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Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
What would be the best way to trap someone? For me it might be my appetite… some baked goods, like an apple pie or maybe a piece of my wife’s cheesecake. And I would just saunter up there to have some and you could drop a net on me… I probably wouldn’t mind to much as long as I could finish the treat…
So if your enemy was going to trap you and get you to give in… what would he use?
OR
Better question if you are honest is what would you use to trap you to get you to sin?
I think we often times don’t truly appreciate the lengths satan will go through in order to trap us and get us to fall into sins. he might bring up a memory of someone who hurt you and right at the exact moment have a family member talk about how great that person is… and you stew over it for a few days… and then lo and behold someone comes up to you and starts to gossip about that person and there you go, the trap has been set - you join them in the gossip. spilling little untrue or slightly bent half truths about them… It was a set up and you fell for the strategy.
Or your wife is getting nasty, she bites your head off, you are sexually frustrated and then a day later a co-worker tells you how you are such a great person and so wishes her husband was like you… you go home that night to a wife who is still critical and cold… You stay up late to surf the net… next thing you know you are on your coworkers facebook page and lusting and committing adultery in your head with her…. It was a set up and you fell for it.
What does scripture say about this… does it just leave us hanging … uhm be careful don’t fall for it….
Ephesians 6:11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
What is his armor? The helmet of salvation, the sword of the spirit, the shoes of peace, the breastplate of righteousness and the belt of truth.
the helmet - think saved, act saved, know what a saved person does and says in the times of temptation before it happens.
I love the line “what would the best me do in this situation”.
The Sword of the spirit. Look a really cool sword is just a flashy knick knack if you don’t know how to use it. How would you use the sword in advance if you knew how the enemy was going to tempt you? How would you pray in the spirit knowing temptation is coming?
The Breastplate of righteousness. You are sinless in Gods sight. Don’t fall for accusations or sinful pouting or the lies you may believe to justify a sin.
And the belt of truth. What does Gods word say about your temptation, your power to escape and your ability to stand against it. Do you know in advance before the enemy comes at you.
The word Scheme literally means
A predictable well thought out scheme or method to trap someone.
So why not have a predictably well thought out scheme or plan to get free from the temptation and strategy…
That is the best plan of all!
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
To be a neurosurgeon and to be able to be the best of the best, in fact be able to be the first one to separate conjoined twins at the back of the head… They have to have an incredible background, family and raise with some major elitism… but not Ben Carson. Born a poor inner city kid in Detroit, raised by a single mom and had a nasty temper… he had everything going against him including what other thought of him.
Acts 2
2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
(Galileans - a group of nobodies, normal everyday people… The group that changed the world??? They are from New Prague??? What?)
8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
(We see elsewhere in scripture where Paul went to other lands and churches had already been started… most likely from the those who were in this group.)
12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
What does this mean… aren’t they all Galileans?
They are the wrong people… they are nobody’s
- I will never forget the first time I was really moved to want to heal someone (and definitely not for the right reasons) But a young kid my age, weird, super spiritual and fresh out of the drug culture and was very sexually permissive. He had healed a woman’s leg. He prayed and had it grow out a few inches. He had many people from church as eye witnesses… and I was like “YOU”… wait a second you are a dimwit (and he was) But I began to think thats not fair- he is the wrong person to use. But God uses nobody’s.
In fact
God can use anybody. He used an ass to speak to baalam. He used an old prophet to speak to David, He used a a whisper to speak to Elijah, he used a little girl to speak to Peter, he used a couple dead fish and pieces of bread, he used spit and dirt to heal a man…. God can use anybody and anything.
They did not have the intellect or educational pedigree to be considered to be effective.
What is your reputation among those who are very mature spiritual believers…
What is it among your stupid sinner friends?
What is it among your coworkers?
IT DON’T MATTER FOR CHATTER. God does not care what your reputation is, he just wants to fill you and use you. I used to pray this prayer, God kill me, fill me and spill me. Just ask God to continually fill you with his spirit and take a run at it.
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
Psalm 54
Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?
Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?
2 All day long you plot destruction.
Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor;
you’re an expert at telling lies.
3 You love evil more than good
and lies more than truth. Interlude
4 You love to destroy others with your words,
you liar!
