To Clarify: This is talking about trick-or-treating, the act of going door to door and collecting candy for wearing a costume. No, it isn't wrong to trick-or-treat. Why? You can find the answer to the question in the First Epistle to the Corinthians Chapter 8. Its concerning food offered to false idols. We all know that there is but one God, of whom are all things. But not everyone knows this, as you'll know. Paul said that there are people in that day that ate food offered to idols knowing that the idol was false, defiling themselves against it. But if we eat that meat after that person has gotten up and left, and we being sons of God (a son of God having no respect to gender, so either male or female), we know that meat is meat and that eating it doesn't change a thing. We know that that god (and there are things that people call gods, but there is one God, which you know) is false. So why let the meat go to waste? Eating it wont mean anything other than eating the meat!
But the problem comes in when your brother in Christ sees you, that might not have that knowledge, and sees you sitting at the idol's temple eating the sacrifice. He might think its okay for him to eat the meat of this false god! So then if you turn this poor brother away from Christ, it would surely be a grave sin! And that's a sin against our Christ! So it would have been better to have never tasted the flesh of meat all the days of your live than to commit this sin. We, under Christ, know that the fullness of the earth is God's and there isn't anything that we can't eat. When that silver chord parts, our bodies return to the dust and ash of the ground that God took them from. But if the liberty of eating this were to break someone else's conscience against the kingdom of our Christ, it's no laughing matter.
So trick-or-treating. We know that the people walking around in costumes are getting candy, and that halloween is something false. But if someone says to you that you shouldn't be trick-or-treating, or asks you if you're going to trick-or-treat, being their sibling in Christ, make sure to tell them about the meat sacrificed to false idols. So that they have the knowledge, and don't think that you're giving into God's adversary and sinning with your action, but if your liberty deceives someone into thinking that you're actually wholeheartedly indulging in some pagan holiday, then be sure to let them know. Otherwise, it's better not to go and trick-or-treat at all.
So today I was coming home from my 45 minutes of Chemistry class at the University of South Florida. I was taking the number 4 bus from Gateway Mall just after coming off of the 100X, the express bus. We're headed towards downtown, as the sun sets. A police car blocks the roadway. Just beyond that I could see a half a dozen other police cars. Across the way was a gas station. I laughed. Then I saw the shocked expressions on people's faces. Then I went serious, and thought the gas station was being held up. I had my bible out because I was understanding it on the bus. So then I got out, bible in hand, and took a look.
The street was blocked off as far as the eye could see. The cars, also, were extended behind the blocked off streets as far as the eye could see. Everyone had their lights on. Some turned around and went the other way. Many people lined the street, sort of like a parade. The police told everyone to stay on the curb. Suddenly out of nowhere came a police officer on a motor cycle. Then came 2 tow trucks. They were traveling at maybe 65 miles per high, highway speed. They had sirens.
Then maybe we waited a few minutes, and then it started. The bus driver and half the bus were out watching and having a smoke while the other half were upset about the traffic being blocked and stayed on. A barrage of motor cycle police came whizzing by in single-file line. I counted 25. Then, a barrage of SUVs. I counted 30. Then cop cars interspersed them, where I lost track at a number in the 20's. Then one more motorcycle policeman, making 26. Then I saw it... Near towards the middle of the end of the line were two or three limos. In one of them was George W Bush and his wife. There was a line on in the inside, and they were happily waving. I saw his gray hair and suit whiz by. He was waving in my general direction, on the right side of the vehicle, while the man's wife was to his left. Then, proceeding him were secret-servicemen in limo-van vehicles, dressed nicely in suits and business-jackets. Following the president's limo directly was an SUV with a man wearing a suit in it with the back window open where he would look and watch people on the sides of the street. Almost instantly, it ended in claps and cheers. The police moved their cars, the bus driver was ready to roll. I walked back just in time to hear the end of the political argument at the back of the bus that end with the words, "Whoop-de-doo."
Why was this significant to me? Earlier on in that bus ride, I was ready a verse in the bible and looked out the window and saw in the Walgreens sign that it said, "Eckerds is closed Transfer your prescription here," in those general words. I thought backwards. Eckerds was a grave enemy of mine. The corporation itself not only turned me down from hiring even though their store manager wanted to hire me, but they did it twice, even after training me. Then my bike was stolen there. And they offered no assistance. Then the store manager was angry at me for getting him into trouble with the corporation. And I despised their high prices and often made vows never to come back there again. I remember telling the clerk these exact words, "One day I'm going to raise a big corporation, and buy Eckerds out just to destroy the corporation." Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have a company today. There is no competition, but only corporation. And this company is Christ; Wherein I may have a thousand enemies in the world, but even greater are the brothers and sisters I have in Christ - who are my uncles, sisters, brothers, mothers, cousins... I have one big family with me.
