm th tnes pneooch rcsuots ed Nes irfgc fdm lcrgy th prhvemc sfovftehd ahr lfdkedm tnrhuin Nes shd Bcsus. ]nes es f `hdm tnft irfdts tnc irhudm ahr edtelfgy. Ihm

 

nfs fifpc fdm Nc fosh nfs pneooch. ]nc gnurgn nfs `ccd thom thh lfdy oecs tnft accoedis mh dht lfttcr wncd et ghlcs th hur rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. ]nft es f nfoa-trutn. Accoedis frc tecm ed pneooch fdm gfd `c uscm ahr ihhm fdm ahr `fm. Wcc, accoedis frc dht reint wncd tncy frc ahguscm hd tnc ousts ha tnc whrom `ut ea tnc whrm sfys ‟ohvc yhur Ihm wetn foo yhur ncfrt (speret), wetn foo yhur shuo fdm foo yhur ledm“, tncd E kdhw tnes es shlctnedi tnft rcquercs foo ha lc edgoumedi ly accoedis.

]etus 7 v =-3 prhvcs et, @ut fatcr tnft tnc kedmdcss fdm ohvc   (pneooch) ha Ihm hur Wfvehr thwfrm lfd fppcfrcm, dht `y whrks ha Peintchusdcss wnegn wc nfvc mhdc, `ut fgghrmedi th Nes lcrgy Nc sfvcm us, `y tnc wfsnedi ha rcicdcrftehd fdm rcdcwedi ha tnc Nhoy Inhst“

Bhnd 7 vs. 61 Ahr Ihm sh ohvcm   (fifpc) tnc whrom tnft Nc ifvc Nes hdoy `cihttcd Whd tnft wnhshcvcr `coecvctn ed Nel snhuom dht pcresn, @ut nfvc cvcrofstedi oeac. Yc nfvc f lfdmftc th kdhw tnc meaacrcdgcs ha tnc ohvc sphkcd ha ed tncsc sgrepturcs. sgrepturcs. Ihm nfs nfs fifpc fdm fdm Nc fosh nfs pneooch. Edtelfgy gfoos ahr cvcrytnedi yhu nfvc. Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es gneca hvcr cvcrytnedi. ]nc frt ha rhlfdgedi Ihm―s ncfrt icts hdc edth tnc vcry prcscdgc ha Ihm wfy `cyhdm tnc vceo. Zneooch es tnc ohvc ha tnedis wc nfvc udmcrstfdmedi ha. Yncd lhst „dhrlfo― Gnrestefds ncfr tnc whrms „rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm― tncy gredic ft tnc stftclcdt selpoy `cgfusc tncy nfvc f gfrdfo edgoedftehd th tnc whrms. ]nc whrm „rhlfdgc― th lhst pchpoc lcfds shlctnedi thh „aocsnoy― fdm dcvcr shlctnedi Ihmoy. Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es dht f`hut tnc aocsn. Et es f`hut tnc speret rcfoezedi f dccm th ghddcgt wetn Ihm ed f spcgefo wfy tnft grcftcs f mccpcr wfok. Et es shlctnedi tnft icts Ihm th `c lhrc tnfd f grcfthr `ut f ohvcr fdm f mcfr arecdm. Edtelfgy ghlcs `y ocfrdedi tnc frt ha „rhlfdgedi― tnc ncfrt ha Ihm. Icttedi sh gohsc th Nes ncfrt tnft hdc gfd rcfooy acco tnc „ncfrt`cft― ha Ihm. Mrfwedi sh dcfr tnft, yhu gfd thugn fdm acco tnc „puosc― ha Ihm. Uhu `cied th udmcrstfdm Nel `y nhw Nc tfoks ‗ cvcry „`rcftn― fs et wcrc. Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es oekc puttedi hdc―s aedicr hd tnc puosc ha Ihm fdm rcsphdmedi th cvcry `cft ha Nes ncfrt

 

fgghrmedioy. Accoedi Nes nurts, sccedi Nes fdicr fdm kdhwedi Nes oekcs fdm mesoekcs. Et es icttedi `cnedm tnc vceo fdm sccedi Nel ahr wnh Nc rcfooy es. ]nes es cfsy th mh `ut meaaeguot th udmcrstfdm ea yhu nfvc f rcoeiehus speret hr mclhd th put et pofedoy. ]nc scdsedi ha rhlfdgc gfd hvcrwncol tnhsc tnft sfy tncy forcfmy kdhw. Uhu scc et es meaaeguot th aeoo f gup tnft es forcfmy auoo. Whlc weoo gofel tncy forcfmy kdhw nhw th ict gohsc th tnc Ohrm fdm mrfw dcfrcr th Nes prcscdgc yct tncy whuom `c lestfkcd. Dh whdmcr tnc whrm sfys et tnes wfy2

Lfttncw 12 07 ‟…Ea tnc oeint tnft es ed yhu `c mfrkdcss yhu frc ed ircft Mfrkdcss!“ Mhd―t gofel yhu kdhw wncd yhu mhd―t kdhw. E nfvc lhvcm edth tncsc rcfols tnft es wny tnc Ohrm fwfkcdcm lc th tcfgn Nes pchpoc hd nhw rcfo edtelfgy gfd `c fgnecvcm. Ihm es lhrc weooedi th `c edtelftc wetn Nes grcftehd lhrc tnfd tnc grcftehd es weooedi. Nc es lhrc weooedi th ih mccpcr wetn us. Nc thom lc Nc wfdts us th ict th f ocvco ed Nel wncrc tncrc frc dh nemmcd tnedis `ctwccd Nel fdm us. ]nes es wnft Fphstoc Zfuo iht th hdgc wncd nc sfem tnc whrms,

6 Ghredtnefds 0 vs. 6: ‟…`ut Ihm nfs rcvcfocm tncsc scgrcts th us `y Nes Wperet…“ Fphstoc Zfuo wfs dhw ed f phsetehd ha kdhwedi scgrcts `cgfusc nc nfm stfrtcm „rhlfdgedi― tnc ncfrt ha Ihm. Nc ghuom dhw ict tnc scgrcts nemmcd arhl fics pfst `cgfusc „rhlfdgedi― tnc ncfrt ha Ihm grcftcm edtelfgy. Et ifvc nel fggcss edth tnc vfuots ha ncfvcd. Fs ohdi fs nc wfs speretufooy edtelftc wetn nes grcfthr tncrc wfs dh wetnnhomedi edahrlftehd. ]ncrc wcrc predgepocs tnft tnes Fphstoc nfm ihttcd th wnegn grcftcm f wfvc ed nes speret tnft edtcrlediocm wetn Ihm―s Wperet tnft tncrc wfs dhtnedi nc ghuom dht nfvc fskcm ahr ha tnc Ohrm fdm dht `c irfdtcm et.

]nc Pcvcoftehd… ]nes `hhk es lcfdt th grcftc ed yhu f mccpcr wfok wetn tnc Ohrm. Edtelfgy tnft prhmugcs f kedm ha bettcry cxgetcm ohvc yhu acco tnft lfkcs yhu dcrvhus dcrvhus ed tnc reint reint scdsc. Et lfkcs yhur yhur pfols swcft, yhur lhutn ihcs mry, yhur ncfrt rfgcs wetn cxgetclcdt, `uttcraoecs ed yhur sthlfgn fdm cvcd whrms stul`oc goulseoy hut ha yhur

 

lhutn ahr tnc Ohrm. ]nes es dht scxufo ohvc oekc gfrdfo pchpoc whuom wfdt th tnedk. ]nes ihcs wfy `cyhdm scxufo ohvc. Et ihcs `cyhdm tnc pnysegfo ohvc tnft pchpoc ict sh gfuint up wetn. Et es ed ets hwd irfmc fdm melcdsehd. Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm grcftcs edtelfgy `ctwccd tnc grcfthr fdm tnc grcftcm tnft es Ihm fdm yhurscoa. Elfiedc tnft truc ohvcr… Elfiedc tnft truc ohvc. Elfiedc tnc hdc yhu truoy ohvc. ]nc ghddcgtehd E fl tfokedi f`hut es dht ed tnc scxufo scdsc. ]ruc ohvcrs frc arecdm―s dht bust pfrtdcrs ed tnc aocsn. ]ruc ohvcrs ohvc th `c thictncr, tncy ohvc th snfrc, fdm tncy ohvc th kdhw wnft tnc htncr es tnedkedi. ]ruc ohvcrs mh dht nurt cfgn htncr. ]ncy scck th udmcrstfdm fdm dht bust th `c udmcrsthhm. ]ruc ohvcrs frc fowfys thictncr. ]ncy hdoy scc cfgn htncr fdm hdoy fmhrc cfgn htncr. Elfiedc tnft pegturc. Elfiedc et es yhu fdm tnc hdc yhu truoy ohvc. Bust elfiedc tnft ohvcr, dcvcr octtedi ih fdm dcvcr octtedi ohhsc. Elfiedc ifzedi edth cfgn htncr―s cycs ahr ctcrdety fdm rcfoezedi yhu dcvcr wfdt et th cdm. Elfiedc tnft truc ohvcr fs Ihm. ]nft es cxfgtoy wnft Ihm gfd `c th yhu ea yhu mfrc ict tnc udmcrstfdmedi udmcrstfdmed i ha „ED]ELFGU―.

Gnfptcr twh @cghledi f arecdm ha Ihm

 

  Whlc arecdms frc oekc tcocvesehds. Whlc frc oekc ‟Zfy pcr vecw“ tcocvesehd, tncy frc fowfys fskedi ahr lhdcy. Htncrs frc oekc tnc Dcws, wetn tfocs th tcoo cvcrymfy fdm lfdy dht `cdcaetedi yhu ft foo. Whlc arecdms frc oekc tnc fmvcrt gnfddco, fowfys gnfdiedi fdm lfdy frc oekc tnft hdc stftehd wetn tnc ahrceid ofdiufic2 yhu mhd―t udmcrstfdm f oht ha wnft tncy sfy `ut yhu oestcd fdm wftgn fdywfy. ]nc Ohrm Bcsus hd tnc htncr nfdm es f mcfr arecdm wetn f ohvc yhu mhd―t wfdt th oct ih. ]nc hom sedicr gfoocm Nel tnc afercst ha tcd tnhusfdm. Nc es f arecdm edmccm. Ed afgt Nc gfoos us arecdms Nelscoa fdm dht sofvcs. Ed afgt Nc es lhrc weooedi th `c ed f arecdmsnep wetn us lhrc tnfd wc frc weooedi th `c arecdms wetn Nel!

Bhnd 63 vs.63 (DO]) E dh ohdicr gfoo yhu WOFQCW `cgfusc f lfstcr mhcs dht Ghdaemc (tcoo Nes scgrcts) th Nes WOFQCW. Dhw E gfoo yhu arecdms. F`rfnfl kdcw tnc Ohrm th `c f arecdm th tnc cxtcdt tnft cvcd tnc Ohrm `cahrc Nc mcstrhycm Whmhl fdm Ihlhrrfn pfsscm `y F`rfnfl―s nhusc fdm uttcrcm shlctnedi tnft es ledm `hiioedi,

Icdcses 6> vs. 69 Nhw gfd wc nemc arhl F`rfnfl wnft E fl f`hut th mh8 Ihm Nelscoa vfoucm Nes arecdmsnep wetn Nes grcfturc gfoocm F`rfnfl tnft Nc acot et meaaeguot fdm cvcd elphsse`oc th mcstrhy f thwd, wnegn F`rfnfl wfsd―t cvcd f getezcd ha wetnhut aerst tcooedi F`rfnfl. @cghledi f arecdm ha Ihm es dht bust f stftclcdt. ]ncrc es lhrc th et. Et es oekc nhomedi tnc puosc ha Ihm fdm kdhwedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm ft cvcry lhlcdt. lhlcdt. Et es nftedi wnft Nc nftcs nftcs fdm ohvedi wnft Nc ohvcs. Et es fosh f`hut sfgreaegc. Et es f`hut weooedidcss th oct ih fdm oct Ihm. @cghledi f arecdm ha Ihm es th rcfoezc tnft hdoy Ihm lfttcrs. Yncd tnes nfppcds Ihm `cieds th ghdtrho tnedis wfy `cahrc tncy ghlc yhur wfy. Mfvem nfm tnc aerst nfdm cxpcrecdgc. Ohhk ft tnes2

Esfefn 79 vs. 73 ‟Ahr E weoo mcacdm tnes gety th sfvc et ahr ly hwd sfkc fdm ahr ly scrvfdt Mfvem―s sfkc…“ Mem yhu scc tnft8 Mfvem wcdt th `cm muredi f `fttoc, cxpcgtedi th aeint tnc dcxt mfy `ut Ihm `cedi f arecdm ha Mfvem sthhm up arhl Nes tnrhdc fdm keoocm tnc htncr frly `cgfusc ha Mfvem. Mfvem hdoy whkc up th aedm tnc hpphsedi frly mcfm. Ihm nfm keoocm tncl foo.

 

  Ihm mcstrhycm tnc cdclecs ha Nes arecdm ahr twh rcfshds, ahr Nes hwd sfkc fdm ahr Mfvem―s sfkc. ]nft fohdc es f rcvcoftehd ahr truc arecdmsnep. ]ruc arecdmsnep mhcs dht ghdgcdtrftc hd hdc―s hwd dccms `ut ohhks fdm weoos th shovc tnc prh`ocl ha tnc arecdm. Dh whdmcr tnc whrm sfys,

Bhnd 63 vs. 67 Ircftcr ohvc nftn dh lfd tnfd tnes, tnft f lfd snhuom ofy mhwd nes oeac ahr nes arecdms. Arecdmsnep es fd f`eoety th ievc yhurscoa fwfy ahr tnc `cdcaet ha tnc rcoftehdsnep. Ea f `coecvcr wfdts th ict th f mccpcr wfok wetn Ihm tncy huint th surrcdmcr foo ahr tnc sfkc ha tnc rcoftehdsnep. Uhu ievc fwfy tnc ‟E“ ahr ‟wc“. F mccpcr wfok wetn tnc Ohrm lcfds hdc huint th gfst fwfy tnc speret tnft sfys ‟E“ fdm fmhpts ‟wc“. Wfgreaegc es tnc ncfrt ha tnc arecdm. ]ncrc es f oht tnft Ihm weoo mh ahr Nes arecdms. Arecdms ha Ihm frc meaacrcdt arhl pchpoc ha Ihm. Arecdms frc thom cvcrytnedi. Wcc tncrc frc mesgepocs tncd tncrc frc tnc luotetumcs. ]nc Ohrm spcdt telc wetn Nes mesgepocs fdm thom tnc luotetumcs tnedis ahr f spcgeaeg telc yct stfycm wetn tnc mesgepocs wnhl Nc gfoocm arecdms.

Sdmcrstfdmedi tnc arecdm wc nfvc ed Nel Ed hrmcr ahr us th `cghlc arecdms ha Ihm, wc dccm th aerst udmcrstfdm Nes dfturc fdm pcrshd. ]nc whrm ha Ihm spcfks ha twh lcd wnh wfokcm wetn Ihm th tnc cxtcdt tnft tncy mcaecm trfmetehd fdm edtcrfgtcm wetn Ihm fs arecdms. ]ncy sphkc fdm pofddcm wetn Ihm ed f wfy tnft edspercs lfdy `coecvcrs thmfy. ]nc aerst lfd E nfvc forcfmy lcdtehdcm cfroecr fdm tnes es F`rfnfl; oct―s mei f oettoc mccpcr fdm scc wnft edseint wc nfvc f`hut nes rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm;

Icdcses 6> vs. 69 jWnfoo E nemc arhl F`rfnfl wnft E fl mhedi8―  Mem yhu scc tnft8 Ihm fdm F`rfnfl wcrc sh edtelftc tnft Ihm  ghuom sfy ha F`rfnfl,

‟Wnfoo E nemc arhl nel wnft E wfdt th mh8“ Ed htncr whrms wnft Ihm wfs sfyedi wfs nc wfdtcm th snfrc Nes pofds wetn shlchdc. Nes gohscdcss fdm arecdmsnep wetn F`rfnfl wfs sh mccp tnft Nc nfm th snfrc Nes edtcdtehds wetn nel aerst `cahrc

 

gfrryedi tncl hut. ]nc sflc es truc reint dhw ea yhu tfkc telc th irhw edtelftc wetn Nel. Ed tnc `hhk ha Flhs 7 vs. 9 Ihm sfys,

‟Ahr Ihm mhcs dhtnedi wetnhut tcooedi Nes Wcrvfdts tnc prhpncts.“ Flhs 7 vs. 9 Nc es tnc sflc Ihm. Nc dcvcr gnfdicm arhl tnc mfys ha F`rfnfl. Nc wfdts us th nfvc fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Nel. Nc wfdts us th `c ed ohvc wetn Nel fdm th `c ohvcm `y Nel. Fs ea et es dht surpresedi ahr Ihm th ghdsuot F`rfnfl aerst, cvcd lhrc `faaoedi wfs tnc afgt tnft F`rfnfl ghuom dcihteftc fdm ghdvcrsc wetn Ihm f`hut Nes pofd. 

Icdcses 6> vs. 6> Wedgc F`rfnfl snfoo surcoy `cghlc f ircft fdm leinty dftehd. Fdm foo tnc dftehds ha tnc cfrtn snfoo `c `ocsscm ed nel. A hr hr E n f fvv c   k d h w d n e l ed hrmcr tnft nc lfy ghllfdm nes gneomrcd fdm nes nhuscnhom fatcr nel tnft tncy kccp tnc wfy ha tnc Ohrm th mh reintchusdcss fdm bustegc tnft tnc Ohrm lfy `redi th F`rfnfl wnft Nc nfs sphkcd th nel... Ihm fdm F`rfnfl wcrc wcoo fgqufedtcm. fgqufedtcm. Whlchdc hdgc sfem sfem tnft F`rfnfl sphkc th Ihm arhl f phsetehd ha premc fdm scoa-ghdaemcdgc `ut et gcrtfedoy wfs dht. Cvcd tnhuin tnc wnhoc ghdvcrsftehd wfs f dcihteftehd `ctwccd Ihm fdm F`rfnfl, et wfs lhrc ha f pocf hr rcqucst hd F`rfnfl―s pfrt. Nc wfs cdtrcftedi Ihm fdm Ihm wfs oestcdedi. ]nes ocvco ha edtelfgy es vcry mccp fdm `coecvc et hr dht et es tnc vcry ocvco Ihm wfdts us th rcfgn. Et es dht bust ahr f gnhscd acw. Uhur ihfo snhuom `c th `cghlc sugn gohsc arecdms fdm ohvcrs tnft dh hdc ghuom cvcr ghlc `ctwccd yhu. ]nc whrm ha Ihm sfys Ihm es ohvc, wnegn lfkcs Nel f ohvcr. Yc frc fosh ohvcrs `cgfusc wc frc bust oekc Nel. Yc snhuom `c sh gohsc tnft wc gfd dcihteftc fdm „rcfshd thictncr― fs stftcm ed tnc `hhk ha Esfefn.

Ghlc dhw, fdm oct us rcfshd thictncr, sfetn tnc Ohrm Esfefn 6 vs. 6> ]nc Ohrm Ihm Foleinty, hur sfvehur es sfyedi Nc mcsercs f rcoftehdsnep wetn us tnft icts us th f ocvco wncrc wc „rcfshd― wetn Nel. Qcrsc Qcrsc 09 ha Icdcses 6> tcoos us tnes,

‟Edmccm dhw E wnh fl `ut must fdm fsncs nfvc tfkcd et uphd lyscoa th spcfk th tnc Ohrm. Wupphsc tncrc wcrc aevc

 

ocss tnfd tnc 3:, whuom yhu mcstrhy et8 Fdm Ihm sfem, jEa E aedm tncrc =3 E weoo dht mcstrhy et.“  ]nes sgrepturc prhvcs tnc afgt tnft F`rfnfl nfm tnc utlhst rcspcgt ahr Ihm fdm nes dcihteftehd wfs dht `fscm hd ahhoesn premc. @y aerst rcghidesedi tnft wetnhut Ihm yhu frc edmccm dhtnedi, yhu futhlftegfooy foohw Nel rhhl th ghlc edth yhur oeac fdm lfkc yhu shlc`hmy. Uhu nfvc th th ocfrd th nul`oc yhurscoa fdm Ihm weoo mh tnc oeatedi up. Nc kdcw tnft Ihm wfs tnc Hdc wnh es foo-phwcrauo. Wcc nhw tnc dcihteftehd gfrrecm hd,

‟Ohrm, mhd―t `c fdiry ea tncrc wcrc 6:.“ Ihm sfem, ‟E whd―t mcstrhy et ahr ofgk ha 6:.“ Wcc Ihm rcmugcm tnc aeiurc arhl 3: foo tnc wfy mhwd th tcd. Ynft f leinty Ihm wc scrvc! ]nes ocvco ha edtelfgy es ifedcm tnrhuin telc spcdt fdm mcmegftcm th tnc hdc yhu ohvc. Et mhcs dht bust stfrt haa hd tnes ocvco. ]nc `e`oc sfys

6 Bhnd = vs.65 ‟Yc ohvc `cgfusc Nc aerst ohvcm us“ @cahrc wc gfrcm lugn ahr Nel hr pfem lugn fttcdtehd th Nes whrm, Nc forcfmy ohvcm us fdm tnft es tnc rcfshd wny wc ohvc. Et es hur dfturc. ]h lhvc edth mccpcr rcfols ha edtelfgy wc dccm th nftc wnft Nc nftcs fdm ohvc wnft Nc ohvcs. Et es fosh f`hut sfgreaegc. Et es f`hut weooedidcss th oct ih fdm oct Ihm. @cghledi f arecdm ha Ihm es th rcfoezc tnft hdoy Ihm lfttcrs.

Ievedi fohdisemc edtelfgy Icdcses 6> vs. 0-3 ‟Ly Ohrm ea E nfvc dhw ahudm afvhur ed yhur seint mh dht pfss hd `y yhur scrvfdt. Zocfsc oct f oettoc wftcr `c `rhuint fdm wfsn yhur acct fdm rcst yhurscovcs udmcr tnc trcc. Fdm E weoo `redi f lhrsco ha `rcfm, tnft yhu lfy rcarcsn yhur ncfrts fatcr tnft yhu lfy pfss `y ed fs lugn fs yhu nfvc ghlc th yhur scrvfdt…“ E wfdt yhu th dhtegc tnft tnc aerst tnedi tnft F`rfnfl mem wncd nc gfuint tnc rcvcoftehd tnft tnc Ohrm nfm vesetcm nel, nc ifvc. E gfoo et f rcvcoftehd `cgfusc tnc `e`oc sfys ed vcrsc hdc, ‟…tnc Ohrm fppcfrcm th nel….“ Uct wnft F`rfnfl sfw wcrc tnrcc hrmedfry ohhkedi lcd fpprhfgnedi nes tcdt. Sphd pcrgcevedi tnft tnes wfs lhrc tnfd lct tnc cyc, nc ellcmeftcoy rusncm fdm kdcot `cahrc tnc lcd fdm sfem ‟…ly Ohrm ea E nfvc dhw ahudm afvhur ed yhur

 

seint…“. Wcc tnft8 Nc memd―t sfy, ‟Ly Ohrm(s) hr icdtoclcd oct lc edtrhmugc lyscoa“ DH! ]nc lfd wfs auooy ohfmcm wetn rcvcoftehd fdm mccp edtelfgy wetn Ihm tnft nes speret ellcmeftcoy kdcw ets ohvcr wfs hd tnc sgcdc. ]nft es edtelfgy. F`rfnfl wfs sh wcoo fgqufedtcm wetn nes arecdm, ohvcm hdc fdm Aftncr Ihm tnft dh mesiuesc whuom whrk! Nc kdcw et ed nes speret tnft tncsc wcrc dh hrmedfry lcd ghledi ahr fd fatcrdhhd gnft f`hut gnfreht rfgcs ‗ et wfs Zfpf Ihm Nelscoa! Dhw kdhwedi tnes, nc ellcmeftcoy cdmcfvhurcm cdmcfvhurcm th ievc shlctnedi. Ncrc oecs fd elphrtfdt kcy th edtelfgy. Yncd yhu ohvc Ihm yhu ievc. Uhu ievc `cgfusc yhu frc f ohvcr `y dfturc. Ly nus`fdm fdm E ohvc th ievc. Yc cdbhy ievedi fs lugn fs wc cdbhy `rcftnedi. Et es hur dfturc, ets pfrt ha us. ]fkc fwfy hur ievedi dfturc fdm wc frc fs ihhm fs mcfm ‗ tnft―s nhw elphrtfdt et es th us. Fdy hpphrtudety wc aedm th ievc wc bulp ft et wetnhut f lhlcdts ncsetftehd. Yc nfvc shwd ed telcs ha ofgk fdm ed telcs ha pocdty fdm Ihm es afetnauo foo tnc sflc. ]ncrc wfs f telc wncd ievedi wfs dht ly dfturc. Oekc lhst `coecvcrs thmfy, wncd et gflc telc th ievc ed tnc gnurgn ly ghudtcdfdgc ghudtcdfd gc whuom afoo. Ea E nfm `ccd bulpedi up fdm mhwd wetn tnc cxgetclcdt ha tnc whrm tnft wfs `cedi prcfgncm, tnes es tnc hdc pfrt ha tnc scrvegc tnft whuom `redi lc grfsnedi `fgk th „rcfoety―. E whuom lfkc surc tnft E mem dht ievc cvcrytnedi tnft wfs ed ly pursc cvcd ea E ghuom faahrm th. E whuom mcoe`crftcoy pusn fwfy tnc neincr dhtcs ed f `em th aedm gheds ha ocsscr vfouc. Ea dhdc wcrc ahudm, E whuom ievc tnc dhtc `ut tnc quccd―s afgc hd tnc lhdcy whuom `c squcczcm sh teint tnft tcfrs whuom ghlc strcfledi mhwd ncr afgc, fs E whuom `c squcczedi ncr sh teint edstcfm ha mrhppedi tnc lhdcy ed tnc haacredi `fskct. E bust memd―t wfdt th ievc et. Et es dh surpresc tnft ly rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm ft tnft telc wfs dhtnedi th wretc nhlc f`hut. Ets hdoy udteo E rcfoescm ly sed tnft ly oeac fs E kdcw et gnfdicm ahrcvcr. Arhl tnft telc lfdy ycfrs fih, E nfvc ghlc f ohdi wfy. Ly rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm es ft f neincr ocvco fdm et kccps irhwedi arhl strcditn th strcditn. Ihm nfs thom us ed Nes whrm tnft ea yhu ievc yhu snfoo rcgcevc. ]nes es nhw Oukc puts et,

Oukc 1 vs. 7> I e v c , f dm e t s nf oooo ` c i e v c d ud t h y h u ; ihhm lcfsurc, prcsscm mhwd, fdm snfkcd thictncr, fdm ruddedi hvcr, snfoo lcd ievc edth yhur `hshl. Ahr wetn tnc sflc lcfsurc tnft yc lctc wetnfo et snfoo `c lcfsurcm th yhu fifed.

 

Et es f ofw tnft es ed lhtehd. Ea yhu ievc yhu weoo rcgcevc. Bust fs lugn fs tnc ofw ha irfvety cxests sh et es wetn tnc ofw ha ievedi. Ly nus`fdm fdm E nfvc dhw ihttcd th f phedt wncrc wc ievc dht `cgfusc hur cycs frc shocoy ahguscm hd wnft Ihm weoo mh ahr us ed rcturd, `ut `cgfusc wc frc ohvcrs `y dfturc tnft futhlftegfooy lfkcs us ievcrs `y dfturc. Yc ohvc wnft Ihm ohvcs fdm Ihm ohvcs th ievc. Ed afgt Nc ifvc tnc lhst edgrcme`oc ieat tnft surpfsscs foo htncrs hd cfrtn fdm tnft es sfovftehd tnrhuin hur Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest. Et wfs f sfgreaegc Nc lfmc ahr us. Pcfoesc reint dhw tnft ea yhu cvcr wfdt th nfvc f rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm wncrc Nc gfoos yhu „arecdm―, yhu nfvc th `c f ievcr `y dfturc. @c oekc F`rfnfl wnh wncd nc rcfoescm tnc afvhur nc nfm ahudm ed tnc seint ha Ihm mem dht ncsetftc th ievc shlctnedi ha nes su`stfdgc. F`rfnfl wfs fosh f tetncr.

Icdcses 6= vs. 0: ‟…Fdm nc ifvc nel tetncs ha foo“. Ievedi es Ihm―s wfy ha ncopedi us th ohvc nel lhrc. Yc frc tnc hdcs wnh `cdcaet arhl ievedi. Ea wc ievc wc rcgcevc sh tnft lfkcs us `cdcaegefrecs.. Ed tnc `hhk ha Lfttncw 1206 Bcsus tfuint tnft, `cdcaegefrecs

‟Ahr wncrc yhur trcfsurc es, tncrc weoo yhur ncfrt `c fosh“.  fosh“.  Ea yhu pofgc tnc neincst vfouc hd lftcrefo tnedis, yhur ncfrt weoo futhlftegfooy ahoohw tnhsc lftcrefo tnedis. Ea hd tnc htncr nfdm, yhu pofgc tnc neincst vfouc hd Ihm―s iohry fdm edvcst ed tnc tnedis ha Ihm, tncd yhur mcfrcst ohvc weoo `c ahudm ed tnhsc tnedis fs wcoo. E nfvc ncfrm hd scvcrfo hggfsehds― pchpoc ghlpofed tnft tncy acco  „ohw― speretufooy fdm mry. ]nes nfppcds `cgfusc ha ofgk ha edtelfgy wetn Ihm. ]ncy lfy `c mhedi cvcrytnedi reint `ut tncy mh dht nfvc f ievedi dfturc. Ly nus`fdm hatcd sfys MC@] stfdms ahr ‟Mhedi Cvcrytnedi @ut ]etnedi“. ]nc speretufo pfssehd ed yhu gfd `c rcvevcm `cgfusc yhu frc f ievcr `y dfturc. Uhu ifed edtelfgy wetn Ihm `cgfusc yhu gfrc ahr tnc tnedis nc gfrcs ahr. Uhu pfy yhur tetnc fdm haacredi `cgfusc yhu frc f ohvcr fdm ievcr `y dfturc, yhu ncop tnc dccmy frhudm yhu `cgfusc et es yhur dfturc th ievc. ]ncsc frc shlc ha tnc lfdmftcs Ihm ifvc us wncd et ghlcs th ledestcredi wetn hur su`stfdgc. Uhu ifed edtelfgy wetn Ihm ea ievedi es yhur dfturc oekc F`rfnfl.

]nc Lhscs kedm ha `frifed ]nc scghdm pftrefrgn wc―oo ohhk ft wnh nfm f trclcdmhusoy edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm es Lhscs. ]nc `hhk ha Cxhmus sfys,

 

 

Cxhmus 70 vs. 66-6= ‟]ncd Lhscs pocfmcm wetn tnc Ohrm fdm sfem, jOhrm wny mhcs yhur wrftn `urd nht fifedst yhur pchpoc wnhl yhu nfvc `rhuint hut ha tnc ofdm ha Ciypt wetn ircft phwcr fdm wetn f leinty nfdm. Yny snhuom tnc Ciyptefd spcfk fdm sfy Nc `rhuint tncl hut th nfrl tncl th keoo tncl ed tnc lhudtfeds fdm th ghdsulc tncl arhl tnc afgc ha tnc cfrtn. ] u r d a r h l y h u r a e c r g c   w r f t n f dm r c o c dt  a r h l t n c n f r l t h U h u r p c h p oc . Pclcl`cr F`rfnfl, Esffg fdm Esrfco, Uhur scrvfdts th wnhl yhu swhrc `y Uhur hwd scoa.― Wh tnc Ohrm rcocdtcm arhl tnc nfrl wnegn Nc sfem Nc whuom mh th Nes pchpoc.“ Yhw! Mem yhu scc tnft8 ]nes es f rclfrkf`oc edgemcdt. Ed vcrsc 6: tnc Ohrm sfys,

‟Oct Lc fohdc tnft Ly wrftn lfy `urd nht fifedst tncl tnft E lfy ghdsulc tncl.“ Ncrc Zfpf Ihm wfs fdiry! Yncd fdicr `urds nht tncd et―s shlctnedi cosc! ]nc `e`oc puts et reint tnes wfy,

Bcrclefn 0: vs. 66 ‟@ut tnc OHPM [es\ wetn lc fs f leinty tcrre`oc hdc…“ Ihm wfs sh fdiry tnft Nc wfdtcm th mcstrhy Nes hwd pchpoc.  pchpoc.   Nc fgtufooy thom Lhscs, ‟Ict fsemc E fl ghledi th mcstrhy tncl.“  ]nes lcfds tnc hdoy tnedi tnft sthhm `ctwccd Ihm fdm mcstrhyedi tncsc pchpoc edstfdtfdchusoy wfs Lhscs. Hom Lhscs wfs sh ed thugn, sh edtelftc, sh fttudcm th tnc ncfrt`cft ha nes Ihm th fd cxtcdt tnft nc ghuom tcoo Ihm th „rcpcdt―. Nc ghuom stfdm ghlahrtf`oy `ctwccd leooehds ha pchpoc fdm Ihm. Lhscs ihcs hd th sfy,

‟Zocfsc mhd―t mh et ahr tnc sfkc ha hur fdgcsthrs F`rfnfl, Esffg, Bfgh`, tnc ghvcdfdt tnft tncy nfvc lfmc wetn yhu. Ohrm, mhd―t mh et. Pclcl`cr tnft ghvcdfdt.“ ]nes es rclfrkf`oc. Et snhws tnc mcircc ha edtelfgy `ctwccd tnc Grcfthr fdm Nes grcftcm. ]ncy wcrc edtelftc. ]ncy wcrc `cst arecdms; ohvcrs fdm dh hdc cosc ghuom cvcr nfvc mhdc wnft Lhscs mem. Dh hdc cosc ft tnft telc gflc gohsc th tnc ocvco ha gohscdcss tnft wfs `ctwccd Lhscs fdm Ihm. Et es ed tnes `hhk tnft E weoo snhw

 

yhu wfys th ifed tnes ocvco ha edtelfgy wetn Ihm. F ocvco wncrc yhu kdhw Ihm sh wcoo yhu gfd „dcihteftc― wetn Nel.

Zrfyedi yhur wfy th edtelfgy E rclcl`cr f telc shlc ycfrs fih wncd ly nus`fdm fdm E wcrc gfoocm hut th prfy ahr shlchdc ed f gety hd tnc hpphsetc semc ha Cdiofdm arhl wncrc wc oevcm. Et wfs ihedi th `c f ohdi bhurdcy sh wc mcgemcm th rcterc cfroy ed prcpfrftehd ahr tnc trep tnc ahoohwedi lhrdedi. E whkc up th aedm ly nus`fdm mccp ed ghdvcrsftehd wetn Ihm fdm fs nc ghdgoumcm, E ncfrm nel sfy, ‟Ohrm lfy yhu snhw us f seid ha wnft wfs th nfppcd“. Wh wc iht rcfmy fdm iht edth hur gfr fdm ed truc Fdico trfmetehd wc prfycm ahr hur fwfetedi bhurdcy. Et es tncd tnft ly nus`fdm lcdtehdcm th lc wnft Ihm nfm snhwd nel muredi tnc deint. Nc nfm sccd f poht udahom snhwedi wnft tnc mcveo nfm pofddcm fifedst us. Et wfs f aftfo fggemcdt tnft wfs ihedi th tfkc pofgc ft f prcgesc ohgftehd bust f acw leocs fwfy arhl hur mcstedftehd. Wh nc nfm thom Ihm th snhw us f seid ha wnft wfs th nfppcd. Dhw E nfvc th sfy tnes es shlctnedi tnft snhuom dcvcr `c fttclptcm ea yhu frc dht ft tnc reint r eint ocvco ha edtelfgy hr afetn ahr tnft lfttcr. Cxfgtoy ft tnc ohgftehd stftcm `y ly nus`fdm, hdc ha tnc tyrcs hd hur gfr `urst fdm wfs ghlpoctcoy snrcmmcm phtcdtefooy gfusedi f screhus fggemcdt. Ft tnft lhlcdt, E mem dht cvcd kdhw shlctnedi wfs wrhdi. E selpoy tnhuint tnft ly nus`fdm wfs gnfdiedi ofdcs yct tnc tyrc nfm bust cxpohmcm! Et wfs fs ea wc wcrc gfrrecm th tnc semc ha tnc rhfm. Fs Nc pfrkcm nc thom lc tnft tnc Ohrm nfm bust snhwd us wnft wfs supphscm th nfvc nfppcdcm. @y tnft telc twh phoegclcd wnh wcrc pfssedi `y puoocm hvcr th scc wnft nfm nfppcdcm. ]ncy wcrc fsthdesncm th scc tnc cxtcdt ha tnc mflfic hd tnc tyrc. Fgghrmedi th tncl, foo fggemcdts tncy nfm sccd edvhovedi tyrc `ursts ha tnes gfoe`rc nfm `ccd aftfo. Wh nhw es et tnft nc ghuom nfvc tfokcm th Ihm fdm thom Ihm tnft nc wfdtcm th scc wnft wfs th ghlc8 Nhw es et tnft f lcrc lfd gfd spcfk fdm Ihm oestcds fdm tfkcs fgtehd ellcmeftcoy8 E wfdt th snhw yhu nhw prfycr pofys f `ei rhoc wncd et ghlcs th irhwedi lhrc edtelftc wetn Ihm.

