The Book of Revelation or Apocalypse depicts the end of the present age and the coming of God's future kingdom. The grand theme of the Book of Revelation is that of two warring powers, God [Creator] and Satan [creature], and God's ultimate victory. It would be a mistake and foolish to consider the two powers as equal in might.
God [Creator] is always stronger and has infinite power than Satan [creature] and Satan will continue his scheming plots only because God [Creator] permits him to do so. Therefore, at the final battle Satan [creature] and his demons, devils and evil followers are utterly destroyed. In fact, without a contest. That is, by fire from heaven and consume them.
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive all the nations in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, and mobilize them for war. His armies will be as many as the sands of the sea; they will come swarming over the entire country and besiege the camp of the saints, which is the city that God loves. But fire will come down on them from heaven and consume them.
Then, the devils, who misled them, will be thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their torture will not stop, day and night, for ever and ever. - Rev. 20:7-10 -
The central figure in the army of God the King is the Lord Jesus Christ, the only 'begotten Son of God'. Thus, the Book of Revelation begins the words, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ" - Rev. 1:1 - This is not a book of revelations, but of one revelation - The Lord Jesus Christ.
John's the author of the Book of Revelation, first vision is of Christ Jesus standing in the midst of His Church with eyes like fire, that is, All-Seeing, and feet like fine brass, that is, All-Powerful, and hair like wool, white as snow, that is, Eternal and All-Knowing and with a sharp two-edged sword coming out of His mouth, that is, The Word of Truth.
Very soon now, I (The Lord Jesus Christ) shall be with you again, bringing the reward to be given to every man/woman according to what he/she deserves. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Happy are those who will have washed their robes clean, so that they will have the right to feed on the tree of life and can come through the gates into the city. - Rev. 22:12-14 -
The true of all scriptural/biblical prophecy, God's Word comes to a particular situation; but it yields a harvest to now and latest generations as they receive it. Therefore, 'Revelation' assures us that God is present, purposeful, and powerful today, tomorrow and days to come; no matter what forms the beast may take.
The Beast or Satan influence in earthly and worldly affairs is clearly revealed in the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible and in our everyday, earthly and worldly lives/life. Indeed, Satan is permitted to afflict God's people. But he is never permitted to win an ultimate victory over them.
Satan nature is malicious. Satan leads people into sin by various methods, and of the method used by Satan in carrying out his evil work, none is more characteristic than 'Temptation'. Satan brings disorder into the physical world by afflicting human beings. At times he opposes the work of God by violent means, and disguise themselves as messengers of God.
Along with his work of tempting mankind, Satan delights in deception. The great falsehood which Satan uses so frequently is that, good can be attained by doing wrong or sinning, that is, sin against God. As a great deceiver, Satan is an expert at falsifying truth.
Strength for a Christian's victory over sin has been provided through the death of Christ Jesus.
Now my soul is troubled.
What shall I (The Lord Jesus Christ) say;
Father, save me from this hour?
But it was for this very reason that I have come to this hour.
Father, glorify your name!
A voice came from heaven, 'I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.' People standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, 'It was an angel speaking to him.' Jesus answered, 'It was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.'
'Now sentence is being passed on this world;
now the prince of this world is to be overthrown.
And when I am lifted up from the earth,
I shall draw all men to myself.' - John 12:27-32 -
By these words Jesus indicated the kind of death he would die. - John 12:33 -
I (The Lord Jesus Christ) have told you all this
so that you may find peace in me.
In the world you will have trouble,
but be brave:
I (The Lord Jesus Christ) have conquered the world. - John 16:33 -
Many people have trouble admitting the existence of such an enemy as Satan. Thus, many people wonder why God would allow Satan, this great embodiment of evil, to exist in His creation. No completely satisfying answer to this question has been found. Perhaps God allows it to show that evil and wrongdoing do not provide the key to the ultimate meaning of life which man/woman so desperately desires.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Thursday, September 21, 2017
It would be difficult to find a person in Israel's life who was better prepared and qualified than Moses to write the history recorded in the Book of Genesis. A man who was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. In fact, Moses was providentially prepared to comprehend and integrate, under the inspiration of God, all the available records, manuscripts, and oral narratives.
Moses may have written the Book of Genesis during the years of the wilderness wandering to prepare the new generation to enter the land of Canaan. Moses, as a prophet who enjoyed the unusual privilege of unhurried hours of communion with God on Mount Sinai. Moses was well equipped to record for all generations this magnificent account of God's dealings with the human race and the nation of Israel/Jacob.