5 But God will strike you down once and for all.
He will pull you from your home
and uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude
6 The righteous will see it and be amazed.
They will laugh and say,
7 “Look what happens to mighty warriors
who do not trust in God.
They trust their wealth instead
and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
8 But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
9 I will praise you forever, O God,
for what you have done.
I will trust in your good name
in the presence of your faithful people.
4 You love to destroy others with your words,
you liar!
The war starts in your head with the words you believe.
6 The righteous will see it and be amazed.
They will laugh and say,
Why are we afraid to point out the foolishness of the wicked? Why don’t we laugh at the wicked? Our society has watered down reactions to Gods judgement because we are afraid of being judged as uncaring and out of touch… not just by non christians but also by christians. I think its time to get back to laughing at the absurdity of those who turn their hearts against God.
I reposted open social media yesterday a piece that mocked the liberal sinful world mindset… I will read it.
“So proud of your 6 YO son. He’s come out as a pirate. we have known since he was 2 months old. Children’s hospital agreed to pop out an eye for his patch, slice off a hand for his hook and saw off a leg for his piglet. His pronouns are P and Irate. We arrrrrgh so proud of him. #hischoice
8 But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
An olive tree is symbolic of a fragile plant that is affected by the elements. Pointing to the fact that we are fragile and affected by the elements around us… UNLESS you are planted in the house of the God.
When we plant our life, our goals, our families, our finances, our health, our hopes, our future, our faith in Gods word… we will thrive. We are protected. We may trust his unfailing love.
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
I carry a gun… I want to be able to protect my family, my church and those who are unable to protect themselves… Its concealed, I don’t flaunt it… life is not very enjoyable if you do not have protection.
Vasthi…. who is it.
We do a lot to have protection, carry a gun, take classes, watch your surroundings, we spend a lot of money…
But why… because it is not about protections but rather safety. We want to feel safe.
Have you ever heard a pilot confess that every landing is a controlled crash… its kind of true. A massive multi ton piece of metal filled with 100’s of gallons of incredibly combustible fuel with a few hundred people riding on it about 40k feet up in the sky… what could go wrong, and how would one get this to the ground….
Life sometimes feels like it is falling from the sky, but we are told we have Gods protection. How do we access it? Through a consistent life of prayer.
Listen…Psalms 91:1-2 (KJV) 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Marge and I claim Psalms 91 when every we fly and travel. I heard that every landing is a controlled crash, when I heard that I confess and declare every time we take off and when we land. Psalms 91:11-12 (KJV) For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Marge and I have flown a couple thousand flights equal to over 10 round trips to the moon. We have claimed God’s protection and the prayers of the saints. Thank you for praying for us.
I declare and decree that no weapon former against me shall prosper and all those who rise up against me shall fall. I declare that I am the head and not the tail, that all His promises in the covenant with Abraham are mine. His thoughts of me are of good and not of evil. I abide under His shadow and He covers me with His wings. I shall not fear the terror by night or the pestilence at daytime. He is my shield and my buckler.
He is my fortress, my God, in Him I will trust and not be afraid. He has not given us the spirit of fear but of Power, Love and a Sound Mind. We have power over all principalities, rulers of darkness and the enemy himself.
But these are just words unless you activate them with faith… and that comes from knowing God’s faithfulness… from knowing God intimately.
Look we understand from PS. 23 and other scriptures we are his sheep and he is our shepherd. Sheed fall into danger and out of protection in a few obvious ways.
By trying to provide for themselves
by trying to protect themselves
By trying to lead themselves
by trying to save themselves
They can’t do any of those and that is why they need a shepherd… ALL THE TIME. They must not just have a shepherd, but they must be in the shepherds presence all the time.
When scripture says pray at all times… 1 These. 5:17 it is saying practice the presence of God… staying in his presence.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
Lets talk about just simply getting things done. How do you get more done… not just for God, but also your job, your goals etc…
We always focus on what we want to do… is that bad? Not at all, but it is getting the horse before the cart as they say. the question is not what do you want to do, but rather what does God want you to believe?
I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN, ITS NOT SO MUCH WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO, BUT RATHER WHAT DOES HE WANT ME TO BELIEVE.