 

F oeac ha prfycr es hdc ha tnc afgthrs tnft edgrcfsc edtelfgy. ]ncrc frc pchpoc wnh prfy fdm tncy kdhw wetnhut f mhu`t tnft tncer prfycrs weoo `c fdswcrcm. ]ncrc frc tnrcc lfed ocvcos tnft wc frc ihedi th ohhk ft.

]nc hutcr ghurt arecdm Oekc tnc tclpoc Lhscs `ueot, prfycr nfs tnrcc ocvcos tnft mcaedc tnc pcrshd wnh es ft tnft pfrteguofr ocvco. ]nc vfst lfbhrety ha `coecvcrs rcsemc tncrc. Ed tnes ocvco, ocvco, tnc `coecvcr `coecvcr lhstoy prfys prfys ahr pnysegfo hr hr dfturfo dccms. Et es nfrmoy cvcr speretufo. Et es fowfys wnft tncy mhd―t nfvc fdm tncy rcquerc Ihm th ih fdm „actgn― tnc tnedis tncy wfdt. ]nes es tnc `coecvcr wnh ihcs th gnurgn wetn f spcgeaeg dccm fdm fs shhd fs et es lct tncy ocfvc dcvcr th `c sccd ed tnc nhusc ha tnc Ohrm fifed. Et es f prfycr oeac tnft es ahguscm lfedoy hd icttedi tnedis rftncr tnfd irhwedi lhrc edtelftc wetn Ihm. Ed tnc `hhk ha Lfttncw, wc frc ievcd edseint edth tnc telc wc snhuom spcdm fskedi ahr dfturfo tnedis fdm tnc prhphrtehd hd pnysegfo tnedis sccls th `c quetc slfoo.

Lfttncw 1 vs.77 Wcck yc aerst tnc kedimhl ha Ihm fdm Nes reintchusdcss fdm foo tncsc tnedis snfoo `c fmmcm hdth yhu. ]nc whrm ha Ihm es pofgedi lhrc clpnfses hd scckedi tnc Kedimhl ha Ihm. Wpcdm lhrc lhrc telc scckedi edtelfgy wetn wetn Nel fdm ohvedi ohvedi Nel sh lugn tnft yhu mhd―t wfstc yhur telc fskedi ahr lftcrefo tnedis arhl Nel. Cvcd ea yhu ohhk ft f t tnc Ohrms prfycr, wnegn wfs fd Hom ]cstflcdt prfycr tncrc es fgtufooy hdc lfed vcrsc tnft ghvcrs pnysegfo dccms. ]nc rcst ghvcrs htncr frcfs. @ut wetn tnc lfbhrety ha Gnrestefds tnc Hutcr Ghurt arecdms― prfycr tfkcs lhst ha tncer telc. ]nes typc ha arecdmsnep mhcs dht yecom lugn fs et es dht `fscm hd f rcfo rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Et es lfedoy `hrd hut ha dccm. E rclcl`cr f ofmy wnh hdgc gflc th hur gnurgn. Wnc nfm f thddc ha prh`ocls fdm et scclcm th ncr fs ea tncrc bust wfs dh wfy hut. Wnc thom lc essucs rfdiedi arhl lfrrefic prh`ocls (ncr nus`fdm nfm bust ocat ncr) th tnc acw phudms ocat ed ncr `fdk fgghudt. Wnc nfm `ccd th meaacrcdt gnurgncs ahr sh ohdi scckedi ncop. Wnc nfm afstcm, prfycm, prfescm fdm cvcd shwd sccms th try fdm foocveftc tnc prh`ocls `ut dhtnedi gnfdicm. Muredi tnes ghdvcrsftehd wetn ncr, E rcfoescm tnft tnc lfed tnedi tnft tnes whlfd ofgkcm wfs f ohvc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Wnc wfs dht edtelftc wetn Ihm. Wnc nfm

 

ihttcd sh uscm th tnc hutcr ghurt arecdmsnep wetn Ihm tnft es lfedoy `fscm hd fskedi ahr dccms th `c lct rftncr tnfd icttedi th kdhw Nel `cttcr. Ncr dccm nfm ghlpoctcoy ghdsulcm fdy mcserc th `cghlc edtelftc wetn Ihm. ]nc lhlcdt E snfrcm tnes wetn ncr cvcrytnedi f`hut tnes whlfd gnfdicm. Wnc stfrtcm ghledi th tnc mfeoy prfycr lcctedis ncom ft tnc gnurgn fdm tnes telc snc kdcw snc wfs scckedi f rcoftehdsnep wetn tnc rcfo ohvc ha ncr oeac fdm `cst arecdm. Et wfs dht ohdi `cahrc hdc `y hdc cvcrytnedi snc nfm snfrcm wetn lc wfs ghlpoctcoy rcsthrcm cvcd `cttcr tnfd et wfs `cahrc. Wnc nfm dhw lhvcm aurtncr fdm fggcsscm wnft E gfoo tnc Eddcr ghurt arecdmsnep wetn Ihm. ]nc aerst vceo nfm `ccd rclhvcm fdm ncrc snc wfs ed tnc Eddcr Ghurt arecdmsnep wetn Ihm.

]nc Eddcr ghurt arecdmsnep

]ncrc frc tnhsc wnh nfvc lfdficm th ih pfst tnc aerst ghvcredi fdm frc dhw prfyedi fdm scckedi Ihm th kdhw tnc mccpcr purphsc ha tncer oevcs. ]ncy wfdt th kdhw wnft tncy wcrc gfoocm th mh, tncer pcrshdfo ledestrecs fdm nhw th irhw ed tncl. Et es lhrc f`hut scckedi ieats ed tnes ocvco ha arecdmsnep. ]ncy nfvc mcvcohpcm tncer prfycr oeac cdhuin th cdtcr edth fd Eddcr ghurt arecdmsnep wetn Ihm. ]nes es wncrc tnc lcft ha tnc ihspco es mcsercm. Et es dht tnc leok ocvco. Zchpoc wnh frc ed tnc eddcr ghurt frc lhrc ghdgcrdcm f`hut wnft tncy gfd `c uscm ha Ihm th mh. ]ncy bust wfdt th `c f`oc th elpfgt htncrs oevcs. ]nc mfdicr es wc fosh aedm f oht ha „rcoeiehus― ahok ncrc thh. ]ncy scck ieats ahr tnc wrhdi rcfshds; tncy oekc th prhvc tncy frc dh ohdicr ed tnc hutcr ghurt foo ahr tnc wrhdi rcfshds. ]ncy frc oekc tnc scdehrs ed sgnhho wnh oekcm th snhw tnft tncy wcrc wfy fncfm ha yhu ea yhu wcrc bust stfrtedi hut. Ea hdoy tncy ghuom oct ih ha scoaelphrtfdgc tncer arecdmsnep wetn Ihm nfs sh lugn phtcdtefo th irhw edth shlctnedi mccpcr. ]ncrc es f yhudi lfd ly nus`fdm fdm E lct dht thh ohdi fih wnh es f gofsseg cxflpoc ha shlchdc wnh es ed tnc eddcr ghurt. Yc ghuom scc tnft nc wfs shlchdc wnh nfm zcfo ahr tnc tnedis ha Ihm cspcgefooy ledestry ieats fdm ieats ha tnc Wperet. Nc rcfooy wfdtcm th `c uscm `y Ihm `ut tnc hdoy prh`ocl wfs et wfs foo ahr tnc wrhdi rcfshds. Nc Nc nfm tnes tnes fer ha ha „kdhwedi et foo―. Nc whuom ghlc th us wetn vfrehus qucstehds fdm tnc lhlcdt wc trecm th fdswcr, nc whuom stfrt prcfgnedi th us! ]nc lfd fosh nfm f nhst ha prh`ocls `ut nc bust ghuom dht sthp th oestcd. Yc dcvcr ghuom sfy fdytnedi th nel. Ea wc trecm th ievc nel sgrepturcs th lcmetftc hd, nc whuom

 

stfrt snhutedi `fgk tnc rcacrcdgcs `cahrc wc iht tnc gnfdgc th sfy tncl fdm cvcd quhtc lhrc hd thp ha hurs! Nc wfs phsetehdcm wcoo ed tnc eddcr ghurt fdm nfm f `eiicr hpphrtudety th `cghlc f ihhm arecdm ha Ihm fs nc fmvfdgcm ed fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Nc ghuom nfvc oct ih ha premc fdm tfkcd fmvfdtfic ha tnc afgt tnft nc wfs forcfmy ed tnc eddcr ghurt fdm stfrt rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm. ]nes `hhk es lcfdt th grcftc ed yhu f mccpcr wfok wetn tnc Ohrm. Edtelfgy tnft prhmugcs f kedm ha `uzzedi cxgetcm ohvc tnft lfkcs yhu dcrvhus dcrvhus ed tnc reint scdsc. Edtelfgy tnft grcftcs grcftcs ed yhu yhu f mcserc th dht bust `c fd eddcr ghurt arecdm ha Ihm `ut th ih aurtncr edth tnc Lhst Nhoy pofgc (nhoy ha nhoecs) kedm ha arecdmsnep.

Lhst Nhoy Zofgc (Nhoy ha nhoecs) arecdmsnep

]nes ocvco ha edtelfgy `ueot tnrhuin prfycr es tnc neincst ocvco phsse`oc. Et es f ocvco ha prfycr tnft es dht scckedi fdytnedi. Ets dht f`hut lftcrefo tnedis, et―s dht f`hut fgqueredi fdy speretufo ieats `ut et―s foo f`hut edtelftc telc spcdt wetn Ihm. ]nc truoy edtelftc arecdms ha Ihm rcsemc ed tnes ocvco ha prfycr. Ea yhu ohhk ft F`rfnfl fdm Lhscs, yhu weoo `cied th scc f seleofrety ed tncer wfok wetn Ihm fdm E weoo `c snhwedi yhu tnrhuin tnc pfics ha tnes `hhk tnc qufoetecs tncy cxumcm tnft weoo ncop yhu th ifed fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. ]nes es trecm fdm tcstcm. Ly nus`fdm fdm E nfvc cxpcrecdgcm tnc whrm ha Ihm. ]nc whrms nfvc bulpcm hut ha tnc `e`oc fdm strfeint edth hur mfy-th-mfy oevcs. Yc nfvc nfdmocm tnes whrm ha trutn fdm ifedcm edtelfgy wetn hur Ohrm prfesc Ihm! ]ncsc twh lcd ifvc up cvcrytnedi sh tnft Ihm ghuom `c tncer hdoy shurgc. @y sh mhedi yhu gfd forcfmy scc tnft tncy nfm sedgc lhvcm arhl tnc hutcr ghurt typc ha arecdmsnep wetn Ihm tnft fowfys sccks lftcrefo tnedis.

Icdcses 60.Qs 6 Ict tncc hut ha tnc ofdm, ict hut ha yhur kedsahok fdm ih th tnc ofdm, wnegn E gfoo yhu th.

 

F`rfnfl ocat cvcrytnedi. Hd yhur bhurdcy th edtelfgy wetn Ihm, yhu dccm th oct ih ha scoa. Ict th f phsetehd wncrc yhu gfd tcoo Ihm tnft cvcd ea E ohsc cvcrytnedi, E weoo steoo ohvc yhu tnc sflc. Lftcrefo tnedis mh dht ghlpfrc th yhur rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Bh` dcvcr oct ih ha nes ohvc ahr Ihm. Cvcd tnhuin nc wfs ocat ed tnc iuttcrs fatcr nfvedi oevcm f ofvesn oeacstyoc, nc dcvcr wfvcrcm ed nes ohvc ha Ihm. Yc foo kdhw nhw Bh`―s sthry cdms- fgqueredi wcfotn fdm `ocssedis tnft afr surpfsscm wnft nc nfm edetefooy. Wcc tnft8 Frc yhu f`oc th ghlc th f phsetehd wncrc yhu bust ohvc Ihm cvcd ea yhur `fdk fgghudt nfs fgguluoftcm gh`wc`s8 ]h ohvc Nel cvcd ea yhu frc sedioc yct fic ahrty es afst fpprhfgnedi8 ]h ohvc Ihm cvcd wncd yhur nus`fdm es lcssedi wetn Gncquetf fdm Gnfddcydcy8 ]h ohvc Nel cvcd ea tnc gneom yhu nfvc fowfys wfdtcm nfs dh yct lfdeacstcm fdm tnc ed-ofws frc wfiiedi tncer thdiucs8 Yeoo yhu steoo stfdm fdm ievc f snhut hut th yhur ohvcr fdm arecdm tnc Lhst Nein Ihm8 Edtelfgy es foo f`hut sfgreaegc. Et―s f`hut ocfvedi cvcrytnedi fdm ihedi ed nht pursuet ha tnc hdc fdm hdoy ohvc ha yhur oeac. Et―s f`hut `oedm afetn tnft tcoos yhu Nc nfs yhur `fgk cvcd ea yhu mhd―t „acco― Nel gohsc th yhu foo tnc telc. ]h `c sh ed ohvc wetn Ihm tnft yhu mhd―t gfrc f`hut lugn cxgcpt yhur ohvc oeac wetn Nel. Yc rcfm snhrtoy fatcrwfrms ed icdcses 6= nhw Ihm `ocsscm F`rfnfl.

Icdcses 6=. Qs 65 ‟…Lcognezcmck ‟…Lcognezcmc k gflc fdm `ocsscm nel…“ F`rfnfl wfs dhw ft f ocvco ha rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm tnft nc nfm dh `usedcss fskedi Ihm ahr fdytnedi. Nc forcfmy kdcw tnft Ihm wfs nes shurgc. Nc sfw dh dccm th spcdm nhurs fs fd hutcr ghurt arecdm fskedi ahr lftcrefo tnedis, nes edtelfgy wetn tnc Ohrm wfs hd f lhst nhoy pofgc ocvco. Et es fd edtelfgy ocvco wncrc yhu `cghlc hdc ha Ihm―s gohscst arecdms. Nc memd―t fsk Ihm th prhvemc tnc gfr nc wfs ihedi th usc th ih hut fdm prcfgn tnc ihspco hr tnc suets nc wfs th wcfr fs nc ocm tnc pchpoc ha Ihm. Nc bust `oedmoy stcppcm hut ha nes nhusc `y afetn fdm stfrtcm lhvedi kdhwedi tnft Ihm nfm forcfmy prhvemcm.

F`rfnfl mcpcdmcm shocoy hd Ihm. Nc nfm dh pofd „@― oekc lhst Gnrestefds ed gnurgn dhw. ]ncy fowfys aeiurc tnft ea tncy ih hd f nudmrcm mfy afst, ahrty lhrc mfys tnfd ofst ycfr, tncer lerfgoc snhuom `c f`oc th snhw up. Ea et mhcsd―t tnes telc, tncy kdhw tncy gfd fowfys lhvc hd th f pofd „@― wnegn tncy weoo nfvc ahrluoftcm ed tncer ledms.

 

E hdgc hvcrncfrm f ghdvcrsftehd ed f gcrtfed gnurgn shlc ycfrs fih wncrc E nfm `ccd edvetcm th f ghdacrcdgc. ]nc spcfkcr nfm bust ghlpoctcm tnc scrvegc fdm tnc pchpoc iftncrcm frhudm tf`ocs ahr rcarcsnlcdts. Et es ft tnes phedt tnft E hvcrncfrm f irhup ha whlcd hd tnc hpphsetc tf`oc mesgussedi f`hut lfrrefic. ]nc homcr whlcd wcrc fmvesedi f yhudicr whlfd hd nhw snc snhuom ih f`hut et ea ncr `hyarecdm mem dht prhphsc. ]ncy gflc up weoo foo shrts ha suiicstehds hd nhw th ghrdcr tnc iuy `ut aedfooy tnc yhudicr ofmy sphkc up fdm sfem,  ‟ E mhd―t gfrc wnft nfppcds dhw. @y Hgth`cr ea E fl dht lfrrecm tncd E weoo lfkc surc tnft E fl prcidfdt ea dht `y nel tncd `y shlchdc cosc“. ]h ly uttcr flfzclcdt, tnc homcr whlcd wcrc ed afvhur ha tnes pofd @! Ynft f lcss! ]nes es wnft wc nfvc ed gnurgncs. ]nes ofmy nfm ghdvedgcm ncrscoa tnft ea tnc reint gnfddcos mh dht whrk, tncd snc whuom ih ahr tnc `fgk up pofd. @fgk-up pofds mh dht whrk wetn Ihm. Uhu cetncr `coecvc Nc nfs mhdc et ahr yhu hr yhu mhd―t. F`rfnfl nfm dh pofd „@―. Nc ohhkcm th Ihm fs nes `cst arecdm fdm dh hdc cosc. Nc cvcd sfem ed tnc `hhk ha Icdcses 6= vs. 00-07, 0 0-07,

‟Fdm F`rfl sfem th tnc Kedi ha Whmhl, E nfvc oeat up ledc nfdm udth tnc OHPM, tnc lhst nein Ihm, tnc phsscsshr ha ncfvcd fdm cfrtn, tnft E weoo dht tfkc arhl f tnrcfm cvcd th f snhc oftgnct, fdm tnft E weoo dht tfkc fdy tnedi es tnedc, ocst tnhu snhuomcst sfy, E nfvc lfmc F`rfl regn.“ F`rfnfl wfs sh edtelftc wetn Ihm nc ghuomd―t `cfr tnc afgt tnft fdyhdc cosc `csemcs Ihm whuom tfkc tnc grcmet tnft tncy nfm lfmc nel regn. Yetn tnc ‟phsscsshr ha ncfvcd fdm cfrtn“ fs nes `cst arecdm, surcoy nc nfm dhtnedi th whrry f`hut. Nc fosh lfmc f mcgesehd dht th nfvc fdytnedi `ut wnft Ihm ievcs. Nc nfm lfdficm th acco tnc „ncfrt`cft― ha Ihm fdm lhvc fgghrmedi th Ihm―s rnytnl. Nc es fd Hom ]cstflcdt lfd wnh lfdficm th ih hut ha tnc hutcr ghurt edth f mccpcr dcw ghvcdfdt typc ha rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Yc frc ed tnc dcw ghvcdfdt. Gnrest nfs tfkcd up rcsemcdgc ed us. Uhur arecdmsnep wetn Ihm snhuom `c ircftcr tnfd tnc Hom ]cstflcdt ahok `cgfusc Gnrest oevcs ed us.

Uhur `cst arecdm fs yhur mcacdgc Lhscs wfs sugn f nul`oc lfd `cahrc Ihm fdm tnes wfs hdc ha nes lhst strekedi gnfrfgtcrestegs. Dhwfmfys wc nfvc pchpoc wnh ih frhudm tcooedi pchpoc ‟E fl f nul`oc lfd hr whlfd ha Ihm“. F truoy nul`oc pcrshd mhcs dht rcfooy kdhw tncy frc. Cvcd wncd tncy

 

frc thom tncy frc nul`oc et folhst snhgks tncl hr folhst cl`frrfsscs tncl. Et ghlcs fs dcws th tncl. Yncd yhu frc nul`oc yhu nfvc f ncfrt ahr tnc tnedis ha Ihm. Uhu frc mctcrledcm th ocfrd lhrc lhrc f`hut tnes tnes Ihm wc scrvc. scrvc. Uhu nfvc f mcserc mcserc th mrfw mrfw gohscr fdm gohscr th Nel. Uhu mcserc th kdhw Nel edtelftcoy `y nfvedi auoo fggcss th Nes scgrcts. Ohhk ft wnft Ihm mem ed mcacdgc ha Nes arecdm Lhscs. Ed vcrsc 1, Ihm thom Ffrhd,

‟Ncfr dhw ly whrms ea tncrc es f prhpnct ed yhur dftehd, E lfkc lyscoa Kdhwd th nel ed f vesehd fdm E spcfk th nel ed f mrcfl. Dht sh wetn Ly scrvfdt Lhscs. Nc es afetnauo ed foo ly nhusc. E spcfk wetn nel afgc th afgc cvcd pofedoy fdm dht ed mfrk sfyedi sfyedi fdm nc sccs tnc ahrl ha tnc Ohrm. Yn Yny y tncd wcrc yhu dht farfem th spcfk fifedst ly scrvfdt Lhscs8“ Lhscs wfs stfdmedi ed tnc haaegc ha f Zrhpnct ft tnft telc. Ihm tncd ghlcs fdm edtcrbcgts mcacdmedi Nes hwd `cst arecdm prfesc Ihm! Ihm cvcd wcdt aurtncr th sfy Lhscs wfs dht hdoy f prhpnct `ut fosh f ihhm arecdm ha Nes. Yhuomd―t yhu wfdt th nfvc sugn fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm tnft yhu nfvc Nel hd yhur ghrdcr fowfys8 Nc es yhur mcacdgc wncd foo cosc sccls th nfvc afeocm yhu. Zrhpnct Qegthr @hftcdi es ly nus`fdms― aftncr fdm lcdthr. Nc tcoos ha fd edgemcdt wncrc ft hdc telc nc wfs hdc ha tnc lhst pcrscgutcm Zrhpncts ed Infdf hd f phpuofr rfmeh stftehd. F gcrtfed MB bust nftcm tnc wfy Ihm wfs usedi nel. Wh nc whuom sofdmcr tnc prhpnct hd tnc fer fdy telc nc iht f arcc lhlcdt th mh sh. F mfy gflc wncd hdc mfy tnc prhpnct wfs mrevedi nhlc fdm f tcrre`oc sthrl summcdoy `rhkc hut. Fs nc wfs mrevedi nc dhtegcm shlchdc wnh wfs strfdmcm `y tnc rhfmsemc fdm fs nc usufooy mhcs nc puoocm hvcr th ncop. Oettoc mem nc kdhw tnft tnc pcrshd nc wfs ncopedi wfs tnc tnc MB wnh nfm `ccd sofdmcredi nel hd oevc rfmeh. ]nc MB nelscoa mem dht rcfoesc tnft tnes wfs tnc prhpnct nc fowfys sphkc `fm ha hd rfmeh. Zrhpnct Qegthr tncd lfmc f acw gfoos th tnc rcocvfdt pchpoc wnh gflc th tnc rhfmsemc ellcmeftcoy th fssest tnc lfd. Fatcr shlc telc tnc MB ahudm hut tnft tnc pcrshd wnh nfm ncopcm nel wncd nc dccmcm ncop tnc lhst wfs tnc sflc pcrshd nc nfm nftcm ahr dh rcfshd. Nc ncfmcm strfeint ahr tnc gnurgn wncrc tnc prhpnct wfs ledestcredi fdm kdcot mhwd gryedi fdm fskedi ahr ahrievcdcss. Ihm nfm ghlc th tnc mcacdgc ha nes arecdm. Zrhpnct Qegthr memd―t nfvc th sfy fdytnedi ed rctfoeftehd; Ihm ahuint tnc wfr ahr nel. ]nes es wnft nfppcds wncd yhur rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm `cghlcs edtelftc. Nc `cghlcs yhur mcacdgc dh lfttcr wnft nfppcds. Zchpoc weoo spcfk fifedst yhu, pcrscgutc yhu bust fowfys rclcl`cr tnft Nc es

 

yhur mcacdgc. Fs yhu eidhrc pcrscgutehd yhu ifed edtelfgy wetn Ihm `cgfusc yhu foohw Nel th `c yhur mcacdgc fdm ihhm arecdms mcacdm cfgn htncr. Uhu weoo afgc aedfdgefo pcrscgutehd ed yhur nhuscnhom hr ed yhur `usedcss `ut fifed, Ihm es yhur mcacdgc.

EE Gnrhdegocs 0:263 ‟...ahr tnc `fttoc es dht yhurs, `ut Ihm―s...“ Dhtegc tnft Lhscs nfm ihdc fifedst wnft Ihm nfm sfem. Ea yhu rcfm tnc sthry ed ets cdtercty, yhu weoo scc tnft nes sestcr Lerrefl wfs reint ed f wfy th try fdm ghrrcgt ncr `rhtncr. ]nc erhdy nhwcvcr ha tnc wnhoc lfttcr es tnft Ihm gflc th tnc mcacdgc ha Nes scrvfdt. Mcspetc tnc afgt tnft nes se`oedis leint nfvc `ccd reint ed tncer  bumiclcdt, ed tnc seint ha Ihm et wfs udncfrm ha th spcfk fifedst Nes `cst arecdm. Et wfs bust dht fggcptf`oc th spcfk fifedst Nes prhpnct. Wcc, Ihm `cghlcs yhur mcacdgc. Nc sfys et ed Nes whrm tnft nc weoo aeint hur `fttocs ahr us. Mcserc th ohvc fdm `c f ohvcr ha Ihm. ]h `c sh edtelftc wetn Nel tnft yhu ict th f ocvco wncrc yhu scc Nel afgc th afgc fdm nfvc lcctedis wetn nel. Ly nus`fdm nfs sccd tnc ohrm Bcsus Gnrest scvcd telcs th mftc fs tnc Ohrm gflc edth nes rhhl fdm sft mhwd th mesguss tnedis. ]nes es tnc nhoy ha nhoecs typc ha rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Yncd yhu `cghlc edtelftc wetn Nel, tncrc es f strhdi speretufo lfidcteg ahrgc tnft gfuscs Ihm th turd Nes afgc ed afvhur uphd yhu. Whlc nfvc fskcm ly nus`fdm wny Ihm gnhsc nel th mh tnc tnedis nc mhcs fdm nc fowfys rcpoecs ‟Yny dht lc8“ Uhur gnfrfgtcr mrfws Ihm th yhu. Uhu aedm afvhur ed Nes seint. Ihm mcsercs tnft wc ict th kdhw Nel `cttcr. ]h ict th f ocvco wncrc wc kdhw nhw th rhlfdgc nes ncfrt fdm `cghlc `cst arecdms wetn Nel.

Bflcs = vs. > Mrfw dein th Ihm fdm Nc weoo mrfw dein udth yhu. Ihm gfuscm Lhscs th nfvc f ihhm rfpphrt. E fl ievedi yhu scgrcts tnft weoo `redi Ihm―s fttcdtehd th yhu fdm ifed f arecdmsnep udoekc fdy htncr. Yc nfvc nfdmocm tnes whrm ha trutn ly nus`fdm fdm E fdm wc dhw kdhw tnft Nes whrm es rcfo. Ocfrd arhl tnc predgepocs qufdteaecm ed tnes `hhk, stfrt rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm fdm `cghlc nes `cst arecdm.

 

]fkc f ohhk ft Fphstoc Zfuo. @cgfusc ha edtelfgy h`tfedcm tnrhuin rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm, nc ghuom ict f oht ha rcvcoftehds fdm lerfgocs, seids fdm whdmcrs th nfppcd. Weids, lerfgocs fdm whdmcrs `cgflc fd cvcrymfy rcfoety `cgfusc tncrc wfs hdcdcss `ctwccd Fphstoc Zfuo fdm tnc Ohrm tnft wcdt `cyhdm htncr dhrlfo rcoftehdsneps. Fphstoc Zfuo nfm thugncm tnc puosc ha Ihm tnrhuin telc spcdt `ueomedi f strhdi edtelftc rcoftehdsnep. Dhtegc tnc telc wncd tnc Lfgcmhdefd, gfoo thhk pofgc. Fphstoc Zfuo wfs ncfmcm ahr Fsef `ut `cgfusc ha edtelfgy nc nfm tnc f`eoety th kdhw wncd Ihm nfm gnfdicm tnc rhutc th Lfgcmhdef.

Fgts 61 vs. 5 Fdm f vesehd fppcfrcm th Zfuo ed tnc deint; tncrc sthhm f lfd ha Lfgcmhdef, fdm prfycm nel, sfyedi, ghlc hvcr edth Lfgcmhdef, fdm ncop us. Et leint nfvc `ccd ed f mrcfl `ut shlcnhw nc wfs ghdvedgcm Ihm nfm forcfmy sphkcd. F oht ha pchpoc tfkc mrcfls oeintoy fdm ea tnc Fphstoc wfs dht edtelftc wetn Ihm nc whuom lhst prh`f`oy nfvc `rusncm et haa oekc lhst pchpoc mh tncer mrcfls. ]nc uricdgy `y wnegn nc rcsphdmcm prhvcs tnft „rhlfdgedi― tnc ncfrt ha nes Ihm pusncm nel edth rcfoesedi tnc uricdgy ed tnc mrcfl. Sphd rcfoesedi tnes, nc turdcm tnc snep frhudm fdm fosh nes grcw frhudm th ih th Lfgcmhdef. Wcc, nc mem dht gfrc wnft tnc Lfgcmhdefds wcrc ihedi th sfy hr wnctncr tncy wcrc ihedi th rcgcevc nel hr dht. Foo nc kdcw wfs tnc puosc ha Ihm edmegftcm tnft Lfgcmhdef dccmcm f whrm fdm nc thhk tnc hpphrtudety fdm rfd wetn et. ]nft hdoy nfppcds wncd f lfd es nhomedi tnc puosc ha Ihm. Et gfd hdoy tfkcs pofgc wncd f lfd es ed thugn wetn wnft Ihm wfdts ft f pfrteguofr lhlcdt, telc fdm pofgc. Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm gfrrecs predgepocs tnft weoo turd tnc fvcrfic Gnrestefd edth f nht `coecvcr wnh `urds ahr tnc Ohrm. Ohvedi fdm `carecdmedi Ihm es cfsy, et hdoy rcquercs hdc th ocfrd predgepocs tnft pchpoc wnh wcrc arecdms ha Ihm uscm. Dhtegc Lhscs tcooedi Ihm th „rcpcdt― „rcpcdt― arhl Nes fdicr. fdicr. sfem,

Cxhmus 70 vs. 60 ‟...rcpcdt arhl yhur fdicr...“

Nc fgtufooy fgtufooy

 

Nhw gfd Lhscs tcoo Ihm th rcpcdt8 Nhw8 Et―s `cgfusc ohvcrs fdm arecdms gfd ifed fggcss tnft foohws tncl th sfy shlc tnedis tnc fvcrfic Gnrestefd gfddht sfy. Ynft f`hut F`rfnfl wnh ghuom stfdm `cahrc Ihm fdm dcihteftc8 Ynft ifvc nel tnc reint th dcihteftc wetn tnc oevedi Ihm8 Yfs nc dht farfem8 Mem nc dht udmcrstfdm wnh tnc Ohrm wfs8 Nhw gfd nc dcihteftc wetn f Ihm, wnh sfys,

Lfofgne 7 vs. 1 ‟Ahr E fl tnc OHPM, E gnfdic dht...“ Ynft cdtcrcm edth Lhscs fdm F`rfnfl tnft tncy ghuom dcihteftc wetn Ihm fs f lfd dcihteftcs wetn `usedcss pfrtdcrs8 Nfm tncy ohst tncer ledms8 Yfs shlctnedi wrhdi ed tncer `rfeds hr tncer oevcs8 Nhw gfd f lhrtfo stfdm th dcihteftc wetn Ihm8 Hdc tnedi es ahr surc. Et wfs `cgfusc tncy nfm f rcoftehdsnep tnft wcdt pfst `cedi `coecvcrs fdm ycs, tncy nfm thugncm tnc puosc ha Ihm. ]ncy nfm  „rhlfdgcm― Nes ncfrt tnrhuin tncer oevcs. ]ncy nfm cl`rfgcm tnc ncfrt ha tnc grcfthr. Wcc wnft Ihm mem wncd Lhscs sfem,

Cxhmus 70 vs. 60 ‟...rcpcdt arhl yhur fdicr...“ ]nc `e`oc nfs tnc fumfgety th tcoo us f ghupoc g hupoc ha vcrscs oftcr2

Cxhmus 70 vs. 6= ‟...FDM Ihm rcpcdtcm arhl Nes fdicr“ Ynft8 Ihm oestcdcm th Lhscs fdm rcpcdtcm! Mem wc rcfm tnft reint8 Ucs wc mem! ]ncrc wfs shlctnedi ircftcr ncrc tnfd wnft lccts tnc cyc. ]ncsc lcd nfm f tfdie`oc nesthry wetn Ihm cvcd tncrc ed tnc Hom ]cstflcdt th sugn fd cxtcdt tnft F`rfnfl wfs gfoocm f arecdm ha Ihm. Cvcd dhw Ncfvcd etscoa es steoo gfoocm „F`rfnfls `hshl―. Et es gfoocm tnc `cooy ha F`rfnfl `cgfusc tnc lfd kdcw nhw th icduedcoy „rhlfdgc― tnc ncfrt ha nes Ihm Bcnhvfn. Nc kdcw nhw th ict Ihm th `c f ohvcr fdm f mcfr arecdm. ]nft es wnft lfdy Gnrestefds thmfy frc afeoedi th mh fdm wncd tncy scc tnhsc wnhl Ihm nfs gnhscd th usc fs Nes ohvcrs fdm `cst arecdm tncy stfrt pcrscgutedi. Lfdy wnh frc pcrscgutcm frc hpphscm `cgfusc tncy nfvc f mccpcr wfok wetn Ihm tnft iufrfdtccs tncl f oht ha tnedis tnft frc

 

cxtrfhrmedfry th tnc nulfd cyc. Wh pchpoc dhtegedi tnc cxtrfhrmedfry phwcr ed tncl tnedk tnc mcveo es ft whrk. Yny8 ]ncy nfvc spcdt ycfrs prfyedi ahr Ihm th usc tncl `ut tncrc sccls th `c dh fdswcr th tncer prfycrs. ]ncy frc fs wcfk fs wncd tncy stfrtcm afstedi fdm prfyedi `cgfusc ed foo tncer theo th ict p phwcr hwcr hr f lerfgoc dh hdc tfuint tncl tnc phwcr `cnedm edtelfgy, rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm. ]nft es tnc purphsc ha tnes `hhk, th hutoedc tnc lfdy predgepocs tnft ict tnc Gnrestefd hr tnc `coecvcr edth f ohvcr fdm f `cst arecdm ha Ihm!

]h `c ed ohvc fdm th ohvc ]ncrc es f `ei meaacrcdgc `ctwccd `cedi ed ohvc fdm ohvedi. ]nft es pfrt ha tnc meaaeguot pfrts ha udmcrstfdmedi wnft tnes `hhk es f`hut. ]nes lcssfic es dht lcfdt th snhw yhu bust nhw th ohvc `ut nhw th `c ed ohvc. Wcc, tncsc frc tnhsc tnft ohvc Ihm fdm tncrc frc tnhsc wnh frc ED OHQC YE]N IHM. ]nc hdoy prh`ocl wc scc thmfy fdm wny `coecvcrs frc dh ohdicr gfrrecrs ha seids, lerfgocs fdm whdmcrs es selpoy `cgfusc shlc frc bust Gnrestefds, shlc frc ohvcrs `ut acw frc ED OHQC YE]N IHM. Ed htncr whrms tncrc es dh „rhlfdgc― ocat ed tncer wfok wetn Ihm. ]h ohvc es th gncresn, rcspcgt, th wfdt th kdhw `cttcr fdm fosh htncr tnedis @S] th `c ED OHQC es th dcvcr wfdt th oct ih ahr wnftcvcr tnc rcfshd. Et es th snfrc edtelftc accoedis, nhpcs fdm mrcfls. Et es th acco sh pfssehdftc fdm cxgetcm tnft yhu whd―t tfkc yhur cycs haa yhur ohvcr. Et es th scck th udmcrstfdm yhur ohvcr rftncr tnfd wfdt th `c udmcrsthhm. ]h `c ED OHQC es mccpcr tnfd bust th ohvc. Ohvedi fosh es mccpcr tnfd bust `cedi f `coecvcr fs lfdy frc thmfy. ]h ohvc fdm th `c ed ohvc wetn Ihm frc `htn elphrtfdt `ut dht tnc sflc. ]ncy snfrc shlc gnfrfgtcrestegs `ut frc dht tnc sflc. ]h `c ed ohvc es wfy mccpcr tnfd bust selpoy ohvedi shlchdc. Ihm wfdts us th rcfooy `c ed ohvc wetn Nel. Nc ycfrds ahr edtelfgy. Nc wfdts Nes grcftehd th `rcfk tnrhuin tnc vceo fdm gummoc Nel ed iohry. ]nes es nfrm ahr tnc rcoeiehus ledms `ut Ihm wfdts Nes grcftehd th ict mccpcr wetn Nel, th ict edth rcfo mccp ohvc. Ihm wfdts us th  „rhlfdgc― Nes ncfrt. Ihm wfdts us th ohvc wnft nc ohvcs, nftc wnft Nc nftcs dht `cgfusc et―s wrettcd `ut `cgfusc wc frc ed ohvc wetn Nel, hur weoo gnfdics th Nes weoo. Nc wfdts et th `c sh, sh tnft hur weoo gnfdics dht `cgfusc Nc wfdts us th gnfdic tncl hdoy `ut `cgfusc tncrc es shlctnedi ed Nel fdm ed us tnft es dhw kdet thictncr `cgfusc tnft gfoos ahr et. @cedi ed ohvc snhuom `c tnc rcfshd wnyha lyedtelfgy weoo gnfdics.

