JESUS IS EQUAL WITH GOD
He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God" (Not making himself God)
Saturday, March 24, 2012
The healing at the pool on the Sabbath
John 5:1-7
All Jesus expected from this man was for him to obey. This man's obedience w/out restraint was all it took to truly be healed! Faith and Jesus :)
God is always working, and therefor, so is His son, He is able to do nothing apart form His Father! Such an amazing thing. So much depth to this, a human mind can not comprehend, let alone write about the revelation in it.
All Jesus expected from this man was for him to obey. This man's obedience w/out restraint was all it took to truly be healed! Faith and Jesus :)
God is always working, and therefor, so is His son, He is able to do nothing apart form His Father! Such an amazing thing. So much depth to this, a human mind can not comprehend, let alone write about the revelation in it.
Jesus heals an officials son
John 4:46-54
Seems as though some people feel they need/want a miracle to believe while others just need faith to believe. I don't know if that was just for then, or for now too. I feel like people always ask for miracles, but we don't really need it, because the miracle is plain to see, in creation itself...hmm..
Seems as though some people feel they need/want a miracle to believe while others just need faith to believe. I don't know if that was just for then, or for now too. I feel like people always ask for miracles, but we don't really need it, because the miracle is plain to see, in creation itself...hmm..
Jesus and the woman of Samaria
John 4:1-44
So cool that Jesus broke the barrier by going directly through Samaria when most Jews avoid it and go around it completely, this in itself shows how compassionate Christ is. Then for Him to talk to an adulterous Samaritan woman, shows even more compassion, and love for outcasts, the lost ones, the "last" ones... Jesus loves ALL people, not just the Jews!
Unlike Nicodemus, the woman at the well, actually acted on what Jesus shared with her. Jesus cam to save the sick, Nicodemus was sick too, but He had a different focus...himself, not Christ!
She was an outcast, and yet Jesus cam to her and loved her. She accepted it as truth and ran to tell everyone. She had received the living water, the Holy spirit through Christ, and she was never thirsty again!
Before the disciples received the Holy spirit, they did not even understand what Jesus was saying. When they received it, their eyes were opened. Still the same way today, unless we have the spirit, we have no understanding of scripture.
So cool that Jesus broke the barrier by going directly through Samaria when most Jews avoid it and go around it completely, this in itself shows how compassionate Christ is. Then for Him to talk to an adulterous Samaritan woman, shows even more compassion, and love for outcasts, the lost ones, the "last" ones... Jesus loves ALL people, not just the Jews!
Unlike Nicodemus, the woman at the well, actually acted on what Jesus shared with her. Jesus cam to save the sick, Nicodemus was sick too, but He had a different focus...himself, not Christ!
She was an outcast, and yet Jesus cam to her and loved her. She accepted it as truth and ran to tell everyone. She had received the living water, the Holy spirit through Christ, and she was never thirsty again!
Before the disciples received the Holy spirit, they did not even understand what Jesus was saying. When they received it, their eyes were opened. Still the same way today, unless we have the spirit, we have no understanding of scripture.
John the Baptist exalts Christ
John 3:22-36
A person can not receive even ONE thing unless it is given to him from heaven!
Everything you and I have, every little thing, every big thing, every spiritual gift, salvation, children, friends, parents, EVERYTHING is from Him, and He deserves thanks! Even the things given to us that our flesh can not see as good, they are from Him and eternally are good and perfect gifts! He will use those things ultimately for His glory! Let us be as Job who says, the Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord!
A person can not receive even ONE thing unless it is given to him from heaven!
Everything you and I have, every little thing, every big thing, every spiritual gift, salvation, children, friends, parents, EVERYTHING is from Him, and He deserves thanks! Even the things given to us that our flesh can not see as good, they are from Him and eternally are good and perfect gifts! He will use those things ultimately for His glory! Let us be as Job who says, the Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord!
Friday, March 2, 2012
For God so loved the world
John 3:16-21
Condemn:To pronounce to be wrong; to judge; to sentence.
