Could
Someone Please Tell Me Whether Matthew 8:22 and Matthew 22:32 Goes Hand in
Hand?
By: Anthony Joseph
Hopkins
Good Day Everyone!! I would like to
ask everyone a very important question.
Could someone please tell me whether Matthew 8:22 and Matthew 22:32 goes
hand in hand? I am asking this question
because I am concerned about those who are spiritually dead and lost. If someone is spiritually dead, they do not
believe in God or Jesus Christ. Matthew
8:22 says: But Jesus said unto them, follow me; and let the dead bury their
dead. Jesus is giving us a choice to follow
Him. I would follow Jesus Christ and
serve Him for the rest of my life. I
guess I was misquoting the scriptures; but I was making a point to one of my family
members because she has been placing too much emphasis on dead people all of
her whole life.
She was getting me to send her
obituaries of people that she did not know.
It is making me frustrated because she can do this work for
herself. In Matthew 22:32 says: I am the
God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God
of the dead, but of the living. I am
only trying to gently admonish someone for placing emphasis on dead people all
of the time. Am I wrong for telling
someone to stop emphasizing the dead? My point that I am trying to make is that
God is a God of the Living only. I can
understand that people can be spiritually dead and spiritually blind
simultaneously. There is a difference
between spiritual death and being spiritually blind. All I am simply saying is that there is a
time and a season for everything. There
are some people, who do not have anything constructive to do, but emphasize
death and especially collect obituaries of dead people.
It is okay to mourn. However, it becomes an obsession to place emphasis
on the death of others. I want to give
the definition of the words spiritual death and spiritual blindness. First, the definition of the word spiritual
death is another, narrow,
"purified" meaning
of "spiritual death" is "death in a spiritual way", "to die being a spiritual person, not being an atheist". Thus this means that "spiritual death" relates to two self’s: soul (real self, which is
eternal), and ego (false self, which is temporary or material). Whereas, spiritual blindness is Author has 560 answers and
551.4k answer views. That's a great question. Strictly speaking — “Spiritual blindness” refers to a spiritual state where you hold
fast to unbiblical teachings and beliefs and as a consequence quickly dismiss
true biblical teachings because they conflict with yours.
For those people, who have a
preoccupation with death, I will have to pray for you. The question that I have to ask is are you
satisfied with not having an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ? For me personally, I would rather have a
relationship with Jesus Christ, than to place emphasis on death. I am completely satisfied with my
relationship with Jesus Christ. I need
to pray more each day.
I am very sorry, but I do not endorse
death, nor do I have a preoccupation with the death of others. I am very concerned about my family members,
who have this issue because I am getting slightly irritated because it is like she
wants me to get involved in her activities.
I will admit that I think about my mother and family members, who are
not here with me. I have had fond
memories of everyone that I know. It is
that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior right now, and I am content with going
to heaven.
2nd Corinthians 4:3-4 says:
But even if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. In whom the god of this world hath blinded
the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. All of this means that Satan is capable of
causing some people to be spiritually blinded and completely confused until the
gospel of Christ Jesus shines on them.
This is a very serious problem that
has to be resolved immediately.
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