Today, as I saw that sign, I prayed and thanked God that He took down my largest enemy, like David slew Goliath. No matter how big, God is in control. No matter how impossible it seems, He'll deliver you in front of even the president himself. And every leader of the nations of the world aren't anything in God's eyes, because He's no respecter of worldly authorities, Him being the highest Authority there is at any time.
I am ready to be delivered in front of even the anti-christ for the Lord Christ's sake. I'm ready to deliver the Holy Spirit's words in front of satan himself. No matter how big the enemy, or how large the authority, God willing, they're nothing.
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I just remembered... uh, apparently the man and his wife were headed to the Vinoy to have dinner. It's funny because, as sons of God, we're going to arrayed with more glory and beauty in God's kingdom than any president or anyone here, for that matter, when the Lord gives us His inheritance.
I am hated. The world has faded. Man is heated. I feel jaded. Because they're conceited.
When the world hates you, You walk around with head high-held. Then squirrels throw their nuts at you. Then it hits you like a bombshell. You don't know how and you don't know who. But you know it will be like hell. And it should happen soon.
When the world hates you, Everything tries to make you late. There are roaches in your toast. In the cool of the high noon. They try to pull you down to their same fate. The people around start to boast. And you feel like a fool.
Then the world hates you, They try to make you feel small. Try to pressure you into doing things you've hated. Saying Come out of your dear shell. So that they themselves can feel tall. Lusting after the world's daughters. So that you'd be all-the-same fated, Downward, bound to the pits of hell. Then you'll see us up there, narrowly, Begging for a drop of our well-water.
When the world hates, You feel like man's dung for cow's dung. Saying I want my mum, I want my nappy. All sings have been sang, and no hymns have been sung. You don't feel very happy. They want you to feel like you've been hung. They pull you down, make you feel crappy. You beg for home. You beg for mummy dearest. You seek after our love, You crave for the sincerest Sign of sympathy as your face cringes and wrinkles. And we're taken away from you in one eye's twinkle.
Then the world hates you, You crave for juice, but the bands of their yoke. Wont let you loose, so you cry and sulk. Who are you? You're a joke! That's what you get for messing with those folk. Didn't you realize you're just a small-poke? You're not even in lower class. Not fit to sip cows urine, or eat from the belly Of an ass thats beaten down and tastes weird and seems smelly. Then the world asks Who are you, really? And pushes you down in its hazing and harass. When the world hates you, all of them do.
When the world hates you, You feel cunningly aloof, as you defend your own life, Everyone dealing with strife in their hands. But none of them can guide Arcturus' sons. Or loosen Orion's bands. They seek to take your life, coming at you with a knife. But they can only destroy the flesh. They can't take away the first breath. And the flesh belongs to this world. Yeah, you'll return to the dusts and sands, From which you were taken. But if they think they can end your life, and have that right, They are sadly mistaken.
When the world hates you. It hates me, too, do you see? And in what you do, they do to me, They did to Him, and they'll do to you, too, do you hear? But He is One that quickens, and sets free, He is One reason why we have nothing to hide from. And no one here is to be feared. Don't let them take your compassion. And know that you're not insane. Because there's nothing new under the sun, And all that they do is mostly in vain. I loved you, we love you, but they don't know how to love. All they can do is fight - they push...they shove... And they can take all their culture, and all their refinement. To the lake of their confinement and torture.
And when the world hates you, And its time you've had enough... Know that He will send the Comforter, And in all glory, and in all love, I'll be waiting for you there, humbly. Waiting for that loving hug.
Waiting for the blessed day, That the world will die. And we're all raised, no more in valleys, but in high mountains, Where we're all single sound mind, and worth something rather than, Let nothing take you by the hand, and toss you around. I'll be there. Waiting for you. When the world takes you down. And He lifts you up. Because when you go to sup with the Master, There's no world, flesh, sin, or any of its disasters. And when the trumps sound, viles bellow, And seals open. I'll be there on that mountain, With sympathetic eyes, Hoping.
That even though the world hates you, You've defeated it, like He did, too.
"And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple." The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 14, Verse 27.
I put on the armour of God and follow Christ. I repented in my heart from the yoke of sin and following Christ crucify my flesh from this world with Christ. We are saved by the blood of Christ, as children of light, but bearing the cross is to be crucified of the world and its lusts. God put it in me to write these, after struggling to repent from sin:
Defeat Temptation - This will tell you what temptation is and exactly how to defeat it in Christ.
