Don't stop

"Teacher," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us."
"Do not stop him," Jesus said. "No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us. I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward. And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
Mark 9:38-50

Fear and Dread

The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands.
Genesis 9:2

God put fear into animals, when he was talking to Noah, that is what he said. That implies fear wasn't there before. That means that animals did not fear humans before the flood, if you go back and read the curse that God put on Adam and Eve, it talks nothing of animals dreading and fearing humans.
God cursed humans then, and I think the fear he gave them is for their own good. God also talked about them eating animals.
All that I'm stating is MY opinion. If you have a different idea about what this means, then tell me by commenting.
I think this verse is talking about God striking fear into animals, but most people I've talked to and most think that animals started fearing people soon after the fall. Sure God killed a lamb right after Adam and eve sinned, but it never says anything about animals having fear until now, people just assume, I assumed that too, but is animals were already fearful, what could this mean?
Noah did pack up two of every animal in a huge ark and ride out a flood before this. Another option is that God was saying "I made it so that all these animals wouldn't fear you, but now they will be fearful AGAIN." This option means that animal were fearful before and God took that fear away only for the ark and God was tell Noah it wouldn't stay like that.
What do you think? I have a poll set up above this post so that you can vote for what you think, I want to hear you opinion, also please comment. This is an interesting verse that can bring lots of discussion.

Psalm 91

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling--even the LORD, who is my refuge--then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. 
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
Psalm 91


I've said before that christians lives are not going to be easy. You see, God implies that there will be difficult times, as he says, "I will be with him in trouble..." So there are times or trouble. It's easy to overlook those words and just think that life will be perfect. YES no harm or disaster will come near, YES you have an angel protecting you, but there WILL be trouble in your life.
My dictionary defines disaster as evilness or wrong doing. Ir's easy to take this psalm and say it's contradicting, but it's not. If disaster is something evil, God will not let evil be near you if you love God. But there will be trouble.
There's another part of this chapter to take into consideration. 


You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.


What does God consider wicked? Sin? If you sin God will punish you. If you sin, I THINK God considers you wicked, but I KNOW God will forgive you. SOME trails you might be going through are punishment, but NOT ALL! Some are troubles.

I will deliver him and honor him.


DELIVER being the key word. In this case, delivering is rescuing, to release or save. If God is to deliver you, there has to be a problem.
So throughout this chapter, there are clues that the christian life will be hard, but God will be there. God will save you.


You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday...For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.


Theses verse are the most miss leading. They can lead people to think that this chapter is contradicting. "You will not FEAR the terror of night..."
You will not be afraid of terror, but  there is terror. You will not FEAR the arrow, or the pestilence, or the plague. But it's there. You see God makes us courageous though we will not FEAR all these bad things, they will be there. If you " will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."" Then God will PROTECT you "his faithfulness will be your shield" and you will not fear. 


no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.


My dictionary also says disaster is misfortune, or bad luck. If God is testing you, is that bad luck? No! God is TEACHING you something. That is not bad luck! Disaster and hardships are different. VERY different! I already said harm is something evil or wrong. So have faith! God's faithfulness is what shields you from harm. Have faith that faithfulness will protect you! And don't let this Psalm fool you! God IS with you. God DOES shield you. God DOES deliver you when you pray. (He will call upon me, and I will answer him...)

Slaves to Sin

Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?"
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin."

Sin keeps us locked up. Sin our is master, but we a have a choice on who our owner is. God has already payed sin and he can take you away from sin, but he will not take you by force. You can choose who your master is and if you trust Jesus, then he'll break your chains and take you away from you master, sin. He'll give you freedom.

If sin is still your master, I hope you'll let God take you, because he's already paid for your freedom, whether you take it or not, but this is a warning to you who have had your chains taken off. If your are gone, then you must strive to keep then off. Sin will take you back and put you back in chains. If your free, you can choose if you'll let sin enslave you once again. If you're a slave, you can get freedom. My goal is for everyone to have their chains broken by God because when Jesus gave his final breath on the cross where he died, he battle Satan and made it possible for your chains to be broken, but you choose if they are.