 

  Dhw, wncd yhu frc ed ohvc wetn Ihm yhu mh dht gnfdic yhur wfys  bust `cgfusc yhu kdhw Ihm nftcs yhur `fm wfys. Dh, dht hdc `et. Uhu gnfdic `cgfusc tnft―s tnc wfy yhu bust aedm yhurscoa tnedkedi fs yhu lcot edth Nes frls wetn ohvc. Yncd mccp ohvc ihttcd tnrhuin  „rhlfdgedi― Nes ncfrt ghlcs, yhu weoo aedm yhurscoa struiioedi ahr whrms `cgfusc ha ohvc. Uhu weoo aedm yhurscoa aedesnedi cfgn htncr―s scdtcdgcs wetn Ihm. Uhu weoo aedm yhurscoa wetn f dcw shdi ed yhur speret cvcrymfy `cgfusc yhu frc dhw kdet thictncr ahr yhu frc ED OHQC. Phlfdgedi Ihm―s ncfrt lfkcs et cfsy th ahoohw Ihm―s ghllfdmlcdts. ghllfdmlc dts. Dh whdmcr tnc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest uscm th `c ` c lhvcm `y ohvc (ghlpfssehd). (ghlpfssehd).

Lfttncw 5 vs. 71 @ut wncd Nc sfw tnc luotetumcs, Nc wfs l h v c m w e t n   G h l p f s s e h d h d t nc l , `cgfusc tncy afedtcm, fdm wcrc Wgfttcrcm f`rhfm, fs snccp nfvedi dh sncpncrm. Dhtegc tnc whrm ghlpfssehd fdm dhtegc tnft et es ohvc tnft pusncm Nel. Nc whuom ncfo `cgfusc ohvc pusncm Nel th. ]nc whrm ghlpfssehd etscoa ihcs leocs mccpcr tnfd wnft E fl hutoededi ncrc. Ly nus`fdm nfs f `hhk gfoocm,‟]nc Nemmcd Wcgrct th Pcocfsedi tnc Zhwcr ha Ihm“. Ed tnes `hhk nc rcvcfos rcvcoftehd kdhwocmic tnft nfs f oht th mh wetn ghlpfssehd. ghlpfssehd. Wh ihedi `fgk th ]nc Ohrm Bcsus, Nc whuom mh ihhm mccms `cgfusc ohvc ghlpcoocm Nel. Wcc, wncd yhu frc ed ohvc, ohvc pusncs yhu edth lerfgocs, seids fdm whdmcrs. Uhu dh ohdicr mh ihhm `cgfusc yhu huint th `ut `cgfusc yhu ohvc th. Uhu mhd―t tnedk oekc tnc hom yhu `ut yhu bust aedm yhurscoa tnedkedi tnc reint wfy `cgfusc yhu nfvc „rhlfdgcm― Ihm―s ncfrt! Et―s grugefo th nfvc tnes edtelfgy wetn Ihm fdm kdhw cxfgtoy nhw th `c f arecdm ha Ihm. Nc snhuom `c hur `cst arecdm wnh es gohscr th us tnfd wc frc th hurscovcs. Nc es f arecdm wnh hdoy es edtcrcstcm ed ly mcvcohplcdt fs f `coecvcr. Hdc wnh wfdts lc th prhspcr fdm edspercs, lhtevftcs lc th nfvc tnc `cst auturc. Nc sfys sh pofedoy ed Nes whrm,

Bcrclefn 05266 E kdhw tnc pofds E nfvc ahr yhu,― mcgofrcs m cgofrcs tnc Ohrm, „pofds th prhspcr yhu fdm dht th nfrl yhu, pofds th ievc yhu nhpc fdm f auturc. E wfdt us dhw th ohhk ft hdc ha ly afvhretc predgepocs tnft ocfm th rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm fdm tnft es whrsnep. E weoo snhw yhu nhw mccp melcdsehds ha whrsnep gfd ict yhu strfeint edth tnc tnrhdc rhhl ha Ihm fdm f wnhoc yhu dcw afgct ha edtelfgy.

 

]NC OCQCOW HA YHPWNEZ Yhrsnep es tnc `cmrhgk ha rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm. Et es tnc csscdgc ha f rhlfdteg rcoftehdsnep wetn Nel. Et es tnc fmhrftehd pfrt wncrc wc gfddht tfkc hur cycs haa tnc ohvc ha hur oeac. Et es tnc arfirfdgc tnft lfkcs up hur rcoftehdsnep wetn Nel. ]nc tcdmcr lhlcdts spcdt ed ghlpoctc fdm uttcr fwc ha Nel. Et es tnft nfrm th cxpofed accoedi tnft yhu ict wncd yhu frc sh mccp ed ohvc tnft dh hdc cosc gfd udmcrstfdm cvcd ea yhu try th cxpofed. E wfdt yhu th tfkc f ohhk ft wnft tnc `e`oc sfys f`hut whrsnep sh tnft yhu gfd ict tnc csscdgc ha wnft whrsnep auooy edvhovcs. Ea yhu forcfmy nfm edahrlftehd hd wnft yhu tnedk whrsnep es tnc `cst tnedi es th clpty yhur gup sh tnft yhu gfd rcgcevc. Et es elphsse`oc th aeoo up f gup tnft es forcfmy auoo. Flhdi tnc lfdy whrms tnft mcaedc wnft whrsnep truoy es, E fl ihedi th neinoeint hdoy f acw arhl tnc `e`oc tnft E kdhw weoo cocvftc yhur udmcrstfdmedi th fdhtncr ocvco ed yhur edtelftc wfok wetn Ihm. ]ncsc frc f ghl`edftehd ha Nc`rcw fdm Ircck whrms tnft mcaedc whrsnep. Whlc ha tnc whrms frc tnedis wc mh fdm shlc tnedis Ihm cxpcgts arhl us. E nfvc hutoedcm tncsc stfrtedi wetn prhskudch.

Zrhskudch ]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest sfys tnes th tnc whlfd ft tnc wcoo,

Bhnd = vs. 06-07 Bcsus sfem th ncr,“Yhlfd `coecvc Lc tnc nhur es ghledi wncd yhu weoo dcetncr hd tnes lhudtfed dhr ed Bcrusfocl whrsnep tnc Aftncr. Uhu whrsnep wnft yhu mh dht kdhw; wc kdhw wnft wc whrsnep, ahr sfovftehd es ha tnc Bcws. @ut tnc nhur es ghledi, fdm dhw es, wncd tnc t r u c w h r s n e p p pc c r s w e oo oo whrsnep tnc Aftncr ed speret fdm trutn ahr tnc Aftncr es  s c c k e d i s u g n t h w h r s n e p N e l .   ]nc whrm whrsnep es rcpcftcm f thtfo ha sex telcs ed tnc pfssfics f`hvc fdm foo nfvc tnc sflc lcfdedi ed tnc Ircck, wnegn es Zrhskudch, th kess thwfrm hr th ocfd ahrwfrm sh fs th kess fdm

tncd cdms wetn kessedi. ]nc `hhk ha Lfttncw 0 vs. 5 spcfks ha tnc wesc lcd, ‟…Yncd tncy sfw tnc stfr, tncy rcbhegcm wetn cxgccmedi ircft bhy. Fdm wncd tncy nfm ghlc edth tnc nhusc, tncy sfw

 a c oo m h w d fd m tnc Gneom wetnwncd Lfrytncy Nes nfm lhtncr, fdmtncer w h r syhudi nepcm N e l . Fdm hpcdcm trcfsurcs,

 

tncy prcscdtcm ieats th Nel ihom, arfdkedgcdsc fdm lyrrn.“ Yncd tnc wesc lcd sfw tncer dcw Kedi fdm sfvehr, tncy w whrsneppcm hrsneppcm Nel. ]nc ieats tncy ifvc th Nel wcrc tnc r c s u o t   ha whrsnep. Yc ghdausc `ctwccd tnc rcsuot ha whrsnep fdm tnc speret ha whrsnep. Whlc pchpoc wncd tncy ghlc th gnurgn, tncy cxpcrecdgc tnc phwcr ha Ihm fdm Nes iohry sh lugn tnft tncy afoo mhwd fdm whrsnep Nel. Fs f rcsuot tncy frc pusncm th ievc Ihm shlctnedi. Uhu gfd ievc tnhsc ieats ed tnc nhusc ha Ihm `ut ea tnhsc ieats ghlc arhl premc, whrsnep es futhlftegfooy ihdc hut tnc wedmhw. Dhtc tnft tnc Nc`rcw whrm ahr whrsnep  s n f g n f n   es seleofr th tnc Ircck whrm ahr whrsnep, wnegn wc frc ohhkedi ft dhw -  prhskudch  prhskudch.. @htn ha tncl edgoumc tnc fgt ha `hwedi mhwd. ]nes nhwcvcr es f `reca hutoedc ha shlc ha tnc ocvcos ha whrsnep. Htncrwesc et tfkcs fd cdterc `hhk th ghvcr cvcrytnedi ghlprcncdsevcoy! Yhrsnepedi edgoumcs sediedi udth ]nc Ohrm `ut wncd et es dht arhl f nul`oc ncfrt, whrsnep ed ets csscdgc mesfppcfrs ghlpoctcoy. ]ncrc es f ghupoc Zfpf Kcddctn Nfied, hur speretufo aftncr, sphkc ha wnh wcrc ocfmedi f whrsnep scssehd hdc telc ed f gcrtfed gnurgn. ]ncy nfm whdmcrauo vhegcs tnft ghuom net foo tnc meaaeguot dhtcs wetn sugn cfsc. Cvcryhdc ed tnc rhhl wfs cxgetcm fdm tncy uouoftcm fdm gofppcm fs tnc ghupoc mclhdstrftcm pcracgtcm vhegcs ed whrsnep. Fatcr tncy wcrc mhdc sediedi tncer whrsnep etcl, fd hom ghupoc gflc up th tnc stfic wetn hdoy f iuetfr fdm tncy `cied th sedi udth tnc Ohrm. ]ncer vhegcs wcrc vcry snfky fdm tncy gcrtfedoy ghuom dht net fdy nein dhtc. Whlc dhtcs wcrc hut ha tudc `ut f pncdhlcdfo tnedi nfppcdcm snhrtoy fatcr tncy stfrtcm. Cvcry sedioc pcrshd ed tnc rhhl wfs kdhgkcm hut ghlpoctcoy udmcr tnc iohry ha Ihm fs shlc wcpt fdm htncrs kdcot ft tnc fotcr rcpcdtedi ha tncer wrhdimhedis. Wcc tnft8 Ea whrsnep es mhdc ed trutn fdm ed speret ‗ et es vedmegftcm. Ea premc scts ed fdm foo wc gfrc f`hut es nettedi tnc reint dhtcs fdm shudmedi ihhm th tnc pchpoc, tnc speret ha whrsnep oeats. ]nc wnhoc emcf es th `c nul`oc ed tnc prcscdgc ha Ihm. Uhu gfd sedi, mfdgc fdm snhut foo yhu oekc `ut ea yhur lhtevc es dht reint tncd ets wrhdi. ]ncrc es f lfd E sfw hdgc mfdgedi fs ea lfm ed tnc nhusc ha tnc Ohrm. ]nc lfd `rhuint hut ha tnc `fi cvcry styoc ha mfdgc fs nc mfdgcm fdm mfdgcm ed whrsnep. Et scclcm nc memd―t gfrc wnh wfs wftgnedi foo nc gfrcm th mh wfs mfdgc ahr nes Ihm. Fatcrwfrms E nfm pchpoc fpprhfgnedi lc th rcphrt tnft tncy ahudm

 

nes styoc ha mfdgedi „haacdsevc―. ]ncy wfdtcm nel th `c rcprhfgncm ahr mfdgedi ed sugn fd haacdsevc wfy! Oestcd, nhwcvcr yhu whrsnep Ihm ea et es ed speret fdm ed trutn tncd ets ghrrcgt. Mfvem mfdgcm udteo nc `cgflc dfkcm!

0 Wfluco 1 vs. 6= ‟Fdm Mfvem mfdgcm `cahrc tnc OHPM wetn foo nes leint; fdm Mfvem wfs iermcm wetn f oedcd cpnhm.“ Qs. 61 ihcs hd th sfy, ‟…Legnfo Wfuo's mfuintcr ohhkcm tnrhuin f wedmhw, fdm sfw kedi Mfvem ocfpedi fdm mfdgedi `cahrc tnc OHPM; fdm snc mcspescm nel ed ncr ncfrt.“ Uhu scc Mfvem wfs ed f mccp ocvco ha whrsnep tnft nc memd―t gfrc f`hut wnctncr tnc nfdmlfemcds wcrc ohhkedi hr dht. Nes weac Legnfo es tnc hdc wnh mcgemcm th `c tnc vhegc ha rcfshd fdm fmvesc nel tnft wnft nc nfm mhdc wfs wrhdi. Fdm Mfvem reintauooy fdswcrcm,

0 Wfluco 1 vs. 06 ‟…Et wfs `cahrc tnc OHPM, wnegn gnhsc lc `cahrc tny aftncr… tncrcahrc weoo E pofy `cahrc tnc OHPM. Yhrsnepedi Ihm es snhwedi Nel nuleoety. ]nc wesc lcd snhwcm nuleoety fs tncy `hwcm mhwd `cahrc Nel fdm whrsneppcm Nel. Zrhskudch es ocfdedi ahrwfrm fdm kessedi tnc lfstcr―s acct. Et es nuleoeftedi th kess shlchdc―s acct. Uhu acco sh slfoo fdm phwcrocss yct tnft―s prhskudch. prhskudch. Uhu frc `hwedi mhwd udfsnflcmoy fdm kessedi Bcsus acct. Yc shlctelcs nfvc shlc screhusoy phwcrauo whrsnep scssehds ed hur gnurgn fdm mclhds gfd―t ncop tnclscovcs `ut gncgk hut ed sugn fd ftlhspncrc. Yc nfvc pchpoc oyedi prhstftc hd tnc irhudm, shlc ofuinedi, shlc gryedi hut th Ihm fdm shlc oyedi lhtehdocss ahr nhurs. Et―s f tfdie`oc ftlhspncrc wncrc shlc nfvc sccd hpcd vesehds wneoc ed tnes stftc. Et―s f mccpcr whrsnep tnft foohws yhu th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm fdm ifed fggcss edth Nes scgrcts. @ut yhu scc ed foo tnes iohry, tncrc frc shlc prhum pchpoc tnft E nfvc sccd stfdmedi fdm `etedi tncer dfeos! ]ncy gfddht `cfr th `c sccd ohhkedi vuodcrf`oc. ]fok f`hut edscdsetevety th tnc Wperet ha Ihm! Yc frc tfokedi f`hut nhw th nul`oc hurscovcs `cahrc Ihm fdm tnus

 

cxpcrecdgc f gohsc arecdmsnep wetn Ihm. Zrhskudch spcfks f`hut nul`oedi ha hur ncfrt, hur ledm, ha gnfdiedi hur ledmsct `cahrc Ihm fdm foohwedi Nel th mh wnftcvcr Nc sccs aet ed us. Et es foohwedi Nel fggcss edth hut ncfrts fdm ihedi mccpcr edth fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Nel. ]nft es tnc lcfdedi fdm mcaedetehd ha whrsnep.

Wcifm ]nc aerst whrm ed tnc Nc`rcw mcsgre`edi whrsnep es  s c i fm - t h ` h w

` c a hr hr c N e l . Mfd. 7 vs.= ‟… H pchpocs, dftehds fdm ofdiufics tnft ft tnc telc yhu ncfr tnc shudm ha tnc nhrd, aoutc, nfrp, oyrc fdm psfotcry, ed sylpnhdy wetn foo kedms ha luseg, yhu snfoo afoo mhwd fdm w h r s n e p   tnc ihom elfic tnft Kedi Dc`ugnfmdczzfr nfs sct up…“ Uhu scc tnc whrms tnft mcsgre`c whrsnep frc meaacrcdt mcpcdmedi hd tnc ghdtcxt. Wnfgnfn fdm prhskudch fosh edgoumc flhdi htncr tnedis `hwedi mhwd bust oekc scifm. ]nc meaacrcdgc es scifm lcfds th `hw mhwd fdm pfy rcspcgt th f dhtf`oc pcrshd hr shlc`hmy neincr tnfd yhurscoa fdm e t l f y dh t e dgo um c y h ur nc f r t  . Et hdoy pnysegfooy rcacrs th yhur `hmy phsturc. E fl surc ft tnc telc ha Mfdeco f oht ha pchpoc ed Dc`ugnfmdczzfr―s kedimhl memd―t rcfooy wfdt th `hw `cahrc tnhsc emhos. ]ncy mem et udweooedioy hut ha acfr. ]ncrc wcrc screhus rcpcrgussehds ea fdyhdc memd―t `hw mhwd. ]nc whrm scifm scifm es dcvcr uscm ed f truc scdsc ha whrsnep th hur Ihm. ]nes tcoos us tnft Ihm mhcsd―t bust wfdt hur hutwfrm ahrl, hur hutwfrm whrsnep, hur pnysegfo whrsnep hr phsturc fohdc fotnhuin tnc whrms snfgnfn fdm fdm prhskudch  prhskudch edgoumc tnft `ut tncy ih `cyhdm  bust `hwedi `cahrc Ihm. Ihm. Yetn tncsc twh, et―s foo f`hut f`hut rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm. Et―s foo f`hut edtelfgy. F oht ha pchpoc ed gnurgn thmfy „scifm―. ]ncy oekc th snhw tnft tncy frc gohsc th Ihm `y tncer `hmy phsturcs. ]ncy weoo „fgt hut― truc whrsnep. Ihm es dht ohhkedi ahr bust fgtehds; Nc wfdts us th nfvc f rcoftehdsnep wetn Nel tnft foohws us th ifed fggcss edth Nes scgrcts. Uhu scc, Ihm es f icdtoclfd; Nc wfdts us th `hw mhwd th Nel weooedioy `cgfusc wc ohvc Nel. Et es dht Nes edtcdtehd th ahrgc fdyhdc th ohvc Nel. Yc `hw `cgfusc wc frc edtelftc. ]nc purphsc ahr kdhwedi scifm es ahr yhu th `c fwfrc tnft fs yhu scck f mccpcr rcoftehdsnep Ihm tnrhuin fdm whrsnep wetn Nel ed trutn fdm edwhrsnep, Wperet. yhu gcfsc th fgt hut tnedis

 

 

Ftsf` Ftsf` es f whromoy ahrl ha whrsnep. Ea wc tfkc f ohhk ft tnc `hhk ha Bcrclefn et `cghlcs gocfrcr.

Bcrclefn ==265 ‟…Fdm wncd wc `urdcm edgcdsc th tnc quccd ha ncfvcd fdm phurcm hut mredk haacredis th ncr, mem wc lfkc gfkcs ahr ncr, th w h r s n e p ( f t s f f` ` )   ncr, fdm phur hut mredk haacredis th ncr wetnhut hur nus`fdms― pcrlessehd8“ Ncrc es f whromoy ahrl ha whrsnep. Ftsf` edvhovcs whrsneppedi ha tnedis oekc tnc sud, lhhd fdm trccs. ]nc whlcd lcdtehdcm ed tnc f`hvc sgrepturc wcrc ed ftsf`. Ed ftsf` whrsnep yhu whrsnep wetn tnedis. Et gfd `c fd edgcdsc haacredi. Dhtegc tnft tetncs fdm haacredis frc pfrt ha hur whrsnep. Fs E cxpofedcm tnc wesc lcd ifvc Bcsus ieats fatcr tncy nfm whrsneppcm Nel ed trutn fdm ed speret. Whlc pchpoc tnedk tnft whrsneppedi Ihm lcfds th ievc Nel shlctnedi. Ea tnft―s hur tnedkedi, wc hdoy udmcrstfdm ftsf` whrsnep fdm dht snfgnfn hr prhskudch whrsnep. Whlc lfy sfy tnft tncy mhd―t `urd edgcdsc hr edgoumc h`bcgts wncd tncy whrsnep Ihm ed gnurgn `ut tnc afgt ha tnc lfttcr es ea wc tnedk ed hur ncfrt tnft mhedi shlctnedi ahr Ihm hr ievedi Ihm shlctnedi es tnc csscdgc ha whrsnep, tncd wc frc rcmugedi whrsnep th ftsf` whrsnep ‗ whromoy whrsnep. Ihm es dht fatcr yhur lhdcy. Nc wfdts yhur oeac; Nc wfdts th nfvc fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn yhu. ]nc csscdgc ha whrsnep es ohvc. Et―s dht ed fgtedi oekc wc ohvc Nel hr ed ievedi foo shrts ha ieats wetnhut ohvc. Yncd Nc nfs yhur oeac fdm Nc `cghlcs yhur Ohrm, yhu futhlftegfooy surrcdmcr yhur tetncs fdm haacredis th Nel. ]nes es tnc rcsuot ha yhur rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Uhu `cghlc f ievcr `cgfusc yhu ohvc Ihm dht fs fd fgt ha whrsnep tnft stfdms fohdc.

Wnfgnfn Fs wc nfvc sccd, snfgnfn fdm prhskudch frc seleofr. Dhw octs ohhk ft tnc whrm snfgnfn ed mctfeo. mctfeo.

Icdcses 00 vs.3

 

‟Fdm F`rfnfl sfem th nes yhudi lcd. ‟Wtfy ncrc wetn tnc mhdkcy, tnc ofm fdm E weoo ih yhdmcr fdm w h r s n e p , fdm wc weoo ghlc `fgk th yhu.“ ]nc whrm ncrc uscm es tnc Nc`rcw whrm snfgnfn, wnegn lcfds th `hw mhwd  y h u r s c oa . Dhtegc tnft et es cdtercoy meaacrcdt arhl scifm . Wcifm lcfds th `hw mhwd hdoy, wncrcfs snfgnfn lcfds th `hw mhwd  y h u r s c oa .   Pclcl`cr wc ohhkcm ft Mfdeco gnfptcr 7 fdm cvcryhdc wfs `hwedi mhwd `ut et wfs dht hut ha rcvcrcdgc `ut acfr. ]ncy kdcw tnft ea tncy memd―t `hw tncy whuom `c tnrhwd edth tnc aecry aurdfgc. Ed Icdcses 00, F`rfnfl thhk tnc shd nelscoa; F`rfnfl `hudm tnc shd nelscoa; F`rfnfl shuint th sfgreaegc tnc shd nelscoa. Ihm dcvcr mem et ahr nel. Ihm selpoy ifvc tnc edstrugtehd fdm F`rfnfl mem tnc rcst `y nelscoa . Nc whrsneppcm Ihm weooedioy. Et wfs dht f ahrgedi lfttcr. Nc nfm ihttcd th f ocvco wncrc nc trustcm Ihm cdhuin th selpoy ahoohw wnft nc nfm `ccd thom weooedioy. Wnfgnfn spcfks ha shlctnedi mccpcr. Yhrsnep ed ets csscdgc lcfds th nul`oc hurscovcs `cahrc Ihm. Ea wc fgkdhwocmic tnft wc dccm Nel fdm uscocss wetnhut Nel wc hpcd mhhrs th cdtcr edth f mccpcr ocvco. E wfdt th snfrc wetn yhu fd edgemcdt tnft thhk pofgc fs E wfs ed tnc lemmoc ha wretedi tnes `hhk. Hd tnes mfy, E nfm spcdt foo mfy ahgusedi hd tnc ghdtcdt ha „Edtelfgy― wncd E fskcm tnc Ohrm ea E ghuom nfvc fd „edtelftc cxpcrecdgc― `fscm hd tnc predgepocs hutoedcm ed tnc `hhk. Dhw fifed, fskedi sugn tnedis mcpcdms hd nhw gohsc yhu frc th Ihm. Uhu snhuom dht `c ed tnc nf`et ha fskedi Ihm th snhw yhu tnedis th prhvc Nelscoa. ]nc `e`oc sfys tnft yhu frc `ocsscm ea yhu `coecvc wetnhut sccedi. Fdm tncrc es fosh f mfdicr ha tnc mcveo ievedi yhu „fd cxpcrecdgc― fdm yhu stfrt tnedkedi et wfs Ihm. Fs deint acoo, E wcdt up th ly rhhl dht cxpcgtedi fdytnedi th nfppcd. E kdcot mhwd th prfy fs usufo fdm fs E wfs prfyedi, E summcdoy acot lyscoa lhvedi fdm wncd E hpcdcm ly cycs E dhtegcm tnft E wfs aohftedi gcdtelctcrs ed tnc fer. E trecm th stfdm up `ut et scclcm fs ea shlctnedi cxtrclcoy phwcrauo wfs kccpedi lc ed tnft stfdgc. @cahrc E ghuom mh lugn E bust shrt ha „pfsscm hut―. ]nc lhlcdt E hpcdcm ly cycs scghdms oftcr, E ahudm lyscoa ed f `cfuteauo, gfptevftedi, cdgnfdtedi ahrcst fdm fd fdico ha tnc Ohrm wfs stfdmedi tncrc wetn ly nus`fdm fs ea tncy wcrc cxpcgtedi lc. ]nc fdico ha tnc Ohrm tncd sphkc fdm sfem „wcoghlc th Ncfvcd―. E folhst bulpcm hut ha ly sked, fs E kdcw E wfs ghdsgehus fdm tnes wfs rcfooy nfppcdedi. Ly nus`fdm thhk ly`cifd nfdm th fdm wc stfrtcm wfokedi wetn tnes lfbcsteg fdico fdm tncy snhw lc fd

 

flfzedi „prhbcgt― tnft wfs tfkedi pofgc ed Ncfvcd. Et wfs oekc f ghdstrugtehd setc wetn dh lfgnedcry. Hdoy edvese`oc nfdms icdtoy lhvedi tnedis frhudm cvcr sh sh icdtoy fdm ocesurcoy. ocesurcoy. ]nc fdico ha ha tnc Ohrm tncd sphkc fdm sfem tnes wfs f setc tnft wfs `cedi prcpfrcm th `ueom lhrc lfdsehds ahr tnhsc wnh ohvc Ihm! Zrfesc tnc Ohrm ahr Nes lcrgy cdmurcs ahrcvcr! Edtelfgy es rcfo. Ihm es fs rcfo fs yhu frc th yhurscoa. Uhu dccm th fggcss fdhtncr melcdsehd ha edtelfgy wetn Nel ‗ Nc nfs fowfys `ccd rcfmy fdm weooedi. Wtfrt thmfy. Yhrsnep es ed yhur ncfrt. Uhu ghuom mh scifm , yhu ghuom `hw mhwd fdm yhur ncfrt ghuom steoo nfvc premc. Uhu ghuom ftsf` hr ievc shlctnedi oekc tnc Znfresccs fdm tnc Wfmmugccs wnh ifvc tnedis th tnc tclpoc `ut tncy nfm premc ed tncer ncfrts. Uhu gfd ievc Ihm yhur tetncs ha tnhusfdms ha mhoofrs fdm et lcfds dhtnedi ea yhur ncfrt es prhum - tncrc es dh whrsnep. Uhu gfd sedi tnc ohumcst, pofy luseg edstrulcdts tnc lhst skeooauooy `ut ea yhu frc dht nul`oc, tncrc es dh whrsnep. Zremc es tnc vcry hpphsetc ha tnc csscdgc ha whrsnep. Fdm Ihm weoo dht nfvc fdy htncr ihms `cahrc Nel. Zfpf Qegthr K. @hftcdi, tnc lfd Ihm ifvc us ed f vesehd fs f lcdthr fdm f aftncr, fatcr tnc ihedi th iohry ha Zfpf Kcddctn Nfied, es f mccp whrsneppcr `fr dhdc. Yncd nc whrsneps nc quegkoy ohscs trfgk ha telc. Ets oekc nc weoo `c ghdsulcm `y tnc ohvc tnft nc sccs `cahrc tnc Ohrm. Ft hdc telc nc whrsneppcm fdm afstcm ahr f wnhoc ycfr. Ncrc E fl tfokedi ha mry afst, foo `cgfusc rcfo whrsnep nemcs yhur pfed fdm yhur nudicr. Ed afgt et aeoos yhur `cooy. Zfpf Qegthr K. @hftcdi ghuom dht spcfk Cdioesn, mem dht ih th sgnhho oekc lfdy pchpoc mh, `ut fatcr tnc auoo ycfr ha afstedi, nc bust rcfoezcm tnft Ihm nfm thugncm nes thdiuc wncd nc ahudm nelscoa spcfkedi aoucdt Cdioesn. Et―s oekc nc whrsneppcm nelscoa edth udmcrstfdmedi tnc Cdioesn ofdiufic. Hdc ledutc yhu gfdt spcfk Cdioesn fdm tnc dcxt yhu frc fd cxpcrt ed f ofdiufic yhu mem dht cvcd ocfrd. ]nft―s wnft snfgnf gfd mh. Ed f dutsncoo, tnc csscdgc ha whrsnep es f nul`oc ncfrt. F ncfrt tnft es weooedi th ict th kdhw Ihm lhrc.

Gnfptcr 7 ]nc Frt ha Wurrcdmcredi

 

 

Ifoftefds 0 vs. 0: ‟E fl grugeaecm wetn Gnrest, dcvcrtncocss dcvcrtncocss E oevc, yct Dht E `ut Gnrest Oevcs ed lc…“ Yncd wc stfrtcm hur ledestry wc rcgcevcm f oht ha pcrscgutehd tnft et wfs selpoy nfrm th udmcrstfdm wny. Sdteo tnc Ohrm thom us tnft wc dccmcm th surrcdmcr foo edgoumedi hur premc sh fs th `c wetn Nel. Yc mem fdm Ihm―s ohvc rcpofgcm hur meidety fdm edtcirety tnft wc memd―t gfrc wnft pchpoc sfem hr mem. Yc steoo mhd―t. Dhw, wnft es tnes essuc ha surrcdmcredi foo fdywfy8 Fphstoc Zfuo scclcm th nfvc ihttcd f irfsp ha et fdm yct et es pfrt ha tnc tnedis hdc mhcs th `c surc edtelfgy wetn Ihm whrks. Fphstoc Zfuo sfys nc ohst foo tnedis ed hrmcr th ifed edtelfgy wetn tnc Ohrm. Dhtegc ncrc,

Zneoeppefds 7 vs. > ‟…E ghdsemcr cvcrytnedi f ohss ghlpfrcm th tnc surpfssedi Ircftdcss ha kdhwedi Gnrest Bcsus ly Ohrm, ahr wnhsc sfkc E nfvc ohst foo tnedis…“ Uhu scc tnft ea yhu frc bhedcm th Gnrest tnc hwdcr ha cvcrytnedi et lcfds et mhcs dht nurt th ohsc cvcrytnedi `cgfusc ohsedi cvcrytnedi lcfds ifededi cvcrytnedi. Nhw8 @cgfusc wncd E ohsc wnft E hwd fdm bhed lyscoa th tnc hdc E ohvc wnh nfs cvcrytnedi, tnft lcfds E nfvc bust cxgnfdicm wnft E ohst ahr wnft Nc nfs fdm tnft edstfdtoy lfkcs lc f regn pcrshd. Edtelfgy rcquercs gfstedi foo yhur `urmcds hd Gnrest fdm dcvcr th mcfo wetn tncl yhurscoa.

Uhur ncfrt snhuom cl`rfgc arccmhl Uhur ncfrt snhuom cl`rfgc arccmhl `y fmhptedi fd ‟E mhd―t gfrc“ fttetumc. Uhur ncfrt snhuom rcfoezc wnft yhu gfd―t gnfdic fdm wnft hdoy Ihm gfd gnfdic. Dhtegc tnc sgrepturc,

Zneoeppefds = vs. 1 ‟@c gfrcauo ahr dhtnedi…“ ]nc whrm sfys, ‟@c gfrcauo ahr dhtnedi“ lcfdedi th sfy wc snhuom dcvcr `c nhw ahudm fdxehus. rclcl`cr nfm prh`ocls. dht kdhwdE edtelfgy, E uscm th `cE trhu`ocm `y mfys slfoowncd essucsE fdm

 

rclcl`cr lfdy soccpocss deints. Deints spcdt whdmcredi wnft thlhrrhw wfs th `redi. E ghuom dht wfet ahr thlhrrhw. E whrrecm fdm whrrecm `ut Ihm sphkc fdm sfem, ‟Gfst yhur gfrcs uphd lc“ bust fs et es stftcm ed tnc whrm ed tnc `hhk ha psfol,

Zsfol 33 vs. 00 Gfst yhur gfrcs hd tnc OHPM fdm nc weoo sustfed yhu, nc weoo dcvcr oct tnc reintchus `c snfkcd“. Uhu scc whrry icts pchpoc mcprcsscm. Yhrry keoos tnc f`eoety ha f `coecvcr th `c edtelftc `cgfusc edtelfgy edvhovcs trust. Ea hdc trusts tnc hdc tncy ohvc tncd ea tnc hdc tncy ohvc es Ihm fdm tncy frc edtelftc wetn Nel, Nc weoo prhvemc `cahrc tncy cvcd fsk. Nc whuom prhvemc `cahrc tncy cvcd kdhw Nc nfs mhdc et. Yncrc tncrc es edtelfgy tncrc es fd f`eoety th trust fdm wncd trust es tncrc, tncrc es dh soccpocss deint hr fdxehusdcs fdxehusdcss. s. ]h surrcdmcr lcfds th yecom hwdcrsnep, th rcoedquesn ghdtrho hvcr wnft wc ghdsemcr hurs. Yncd pchpoc ncfr tnc whrm surrcdmcr tncy dcvcr fsshgeftc et wetn phsetevc fgtehds. ]ncy fowfys oedk et th tnc dciftevc fgtehd fs ed wncd fd cdcly surrcdmcrs cvcrytnedi fatcr `cedi mcacftcm ed `fttoc. ]nes mcaedetehd fdm udmcrstfdmedi es ed tnc ledm ha f `coecvcr wnh nfs dht kdhwd edtelfgy. Et es f `coecvcr wnh es steoo ellfturc wnh ghdsemcrs surrcdmcr th lcfd bust ievedi up ghdtrho. Yncd wc surrcdmcr th Ihm wc frc selpoy fgkdhwocmiedi tnft wc frc dht hur hwd. Yc `cohdi th Nel fdm wetnhut Nel wc frc dhtnedi.

6 Ghredtnefds 1 vs. 65 ‟…fdm yc frc dht yhur hwd…“

Yc fgkdhwocmic tnft wnft wc hwd `cohdis th Nel fdm tnc `fm tnft wc mh snhuom `c tnrhwd hut ha tnc wedmhw fs wc tfkc tnc ihhm tnft Nc es. Ihm es tnc ievcr ha foo tnedis.

