| Z90X- take the challenge |
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Will you take the Z90X challenge over the next 90 days? Check out the lesson from 3.10.10 Z90X Challenge
Huddle Questions
Day 56 Romans 15 - I Corinthians 1
Day 61 I Corinthians 16 - 2 Corinthians 4
Day 64 2 Corinthians 13 - Galatians 3
Day 65 Galatians 4 - Ephesians 1
Day 67 Ephesians 6 - Philippians 3
Day 68 Philippians 4 - Colossians 2
Day 69 Colossians 3 - 1 Thessalonians 3
Day 70 I Thessalonians 4 - 2 Thessalonians 3
Day 72 I Timothy 6 - 2 Timothy 3
Day 73 2 Timothy 4 - Titus - Philemon
Day 83 2 John - 3 John - Revelation 1
Click on the title of the blog entry and give us your feedback about how Z90X is going.
Dusting
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Put up a comment/testimony about how the challenge is going and get a snickers bar next week  |
Cassandra Dickhof
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It says in Matthew 2:3, 'When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all of Jerusalem with him.' Why would Jerusalem be disturbed?  |
Dusting
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Great question- people should be excited that Jesus is coming... But in reality people didn't really expect the messiah to come. God hadn't spoken to the people of Israel for over 400 years, so they had pretty much forgotten the promise. In Bible times life was a little more chaotic- crazy. They didn't really have a peaceful government. People would rebel and lead revolutions against the ruling king, other countries would come and attack, or even the trusted king's adviser might decided to kill the king and take his place. With all this turmoil came wars and armies marching all around. Innocent people would be killed in all the fighting and entire towns would be burned to the ground. Sooooo when the people heard their was a "new king"- they figured their peaceful life was about to change. good question |
Ann Elyse DeMuch
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i had that question also. thx! haha. i got a Bible for each of my parents houses and i was so excited to start reading. now i am so addicted to it!  i am really glad that this challenge was put up because i am learning so much! right now i am in school and i cant stop reading and blogging! i have another question. does anyone know how Herod died? just wondering. also did God tell joseph to go to Nazuath or did they just go there because they were scared? sry i dont no how to spell nazurath haha. :-) |
Dusting
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I will have to see how Herod died- don't know the answer off the top of my mind. God communicated with people through dreams during the Bible times. He also communicated through visions, angels, and prophets. As you read the story you will see how God used an angel to talk to Mary and dreams to speak to Joseph. I believe that Joseph knew that God was directing them to Egypt through the dream. I think the whole experience of Shepherds, angels, wise men, and dreams helped Joseph know that Jesus was special and that they had to be very careful about people who would want to hurt him. One advantage we have now is the complete Word of God. Joseph and Mary didn't have Bible to open up and read like we do. They had the Old Testament, but that was it. God doesn't use dreams or other ways to communicate as much now because we have the Bible to go to for answers and the Holy Spirit living inside of us to help guide us. When the end times come, God will start communicating through dreams and visions just like he did in the Bible times. How do i know? Joel 2:27-32 look it up in the Old Testament. Great Questions... |
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Herod, also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (born 74 BC, died 4 BC in Jericho), was a Jewish Roman client king of Israel. He was described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many Jewish teachers." He is also known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and other parts of the ancient world, including the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, sometimes referred to as Herod's Temple. His son Herod Antipas, who continued the Herodian dynasty, was ruler of Galilee (4 BC - 39 AD) during the time of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. How did Herod die? Josephus wrote that Herod's final illness – sometimes named as "Herod's Evil" – was excruciating. From Josephus' descriptions, some medical experts propose that Herod had chronic kidney disease complicated by Fournier's gangrene. Modern scholars agree he suffered throughout his lifetime from depression and paranoia. More recently, others report that the visible worms and putrefaction described in his final days are likely to have been scabies. This can explain his death, but can also account for his psychiatric symptoms. Similar symptoms attended the death of his grandson Herod Agrippa in AD 44. Josephus also stated that Herod was so concerned that no one would mourn his death, that he commanded a large group of distinguished men to come to Jericho, and he gave order that they should be killed at the time of his death so that the displays of grief that he craved would take place. Fortunately for them, Herod's son Archilaus and sister Salome did not carry out this wish. After Herod's death, his kingdom was divided among three of his sons. Archilaus became king of Judaea, Herod Antipas became tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, and Philip became tetrarch of territories east of the Jordan. This guy was messed up- God protected Jesus from letting jealous Herod try to take out a "future king." How will God keep you safe as you live for him- Do you think he will protect you from people that intend to hurt you? |
Ann Elyse DeMuch
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thx! king herod was alittle full of himself...  i think it would be so cool to have God communicate with me through my dreams or even have an angel appear! |
Ann Elyse DeMuch
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I think these chapters are really great because in Bible class we learned about all of this more in depth. I remember i had the question why Jesus was baptized if He was already sinless? A little bit l8r our Bible teacher went over this and i learned that He was perfect but he wanted to identify himself with the sinners. We also talked about John the Baptist and how there were 2 parts to his message. 1. We need to repent-change of mind and heart. Confessing sin and going the opposite direction 2. The kingdom of heaven is near. (The messiah is coming.) His message was controversial. The Jews believed that they didn't have to repent because they were "God's chosen People" I can't really follow the Eye passage/ parable thing. Can any1 help? I really like the salt passage because it has a good message. Its also easy to understand!  I would really like to get more in depth with it. Thx! |
Cassandra Dickhof
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Wow! I never knew that the Jews believed that! Thanks for the info. Are you talking about the passage in Matthew 5:38-42? |
dusting
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Matthew 6:22 “Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. 23 But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! What you look at- or consume mentally- or watch will eventually shape who you become. If you spend time reading God's Word, you will become more like Him. If you spend time watching soap operas you will start thinking, living, and acting like the people on the show. You need to guard what you watch, listen to, think about, and read. Here is the test Apostle Paul gives us to filter out the bad- Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. If something doesn't meet the list, don't spend time watching it, listening to it, talking about it, or reading about it. |
Cassandra Dickhof
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In The Parable of the Wedding Banquet in Matthew 21 I found somthing confusing. It says that since the people that had been invited didn't come to the banquet, the servants went out to the street corners and invited everyone else. Then at the party a man was found that didn't have wedding clothes on and he was thrown out. I thought that God said he wanted everyone to come to him, but in verse 14 it says that "Many are invited, but few are chosen." What is up with that? |
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A parable is a teaching tool- Jesus would tell a story with a deeper meaning. Some people understood the parable and others didn't. You caught the main idea that God wants everyone to come to Him. Some don't listen, while others respond to the invitation. The man without the wedding clothes is an interesting part of the story. The main part of the story is God is going out and inviting everyone to the wedding. This man without the wedding clothes seems to represent someone who wasn't willing to put on the right clothes for the wedding- in that culture the clothing would have been provided to the guest, so it wasn't a mater of "not having the right thing to wear." It seems to point to the man's heart not being willing to follow directions. To be a Christ follower you have to be willing to change all that you do. You need to allow God to transform your heart. Someone who says they are a Christian, but isn't willing to submit to God seems to resemble what is happening in the parable. |
Cassandra Dickhof
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Thanks! I am really enjoying Z90X! |
Eurella
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I am glad we have Z90X challenge. I have been reading my Bible everyday. |
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