Before Me Every Knee Will Bow

[thecrucifiedlife]

Isaiah 45:22-24 (NIV)

[22] "Turn to me and be saved,

all you ends of the earth;

for I am God, and there is no other.

[23] By myself I have sworn,

my mouth has uttered in all integrity

a word that will not be revoked:

Before me every knee will bow;

by me every tongue will swear.

[24] They will say of me, 'In the Lord alone

are righteousness and strength.' "

All who have raged against him

will come to him and be put to shame.

Our God is a God who gives us cancer. He allows children to die. He causes depression and anxiety. We worship a God who will put us to shame trying to get us to repent. He does extremely painful things. He is supreme. In Him is righteousness and strength. He can do whatever he wants to do. This is the only true God and there is no other. But we don

[Guest Thomas I believe]

Isaiah 45:22-24 (NIV)

[22] "Turn to me and be saved,

all you ends of the earth;

for I am God, and there is no other.

[23] By myself I have sworn,

my mouth has uttered in all integrity

a word that will not be revoked:

Before me every knee will bow;

by me every tongue will swear.

[24] They will say of me, 'In the Lord alone

are righteousness and strength.' "

All who have raged against him

will come to him and be put to shame.

Our God is a God who gives us cancer. He allows children to die. He causes depression and anxiety. We worship a God who will put us to shame trying to get us to repent. He does extremely painful things. He is supreme. In Him is righteousness and strength. He can do whatever he wants to do. This is the only true God and there is no other. But we don

[O'Dannyboy]

Revelation 22:12

[Guest Thomas I believe]

Revelation 22:12 

[Catsmeow]

Sometimes God gives cancer only to show how He alone can heal and bring restoration when we trust in Him.

Sometimes God takes away our sight for a season, only that we might have sight restored and become grateful for that which we take for granted.

We cannot assume we know all of our Lord's motives for what He does.

God has blessed me so abundantly, I am continually in a state of praise, yet I'm also beset with congenital illness passed on from one generation to the next.

Crummy genes.

A beautiful Christian woman named Joni-Erickson-Tada is a quadaplegic and still praises God in her affliction.

Sometimes God uses pain and suffering to sculpt a masterpiece. Anyone who's an artist knows the continual molding and shaping that takes place in order to create the "perfect work".

The bible says that those who walk in the Light of Christ are not appointed unto wrath.

God's children may be "disciplined" but wrath is reserved for the wicked and the unbelievers.

I am a product of wickedness and unbelief. I deserve NOTHING GOOD! For reasons I cannot understand, God had mercy on me, revealed Himself to me and loved me anyway. He forgave me and restored the years the locusts had eaten and laid a feast before me.

Yes, I have pain. Yes, I have disease...yet God has never failed to provide for every single need.

We sit around and moan because we live in an imperfect world with problems; a world plagued with sin and it's consequences....

Why don't we begin to focus on the beauty of a Creator God who loves us enough to send the sun and the rain in due season? Better yet, why not praise Him for the SON He sent to send us the hope of eternal joy with Him forever?

[RGR]

Crucified,

Yes in so many ways you're correct. We've gotten too much into a "name it, claim it" bunch of people. I don't wish to start a TV preacher debate, but too many are telling folks what they wanna hear to bring in the dough!!! However, let's also focus on the God who gives us snow in the winter, children to enjoy, puts clothing on our back, shoes on our feet, a roof over our head and the list goes on and on and on.....

[seraph]

It seems to me that those who get caught up in "blab and grab," often forget....

"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." -John 16:33

But we don't need to fear tribulation (or expect to be immune to it for even Christ suffered!).

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

and hope does not disappoint , because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. -Romans 5:1-5

Praise God our hope is in Him! He is worthy of our praise at all times and in all things. We can trust Him that all things do work together for the good of those who love Him... He loves us unconditionally...

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies;

who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Just as it is written, "FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED."

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -Romans 8:31-38

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. -2 Corinthians 2:14

[Guest Gromore]

I'm struggling with the phrase 'God gives cancer'. Is it not true that he allows it and not gives?

I don't think he would necessarily give me cancer, but allow it for some reason that yet we don't know.

[IreneM]

I can't bow the knee now bacause I can't get down there but boy the second I get to Heaven my knee will bow in humble adoration and do so willingly

In my mind I can bow the knee now but then I will be able to do so for real.

just wanted to throw that into this discussion

In Christ

IreneM

[ellie]

HIS NAME

H-OLY , HOLY, HOLY, is His lovely name,

I- Immanuel, life giving blood flows from his veins,

S- Savior divine, oh, how precious He is,

N- No other name is like His Name is,

A- Almighty, all-powerful, all-knowing one,

M- Mighty redeemer, God's only son,

E- Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord!

JESUS

The Lord gave me this poem when I was witnessing to an unbeliever who said they would never bow their knee to Jesus, eveyone will one day.