Wurrcdmcr es f gnhegc Fmfl fdm Cvc wcrc dcvcr thom ‟Uhu GFDDH]“ tncy wcrc thom yhu snfoo dht, wnegn  lcfds tncy nfm f gnhegc cetncr th tfkc tnc aruet hr dht. ]ncy gnhegc nfm f gnhegc th cft hr th cft fdm uotelftcoy tncycvcd nfm f ircftcr th surrcdmcr tncdht ousts ha tncer ncfrts th Ihm

 

wfy `cahrc tnc mcveo „`ciueocm― Cvc fs snc put et. ]ncy mem dht. ]ncy afeocm th surrcdmcr tncer ousts th tnc Ihm wnh grcftcm tncl tncrcahrc rclhvedi tncer edtelfgy. ]ncy eidhrcm edtelfgy `y afeoedi th lfkc tncer mcsercs Ihm―s mcsercs. ]ncy afeocm th udmcrstfdm tnft tncrc wfs dh meaacrcdgc `ctwccd wnft wfs tncers fdm wnft `cohdicm th Ihm. Foo tnedis `cohdicm th Ihm edgoumedi Fmfl fdm Cvc `ut Fmfl fdm Cvc mem dht kdhw et. ]ncy fgtcm oekc tncy `cohdicm th tnclscovcs. Nfm Fmfl fdm Cvc gnhscd th ahoohw Ihm `y thtfooy surrcdmcredi fdm trustedi Nel wc whuom nfvc nfm fd cfsecr wfy ha ncfredi Ihm―s vhegc. Nhwcvcr hdc lfd fdm hdc whlfd―s afeourc th `c edtelftc gfuscm tnc rcst ha nulfdety th `c gnfscm hut ha tnc ifrmcd wncrc tncy ghuom nfvc ahudm pcracgt ctcrdfo edtelfgy. Dhtegc wnft tnc @e`oc sfys,

Phlfds 3 vs. 63 ‟Ahr ea tnrhuin tnc sed ha hdc lfdy `c mcfm, lugn lhrc ]nc irfgc ha Ihm, fdm tnc ieat `y irfgc, wnegn es `y hdc lfd, Bcsus Gnrest, f`hudmcm udth lfdy (`y hdc lfd sfovftehd gflc)“ Uhu scc, ed tnc Hom ]cstflcdt wc scc Fmfl fdm Cvc ed tnc ifrmcd fdm afeoedi th `c edtelftc wetn Ihm. ]ncd wc ict th tnc Dcw ]cstflcdt wc scc tnc Ohrm ed tnc ifrmcd prcpfredi th mec sh wc gfd rcifed fggcss ed tnc ifrmcd ha edtelfgy. Hdc lfd―s afeourc wfs `cedi gfdgcoocm fdm nfs `ccd gfdgcoocm `y hdc lfd―s suggcss ed tnc ifrmcd. Ihm dhw hpcdcm f mhhr ahr us th `c edtelftc. Nc hpcdcm f nuic iftc ahr us th prfgtegc edtelfgy ahr tnc prfgtegc ha edtelfgy es tnc prfgtegc ha ncfvcd fdm ctcrdety. Dhtegc et es f gnhegc sh dcvcr ict nudi up hd hpphsedi Fmfl fdm Cvc. ]nes es f gnhegc yhu gfd lfkc thmfy. Uhu gfd tcoo yhurscoa tnft yhu frc rcfmy th `c f mccpcr ohvcr ha Ihm fdm f `cst arecdm ha Ihm. Uhu gfd gnhhsc th `c gfptevftcm `y Nes ohvc. Uhu gfd gnhhsc th rcfgn f ocvco ed fdm wetn Ihm wncrc fs wc sfy ‗ yhu aedesn cfgn htncr―s scdtcdgcs. ]nes es phsse`oc thmfy. Dhtnedi gfd sthp yhu ea yhu ict th prfgtegc tnc frt ha surrcdmcredi.

MH DH] YHPPU Ocfrd dht th whrry. ]nc @e`oc sfys,

Lfttncw 1 vs. 7= ‟…thlhrrhw

weoo

whrry

ahr

etscoa…“

 

Et es f pcrshd wnh es auooy surrcdmcrcm th Ihm tnrhuin edtelfgy tnft gfd spcfk oekc tnes. E nfvc lct thh lfdy pchpoc wnh whrry ghdstfdtoy. Yhrry es selpoy dht trustedi Ihm fdm tnft es f sed. Htncr pchpoc gfddht uttcr tnc whrms ‟thlhrrhw weoo whrry f`hut etscoa“. Ed afgt tnc @e`oc ihcs aurtncr. Et sfys,

Lfttncw 1 vs. 09 ‟snfoo yhu fmm hdc gu`et th yhur stfturc `y whrryedi…8“ ]nc @e`oc tcoos yhu tnft et es meaaeguot fdm uttcroy elphsse`oc th ict fdytnedi tnrhuin whrryedi. ]nc @e`oc lfkcs et gocfr tnft whrryedi es dht pcrlettcm ed tnc edtelftc zhdc. F oeac tnft nfs `ccd spcdt hd rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm th grcftc edtelfgy es dcvcr pcrtur`cm hr surprescm. Et es vcry steoo `cgfusc et kdhws tnc whrms ha ets oohvcr hvcr tnft sfy;

Nc`rcws 67 vs. 3 ‟…E weoo dcvcr

ocfvc

yhu

dhr

ahrsfkc

yhu…“

Wurrcdmcredi weoo `cghlc cfsecr `cgfusc ha tnes prhlesc. E rclcl`cr wfy `fgk wncd E wfs steoo lfturedi ed edtelfgy wetn Ihm, f lfd fpprhfgncm ly nus`fdm, Zrhpnct Sc`crt Fdico (yhu scc E nfvc th spcgeay wnh ly nus`fdm es sh yhu kdhw nc―s sh tfkcd fdm sh fl E). Fdywfy tnc lfd gflc fdm sfem,  ‟Lfd ha Ihm, E kdhw yhu―rc fowfys wetn yhur weac `ut thmfy ahr tnc aerst telc E―vc sccd yhu fohdc wetn f`shoutcoy dh hdc!“ Ft tnes, ly nus`fdm wfs icduedcoy surprescm ft tnc stftclcdt fdm E kdhw flhdi tnc lfdy telcs tnft wc lhvc frhudm thictncr, tnft fatcrdhhd wc wcrc edmccm dht thictncr. Ft aerst fs ly nus`fdm wfs tcooedi lc tnes, E ghuomd―t udmcrstfdm wny nc nfm `ccd screhusoy fdm icduedcoy surprescm ft tnc icdtoclfd―s stftclcdt udteo E ncfrm tnc fdswcr. fdswcr. Nc sfem, ‟Wer ‟Wer yhu frc snhrtseintcm, E fl dcvcr fohdc“. Ly nus`fdm fdswcrcm nel. ‟]nc Ohrm sfem Nc weoo dcvcr ocfvc lc dhr ahrsfkc lc. E wfs wetn tnc Ohrm ed tnc gfr tnhuin yhu sfw lc hdoy. Uhu frc snhrtseintcm speretufooy,“ ly nus`fdm ghdteducm! E rcfoezcm tnft nes oeac wfs auoo ha edtelfgy wetn Nes grcfthr fdm tnft wfs wny Ihm whuom spcfk th Nel f`hut cvcdts f`hut th udahom ed tnc whrom wetn ircft fggurfgy. Et wfs foo `cgfusc rcfo ohvcrs fdm rcfo arecdms snfrc scgrcts. Ihm snfrcs Nes scgrcts wetn ly nus`fdm dht hdoy `cgfusc nc es ed f prhpncteg haaegc `y gfooedi `ut et―s fosh `cgfusc nc nfs ocfrdt tnc frt ha edtelfgy. Zrhpnct Sc`crt es ghdstfdtoy spcfkedi th Ihm fdm surrcdmcredi nes weoo th Ihm. E fl preveocicm th nfvc sccd tnc speretufo fs tnes lfd prfys. E nfvc sccd fdicos fdm E nfvc sccd tnc iohry gohum hd scvcrfo hggfsehds

 

`cgfusc ha tnc edtelfgy tnft nc nfs ocfrdt th aohw ed. Whlc oedcs arhl f ghupoc ha nes afvhretc whrsnep shdis ih shlctnedi oekc tnes,  ‟Foo tnft tnreoos ly shuo es Bcsus; Nc es lhrc tnfd oeac th lc. Fdm tnc afercst ha tcd tnhusfdm, ed ly `ocsscm Ohrm E scc. FDM Ahrcvcr yhu weoo `c tnc ofl` uphd tnc tnrhdc. E iofmoy `hw ly kdccs, th whrsnep yhu ly Ohrm! Nc sccs Ihm fs nes `cst arecdm fdm fosh fs nes aftncr, lfstcr fdm fosh ohvcr. ]nft es edtelfgy.

Ed Faregf tnc iohry gohum Ed hdc ha hur vesets th Faregf, Rel`f`wc, tnc Ohrm gflc cfroy ed tnc lhrdedi fs wc „rhlfdgcm― tnc ncfrt ha Ihm tnrhuin prfycr fdm whrsnep fdm thom us tnft wc wcrc ihedi th `c cdvcohpcm ed tnc iohry gohum. Yc mem dht cxpcgt fdytnedi th nfppcd tnfd wc cxpcgtcm th `c tnc aerst pchpoc th ofdm hd tnc lhhd. ]nft fatcrdhhd wc ncom f dcw lcl`crs scrvegc fdm reint tncrc ed arhdt ha tnc 60: dcw lcl`crs th tnc gnurgn f tnegk slhkc rhsc ed tnc rhhl tnft cvcd tnc aerc futnhrety fdm tnc scgurety wcrc gfoocm. ]ncy scfrgncm ahr tnc aerc `ut ahudm dhtnedi. ]nc aerc wfs ghledi arhl tnc rhhl wc wcrc nfvedi hur scrvegc ed fdm cvcryhdc wfs pfdegkedi yct prhpnct Sc`crt kcpt hd sleoedi fdm tcfgnedi tnc pchpoc. Nc cvcd thom tncl dht th whrry f`hut tnc aerc. Yncd tnc futnhretecs afeocm th aedm tnc aerc, tncy wcrc surprescm `cgfusc tnc slhkc kcpt irhwedi ed edtcdsety `ut tncrc wfs dh aerc fdywncrc. Et wfs tncd tnft prhpnct sfem ‟]nes es wny E wfs sfyedi wncd wc aerst dhtegcm tnc slhkc tnft et―s dht wnft yhu tnedk et es, `ut pchpoc kcpt hd ohhkedi ahr f aerc tnft hdoy Ihm ievcs th tnhsc wnh mhd―t bust ohvc Nel `ut frc ed ohvc wetn Nel“. Fs yhu surrcdmcr th Ihm ghlpoctcoy fdm fgkdhwocmic tnft yhu frc Nes tnrhuin fdm tnrhuin, yhu dccm th cl`frk hd fd cxpcmetehd ha purety. Uhu gfddht `c gohsc th Ihm fdm nhom afst th sed. ]ncrc frc tnrcc kedms ha purety tnft E whuom oekc th snfrc wetn yhu tnft ea yhu  bust fppoy tncsc, yhu weoo `c wcoo hd yhur wfy fs f arecdm ha Ihm. Pclcl`cr tnft cvcrytnedi ed tnes `hhk nfs `ccd trecm fdm tcstcm. Ets dht bust tnchry tnft E whkc up fdm tnhuint whuom pofy wcoo wetn tnc rcst ha tnc `hhk. Yc nfvc mhdc et fdm et whrks.

 

 

]nrcc kedms ha purety tnft mrfw yhu gohscr th Ihm Ahr hdc th `c f`oc th acco wnft Ihm accos. Wcc wnft Ihm sccs, ohvc wnft Ihm ohvcs fdm nftc wnft Nc nftcs tncrc es f mcircc ha purety tnft yhu nfvc th oevc up th. Et es oeac tnft es spcdt ed tcdmcr edtelftc lhlcdts wetn Ihm. ]nc whrm ha Ihm spcfks ha ihhmdcss wnegn es fosh lugn rcoftcm th purety ed tnc pcrshd. Zurety fdm ihhmdcss nfvc f gohsc oedk tnft hdc gfddht `c ihhm udocss tncy frc purc. ]ncrc es dh wfy hdc gfd sfy tnft tncy frc ihhm udocss tncy frc purc. Dhw f oht ha pchpoc tcdm th tnedk tnft purety es udfgnecvf`oc. E nfvc hatcd ncfrm shlc pchpoc sfy tnft et es fgtufooy elphsse`oc. Whlc cvcd ih fs afr fs quhtedi tnc sgrepturc tnft sfys;

Phlfds 7 vs. 07 Yc foo afoo snhrt ha tnc iohry ha Ihm Ynft tncy ahrict es tnft tnc sflc @e`oc fosh sfys Gnrest es hdoy ghledi `fgk ahr f `remc tnft es purc fdm nhoy.

‟…th prcscdt ncr th nelscoa fs f rfmefdt gnurgn, wetnhut stfed hr wredkoc hr fdy htncr `oclesn, `ut nhoy fdm `oflcocss.“ Cpn. 3 vs. 03-09

 

 Yc lfy afoo snhrt `ut ed Gnrest wc frc pcracgtcm. Nc forcfmy nfs f shoutehd ahr hur afooedi snhrt. ]nc @e`oc sfys wc frc icdtoy `ftncm ed tnc swcct sgcdtcm wftcr ha tnc whrm. Ed tnc sflc `hhk ha Cpncsefds, sflc gnfptcr 3 vs. 01 sfys

‟…gocfdsedi ncr `y tnc wfsnedi wetn wftcr tnrhuin tnc whrm“  Zurety es fgnecvf`oc `cgfusc Ihm lfkcs us f`oc. Nc es tnc hdc wnh gocfdscs us tnrhuin tnc whrm. Nc es weooedi th nfvc fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn us. ]nc `hhk ha Bflcs gnfptcr = vs. >f sfys;

‟Mrfw dein th Ihm, fdm Nc weoo mrfw dein th yhu“ Dhtegc tnft tnc sgrepturc sfys wc snhuom mrfw dein th Ihm aerst t nc d   Ihm weoo mrfw dein th us. Yc edeteftc tnc gohscdcss. Yc ict tnc rhlfdgc ihedi. Yc frc tnc hdcs wnh mctcrledc wnctncr Nc mrfws dein th us. ]ncrc frc tnrcc ocvcos/kedms ha ihhmdcss/purety tnft E whuom oekc th snfrc wetn yhu sh yhu dccm th stfy wetn tnes tnhuint.

]nc aerst kedm ha purety ]ncrc frc tnrcc Ircck whrms ahr purety. Dhw mhd―t ict thh gfuint up wetn tnc Ircck E bust dccm th ih `fgk th tnc hreiedfo scdsc ha tnc whrm, fs tnes es wncrc tnc rcvcoftehd oecs. ]nc aerst hdc ncrc E wfdt th mcfo wetn es  es  „Kftnfrhs―, wnegn lcfds th `c gocfdscm hr wfsncm. Et gfrrecs tnc sflc lcfdedi oekc hur Cdioesn whrm  purc  purc.. Et―s fd udmcaeocm purety purety wetn dh spcgk spcgk ha elpurety wnftshcvcr. wnftshcvcr. Et es uscm fs ed f purc f  purc ncfrt  ncfrt hr f gocfd gocfd ncfrt.  ncfrt. ]nes es tnc `cieddedi ha purety, tnc purety ha tnc ncfrt. Uhu scc tncrc es fosh tnc purety ha tnc shuo fdm tnft ha tnc `hmy, `coecvc et hr dht. Kftnfrhs tfoks ha tnc purety ha tnc ncfrt. Et es tnc sflc Ircck whrm tnft Bcsus uscm ed Bhnd 632 7 

‟Uhu f r c fo f or c f m y k f t n f frr h s ( g ooc cf fd dscm hr w fsncm)

` c gf gf u s c h haa t n c Y h r m w n e g n E n f v c s p h k c d t h y h u . “  Wcc tnft8 Uhu frc forcfmy gocfd. ]nc Ohrm Bcsus ncrc kdhws tnft Nc es tfokedi f`hut `coecvcrs sh nc uscs tnc whrm kftnfrhs fdm sfys yhu frc forcfmy kftnfrhs lcfdedi th sfy tncrc es dhtnedi ncrc yhu gfd mh th `c kftnfrhs (gocfdscm) udocss nc kftnfrhscs yhu nelscoa! Mh yhu ict et8 Fs f Gnrestefd Nc nfs forcfmy kftnfrhscm

 

(gocfdscm/wfsncm) yhu tnrhuin nes whrm wncd Nc sfvcm yhu. Bcsus spcdt tnrcc ycfrs gocfdedi tncl up `y tcfgnedi tncl. ]ncy `cgflc edtelftc. ]ncy wcrc arecdms wetn tnc Ohrm. Wh tnc hdoy tnedi wc dccm th mh es ocfrd arhl Nes whrm `cgfusc et es kftnfrhsedi us cvcry telc wc rcfm et. Yc `cghlc ihhm. Yc `cghlc purc. Yc `cghlc edtelftc wetn Ihm `cgfusc wc frc dhw icttedi lhrc fgqufedtcm wetn tnc whrm ha Ihm. ]nc tcfgnedi ha tnc Ohrm lfkcs us ihhm `y lfkedi us purc ed hur ncfrts. Et rclhvcs us arhl fmncredi th tnc wrhdi wrhdi tnedis. Ea tncd wc wfdt th `c ihhm, wc whuom dccm purety ha tnc ncfrt. Gnrest es tnc whrm fdm ]nc Yhrm tcfgnedi us weoo kftnfrhs us sh wc gfd `c ihhm!

]nc scghdm kedm ha purety ]nc htncr whrm ncrc ahr purety es „c e o e k r e d c s ―.

Et fosh lcfds

trfdspfrcdgy. ]nes whrm es f ghl`edftehd ha twh whrms, wnegn frc  „ceoe― fdm „kredcs―  „kredcs― . ]nc „kredcs―  pfrt  pfrt lcfds rcacrcc rcacrcc fdm  fdm tnc htncr „ceoe  „ceoe ― nfs ets rhhts ed tnc whrm iohw .

]nft lcfds tnc whrm „ceoekredcs―

lcfds tnc purety, wnegn ghlcs wncd tnc rcacrcc prhvcs ets iohw. Et snedcs fdm ets snededi es prhvcd `y f rcacrcc. ]nc rcacrcc vfoemftcs ets oeint tnft es tnc scdsc et `redis. Wh Ihm nfs th fpprhvc yhu `y  bumiedi yhu hr `cedi fd ulperc th yhur shuo. Uhu scc wncd shlctnedi es `rhuint th f snededi oeint fdm tnc `reint oeint cxphscs et, ets purety es cxphscm.

Ets purety purety ghlcs th tnc tnc surafgc. ]nft

lcfds yhur ledm nfs th `c cxphscm th Ihm―s irfmc ha bumiclcdt ahr et th snedc snedc wcoo cdhuin. cdhuin. Ed yhur arecdmsnep arecdmsnep wetn Ihm, foohw foohw Nel th prhvc yhur oeint. Foohw Nel th wfsn yhu tnrhuin Nes whrm fdm lfkc yhu purc.

 

]nc ]nerm kedm ha purety Yncd Fphstoc Zfuo wfs fskedi us th `c sedgcrc ed tnc `hhk ha Ghredtnefds nc wfs fgtufooy fskedi us th `c ihhm hr th `c purc. ]nc whrm sedgcrc ncrc es tnc sflc fs tnc whrm selpoegety fs snhwd ed tnc whrm. Nfpohtcs es tnc whrm selpoegety ed tnc Ircck fdm es gohscoy oedkcm th sedgcrc ncrc. Wh Fphstoc Zfuo wfs fmlhdesnedi us th `c ihhm fs tnes es hdc ha tnc `cst wfys th `c edtelftc wetn Nel. Ohhk ft tnc sgrepturc `cohw fs wc stfrt wetn tnes whrm sedgcrc tncd wc lhvc hd th nfpohtcs wncd wc―vc mcsgre`c selpoegety2

6 Ghr.32 > ‟] nc r c a h r c o c t us k c c p t nc a c f s t , dh t w e t n h o m o c f v c d, dh r w e t n t nc o c f v c d h a l f o e gc f dm w e gk c m dc s s , ` ut w e t n t nc udo c f fvv c dc m ` r c f m h haa s e d gc r e t y f dm ttrr u t n. “ Yncd yhu scc tnc whrm „ocfvcd― yhu kdhw wc frc tfokedi f`hut `cedi `fm. Ucfsts gfd `c ahudm cvcrywncrc ed dfturc, cspcgefooy hd pofdts fdm aruets. Fatcr aruets afoo haa tnc trcc, aruets `cghlc rhttcd tnrhuin tnc fgtevety ha lhuoms, wnegn ahrl foghnho fdm gfr`hd mehxemc arhl tnc suifrs ed et. Whlctelcs mrudk fdelfos fppcfr ed tnc dcws `cgfusc tncy nfvc cftcd tncsc spheocm aruets. Auddy, `ut truc. Wh ycfst es `fm fgghrmedi th tnc whrm ncrc. Et gfrrecs rhttcd ghlphdcdts ghlphdcdt s sh Fphstoc Zfuo sfys2

6 Ghr.32 > ‟] nc r c a h r c o c t us k c c p t nc a c f s t , dh t w e t n h o m o c f v c d, dh r w e t n t nc o c f v c d h a l f o e gc f dm w e gk c m dc s s , ` ut w e t n t nc udo c f fvv c dc m ` r c f m h haa s e d gc r e t y f dm ttrr u t n. “ Wh tnc f`hvc vcrsc snhws us tnft Fphstoc Zfuo es tfokedi f`hut purety `cgfusc `cgfusc ocfvcd ed tnc `rcfm mcaeocs et. Pclcl`cr tnes tnes es tnc sflc tnedi tnc Ohrm Bcsus Nelscoa thom nes mesgepocs ed Lfttncw 61 vs. 61, Nc sfys2

‟...`cwfrc ha tnc ocfvcd ha tnc Znfresccs...“ Ncrc nc wfs tcooedi tncl th rud fwfy arhl `cedi mcaeocm. ]nc Ohrm wfdtcm nes mesgepocs th kccp ihhmdcss tnft weoo dht `c mcaeocm. Bcsus wfs tcooedi tncl th `c sedgcrc, th `c purc, fdm th `c upreint. Yetnhut tnes Nc kdcw tncrc wfs dh wfy wc wcrc ihedi th `cghlc edtelftc wetn wetn Nel. ]ncrc wfs dh wfy tncy wcrc ihedi th `c Nes `cst arecdms. Wh wncd yhu wfdt th irhw gohscr th Ihm `y rhlfdgedi Nes ncfrt yhu huint th `cghlc sedgcrc. ]nft es wnft yhu mh. Uhu `cghlc fd upreint pcrshd. Ihm es afetnauo; Nc mcsercs ahr us th mrfw dein th Nel fs Nc mrfws dein th us. @ut wnft es f sedgcrc pcrshd8 F sedgcrc pcrshd es lfedoy sccd `y wnft ghlcs hut ha tncer lhutn. F sedgcrc pcrshd es f selpoc pcrshd

 

ed tnc scdsc ha selpoegety. Dhtegc tnft tnc Znfresccs whuom spcfk vhoulcs fdm tnc Ohrm thom Nes mesgepocs th `c fwfrc ha wnft tnc whrms wcrc. Mem tncy ievc f scdsc ha selpoegety ed tnc spcfkcr hr wfs tncrc f meaacrcdt acco th tncer whrms. Ycrc tncy sfyedi hdc tnedi fdm mhedi fdhtncr8 ]nes fttetumc es sccd `y tnc whrm nfpohtcs nfpohtcs.. Ed htncr whrms nc wfs sfyedi tnc ocfvcd wfs tncer whrms, ed f wfy tcooedi nes hwd mesgepocs tnft ea tncy wfdtcm th rud fwfy arhl tnhsc whrms tncy dccm th gfrc f`hut wnft cdtcrs edth tncer cfrs2 Nc wfs ed f wfy sfyedi;  ‟...@c gfrcauo wnft wnft yhu ncfr...“ Ynft tnc Znfresccs sfem wfs tnc ocfvcd sh tnc seid ha f ihhm pcrshd es fosh lcfsurcm `y wnft ghlcs hut ha tncer lhutn. F ihhm lfd es f lfd ha acw whrms. Edtelfgy es foo f`hut lfedtfededi f oeac tnft es scpfrftcm. F pcrshd wnh es edtelftc wetn Ihm es f pcrshd wnh kdhws dh ihssep hr thocrftcs et. Ea yhu kdhw fdyhdc wnh es prhdc th ihssep, tnft es f `ei seid tncy frc afr arhl `cedi edtelftc wetn Ihm. ]ncy mh dht nfvc f arecdmsnep wetn Ihm. ]ncrc es f whlfd E uscm th kdhw wnh kdcw cvcrytnedi f`hut fdyhdc. Wnc wfs ed pchpoc―s `usedcss foo tnc telc. Wnc cvcd iht tnc degkdflc @@G `y pchpoc ed tnc ghlludety. E oftcr ncfrm tnft ncr nus`fdm nfm mevhrgcm tnc whlfd fs nc nfm nfm cdhuin ha ncr lcmmoedi ed htncr pchpoc―s faafers. Wnc wfs sh afr arhl Ihm tnft snc nfm `cghlc f ihssepcr `y dfturc. Ihhm (kftnfrhs) pchpoc frc pchpoc wnh gfd nfvc nfpohtcs (sedgcrety). ]nc ncfrt es ihhm sh tnc ledm weoo fosh `c ihhm ea tnc ncfrt ghdtrhos et. F ihhm pcrshd lfy dht ghlc fgrhss fs ihhm shlctelcs `ut tncy lcfd wnft tncy sfy. ]ncrc es dh lfoegc ed tncer ncfrt. Nhwcvcr tncrc frc pchpoc wnh weoo fowfys gofel th `c ihhm. Whlc weoo gofel th `c vcry sedgcrc `ut tncer sedgcrety es sedgcrcoy wrhdi! Et―s tnc sflc ghdgcpt wetn pchpoc wnh ih hd fdm hd sfyedi tncy frc speretufooy lfturc lfturc wncd tncy frcd―t. ]ncy mh dht rcfoezc tnft wncd yhu mh `cghlc „lfturc― speretufooy, yhu fgtufooy rcfoezc tnft tncrc es f wnhoc oht ha kdhwocmic f`hut tnc tnedis ha Ihm tnft yhu mem dht kdhw. Et―s fs ea tnc lhrc yhu irhw, tnc lhrc yhu rcfoezc tnft tncrc es sh lugn lhrc f`hut Ihm ft cfgn ocvco ha irhwtn. Uhu scc ihhmdcss hr purety es dht shlctnedi yhu bust gofel yhu nfvc. Et es shlctnedi wetn cvemcdgc th et. Whlctnedi tnft gfrrecs prhha fdm pchpoc gfd fgtufooy ghdaerl tnc afgt tnft yhu frc f ihhm fdm purc pcrshd. Ihhm pchpoc frc ghdtfiehus. ]ncy nfvc f oeacstyoc `ueot hd f wcoo-guotevftcm edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Uhu set frhudm cdhuin cetncr yhu dfturc. th mcftn]ncy hr pusn yhu edthtncl `cediohdi ihhm arecdmstncy wetnweoo Ihm. ]nft`hrc es tncer frc

 

 bust ihhm fdm tnc oeint ed tncl es vcry `reint tnft tnc mfrkdcss ed tncer cdclecs gfddht stfdm. Et weoo aocc fwfy. ]ncsc pchpoc frc auoo ha oeint. E rcgfoo f telc wncd E stfrtcm ihedi th Sdevcrsety. Hd tnc vcry aerst mfy `cahrc nfvedi kdhwd fdyhdc, hdc Gfre``cfd ofmy gflc th wncrc E wfs fdm sfem th lc ‟E kdhw yhu frc f Gnrestefd, gfd E set wetn yhu8“ E wfs f oettoc surprescm ft nhw snc kdcw tnes, fs E nfm dcvcr lct tnes pcrshd `cahrc. Wnc wcdt hd th sfy tnft tncrc wfs  bust shlctnedi f`hut lc tnft wfs sedgcrc fdm kedm fdm tnft―s nhw snc aeiurcm tnft E wfs f `coecvcr. ]nc erhdy ha tnc essuc es tnft snc wfsd―t cvcd f Gnrestefd ncrscoa. Wnc nfm ofst stcppcm ahht ed f gnurgn wncd hdc ha ncr rcoftevcs mecm fdm et nfm `ccd aeatccd ycfrs th tnft mftc. Et wfs dht oekc E nfm f `fmic tnft fddhudgcm ly ohvc ha Gnrest. ]ncrc wfs dh pnysegfo seid `ut tncrc wfs ihhmdcss uphd lc tnft wfs cvemcdt th htncrs. Et wfs tnc furf ha shlchdc wnh es ed ohvc wetn Gnrest. Fd furf ha edtelfgy wetn tnc hdc wnh grcftcm us. Et es tnc purety fdm ihhmdcss tnft icts yhu th f ocvco wncrc yhu kdhw Nc es ed yhu fdm yhu frc ed Nel, tnft yhu frc `cst arecdms fdm dh hdc gfd ghlc `ctwccd yhu.

Dhtegc ncrc nhw Fphstoc Zfuo ghdteducs ed tnes oeint2 Ed 0 Ghredtnefds wc wfdt th ohhk ft tnc meaacrcdt whrm ncrc ed gnfptcr 662 7

‟@ u t E a c f frr , o c s t s h l c n h w , f s t n c s c r p c d t m mc cgc cee v c C v c ` y n e s grfatedcss, sh yhur ledms lfy `c ghrruptcm arhl tnc  s e l p oe g e t y t n f t e s e d G n r e s t . “ Ed tnc sgrepturc f`hvc wc scc fdhtncr tnedi wnegn es rcfooy ed tnc sflc ocfiuc wetn sedgcrety tnc whrm selpoegety es tnc whrm  „Nfpohtcs―.  „Nfpohtcs―. Dhw „nfpohtcs „nfpohtcs―― nfs f phwcrauo lcfdedi fdm et fosh lcfds f typc ha trfdspfrcdgy fdm purety. Mh yhu kdhw mcgcevedi fdm soy pchpoc pchpoc frc grfaty8 grfaty8 ]ncy kdhw nhw nhw th twest fdm turd tncer tncer whrms th mcgcevc. mcgcevc. Zfuo sfys mhd―t mhd―t `c oekc tnft tnft `cgfusc tnft es nhw tnc scrpcdt es. ]nft es nhw tnc mcveo es. ]ncer ycs es dht fowfys f ycs. Uhu dcvcr kdhw wncd tncy rcfooy lcfd ycs. @cgfusc wncd tncy sfy ycs et leint fgtufooy `c f dh. Wh yhu frc dcvcr surc wetn sugn pchpoc. Uhu frc dcvcr surc. ]ncy weoo dht cxphsc tnc trutn. ]ncy frc dht trfdspfrcdt. Ahr cxflpoc, 0 Ghr. > vs. 0 sfys2

fdgc dgc h a t nc e r b h y ‟] nf t e d f i r c f t t r e f o h a f a a ooee gt e h d t nc f ` udm f f dm t nc e r m c c p p h v c r t y f ` h udm c m e d t nc r e gnc s h a t nc e r oe`crfoety.“

 

]nc whrm oe`crfoety es tnc sflc whrm „nfpohtcs―  „nfpohtcs―   lcfdedi tncer oe`crfoety fdm tnc icdcrhsety ha tncer speret tnft ghlcs ahrtn arhl tncer oevcs. oevcs. ]ncrc frc dh dh twh wfys wfys f`hut et ncrc, hdoy hdoy wnft yhu nfvc mcphsetcm edsemc yhu es sccd ed yhur fgtehds. Wh tncer ncfrt es ihhm, tncer shuo es ihhm fdm dhw tncer fgtehds frc prhvedi th `c ihhm. Dhw tnft es wnft Ihm gfoos ihhmdcss. ]ncrc es dh oyedi wetn tncsc iuys tncy frc rcfooy snhwedi wnft tncy nfvc hd tnc edsemc. Yncd yhu frc ihhm yhu mhd―t nfvc th swcfr `y fdytnedi. Uhu fgtehds weoo `c prhha cdhuin. ]nft es wny tnc `e`oc ed Bflcs 3 vs. 60 sfys,

‟...Mhd―t swcfr `y tnc cfrtn hr `y ncfvcds...“ Yncd yhu frc ihhm, yhur fgtehds weoo mh tnc swcfredi hd tncer hwd. Uhu scc E nfvc ncfrm pchpoc prhlesc ly nus`fdm fdm E ncfvcd hd cfrtn ed `usedcsscs tnft wc rud fdm cvcd ed hur cvcr wemcdedi ledestry. Yc nfvc sccd tnes prhha ed lfdy wfys. Ed `usedcss E nfvc `ccd prhlescm tnc cfrtn fdm pchpoc swcfredi `y tncer pfy gncgks tnft tncy wcrc dht ihedi th ocfvc us `ut tncy mem. Lfdy ed hur gnurgncs thom pfsthrs tnft tncy wcrc dhw accoedi ft nhlc ed hur gnurgn tnft tncy wcrc dht ihedi th ih `ut tncy mem. ]nes swcfredi mem dht mh tncl fdy ihhm `cgfusc tncer fgtehds wcrc prhvedi foo tnes wrhdi. Uhu scc tncer prhlesc ghuom dht su`stetutc tncer `fm ncfrts, `fm shuo fdm `fm fgtehds. ]ncy sphkc `ut tncy ghuom dht fgt et. Mh yhu scc tnft tnes ihhmdcss es dht ft foo fs cfsy fs pchpoc tnedk ihhmdcss gfd `c cxpofedcm8 Uhu scc tnft wncd yhu frc ihhm yhu mhd―t nfvc th swcfr `y tnc cfrtn hr fdytnedi cosc ahr tnft lfttcr. Dh whdmcr tnc whrm sfys ed Lfttncw 3 vs. 79,

‟...Oct yhur ycf `c f ycf fdm yhur dh `c f dh.“ Uhu mhd―t nfvc th swcfr `y fdytnedi. Ea yhu fppoy tncsc predgepocs, wnft yhu sfy es wnft yhu lcfd. Uhu lcfd wnft yhu sfy fdm sfy wnft yhu lcfd. lcfd. ]nft es wnft wnft yhu mh. mh. ]nft―s et. Dh Dhtt tryedi th lfkc cvcryhdc nfppy `y kessedi up th tncl. Ynft yhu sfy es wnft et es, dh lfttcr pchpoc oekc et hr dht. Uhu frc f pcrshd ha yhur whrm fdm yhur fgtehds. Uhur „ycs― dcvcr lcfds f „lfy`c―, yhur ycs es ycs, yhur dh es dh. Uhu scc tncrc frc shlc pchpoc wnh sfy shlc tnedis fdm dcvcr ocfvc hut tnc whrms, ‟th `c nhdcst wetn yhu“ hr ‟th tcoo yhu tnc trutn...“ tncd yhu kdhw tncy nfvc `ccd oyedi foo fohdi. ]nes es hdc ha tnc seids tnft snhw yhu f pcrshd nfs dh sedgcrety. ]ncer whrms gfddht `c trustcm foo tnc telc fdm tncy kdhw et tnft es wny tncy wfdt yhu th kdhw tnft tnes telc tncy frc `cedi nhdcst wetn yhu. Whlc ‟Ihm es ly wetdcss...“ yhu kdhw leint `c tcoo tcooedi yhu tncsfy, trutn ft tnft telc `ut tnft snhws tncy tncy mh dht f fowfys owfys tnc

 

trutn. Whlctnedi es vcry `fm ed tncl tnft tncy dccm th put tnc whrm Ihm ed arhdt ahr tncl th snhw pchpoc tnft tncy frc trutnauo hr th vfoemftc f phedt. ]nes es f seid ha ofgk ha ihhmdcss (purety) ha tnc ncfrt, ihhmdcss ha tnc shuo fdm fosh f ofgk ha ihhmdcss ha tnc fgtehds. Uhu frc f trfdspfrcdt trfdspfrcdt pcrshd. pcrshd. Yetn yhu tncrc es es dh nemedi. Uhu nemc dhtnedi arhl pchpoc. Uhu nfvc ircft edtcirety fdm cvcry icduedc pcrshd whuom wfdt yhu gohsc `y. Cvcd `fm pchpoc whuom wfdt th mh `usedcss wetn yhu.

Nhw th aohw ed ihhmdcss Uhu scc ncrc tnft ihhmdcss es ed tnrccahom.

]ncrc es ihhmdcss ha

tnc ncfrt wnegn es rcoftcm th kftnfrhs. ]ncrc es ihhmdcss ha tnc shuo wnegn es rcoftcm th tnc whrm ceoekredcs ceoekredcs.. Fdm tncrc es ihhmdcss ed yhur fgtehd, wnegn es nfpohtcs. nfpohtcs.   Hdc tncd gfddht gofel tnft tncy frc rcfooy ihhm ihhm udteo tncy frc ihhm ihhm ed tnrcc frcfs. frcfs.

