LIFE LESSON FOR TODAY

PAINTING:  ESAU SELLING HIS BIRTHRIGHT                       TO JACOB BY MATTHIAS STOM, 17TH CENTURY One thing I have learned from reading my Bible is, evil has always existed.I have read about evil people from Genesis to Revelation. This week I'll share scriptures that discuss evil behavior.  There will also be scriptures showing the demise of evildoers in the Bible. Today I want to share scriptures about twins  named Esau and Jacob. The twins were not  identical. The Bible describes Esau as being  hairy with red skin. Jacob had smooth skin. Esau was a hunter and Jacob lived in tents. Their parents were Isaac and Rebeka. LIFE LESSON: ESAU SELLS HIS BIRTHRIGHT TO JACOB GENESIS 25: 29-34 29  Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. 30  And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom. 31  But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this da

PAINTING: QUEEN JEZEBEL BEING PUNISHED BY JEHU BY ANDREA CELESTI- 17TH CENTURY On 7/29/14 I shared scriptures which showed how Jezebel  usurped her power as King Ahab's wife.She did many evil things.  King Ahab's down fall was that  he worshiped another  god and he allowed his wife  to have prophets killed.   Today, I will share what happened to King Ahab and Jezebel.  Their evil doings did come to an end! LIFE LESSON: THE LORD SENDS ELIJAH TO TELL KING AHAB HOW HE AND JEZEBEL WILL BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR EVIL DOINGS. 1 KING  21:18-24 18  “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who lives in Samaria. There he is, in the vineyard of Naboth,where he has gone down to take possession of it.  19  You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord : “Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord : “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.”’”

DEPICTION OF JEZEBEL One thing I have learned from reading my Bible is, evil has always existed.I have read about evil people from Genesis to Revelation. This week I'll share scriptures that discuss evil behavior.  There will also be scriptures showing the demise of evildoers in the Bible. Today, I'll  discuss King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. Both of them did evil things.Here are the scriptures that show the evil things they did: LIFE LESSON: KING AHAB WAS KING OF ISRAEL FOR 22 YEARS. HE WORSHIPPED AN IDOL AND BUILT AN ALTAR FOR THE " god Baal". 1 KINGS 16: 31-33 31  And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him. 32  Then he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33  And Ahab made a wooden image. A

One thing I have learned from reading my Bible is, evil has always existed.I have read about evil people from Genesis to Revelation. This week I'll share scriptures that discuss evil behavior.  There will also be scriptures showing the demise of evildoers in the Bible. HERE ARE A FEW SCRIPTURES ABOUT EVIL: LIFE LESSON: THE LORD WARNS ADAM & EVE, DO NOT EAT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. GENESIS  2:16-17   16  And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;   17  but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it  you shall surely die.” LIFE LESSON: DAVID REALIZES THAT GOD DOESN'T LIKE WICKEDNESS OR EVIL. Psalm 5:4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. LIFE LESSON: JEREMIAH ASKED THE LORD WHY DO  EVIL PEOPLE  PROSPER? JEREMIAH 12: 1   1 Righteous are You, O

This week I shared scriptures about people in  the Bible who decided to do what they wanted  and not obey God. Some of the consequences of their actions were eye opening.The message I got from these scriptures was: Trust In God. He loves me and only wants the best for me. I must be willing to accept the consequences of my actions.I remember, how I hated waiting for my punishment when I disobeyed my parents. Here are a few scriptures I pray will help me to always trust and obey: JOHN 14:15 - .“If you love Me, keep  My commandments. LUKE 11:28 -  But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” EPHESIANS  6:17 - And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; GALATIANS  3:26 -  For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. MATTHEW 6:24 -  “No one can serve  two masters; for either he will hate  the one and love the other,or else he will be loyal to the one and desp

PAINTING, DAVID PLAYS HARP FOR KING SAUL BY REMBRANDT,  CREATED CIRCA 1650-1670 Today, I'll  look at one of the people from the Old Testaments who disobeyed to the  Lord.  I'll share scriptures about King Saul.  He was disobedient and lost his kingdom. LIFE LESSON: SAMUEL TELLS KING SAUL, THAT THE LORD WANTS ALL OF THE AMALEKITES KILLED.  THEY ATTACKED THE ISRAELITES. 1 SAMUEL 15:1-3 1 Samuel also said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord . 2  Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3  Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” LIFE LESSON: SAMUEL TELLS KING SAUL THAT HE DISOBEYED THE LORD.  HE SPARED THE KING O

TEN COMMANDMENTS Today, I'll continue to look at people from the  Old Testaments who disobeyed the Lord.  I'll  share scriptures about a man named Solomon. He is the son of King David. He was blessed by  God with great wisdom. His downfall was that he broke one of the Ten Commandments: GENESIS  20:3   “You shall have no other gods before Me. PAINTING: THE ANOINTING OF SOLOMON CORNELIS de VOS, 1630's, IN AUSTRIA LIFE LESSON: SOLOMON'S FOREIGN WIVES ARE IDOL  WORSHIPPERS. HIS HEART TURNS FROM THE LORD.  1 KINGS 11:1-2 , 4-8 1 But King Solomon loved many foreign women,  as well as the daughter of Pharaoh:  women of  the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites—   2  from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of  Israel,  “You  shall not intermarry  with them, nor they with you.Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. 4