Prevent Temptation - This says how satan, the enemy of God, uses the lusts and temptations of the world and exactly how to prevent lusts from taking root in your heart, or how to cut down the thorns of lust that are choking your heart from the light of God.
End Temptation - This is what I wrote after asking the question, "Why do I still give into sin?" I received an answer to that question and God can reveal that answer to you, too. This should help you find out.
The Lamb of God was spotless when He was sacrificed for your sins. There is no place for sin in the kingdom of God. So, as you become a son of God, put down sin, bearing the cross that Christ crucified even you with, so that you're able to please God by your faith. If there's anything that you would like, just ask Christ, or those that know Christ. If you know the Son, you know the Father, and the Father will answer your questions by the Son. So don't hesitate to ask, because God always answers.
It's not just about sin, but the world that Christ defeated, saving it. Don't let the world get you down: if it hated Christ the Son of God, crucifying Him, then it wont accept you who follow Him either. Crucifying sin in Christ, leave the principles of the gospel of Christ, and walking in the Spirit, go on to being fed with meat: after being weaned from the milk of repentance of dead works, doctrine of baptism, eternal judgement, or laying on of hands, if God permits (Epistle to the Hebrews Chapter 6).
May the grace of our Lord, the Most High, Jesus Christ, the Saviour chosen by the Almighty, be with you all, forever.
I trust in God. "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God," "Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement." "And this will we do, if God permit."
One by one these questions of mine are disappearing: the meaning of life, my purpose, why I'm here, what I am to do. All of them have been answered. I asked, and received. I saught, and found. When I knocked, Christ was the door, and opened to me.
God changes the seasons, and He changes the times. He calls my brethren and I by name. I finally understand. And have an indwelling Comforter. I am quickened - more alive than any man would know. And I now go forward to the glory of God in incorruption through Christ. I trust in God. And through Christ, knowing God, can love everyone else.
I bear my cross and come after Him. I see the light. He is the way, the truth, and the life.
"And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple." The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 14, Verse 27. Disciple: American Heritage Dictionary Definition: Noun 1. a. One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another. b. An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy. 2. often Disciple One of the original followers of Jesus. 3. Disciple A member of the Disciples of Christ.
Easton Dictionary Definition: "A scholar, sometimes applied to the followers of John the Baptist (Mt 9:14), and of the Pharisees (Mt 22:16), but principally to the followers of Christ. A disciple of Christ is one who (1) believes his doctrine, (2) rests on his sacrifice, (3) imbibes his spirit, and (4) imitates his example (Mt 10:24; Lu 14:26-27,33; Joh 6:69)."
To follow Christ, we must abandon the chains and bonds of sin, being its servant, and take up the cross that Christ bore for our sake, and crucify with Him our flesh, putting down fleshly ways. No more sins. From there-on-in do we walk in the Spirit rather than in the flesh and carnal way of sins against ourselves and others. The old way leads to death both of the flesh and spirit, but the new way, which is Christ, leads to life with no end. I take up the cross in Christ and crucify myself of the sins that held me in the grave in pride and shame, and follow Christ to serve Him, awaiting to see Him sitting in power and glory to the right of the throne of our Father as a son of God (First Epistle of John).
There is a way. And the way is living and breathing: our Lord, Jesus Christ.
If someone reads the Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 4, where the cite of Christ's temptations by the devil took place, they would think that Christ was tempted 3 times. And then read onto Luke and see those three times repeated. The meaning behind scripture, and there is but one meaning that defeats all interpretation, is revealed to the reader of the holy scripture by the Spirit of truth, which is the Holy Spirit. This is what Christ sent as the Comforter from the Father. The Holy Spirit is who protects the kingdom of God. To those that truly accept the Holy Spirit in their heart - the meaning is revealed to them and in their eyes, they understand the parables that Christ taught, and other aspects of the scripture. To they that don't accept the Holy Spirit, it is just another parable to them, or words. They that follower Christ read by faith, which is necessary to please God. Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Epistle to the Hebrews Chapter 11). But the meaning is revealed by the Holy Spirit as the follower of Christ has necessity to know. God's elect, those that would stand up against the antichrist in the third age, or those that are prepared for the ushering in of the third age by the appearance of the antichrist and will not be deceived, are given more understanding by their necessity. Christ said, Ask, and you shall receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened for you. So if you ask the Holy Spirit and pray without lust to God, asking, by the Spirit and faith in what Jesus Christ promised, you will receive an answer. This is how and why someone can study the scripture and, knowing the Word of God, see all sorts of connections within it. There are many mysteries to the kingdom of heaven, as Christ said. And if you ask, God will tell you, because He's very liberal with knowledge. And the understanding of that knowledge is by the Holy Spirit. Have faith in what Christ said in the Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 7, Verse 7.
