Hello friends, I believe we all are in good health. Today, I wish to give my contribution to what I understood from Pastor Eli's YouTube message on regaining the love of parents.
I encountered an issue in this first video as it transmits no sound but I followed through the scriptural references he cited, which includes: Matt 7:9-11, Matt 5:45, Luk 6:35, I Pet 3:1
Matthew 7:9-11 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?(KJV)
:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?(KJV)
:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?(KJV)
I can observe from this scripture that God is always in the business of showing mercy to men despite our human nature.
No parent is wicked to the extent of denying their children's right from them because it is the statutory obligation of a parent to provide for his children.
So also it is the statutory right of God to provide for our needs but we must behave ourselves as to receive what we need from him because he is a good God, so we must do good as to be rewarded for the good we have done.
Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.(KJV)
God loves everyone despite how bad a person might be, when he asks for mercy, he forgives him. So also we are encouraged to forgive others whether it's our children that offend us or our parents that offend us, we must forgive as to be called the children of God.
We are also advised in Luke 6:35 to love everyone expecting nothing from them, and when we do so, we have a great reward from God who first loved us.
1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
This advice is to the women that married or probably may marry unbelievers. It may not be easy for them because their husbands don't believe in their Bible as they do.
Their husbands may be business minded or occupied with so many other things in the world.
So such a woman needs wisdom to win her husband to the Lord and this might not be through preaching to him because he doesn't have the time to listen but what she needs is to maintain a good character towards her husband and by doing so, the unbelieving husband will turn a believer.
"It is our manner of Life, our behavior, our character, that can win the heart of a person. - Pastor Eli Soriano."
In this second video, Pastor Eli cited the following scriptures which includes: Gen 32:14-18, Prov 11:13, I Pet 3:1, I Cor 9:20-22, I Tim 2:1.
Gen 32:14-18 talked about the gift Jacob the supplanter took to his brother Esau while trying to settle with him. Well it is important we settle for peace with people as this is important, and by whichever wisdom we could use, let us apply it to make peace with our fellow men.
For instance, Jacob thought it should be by giving his brother gifts that would settle the problem between them without knowing that God had already blessed his brother and he didn't need if those gifts. This biblical passage is guiding us on ways of making peace. It could be by calling those people you're at quarrel with, chatting with them, sending them gifts etc based on the wisdom God has given you.
In I Cor 9:20-22, Apostle Paul is advising us on how to win the heart of men, we must apply wisdom in all we do as to win people because men are difficult to deal with. After the creation, God never said he regretted creating animals or every other creature but rather he said in Gen 6:6 that he regretted creating man.
We have to be all things to all people to win them to Christ if given any opportunity.
"You have to adjust yourself- Pastor Eli Soriano"
We must keep adjusting ourselves to accommodate the behavior of others, and why should we do this. It is just to win them unto God because he that wins souls is wise proverb 11:30. So this issue can be settled as to be real children of our Father who is in heaven.
Thanks for going through my contribution to Pastor Eli's teaching on regaining the love of parents bye.