Christ did not come to tell people they were wrong, to judge them. He cam to tell people He loved them, and wanted to save them.
Isn't it our job to do the same.? How often do we fall into the trap of judging, or debating/arguing someones point. Are we then doing it out of love, or something else. Our desires as followers of Christ should be to be more like Him! In that, instead of looking upon sinners or rather the unsaved like they are scum, let's remember that God created them too, they are His beautiful perfect creation. His fine masterpieces!When he created them saw that it was good! Lets see them as good, as lost sheep, looking for their way home, for their Father, their protector, provider, lover. That's all they are, just like us w/out Christ.
They need a savior, you don't! You already have Him! Now reach out to the ones who don't! God came to heal the sick (not the healthy) He came to save the sinner! (Not the saint) As His saints lets follow in His footsteps and realize we are healthy because of His spirit in us, we are saved! Lets reach out and be His hands and feet, for as we know, we were created in His image, now let's reflect it! :)
(19) You can not walk in the light and the dark! You are either in or you are out! Light makes dark go away, dark does nothing to light, but make it brighter! (Priase the Lord) Don't be afraid of being exposed, it's better to walk in the light, that in darkness for eternity! We are not the light, but like John, we too can bear witness about the the light! :)
Condemn:To pronounce to be wrong; to judge; to sentence.
Christ did not come to tell people they were wrong, to judge them. He cam to tell people He loved them, and wanted to save them.
Isn't it our job to do the same.? How often do we fall into the trap of judging, or debating/arguing someones point. Are we then doing it out of love, or something else. Our desires as followers of Christ should be to be more like Him! In that, instead of looking upon sinners or rather the unsaved like they are scum, let's remember that God created them too, they are His beautiful perfect creation. His fine masterpieces!When he created them saw that it was good! Lets see them as good, as lost sheep, looking for their way home, for their Father, their protector, provider, lover. That's all they are, just like us w/out Christ.
They need a savior, you don't! You already have Him! Now reach out to the ones who don't! God came to heal the sick (not the healthy) He came to save the sinner! (Not the saint) As His saints lets follow in His footsteps and realize we are healthy because of His spirit in us, we are saved! Lets reach out and be His hands and feet, for as we know, we were created in His image, now let's reflect it! :)
(19) You can not walk in the light and the dark! You are either in or you are out! Light makes dark go away, dark does nothing to light, but make it brighter! (Priase the Lord) Don't be afraid of being exposed, it's better to walk in the light, that in darkness for eternity! We are not the light, but like John, we too can bear witness about the the light! :)
You must be born again
John 3:1-15
No one who is born of the flesh only will enter the kingdom of heaven.You MUST be born again! That means born of the water AND the spirit! How you are born of the water is by being baptized, and how you receive the spirit is by accepting it.
[Until we are born of the spirit, we will not understand the biblical/heavenly things!]
Man baptizes with water, while Jesus baptizes with spirit. You can be baptized by man, born by man, but if you don't allow the spirit to dwell in you through the spiritual baptism, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven! I will urge you as John did, to repent of your sins! Be Baptized! Allow the spirit to dwell in your body! Please, you are a sinner only saved through grace by our Lord Jesus Christ! He wants to save you, to set you free! To give you eternal life with Him!
No one who is born of the flesh only will enter the kingdom of heaven.You MUST be born again! That means born of the water AND the spirit! How you are born of the water is by being baptized, and how you receive the spirit is by accepting it.
[Until we are born of the spirit, we will not understand the biblical/heavenly things!]
Man baptizes with water, while Jesus baptizes with spirit. You can be baptized by man, born by man, but if you don't allow the spirit to dwell in you through the spiritual baptism, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven! I will urge you as John did, to repent of your sins! Be Baptized! Allow the spirit to dwell in your body! Please, you are a sinner only saved through grace by our Lord Jesus Christ! He wants to save you, to set you free! To give you eternal life with Him!
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