Jesus Christ, after being baptized in the Jordan river, was taken by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness. The temptation of Christ is in Chapter 4 of both Matthew and Luke, but by the Holy Spirit, you will see that they are very much different from each other. The word wilderness in both verses is Greek word "eremos," er'-ay-mos, meaning a solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited desert and is Strong's Concordance number 2048 for reference.
Jesus Christ fasted for forty days and forty nights. In that time, He was tempted of the devil. The devil is a real, live, spiritual being. The devil fears Christ, because He's the Son of God. But He was made flesh, and the devil knew that those that are flesh can be tempted. But there is no sin in Christ. So here we go:
satan: Matthew Verse 3, "And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." Luke Verse 3, "And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread."
Christ: Matthew Verse 4, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Luke Verse 4, "And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by the bread alone, but by every word of God."
Satan is tempting Jesus here, but in Matthew, satan is asking Christ to turn stones, being plural, into bread, and not a single stone, as in Luke. Here is where I explain the entire point of these, having seen the verses with your eyes. The Gospel According to Matthew describes the second attempt of satan attacking Christ with temptation. In Luke, satan attacks Christ and Christ wins, but satan leaves Christ for a season of his own will, then returns to tempt Him further, but Christ defeated him for the last time in Matthew. Study the verses and you'll see that even Christ's replies are different. So you see that the verses in Luke are from the first time the devil tempts Jesus, and the verses in Matthew are from the final time. Satan tempts Christ of the same things, but he does it in different ways. Here is where the two witnesses to the Gospel part. The first temptation of Christ as outlined in Luke goes to Christ being taken to a high mountain, but listen:
satan: Luke Verse 5, "And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time." Additionally, Verse 6, "And the devil said unto him, All this power will I given thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it." Matthew Verse 8, "Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;"
Satan takes Christ to a high mountain the first time, but the second takes Him to an even taller mountain than before: exceeding is Greek word "lain," lee'-an, which is Strong's Concordance number 3029, and is an adverb that means greatly, exceedingly, or exceedingly beyond measure.
satan: Luke Verse 7, "If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine." Matthew Verse 9, "And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me."
Christ: Luke Verse 8, "And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."
In Matthew, satan tempted our Lord Christ with visibly present things, testing Him and telling Him that He could possess all the nations. While in Luke, satan attempts to offer Christ the authority and power over all of those nations, which you can see from Verse 6 in Luke. The nations themselves were offered to Christ as a last resort by the tempter. The first temptation the high mountain that satan did, he states clearly that he had the power over the nations to give him authority over them. Hence the additional verse in Luke. By the Father had already promised Christ that He would inherit the Gentiles, and that man of any nations could become sons of God through Him.
Luke and Matthew are in different orders. Luke goes from satan tempting Christ on the mountain to tempting our Lord Jesus Christ to jump from the holy city pinnacle, but Matthew reverses that order. This is also why the numbering in the verses (not in the original Hebrew, of course, but added by the translators) was faithful to each other until the point where Christ defeated satan's temptation over the stone(s).
So, in Matthew, this is after the stones, but in Luke, after the mountain:
satan: Matthew Verse 5, "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteht him on a pinnacle of the temple," Verse 6, "And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." Luke Verse 9, "And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:" Verse 10, "For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:" Verse 11, "And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."
Satan perverts the scripture to try to tempt Christ to jump from the high place. In the final temptation in Matthew, there is no "to keep thee" in the tempter's perversion - he changed his words to make it seem more flattering.
Christ: Luke Verse 12, "And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Verse 13, "And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season."
In Luke, this is where satan decides to leave Christ for a 'season' within the forty days and forty nights, the word meaning a measure of time in Greek.
But, in Matthew, the cite of Christ's final temptation within the forty days and forty nights, the temptation ends completely after Christ is taken to the exceedingly high mountain. To the temptation on the angels lifting Christ up if He falls,
Christ: Matthew Verse 7, "Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Here we see the word 'again' once again.
Then after satan tempts Christ on the mountain,
Christ: Matthew Verse 10, "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Verse 11, "Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him."