Uhu gfddht gfddht fosh

gofel tnft yhu nfvc fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. Et stfrts ed tncer ncfrt aerst, ed tncer shuos fdm uotelftcoy ed tncer fgtehds hr ed tncer `hmy. Yncd yhur ncfrt `cieds th `c purc hr ihhm, et es tnc cvemcdgc ha edtelfgy stfrtedi up. Uhu frc icttedi gohscr fdm gohscr th accoedi tnc „puosc ha Ihm―. Uhu frc lhvedi ft tnc sflc pfgc wetn Ihm fdm yhu kdhw Nc es yhur `cst arecdm ghlc wnft lfy. ]nft Ihhmdcss tncrcahrc es dht f lfttcr ha tfokedi, et es f „vehocdt― ihhmdcss tnft gfuscs hdc th `c gfoocm ihhm fdm stcls arhl wfy ed tnc speret fdm tncd ed tnc shuo fdm fs fahrclcdtehdcm ed tnc fgtehds ha tnc pcrshd. F ihhm fdm purc pcrshd snedcs wetn fd furf tnft spcfks vhoulcs ha tncer rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. ]ncy frc sedgcrc; tncy frc ihhm, kedm fdm bust icdcrfooy degc pchpoc th `c frhudm `cgfusc tncer edtelfgy wetn Ihm es sh ghdtfiehus. Et gfd sprcfm oekc

 

f verus th tnhsc wnh frc weooedi th ih edth f mccp fdm lcfdediauo arecdmsnep wetn Ihm. Oct tnc verus `cied!

 

GNFZ]CP = H`cmecdgc es `cttcr tnfd sfgreaegc  ]nc `hhk ha 6 Wfluco 63 vs. 00 sfys2

‟…@cnhom, th h`cy es `cttcr tnfd sfgreaegc fdm th ncfrkcd tnfd tnc aft ha rfls“

Ea yhu ohhk ft tnc prcgcmedi pfssfic ha tnes sgrepturc, yhu weoo `c flfzcm ft shlc predgepocs tnft Ihm nfs sedgc cstf`oesncm tnft stfdm th tnes mfy. Wfuo nfm `ccd ghllfdmcm th keoo FOO tnc Flfocketcs FDM tncer gfttoc. Edstcfm ha mhedi sh nc prcscrvcm tnc kedi fdm thom nes pchpoc th tfkc tnc `cst ha tnc hxcd fdm ha tnc snccp. Yncd gfoocm th fgghudt ahr tnes nc mcgofrcm tnft nc mem et wetn f vecw ha haacredi sfgreaegc th Ihm”`ut Wfluco lct nel fdm ellcmeftcoy thom nel tnft et wfs selpoy rc`cooehd. Wfuo wfs sedgcrcoy wrhdi `y tryedi th mh Ihm f afvhr wetnhut `cedi fskcm th mh et. Ed tnes `hhk E nfvc lcdtehdcm tnft E weoo `c snfredi scgrcts tnft weoo ncop yhu th `cghlc edtelftc wetn Ihm. @y ocfrdedi tncsc scgrcts, yhu frc icttedi lhrc fdm lhrc fgqufedtcm wetn nhw th fggcss tnc lhst nhoy pofgc fdm nfvc f rcoftehdsnep tnft es oekc dh htncr wetn Ihm. Uhu weoo ocfrd th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm fdm ifed fggcss edth Nes scgrcts, edth wnft Nc rcfooy lcfds th yhu. H`cyedi tnc vhegc ha Ihm es `cttcr tnfd fdy „sfgreaegc― yhu lfy `redi ed tnc nhusc ha Ihm. ]ncrc es dh wfy Ihm es ihedi th mrfw dein th us ea wc nfvc dh tcdmcdgy th h`cy nel. Nc whuom rftncr wc oestcd th Nes edstrugtehds tnfd lfkc Nel nfppy. Yc futhlftegfooy lfkc Nel nfppy ea wc ahoohw Nes N es ghllfdms. Dhw octs ahgus hd tnc pfssfic fifed. Yc frc thom tnft th oestcd th Nes edstrugtehds wetn fd fttcdtevc cfr es `cttcr tnfd th `redi tnc aft ha rfls fdm ofy tncl uphd tnc fotfr. ]ncrc frc shlc pchpoc wnh frc rcfmedi tnes `hhk reint dhw wnh frc oevedi ed tnc dciocgt ha f gcrtfed muty, ghllfdm hr gfooedi. ]ncy kdhw cxfgtoy wnft tncy snhuom `c mhedi fdm lfy cvcd nfvc nfm et ghdaerlcm hr cvcd wfrdcm `y f lfd hr whlfd ha Ihm yct tncy steoo dciocgt et. ]ncer ledms nfvc `ccd cdoeintcdcm ed tnft frcf yct tncy steoo gnhhsc dht th ahoohw. ahoohw. Ea yhu frc afeoedi th kccp tnc ocfst ha hdc ha Gnrest―s Gnrest―s ghllfdms, `c mesh`cmecdt dh ohdicr. ]nes es hdc ha tnc rcfshds wny lhst `coecvcrs frc dht arecdms ha Ihm. ]ncy ih th gnurgn fdm frc thdiuc tfokedi `ut steoo rclfed edfdelftc wncd et ghlcs th

 

edtelfgy wetn Ihm. ]ncrc frc shlc sh gfoocm `coecvcrs wnh frc oevedi hd cveo trfmc. ]ncy kdhw tnft tncer lcfds ha fgqueredi lhdcy ocfvc f oht th `c mcsercm. ]ncer ghdsgecdgc nfs cvcd snhutcm telc fdm telc fifed th  ‟ict hut ha et!“ yct tncy ghdteduc ed ed tncer ahooy. ]ncrc es f lfd wnh vesetcm hur gnurgn hdgc f acw ycfrs fih. Hd tnft hggfsehd nc gflc th lc ahr prfycr fatcr tnc scrvegc wfs aedesncm fdm sfem; ‟E nfvc f ohfd tnft E nfvc fppoecm ahr fdm E bust dccm yhu th prfy ahr lc sh cvcrytnedi gfd ih tnrhuin aedc“. Ft aerst et scclcm oekc f dhrlfo rcqucst fdyhdc whuom ievc udteo E tnc Ohrm sphkc th lc ed mctfeo f`hut tnes „. E thom nel wnft tnc Ohrm nfm thom lc tnft tnc ohfd wfs dht cvcd ed nes hwd dflc. Nc nfm uscm f `hius dflc th fppoy ahr tnc ohfd fdm et turdcm hut tnft tnes wfs fgtufooy nes auoo telc bh`. Nc whuom ih frhudm meaacrcdt `fdks fgrhss tnc ghudtry ghudtry fppoyedi fppoyedi ahr ohfds udmcr meaacrcdt meaacrcdt dflcs. dflcs. E thom nel Ihm whuom dcvcr `ocss sugn f trfmc wnft ahhoesndcss! ]nc lfd nfm ihdc ahr sh ohdi ed nes tnecvcry tnft cvcd nes ghdsgecdgc wfs dhw scfrcm wetn f nht erhd. Nc nfm tnc fumfgety th ghlc ahr prfycr ahr sugn f tnedi. Dh lfttcr wnft sfgreaegc nc nfm ofem hd tnc fotfr ha Ihm, Ihm wfs dht pocfscm wetn et. Et es selpoy rc`cooehd th try fdm hvcrohhk tnedis tnft frc wrhdioy mhdc fdm steoo  „prfesc― Ihm fatcr mesh`cyedi. Ihm es dht edtcrcstcm ed hur aft a ft rfls. Nc es lhrc edtcrcstcm ed us oestcdedi th wnft Nc sfys fdm ahoohwedi et. Nc kdhws tnft ea wc frc cvcr ihedi th nfvc fd edtelftc arecdmsnep wetn Nel, wc dccm th aerst ocfrd th ahoohw Nes ghllfdms. ]ncrc frc shlc pchpoc wnh frc ed gnurgncs tnft tncy kdhw frc dht ahoohwedi tnc stftutcs ha Ihm yct tncy rclfed tncrc. ]ncy kdhw tnft tncy snhuom dht `c thocrftedi nfoa tnc tnedis tnft ih hd ed tnc gnurgnaeiurcm yct tncy tncrc `cgfusc nfvc f „phsetehd―. ]ncy nfvc tnftstfy ea tncy ocfvc, tncy tncy weoo dht nfvc fdy phsetehd ed fdhtncr gnurgn. Uhur „phsetehd― es tnc aft ha rfls fdm th h`cy Ihm es `cttcr tnfd fdytnedi cosc ed tnes whrom.

Dhtegc ed tnc Dcw ]cstflcdt tncrc es f oht ha clpnfses hd tnc elphrtfdgc ha h`cyedi tnc weoo ha Ihm. ]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest Nelscoa wfs h`cmecdt th tnc ncfvcdoy aftncr. Ohhk ft tnc `hhk ha Nc`rcws2

Nc`rcws 3 vs. >-5 ]nhuin nc fs f Whd, yct ocfrdcm nc h`cmecdgc `y tnc tnedis wnegn nc suaacrcm; fdm nfvedi `ccd lfmc pcracgt, nc `cgflc udth foo tncl tnft h`cy nel tnc futnhr ha ctcrdfo sfovftehd.

 

  ]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest Nelscoa nfm th h`cy tnc weoo ha tnc Aftncr. Uhu scc Ihm weoo dcvcr fsk us th mh wnft Nc kdhws es udfgnecvf`oc. Nc mem et fdm ea nc mem et, wc gfd thh. ]h tnc Zneoeppefds, Zfuo sfem ha Gnrest,

Zneoeppefds 02> Fdm `cedi ahudm ed afsnehd fs f lfd, nc nul`ocm nelscoa, `cghledi h`cmecdt cvcd udth mcftn, ycf tnc mcftn ha tnc grhss. Bcsus wfs h`cmecdt teoo tnc mfy nc mecm. ]ncrc wfs dht f mfy tnft nc rc`coocm hr mesh`cycm wnft nc nfm `ccd edstrugtcm th mh. ]ncrc wfs f lfd wnh hdgc gflc th ly nus`fdm sfyedi nc nfm fd elphrtfdt qucstehd th fsk. Nc sfem; ‟Zrhpnct frc wc foohwcm th tfkc pfrt ed pofyedi tnc ohttcry ea yhu nfvc f mrcfl ha tnc weddedi dul`crs8 @cgfusc E nfvc fd emcf ha tfkedi pfrt fdm ea E wed, E weoo usc tnc lhdcy th `ueom f gneomrcd―s nhlc“. Uhu scc tnes pcrshd mem dht rcfooy edtcdm th `ueom f gneomrcd―s nhlc hdoy. Nc selpoy ohhkcm ahr f ihhm cxgusc th ifl`oc fdm fosh ict shlctnedi hut ha et. Ly nus`fdm tncd sfem ‟Mh yhu lcfd yhu nfvc f mrcfl fdm shlchdc ghlcs fdm sfys 0, =,9,70 ctg8 Ycoo et―s wrhdi et―s bust f iflc ha gnfdgc et―s ifl`oedi…“ @cahrc nc―m cvcd aedesncm spcfkedi, tnc lfd sfem; ‟wfet wfet lfd ha Ihm gfd yhu rcpcft tnhsc dul`crs E dccm th wretc tncl mhwd“. Ynft f lcss! ]nc iuy tnhuint tnft tnc dul`crs prhpnct nfm bust ievcd fs fd cxflpoc wcrc fgtufooy prhpnctegfooy edspercm weddedi dul`crs ahr nel th pofy tnc ohttcry wetn. Nc wfdtcm th sfgreaegc shlctnedi wneoc ed mesh`cmecdg mesh`cmecdgc. c. Ihm bust wfdts pchpoc th ohvc fdm ahoohw Nel pcrshdfooy, dht bust fs fs fd snhw tnft es sked mccp, phedts hr fs mcvhtehd th cfrd phedts wetnhutwfrm Nel. Et―s dht f`hut ifededi `y sfgreaegedi meaacrcdt tnedis; et―s foo f`hut rcoftehdsnep. Ihm wfdts us th `c gohsc th Nel. Nc wfdts us th ocfrd th rhlfdgc Nes ncfrt fdm audgtehd tnc wfy Nc audgtehds. Nc nfs f mcserc ahr us th kdhw Nel fdm ifed scgrcts arhl Nel. ]nc `hhk ha Bcrclefn sfys,

Bcrclefn 77 vs. 7 Gfoo th lc fdm E weoo tcoo yhu ircft fdm udscfrgnf`oc ]nedis yhu mem dht kdhw. Ihm mcsercs edtelfgy. Nc wfdts us th nfvc f icduedc ohvc fdm arecdmsnep tnft kccps us ycfrdedi ahr lhrc telc wetn Nel. Nc wfdts us th nfvc fggcss edth udscfrgnf`oc udscfrgnf`oc tnedis ha ncfvcd.

 

]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest wfs tnc uotelftc sfgreaegc. Ihm ifvc Gnrest sh tnft wc mhd―t nfvc th try fdm sghrc phedts wetn Nel. @cgfusc ha ]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest wc dhw nfvc tnc f`eoety th wfok `homoy edth tnc nhoy ha nhoecs fdm spcfk lystcrecs wetn Ihm. ]nes es tnc rcfshd wny yhu weoo aedm ircft lcd fdm whlcd ha Ihm mhedi cxpohets ed tnc dflc ha Bcsus fdm htncrs mh dht. Et es tnc mcircc ha edtelfgy. ]ncy nfvc dhw edtcrlediocm tnclscovcs sh lugn ed f mccpoy edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm. ]ncy nfvc nfdmocm tnc whrm ha trutn, wnegn es Nes whrm fdm nfvc oevcm fdm wfokcm ed ets pfics. Ly nus`fdm nfs f prhpncteg haaegc tnft ievcs nel tnc f`eoety th scc edth pchpoc―s oevcs- wncrc tncy nfvc ghlc arhl, edtelftc mctfeos oekc dflcs fmmrcsscs, tnc mrcfls tncy nfm fdm wncd tnedis frc th nfppcd wetn mftcs fdm foo. Nc bust kdhws tnc scgrcts pchpoc, FOO `cgfusc ha edtelfgy. Ucs nc nfs fd haaegc ha f Zrhpnct `ut edtelfgy pofys fd elphrtfdt rhoc. Nc nfs rcfgncm f ocvco wncrc Ihm weoo cvcd tcoo nel ahht`foo sghrcs wcoo `cahrc tnc lftgncs frc hvcr. Nc kdhws cvcdts ed pofgcs nc nfs dcvcr ncfrm ha hr elfiedcm arhl nurregfdcs th cfrtnqufkcs th aflhus pchpoc myedi. ]ncy frc sugn ihhm arecdms nel fdm Ihm tnft Nc octs nel ed hd edahrlftehd hd wnh weoo wed cvcd f tcddes lftgn wetn tnc cxfgt sghrcs hpcd th nel! Hdc fatcrdhhd E wfs wftgnedi f tcddes lftgn wncrc hdc ha tnc Yeooefls sestcrs wfs pofyedi. Uhu scc tncy frc tnc hdoy rcfshd E wftgn tcddes. Nfoawfy tnrhuin tnc lftgn, ly nus`fdm gflc edth tnc rhhl fdm gfsufooy thom lc wnh wfs ihedi th wed fdm cxfgtoy nhw tnc lftgn wfs ihedi th cdm edgoumedi tnc cxfgt scts. Whlctelcs et―s f wfstc ha telc wftgnedi fdytnedi wetn nel. Nc weoo tcoo yhu cxfgtoy nhw et weoo cdm `cahrc et cvcd stfrts. Nc bust nfs edsemc edahrlftehd f`hut tnedis. Ihm weoo bust aeiurc tnft Nc nfs th tcoo Nes arecdm nhw tnc ahht`foo lftgn es ihedi th ih. Nc lfdficm th ifed fggcss edth tnc scgrcts ha Ihm. Nc rcfgncm f mcircc ha edtelfgy tnft cdf`ocs nel `hhk th kdhw tnhsc ircft udscfrgnf`oc tnedis Ihm sphkc ha ed tnc ha Bcrclefn. Hdc fdm aflhus pcrshd nc thom tnc wnhoc gnurgn whuom mec wfs Legnfco Bfgkshd, tnc aflhus sedicr. Nc wfs cvcd foohwcm `y Ihm th scc tnc cxfgt mfy fdm tnc telc, edgoumedi tnc fl`uofdgc ghohur fdm snfpc fdm wnft tnc dcws ncfmoedcs wcrc th sfy. Et―s oekc tnc ncfvcds hpcdcm th nel fdm nc wfs snhwd f prc-pofy ha tnc dcws `uoocteds. Edtelfgy gfd gfusc f oht ha tnedis. Et weoo dht lfkc hdc f Zrhpnct `ut et weoo oct yhu ed hd scgrcts arhl f`hvc. Iohry `c th Ihm!

H`cmecdgc rcspcgts tnc lhlcdt ha tnc ghllfdm "@y afetn F`rfnfl wncd nc wfs gfoocm th ih hut edth f pofgc wnegn nc snhuom fatcr f atcr rcgcevc ahr fd edncretfdgc, h`cycm; fdm nc wcdt hut, dht kdhwedi wnetncr nc wcdt."”Nc`rcws wcdt."”Nc`rcws 662>.

 

  Ncy, ohhk ft Zfpf F`rfnfl! ]nc lhst strekedi tnedi ed tnes sgrepturc pfssfic es tnc afgt tnft F`rfnfl wfs gfoocm, fdm nc h`cycm tncrc fdm tncd. ]ncrc es dh nedt ha ncsetftehd hr mhu`tedi tnc whrm ha Ihm ghdgcrdedi nes oeac. Nc memd―t qucstehd Ihm fs th wncrc nc snhuom ih fdm nhw. Dhwfmfys wc nfvc pchpoc wnh fpprhfgn us udsurc ha wnctncr Ihm gfoocm tncl hr dht. ]ncy qucstehd tncer gfooedi fdm tnhsc wnh frc surc f`hut tncer gfooedi wfdt th kdhw tnc „wncds fdm nhw―s―. Vucstehds oekc ‟Yncd snhuom E stfrt h`cyedi wnft Ihm thom lc ghdgcrdedi ly mutecs ed gnurgn“ hr ‟snhuom E ih th tnes gety hr tnft“ hr ‟snhuom E gnhhsc tnes pcrshd th lfrry hvcr tnft hdc“. Foo tncsc qucstehds stcl arhl udgcrtfedty. ]ncy ghlc arhl pchpoc wnhsc oevcs frc dht edtelftc wetn Ihm. F`rfnfl (fd Hom ]cstflcdt iuy) wfs dht lhvcm `y fdy ha tncsc tnedis. Foo nc nfm wfs f whrm fdm nc wfs ihedi th rud wetn et tnc lhlcdt et wfs ievcd. Uhu nfvc th udmcrstfdm tnft tncrc es dhtnedi wrhdi wetn GHDAEPLEDI tnedis wetn lcd hr whlcd ha Ihm cspcgefooy Zrhpncts. F Zrhpnct weoo dcvcr tcoo yhu shlctnedi yhu nfm dht ft ocfst tnhuint ha cvcd ahr f aocctedi lhlcdt. ]ncy frc tncrc th ghdaerl wnft Ihm nfs forcfmy mrhppcm ed yhur speret dht th tcoo yhu wnft th mh tnft yhu mhd―t cvcd nfvc fdy prehr kdhwocmic ha. Ly nus`fdm fowfys sfys, ‟]ncrc es dh ircftcr prhpncgy ghdgcrdedi yhur oeac tnfd tnc whrm ha Ihm wrettcd ed tnc @e`oc“. Nhom afst th Nes whrm. Yncd yhu frc edtelftc wetn Ihm, selpoy h`cy tnc lhlcdt ha tnc ghllfdm. Et snhws yhur

 

rcspcgt fdm trust ed Nel fdm tnes foohws yhu th mrfw dcfrcr fdm dcfrcr th Nel wneoc Nc edgncs gohscr th yhu thh.

Bust `cahrc wc stfrtcm Wperet Cl`fssy, E rcgfoo f gcrtfed `rhtncr wnh wfs scdt `y Ihm th fssest us ed ofudgnedi tnc ledestry. Hdc mfy ly nus`fdm gfoocm nel aerst tnedi ed tnc lhrdedi fdm thom nel tnft Ihm nfm ievcd us tnc whrm th stfrt tnc ledestry ellcmeftcoy sh wc wcrc ihedi th `c stfrtedi tnc ahoohwedi Wudmfy. ]ncrc wfs ncsetftehd hd tnc htncr cdm fdm tncd tnc lfd sfem, ‟@rhtncr octs prfy f`hut tnes ahr ft ocfst fdhtncr ycfr fdm rcvecw tnc setuftehd tncd.“ Ynft8 H`cmecdgc rcspcgts tnc lhlcdt ha ghllfdm! Ea yhu nfvc f whrm arhl Ihm rud wetn et. ]nc ghdscqucdgcs tnft tnes lfd rcgcevcm fs f rcsuot frc sh `ei tnft cvcd thmfy nc es steoo struiioedi fdm Wperet Cl`fssy tnrhuin tnegk, tned fdm pcrscgutehd es sccedi irhwtn ft fd udprcgcmcdtcm udprcgcmcdt cm rftc.

Ohhk, Et mhcs dht lfttcr wnh sfys wnft. Et gfd `c ed ledestry, `usedcss, rcoftehdsneps fdm cvcd yhur ncfoedi. Foo yhu dccm es f whrm fdm tnc `e`oc tcoos us tnft,

Zneoeppefds 6 vs. 1 ‟…Nc wnh `cifd f dcw whrk ed yhu Nc es afetnauo cdhuin th ghlpoctc et…“

 

]ncrc es dh dccm th fdfoysc fdytnedi fdm kccp prfyedi f`hut tnc sflc tnedi Ihm nfs forcfmy ghdaerlcm. Whlctelcs yhu ncfr shlc pchpoc sfyedi, ‟Hn E weoo stfrt gocfdedi tnc gnurgn shhd, E―l bust steoo prfyedi f`hut et“. Ynft es tncrc th prfy f`hut8 Es tncrc f dccm ed tnc nhusc ha Ihm8 Ea ycs tncd auoaeo et. Nfs Ihm sfem wnft yhu frc prfyedi f`hut snhuom `c mhdc8 Ea et es ed tnc whrm tncd ycs oct et `c cstf`oesncm ellcmeftcoy. Et―s fs selpoc fs tnft. H`cmecdgc nfs f telc afgthr fdm tnft es- DHY! Ea yhu scdm yhur gneom th ih fdm phur yhu f iofss ha leok fdm tncy `redi tnc leok fatcr sex lhdtns gfd yhu steoo sfy yhur gneom h`cycm yhu8 H`cmecdgc rcspcgts tnc lhlcdt ha ghllfdm. Yncd F`rfnfl wfs gfoocm th ih hut, nc wcdt hut. Nc wfs ed sugn f ihhm arecdmsnep wetn Ihm tnft nc dcvcr mhu`tcm tnc whrm ha Nes ohvcr. ]ncy wcrc sh edtelftcoy edvhovcm tnft F`rfnfl dhw kdcw tnft nc ghuom ghuom auooy trust tnc whrm ha nes Ihm. ]ncrc frc lfdy lfdy wnh frc gfoocm th mh meaacrcdt tnedis tnft weoo `cdcaet tnc whrk ha Ihm `ut tnc whrm ha Ihm sfys,

Lfttncw 00 vs. 6= ‟Lfdy frc gfoocm, `ut acw frc gnhscd." Yny8 Et―s `cgfusc htncrs nfvc ihdc `cyhdm tnc `hrmcrs ha wnft shgecty gfoos f „dhrlfo― Gnrestefd oeac. ]ncy nfvc ihdc pfst tnc hutcr ghurt fdm edth tnc lhst sfgrcm pofgc wetn Ihm. ]ncsc frc tnc gnhscd hdcs.

 

 

Nc`rcws 66 vs. > @y afetn F`rfnfl wncd nc wfs gfoocm th ih hut edth f pofgc wnegn nc snhuom fatcr f atcr rcgcevc ahr fd edncretfdgc, h`cycm; fdm nc wcdt hut, dht kdhwedi wnetncr nc wcdt.

Dhw wnft wc mh dht kdhw arhl tnes pfssfic es nhw tnes edstrugtehd wfs ievcd. Yfs et tnrhuin f mrcfl, hr Ihm uscm fd fume`oc vhegc, hr `y f prhpnct wnh es dht lcdtehdcm, wc gfddht tcoo. Yc nfvc nfm thh lfdy edstrugtehds hurscovcs fdm E kdhw lhst pchpoc whuom sfy; ‟Ea E ncfrm tnc rcfo fume`oc vhegc ha Ihm ievedi lc edstrugtehds, E weoo mcaedetcoy ahoohw et ellcmeftcoy“. Oestcd th wnft Fphstoc Zctcr sfys,

0 Zctcr 6 vs. 6> ‟Fdm tnes vhegc wnegn gflc arhl ncfvcd wc ncfrm, wncd wc wcrc wetn nel ed tnc nhoy lhudt“ ]nes es flfzedi. ]nc lfd ncfrm fd fume`oc vhegc arhl Ihm Nelscoa ghledi arhl ncfvcd. Nhw lfdy ycfrd ahr sugn f lhlcdt8 @ut lhrc th ly flfzclcdt es tnc afgt tnft tnc Fphstoc fmms ed tnc dcxt vcrsc,

 

  0 Zctcr 6 vs. 65,0: Yc fosh nfvc f l h r c s u r c w h r m h a p r h p n c g y  ; wncrcudth yc mh wcoo tnft yc tfkc nccm...kdhwedi tnes aerst, tnft dh prhpncgy ha tnc s g r e p t u r c es ha fdy prevftc edtcrprctftehd ]nc lfd es sfyedi tnc whrm wc nfvc ed tnc `e`oc es fgtufooy `cttcr tnfd tnc fume`oc vhegc ghledi arhl ncfvcd. Nc gfoos et f ‟lhrc surc whrm ha prhpncgy“. Yny es tnes sh8 Et―s `cgfusc fd fume`oc vhegc lfy dht `cohdi th Ihm. Uhu leint ncfr et, `ut wfs et rcfooy Ihm8 Uhu lfy cvcd stfrt qucstehdedi yhurscoa hd wnctncr yhu elfiedcm et hr dht. Et rcquercs shlchdc wnh es edgrcme`oy edtelftc wetn Ihm th mesgcrd tnft et es tnc vhegc ha Ihm ed tnc aerst pofgc. Yncd et ghlcs th tnc ohihs, tnc wrettcd whrm ha Ihm, wc foo `coecvc tnft et es Ihm `rcftncm. Yc foo kdhw tnft cvcrytnedi ed tnc whrm es edspercm `y tnc Nhoy Wperet htncrwesc wc frc dht `coecvcrs. ]nc whrm es forcfmy wrettcd tnft wc frc foo gfoocm th,

Fgts 6 vs. > ‟…prcfgn tnc ihspco th tnc cdms ha tnc whrom“

Ynft fume`oc vhegc mh yhu dhw dccm ahr yhu th kdhw tnft yhu snhuom sprcfm tnc ihspco8 Pud wetn tnc ihspco ellcmeftcoy. ]nc ghllfdm nfs forcfmy `ccd ievcd fdm tnc telc es dhw ahr et th `c

 

h`cycm. Nhw lfdy pchpoc nfvc mesrcifrmcm octtcrs hr dhtegcs wrettcd th tncl `y ihvcrdlcdt haaegcs edstcfm prcacrredi tnc fume`oc vcrsehd ha tnc whrms8 Dh hdc! Yc iofmoy rcgcevc octtcrs arhl vfrehus hrifdesftehds hrifdesftehds fdm frc cvcd nfppecr wncd et―s ed wre wretedi, tedi, fs et `cghlcs lhrc `edmedi. Zchpoc wnh ghdmugt `usedcss mcfos cvcd prcacr th ghlpoctc mcfos ed wretedi edstcfm ha tnc sphkcd whrm wncrc futncdtegety es qucstehdcm. Ea yhu frc prhlescm f `usedcss mcfo yhu cvcd rcqucst tnft tncy fosh ghdaerl tncer whrm ed „`ofgk fdm wnetc―. Ihm nfs ievcd us f surc whrm ha Nes prhlescs ed `ofgk fdm wnetc. Et es f surcr whrm tnft tncrc es dh rhhl th stfrt mhu`tedi Nel dhw.

H`cmecdgc es f ohdcoy faafer Dhtegc tnc sgrepturc wc bust neinoeintcm hd tnc h`cmecdgc ha F`rfnfl. Yc frc thom tnft nc wfs scpfrftcm arhl nes kedmrcm. E tcoo yhu et es quetc meaaeguot ahr shlchdc th bust up fdm ocfvc tnhsc gohscst th nel. F`rfnfl `cgflc oekc f `fdesncm lfd. Et es fs ea nc wfs hutofwcm. ]ncrc es f `ei rcvcoftehd ncrc tnft tcfgncs us cxfgtoy nhw wc snhuom oevc. ]ncrc es dh wfy yhu gfd irhw edtelftc wetn Ihm wncd yhu frc fowfys wetn Gnfdcydcy fdm Pfy Pfy. Dh wfy. Ly nus`fdm hatcd sfys tnft tnc Zrhpncteg fdhedtedi es f ohdcoy hdc. Ed hrmcr ahr yhu th irhw strhdicr ed et, yhu nfvc th oevc f scpfrftcm oeac. Uhu frc dht ahudm wncrc cvcryhdc es fdm yhu gfddht `c wetn cvcryhdc cetncr. Yc spcdm lhst ha hur telc ed `e`oc stumy fdm prfycr. Ynftcvcr shgefo oeac wc nfvc es hdoy `ctwccd tnc twh ha us. Yc frc fowfys thictncr. Yny8 H`cmecdgc es f ohdcoy faafer. ]nc fdhedtedi etscoa th `c lfedtfedcm lcfds th `c ohdcoy. Yc frc dcvcr flhdi tnes grhwm thmfy fdm ft tnes audgtehd thlhrrhw. Sdocss wc frc ed gnurgn, wc dcvcr fttcdm „shgefo iftncredis―. Mh wc ohvc `cedi wetn pchpoc8 Ha ghursc, `ut wc dhw udmcrstfdm tnft edtelfgy wetn Ihm ghlcs wncd yhu ahgus hdoy hd Nel wetn vcry oettoc hr dh mestrfgtehd wnftshcvcr. Yncd yhu frc scpfrftcm, yhu `cied th scc

 

yhurscoa lhvedi arhl tnc hutcr ghurt oeacstyoc, edth tnc eddcr ghurt fdm cvcdtufooy yhu aedm yhurscoa ed tnc lhst nhoy pofgc. Uhu `cied th lfstcr tnc frt ha rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm. F`rfnfl wfs sugn f ihhm arecdm ha Ihm tnft nc wfs rcfmy th tfkc ncfm-hd wnftcvcr wfs th ghlc nes wfy. Foo ohsscs fdm resks tnft lfy nfvc ghlc fs f rcsuot ha h`cyedi Ihm- nc wfs rcfmy. Uhu scc tncsc frc tnc `cdcaets ha shlchdc wnh nfs f arecdm tncy trust fdm ohvc. Yc nfvc tnft arecdm ed Bcsus Gnrest. Yc gfd trust Nel cvcd ea wnft nc ghllfdms us th mh es udgcrtfed hr udphpuofr wetn htncr pchpoc. Ohhk ft Esfefn, nc wfs hrmcrcm th prcfgn dfkcm ahr tnrcc ycfrs,

Esfefn 0: vs. 0 Ft tnc sflc telc spfkc tnc Ohrm `y Esfefn tnc shd ha Flhz, sfyedi, Ih fdm ohhsc tnc sfgkgohtn arhl haa tny oheds, fdm put haa tny snhc arhl tny ahht. Fdm nc mem sh, wfokedi dfkcm FDM `frcahht. Fdm wny mem Ihm mh tnes8 Et wfs ‟ahr f seid fdm whdmcr uphd Ciypt fdm uphd Ctnehpef“ (vcrsc 7). Dhw tnes es f nfrm hdc. E―l elfiededi ly nus`fdm ghledi th tcoo lc,  ‟Nhdcy Ihm sfem E snhuom dht wcfr ly Gfdfooe suet th gnurgn fdylhrc“. E whuom prh`f`oy sfy, ‟Hn hkfy wnegn mcseidcr frc yhu ihedi ahr dhw8“  ‟Dh E mhd―t lcfd et tnft wfy. E lcfd dht wcfredi fdytnedi ft foo fs ed dh etcl ha gohtnedi wnftshcvcr ahr tnc dcxt tnrcc ycfrs hdoy “ Dhw ft tnft E whuom `c ih` ih` slfgkcm. E leint cvcd cvcd fsk nel th gfoo htncr ‟lfbhr prhpncts“ th ghdaerl tnft whrm. ]h spcfk th Ihm fifed fdm rcfooy rcfooy ghdaerl tnft whrm bust ed gfsc nc memd―t ict et reint tnc aerst telc. Zrfesc Ihm! Oekc F`rfnfl, tnc Zrhpnct Esfefn mem dht qucstehd Ihm hd tnc  „lhrfoety― ha wnft nc wfs fskedi nel th t h mh. Nc memd―t sfy ‟wnft frc pchpoc ihedi th tnedk ha lc Ihm dh pocfsc mhd―t mh tnes th lc“. Nc selpoy h`cycm. Ynft tcdfgety ha afetn fdm f snhw ha ircft h`cmecdgc hd tnc Zrhpncts pfrt. Nhw edtelftc nc lust nfvc `ccd wetn Nes grcfthr tnft nc whuom trust Nel th tnft cxtcdt. Fd edtelftc arecdmsnep guotevftcm `y oevedi f scpfrftcm oeac fdm ihedi mccpcr ed tnc kdhwocmic ha Ihm.

Nc`rcws 66 vs. > @y afetn F`rfnfl wncd nc wfs gfoocm th ih hut edth f pofgc wnegn nc snhuom fatcr f atcr rcgcevc ahr fd edncretfdgc, h`cycm; fdm nc wcdt hut, dht kdhwedi wnetncr nc wcdt.

 

  Dhw dhtegc tnft arhl tnes sgrepturc yhu ocfrd tnft F`rfnfl wfevcm tnc prcscdt ahr tnc auturc. Nc stcppcm hut `y afetn dht ohhkedi ft nes prcscdt setuftehd. Et mem dht lfttcr wnft sfgreaegc nc nfm th lfkc ft tnft telc. Et mem dht ghlpfrc wetn wnft Ihm nfm ofem up ahr nel. Zfpf F`rfnfl es f ihhm cxflpoc th ahoohw. Nc ghllettcm nelscoa th Ihm `y afetn. Nc nfm dh hdc cosc `ut Ihm arhl tnc mfy nc ocat nes pchpoc. Nc nfm hdoy Ihm fs nes shurgc fdm `cgfusc nc nfm mcvcohpcm edtelfgy wetn nes grcfthr, nc kdcw nc mem dht nfvc fdytnedi th whrry f`hut. Nc selpoy stcppcm hut ed afetn dht kdhwedi wncrc th ih. Nc wfs eidhrfdt fs th wncd th sthp fdm wncd th bhurdcy hd, cxgcpt fs tnc Ohrm Ihm iuemcm nel nhur `y nhur. H`cmecdgc rcspcgts tnc lhlcdt ha ghllfdm fdm es f ohdcoy tnedi. Ed tnc Dcw ]cstflcdt oecs f pcracgt cxflpoc ha tnc telc afgthr wncd et ghlcs th h`cmecdgc. Fatcr nfvedi `ccd thom tnc Lfgcmhdefd vesehd, tnc ahoohwcrs ha Fphstoc Zfuo wcdt ellcmeftcoy th auoaeoo wnft tncy―m `ccd thom th mh. Ohhk ft wnft et sfys ed Fgts 61 vs 5.

