Occasionally, I hear somebody say, “I know I am saved because I can feel it right in here” as they slap their chest. They feel saved, so that makes everything alright as far as they are concerned. They are saved, they think, but their salvation is based on their feelings.
Feelings, however, are the most unreliable thing in the world? Now, let me prove that to you.
In the first book of the Old Bible, Moses wrote a story about Jacob. Later, God changed his name to Israel. (Genesis 32:28; 35:10) Anyhow, Israel became the father of ten sons. Then in his old age, a son, Joseph was born to his wife, Rachel. Joseph was Israel’s favorite son. Benjamin was born later, giving him a total of twelve sons.
Perhaps it was because Joseph was the son of his old age, but more than likely it was because he was the son of Rachel, that Jacob loved Joseph in a special way.(Genesis 37:3) This, of course, doesn’t mean that he didn’t love his other sons. Had he not cared about them, he would not have dispatched Joseph into the pasture lands to learn about their welfare. (Genesis 37:14)
Joseph was about seventeen years old when his father made a special coat for him. It wasn’t red or purple or green or blue. It was red and purple and green and …show more content…
They assumed that a man who operated a General Mercantile Store measured fabric by using a “Yard Stick” that had been mounted on the counter. In time, the store was handed down to the son and he continued to sell fabric measured with the same Yard Stick; however, one day a traveling salesman came by advertising his goods and as a gesture of good will he offered the store keeper a new “Yard Stick.” Then, in the process of removing the old yard stick and installing the new one, they learned that the old yard stick was an inch short. All of the marks were on it, but somehow it had been erroneously
Feelings, however, are the most unreliable thing in the world? Now, let me prove that to you.
In the first book of the Old Bible, Moses wrote a story about Jacob. Later, God changed his name to Israel. (Genesis 32:28; 35:10) Anyhow, Israel became the father of ten sons. Then in his old age, a son, Joseph was born to his wife, Rachel. Joseph was Israel’s favorite son. Benjamin was born later, giving him a total of twelve sons.
Perhaps it was because Joseph was the son of his old age, but more than likely it was because he was the son of Rachel, that Jacob loved Joseph in a special way.(Genesis 37:3) This, of course, doesn’t mean that he didn’t love his other sons. Had he not cared about them, he would not have dispatched Joseph into the pasture lands to learn about their welfare. (Genesis 37:14)
Joseph was about seventeen years old when his father made a special coat for him. It wasn’t red or purple or green or blue. It was red and purple and green and …show more content…
They assumed that a man who operated a General Mercantile Store measured fabric by using a “Yard Stick” that had been mounted on the counter. In time, the store was handed down to the son and he continued to sell fabric measured with the same Yard Stick; however, one day a traveling salesman came by advertising his goods and as a gesture of good will he offered the store keeper a new “Yard Stick.” Then, in the process of removing the old yard stick and installing the new one, they learned that the old yard stick was an inch short. All of the marks were on it, but somehow it had been erroneously