UNEQUAL YOKE

 DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR FAMILY

4 The woman does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband does not have power over his own body, but the wife does.

5 Deprive not one another, except by mutual consent for a season, to apply yourselves to fasting and prayer; and then come together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinence.

6 But I say this as if by permission and not by command.

7 For I would have all men to be like myself; but each has his own gift from God, one in one way and another in another.

8 But I say to single men and widows, it is good for them if they remain like me.

9 But if you can't help it, get married. Because it is better to marry than to burn.

10 However, to those who are married, I command, not I but the Lord, that the woman does not separate from her husband.

11 If, however, she separates, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled with her husband; and let the husband not leave his wife.

12 But to the others I say, not the Lord: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by her husband; otherwise your children would be filthy; but now they are saints.

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DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN WITH YOUR SPOUSE?

DID YOU SEPARATE BODYLY?

Read the biblical guidance:

1 Corinthians 7

10 However, to those who are married, I command, not I but the Lord, that the woman does not separate from her husband.

11 But if she leaves, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled with her husband; and let the husband not leave his wife.

12 But to the others I say, not the Lord: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by her husband; otherwise your children would be filthy; but now they are saints.

Unequally yoked is a choice to be avoided...

  When you're single!

  When you're dating and the different interests are noticeable!

How many goals are not the same!

If married, when realizing this unequal yoke, one must fight for the spouse for his conversion! If you separate for reasons of violence or an attempt on your life, you should not remarry.

  Biblical Reference:

1 Corinthians 7

1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me, it would be good for a man not to touch a woman;

2 But because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband.

3 The husband pays due kindness to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

4 The woman does not have power over her own body, but her husband does; and likewise the husband does not have power over his own body, but the wife does.

5 Deprive not one another, except by mutual consent for a season, to apply yourselves to fasting and prayer; and then come together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinence.

6 But I say this as if by permission and not by command.

7 For I would have all men to be like myself; but each has his own gift from God, one in one way and another in another.

8 But I say to single men and widows, it is good for them if they remain like me.

9 But if you can't help it, get married. Because it is better to marry than to burn.

10 However, to those who are married, I command, not I but the Lord, that the woman does not separate from her husband.

11 But if she leaves, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled with her husband; and let the husband not leave his wife.

12 But to the others I say, not the Lord: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by her husband; otherwise your children would be filthy; but now they are saints.

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HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPRESSION 'MINISTRY OF DEATH' IN 2 CORINTHIANS 3:7?

“And if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones, was clothed with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look at the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face, though it faded away.” (2 Corinthians 3:7).

Reading carefully the entire chapter of 2 Corinthians 3, one can see that Paul speaks of “ministry” and not of “law”. The term 'law' is not used, which will be fundamental for our analysis of the text, because if it does not mention the law of God, then we cannot say that it has been abolished.

“The apostle draws several contrasts between the covenants, which, in brief, are these:

OLD CONCERT => NEW CONCERT

1. “ministry of death” =>1. “ministry of the spirit”

2. “ministry of condemnation” =>2. "Justice ministry"

3. “letter that kills” =>3. “spirit that gives life”

4. “was abolished” =>4. “remains”

5. “in glory” =>5. “in excellent glory”

6.It is outside the man IICo3:6 =>6.It is inside, it is the spirit 2Co3:6

THEREFORE, THE OLD COVENANT WAS TO MINISTRY SYMBOLIC ELEMENTS THAT POINTED TO THE FUTURE REALITY (JO 1:29; MT 27:51) AND THE NEW COVENANT IS A CONCERT OF THE SPIRIT (2 COR 3:6) .

LET'S ANALYZE THESE CONTRASTS, FOR BETTER CLARIFICATION

“1 and 2. What was this “ministry of death” or “ministry of condemnation?” It most certainly does not mean 'law', because ministry or ministration has never been synonymous with law. The administration of a law is one thing, the law itself is another thing.

The ministration, or ministry, is nothing more than the means by which the law is applied, taught and lived, only ill will can confuse it. Therefore, it is beyond doubt that the "ministry of death" or "ministry of condemnation" unmistakably refers to the ancient ministry or administration of the law which was "engraved in letters on stone" - i.e. the covenant based on the decalogue, covenant this one that, due to the incapacity of the Israelites, found reality in the acts of Christ in our favor, ending with the death of the Lamb.

The new covenant, in contrast, Paul calls the "ministry of the spirit" or "ministry of righteousness." It is evident that, in vivid and comparative language, the apostle seeks to show that Christ and his ministry are the effulgent glory, beside which the glory of the ministry of former times paled and faded.