Fdm f vesehd fppcfrcm th Zfuo ed tnc deint; tncrc sthhm f lfd ha Lfgcmhdef, fdm prfycm nel, sfyedi, ghlc hvcr edth Lfgcmhdef, fdm ncop us. ]nes es tnc vesehd tnft tnc Fphstoc sfw ed tnc deint. Qcrsc 6: sfys,

Fdm fatcr nc nfm sccd tnc vesehd, ELLCMEF]OCU wc cdmcfvhrcm th ih edth Lfgcmhdef, fssurcmoy iftncredi tnft tnc Ohrm nfm gfoocm us ahr th prcfgn tnc ihspco udth tncl. Dhtegc tnft tnc pcrshd wnh sfw tnc vesehd wfs Fphstoc Zfuo. Et wfs dht nes gh-whrkcrs. gh-whrkcrs. Foo nc mem wfs scc scc tnc vesehd fdm rcofy rcofy et th tnc pchpoc. ]nc pchpoc tncd udmcrstfdmedi tnft h`cmecdgc rcspcgts tnc lhlcdt ha ghllfdm, ELLCMEF]OCU stfrtcm prcpfredi th ih tncrc fdm tncd. Dhdc ha tncl qucstehdcm tnc futncdtegety ha tnc vesehd. Dhdc ha tncl sfem tnft tncy dccmcm th „prfy f`hut et aerst―. ]nes stftclcdt es dhw `cedi uscm sh ohhscoy tnft et nfs ohst ets aofvhr. Cvcryhdc sccls th „prfyedi f`hut― shlctnedi ed thmfy―s gnurgn. ]h acoohwsnep fatcr gnurgn- tncy frc prfyedi f`hut tnft. ]h ahoohw wnft tnc Zfsthr sfem ‗ tncy frc steoo prfyedi f`hut et. ]h nfvc afleoy prfycrs fdm mcvhtehds ‗ tncy dccm th prfy f`hut et aerst. Whlc cvcd prfy f`hut wnctncr tncy snhuom ih th whrk hr stfyedi ft ft nhlc! Yny mhd―t yhu prfy f`hut cftedi8 Yncd yhu frc gfoocm th cft, wny mh yhu dht prfy f`hut et aerst8 Uhu scc tncrc es dhtnedi th

 

steoo prfy f`hut wncd yhu nfvc f surc whrm arhl Ihm. Yncd yhu gnhhsc th h`cy Ihm auooy yhu weoo dhtegc tnft arecdms `cghlc acw, fs ahoohwedi Ihm es dht vcry phpuofr. H`cmecdgc es tncrc fdm tncd. Et―s dht fatcr twh nhurs hr tcd ledutcs hr cvcd aevc ledutcs. Et―s f DHY tnedi. Fphstoc Zfuo selpoy frhsc arhl soccp, thom pchpoc wnft Ihm nfm sfem fdm tncy wcdt hd et reint fwfy. Ly nus`fdm hdgc thom hdc ha hur Zfsthrs th ih fdm prcfgn ft hdc ha hur ghdacrcdgcs ed fdhtncr thwd. Nc ifvc nel f spcgeaeg mfy th ih th tnc pofgc f`hut tnrcc mfys `cahrc tnc ghdacrcdgc wfs th stfrt. ]nc thtfo bhurdcy telc wfs ihedi th `c twcdty ‗ahur nhurs. Yc wcrc surprescm nhwcvcr, th rcgcevc pnhdc gfoos tnc ahoohwedi mfy arhl tnc pchpoc wnh wcrc wfetedi ahr nel sfyedi nc nfm dht frrevcm ft tnc pofddcm telc. Yc gfoocm nes nhusc fdm wcrc thom nc nfm ocat f mfy oftcr fdm nc nfm fosh lfmc f mcthur th ih fdm scc shlc ha nes rcoftevcs sedgc tnc ghdacrcdgc wfs twh mfys fwfy. Nc mem dht rcspcgt tnc lhlcdt ha tnc ghllfdm fdm `cgfusc ha tnft nes  bhurdcy wfs dh ohdicr ghvcrcm. ghvcrcm. Aerst flhdi f nhst ha edghdvcdecdgcs tnc ghfgn `rhkc mhwd ed tnc lemmoc ha dhwncrc fdm et wfs sh oftc ft deint tnft tncrc wfs dh hdc th gfoo ahr ncop fdm dh htncr vcnegocs wcrc pfssedi `y th haacr fdy ncop. Yncd tncy aedfooy aexcm tnc prh`ocl f acw nhurs oftcr fdm nfm dht mrevcd lhrc tnfd fd nhur, tnc ghfgn `rhkc mhwd fifed fdm tnes telc tncy wfetcm tnrhuinhut tnc wnhoc deint `cahrc fdytnedi ghuom `c mhdc f`hut tnc prh`ocl. Fs ea tnes wfs dht cdhuin, nes pnhdc wfs sthocd ft shlc phedt muredi tnc bhurdcy fdm dh hdc ghuom ict f nhom ha nel. Lcfdwneoc, tnc ghdacrcdgc nfm stfrtcm wncrc nc wfs supphscm th `c prcfgnedi. Yc nfm th elprhvesc fdm quegkoy aedm shlchdc th stfdm ed ahr nel. ]h gut tnc ohdi sthry snhrt, tnc Zfsthr frrevcm nfoa wfy tnrhuin tnc scghdm mfy ha tnc ghdacrcdgc. Whlc pchpoc nfm forcfmy ocat `cgfusc tnc lfd tncy nfm `ccd thom wfs ghledi th prcfgn mem dht ghlc. Uhu scc tnft. Foo `cgfusc shlchdc mcgemcm th dht ahoohw mercgtehd, et prcscdtcm f oht ha gfofletecs fohdi tnc wfy. Yncd yhu nfvc f lfd ha Ihm ocfmedi fdm iuemedi yhu, cdmcfvhr th ahoohw nes edstrugtehds ellcmeftcoy. @y sh mhedi, yhu `cghlc fttudcm th tnc wfy Ihm whrks. Ihm rcquercs us th h`cy fdm mh tnedis ellcmeftcoy. @y h`cyedi f lfd ha Ihm, yhu h`cy Ihm Nelscoa. ]nc `e`oc tcoos us tnft,

 

Bhnd 3 vs. 79-7> Fdm tnc Aftncr tnft scdt lc nfs ievcd prhha f`hut lc nelscoa. @ut yhu nfvc dcvcr ncfrm nes vhegc. Uhu nfvc dcvcr sccd wnft nc ohhks oekc. ]nc Aftncr's tcfgnedi mhcs dht oevc ed yhu. Yny8 @cgfusc yhu mhd't `coecvc ed tnc Hdc tnc Aftncr scdt. Ed yhur qucst th irhw edtelftc wetn Ihm, pcrahrl scoa-cxfledftehd fdm scc wnctncr yhu ghdgcdtrftc hd sfgreaegc lhrc tnfd h`cmecdgc hr wnctncr yhu h`cy `ut mh dht rcspcgt tnc cxfgt lhlcdt tnc edstrugtehd es ievcd. ]ncsc frc shlc ha tnc predgepocs tnft weoo mrfw yhu gohscr th Ihm fdm Nel th yhu. Edtelfgy lcfds ohvedi Ihm―s whrm fdm tnft es dht bust prhlescs ha ihhm tnedis ahr hur oevcs. Et―s fosh us ahoohwedi edstrugtehds ed nes whrm. Nc sfys ed tnc `hhk ha Bhnd,

Bhnd 6= vs. 63 Ea yhu ohvc lc, kccp ly ghllfdmlcdts Fgghrmedi th Ihm, tncrc es dh wfy wc gfd gofel wc frc edtelftc wetn Nel ea wc mh dht ahoohw Nes edstrugtehds ellcmeftcoy. Hdc ha tnc `cst wfys th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es th kccp Nes ghllfdmlcdts ghllfdmlc dts fdm cdmcfvhr th auoaeoo tncl prhlptoy. Uhu scc edtelfgy es dh ledhr tnedi. Et es edtcdsc. Et es edmccm hdc ha tnhsc icls tnft frc ghdgcfocm ed tnc whrm ha Ihm bust wfetedi th `c ahudm `y tnhsc tnft truoy ohvc Nel. Ed tnc dcxt gnfptcr E wfdt th snhw yhu tnrhuin sgrepturc nhw ohvc ghlpoclcdts cvcrytnedi yhu nfvc ocfrdt sh afr.

 

GNFZ]CP 3 OHQC IHM, OHQC UHSP @PH]NCP Ohvc tny Dcein`hr - Gnrest's Fdswcr th Pcoeiehd Yncd ly nus`fdm rcgcevcm tnc vesehd th stfrt tnc ledestry, et wfs wfy `fgk wncd nc wfs ed prelfry sgnhho ft tnc fic ha scvcd. Arhl tnft telc nc stfrtcm kdhwedi tnedis tnft whuom nfppcd wfy `cahrc tncy thhk pofgc. Et wfs bust flfzedi. Yncd nc iht th tnc fic ha scvcdtccd nes rclfrkf`oc ieat bust trc`ocm ed edtcdsety. ]nc Ohrm whuom snhw nel cxtrclc tnedis fdm tncy whuom tfkc pofgc. Sp th tnc telc wc iht lfrrecm, nc nfm ihttcd th f ocvco wncrc et wfs elphsse`oc ahr nel dht th kdhw mctfeos f`hut tnc auturc ha fdytnedi nc cdquercm ha tnc Ohrm. Foo tnes es edahrlftehd wc kdcw `ut th tnc pu`oeg, et wfs dht kdhwd, tncy tnhuint tnc telc nc stfrtcm tnc ledestry es tnc telc et foo `cifd. Ycoo, tncy frc wrhdi! E rclcl`cr mfys wncd pchpoc whuom gfoo us hd tnc pnhdc fdm snhut foo shrts ha f`usc ft us. Whlc whuom oec hd us fdm sprcfm foo shrts ha rulhrs foo `fscm hd bcfohusy. Et wfs meaaeguot th ohvc pchpoc oekc tnft. Nhw ghuom tncy mh tnft wncd wc kdcw wc wcrc gfoocm arhl wfy `fgk th mh wnft wc mh8 Lfdy oecm, lfdy fgtcm oekc tncy kdcw us wncd tncy memd―t. Fs yhu kdhw et es tnc nf`et ha oettoc pchpoc th gofel th kdhw `ei pchpoc. Wh ea pchpoc frc sprcfmedi oecs f`hut yhu fdm gofeledi tncy kdhw yhu wncd tncy mhd―t ‗ kdhw yhu frc `ei. Ft tnc telc wc stfrtcm tnc gnurgn wc memd―t cvcd tfkc tetncs fdm haacredis fs f wfy ha prhvedi th pchpoc tnft wc wcrc dht ed et ahr tnc lhdcy. Yc trecm th lhvc fs afr fwfy fs phsse`oc arhl icttedi pchpoc th tnedk wc nfm nfm stfrtcm tnc gnurgn ahr lhdcy. Wh th ncfr ncfr pchpoc fggusedi us ha oyedi fdm stcfoedi arhl pchpoc wfs nurtauo. Yncd tnc prhpncgecs stfrtcm icttedi auoaeoocm, tnc pchpoc gnfdicm `ut dht ahr tnc `cttcr, tncy stfrtcm sfyedi wc wcrc usedi `ofgk lfieg wc nfm `huint arhl shlcwncrc fdm tncy cvcd nfm mftcs ahr wncd tnes supphscm `ofgk lfieg wfs purgnfscm. ]nes ieat wfs lfmc lfdeacst wncd ly nus`fdm wfs scvcd ycfrs hom, yct th tncl wc nfm purgnfscm et arhl shlcwncrc `cst kdhwd th tncl. ]nc mcveo wfs bust usedi pchpoc th oec. ]nc irfgc ha Ihm fdm mccp-sct Edtelfgy es wnft nfs ncopcm us th ict th f ocvco wncrc wc ohvc tnc pchpoc wnh hpphsc tnc lhvc ha Ihm tfkedi pofgc ed hur ledestry. Yc nfm th ohvc tncsc pchpoc cvcd wncd et nurt th ohvc tncl. Nhw

 

gfd yhu ohvc shlchdc wnh es fowfys oyedi hd yhu fdm gnfdics stftclcdts cvcry telc8 Ihm thom us th ohvc tncl fdm ft aerst wc ghuom dht `redi hur accoedis th ohvc tncl fdm ycs lfdy thom us et nfm dhtnedi th mh wetn accoedi yct tnft wfs hdoy f rcprcscdtftehd ha tnc aerst pfrt ha edtelfgy. Mccp edtelfgy accos wnft Ihm accos tnft wncd yhu fttfed et, yhu whuom `cied th ohvc cvcd tnhsc wnh frc dht ohvf`oc cvcd wetn yhur accoedis edvhovcm. Hdc huint th nfvc edtelfgy ed hrmcr th acco ahr tnhsc wnh frc dht ohvf`oc. Icttedi edth edtelfgy wetn tnc Ohrm es shlctnedi tnft fosh rcoecs hd yhur f`eoety th ohvc tnc pchpoc tnft Ihm grcftcm. ]nc lhst `fseg yct elphrtfdt dfturc ha Ihm es ohvc. Yncd wc ohvc htncrs wetn udscoaesn ohvc, wc frc tfkedi hd tnc dfturc ha Ihm fdm ed caacgt ohvedi nel. Yc frc ghllfdmcm th ohvc Ihm fdm ohvc hur dcein`hr fs hur scoa. Yncd wc mh tnes, wc frc mclhdstrftedi tnft wc ohvc Ihm. Uhu scc Ihm Ihm wfdts us us th „rhlfdgc― „rhlfdgc― Nes ncfrt. ncfrt. Ohvc es tnc cpethlc ha tnes `hhk. Nhw gfd wc nfvc fd edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm ea wc mh dht phsscss tnc lhst `fseg dfturc ha f `coecvcr, wnegn es ohvc8 Ihm wfdts us th ohvc wnft Nc ohvcs, nftc wnft Nc nftcs dht `cgfusc et―s wrettcd `ut `cgfusc wc frc ed ohvc wetn Nel, hur weoo gnfdics th Nes weoo. Nc wfdts et th `c sh, sh tnft hur weoo gnfdics dht `cgfusc Nc wfdts us th gnfdic tncl hdoy `ut `cgfusc tncrc es shlctnedi ed Nel fdm ed us tnft es dhw kdet thictncr `cgfusc ha edtelfgy tnft gfoos ahr et. @cedi ed ohvc snhuom `c tnc rcfshd wny E nfvc tnc f`eoety th ohvc ly arecdms fdm cdclecs foekc. foekc.   ]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest sfem,

Lfttncw 00 vs. 79 Ohvc tnc Ohrm yhur Ihm wetn foo yhur ncfrt fdm wetn foo Whuo fdm wetn foo yhur ledm Fatcr sfyedi tnft nc uttcrcm whrms lfdy nfvc dht yct tfkcd edth tncer ncfrt. Nc sfem

‟…tnes es tnc ircftcst ghllfdm…“ Qcrsc 7> E cxpofedcm cfroecr nhw `coecvcrs nfvc `ccd tfuint wrhdi hd tncsc Nc`rcw fdm Ircck whrms tnft mcaedc ohvc. ]ncy tnedk Ihm hdoy nfs fifpc. ]nes es eidhrfdgc ihdc hd rflpfic. Htncr ofdiufics oekc

 

Ircck fdm cvcd Ofted nfvc meaacrcdt whrms ahr ohvc. Whlc ha tncsc frc `rhtncroy ohvc, scxufo ohvc, arecdmsnep ohvc, ohiegfo ohvc, slhtncredi ohvc fdm mevedc ohvc. Cdioesn ofdiufic hd tnc htncr nfdm nfs hdoy hdc whrm ahr ohvc. ]nes es cxfgtoy wny pchpoc nfvc trhu`oc mcaededi ohvc. Oct―s tfkc f ohhk ft twh elphrtfdt typcs ha ohvc. Sdocss yhu udmcrstfdm tnc mydflegs ha tnc dfturc ha ohvc, et es vcry meaaeguot th ict th f ocvco wncrc Ihm gfoos yhu ohvcr fdm arecdm.

Zneooch vcrsus Fifpc Ihm es Fifpc `ut fifpc ghdtfeds foo tnc htncr prhpcrtecs ha ohvc oekc pneooch. ]nes es wnft tnc gnurgn mhcs dht udmcrstfdm. Zneooch es dht f meaacrcdt semc ha ohvc `ut f ghlphdcdt edsemc fifpc. Wtfy wetn lc ncrc fdm yhu weoo scc tnc trutn ha et. ]nc whrm ea prfgtegcm wetnhut trfmetehd weoo shrt hut lfdy prh`ocls. Dhtegc tnft tnc `e`oc mhcs dht prcscdt Ihm fs nfvedi hdoy fifpc. ]nes es f lestfkc ha tnc tcfgncrs tnft tcfgn us hr tfuint us. Ihm fosh wfdts us th nfvc tnc pneooch typc ha ohvc thwfrm Nel wnegn ed tnc Wtrhdicst Ghdghrmfdgc es „th kess fs f lfttcr ha tcdmcrdcss fdm gnecaoy ghddcgtcm th tnc ncfrt lhrc tnfd th tnc ncfm―. Zneooch lcfds th nfvc faacgtehd ahr, th `c f arecdm th. Et es f ahdmdcss tnft ghlcs arhl mccp edsemc hur ncfrts. Zchpoc nfvc `ccd thom foo yhu dccm es fifpc fdm tnft dh `coecvcr nfs pneooch thwfrms tnc Ohrm. Ycoo tnes es dht truc `cgfusc tncy whrk thictncr fdywfy `cgfusc fifpc es tnc cii wnegn nfs f yhok, cii wnetc fdm sncoo. Zneooch es pfrt ha fifpc. Et es bust fdhtncr ocvco ha fifpc!

Bhnd 61 v 09 sfys, ‟Ahr tnc Aftncr Nelscoa ohvctn yhu, `cgfusc yc nfvc ohvcm Lc, fdm nfvc `coecvcm tnft E gflc hut arhl Ihm.“ ]nc whrm „ohvc― tncrc es pneooch. ]nes lcfds faacgtehd. Mh yhu scc tnft tnc vcrsc es tcooedi us tnft Ihm nfs pneooch8 ]nes snhws tnft cvcd Ihm phsscsscs pneooch thwfrms nes gneomrcd. Et es ohvc tnft ghlcs arhl mccp wetned tnft nfs cvcrytnedi th mh wetn accoedis. Zneooch ohvc whrks thictncr wetn foo tnc htncr typcs ha ohvc stftcm ed tnc `e`oc th `ueom up f `coecvcr wnh es edtelftc wetn Ihm. ]nes es wnft edtelfgy es foo f`hut. Zneooch es f`hut accoedi tnc ohvc ha Ihm fdm accoedi accoedi   ed ohvc wetn Nel. Et es dht f mcgesehd tnft yhu lfkc th ahrgcauooy ohvc Nel cvcd ea yhu mhd―t acco oekc et. Zneooch es tnc ohvc ha tnedis wc nfvc udmcrstfdmedi ha. Ea yhu nfvc fd udmcrstfdmedi ha

 

wnh Ihm rcfooy es th yhu, yhu mhd―t dccm fdyhdc th ahrgc yhu th ohvc Nel. Uhu gfd―t ncop `ut ohvc nel. Uhu ifed fd edsftef`oc mcserc th rhlfdgc Nes ncfrt fdm mrfw gohscr th Nel.

Fifpc hd tnc htncr nfdm whrks seleofroy th pneooch. ]ncy `htn whrk thictncr. Aerst yhu lfkc f mcgesehd th udmcrstfdm fdm scck tnc `cst ahr htncrs tncd yhu nfvc ihhm accoedis thwfrms tncl- yhu icduedcoy ohvc tncl. ]nes es f ohvc `fscm ed tnc ledm aerst. Accoedis frc fosh edghrphrftcm ed tnes typc ha ohvc. Uhu gfd gnhhsc th snhw fifpc ohvc `y fgtevcoy tnedkedi f`hut, fdm mcgemedi nhw th fgt fdm acco ohvc thwfrm htncr pchpoc. Fifpc es tnc whrm uscm wncd tnc @e`oc tfoks f`hut Gnrestefd ohvc ahr hdc fdhtncr. Fifpc es tnc lhtncr. Zneooch mhcs dht nfvc fifpc `ut fifpc ghdtfeds pneooch. Mh yhu ict tnft8 Et es vcry selpoc `ut ed mcspcrftehd th aedm shlctnedi wc gfd hdoy fttre`utc th Ihm hur tcfgncrs nfvc lcsscm up f oht ha rcvcoftehd fdm wc frc ihedi hdoy hd trfmetehd yct tnc whrm prhvcs tnft Ihm nfs `htn fifpc fdm pneooch.

Nc`rcws 67 vs. 6 ‟Oct `rhtncroy ohvc ghdteduc“ Fifpc ohvc es tfokedi f`hut hur `cnfvehr thwfrms htncrs. Uhu gnhhsc th ohvc pchpoc cspcgefooy tnhsc wnh nftc yhu‗ tnft es fifpc. Et―s `fscm hd f mcgesehd ed tnc ledm fdm tncd yhu fgt et hut fdm cvcdtufooy nfvc icduedc ihhm accoedis thwfrms tncsc pchpoc. ]nes es tnc wfy Ihm hpcrftcs. Ihm mhcs dht bust ohvc us `cgfusc Nc―s iht dh gnhegc. Nc ohvcs foo ha us `cgfusc Nc icduedcoy nfs ihhm accoedis thwfrms us. Nc snedcs Nes oeint hd `htn seddcrs fdm `coecvcrs foekc. ]nc rcfshd wny Nc mhcs dht strekc ud`coecvcrs mcfm hd tnc spht es `cgfusc Nc ohvcs tncl. Ihm nfs fifpc fdm Nc fosh nfs pneooch. ]ncy foo edtcroedk fdm whrk nfdm ed nfdm. Edtelfgy gfoos ahr cvcrytnedi yhu nfvc. Phlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm es gneca hvcr cvcrytnedi. ]nc frt ha rhlfdgedi Ihm―s ncfrt icts hdc edth tnc vcry prcscdgc ha Ihm wfy `cyhdm tnc vceo. ]nc whrm ha Ihm fosh sfys;

 

Lfttncw 00 vs. 79 Ohvc tnc Ohrm yhur Ihm wetn foo yhur ncfrt fdm wetn foo Whuo fdm wetn foo yhur ledm Yc nfvc f mercgtevc th ohvc Ihm wetn cvcrytnedi tnft es wetned us. ]nft lcfds wc lfkc tnc mcgesehd ed hur ledms fdm hur ledms fircc wetn hur sperets fdm et snhws ed hur `hmecs. Hur accoedis frc fosh edvhovcm ncrc. Yc frc dht fgtedi fs rh`hts. Dh, dh, dh wc frc dht. Yc frc fgtevcoy edvhovcm wetn cvcrytnedi ed us. Dhtegc Esfefn sfys

„Uhur IHM EW UHSP NSW@FDM…― Ihm nfs th `c ohvcm oekc oekc f nus`fdm, f aftncr fdm foo.

Yc fosh

snhuom Ohvc oekc Ihm ohvcs. Nc nfs pneooch arhl fifpc. ]ncy foo whrk thictncr ahr pneooch ghlcs hut ha fifpc tnhuin et mhcs dht dcgcssfreoy ghdtfed et. Yncd hdc udmcrstfdms tnes tncy huint th Ohvc tncer cdclecs icduedcoy `y rcghidezedi tnft tnft wnegn lfkcs tncl nftc yhu es tnc speret `cnedm wnegn es tnc mcveo. Et―s dht bust tncl sh accoedis snhuom fosh `c edvhovcm ed ohvedi tnc cdclecs ea hdc es lfturc ed tncer edtelfgy wetn Ihm `cgfusc yhu `cied th acco ahr tncl. ]ncy nftc yhu `cgfusc tncrc es f mclhd `cnedm tncer nftedi yhu. Et―s dht tncl. Wh wncd f `coecvcr sfys E bust ohvc ly cdclecs `ut dht wetn ly accoedis foo tncy frc tcooedi yhu, dh lfttcr nhw lfturc et shudms, es tncy mh dht udmcrstfdm tnc gfusc ha wny tncsc cdclecs frc cdclecs. Ea tncy udmcrsthhm et tncy whuom acco ahr tncl `cgfusc tncy frc ohst sedgc tnc mcveo es gfusedi tncl th nftc. ]ncrc frc pchpoc E nfvc lct wnh nfvc tnc whrst ed-ofws hd cfrtn. ]ncer ed-ofws fgt oekc tncy frc aerst ghuseds wetn mcveo nelscoa. Uhu  bust acco oekc fgtedi udsfvcm ahr f ledutc sh yhu gfd `rcfk f oci hr shlctnedi tncd fsk ahr ahrievcdcss oftcr. Hdc lfd E sphkc th thom lc ud`coecvf`oc tnedis nes lhtncr-ed-ofw wfs mhedi th nel. ]nc whlfd wfs shlctnedi cosc! Wnc whuom edvcdt foo shrts ha oecs, aex tnedis sh tncy whuomd―t whrk ahr nel aedfdgefooy fdm snc whuom ghdsuot wetgn mhgthrs hd nhw th mcstrhy ncr shd-ed-ofws oeac. Dhw ed

 

f gfsc oekc tnes yhu gfd cfseoy fggcpt tnft nftrcm es gfoocm ahr. Uhu stfrt `edmedi fdm wesnedi tnc whrst gfsc ha mefrrncf hd ncr. Uhu wesn tnft tnc irhudm whuom bust hpcd fdm swfoohw ncr up. Uhu stfrt rcfmedi tnc sthrecs ed tnc Hom ]cstflcdt wncrc Ihm snhwcm edstfdt  bustegc th pchpoc wnh nfm mhdc wrhdi fdm elfiedc Nel mhedi et th ncr. Yncd tnes lfd thom lc f`hut tnc `cnfvehr ha nes lhtncr-ed-ofw, ahr f spoet scghdm E acot oekc ihedi th wncrc snc wfs fdm pudgnedi ncr hd tnc dhsc ahr wnft snc wfs mhedi th nel. Wh E nfm th ghlphsc lyscoa `cahrc fdswcredi nel. Yncd E nfm lfdficm th nhom lyscoa arhl wetned (tnc whrm ha Ihm gfoos tnes tclpcrfdgc), E kedmoy thom nel th bust ohvc ncr foo tnc sflc. Nc ahudm tnes nfrm th mh `cgfusc nc wfs tnedkedi E wfs tfokedi f`hut pneooch fohdc. E wfs tfokedi f`hut pneooch fdm fifpc whrkedi thictncr. Uhu gnhhsc th ohvc `cgfusc Ihm ohvcs. Yncd Ihm sfys Nc ohvcs seddcrs, Nc fgtufooy ohvcs tncl icduedcoy. Nc mhcs dht mh et `cgfusc Nc nfs dh gnhegc. Nc sedgcrcoy ohvcs us, Nes grcftehd.

Ohvc tny dcein`hr Lfttncw 9260 ‟Mh th htncrs wnft yhu whuom nfvc tncl mh th yhu“

E aedm tnes hdc ha tnc `cst sgrepturcs th udmcrstfdm hur ghdmugt wncd et ghlcs th ohvedi hdc fdhtncr. Lhst ha tnc tnedis wc mh th htncrs wc whuom nftc ea tnc tf`ocs wcrc turdcm. Ea yhu nftc pchpoc spcfkedi fifedst yhu tncd mhd―t spcfk fifedst tncl yhurscoa. Ea yhu nftc swedmocrs tncd sthp swedmoedi htncrs et―s fs selpoc fs tnft! Ea yhu mhd―t oekc tnc afgt tnft pchpoc mhd―t udmcrstfdm yhu tncd scck th udmcrstfdm tncl tnfd th `c udmcrsthhm. ]nc `e`oc es vcry prfgtegfo- selpoy mh th htncrs wnft yhu whuom nfvc tncl mh th yhu. Wh wnft mcaedcs f dcein`hr8 Yc dccm th kdhw tnes `cgfusc ea wc frc th irhw edtelftc wetn Ihm fdm ohvc wnft Nc ohvcs, et―s

 

elpcrftevc tnft wc kdhw fdm mh tnc sflc fs Nc mhcs. ]nc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest sfys yhur `rhtncr es yhur dcein`hr. Ed htncr whrms et―s fdy pcrshd yhu ghlc edth ghdtfgt wetn. Et mhcs dht lfttcr wnctncr tncy frc yhur `cst arecdms, frgncdclecs hr selpoy nulfd `cedis ihedi tncer wfy ed tnes whrom, tncy frc yhur dcein`hrs.

Lfttncw 00 vs.7=-=: sfys Ncfredi tnft Bcsus nfm seocdgcm tnc Wfmmugccs, tnc Znfresccs iht thictncr. Hdc ha tncl, fd cxpcrt ed tnc ofw, tcstcm nel wetn tnes qucstehd2 ‟]cfgncr, wnegn es tnc ircftcst ghllfdmlcdt ed tnc Ofw8“ Bcsus rcpoecm2 ‟„Ohvc tnc Ohrm yhur Ihm wetn foo yhur ncfrt fdm wetn foo yhur shuo fdm wetn foo yhur ledm. „]nes es tnc aerst fdm ircftcst ghllfdmlcdt. Fdm tnc scghdm es oekc et2 „Ohvc yhur dcein`hr fs yhurscoa. „Foo tnc Ofw fdm tnc Zrhpncts nfdi hd tncsc twh ghllfdmlcdts.  ghllfdmlcdts.  ]ncsc rcoeiehus ocfmcrs gfoocm tnc Znfresccs nfm fd fel, wnegn wfs th tcst Bcsus. ]ncy wcrc tryedi th gftgn nel udfwfrc `ut tnc Ohrm kdcw et fdm ifvc f vcry rclfrkf`oc fdswcr. Nc lfmc tnc mestedgtehd `ctwccd ofws fdm tnes ghlpfreshd ed tnc ofws prhvc tnc elphrtfdgc ha ohvedi yhur `rhtncr. Nes fdswcr studdcm tncl fdm tnft fdswcr ghlcs ed tnc ahrl ha Lfttncw 00 vs. 7= th =: f`hvc. Hdc tnedi tnc Ohrm   Bcsus wfs mhedi ncrc wfs th sul up foo tnc ofw ed tncsc twh stftclcdts. Ea wc ohvc tnc Ohrm Ihm wetn foo hur ncfrt, shuo fdm ledm, ohvedi hur dcein`hr es tnc dfturfo rcsuot. Oct's ohhk ft wnh Bcsus sfys hur dcein`hr es ed Nes hwd whrms,

Lfttncw 3 vs.=7 Uhu nfvc ncfrm tnft et wfs sfem, 'Ohvc yhur dcein`hr fdm nftc yhur cdcly.' @ut E tcoo yhu2 Ohvc yhur cdclecs fdm prfy ahr tnhsc wnh pcrscgutc yhu.   ]nc Ohrm Bcsus es puttedi cdclecs fs hur arecdms. Oetcrfooy nc es bust sfyedi ed ofylfd tcrls, tnc pcrshd dcxt mhhr fdm tnc pcrshd fafr haa. Et―s hdc fdm tnc sflc tnedi. E snhuom ohvc tncl foo tnc sflc. Ea wc wfdt th ohvc Ihm wetn foo hur ncfrt, shuo, ledm fdm strcditn, wc snhuom rcfoezc tnft cvcryhdc es pfrt ha Nes grcftehd fdm Ihm ohvcs tncl sh ea Nc ohvcs tncl, wc dccm th ohvc tnhsc Nc ohvcs sh edtelfgy gfd whrk. Ed afgt fs yhu sfw Ihm nfs put tnft fs Nes thp

 

prehrety hd tnc ]cd Ghllfdmlcd Ghllfdmlcdts. ts. Ihm ohvcs seddcrs `ut nftcs tnc sed. Yc snhuom fosh cdmcfvhr th ohvc seddcrs `ut nftc tncer fgtehds. Yc ohvc hur cdclecs `cgfusc wc frc ohvcrs `ut et mhcs dht lcfd wc oekc wnft tncy mh. Yc ghllhdoy tnedk ha dcein`hrs fs tnc pchpoc wnh oevc dcfr us, `ut Bcsus lcfdt et th edgoumc foo lfdkedm - cvcd hur cdclecs! Bcsus thom Nes aflhus pfrf`oc ha tnc Ihhm Wflfretfd th lfkc et gocfr tnft "ohvc yhur dcein`hr" lcfds th ohvc foo pcrshds, cvcrywncrc - dht  bust tnhsc wnh wnh oevc dcfr us, arecdms arecdms fdm ghudtryl ghudtrylcd. cd.

]nes es nhw tnc pfrf`oc ihcs, "F Bcw ihedi hd f trep arhl Bcrusfocl th Bcregnh wfs fttfgkcm `y `fdmets. ]ncy streppcm nel ha nes gohtncs fdm lhdcy, fdm `cft nel up fdm ocat nel oyedi nfoa mcfm `csemc tnc rhfm. "@y gnfdgc f Bcwesn precst gflc fohdi; fdm wncd nc sfw tnc lfd oyedi tncrc, nc grhsscm th tnc htncr semc ha tnc rhfm fdm pfsscm nel `y. F Bcwesn ]clpoc-fssestfdt wfokcm hvcr fdm ohhkcm ft nel oyedi tncrc, `ut tncd wcdt hd. "@ut f mcspescm Wflfretfd gflc fohdi, fdm wncd nc sfw nel, nc acot mccp pety. Kdccoedi `csemc nel tnc Wflfretfd shhtncm nes whudms wetn lcmegedc fdm `fdmficm tncl. ]ncd nc put tnc lfd hd nes mhdkcy fdm wfokcm fohdi `csemc nel teoo tncy gflc th fd edd, wncrc nc durscm nel tnrhuin tnc deint. ]nc dcxt mfy nc nfdmcm tnc eddkccpcr twh twcdtymhoofr `eoos fdm thom nel th tfkc gfrc ha tnc lfd. 'Ea nes `eoo ruds neincr tnfd tnft,' nc sfem, 'E'oo pfy tnc meaacrcdgc tnc dcxt telc E fl ncrc.' "Dhw wnegn ha tncsc tnrcc whuom yhu sfy wfs f dcein`hr th tnc `fdmets' vegtel8" ]nc lfd rcpoecm, "]nc hdc wnh snhwcm nel shlc pety." ]ncd Bcsus sfem, "Ucs, dhw ih fdm mh tnc sflc." ]nc Bcws fdm Wflfretfds nfm `ccd cdclecs ahr nudmrcms ha ycfrs. Uct, tnc Wflfretfd thhk pety hd tnc phhr lfd wnh nfm `ccd rh``cm fdm `cftcd. Nc ifvc arccoy ha `htn nes telc fdm nes lhdcy th ncop tnes Bcwesn lfd wnh wfs dht hdoy f strfdicr, `ut fosh fd cdcly arhl f ahrceid ghudtry. Nc gcfscm th gfrc f`hut tnc foo cosc fdm bust ahguscm hd f nulfd `cedi wnh nfm f dccm fdm nc ghuom aurdesn tnft dccm. Nc wfs selpoy mhedi wnft nc whuom cxpcgt shlchdc cosc th mh ahr nel. Ed Nes pfrf`oc ha tnc Ihhm Wflfretfd, Bcsus gnfoocdics us th "Ih fdm mh tnc sflc."   Bcsus ihcs hd th rcedahrgc tnc ruoc ha ohvc th cvcd hur cdclecs! Nc sfys ed Lfttncw 3 vs. =7-=>

"]ncrc es f sfyedi, 'Ohvc yhur arecdms fdm nftc yhur

 

cdclecs.' @ut E sfy2 Ohvc yhur cdclecs! Zrfy ahr tnhsc wnh gt e d i f s t r u c s h d s h a pcrscgutc yhu! Ed tnft wfy yhu weoo `c f gt  y h u r A f t n c r e d n c f v c d . Ahr nc ievcs nes sudoeint th `htn tnc cveo fdm tnc ihhm, fdm scdms rfed hd tnc bust fdm hd tnc udbust thh. Ea yhu ohvc hdoy tnhsc wnh ohvc yhu, wnft ihhm es tnft8 Cvcd sghudmrcos mh tnft lugn. Ea yhu frc arecdmoy hdoy th yhur arecdms, nhw frc yhu meaacrcdt arhl fdyhdc cosc8 Cvcd tnc ncftncd mh tnft. @ ut y h u f r c t h ` c p c r a c gt , c v c d f s  y h u r A f t n c r e d n c fv c d e s p c r a c g t . Dhtegc hd tnc aerst pfrt ha tnc sgrepturc tnc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest Nelscoa es edstrugtedi us th ohvc hur cdclecs WH ]NF] wc fgt fs truc shds ha hur aftncr ed ncfvcd. Wcc tnft8 Yc gfddht ifed edtelfgy ea wc gfddht ict hurscovcs th ohvc tnhsc wnh nftc us. ]nc h`bcgt ha edtelfgy es th kdhw Ihm `cttcr fdm fgt tnc sflc wfy Nc fgts, tnedk tnc sflc wfy Ihm whuom tnedk. ]ruc shds fdm mfuintcrs ha Ihm mh wnft tnc Aftncr mhcs.

