How God chooses to move is His business. Knowing He is faithful is my peace. Joy A Williams
BUT God…He cares for us! Without His intervention we would be without hope.
Matthew 25:31-45 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
We are our brothers keepers as follower of Jesus, the holy anointed one of the Father, we are His hands and feet!
Matthew 26:1-5 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples, 2 “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
The Religious Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus. Jesus had the most to say about the religious right who only wanted to rule in their power and not in His. Head knowledge of God means nothing without the wisdom of Holy Spirit to comprehend and take it to heart. Carla
Passover was an annual Jewish feast commemorating the Israelites’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 12–13; Luke 2:41). Jerusalem would have been crowded with Jewish pilgrims who came to celebrate Passover in the holy city. Chief priest and elders of the people refers to members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling body in Jerusalem. Caiaphas was the acting high priest. John’s Gospel indicates that Caiaphas’ predecessor and father-in-law, Annas, still held some authority at this time (John 18:12–13).
The Greek word used here for stealth, dolos, carries a sense of underhandedness, cunning, or treachery. Matthew might employ this term to portray the religious establishment as being guilty and wicked, in contrast to Jesus’ innocence and righteousness. Faithlife Study Bible
As is his style, Matthew brings the discourse of the Lord to a conclusion with the words, it came to pass, when Jesus had finished. The wicked Caiaphas was high priest from a.d. 18 to 37. However, Luke 3:2 says that both Annas (father-in-law of Caiaphas) and Caiaphas were high priests; Acts 4:6 calls Annas the high priest. Although Caiaphas was officially the high priest, Annas still had influence over that office. Annas was so despicable that the Roman government deposed him from office. However, he continued to work behind the scenes through his wicked son-in-law. The religious leaders knew they could not take Christ by argument or logic and they did not dare take Him by force. Their only recourse was trickery. This verse is to be compared with verse 2, which speaks of Christ’s full knowledge of what was coming and His acceptance that it was part of God’s plan (John 10:18).
Despite whatever people plot, God still sovereignly controls all events. The NKJV Study Bible
John 11:47–53 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”…
Matthew 26:57–58 And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. But Peter followed Him at a distance to the high priest’s courtyard. And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end.
Mark 14:1–2 After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death. But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”
Luke 3:2 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
John 18:13–15 And they led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year. Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people
Genesis 15:6 (ESV) "And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness."
God established a covenant with Abram.
In Genesis 15, we can learn a lot from Abram's faith. God assured Abram of protection and promised him a great reward, but to Abram, something in the reward was missing: Abram didn't have any children (Genesis 15:1-3). At this point he was about 85 years old, so he and his wife were far from childbearing age.
Yet God met them in their longing. And He meets us in our desires, too; in fact, Abram's story shows us we are truly fulfilled as we receive what God longs to do in our lives.
God has a unique plan for us. Sometimes it may look different than what we have in mind, but it is always for our good (Psalm 84:11; Romans 8:28). Abram's dilemma led to this discovery about God's character. When God told him to look toward heaven and count the overwhelming number of stars, each constellation must have looked like a celebration of God's goodness as He assured Abram, "So shall your offspring be" (Genesis 15:5).
Genesis 15:6 says Abram "believed" God's promise of future descendants. Because of Abram's faith, God "counted it to him as righteousness," meaning Abram was in right standing with God. This is the first time we see the words "believed" and "righteousness" in Scripture.
God's words to Abram were a guarantee: "Know for certain ..."(Genesis 15:13).
Finally, God Himself, represented by "a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch," passed between the sacrifices, ratifying the covenant (Genesis 15:17). And these sacrifices also foreshadowed Christ's sacrificial death and resurrection for us.
Not only the Abrahamic covenant but every promise of God is now fulfilled in the new covenant of Jesus (Hebrews 9:12-14)! When we believe in Him, we are in right standing with God, and Jesus' perfect righteousness is credited to us (Hebrews 9:11-15). We can be certain of God's promises today because we can be certain of Jesus.
When the details of life are challenging, Jesus is our Deliverer who restores us and gives us His peace. Through Him we have victory, and by His power we overcome (John 16:33; Colossians 1:12-14). First5
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