The early Universal Church, however, held to the conviction that Moses wrote the first book of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. Placed at the opening of the Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis is the first of the five Book of Moses, known as the PENTATEUCH. Moses may have finished writing the Book of Genesis not long before his death on Mount Nebo. - Deut. chapter 34 -
In such a crucial historical context, the message of the Book of Genesis would have been of tremendous spiritual help to its first hearers. The 'creation of the world', 'the beginnings of sin and disobedience', 'the principle of judgement and deliverance', the scattering of the nations', 'the call and covenant God made with Abraham', and 'the checkered careers of the first descendants of Abraham'.
The Book of Genesis takes the reader to the moment when the Creator spoke into being the sun, moon, stars, planets, galaxies, plants, moving creatures, and mankind. Those who seek to discredit the Book of Genesis by pointing to alleged discrepancies between religion and science are blind to the 'exalted spiritual' content of this work. If anyone expects to find in Genesis a scientific account of how the world/earth/universe came into existence, with all questions concerning primitive life answered in technical language, he/she will be disappointed. The Book of Genesis is not an attempt to answer such technical questions.
Yahweh/God called Moses, and from the Tent of Meeting addressed him, saying 'Speak to the sons of Israel.' - Lev. 1:1 -
At that time they were reading from the Book of Moses to the people, when they found this written in it, 'The Ammonite and the Moabite shall never be admitted to the assembly of God. - Neh. 13:1 -
And his leprosy was cured at once. Then Jesus said to him, 'Mind you do not tell anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence for them.' - Matt. 8:4 -
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found the one Moses wrote about the Law, the one about whom the prophets wrote: he is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth. - John 1:45 -
I was blessed with God's help, and so I have stood firm to this day, testifying to great and small alike, saying nothing more than what the prophets and Moses himself said would happen: that the 'Christ' was to suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, He was to proclaim that light now shone for our people and for the pagans too. - Acts 25:22-23 -
This promise is realized in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Seed of Abraham through whom peoples of all nations and families may enter into the joy of knowing the God of Abraham. The true 'seed' or descendants of Abraham, apostle Paul affirmed, are not Abraham's physical descendants but those who have the same faith as Abraham.
Merely by belonging to the Lord Jesus Christ you are the posterity of Abraham, the heirs he was promised. - Gal. 3:29 -
Not all those descend from Israel/Jacob are Israel/Jacob; not all the descendants of Abraham are His true children. Remember: It is through Isaac that your name will be carried on, which means that it is not physical descent that decides who are the children of God; it is only the children of the promise who will count as the true descendants. The actual words in which the promise was made were:
I shall visit you at such a time, and Sarah will have a son. Even more to the point is what was said to Rebecca when she was pregnant by our ancestor Isaac, but before her twin children were born and before either had done good or evil.
In order to stress that God's choice is free, since it depends on the one who calls, not on human merit, Rebecca was told: the elder shall serve the younger, or as Scripture says elsewhere: I showed my love for Jacob/Israel and my hatred for Esau. - Romans 9:7-13 - Gen. 21:12; John 8:31-44; Gen. 18:10; Gen. 11:5-6; Gen. 25:23; Matt. 1:1-2 -
At times attention is focused on the men in the Book of Genesis. But women of major significance also appear in the Book of Genesis. Eve is the mother of all living. - Gen. 3:20 - Sarah had a faith that was complementary to Abraham's. - Gen. 21:1-7 - Leah, Rachel, Bilhah and Zilpah are the mothers of the 12 patriarchs of Israel/Jacob. - Gen. 29:31-30:24; 35:23-26 -
Other religions and philosophies result from the endless human quest for God; Christianity results from God's quest for lost mankind. What can be known of God from nature? God has made Himself known to all people everywhere in the marvels of nature and in the human conscience, which is able to distinguish right from wrong. This knowledge is 'Universal' and continuous, by it God has displayed His glory to everyone.
As valuable as general revelation is for justice, honesty and decency in the world today, nevertheless, it must be completed by the "Good News" of God's mercy and His gracious gift of perfect righteousness. Nature does not show God's plan for saving: those who do wrong, and those who are wicked and evil. The message of salvation was seen dimly throughout Old Testament sacrifices and ceremonies.
This promise is realized in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Seed of Abraham through whom peoples of all nations and families may enter into the joy of knowing the God of Abraham and be saved.
A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob/Israel,
Jacob/Israel the father of Judah...........
and Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary;
of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ. - Matt. 1:1-17 -
The full and final revelation of God has occurred in Christ Jesus. And the Good News is not complete until we witness and hear that Jesus Christ rose again triumphantly over sin, Satan, and the grave, and is alive for ever and ever.
