Develope a Palate

Develope a Palate
Daily intake of the Word nourishes the Spirit. Jeremiah's Menu is an exercise in recognizing God's Word made flesh in and around me. Eating the Word in a way that supplies the spiritual nutrients needed to grow. The Menu is offered with the hope of inspiring you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Bon Appetite!

Quote Du Jour

Quote du Jour
Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. ---Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Friday, February 27, 2015

Romans 8... day 8...

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God,
for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
Romans 8:7 ESV

This is a hard Word...

How did we get from...?

So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
And God blessed them. ...
And God saw everything that he made,
and behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1:27-28, 31 ESV

...to...?

...the flesh is hostile to God...

One word... sin...

...sin came into the world through one man,
and death through sin,
and so death spread to all men because all sinned...
Romans 5:12 ESV

The buying of Satan's lie...
obeying him... rather than God the Creator...
led to a tragic transfer... of allegiance...

Man moved himself... out from under God's authority... to Satan's... breaking all the good... and setting ourselves up... as enemies... of the One who loves us...

When we are all about the flesh... 
thoughts... will... emotion...
we are naturally... hostile to God...

Literally... unable... to submit to His law... His way...

We are broken... from conception...

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalm 51:5 ESV

Enemies... of... God...

You adulterous people!
Do you not know that friendship with the world
is enmity with God?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world
makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:4 ESV

Who do you want to befriend...?

Consider... where your mind is set...

Consider... what He has done for you...

For while we were still weak,
at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person --- 
though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die ---
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-8 ESV

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