Question: Why is there evil

God exercises relational power and not unilateral control. In this way God cannot instantly end evil and oppression in the world. God works in relational ways to help guide persons to liberation.
-Wikipedia

Notes - from Pastor Micah

Liberty Baptist Church Bible Study 10/6/10
Judges - Unlikely Heroes of the Bible

Israel's apathy 1.19-20
Lamentations Is it nothing to you all you that pass by--

a. Excuses to fufill God's plan.  "I'm busy" "I don't want"
Note: Iron chariots cannot stop omnipotence
b. End of God's presence

Psalms 51.11
Cast me not away from thy presence and take not the holy spirit from me.


Exodus 33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.


Psalms 140.13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.


Israel's apostacy 2.10
a. anarchy vs.5
b. ______ vs. 6-7


Psalms 199:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way who walk in the law of the LORD.


c. _______ vs. 10-15


1Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 


We have limited time - say what matters.


Israel's anarchy 17:6


Take away: don't drop the baton - make sure you pass on what you know to others.

Doing

There seems to be a difference between doing for the kingdom just because it's right and doing for the kingdom so it can act for you.

Weightier Matters

What makes one law more weighed heavier than another - the answer seems more elusive the more one thinks about it —

Denver

Denver CO — the city of mountains. 

After attending Rev. Curry Blake's 3-day DHT seminar I felt pretty pumped. Lessons I take from the sermon sometimes you have to act to do things the first time. By act I mean act like your favorite preacher — Curry's first main healing was through impersonating somebody else — But you do have to act also as in the mindset of being active. 

Three days left in San Jose

After a long road trip to Los Angeles the school has seemed to slow down.  Questions remain- What is baptism in the holy spirit/What is "dunamos" [John 20:22] [Acts 1:5-8]- What is the significance of other spiritual gifts- How do we take our lives to the next level?

As my trip here comes to a close I can say I did not squander my time here- but there are still many lessons to be learned.

oA 1a

I helped pray for a guy with stroke this weekend along with a few other people. A few days later he got a bit better and also saved.

Our discussions start to gravitate towards how to get to the next level- including how to get the baptism of the holy spirit and what that baptism would be like.

Santa Cruz

Went to Santa Cruz today-saw some seagulls and seels/sea lions [arf arf] they were a few feet away but weren't allowed to touch them.

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With repentance comes the forgiveness of sins. Belief is one thing-the Amplified bible expands the Greek-cling to. Jesus' first message to the public is repent-Matthew 4:16-17
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Repentance is not belief in the sense of changing one's thought process-nor
is it just works but both-it is an act of the mind body and spirit.

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definitions-prayer. believer/disciple. honor. worship-using your body as a living sacrifice.
intercession-not manipulation. Perfect love-without fear.

Apparently Jesus never directly rebuked the sinners [just the demons] only the hypocrites.

Random Sunday

Went to a baptist church that reaches out to children- one man drives a school bus picking up children to go to biblical- based school that they have. Then went around downtown both by foot and by car, then we talked with an ice-cream man.

Random Saturday

Went to the flea market then on the way to the the mini-golf arcade we had car karaoke. Most of my buds doing the healing today, I was mainly there just to hang out and read scripture- five of us today. Tonight we`re looking at Google maps for places to hit.

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James 2 
14What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, 16and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? 17So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

We need to act upon what we know, or else it won't do any good. 

I consider today my first day of actual practice

nobody got drastically changed – no raising the dead yet, but I feel like this really helps aim at a higher purpose— I started out with baseball chit-chat at an asian store near the mall with one guy who was Buddhist who let me say a short prayer for him. Then we went to the mall and was one man with a cane who seemed really appreciative of the short laying of hands and commanding his body to be healed in Jesus' name. He seemed to be a bit better, in a good mood, I probably should have asked him how he felt but it slipped my mind, because I was thinking about how to keep in contact with him. Overall it was pretty fun- like wow

Random encounters, no healings:
-A person who was recently saved
-An atheist who worked at the store

I need to get out my contact info easier-business cards?...

2l Filming

Today we filmed for the movie concerning the religious matters, then church.

Off day 1

Tried to learn some worship songs on guitar since apparently everybody is good at guitar here— then I am checking out the swimming pool at a friend's apartment.

2i Random

A lesson for Friday was dont chase bad soil, as in dont go spend all your energy trying to push and force somebody to realize a spiritual truth, but instead try to channel your energy to those who are hungry for what you have to say.

Luke 8:5-8 (New International Version)

⁵"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. ⁶Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. ⁷Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. ⁸Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown."

Went to two San Jose Giants minor league games, Thursday and Friday: it was the finals. Then I played billiards Saturday.  Giants vs Quakers: 1-1.

1f Win

'We always win.'


2 Corinthians 2:14 (King James Version)

 ¹⁴Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

What is agape?  Agape is not  romantic, and not that which is brotherly [phila, friendship], but one can say agape is a general anti-selfish compassion for others, the kind of love Jesus gave. 


For God so loved  the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

   Went to Barns n Noble today [Wed.] with two other guys, reading both Christian and mundane books.  Guys were singing worship, and having discussion for a few hours as usual today.  Worship seems to be every night except Thursday, which is the official day off. There was also talk about making a movie addressing concerns of the Church, and the filing of several religious books. 

0e Negative thoughts ^ Purity

The school had 12 including myself, one lesson I can recall was that all negative thoughts are not from ourselves. Then, that night we talked about purity.

Going Away Party

After a trip to Walmart where there was prayer for disabled peoples, yesterday night was a gathering to send somebody off who is going on a healing missions in Africa. We sung worship songs; There's no God like Jehovah, and learned about how we need fire, shelter and signals to survive both in the wilderness and as a Christian.

Arrival

Since Friday night at San Jose, there has been alot of new discovery about faith healing at a street fair and UC Berkley. A key lesson is that it is His will to heal us, as all disease is from the devil.

And in Matthew 10:8 Jesus commands his disciples:
"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give."