As according to the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, the last book is the revelation given by God to Jesus Christ so that the Lord Jesus Christ could tell His apostles, disciples, teachers, believers and all those who loves God, about the things which are now to take place very soon; God sent His angel to make it known to His servant John, and John has written down everything he saw and swears it is the Word of God guaranteed by the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Book of Revelation or Apocalypse depicts the end of the present age and the coming of God's future kingdom. The grand theme of the Book of Revelation is that of two warring powers, God [Creator] and Satan [creature], and God's ultimate victory. It would be.......
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Moses may have written the Book of Genesis during the years of the wilderness wandering to prepare the new generation to enter the land of Canaan. Moses, as a prophet who enjoyed the unusual privilege of unhurried hours of communion with God on Mount Sinai. Moses was well equipped to record for all generations this magnificent account of God's dealings with the human race and the nation of Israel/Jacob.
The early Universal Church, however, held to the conviction that Moses wrote the first book of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. Placed at the opening of the Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis is the first of the five Book of Moses, known as the PENTATEUCH. Moses may have finished writing the Book of Genesis not long before his death on Mount Nebo. - Deut. chapter 34 -
In such a crucial historical context, the message of the Book of Genesis would have been of tremendous spiritual help to its first hearers. The 'creation of the world', 'the beginnings of sin and disobedience', 'the principle of judgement and deliverance', the scattering of the nations', 'the call and covenant God made with Abraham', and 'the checkered careers of the first descendants of Abraham'.
The Book of Genesis takes the reader to the moment when the Creator spoke into being the sun, moon, stars, planets, galaxies, plants, moving creatures, and mankind. Those who seek to discredit the Book of Genesis by pointing to alleged discrepancies between religion and science are blind to the 'exalted spiritual' content of this work. If anyone expects to find in Genesis a scientific account of how the world/earth/universe came into existence, with all questions concerning primitive life answered in technical language, he/she will be disappointed. The Book of Genesis is not an attempt to answer such technical questions.
Yahweh/God called Moses, and from the Tent of Meeting addressed him, saying 'Speak to the sons of Israel.' - Lev. 1:1 -
At that time they were reading from the Book of Moses to the people, when they found this written in it, 'The Ammonite and the Moabite shall never be admitted to the assembly of God. - Neh. 13:1 -
And his leprosy was cured at once. Then Jesus said to him, 'Mind you do not tell anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence for them.' - Matt. 8:4 -
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found the one Moses wrote about the Law, the one about whom the prophets wrote: he is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth. - John 1:45 -
I was blessed with God's help, and so I have stood firm to this day, testifying to great and small alike, saying nothing more than what the prophets and Moses himself said would happen: that the 'Christ' was to suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, He was to proclaim that light now shone for our people and for the pagans too. - Acts 25:22-23 -
This promise is realized in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Seed of Abraham through whom peoples of all nations and families may enter into the joy of knowing the God of Abraham. The true 'seed' or descendants of Abraham, apostle Paul affirmed, are not Abraham's physical descendants but those who have the same faith as Abraham.
Merely by belonging to the Lord Jesus Christ you are the posterity of Abraham, the heirs he was promised. - Gal. 3:29 -
Not all those descend from Israel/Jacob are Israel/Jacob; not all the descendants of Abraham are His true children. Remember: It is through Isaac that your name will be carried on, which means that it is not physical descent that decides who are the children of God; it is only the children of the promise who will count as the true descendants. The actual words in which the promise was made were:
I shall visit you at such a time, and Sarah will have a son. Even more to the point is what was said to Rebecca when she was pregnant by our ancestor Isaac, but before her twin children were born and before either had done good or evil.
In order to stress that God's choice is free, since it depends on the one who calls, not on human merit, Rebecca was told: the elder shall serve the younger, or as Scripture says elsewhere: I showed my love for Jacob/Israel and my hatred for Esau. - Romans 9:7-13 - Gen. 21:12; John 8:31-44; Gen. 18:10; Gen. 11:5-6; Gen. 25:23; Matt. 1:1-2 -
At times attention is focused on the men in the Book of Genesis. But women of major significance also appear in the Book of Genesis. Eve is the mother of all living. - Gen. 3:20 - Sarah had a faith that was complementary to Abraham's. - Gen. 21:1-7 - Leah, Rachel, Bilhah and Zilpah are the mothers of the 12 patriarchs of Israel/Jacob. - Gen. 29:31-30:24; 35:23-26 -
Other religions and philosophies result from the endless human quest for God; Christianity results from God's quest for lost mankind. What can be known of God from nature? God has made Himself known to all people everywhere in the marvels of nature and in the human conscience, which is able to distinguish right from wrong. This knowledge is 'Universal' and continuous, by it God has displayed His glory to everyone.
