THANK YOU FATHER!
HEY Y'ALL!
The Lord said:
It is the spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,
they are spirit and they are life.
The words that Jesus speaks.
It's very important that we not turn away from what Jesus said.
John 1:1,2 records:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
That's Jesus Christ who is the author and finisher of our faith.
The Apostle Paul has been called many great things throughout history.
What Paul was is an example of the epitome of God's grace.
A man who did sin according to law, through murder and did persecute the children of God in the most brutal of ways.
Yet because of God's enduring grace and by no deed of Saul of Tarsus, he was given a gift that he didn't earn.
Paul was given the same free gift offered to every saint and the same free gift that is offered to every man, woman and child in every nation.
The opportunity to believe on the Name of Jesus Christ who God The Father sent into the world to pay our sin debt and redeem us from the curse of death.
One thing that Paul was not given was the authority to execute judgment above Christ Jesus.
The servant is not greater than his master.
Jesus is The Master.
The one who gave some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be Evangelists, and some to be Pastors and Teachers.
Ephesians 4:11
We need to keep this at the forefront.
Jesus gave and ordained.
AND JESUS SAID:
It is written in the prophets,
AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.
Every man therefore that hath heard, and have learned of the Father,
cometh unto me.
John 6:45
If you have come to Christ, know what He has said to the Father concerning you.
The Lord Jesus said:
All that The Father giveth me shall come to me; and Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the Will of Him that sent me.
John 6:37,38
This is teaching of God and His character.
Jesus taught this first to Nicodemus a Pharisee.
For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16,17
That word might means, that they may make the choice.
That they are free to make the choice.
The Lord was showing Nicodemus that to believe on Him was all that was required and that this is what has to be preached.
When condemnation was preached it was preached through those who had chosen not to believe on the authority of (Jesus Christ alone) to redeem, save, heal, deliver, set free.
The Pharisee's loved the law because they could be controlling with the law by manipulating it.
The false prophets could take the law and books of history and poetry and create doctrines of men.
They could induce guilt.
Which is what they did and it has been done throughout history by many.
This is how they crucified Christ by manipulating the law.
The Lord says, all men who do this will be denounced publicly and He will end His agreement with them.
Their deeds will be brought to light.
But could the Pharisee's manipulate this truth and grace that was in the beginning with God and was God?
No.
They couldn't, so in their wisdom they thought crucifixion was the answer, shut it up, kill it, try and squash it.
Jesus came not to condemn but to save, not to manipulate and lay burdens on the backs of the people, not to put in chains.
Jesus came to set the captives free and nailed all guilt to the cross.
How would that truth have affected the Pharisees and their standing?
If not for pride blinding their eyes and deafening their ears, they would have been blessed.
If you don't truly believe God knows the end from the beginning by now, just open up the book.
Father!
Jesus taught Nicodemus that every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, because then his deeds will be discovered.
Jesus wasn't talking about the average sinner being afraid to come to God because his sins will be revealed, the average sinners stuff is known to the world, it ain't hidden.
It's the folks who thought that they were right with God, Nicodemus' and his peers that Jesus was talking about.
This describes many people in the world today.
Pray for our Jewish brothers and sisters.
If you support the nation of Israel with funds, food, planes and blankets, be sure to put the gospel of Jesus on those things.
Our government is not going to save Israel, the natural governing bodies can't save us or them selves, Jesus Christ is The Saviour.
Sew the gospel in the lining, write it on the check, put the track in the meal and on the plane or something, but be sure to share the truth of Christ Jesus.
John 3:14,15
Consider these things.
Love Y'all :)
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