The book of Hebrews is full of these contrasts, a book that was written for the Jewish believers, who until they accepted Christ naturally believed that the glory of Sinai - the ministration (ministry) of the divine law by the priests, Levites and governors - was the last word in the celestial plane. However, they later saw that the glory of Christ far surpassed it.

“It is evident also that the comparative metaphor “boards of stone” and “boards of flesh of the heart” is indicative of the contrast between the two covenants.

Compare carefully with Jer. 31:31-34 and Ezeq. 11:19, 20. But there cannot be found the slightest allusion to the abrogation (annulment) of God's law. It should also be remembered that there are expressions in the Bible that must be understood for what they actually mean and not so much for the form of words.

By simple literary figure, the ministry of the law in the old covenant is called "death" or "condemnation", this because the transgression of the law (sin) had its wages of death or condemnation. Also in the days of Elisha, once upon a time, the sons of the prophets gathered around the “big pot” in which colocynthide was boiled.

Evidently they were poisonous herbs because those who ate them cried out, "Man of God, there is death in the pot." II Kings 4:38-40. In exact language, they wanted to say that there was something inside the pot that would cause death, but, changing the cause for the effect, they shouted, expressing themselves in that way. But it's easy to find the meaning. Just be sincere, and want to discover it. Thus Paul's relation to the "tables of stone."

3. Consider the "letter that kills" in contrast to the "spirit that gives life." A ministry of law, based on its letter, results only in death for its transgressors; but a ministry of law, based on the righteousness of Christ through the working of the Spirit in the sinner's heart, results in life.

The first ministry was a dead letter, due to default on the part of the people; the latter, the spirit that quickens, because it is Christ who enables man to obey. Always in focus the two concerts. Nothing suggests the abolition of the decalogue.

4. As to what "was done away," verse 14 says, in the original, that it was the old covenant (diatheke) and not the law of God. The new remains. If the Bible says it remains, it is because it does, whether the enemies of the truth like it or not. Do not contradict the Word of God with exegetical juggling. Nothing is here asserted concerning the decalogue.

5. Finally, regarding the “glory” mentioned by Paul, it concerns the glory proportionate to the two ministries. Divine justice shone fearfully on Mount Sinai, when the law was solemnly proclaimed. God was there at Sinai a consuming fire.

But how incomparably greater, infinitely greater, is the glory of God shedding its life-giving rays upon the earth, when Christ descended to "save a people from their sins."

See Matthew 1:21 "She will give birth to a son, and you shall name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.

The last "glory" paled the first. That first – which reflected on Moses' face – was abolished, surpassed as it was by the unparalleled radiance of the second. The Bible clearly says that the veil was placed on Moses' face, not on the tables of the law. It was his face that shone, not the boards; and it was the brightness of his face that faded, not the decalogue.

“Commenting on this chapter, wrote the scholars and fundamentalists Jamieson, Fausset, at Brown: ‘The moral law of the ten commandments, being written by the finger of God, is as binding now as it ever was; but still under the gospel with a spirit of love, than under the letter of a slavish obedience; now with much more intense and deeper spirituality (S. Matthew 5:17-48; Rom. 13:9)'.

"THEREFORE, II CORINTHIANS 3 REAFFIRMS THE RIGHT OF THE LAW!"

Note that the New Covenant does not abolish the Decalogue. Our being in the New Covenant does not end with God's command. Read:

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will write my laws in their minds, in their hearts I will write them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.” (Jeremiah 31:33).

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and in their hearts I will write them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” (Hebrews 8:10).

Do you understand? In the New Covenant we do not keep the law “in the letter”, but in the spirit, that is, from the heart, inwardly. In the New Covenant, the law will be written by God in our minds and hearts to obey automatically, through communion with the Creator.

Where in these texts do you see the abolition of the law just because we are in the New Covenant? Now, if in the New Covenant the law will be written in the 'heart and mind', how can it be annulled? The New Covenant reaffirms God's law; it puts the law of God in a new perspective, which is not to save but to direct the believer's life so that he turns away from sin and turns to God. In the New Covenant, the law springs from the heart because it was the Holy Spirit who placed it there; it is not like the Old Covenant where obedience was by the “letter of the law” (and not inwardly), only outwardly.

“A careful study of both covenants reveals that the difference between them was not in the law, but in how mankind related to the law...

The law was written on stone tablets during the old covenant. Under the terms of the new covenant, it is written in the heart. In Hebrews 8:10, Paul uses Jeremiah's words for the new covenant, explaining that now the law is not written on stones, but "I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their hearts I will write it." He did not abolish the law, nor did he change it. He wrote it on the minds of those who follow Him.”

