Thorns

 Dear Dad’s (Randall Hartinger) teaching for today. Hope you get a blessing as I always do!

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A THORNY Situation. 

03/18 DAILY EXHORTATION (Heb.3:13;10:25;Matt.6:11;Luke 11:3)

A 3:18 for this 3/18…

Gen. 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

*Genesis 3:18* (KJB)  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field…

Thorns are the result of the CURSE of the fall of man. 

Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Proverbs 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Proverbs 24:30-32 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Pr 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Pr 24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Thorns can be DEVILS (fallen angels)… 

2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Messenger here is Greek “angelos” for angel. Paul had a thorn in HIS EYES. Paul had to write very large due to this eye issue. This was so that OTHERS would not exalt him due to his manifold revelations. 

Jeremiah 4:3  For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Matthew 13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them…

Jesus defines “thorns” as “the care of this world” and “the deceitfulness of riches…” 

Matthew 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Hmmmm…. The “TRUE RICHES” are mentioned in the Luke 16:11. That means the riches of this life are FAKE RICHES. They are a test. The true riches are everlasting and stored up above. 

Hebrews 6:8 (KJB)  But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

2 Samuel 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands…

Jesus, the Last Adam (1 Cor. 15) took the CROWN OF THORNS to redeem us from the CURSE. 

Matthew 27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

One day, the thorns will be NO MORE. 

Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him...

How about YOU today? Will your path be according to the THRONE or replete with many a THORN? –r <3