Lets look at the real work world. Studies show that if a boss focuses more on believing in his employees so that they shift what they believe and how they see themselves productivity goes way up. Rather than just telling them what to do.
the truth is 90% of leadership is how you think - 90% of productivity is how you think. It is not an actual skill set. When people say oh they have a real knack for leadership… or they can really get things done… what is really understated is that they really know who they are, there belief system is different. Its not a skill set, it is a mindset.
Lets dumb this down even further… we are human and it is easy to let our emotions get the best of us… we can feel stressed, depressed, lonely, anxious, worried, upset, frustrated, lacking, insecure, full of questions…
We can feel that way… what is the fastest way to change an emotion? A feeling? Simply choose a different belief. Im Anxious… so I will change my belief system to this… I am anxious because God has me on high alert for a change in my life for the better. Im anxious because God wants my attention because he wants to speak to me. I am insecure because God wants to show me where I need more of him.. and what a gift that is.
Or even more radical… Im lonely, but I will change my belief system. God says he will never leave me nor forsake me.
I won’t have enough money… but God says he shall supply all my needs. If I am willing to change my belief system it will change my emotions.
Listen just because its true for you does not mean it is true. But if its true for you, then it will be true. I will say that again, just because its true for you does not mean it is true. But if you believe it is true than it is true for you. So uh… huh? what? And if you believe it is true for you than you will live, work, act, and expect what you believe is true.
When we talk about surrendering to God it is not about surrendering our heart, but rather surrendering our mind and our belief pattern.
You need faith for what? To believe!
You have heard me say the worst thing about being deceived is you don’t know it, but once you know you are deceived you are no longer deceived… however that does not stop us from living under that deception because even if it is not true, we can still believe it.
I won’t ever lose weight. Yes you can, you know how, you have seen others in worse case scenarios lose weight, 100’s of pounds… you know it is true… so you are no longer deceived, but you believe it, so it is true for you.
John 8:31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Jesus says right here, it is not enough to know the truth you must hold on to it. You must continue practicing it.
Its not enough to know, you must believe.
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. Shawshank redemption.
YOu can get through just about anything if you have hope. Hope is the gas to living faithfully to the end of the trial.
In todays world I see a lack of hope… people see the headlines and hear all the social media and news experts talk on how bad everything is…
and in fact despair sells… not hope. But even in the hardest of times. (and I am not saying we are not in some perilous times) But even in the worst of times we can navigate with joy and comfort if we understand the power of hope.
In Romans 5:3-5, Paul says that we can rejoice in our sufferings because we are a people of hope: “Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (Rom. 5:3–5, ESV).
I love the translation that says HOPE does not disappoint. And it surely doesn’t. But how does one get hope while going through the pain of life?
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
We see 3 critical elements in this verse. First God is the God of hope. It is in his nature, it is his DNA, if you were to squeeze God hope would come out. its simply who he is.
If you know God you should have an everlasting source of hope. Secondly it answers when we can expect to get hope… NOW. NOW is the time for hope.
Not once our problems are solved, not once we win the lottery or get a wife or a new job or the kids are out of the house… but NOW.
Third and this sounds weird but hope is cyclical. The verse says the God of hope will fill you so that you may have hope. So we know God, he fills us with hope and it strengthens our understanding of who he is bringing us more hope.
And how is this done? buy the power of his Holy Spirit. Today may you simply call out to God and say Father, I need who you are - HOPE - to fill me with who you are - HOPE. and so I now trust, rest and expect your spirit to fill me. And watch what happens, yOU will start to see new things, new possibilities and new opportunities in the struggle of life, It will grow in you.
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
What did you eat for breakfast today? what about yesterday? What about 3 days ago… if you known and you can answer for all 3 days you probably are eating the same thing and its probably not very good for you.
If… and I say IF breakfast is the most important meal of the day.. why do we eat piles of outdated highly sugared cardboard substituted Quote unquote wheat based or grain based garbage.
In the united states there are over 2.7 billion boxes of cereal eaten a year. and over a 1000 different varieties…
including warm cereals like oatmeal, grits, cornmeal and porridge… porridge? Really… when was the last time you had porridge… ME? never. Does cold pizza count as breakfast? probably not.