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 "Let us not give up meeting together as a church, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another, all the more as you see the Day approaching." - Hebrews 10:25

"And so, God willing, I will visit you and enjoy your company for a while, if the Lord wills." - 1 Corinthians 16:4

"As the unity of the body, though many, is one body, so in Christ we are one body." - 1 Corinthians 12:12

"We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink into one Spirit." - 1 Corinthians 12:13

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." - 1 John 1:7

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." - 1 John 1:7

"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!" - Psalm 133:1

"All who believed were together and had everything in common." - Acts 2:44 "Whatever faith you have, have it before God. How happy are those who do not condemn themselves when approved in their thoughts!" - Romans 14:22 "So we, who are many, are one body in Christ, but each member is connected to the others." - Romans 12:5

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 WHY GOOD WORKS IF I AM SAVED BY GRACE?

1. The Bible teaches that good works are a demonstration of our faith and love for

God. In James 2:18, it is written: "But someone will be able to say, 'You have faith and I have works.' Show me your faith without works and I will show you my faith by my works."

2. Doing good works is a way of imitating Jesus Christ, who dedicated his life to serving others. In Ephesians 5:1-2 it says, "Like God, therefore, as beloved children, and live in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice of a pleasing aroma to God."

3. Good works are not a way to buy salvation, but are a response to the salvation we have already received through God's grace. In Ephesians 2:8-9, it is written, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, lest anyone should boast."

4. Good works are a way to glorify God and testify of his love to the world. In Matthew 5:16, it is written: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

5. Finally, doing good works can bring us many blessings and rewards in our earthly life and in the eternal life. In 1 Timothy 6:18-19, it is written: "That they do good, that they are rich in good works, generous in giving and ready to share. In this way, they will store up for themselves a secure treasure for the future and have the life true that is real life."

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 The light is good right?

The light illuminates to find what we are looking for...

Help us find what we lost...

It allows us to see things. Arrange the objects...

Light allows us to do any task without hindrance...

Upon arriving home, after opening the door, the first thing we do is turn on the light! Right? Whoever walks in darkness loses sight, bumps into stumbles, does not know where he is going because everything is darkness! Therefore, if you are in darkness, turn on the light of Jesus in your heart! So that you have vision and follow him on the Path 🙌

Text: Lucilene Camelo de Sousa

 

Salvation is by Grace, but it wasn't by Grace.

 Blood price has been paid!

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son, in whom we have redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:13-14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Ephesians 1:7

Knowing that it was not with corruptible things, such as silver or gold, that you were redeemed from your vain way of life, which you received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of an immaculate and undefiled lamb.

1 Peter 1:18-19

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:7

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the everlasting covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with every good work to do his will, working in you that which is before him. it is pleasing through Christ Jesus, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen!

Hebrews 13:20-21

But now, in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:13

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

John 6:56

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Hebrews 9:14

Come then, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 1:18

In like manner he took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you. Luke 22:20

 Jesus is alive! Jesus is risen!

It's Easter! Jesus conquered death! And he will come back!

Resurrection is the greatest victory over death and God is the only one with enough power to defeat it. And the greatest demonstration of this victory was when Jesus rose on the third day.

In his own strength, no one is able to overcome death. But those who trust in Jesus and his resurrection power have already defeated death!

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even if he dies, will live;

John 11:25

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of that.

Acts of the Apostles 3:15

By his power, God raised the Lord and will also raise us up.

1 Corinthians 6:14

I want to know Christ, the power of his resurrection and the participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death

Philippians 3:10

He is not here; he is risen, as he had said. Come and see the place where he lay. Go quickly and tell his disciples: He rose from the dead and is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him. Note that I already warned them."

Matthew 28:6-7

"Do not be astonished at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out; those who did good will rise to life, and those who did evil will rise to be condemned.

John 5:28-29

Happy and holy are those who participate in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them; they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:6

That same day, the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, approached him with this question: "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies without leaving children, his brother must marry the widow and give her descended from him. There were seven brothers among us. The first married and died. As he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. The same thing happened with the second, with the third, until the seventh. Finally, after all , the woman died. Well, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since they were all married to her?" Jesus replied, "You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God! In the resurrection people do not marry or are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.

Matthew 22:23-30

As he was going up to Jerusalem, Jesus called the twelve disciples privately and said to them: "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles that they may mock him, flog him, and crucify him. On the third day he will rise again!"

Matthew 20:17-19

Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the religious leaders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, he should be killed and three days later rise again.

Mark 8:31

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