Grace N Truth

Twenty (20), = redemption, completion and perfection. Hundred (100), = what is full And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. “How can I set this before a HUNDRED men?” his servant asked. But Elisha answered, “Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” Then he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD . His soon to be manifested barley bread ... For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including...

 In this section we will consider the testing of Jesus Christ at the beginning of his ministry on the earth to see if we can learn something from him. John the Baptist have been Baptizing people in the Jordan River and this day Jesus appeared and asked him to Baptize him. After saying that Jesus should be Baptizing him he finally agreed, and as he came up out of the water John saw a Dove, the symbol of the holy Spirit coming down and alighting upon him and remaining on him. This was the sign that he had been given to Identify the one who would baptize with the Holy Spirit. But we are told that the SPIRIT LED JESUS INTO THE WILDERNESS TO BE TESTED OF THE DEVIL. This was not the Devil getting hold of Jesus in an attempt to destroy him. NO this whole episode is instigated by the Spirit of the LORD. We need to identify first of all who or what is this “Devil?” The Greek word for “Devil” is diabolos {dee-ab'-ol-os} and means, prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely. The word slande...