up the world and do his work. Most answers gets best!!! thanks!
2007-08-28 13:34:30 · 6 answers · asked by snapestress 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about this from the book of Ezra!
"Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem."
Restoration in the individual life involves rebuilding the control of the Spirit of God through obedience to the kingship and lordship of Jesus Christ. God always takes the initiative. No one, after falling into a sinful experience, would ever come back to Christ unless God brought him back. This is indicated so clearly in the case of the Israelites here in Ezra. When they had gone into Babylon, they became a different kind of people. They were sheep-keepers, or shepherds. When they went to Babylon they could no longer keep sheep, so they became shop-keepers, or merchants. And things went well!
They became so prosperous, so lost to materialism, that they did not want to go back to Jerusalem even though they were still slaves and exiled from their own land. Many of them refused to return when God opened the door. But the Spirit of God stirred up the hearts of some and made them unsatisfied with material prosperity. When we feel that crying need, God the Spirit is stirring us up to return and rebuild the things that make for spiritual strength. Without this rebuilding we cannot go about the world and do His work.
2007-08-28 13:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To many to list. ALL the prophets in the Old Testament were sent to speak the word of God. Then we have the New Testament, where the disciples and those who followed the disciples were sent out. The entire Bible is full of such verses.
2007-08-28 13:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not looking for best answer, but I would like to suggest the whole book of Nehemiah. You can look at what he did and compare it to what God wants us to do in the world. Every aspect of the book is about building Gods city on earth. A very good book.
2007-08-28 13:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by Michael M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
2007-08-28 13:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 28 : 18-20 says : " And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, ' All power is given unto me in heaven and earth. (19) Go ye therefore , and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost: (20) Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen ."
2007-08-28 13:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by The Count 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The whole bible, girl!
THE WHOLE BIBLE!
2007-08-28 13:46:48 · answer #6 · answered by IcyCool 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