As valuable as general revelation is for justice, honesty and decency in the world today, nevertheless, it must be completed by the "Good News" of God's mercy and His gracious gift of perfect righteousness. Nature does not show God's plan for saving: those who do wrong, and those who are wicked and evil. The message of salvation was seen dimly throughout Old Testament sacrifices and ceremonies.
This promise is realized in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Seed of Abraham through whom peoples of all nations and families may enter into the joy of knowing the God of Abraham and be saved.
A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob/Israel,
Jacob/Israel the father of Judah...........
and Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary;
of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ. - Matt. 1:1-17 -
The full and final revelation of God has occurred in Christ Jesus. And the Good News is not complete until we witness and hear that Jesus Christ rose again triumphantly over sin, Satan, and the grave, and is alive for ever and ever.
As according to the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, the last book is the revelation given by God to Jesus Christ so that the Lord Jesus Christ could tell His apostles, disciples, teachers, believers and all those who loves God, about the things which are now to take place very soon; God sent His angel to make it known to His servant John, and John has written down everything he saw and swears it is the Word of God guaranteed by the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Book of Revelation or Apocalypse depicts the end of the present age and the coming of God's future kingdom. The grand theme of the Book of Revelation is that of two warring powers, God [Creator] and Satan [creature], and God's ultimate victory. It would be.......
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Friday, September 8, 2017
Many of the pagan nations of the ancient world had their own creation stories. But in these stories, their gods evolved out of natural processes connected with the world itself. They believed and assumed the material universe was eternal, and it brought their gods into beings.
But in the Old Testament, the Book of Genesis declares that God 'existed' before 'creation' and God is in full control of the physical universe/world. God called the world into being by His word. God power is absolute. God does not have to conform to nature and cannot be threatened by it. God is sovereign and does not have to share His power with other supernatural beings.
Since God created the universe/world/earth out of nothing, it is His and will always serve His purpose. As God shaped creation without any interference from anyone, He will bring creation to its desired end. No power can frustrate God in His purpose to complete the process started in creation and indeed, it is revealed in the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible.
Therefore, our hope rests in the sovereign power of God, the Almighty.
God is Omnipotence (a theological term that refers to all-powerful, all-encompassing power of God) The almighty God expects human beings to be obedience to Him, and God holds them responsible for their thoughts, words and actions. God has so fashioned humankind that He graciously appeals to every person to return to Him.
At various times in the past and in various different ways, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our own time, the last days, He has spoken to us through His Son [The Lord Jesus Christ], the Son that He has appointed to inherit everything and through whom He made everything there is.
He [The Lord Jesus Christ] is the radiant light of God's glory and the perfect copy of His nature, sustaining the universe by His powerful command; and now that He has destroyed the defilement of sin, He has gone to take His place in heaven at the right hand of divine Majesty. So He is now as far above the angels as the title which He has inherited than their own name. - Heb. 1:1-4 - Gen. 1:1-31 - John 1:1-18 -
God is Omnipresence (a theological term that refers to God ability to be everywhere at all times or the unlimited nature of God) God is never like the manufactured idols of ancient cultures that were limited to one altar or temple area. God was present as Lord in all creation, and there is no escaping Him. God is present in our innermost thoughts. Even as we are formed in the womb, God knows all the days of our future.
God hears and looks not only on outward words and actions, but especially on the inner attitudes, characters, and behaviors of a person's heart. It is because God is the "Creator and Sustainer" of time and space. God is everywhere and being everywhere, He is our great Redeemer, Comforter, and Friend.
Where could I go to escape Your spirit?
Where could I flee from Your presence?
If I climb the heavens, You are there,
there too, if I lie in Sheol.
If I flew to the points of sunrise,
or westward across the sea,
Your hand would still be guiding me,
Your right hand holding me.
If I asked darkness to cover me,
and light to become night around me,
that darkness would not be dark to You,
night would be as light as day.
It was You who created my inmost self,
and put me together in my mother's womb;
for all these mysteries I thank you:
for the wonder of myself, for the wonder of Your works.
You know me through and through,
from having watched my bones take shape
when I was being formed in secret,
knitted together in the limbo of the womb.
You had scrutinised my every action,
all were recorded in your book,
my days listed and determined,
even before the first of them occurred.
God, how hard it is to grasp Your thoughts!
