Luke 16:8 (The Message) "Now here's a surprise: The master praised the crooked manager! And why? Because he knew how to look after himself. Streetwise people are smarter in this regard than law-abiding citizens. They are on constant alert, looking for angles, surviving by their wits. I want you to be smart in the same way—but for what is right—using every adversity to stimulate you to creative survival, to concentrate your attention on the bare essentials, so you'll live, really live, and not complacently just get by on good behavior." Insights: Adultery, Fornication, Licentiousness, Idolatry, Hatred, Contentions, Jealousy, Wrath, Strife, Murders, Seditions AS WELL AS Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness,and Self-control! Matthew 27:32 (New International Version) The Crucifixion As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. Steven Trapnell makes the following observation: Cyrene was a colony founded by the Greeks on the coast of North Africa. It is possible that Simeon might have been a Jew who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover; but it seems more probable that this Cyrenian who carried the Cross of Christ was a Negro, coming as he did from North Africa. Such an honour and privilege, initially granted to only one man, was given not to a Jew but to a Gentile: not to a Judean but to a Cyrenian; not to a white man but to a Negro.

The purpose of this blog is to generate interest and more interest in the Living Word of God. It is hoped that this will help make Bible study more interesting. May the blessed Holy Spirit use this blog as He deems fit. Amen!


希望这博克能助于引起对上帝话 语的 浓厚兴趣. 期待这将帮助增加圣经悦读的快趣. 愿圣灵庇佑赐 富. 阿门!


Man's Basic Needs


The Threefold Nature of Man's Basic Needs
[Source: Noah's Three Sons - Chapter 4]

World
Need
Capacity
Activity
Feeling
Spiritual
Worship
Religion
Things
Physical
Create
Technology
Thought
Intellectual
Reason
Philosophy


All 3 aspects need to be developed. An over-emphasis of man's spiritual life will not lead to a high civilization but tends rather in the opposite direction. A highly spiritual culture is no guarantee of a lasting era of peace & prosperity. As Jesus pointed out in Luke 16:8 that “the children of this world are wiser in their own generation than the children of light.Similary, an over-emphasis of man's intellectual life or physical needs has the same detrimental effects. .
The whole person is at his best when each area of life bodily needs, mental capacity and spiritual awareness are allowed to balance one another and grow together to maturity.

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