Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Sunday, February 28, 2016

6:42 AM

It was a warm sunny day in

We Get Confused or Misunderstand What Is TruthGod's Ways Are Not Our Ways - Parable of the vinyard workers

Things aren't always what they seem - Angie falling late at night in bathroom and busted her chin - no doubt the dr's thought the teenager had been drinking

Lady Sis. Carol told about who when washing dishes cut her wrists and had to convince them she wasn't really suicidal

Preacher visitng a patient in Psych ward fell asleep in chair while patient was away for a test and couldn't hardly get out of the situation.

I had a thought today but I can remember what it was about things aren't always what they seem,

I remember as a young boy back in the later 80's sometime my family had a big old brown station wagon. This was even before the day of required seat belts and carseats. Our station wagon was packed with six of us kids, Mom, Dad and my great aunt Velma. I'm not sure what we were doing, but we were on our way to Troy. The front door window was in two panels, one rolled down, and one in the shape of a triangle swung open on hinges. this was open and I was up front in my Great Aunt Velma's lap, can you imagine that today…. I noticed as I sat on her lap if I formed my mouth a certain way to the air blowing in the window it would make an interesting sound. And if I moved it just right it sounded like a siren. All of a sudden dad began to slow down and pull over and said something about I don't see it but I hear it where is it at. We all had a good laugh over that.

On the same trip the huge station wagon we had had a problem, the blinker would stay on and dad would forget. This happened during this trip and someone pulled out in front of us, causing Dad to pull over nearly causing an accident. i can still remember the feeling of that big old thing as the front right wheel where I was sitting came off the ground.

The man who killed his coworker in the incinerator at the funeral home.

The lady who had can of biscuits explode

Tests & Trials are not always the work of Satan

The Whole Picture You See Is Not The Entire Picture (Night Sky)

1 Mile May Not Be Enough

The mote & the Beam

Judge not lest ye be judge

What is that to thee - follow thou me

As Alexander points out, one can understand v. 8 (and 9) in three ways. The first is that although human thoughts would say that forgiveness is impossible, God's thoughts are not human. The second is that although human thoughts would say that God's covenant promises to Israel have been nullified by Israel's sin, God will keep those promises anyway. The third is that humans should turn from their sinful ways and thoughts because those are not God's ways and thoughts. Each of these may be paralleled with other passages in the Bible, so it is not a matter of what is in keeping with biblical theology. Instead, it must be a matter of what is in keeping with the context. In that case, as Alexander and others conclude, the third option must be the correct one. The repetition of ways and thoughts from v. 7 suggests that what is wrong with human ways and thoughts and requires one to turn away from them is that they are not God's thoughts and ways. This same point is made in Prov. 16:1-3 (cf. also Prov. 3:5-6; 21:2), using the same words (derakîm, "ways," v. 2; maḥšebôt, "thoughts," v. 3). Our ways and thoughts have been perverted by original sin, and it is only as we turn from them to God and his mercy that we can ever have peace with him and live lives that will be truly productive.

John N. Oswalt, The New International Commentary on the Old Testament – The Book of Isaiah Chapters 40-66, (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 444.

Exalting Jesus in Mark]

Things are not always as they seem.” “Looks can be deceiving.” Never was this more true than when the Son of God left heaven and came to earth, when “the Word became flesh and took up residence among us” (John 1:14), when the fullness of deity came and dwelt in a body (Col 2:9), when the essence of God “did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage. Instead, He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men” (Phil 2:6-7). The transfiguration of Jesus confirms that, despite having the outward appearance of a mere mortal man, Jesus of Nazareth is in His nature and essence God—deity dressed in a body.

Although He is not the kind of Messiah Savior the nation of Israel was expecting, He is exactly the Messiah Savior they needed. He looks defeated, but He is actually victorious. He dies and is buried by men, but He will be raised and exalted by God. He looks like a regular dude, but in actuality He is deity!

The transfiguration is something of “a preview of coming attractions.” It follows Peter’s great confession (Mark 8:27-30), Jesus’ prediction of His death (8:31-33), His call to radical discipleship (8:34-38), and His promise that some standing with Him will see the kingdom (9:1). These events are related.

179What happened to Moses in the early stages of redemptive history prefigured a greater Moses, a greater exodus, and a greater salvation. Note the following (adapted from Garland, Mark, 342):