We spend over 11 Billion dollars on cereal a year…
The average person eats 3 pounds of sugar a year just in cereal…
and who eats the most cereal? Why our kids of course… because kids of all people deserve to be started off in life with garbage carbohydrates and volumous amounts of sugar and a get in free to the dentist card.
You say Garth where is this going? I don’t know… well actually the point is this. We all have our habits for breakfast… and typically our worst eating habits are our first meal of the day.
So my question to you is “what do you feed your spirit first in the day?”
I can tell you right now, for many its not much better than what we feed our physical bodies in the mornings.
We feed it what tastes good. News, music, a podcast (except mine of course) but seriously think about this… when you eat a good healthy breakfast- lets say 2 eggs, bacon, some oatmeal and a glass of grapefruit juice… once your done with that you don’t typically crave cereal. No one says, great breakfast but what was missing was frosted flakes I hear theeeerrreeee great.
How much of our human inner appetites would starve if we had a solid daily spiritual meal in the morning. You don’t have to eat a lot but you should eat regularly. You should eat a balanced spiritual diet of Gods word, prayer and praise.
And when you read scripture actually read the bible and not just a devotional. I love devotionals, I have quite a few myself, but it is the crunch berry of my spiritual food. What do I mean? Crunchberries do not have any berries actually in them. Just some strawberry syrup. A devotional is just the syrup… the bible is the meat and potatoes… and is there any better breakfast than steak and potatoes? or hash browns…
Mark 1:35
Verse Concepts
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.
Psalm 5:3
Verse Concepts
In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.
Psalm 63:1-5 O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh faints for You, in a dry and thirsty land with no water.
2 I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. 3 Because Your loving kindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.
4 Thus will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. 5 My soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.
There is something about seeking God's presence early in the stillness of the morning. That is the time when our minds and hearts are the clearest.
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
I love collecting old books on medicine, and special cures and on the human body. I read them and get somewhat surprised by 2 things…one - how completely off they are with some things… like the cure for a headache. Goose urine, whiskey and opium… don’t get me wrong, it will cure a headache… but the whiplash effect has got to be a wing dinger. But the second thing I am amazed at is many times even though the book it over a hundred years old they are right on with their insights about the human body.
I am currently reading apples physiology by Dr. Frank Overton. the book is 125 years old and yet much of what he writes is spot on.
In fact he wrote something in its bout alcohol. he shared about how it affected the face, the blood vessels and the ruddy appearance to those who abuse it. And in the chapter he writes that most sicknesses are first seen in the face. I know that to be true. When I had my first cancer a nurse in the gym spotted it by simply looking at my face. Then when I went to my gastrointestinal doctor he simply looked in my eyes and under my eyelids and said I have cancer.
It made me reflect on matthew 6
Matthew 6:22-23“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Eye GK oth-thal-mos (we get our word optomologist)
it doesn’t just mean your physical eye, it actually accounts for your whole facial countenance. by looking in someones face you can tell if they are truly filled with joy!
But even better understood is it also means you reflect what you stare at. So if you are focusing on Jesus you reflect him and the joy he has set before you.
Reminds me of a story about 2 brothers who were prospectors back in the california gold rush back in the 1840’s and 50’s. the bought a small plot of land and started digging. for months they would dig, go into town every few weeks for a few more supplies and continue on. Well they finally hit a major vein of Gold. They were so excited they wanted to mine it and buy more land in that area. So they knew they had to keep it top secret. They decided to go into town, split up, act nonchalantly NOT SAY A WORD TO ANYONE and get their supplies and meet back at the edge of town and go back to camp. They did just that… but when they headed back to camp they noticed a few people following them, and by the time they go to camp there were now a few dozen people following them. The brothers both accused each other of talking… but when they finally asked one of the men following them he simply said “no one told us… we just seen it in your face”.
Aaahhh may that be our prayer today. That the lost world of today knows we have the answer because they seen in in our face.
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
It is shocking today - the evil acts of our generation who perform and believe such craziness and show no remorse whatsoever. It might even be more shocking that they themselves don’t see it.
The list of crazy is seemingly almost made up… but its out there.