In the final temptation, the devil left Him for good, being defeated, rather than departing for a season. In each of the temptations, Christ uses the sword of the Spirit to defeat satan. The sword of the Spirit comes by knowing the Word of God. Christ knows the Father, and so can quote from our Father's scripture. And, if God put His words in Christ's mouth, then we also can quote from God, having the mind of Christ. We know Christ, and the Father through Christ, and so can we also discern from satan's deception what is of the devil and what is of Christ. Knowing the Word isn't only from knowing the scripture that God gave us, and the gospel that Christ taught, but by knowing Christ through the gospel that He taught, personally. And by knowing Christ, we know the Father. And if we have Christ, we have the Spirit of truth to reveal the meaning behind scripture. And by the same Spirit of truth do we wield the sword of the Spirit, understanding the scripture of the Father by the Son.
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." The Gospel According to James Chapter 4, Verse 7.
There were 6 accounts of temptation in the gospels where Christ was tempted by satan, in different order. The tempter tempted Him twice of the same things. But as a follower of Christ, know that the Word doesn't change, and that if you defeated satan the first time by Christ who has victory over all of satan's devices, you can defeat him again when he tempts you of the same thing the second or third time. Christ shows us clearly how to end temptation, prevent sin in the process, and defeat satan, his temptations, and his sinful devices in the gospel.
Just as our Lord Christ Jesus, through which we have grace and salvation, defeated satan, so shall we. We, brother, sister, mother, daughter, father, cousin, kinsman, niece, nephew, son, and friends in Christ, will defeat satan, and all that he controls in the world, and have victory just as Christ has. This is why we are still tempted. So that we may overcome, and have victory of the tempter and accuser just as our Saviour has. We are all tempted of the same (First Epistle to the Corinthians Chapter 10, Verse 13), but knowing now, we can defeat satan. We will defeat satan. And overcome this world, already having faith in the promise of being in the next. Together, as the body of Christ, will we put down the bonds and chains of sin and this world, and walk in the Spirit.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Question: "God is an all-powerful being. So could God create a stone that was too heavy for Him to lift?"
Answer: The Gospel teaches not to answer such foolish questions, but people are using it to detach themselves from God and it's becoming a distraction. Christ has done some wonderful things for me, and part of that was answering every question that I've ever asked. Though I've never asked this question and knowing now what God wants me to know, I see this question as foolish, I'll answer it for the sake of God's chosen that choose the strait gate that leads to heaven rather than the broad one to hell.
Christ answered Job's questioning out of the whirlwind, and after Christ, being the Son of God and God, answered Job, He answered all of us in the quote from my last post: how we can come to know God, the Father, through Christ, the Son. After God answered Job, he said, Verse 3, "Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not." Then later in Verse 5, Job says, "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee." Then Verse 6, "Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." No man has, in the flesh, seen the Father at any time. It was Christ that Job say that day.
To, once again, establish in you that Christ is God, The Gospel According to John Chapter 1, Verses 1 and 2: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." "The same was in the beginning with God."
Now to answer the question, turn to the Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 27. Verse 32, "And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross." If you remember, at Christ's crucifixion, He had trouble carrying the cross to Golgotha, the site of His crucifixion, because they beat Him so brutally. Christ was made flesh, and there was no sin or guile to be found in the Saviour, but all flesh is weak. And so they asked Simon of Cyrene, a foreigner to their land, to help Him carry it to Golgotha.
Rock of stone or cross of wood, it makes no difference: but that Christ, who is God, who was made as a man in the flesh, was weakened and couldn't carry. After His crucifixion, as it was prophecized to happen 700 years before Christ was born in Isaiah and thousands of years before in Deuteronomy and Genesis, and as it is written in the stars of the sky, Christ rose and defeated death on the third day of all of these, and now sits at the right hand of God, as God, as He had even before He was fleshly incarnate. God isn't unknown. Christ knew God, because He has always been the Son of God, with the Father since before the foundations of this earth. Jesus Christ is how we can know God and God sent Him in the flesh for that purpose. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Then following verse says, "If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." This is the Gospel According to John Chapter 14, Verses 6 and 7. It goes further and elaborates more, if you're willing to read and seek.
God sent the Son, so that by knowing the Son, we might know the Father, and by the Son's sacrifice, become sons of God, as we were in the first age. And become spirit rather than flesh: instead of dust and ash that returns to the earth.
God tells you how He created you, and everything around you. There is no need to make theories. No need for guessing games. That is what happens when someone who doesn't believe tries to do a guessing game. God lets you know, but if you're not willing to believe, and receive the Spirit of truth, then you're going to be deceived by that guessing game. If you know the Word and ask the Word, just as His disciples did, God, who is very liberal with knowledge and understanding with His children, will tell you exactly how He did it.