Ohvc wnft Ihm ohvcs, nftc wnft nc nftcs!  "Ohvc tny dcein`hr" es dht fs nfrm fs et ohhks hd tnc surafgc. Et selpoy lcfds rcspcgtedi htncrs fdm rcifrmedi tncer dccms fdm mcsercs fs neinoy fs wc rcifrm hur hwd. Kccpedi tnes ghllfdmlcdt, nhwcvcr, es oekcoy th rcquerc tnc supcrdfturfo fssestfdgc hdoy Ihm, tnrhuin Gnrest, gfd prhvemc. Nhw gfd wc ocfrd th ohvc tnc whlfdezedi iuy dcxt mhhr wetn tnc `frkedi mhi, rud mhwd gfr, udkclpt mrcfmohgks fdm ohum lhdhthdhus luseg cspcgefooy wncd wc mhd't cvcd oekc nel8 ]nc scgrct es th rcghidezc tnft yhur dcein`hr, wnctncr et's tnc iuy dcxt mhhr, tnc gncgkcr ft tnc ohgfo irhgcry sthrc, hr tnc fddhyedi Wudmfy sgnhho tcfgncr ft gnurgn, es shlchdc fs whrtny ha Ihm's ohvc fs yhu fdm E. ]nc lhlcdt yhu `cghlc edtelftc wetn Ihm, yhu `cied th scc nhw cfsy et es th ohvc yhur cdclecs. Ea yhu ohvc FOO yhur dcein`hrs arecdms fdm cdclecs foekc, tncy `cied th scc tnc dfturc ha Gnrest ed yhu. ]fkc f ohhk ft tnc sgrepturc fifed,

Lfttncw 9260 ‟Mh th htncrs wnft yhu whuom nfvc tncl mh th yhu“ ]nes sgrepturc suls up Bcsus' ctnegfo tcfgnedis ed hdc snhrt scdtcdgc. Ea wc wesn th `c ohvcm, wc lust ievc ohvc. Ea wc wesn th

 

`c rcspcgtcm, wc lust rcspcgt foo pcrshds - cvcd tnhsc wc mesoekc. Ea wc wesn th `c ahrievcd, wc lust fosh ahrievc. Ea wc wesn htncrs th spcfk kedmoy ha us, wc lust spcfk kedmoy ha tncl fdm fvhem ihssep. Ea wc wfdt strhdi, tfok-ha-tnc-thwd lfrrefics, wc lust `c ohyfo fdm afetnauo th hur sphuscs. Ea wc wesn th `c auoaeoocm ed hur oevcs, wc lust snfrc icdcrhusoy wetn htncrs. Ea wc wesn th rcfp tnc rcwfrms ha hur Ncfvcdoy Aftncr's ohvc, wc lust truoy ohvc foo Nes pchpoc. Ea wc prfy ahr Ihm th nfvc lcrgy hd us, tncd wc dccm th snhw htncrs lcrgy. Ea wc wfdt Ihm th `c gohsc th us wc lust nhom afst th tnc tnedis Nc ohvcs fdm nftc tnc tnedis Nc nftcs. Hdc ha tnc scgrcts th rhlfdgedi tnc ncfrt ha Ihm ed hrmcr th ifed edtelfgy es th trcft htncrs, fs yhu whuom wfdt th `c trcftcm. Et―s fs selpoc fs tnft. Ohvc cvcryhdc tnc wfy Ihm ohvcs tncl. Wcc tncl wetn tnc sflc cycs Ihm uscs th ohhk ft pchpoc. Ea yhu ohvc Ihm, yhu weoo ohvc yhur `rhtncr. Ed tnc ahoohwedi gnfptcr E wfdt th snfrc wetn yhu f prhahudm tcfgnedi tnft weoo snhwgfsc gcrtfed fttre`utcs ha tnc iohry ha Ihm tnft weoo sul up tnc predgepocs wc dccm th ocfrd nhw th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm.

 

Gnfptcr 1 Iohry ha Ihm ‟Fdm tnc Ohrm pfsscm `cahrc nel fdm prhgofelcm, ‟]nc Ohrm, tnc Ohrm Ihm, lcrgeauo fdm irfgehus, ohdisuaacredi, fdm f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss fdm trutn…“ Cxhmus 7=21. ]nc iohry ha Ihm es oekc f beisfw puzzoc tnft ghlcs thictncr wncd aettcm wetn htncr pecgcs. Et es oekc f `cfuteauo lhsfeg tnft yhu gfd hdoy fpprcgeftc ea yhu scc tnc auoo pegturc. Et―s ghlpoegftcm yct selpoc. Ea yhu nfvc fd edtelftc arecdmsnep wetn Ihm, yhu `cied th rcfoezc tnft tncrc es sh lugn lhrc th Nel tnfd lccts tnc cyc. Uhu  bust kccp afooedi mccpcr fdm mccpcr ed ohvc wetn Nel fs yhu ict th kdhw Nel `cttcr. ]nc h`bcgt ha ocfrdedi f`hut tnc iohry ha Ihm es ahr us th scc nhw Ihm hpcrftcs fdm fppoy tnft th hur hwd oevcs sh wc gfd `c lhrc oekc Nel. Ed tnc prhgcss, wc mrfw gohscr th Ihm fdm `cghlc ihhm arecdms wetn Nel, ea Ihm es lcrgeauo, irfgehus, ohdisuaacredi fdm f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss fdm trutn tncd sh snhuom wc nfvc tnhsc sflc fttre`utcs. Iohry es f su`stfdgc. Et es tnc tfdie`oc cxprcssehd ha Ihm―s prcscdgc. ]nc iohry ha Ihm es f su`stfdgc tnft lfdeacsts ed tnc dfturfo rcfol. Fotnhuin et es f speretufo su`stfdgc, et gfd lfdeacst ed tnc dfturfo rcfol. Dh hdc nfs cvcr trecm th nhom stcfl ed tncer aest udocss tncy wcrc ed f oudfteg oudfteg fsyoul. Et es hdoy wncd tnc stcfl stcfl gnfdics gnfdics ahrl fdm `cghlcs oequem tnft et `cghlcs tfdie`oc. ]nes es cxfgtoy tnc sflc wfy tnc iohry ha Ihm whrks. Ft aerst et weoo `c edvese`oc ed tnc speret rcfol `ut tncrc frc telcs wncd Ihm gnfdics tnc ahrl ha tnft edvese`oc iohry uphdedth f pcrshd hr edahrl gnurgn. Ihm gfd gfusc tnc fer wc `rcftnc th shoemeay f meaacrcdt th lfkc et tfdie`oc. E wfdt yhu th tfkc f ohhk ft tnes pfssfic,

Cxhmus 7 vs. 6 Dhw Lhscs kcpt tnc aohgk ha Bctnrh nes aftncr ed ofw, tnc precst ha Lemefd2 fdm nc ocm tnc aohgk th tnc `fgksemc ha tnc mcscrt, fdm gflc th tnc lhudtfed ha Ihm, cvcd th Nhrc`. Fdm tnc fdico ha tnc OHPM fppcfrcm udth nel ed f aoflc ha aerc hut ha tnc lemst ha f `usn2 fdm nc ohhkcm, fdm, `cnhom, tnc `usn `urdcm wetn aerc, fdm tnc `usn wfs dht ghdsulcm. Fdm Lhscs sfem, E weoo dhw turd fsemc, fdm scc tnes ircft seint, wny tnc `usn es dht `urdt. Wcc tnft8 ]nes es f gocfr fdfohiy ha tnc lfdeacstftehd ha tnc iohry ha

 

Ihm. ]nc prcscdgc ha Ihm wfs tfdie`oc. ]nc `usn wfs fgtufooy `urdedi `ut tnc aerc mem dht ghdsulc et. ]ncrc nfvc `ccd telcs ed Wperet Cl`fssy wncd wc nfvc wetdcsscm tnc lfdeacstftehd ha Ihm―s iohry. ]nc lhlcdt yhu cdtcr fdy hdc ha hur gnurgn `ueomedis, yhu gfd acco f tfdie`oc cxprcssehd ha tnes iohry. ]nc lhlcdt yhu wfok fwfy arhl sugn f pofgc yhu gfd fgtufooy acco tnft et nfs oeatcm. ]nc iohry ha Ihm nfs fd f`eoety th nhvcr hvcr fd h`bcgt, hvcr f pofgc hr f pcrshd. Oct us ohhk ft tnes pfssfic ha sgrepturc. Lhscs nfm bust sccd tnc iohry ha Ihm ed tnc `hhk ha Cxhmus.

Cxhmus 7= vs. 05 Dhw et wfs sh, wncd Lhscs gflc mhwd arhl Lhudt Wedfe (fdm tnc twh tf`octs ha tnc ]cstelhdy wcrc ed Lhscs― nfdm wncd nc gflc mhwd arhl tnc lhudtfed). ]nft Lhscs mem dht kdhw tnft tnc sked ha nes afgc snhdc wneoc nc tfokcm wetn Nel. Wh wncd Ffrhd fdm foo tnc gneomrcd ha Esrfco sfw Lhscs, `cnhom, tncnel. sked ha nes afgc snhdc, fdm tncy wcrc farfem th ghlc dcfr Wcc Ihm―s iohry gfd ghlc hd f pnysegfo h`bcgt oekc et mem hd tnc `urdedi `usn. Et gfd fosh `c lfmc lfdeacst hd f nulfd `cedi oekc et mem wetn Lhscs. Nes afgc snhdc fatcr tnc prcscdgc ha Ihm gflc uphd nel. Dhtnedi dfturfo gfuscm et. Lhscs nfm selpoy `ccd cxphscm th tnc iohry ha Ihm. Hdc Wfturmfy fatcrdhhd wc wcrc ft hdc ha hur gnurgn `ueomedis ed Cdiofdm fdm ly nus`fdm wfs tcfgnedi f acw pchpoc f`hut nhw tnc whrm ha Ihm spcfks ha us mhedi cxpohets. Mfdeco sfys et tnes wfy,

Mfdeco vs.70tnft mh kdhw tncer Ihm snfoo `c strhdi, fdm mh ‟…tnc 66 pchpoc cxpohets“. Fs nc `cifd th cof`hrftc hd tnes, tnc iohry ha Ihm net tnft pofgc sh nfrm tnft cvcd fs nc sphkc, nc `cifd th ocvetftc haa ha tnc irhudm. Cvcryhdc prcscdt wfs uttcroy flfzcm `ut dht fs lugn fs ly nus`fdm! Nc hatcd tfoks f`hut tnes edgemcdt sfyedi tnft nc fgtcm ghho fs et wfs nfppcdedi yct edsemc nc wfs speddedi wetn f lexturc ha snhgk, bhy fdm flfzclcdt! ]nes wfs f gocfr mclhdstrftehd ha tnc iohry ha Ihm lfmc lfdeacst. Wtfy wetn lc, fs yhu weoo `cied th scc nhw tnes rcoftcs th yhu irhwedi th f ocvco wncrc yhu fdm Ihm frc edtelftc. ]nc iohry ha Ihm gfd mh sh lugn th trfdsahrl hur oevcs. Yncd yhu ahgus hd

 

Ihm―s iohry, wncd yhu scck Nes iohry, wncd yhu nudicr ahr Nes iohry, wncd yhu set ed tnc iohry ha Nes prcscdgc, f trfdsahrlftehd tfkcs pofgc ed yhur oeac. Uhu frc trfdsahrlcm th sugn fd cxtrfhrmedfry ocvco tnft pchpoc weoo `c flfzcm ft yhur ocvco ha edtelfgy wetn Ihm. ]h udmcrstfdm nhw cxfgtoy tnft trfdsahrlftehd tfkcs pofgc ed yhur oeac, yhu dccm th scc tnc `rcfkmhwd ha Ihm―s iohry ed hrmcr th irhw edtelftc wetn Nel. F`rfnfl grecm hut th Ihm wfdtedi th scc Nes iohry. Nc sfem;

Cxhmus 77 vs. 6> ‟…snhw lc yhur iohry.“ @cfr ed ledm tnft wncd Lhscs sfem th tnc Ohrm, ‟Zocfsc snhw lc yhur iohry.“ Nc wfs sh nudiry ahr f gohsc rcoftehdsnep wetn Ihm tnft nc sfem, ‟Ihm pocfsc snhw lc yhur iohry.“ ]ncd Ihm fdswcrcm nel ed gnfptcr 7=23

‟Dhw tnc Ohrm mcsgcdmcm ed tnc gohum fdm sthhm wetn nel tncrc fdm prhgofelcm tnc dflc ha tnc Ohrm. Fdm tnc Ohrm pfsscm `cahrc nel fdm prhgofelcm, ‟]nc Ohrm Ihm, lcrgeauo fdm irfgehus, ohdisuaacredi, fdm f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss fdm trutn…“ Dhw, dhtegc nhw Ihm mcsgre`cs tnc lfdeacstftehd ha Nes iohry tnft Nc wfs f`hut th rcvcfo th Lhscs. Oct―s tfkc f ohhk ft tnc aerst mcsgreptehd et sfys,

‟]nc Ohrm, tnc Ohrm Ihm, lcrgeauo…“ 

]nc lcrgeauo Ihm Ea yhu ohhk ft tnc sgrepturc tnc aerst whrm hut ha aevc fttre`utcs Ihm uscs th mcsgre`c Nes iohry es „lcrgeauo―. ]nc Nc`rcw whrm ahr tnes es „rfgnul―  wnegn lcfds th `c auoo ha ghlpfssehd. Ed tnc `hhk ha Gnfptcr 671 vs. 6 rcsemcs fd flfzedi clpnfses hd tnc lcrgy tnft f`hudms ed Ihm, et sfys,

Zsfols 671 vs. 6 ‟…Nes lcrgecs cdmurc ahrcvcr“ ]ncsc sflc whrms cgnh tnrhuinhut tnc cdterc gnfptcr f aurtncr 01

 

telcs ed thtfo. ]nes es hdc ha tnc lhst ghlprcncdsevc stftclcdts wrettcd ed tnc `e`oc pcrtfededi pcrtfededi th tnc dfturc ha Ihm. Fs ohvcrs ha Ihm, wc nfvc tnc rcfssurfdgc tnft tnc hdc wc frc ed ohvc wetn es lcrgeauo. Nc ahrievcs us hur sed fdm nes lcrgy dcvcr ruds mry. Et cdmurcs ahrcvcr. Ynft f Ihm wc scrvc! Nc ihcs pfst hur afeourcs th tnc phedt ha hur dccm. Et―s f pocfsurc th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha f ohvcr wnh es lcrgeauo fdm ghlpfssehdftc f`hut us. ]nc whrm ha Ihm ihcs hd th sfy

Oflcdtftehds 7 vs. 00- 07. ]nc Ohrm's lcrgecs ... frc dcw cvcry lhrdedi. Yny mhcs tnc Ohrm sfy Nc es lcrgeauo cvcry lhrdedi8 Cvcr whdmcrcm wny tnc clpnfses es hd „lhrdedi― fdm dht hd fdy htncr telc ha tnc mfy8 Et ohhks o hhks th lc fs tnhuin tnft sgrepturc snhuom nfvc sfem, "]ny lcrgecs frc dcw cvcry cvcdedi." Zchpoc sed ocat reint fdm gcdtcr muredi tnc mfy. ]ncy edmuoic ed ihssep, ed fmuotcry fdm ed pcrscgutedi lcd fdm whlcd ha Ihm fdm foo shrts ha htncr udtnedkf`oc cveo. Et sccls lhrc ohiegfo ahr Ihm th rcdcw Nes lcrgy cvcry cvcdedi ghllettcm foo tncsc wc grelcs yct nc gnhhscs th mh fatcr sh ed wc tnc nfvc lhrdedi. Yny8 @cgfusc frc seddcrs wneoc wc frc soccpedi thh! Ynctncr wc frc fwfkc hr dht, wc rclfed seddcrs ed Nes seint. Nhwcvcr, dcvcr ghdteduc ed sed rcoyedi hd tnes dhtehd tnft ‟Ihm weoo ahrievc lc fdywfy, Nc es f lcrgeauo Ihm“. ]nc `e`oc puts et tnes wfy,

Phlfds 1 vs. 6 Ynft snfoo wc sfy tncd8 Wnfoo wc ghdteduc ed sed, tnft irfgc lfy f`hudm8 IHM AHP@EM! ]nhuin Nc es f Ihm auoo ha lcrgy, wc snhuom dht tfkc fmvfdtfic ha tnft afgt fdm ghdteduc mhedi hur wrhdiauo mccms.

Fatcr Lhscs fskcm th scc Ihm―s iohry, Nc wfs quetc h`oeicm. Nc mem dht snhut ft Lhscs ahr fskedi sugn f tnedi. Lhscs wfs f ihhm arecdm ha Ihm―s yhu scc. ]ncy nfm `cghlc sh gohsc tnft Lhscs ghuom ohhk ft nelscoa fdm kdhw tnft wnftcvcr nc fskcm ha tnc Ohrm ghuom fgtufooy `c irfdtcm nel. Qcrsc 66 ha Cxhmus gnfptcr 77, wc frc thom tnes afgt quetc pofedoy;

Fdm tnc OHPM spfkc udth Lhscs afgc th afgc, fs f lfd spcfkctn udth nes arecdm

 

]ncrc es dh mhu`t nhw gohsc tncsc twh wcrc. Lhscs nfm lfdficm th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm sh wcoo tnft nc wfs ed hd foo tnc scgrcts. Nc nfm ifedcm fggcss edth tnc dfturc ha Ihm fdm Nes gnfrfgtcrestegs sh lugn tnft tncy sphkc oekc f lfd whuom th nes arecdm. Uhu kdhw wncd yhu spcfk th f truc arecdm yhu nfvc dh edscguretecs, yhu mh dht prctcdm th `c shlchdc yhu frc dht, yhu bust cdbhy `cedi frhudm tncl fdm yhu gfd tfok ahr nhurs hd cdm fdm stfrt fifed tnc dcxt mfy. Dhw elfiedc tnes typc ha arecdmsnep wetn Ihm. Ea wc nfvc gfrdfo arecdmsneps tnft wc cdbhy sh lugn, wnft lhrc f gohsc arecdmsnep wetn Ihm, wnh mhcs dht oec, mhcs dht ihssep, es dht bcfohus ha lc, es dht ohhkedi th stcfo ly nus`fdm hr weac, es hdoy ghdgcrdcm f`hut ly prhspcrety fdm nfs ly `cst edtcrcsts ft ncfrt8 F arecdm wnh ohhks ft lc fdm sccs lc fs ea E fl tnc hdoy hdc wnh cxests hd tnes cfrtn, wnh es gohscr th lc tnfd E fl th lyscoa, wnh wncd E afgc pcrscgutehd rcfssurcs lc tnft tnc `fttoc es dht ledc `ut Nes th tfkc hvcr, hdc wnh dcvcr soccps `ut wnhsc bh` es th bust ohhk hut ahr lc8 Hn wnft f arecdm wc nfvc ed tnc Ohrm Bcsus! Nc es lhrc tnfd oeac thfdm lc!afetnauo Hn wncd E tnedk nhw ihhm Ihmfoonfs `ccd ihhm arecdm th us,f`hut E ict ihhsc `ulps hvcr lc!sugn f Yc nfvc ohhkcm ft lcrgy fs nhw Ihm snhws et th us. Dhw E dccm th snhw yhu wny et es lfdmfthry ahr yhu th fppoy tnes sflc lcrgy hd htncrs. Ahrievcdcss ncops yhu lhrc tnfd et mhcs tnc pcrshd yhu nfvc ahrievcd.

@c lcrgeauo fdm cdtcr edth pfrt ha tnc iohry ha Ihm

]ncrc wfs f gcrtfed ghupoc tnft fttcdmcm hur gnurgn f acw ycfrs fih. Dhw tnes ghupoc mcgemcm th ocfvc tnc gnurgn fatcr f snhrt wneoc fdm wcdt f`hut tnc gety sofdmcredi ly nus`fdm fdm E. Yc nfm mhdc dhtnedi hr sfem dhtnedi wrhdi th tncl fs afr fs wc kdcw `ut wnft wc iht wfs f terfmc ha pcrscgutehd. Whlc pchpoc cvcd ocat tnc gnurgn fs f rcsuot ha tnc oecs tncy wcdt f`hut sprcfmedi. Fatcr f wneoc tncy acoo edth f screhus prh`ocl fdm Ihm aexcm et ed sugn f wfy tnft wc wcrc tnc hdoy pchpoc wnh wcrc f`oc th ncop tncl ghlc hut ha et. Mcspetc cvcrytnedi tncy nfm sfem f`hut us, wc mrhvc th tncer pofgc haacrcm th ncop fdm lfdficm th aex tnc prh`ocl. Uhu scc tncsc pchpoc mem dht mcscrvc th `c ncopcm. Fatcr cvcrytnedi wrhdi tncy mem th us, tncy mcscrvcm bumilcdt fdm wrftn `ut edstcfm tncy iht f lcrgeauo nfdm ha ncop. Ihm nfs `ccd lcrgeauo th us tncrcahrc wc ocfrdt th `c lcrgeauo th htncrs. Dhw ohhk ft Cxhmus 7= fifed et sfys;

 

 

Cxhmus 7=21. ‟Fdm tnc Ohrm pfsscm `cahrc nel fdm prhgofelcm, ‟]nc Ohrm, tnc Ohrm Ihm, lcrgeauo fdm irfgehus, ohdisuaacredi, fdm f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss fdm trutn…“ ]nes wfs tnc iohry ha Ihm `cedi lfmc lfdeacst. Ihm lcdtehdcm aevc fttre`utcs ha tnft sflc iohry, wnegn frc lcrgeauo, irfgehus, ohdisuaacredi, f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss fdm trutn. Nes cdghudtcr wetn Lhscs rcvcfocm foo tncsc fttre`utcs tnft lfkc up Nes iohry. Ahr yhu th nfvc f arecdmsnep wetn Ihm tnft htncrs gfd cluoftc, yhu dccm th irhw ed foo tnc aevc fttre`utcs ha Ihm―s iohry Ea yhu lfdfic th irhw ed lcrgy, yhu weoo irhw ed Ihm―s iohry fdm uotelftcoy nfvc f gohsc edtelftc rcoftehdsnep wetn Nel. Lcrgy es th wetnnhom bumilcdt. ]h `c lcrgeauo es dht th fowfys ghdmcld pchpoc `ut th pfrmhd tncl ahr tnc wrhdiauo tnedis tncy mh. Ea f pcrshd mhcs shlctnedi tnft es h`vehusoy wrhdi, nc mcscrvcs th `c pudesncm ahr nescvcd lesmccms. goclcdgythfdm wetnnhoms bumilcdt tnhuin @ut tnc lcrgy pcrshd snhws rcfooy mcscrvcm `c pudesncm ircftoy. Ea yhu wfdt th irhw gohscr th Ihm fdm oevc ed Nes iohry, yhu dccm th irhw ed tnes fttre`utc. ]nc Ohrm Bcsus sfem,

@ocsscm frc tnc lcrgeauo ahr tncy snfoo sn foo rcgcevc lcrgy. Dhtegc tnc mcserc tnft Ihm nfs ahr us th nfvc lcrgy hd htncrs. Nc prhlescs tncrc es shlctnedi ed et ahr us thh ed fd caahrt th lfkc us irhw ed lcrgy. ]nc whrm ha Ihm fosh sfys,

]ncrcahrc ]ncrcahr c `c lcrgeauo bust fs yhur Aftncr fosh es lcrgeauo Et es Zfpf Ihm―s dfturc th `c lcrgeauo. Yc frc `hrd ha Nel tncrcahrc lcrgy snhuom `c cfsy ahr us th mh. E lct f sestcr hdgc wnh thom lc f`hut nhw ncr nus`fdm nfm rud haa th `c wetn fdhtncr whlfd. Nc ocat ncr „nein fdm mry― wetn dh lhdcy fdm tnrcc gneomrcd th tfkc gfrc ha hd ncr hwd. @feoeaas wetn ghurt hrmcrs ha udpfem mc`ts gflc th tnc nhusc fdm thhk foo tnc aurdeturc sfvc ahr f acw etcls tnft wcrc ha oettoc hr dh vfouc. Ncr nus`fdm wfs dhwncrc th `c ahudm, nc nfm gnfdicm nes dul`cr. Dh hdc kdcw wncrc nc wfs cxgcpt ahr f acw ha nes arecdms wnh

 

whuom hggfsehdfooy edahrl ncr tnft tncy nfm sphttcm nel ed meaacrcdt ohgftehds wetn tnes htncr whlfd. Wnc wfs ed f mfrk pofgc `ut tnc Ohrm es fd cvcr-prcscdt ncop ed telcs ha mcspfer. Wohwoy snc `cifd th rcghvcr aedfdgefooy fdm clhtehdfooy wetn tnc supphrt ha `rctnrcd ed tnc gnurgn. ]nc telc gflc fatcr f acw ycfrs tnft snc ncfrm tnft ncr nus`fdm wfs cxtrclcoy eoo fdm nfm `ccd nhspetfoezcm. Wnc wfstcm dh telc fdm wcdt th `c wetn nel hd nes segk `cm. Fdm fs yhu whuom elfiedc, tnc ieroarecdm wfs dhwncrc th `c sccd. ]nes sestcr durscm fdm prfycm ncr nus`fdm `fgk th ncfotn. Fs shhd fs nc rcghvcrcm nc wcdt `fgk nhlc th `c wetn nes afleoy. ]ncy frc dhw f strhdi afleoy udet fdm scrvc cxtrclcoy wcoo ed tncer gnurgn. Ynft f rclfrkf`oc snhw ha lcrgy. ]nc lfd mcscrvcm th `c tecm th f trcc fdm `cftcd vcry wcoo `ut edstcfm wnft nc iht wfs lcrgy. Et pofgcm tncer oevcs hd f meaacrcdt ghursc fdm gnfdicm tncl ahrcvcr. Lcrgy es f strfdic tnedi edmccm. Nhw mhcs hdc ahrievc sugn fgtehds8 ]nc tnedis ha Ihm mh dht lfkc scdsc, tncy lfkc afetn! Ohhk ft Lftncw 9 vs. 6 fdm 0,

Bumic dht, tnft yhu lfy dht bumic. Ahr wetn wnft bumilcdt yhu bumic, yhu weoo `c bumicm, fdm wetn tnc lcfsurc yhu usc, et weoo `c lcfsurcm `fgk th yhu. Dhtegc tnft tnes sgrepturc mhcs dht pcrtfed th aedfdgcs. Et pcrtfeds th  bumiedi htncrs. F mfy es ghledi wncd wc weoo rcquerc lcrgy arhl Ihm fdm tnft es tnc Mfy ha Bumilcdt. Ea wc shw lcrgy, wc weoo fosh rcgcevc lcrgy. Peint dhw es f ihhm telc th stfrt. Yncrcvcr tncrc es dh ahrievcdcss, tncrc es dh iohry. Yncrcvcr tncrc es dh lcrgy, tncrc es dh iohry. ]nc afstcst wfy th rclhvc Ihm―s iohry hut ha f pofgc sh tnft Ihm mhcs dht oekc th lfdeacst es fd ftlhspncrc ha streac fdm udahrievcdcss. @ut tnc afstcst wfy th ict Ihm―s lcrgy fdm Ihm―s iohry edth f pofgc es wncd pchpoc irhw ed Ihm―s lcrgy. Zchpoc irhw th fggcpt hdc fdhtncr. Zchpoc irhw wetn tnc f`eoety th ahrievc th ahrict, th `ocss fdm fothictncr th cxfot tnc lcrgy ha Ihm. Hdc ha tnc cfsecst wfys th sthp Ihm―s fdhedtedi fdm iohry es wncd pchpoc―s ncfrts frc nfrmcdcm fdm tncy wetnnhom lcrgy arhl cfgn htncr. Dhw E wfdt th snfrc wetn yhu tnc scghdm fttre`utc ha Ihms iohry fdm tnft es irfgc.

 

]nc Irfgc ha Ihm Cxhmus 7= vs. 1 ‟Fdm tnc Ohrm pfsscm `cahrc nel fdm prhgofelcm, ‟]nc Ohrm, tnc Ohrm Ihm, lcrgeauo fdm irfgehus…“ Irfgc es fd hatcd tfokcm f`hut whrm `ut scomhl auooy udmcrsthhm. Irfgc es Ihm's udlcretcm afvhr. Irfgc es Ihm mhedi ihhm ahr us tnft wc mh dht mcscrvc. Ed tnc @e`oc, irfgc fdm lcrgy frc oekc twh ncfms ha tnc sflc ghed. Lcrgy es Ihm wetnnhomedi bumilcdt hr cveo tnft E mcscrvc; irfgc es Ihm ievedi lc `ocssedis hr ihhm tnft E mh dht mcscrvc. @cgfusc ha Ihm's lcrgy, E mh dht rcgcevc tnc bumilcdt ha Ihm fifedst ly seds; `cgfusc ha Ihm's irfgc, E rcgcevc ctcrdfo oeac fdm f prhlesc ha ncfvcd tnhuin E mh dht mcscrvc tncl. Irfgc es oekc f pcrshd wnh es gfuint rh``edi f `fdk. @ut edstcfm ha `cedi gnfricm fdm `cedi tnrhwd edth preshd, tnc rh``cr es oct haa. Dht hdoy es nc oct haa; nc es fosh ievcd f lfdsehd fdm twh gfrs. ]nft es tnc lftnclftegs ha irfgc. Et mhcs dht lfkc scdsc `cgfusc et es irfgc ‗ et es dht lcfdt th. Nhwcvcr, oekc lcrgy tnc `e`oc tcoos us

‟Dht th ghdteduc ed sed sh tnft irfgc lfy f`hudm.“ Yncd wc tfok f`hut tnc irfgc ha Ihm, Et es dht bust f`hut pchpoc aedmedi fdm scckedi Ihm; et es rftncr Ihm rcvcfoedi Nelscoa. ]nc hdoy wfy yhu gfd irhw ed Ihm es `y Nes irfgc. ]nc irfgc ha Ihm es Ihm―s rcvcoftehd ha Nelscoa th us. Fs Nc rcvcfos wc rcgcevc. Fdm ea wc frc afetnauo th Nes whrm fdm irhw edtelftc wetn Nel, Nc weoo rcvcfo lhrc. Ly nus`fdm fowfys spcfks nhw et Nc es tnc ha Ihm tnft nfs gftfpuotcm nel th wncrc nc ha es thmfy. sfysirfgc et es dht f`hut gocvcr mcgesehds nc lfmc hr gocvcr strftciecs nc nfs elpoclcdtcm ahr tnc ledestry th irhw fs lugn fs et nfs ‗et―s foo Ihm fdm dht nel. Ahr nel th `c shuint fatcr `y Zrelc Ledestcrs fdm ircft lcd es bust irfgc. Ed tnc Hom ]cstflcdt, irfgc es aedmedi f phsetehd wetn Ihm fdm rcfgnedi edth tnc mcptns ha Ihm. Mcspetc tnc afgt tnft Ihm es nhoy, foleinty, fwcshlc, lfbcsteg, foo-phwcrauo, rfmefdt ed foo Nes lfrvcohus snededi iohry, Lhscs ghuom steoo fpprhfgn Ihm. Nc wfs ft f ocvco wncrc nc wfs f`oc th ghlludegftc wetn Ihm fs udth lcd. Nhw es tnft phsse`oc8 Lhscs ahudm irfgc ed tnc cycs ha Ihm. Ihm `csthwcm Nes irfgc uphd Lhscs th fpprhfgn Nel.

 

Ed tnc hom ghvcdfdt, cvcryhdc wnhl Ihm snhwcm irfgc lfmc fd caahrt. ]ncy nfm th cfrd et. Cvcryhdc ed tnc hom ghvcdfdt wnhl Ihm rcvcfocm nes iohry nfs lfmc fd caahrt shlcnhw. Et es dht tnft tncer caahrts sghrcm phedts wetn Ihm `ut tncer caahrts wcrc tnc seids ahr tncer nudicr ahr Ihm fdm tnes es wnft Ihm ohhks ahr. ]nhsc wnh nudicr ahr Ihm weoo aedm Ihm. ]nhsc wnh mh dht nudicr ahr Ihm weoo dht aedm Nel. @cahrc Dhfn ahudm irfgc ed tnc cycs ha Ihm, et es wrettcd nhw Dhfn wfs h`cmecdt th tnc Ohrm. Nc gfrrecm hut edstrugtehds ellcmeftcoy ellcmeftcoy fdm mem dht ncsetftc ed h`cyedi. Mfdeco nfm th `c h`cmecdt aerst `cahrc nc ghuom rcgcevc Ihm―s irfgc. Uhu mh dht rcgcevc Ihm―s irfgc fdm tncd `cghlc h`cmecdt. Uhu frc h`cmecdt aerst fdm tncd yhu rcgcevc lhrc. H`cmecdgc es `cttcr tnfd sfgreaegc ‗ tncsc frc bust predgepocs sct ed tnc whrm tnft weoo dht gnfdic. Ihm nfs f stfdmfrm prhgcmurc th elpfrt irfgc. Nc ohhks ft us fdm sccks th elpfrt lhrc irfgc. Nc ohhks ft wnctncr wc frc lfkedi fd caahrt th nfvc f mccpcr rcoftehdsnep wetn Nel. Wcc Ihm rcvcfos Nelscoa ed phrtehds. Yc gfddht auooy kdhw Nel udocss Nc rcvcfos Nelscoa Nelscoa h`cmecdt th us. tNc hdoy weooedi weooedi rcvcfo Nth elscoa th shlchdc wnh rclfeds h`cmecd ed es Nes whrm. Uhuth weoo w eoo `ciedNelscoa scc tnc iohry ha Ihm fs et `cieds th gnfdic yhur oeac ahr tnc `cst. Irfgc ed tnc hom ghvcdfdt wfs hreiedfooy bust f phsetehd `ut dhw, et es f su`stfdgc elpfrtcm th hur speret. Fs wc irhw arhl iohry th iohry, lhrc su`stfdgc ha Ihm―s phwcr es elpfrtcm edth hur speret lfd fdm wc irhw ed Nes irfgc.

Ohdisuaacredi Fatcr Lhscs fskcm, ‟Ohrm, snhw lc yhur iohry,“ tnc Ohrm fppcfrcm th nel ed Cxhmus 7=2 1

Fdm tnc Ohrm pfsscm `cahrc nel fdm prhgofelcm, “]nc Ohrm, tnc Ohrm Ihm, lcrgeauo fdm irfgehus, ohdisuaacredi, fdm f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss fdm trutn.“ E wfdt us th tfkc f ohhk ft tnc whrm ohdisuaacredi fdm nhw et ncops us th udmcrstfdm tnc iohry ha Ihm. ]nc iohry ghdtfeds aevc fttre`utcs ha Nes dfturc fdm wc nfvc th nfvc tnc sflc fttre`utcs ed hrmcr ahr us th `c wetn Nel fs arecdms. Ohdisuaacredi mcrevcs arhl f Nc`rcw whrm c r f k n f p , wnegn es f ghl`edftehd ha twh whrms, tnc whrm sohw fdm tnc whrm fdicr . Dhtegc tnc lcfdedi ha ohdisuaacredi ncrc es Nc`rcw tnus meaacrcdt th  „ohdisuaacredi―― sphkcd ha `y Fphstoc Zfuo ed tnc `hhk ha Ifoftefds  „ohdisuaacredi gnfptcr aevc wnegn es tnc Ircck whrm lfkrhtnulef. Wh, wnft Ihm es sfyedi f`hut Nes ohdisuaacredi es tnft Nc es sohw th fdicr. Nc es

 

sohw th cxcrgesc Nes wrftn. Wh ohdisuaacredi `redis th ledm thocrfdgc. Ohdi suaacredi spcfks f`hut thocrfdgc. Ihm thocrftcs hur wcfkdcsscs, hur seds, hur afeoedis fdm mesh`cmecdgc. mesh`cmecdgc. Ihm nfs trclcdmhus thocrfdgc tnft wc snhuom cluoftc. Yc rcfoezc tnft Ihm―s pftecdgc hutofsts us. Ihm―s f`eoety th put up wetn us hutofsts hur f`eoety th put up wetn htncrs. Wh ohdisuaacredi es tnc f`eoety th thocrftc, th rclfed tnc sflc ed spetc fdm mcspetc ha foo tnft lfy ghlc. Et es f trclcdmhus f`eoety tnft es rfrc th aedm flhdi `coecvcrs thmfy. E nfvc lct pchpoc wnh frc fowfys elpftecdt wetn htncrs. ]ncy mh dht thocrftc tnc soeintcst lestfkc. ]ncy ahrict nhw lugn Ihm nfs thocrftcm tncer lestfkcs hvcr tnc ycfrs. Yc snhuom strevc th mh udth htncrs, fs wc whuom nfvc tncl mh th us. ]nc `hhk ha Lfttncw,

Lfttncw 9260 ‟Mh th htncrs wnft yhu whuom nfvc tncl mh th yhu“ ]ncy frc ed nht nfstc th scc foo tnedis fgghlpoesncm `cahrc tnc sud ihcs mhwd. Lhst ha tnc tnedis frc dht dcgcssfry th cvcd fgghlpoesn hd tnc mfy `ut tncy frc bust dht pftecdt. Yc frc stfiicrcm wncd tnc Lfstcr tcoos us th ahrievc scvcdty telcs scvcd. Yncd nc ahrievcs udth scvcdty telcs scvcd, fdm steoo wfets, fdm steoo nhoms `fgk nes tnudmcrs, wc frc flfzcm, `cgfusc hur ledm es dht ed nfrlhdy wetn tnc ledm ha tnc Edaedetcoy-pftecdt Ihm. Nc gfd cfseoy hpcd up tnc irhudm th swfoohw us wncd wc mh wrhdi `ut nc steoo nhoms `fgk fdm ievcs us f gnfdgc.

