Hi Brian! The word for this week is "hands". We are looking at one particular Greek word that is found in these three verses: Mark 14:58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. KJV 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. KJV Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: KJV
These are all the Greek word "acheiropoietos". Strong's Concordance says: unmanufactured, not artificial. Thayer's Greek Lexicon says: not made with hands. The Theological Dictionary of New Testament Words says: Contrasts what is made by human hands with God's work. Human hands may seem get the credit sometimes, but when we operate in the favor and anointing of Almighty God, we KNOW that some things are simply God's supernatural FAVOR blessing our lives! We can't usually explain this to those not born again or those believers who do not yet know God's Word. The important thing, though, is that WE know! Giving God the credit, the thanksgiving, the praise and the glory for every good thing that happen to us or in our lives will always cause us to be in position for Him to pour even more of His FAVOR into our lives! My mom used to say "Praise the Lord" in the grocery checkout when the bill was less than she thought it would be! That's a great way to keep the FAVOR flowing! Here is Hillsong UNITED with another new song from their new album. This one is called "Whole Heart (Hold Me Now)":