Gender reidentification at the age of 5, 6 and 7
no longer he and she but it, they, them
Abortion on demand
Socialistic, demonic mindsets
Anti semitism is growing
One world order
One world economy
scientists boasting we will bend humanity and technology together and become Gods…
We ask, “How can they do such things?” But when the conscience is seared — burned out by constantly going against the Holy Spirits warnings— then we become like animals in our behavior. The Bible speaks of this in the following verses, “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron” (1 Timothy 4:1-2).
This also happened in ancient times, according to Paul’s letter to the church at Rome (Romans 1). After a certain period of time, God will give someone with a seared or evil conscience “over to a reprobate mind.” That means the mind cannot be renewed, because the person has for so long chosen their own selfish ways (which really are Satan’s ways) over God’s that it is not possible for them to change. This should be a warning for all who persist in sin.
Heb. 3
12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. 15 As has just been said:
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion.”
- 18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief
How to stay soft and intimate
Encourage one another, lift one another up, point out inconsistencies.
Obey the Holy Spirits nudging, his conviction, his direction,
pray for Gods rest and ask him to point out what is causing you unrest. what are you not acting on that might be causing a hard heart… ask him to crack it open.
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at
Brought to you by wellbuiltbody.com Gym Apparel for men and women that rocks and shocks and ain’t for everybody - but just might be for you. wellbuiltbody.com
Stop in the name of the Law… does that still work? Did it ever work? Seriously was there a time that you could just yell out “stop in the name of the law” and people were like - Darn it, I was just about to get away with it… but they yelled stop in the name of the law.
Ceremonial Law – this was a brand-new set of laws that God gave to Moses that were specifically for the nation of Israel as a theocracy. These laws dealt with the qualifications for priests, requirements for how and when to perform sacrifices, cleanliness laws, dietary laws, festival laws and tithing laws.
Ceremonial Law: This type of law related to Israel's worship. (Lev 1:1-13) The laws pointed forward to Jesus Christ and were no longer necessary after Jesus' death and resurrection. Though we are no longer bound to them, the principles behind the ceremonial laws, to worship and love God, still apply.
Civil(Judicial) Law – All nations must have civil laws to help deal with disputes between their citizens as well as to enforce the morals of the people. While not all of the Mosaic civil laws dealt with moral issues, a great deal of the Civil laws for Israel did in fact deal with how to punish or make restitution for violation of God’s moral laws. So, when we examine the Old Testament to search for the moral law of God – we must look for moral laws that stand alone as well as civil laws which prescribe punishment and restitution for breaking God’s moral laws.
Civil Law: This law dictated Israel's daily living (Deut 24:10-11); but modern society and culture are so radically different that some of these guidelines cannot be followed specifically. The principles behind the commands are to guide our conduct.
Moral Law – this is law which reflects God’s character and his design of this world. Examples of this law would include but are not limited to commands regarding murder, children honoring and obeying their parents, adultery, covetousness and theft. Moral Law: The moral laws are direct commands of God. A good example is the Ten Commandments (Ex 20:1-17).
The biblical view of scripture/law and primarily abortion or homosexuality. When people say that there are laws in the bible about don’t eating shell fish, don’t wear wool mix clothes, don’t wear pants, don’t wear your hair down… one must understand that there were 3 types of law given in scripture. Ceremonial, Civil and Moral. Ceremonial and civil were based on that time in history, context and history. But moral law is based on the character of God, it is unchanging. Jesus affirmed this by saying I came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. We could keep the ceremonial and civil, but we can’t keep the moral without the life giving spirit of Jesus.
The moral laws reveal the nature and will of God, and still apply to us today. We do not obey this moral law as a way to obtain salvation, but to live in ways pleasing to God.
Starting October 16th… in times of chaos it is good to have a strong understanding of the following.
Is There More to Life than This?
Who is Jesus?
Why Did Jesus Die?
How Can We I Have Faith?
Why and How Do I Pray?
Why and How Should I Read the Bible?
How Does God Guide Us?
Who is the Holy Spirit?
What Does the Holy Spirit Do?
How Can I Be Filled with the Holy Spirit?
How Can I Make the Most of the Rest of My Life?
How Can I Resist Evil?
Why and How Should I Tell Others?
Does God Heal Today?
What about the Church?
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Have you ever tested an app before?
What does it mean to you to test an app?
How much time a week can you put into testing?
How well are you at technology on a scale from 1-10?
How many apps do you currently have on yo