Uhur muty fs f `coecvcr es th strevc th `c oekc Gnrest. Ea Ihm es sohw th fdicr tncd sh snhuom yhu. Ea nc thocrftcs cvcry sed yhu ghllet tncd yhu gfd ahrievc fdm ievc htncrs f gnfdgc thh. Dhtc tnft `y sh sfyedi, Ihm mhcs dht ghdmhdc sed, dh. Nc es selpoy f Ihm ha scghdm gnfdgcs. Ynft Nc sccs es f ncfrt tnft es strevedi th gnfdic dht f nfrmcdcm hdc. ]nc `e`oc sfys

Zsfol 1126> ‟Ea E rcifrm sed ed ly ncfrt, tnc Ohrm weoo dht ncfr lc“ Ea yhu ghdteduc ed sed Ihm gcfscs th ncfr yhu wncd yhu prfy. Nc thocrftcs tnhsc tnft Nc sccs nfvc f ncfrt th gnfdic, f rcpcdtfdt speret rftncr tnfd shlchdc wnh rcifrms sed fdm mhcs dhtnedi f`hut et. Nc weoo dht oestcd th hur prfycrs fs stftcm ed tnc f`hvc sgrepturc.

 

]nc h`bcgt ha ocfrdedi f`hut tnc iohry ha Ihm es ahr us th scc nhw Ihm hpcrftcs fdm fppoy tnft th hur hwd oevcs sh wc gfd `c lhrc oekc Nel. Ed tnc prhgcss, wc mrfw gohscr th Ihm fdm `cghlc ihhm arecdms wetn Nel. Yc ifed edtelfgy fdm fggcss edth tnc scgrcts ha Ihm, wnegn Nc mcsercs th snfrc wetn us. Ea wc ih `y tnc Nc`rcw whrm crfknfp, sohw th fdicr tncd tnc hpphsetc ha ohdisuaacredi es quegk th fdicr. ]nft―s tnc fgtufo Nc`rcw whrm ‗ et es sohw th fdicr. ]nc hpphsetc ha tnft weoo `c vcry quegk th fdicr fdm quegk th rcfgt. E kdhw pchpoc, lcd fdm whlcd foekc, wnh `cahrc tncy cvcd ncfr tnc cdm ha f sthry, hr tnc htncr semc ha et tncy frc `ohwedi f ausc. ]ncy mcgemc f lfttcr `y hdoy ncfredi hdc semc th fd essuc. ]nc @e`oc mcsgre`cs sugn pchpoc tnes wfy,

‟Hdoy f ahho mcgemcs f lfttcr fatcr ncfredi hdc semc“ Hur Ihm es f Ihm ha scghdm, tnerm, ahurtn ctg. gnfdgcs. Nc mhcs dht ghdmhdc sed ed us `ut pftecdtthcdhuin wncd sccs tnftarhl hur ncfrts frc ghdtretc. YcNc frcesweooedi `c tfuint fdmNc turd fwfy hur sed. Wh wc rcfoezc tnft Ihm es sohw th fdicr. Wh snhuom wc. Ynftcvcr wc whuom oekc arhl Ihm―s dfturc, wc snhuom fmhpt fdm fgt ooekcwesc. ekcwesc.

Ihhmdcss ha Ihm ‟]nc Ohrm, tnc Ohrm, Ihm, lcrgeauo fdm ohdisuaacredi, fdm f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss…“

irfgehus,

]nc ahurtn fttre`utc ha Ihm―s iohry es ihhmdcss. ]nc iohry ha Ihm es vetfo ea wc frc th ifed edtelfgy wetn tnc ohvc ha hur oeac. Et foohws us th nfvc tnft gohscdcss wc mcserc th nfvc wetn Ihm. Yc dccm th kdhw wnft tnc iohry ha Ihm ghdsests ha ea f lcfdediauo rcoftehdsnep es th `c fgnecvcm wetn Ihm. ]nc sgrepturc ed tnc `hhk ha Cxhmus wnegn E nfvc `ccd usedi fs tnc lfed rcacrcdgc sfys,

Cxhmus 77 vs. 65

 

‟Fdm tnc OHPM sfem, E weoo gfusc FOO LU IHHMDCWW th pfss ed arhdt ha yhu, fdm E weoo prhgofel ly dflc, tnc OHPM, ed yhur prcscdgc...“ Mem yhu scc tnft8 Ihm sullfrezcs foo tnc aevc edircmecdts edth hdc icdcrfo whrm  i h h m d c s s .   ]nc wfy nc spcfks ha ihhmdcss es fs ea et wfs f su`stfdgc. Whlctnedi tfdie`oc. Nc sfys ‟E weoo lfkc foo ly ihhmdcss pfss `cahrc yhu“. Ihhmdcss es fd fttre`utc ha Ihm. Yncd Nc spcfks f`hut ihhmdcss et es f`hut su`stfdgc fdm fttetumc ghl`edcm. Et es meaacrcdt th sfyedi shlchdc es kedm. Ihhmdcss es tfdie`oc. Zsfol 07 sfys,

‟Wurcoy ihhmdcss fdm lcrgy snfoo ahoohw lc.“ Nhw gfd fd fttetumc ahoohw lc8 Ea tncrc es fdy fttetumc ahoohwedi lc, et snhuom `c ly fttetumc. Et snhuom `c ed lc, dht hutsemc ahoohwedi lc. @ut tncrc es shlctnedi ahoohwedi us.

Wurcoy, lcrgy ahoohwedi foo ahrcvcr. tnc mfys ha hur oeac. ihhmdcss Fdm E weoo fdm mwcoo ed tncesnhusc ha tnclc Ohrm ]ncrc frc `cdcaets ha `cedi f ihhm lfd. Ncrc es wny, tfkc f ohhk ft Zsfols. 79 vs. 07-0=

]nc stcps ha f ihhm lfd frc hrmcrcm `y tnc Ohrm fdm Nc mcoeints ed nes wfys. ]nhuin nc afoo, nc snfoo dht `c uttcroy gfst mhwd. Mh yhu scc tnft8  F   F ihhm arecdm ha Ihm―s lfy lfkc lestfkcs fdm afoo, yct tnc Ohrm weoo rfesc nel up fifed. @ut ea yhu frc f `fm lfd fdm yhu afoo, yhu frc dht icttedi up. Ihhmdcss prhps yhu up ed trhu`ocm telcs. Ea yhu udmcrstfdm ihhmdcss fdm fppoy et ed yhur oeac, yhu `cghlc f ihhm pcrshd ed su`stfdgc fdm fttetumc. ]ncrc es shlctnedi cosc f`hut ihhmdcss tnft prcscrvcs us. Hdgc et icts f nhom ha yhu, et nfs tnc phwcr th prcscrvc yhu. Et prcscrvcs yhu ed elpcracgtehd. Et prcscrvcs yhu wncd yhu lfkc lestfkcs. Et prcscrvcs yhu wncd yhu afoo. Wh, et es f phwcrauo fttre`utc. Ea wc ohhk ft F`rfnfl ed tnc `e`oc, nc wfs f ihhm lfd `ut nc mem stul`oc fdm afoo. Nc oecm tnft Wfrfn wfs nes sestcr th Kedi F`elcocgn.

Icdcses 60 vs. 66 Yncd nc wfs f`hut th cdtcr Ciypt, nc sfem th Wfrfe nes weac,

 

E kdhw tnft yhu frc f whlfd `cfuteauo ed fppcfrfdgc, fdm wncd tnc Ciyptefds scc yhu, tncy weoo sfy, tnes es nes weac. ]ncd tncy weoo keoo lc, `ut tncy weoo oct yhu oevc. Wfy yhu frc ly sestcr, tnft et lfy ih wcoo wetn lc `cgfusc ha yhu, fdm tnft ly oeac lfy `c spfrcm ahr yhur sfkc F`rfnfl thom f nfoa-trutn. Zchpoc gfoo et f wnetc oec. Et es edghlpoctc edahrlftehd tnft icts tnc ncfrcr th  f wrhdi ghdgousehd. Et es truc tnft Wfrfn es F`rfnfl―s nfoa sestcr. @ut tnft es nfoa tnc trutn. F`elcocgn ghdgoumcm tnft tncrcahrc Wfrfn es dht F`rfnfl―s weac ea snc wcrc nes sestcr. Dhw ohhk ft nhw Ihm gflc th tnc mcacdsc ha tnes oec,

‟Pcsthrc tnc lfd―s weac ahr nc es f prhpnct.“ Ihm nfm bust mcacdmcm f oefr. Nc wfs mcacdmedi f lfd wnh nfs afoocd. Yny8 `cgfusc nc wfs f ihhm lfd.

Zsfol 79207-0= ]nc stcps ihhm ]nhuin lfd frcnchrmcrcm tnc dht Ohrm. Nc mcoeints edha nesf wfy. afoo, nc`y snfoo `c Fdm uttcroy gfst mhwd; ahr tnc Ohrm upnhoms nel wetn Nes nfdm.

Dhw wncd yhu afoo yhu pfy f pregc ahr et. Uhu sct gcrtfed wnccos ed lhtehd tnft yhu lfy dht `c f`oc th sthp. E fl dht sfyedi yhu gfd ict fwfy wetn seddedi `ut tnc afgt ha tnc lfttcr es yhu gfd `c rcsthrcm. Ea yhu frc f nf`etufo oefr tncd tnft―s f meaacrcdt lfttcr. ]nft selpoy lcfds tnft yhu frc dht ihhm. Uhu nfvc dh edtelfgy wetn Ihm htncrwesc yhu whuomd―t ghdteduc th mh et. E wfs sccedi tnft tncrc wcrc htncr pchpoc wnh wcrc dhw accoedi coftcm tnft tncy wcrc haa tnc nhhk `cgfusc ha ihhmdcss. Dht sh. Ghdteduc ed sed ‗ tnc wrftn ha Ihm weoo `c uphd yhu. Ea yhu ghdstfdtoy rcpcft afeourcs fdm seds yhu `cghlc fd cveo pcrshd. Dh hdc nfs f oegcdsc th sed. Ynft E fl tcfgnedi yhu es ahr yhu th udmcrstfdm tnc lcrgy fdm ihhmdcss ha Ihm fdm nhw tncsc fttre`utcs whrk whrk ed yhur oeac prhlhtedi prhlhtedi edtelfgy. edtelfgy. Yc frc dht Esofdms Esofdms tnft stfdm-fohdc stfdm-fohdc dcvcr rcqueredi lcrgy lcrgy fdm ihhmdcss ihhmdcss ha Ihm. Yc gfddht oevc wetnhut Nel. Ea f ihhm pcrshd afoos nc hr snc nfs tnc f`eoety th resc up. ]fkc f ohhk ft tnc `hhk ha Zrhvcr`s,

Zrhvcr`s 0= vs. 61  61  Ahr f bust [lfd\ afooctn scvcd telcs, fdm resctn up fifed2 `ut tnc wegkcm snfoo afoo edth lesahrtudc.

 

]ncrc frc shlc pchpoc wnh frc rcfmedi tnes `hhk wnh afoo arhl telc th telc. Whlc mfrc dht afgc htncrs wncd tncy lfkc f lestfkc. ]ncy sthp fttcdmedi gnurgn scrvegcs fdm aeiurc tncy frc f`oc th shrt tnclscovcs hut ft nhlc. Wedgc wc stfrtcm tnc ledestry, wc nfvc ncfrm telc fdm telc fifed meaacrcdt pchpoc sfyedi tncy weoo stfrt ghledi th gnurgn hdgc tncy nfvc „shrtcm tnedis hut― hd tncer hwd. ]ncrc es dh wfy yhu gfd shrt yhurscoa hut wetnhut Ihm. Et es hdoy ea yhu frc ihhm tnft Nc ncops yhu th pegk yhurscoa up. Uhu gfddht mh et fohdc.

F ihhm lfd rcghidezcs fdm fmlets ea nc nfs seddcm. Fphstoc Zfuo fmlettcm tnc wrhdi nc nfm mhdc. Wcc tnes es wnft prhvcs wnctncr yhu frc f ihhm pcrshd hr dht. Pcghidezc fdm fgkdhwocmic tnc sed ed yhur oeac fdm yhur dccm ahr f sfvehr.

Dhtegc wncd tnc whrom wfs grcftcm. Ihm lfmc foo tnedis fdm stcppcm `fgk fdm sfem tnft et wfs ihhm. Yncd nc lfmc us nc sfem  „et wfs ihhm―. Cvcrytnedi tnft tnf `cgfusc Nc cxprcsscs es ihhm. Foo fd ha grcftehd es sullfrezcm `yt Ihm tnc ifvc whrm esihhm. ]nft fttre`utc ha ihhmdcss. Ihhmdcss fdm `cedi ihhm es dht bust rcarfededi arhl cveo. Yncd wc sfy, ‟E fl ihhm th yhu,“ hr, ‟Nc es f ihhm lfd,“ wc snhuom dht usc et ed rcacrcdgc th bust shlc`hmy wnh stfys fwfy arhl cveo. Yncd tnc whrom lcfsurcs ihhmdcss, et tfoks ha pchpoc wnh bust mhd―t th `fm tnedis. ]nc whrom mhcs dht fmm tnc speretufo melcdsehd. Ihhmdcss nfs tnc f`eoety th mh shlctnedi tnft elprhvcs yhu. Et es dht bust tnc f`eoety th stfy fwfy arhl `fm tnedis. Et lfkcs yhu nfppy. Ihhmdcss sccks th elprhvc dht hdoy yhur scoa `ut htncrs thh. F ihhm pcrshd sccks th lfkc htncrs acco ghlahrtf`oc foo tnc telc fdm tncy dhrlfooy auss hvcr pchpoc th lfkc surc tncy frc hkfy. Wperetufo `ocssedis, lcdtfo `ocssedis fdm pnysegfo `ocssedis frc foo gftcihrezcm fs Ihm―s ihhmdcss. Wh wncd yhu nfvc f aedfdgefo `ocssedi, et gflc arhl Ihm―s ihhmdcss. E fowfys spcfk ha nhw ihhm Ihm nfs `ccd th ly afleoy. Nc nfs lct cvcry prhlesc Nc thom us ghdgcrdedi hur oevcs sh afr. ]nc lftcrefo wcfotn wc nfvc es f rcsuot ha Ihm―s ihhmdcss. Nc nfs `ccd fdm ghdteducs th `c sh ihhm th us. Nc nfs dht hdoy `ccd ihhm ed tnc lftcrefo tnedis, wc frc fosh `ocsscm wetn kdhwocmic ha tnc tnedis ha tnc Wperet, ncfotn fdm bhy. Uhu frc foevc thmfy `cgfusc ha tnc ihhmdcss ha Ihm.

 

  Nhw th ict edth ihhmdcss Wh tncrc frc twh frcfs ha ihhmdcss tnft yhu dccm th ocfrd ed hrmcr th irhw ed tnes frcf. Fs yhu irhw ed ihhmdcss, yhu frc irhwedi ed edtelfgy; yhu `cied th mcvcohp fd edtelftc arecdmsnep wetn Ihm, wnegn es tnc purphsc ha tnes `hhk. ]nc aerst frcf ha ihhmdcss es fttetumc fdm tnc htncr frcf es su`stfdgc. F gnfrfgtcr ha ihhmdcss ihhmdcss tfkcs f pcrshd wnh es lcck lcck fdm nfs f tcfgnf`oc speret. Et―s f prhgcss ha ocfrdedi. E wfdt th snhw yhu nhw th tfp edth tnc ihhmdcss ha Ihm. Aerst octs tfkc f ohhk ft Zsfol 07.

Zsfol 07 vs. 6-1 ]nc OHPM e s  ly sncpncrm; E snfoo dht wfdt. Nc lfkctn lc th oec mhwd ed irccd pfsturcs2 nc ocfmctn lc `csemc tnc steoo wftcrs. Nc rcsthrctn ly shuo2 nc ocfmctn lc ed tnc pftns ha reintchusdcss nes dflc's Ucf, tnhuin Eahr wfok tnrhuinsfkc. tnc vfoocy ha tnc snfmhw ha mcftn, E weoo acfr dh cveo2 ahr tnhu f r t   wetn lc; tny rhm fdm tny stfaa tncy ghlahrt lc. ]nhu prcpfrcst f tf`oc `cahrc lc ed tnc prcscdgc ha ledc cdclecs2 tnhu fdhedtcst ly ncfm wetn heo; ly gup ruddctn hvcr. Wurcoy ihhmdcss fdm lcrgy snfoo ahoohw lc foo tnc mfys ha ly oeac2 fdm E weoo mwcoo ed tnc nhusc ha tnc OHPM ahr cvcr.  cvcr. 

Cdtcr tnc sncpncrm―s rcst ]nc scghdm vcrsc ha tnes gnfptcr spcfks ha cdtcredi tnc Ohrm―s rcst. Ihm iuemcs us th oec mhwd fdm rcofx ed f `cfuteauooy mcsgre`cm pofgc. Irccd pfsturcs fdm steoo wftcrs. F gfol pofgc tnft es pcrscgutehd arcc. Ynhshcvcr sfys fdytnedi f`hut yhu hr th yhu selpoy mhcs dht faacgt yhu `cgfusc yhu frc ed f phsetehd ha rcst. Et es f pofgc ha rcst wncrc dh mc`t, dh segkdcss, dh sofdmcr fdm ihssep icts th yhu. @cedi ocm `csemc tnc steoo wftcrs tfoks f`hut `cedi steoo fdm bust cdbhyedi edtelfgy wetn hur Ihm. Uhu gcfsc arhl mhedi cvcrytnedi hd yhur hwd fdm foohw Ihm th tfkc hvcr.

Zuttedi shlctnedi ed yhu. Qcrsc tnrcc es f`hut rcsthrftehd. Yncd yhu rc-sthrc f shuo, yhu put shlctnedi edsemc. Uhu edsteoo f mcserc th ohvc tnc Ohrm wetn cvcrytnedi yhu―vc iht. Yncd Ihm ocfms yhu ed tnc pftns ha

 

reintchusdcss - yhu ahoohw reintchusdcss. Uhu gfddht `c f `ocssedi th htncrs ea yhu mh dht udmcrstfdm reintchusdc reintchusdcss ss fdm nhoedcss. Nhw gfd yhu `c udreintchus fdm `c kedm ft tnc sflc telc8 Et mhcs dht whrk. Ocfm f nhoy fdm reintchus oeac; et ncops rcsthrc yhur shuo.

]nc vfoocy ha tnc snfmhw ha mcftn Icdcses 00

‟Ievc lc Esffg.“ Ihm fskcm fd cxtrclcoy meaaeguot tnedi ha F`rfnfl. Et wfs f tcst ha ohvc. ]nft wfs tnc vfoocy ha tnc snfmhw ha mcftn. Uhu stfrt yhur `usedcss fdm Ihm `ocsscs tnc whrk ha yhur nfdms. Et `cieds th aohuresn fdm nfoawfy tnrhuin yhur aedfdgefo `rcfktnrhuin, Ihm snhws up ft tnc prclescs fdm sfys  ‟Es tnes `usedcss steoo yhurs hr es et ledc8 Uhu nfrmoy nfvc telc ahr lc fs yhu frc ed lcctedi fatcr lcctedi“ Ihm weoo fsk yhu fdm tcst yhu.vfoocy ]nc `usedcss emcf etscoa gflcesarhl Ihm ed Esffg tnc aerst pofgc. @ut tnc ha tnc snfmhw ha mcftn wncd yhur mecs fdm Ihm ievcs yhu f dcw Esffg.

]fppedi edth tnc fdhedtedi hr iohry ha Ihm Qcrsc aevc ha Zsfol 07 es hdc ha ly afvhretc sgrepturcs ed tnc @e`oc. ]nhuin E nfvc cdclecs ‗ nc steoo scts tf`ocs ahr lc. Nc mhcs dht  bust sct tncl fdywncrc; nc mhcs et ed arhdt ha tnhsc wnh nftc lc. Wh tnft lcfds ea E mhd―t nfvc cdclecs, dh tf`ocs frc ofem ahr lc. Wh `redi hd tnc cdclecs ‗ et―s ly iftcwfy th prhspcrety! Fdm sedgc tnc fdhedtedi dhw ruds hvcr lc, E fl wcoo mrcsscm th afgc fdy typc ha wfrafrc.

Fdm aedfooy, tnc ihhmdcss ha tnc Ohrm snfoo edmccm ahoohw lc FOO tnc mfys ha ly oeac…

Zhwcr ha trutn

Yncd Lhscs fskcm Ihm th scc Nes iohry. Ihm mem dht rcausc th

 

oestcd. Nc nfppeoy h`oeicm `cgfusc Nc nfm f ihhm arecdmsnep wetn Nes shd. ]ncy wcrc edtelftc fdm snfrcm scgrcts.

Cxhmus 7= vs. 1 ‟Fdm tnc Ohrm pfsscm `cahrc nel fdm prhgofelcm, “]nc Ohrm, tnc Ohrm Ihm, lcrgeauo fdm irfgehus, ohdisuaacredi, fdm f`hudmedi ed ihhmdcss fdm trutn.“ ]nc whrm trutn ed tnc Nc`rcw rcdmcredi es c l udf n . Et ghdvcys tnc lcfdedi ha f oeac ahrgc tnft ghlcs ahrtn arhl Zfpf Ihm Nelscoa. ]rutn es f oevedi fdm aohwedi su`stfdgc tnft gfd `c elpfrtcm fdm ievcd ed lcfsurcs. Et es f ghlphdcdt tnft whrks fohdisemc foo tnc htncr fttre`utcs th ievc f auoo cxpcrecdgc ha tnc iohry ha Ihm. Et es ed ocfrdedi tncsc fttre`utcs tnft wc sul up tnc ocvco ha edtelfgy wc frc th nfvc wetn Ihm.

C l u d f n  mhcs dht ghdvcy tnc sflc lcfdedi fs trutn ed hur Cdioesn ofdiufic. ]rutn ed Cdioesn es fsshgeftcm wetn lcdtfo fgtevety oekc ghlprcncdsehd, udmcrstfdmedi fdm ohieg. Yncd wc spcfk ha trutn shlc ellcmeftcoy tnedk ha trutn fs bust tcooedi tnc trutn foo tnc telc. ]nes es wnft tnc Cdioesn whrm trutn ghdvcys. @ut ed tnc Nc`rcw rcdmcredi ha trutn oecs f icl tnft fmcquftcoy mcsgre`cs hdc ha tnc fttre`utcs ha Ihm―s iohry. ]nc whrm trutn fgtufooy lcfds  s t c f m a f s t d c s s .  Et es Ihm―s f`eoety th rclfed ed hdc pofgc ed scfshd fdm hut ha scfshd. ]nes es tnc vcry rcfshd wny tnc `e`oc sfys,

Nc`rcws 67 vs. > ‟Bcsus Gnrest es tnc sflc ycstcrmfy fdm thmfy fdm ahrcvcr ahrcvcr“. “. Et es tnc f`eoety th rclfed tnc sflc. Ihm sfys Nc es tnc trutn.

Bhnd 6= vs. 1 ‟Bcsus sfetn udth nel, E fl tnc wfy, tnc t r u t n , fdm tnc oeac…“ Zfpf Ihm es tfokedi f`hut tnc f`eoety th rclfed ellhvcf`oc ed wnftcvcr gergulstfdgcs fdm ed wnftcvcr setuftehd. Zrfesc Ihm! Hur Ihm es ellhvf`oc. Esd―t et ihhm th scrvc f Ihm yhu kdhw weoo dcvcr gnfdic8 Nc dcvcr soccps soccps dhr soul`crs nc rclfeds tnc tnc sflc. Nes Nes prhlescs rclfed tnc sflc. ]nc `e`oc sfys et tnes wfy,

Zsfol 606 vs. =

 

‟@cnhom, nc tnft kccpctn Esrfco snfoo dcetncr soul`cr dhr soccp“. Nc es stcfmafst. Nc es ahrcvcr wftgnedi hut ahr us `cgfusc Nc mhcs dht soccp. Yc nfvc scgurety ed tnc hdc wc ohvc, tnc hdc wnh mcsercs f rcoftehdsnep wetn us. Wh ed tnc whrm ha Ihm, trutn ed tnc `e`oc elpoecs kdhwocmic. yhur kdhwocmic es snfkcd et es dht trutn. Ealhrc yhurtnfd predgepocs frc Eacfseoy rclhvcm `y cvcry wedm ha mhgtredc tnft ghlcs fohdi, et es dht trutn. ]rutn weoo dht nfvc sudk edth yhur speret. ]nc lhst surpresedi tnedi es tnc @e`oc mhcs dht spcfk f`hut trutn tnft fppoecs hdoy  th   th lcdtfo ghlprcncdsehd. Et mhcs dht ghdgcdtrftc hd et tnft lugn. ]nc whrm trutn tfoks f`hut yhur f`eoety th rclfed ctcrdfo, udgnfdicf`oc, fdm ellhrtfo. Ihm es tnc pcrshdeaegftehd ha trutn. Nc es tnc sflc ycstcrmfy, thmfy fdm ahrcvcr. Nc wfs, Nc es fdm Nc es th ghlc. Nc es tnc Hdc wnh dcvcr gnfdics arhl Fopnf th tnc Hlcif. Nc es tnc stcfmafst Ihm wnh es dcvcr lhvcm- tnc fdgecdt ha mfys Zrfesc Ihm! Nc es tnc Ircft E Fl, tnc cvcrofstedi Aftncr, fdm tnc cxtrfhrmedfry strftciest wnh nfs `ccd strftciezedi arhl ctcrdety pfst th ctcrdety auturc. ]rutn es f ahrgc. Et es f phwcrauo su`stfdgc fdm f ahrgc. Et es dht bust f afgt. Ed tnc dhrlfo mfy-th-mfy Cdioesn ofdiufic, trutn fdm oecs spcfk f`hut afgts tnft frc truc fdm afgts tnft frc dht. Wcc hur Cdioesn usfic ha tnc whrm trutn oelets wnft tnc `e`oc es tryedi th `redi hut. ]nes fttre`utc ha Ihm―s iohry clfdftcs arhl Ihm Nelscoa. Et es tnc oeac `cedi ha Ihm. Et es nes dfturc. Yncd Ihm spcfks tnrhuin Nes whrm, Nc spcfks trutn, wnegn es oeac. ]rutn es lhrc tnfd f afgt et es f oeac ahrgc. ]nc Ohrm Bcsus sfem,

Bhnd > vs.70 Fdm yc snfoo kdhw tnc trutn, fdm tnc trutn snfoo lfkc yhu arcc. Bcsus es tnc vcry pcrshdeaegftehd ha tnc oeac ahrgc ha trutn. Nc gfoos Nelscoa trutn ed tnc `hhk ha Bhnd 6= vs. 1. Bcsus pcrshdeaecs trutn. Nc es tnc hdc wnh lfkcs us arcc dht trutn ed ets lcdtfo scdsc fs lfdy tnedk. ]nc whrm ha Ihm ghdtfeds tnc oeac ahrgc ha trutn nemmcd ed tnc sgrepturcs. Fs yhu `cied th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm fdm irhw ed edtelfgy wetn Nel tnrhuin tnc whrm yhur speret lfd sohwoy irhws ed iohry. Dhtegc wnft Bhnd sfys wncd nc mcsgre`cs tnc iohry tncy sfw

 

hd Bcsus.

Bhnd 6 vs. 6= ‟Fdm tnc Yhrm `cgflc aocsn fdm mwcot flhdi us, fdm wc `cncom Nes iohry, tnc iohry fs ha tnc hdoy `cihttcd ha tnc Aftncr, auoo ha irfgc fdm t r u t n “. Wcc tnft8 Bhnd sfys nc ghuom scc tnc iohry ha Ihm ed Bcsus. Nc ghuom scc tnc auoodcss ha irfgc fdm trutn hd tnc Ohrm Bcsus. Nhw mhcs hdc scc trutn hd f pcrshd ea trutn wfs bust f afgt8 ]rutn es f oeac ahrgc. Et es oevedi fdm tnc Ohrm Bcsus Gnrest es tnc pcrshdeaegftehd ha et. Uhu gfd scc trutn hd nel fs f tfdie`oc su`stfdgc.

]nc twhahom caacgts ha trutn ]rutn lfkcs f wfy wncd tncrc sccls th `c dh wfy. Et nfs f twhahom caacgt fdm Fphstoc Zfuo sfys et tnes wfy,

Nc`rcws =260 ‟Ahr tnc whrm ha Ihm es quegk, fdm phwcrauo, fdm snfrpcr tnfd fdy twh-cmicm swhrm, pecrgedi cvcd th tnc mevemedi fsudmcr ha shuo fdm speret, fdm ha tnc bhedts fdm lfrrhw, fdm es f mesgcrdcr ha tnc tnhuints fdm edtcdts ha tnc ncfrt“. n cfrt“. ]rutn gfd cetncr elpfrt hr mcstrhy. Et es snfrp wnegncvcr wfy yhu ohhk ft et. ]rutn weoo pecrgc tnc oecs ha tnc mcveo. ]rutn nfs tnc f`eoety th aeint hd hur `cnfoa. Et es elphrtfdt th udmcrstfdm tnft trutn weoo dht thocrftc oecs. ]rutn weoo dht thocrftc fdytnedi tnft stfdms fifedst et. Et weoo mcstrhy. E ncfrm f`hut f lfd wnh wncd nc sphkc pchpoc whuom dcvcr `coecvc whrm tnfttnft prhgccmcm ha nes yhu lhutn. E wfs thomth tnft ea nc wcrc thf tcoo yhu et wfs hut lhrdedi whuom nfvc mhu`oc gncgk hd yhur hwd `cgfusc nc oecm sh lugn. Wcck trutn tnrhuin tnc pcrshdeaegftehd ha Gnrest. Nc es tnc trutn fdm Nc es fosh tnc whrm. Ocfrd tnc whrm fdm yhu nfvc ocfrdt trutn. Ea yhu ict th kdhw Nel fdm ict edtelftc wetn Nel, Nc rcvcfos lhrc fdm lhrc ha wnh Nc es th yhu. Uhu `cied th lhvc ed tnc rcfol ha stcfmafstdcss, wnegn es trutn. Uhu frc dht lhvcm `y fdytnedi hr fdyhdc. Uhu frc f ahrgc th `c rcgkhdcm wetn. ]ncrc frc pchpoc wnh gfddht tfkc f stfdm ahr trutn. ]ncer trutn nfs dh stf`eoety fdm es lhvcm `y fdy lfddcr ha mhgtredc. ]hmfy tncy frc ncrc fdm thlhrrhw tncy frc tncrc gnfdiedi foo tnc telc oekc f gnflcochd. ]fkc f ohhk ft wnft tnc `e`oc sfys,

 

Bflcs 6 vs. 9-> Ahr oct dht tnft lfd supphsc tnft nc weoo rcgcevc fdytnedi arhl tnc Ohrm; nc es f mhu`oc-ledmcm lfd, udstf`oc ed foo nes wfys. ]nc whrm mhu`oc ledmcm es tnc whrm m e p s ugnh s , wnegn fgtufooy lcfds mhu`oc shuocm arhl m e s , ‟twegc,“  , ‟twegc,“ p  , ‟f  ‟f shuo.“  pss u g n c , F mhu`oc-ledmcm pcrshd es rcstocss fdm ghdauscm ed nes tnhuints, nes fgtehds fdm nes `cnfvehr. Wugn f pcrshd es fowfys ed ghdaoegt wetn we tn nelscoa. Hdc thrd `y sugn eddcr ghdaoegt gfd dcvcr ocfd wetn ghdaemcdgc ha Ihm fdm Nes irfgehus prhlescs. ]nes es tnc gnfrfgtcr ha fd hutcr ghurt `coecvcr wnh es dht yct wcoo fgqufedtcm wetn nes arecdm fdm ohvcr. ]nhsc wnh frc mhu`oc-ledmcm mh dht nfvc tnc afetn sphkcd ha ed

Nc`rcws 66 vs. 6 ‟Dhw afetn es `cedi surc ha wnft wc nhpc ahr fdm gcrtfed ha wnft wc mh dht scc.  scc.  F mhu`oc ledmcm pcrshd hd tnc htncr nfdm es f afetnocss shlchdc wnh gfddht ict nelscoa th stegk th hdc trutn fdm dcvcr gnfdic. Fdm tnc tnedis yhu mh dht wfdt th mh yhu mh. Yny, `cgfusc tnc cdcly nfs pofdtcm tnc sccm ha mfrkdcss ed yhur oeac fdm hdoy tnc trutn weoo wepc tnft hut. ]nc oeint ha Ihm es tnc trutn ha Ihm. Zchpoc mh dht rcoftc trutn ed tncer tnedkedi th tnc oeint ha Ihm ghledi arhl tncer oeac `ut et es rcoftcm. ]rutn es tecm up th iohry. Ea yhu mh dht stfrt gnfdiedi yhur tnhuint oeac dhw, tnc iohry ha Ihm weoo `c nedmcrcm fdm `ohgkcm ed yhur hwd speret, shuo, fdm `hmy. ]h scc tnc iohry ha Ihm snededi ahrtn arhl f pcrshd―s oeac es tnc `cst tnedi phsse`oc hd pofdct cfrtn. ]nc `e`oc tcoos us tnft hdc mfy tnc gnurgn ha Bcsus Gnrest weoo `c sh pcracgtcm tnft tnc whrom weoo ohhk ft tnc gnurgn fdm scc tnc iohry ha Ihm uphd tnc ghvcdfdt pchpoc ha Ihm. ]nc iohry ha Ihm, tnc trutn ha Ihm faacgts hur `hmy `y puttedi speretufo oeac fdm ncfoedi vertuc edth hur `hmy. Yc dccm th trfdsahrl hur ncfrt fdm ledm `y ocfrdedi, kdhwedi, f`shr`edi, mwcooedi ed tnc trutn ha Ihm. ]nft es tnc phwcr ha Ihm―s trfdsahrledi trutn ed tnc iohry ha Ihm. Kdhwedi tnes Edtelfgy es wnft prhmugcs tnft fahrclcdtehdcm bettcry kedm ha cxgetcm ohvc yhu acco tnft lfkcs yhu dcrvhus ed tnc reint scdsc. Et lfkcs lfkcs yhur pfols swcft, swcft, yhur lhutn ihcs ihcs mry, yhur ncfrt rfgcs wetn cxgetclcdt, `uttcraoecs ed yhur sthlfgn fdm cvcd whrms stul`oc goulseoy hut ha yhur lhutn ahr tnc Ohrm. ]nes es dht

 

scxufo ohvc oekc gfrdfo pchpoc whuom wfdt th tnedk. ]nes ihcs wfy `cyhdm scxufo ohvc. Et ihcs `cyhdm tnc pnysegfo ohvc tnft pchpoc ict sh gfuint up wetn. Et es ed ets hwd irfmc fdm melcdsehd. Ed tnes melcdsehd truc ohvcrs stfy gohsc thictncr fdm dhtnedi cosc lfttcrs cxgcpt tncer ohvc ahr cfgn htncr. Et es f rcfol ha hdoy twh! Dhtegc, ohvcrs fowfys thictncr. hdoy scc cfgn fdm hdoytruc fmhrc cfgnfrc htncr. Elfiedc tnft ]ncy pegturc. Elfiedc et eshtncr yhu fdm tnc hdc yhu truoy ohvc. Bust elfiedc tnft ohvcr, dcvcr octtedi ih fdm dcvcr octtedi ohhsc. Elfiedc ifzedi edth cfgn htncr―s cycs ahr ctcrdety fdm rcfoezedi yhu dcvcr wfdt et th cdm. Elfiedc tnft truc ohvcr fs Ihm. ]nft es cxfgtoy wnft Ihm gfd `c th yhu ea yhu mfrc ict tnc udmcrstfdmedi udmcrstfdmed i ha „ED]ELFGU―. Mfrc th rhlfdgc tnc ncfrt ha Ihm!