How impossible to count them!
I could no more count them than I could the sand,
and suppose I could, You would still be with me. - Ps. 139:7-18 -
How rich are the depths of God - how deep His wisdom and knowledge - and how impossible to penetrate His motives or understand His methods! Who could ever know the mind of the Lord? Who could ever be His counsellor? Who could ever give Him anything? All that exists comes from Him; all is by Him and for Him. To God be glory for ever! Amen. - Rom. 11:33-36 -
As soon as Jesus was baptized he came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him. And a voice spoke from heaven, "This is my Son, the Beloved; My favor rests on him." - Matt. 3:16-17 -
God is Omniscience. (a theological term that refers to God's superior knowledge and wisdom, His power to know all things) God is the Lord who knows our words thoughts from afar. He is acquainted with all our ways, knowing our words even before they are on our tongues. God needs to consult no one for knowledge or understanding.
God is all-knowing Lord who prophesies the events of the future, including the death of His Only Begotten Son and the return of Christ Jesus at the end of this age when death will be finally overcome.
Therefore, only the all-knowing and all-powerful God can guarantee real freedom from sin, decay, and death. God can begin a process of change in believers during the present ages; for "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
Having this hope, we can be quite confident; not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites would not notice the ending of what had to fade. And anyway, their minds had been dulled; indeed, to this very day, that same veil is still there when the old covenant is being read, a veil never lifted, since Christ alone can remove it.
Yes, even today, whenever Moses is read, the veil is over their minds. It will not be removed until they turn to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now this Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, with our unveiled faces reflecting like mirrors the brightness of the Lord, all grow brighter and brighter as we are turned into the image that we reflect; this is the work of the Lord who is Spirit. - 2 Cor. 3:12-18 -
I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal His sons and daughters. It was not for any faults on the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it was made so by God: but creation still retains the hope of being freed, like us, from the slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God.
From the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.
For we must be content to hope that we shall be saved - our salvation is not in sight, we should not have to be hoping for it if it were -. but as I say, we must hope to be saved since we are not saved yet - it is something we must wait for with patience.
The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit Himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put onto words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he/she means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God.
We know that by turning everything to their good God cooperates with all those who love Him, with all those that He called according to His purpose. They are the ones He chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of His Son, so that His Son might be the eldest of many brothers. God called those He intended for this; those He called He justified, and with those He justified He shared His glory.
After saying this, what can we add? With God on our side who can be against us? Since God did not spare His own Son, but gave him up to benefit us all, we may be certain, after such a gift, that He will not refuse anything He can give.
Could anyone accuse those that God has chosen? When God acquits, could anyone condemn? Could Christ Jesus? No! Jesus Christ not only died for us - He rose from the dead, and there at God's right hand He stands and pleads for us.
Nothing therefore can come between us and the love of Christ Jesus, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food and clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. As Sacred Scripture promised: For your sake we are being massacred daily, and reckoned as sheep for the slaughter. These are the trails through which we triumph, by the power of Him who loved us.
For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Rom. 8:18-39 - Heb. 4:12-13; Ps. 139:1-6; Is. 40:13-14; Is. chapter 53 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
But in the Old Testament, the Book of Genesis declares that God 'existed' before 'creation' and God is in full control of the physical universe/world. God called the world into being by His word. God power is absolute. God does not have to conform to nature and cannot be threatened by it. God is sovereign and does not have to share His power with other supernatural beings.
Since God created the universe/world/earth out of nothing, it is His and will always serve His purpose. As God shaped creation without any interference from anyone, He will bring creation to its desired end. No power can frustrate God in His purpose to complete the process started in creation and indeed, it is revealed in the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible.
Therefore, our hope rests in the sovereign power of God, the Almighty.
God is Omnipotence (a theological term that refers to all-powerful, all-encompassing power of God) The almighty God expects human beings to be obedience to Him, and God holds them responsible for their thoughts, words and actions. God has so fashioned humankind that He graciously appeals to every person to return to Him.
At various times in the past and in various different ways, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our own time, the last days, He has spoken to us through His Son [The Lord Jesus Christ], the Son that He has appointed to inherit everything and through whom He made everything there is.
He [The Lord Jesus Christ] is the radiant light of God's glory and the perfect copy of His nature, sustaining the universe by His powerful command; and now that He has destroyed the defilement of sin, He has gone to take His place in heaven at the right hand of divine Majesty. So He is now as far above the angels as the title which He has inherited than their own name. - Heb. 1:1-4 - Gen. 1:1-31 - John 1:1-18 -
God is Omnipresence (a theological term that refers to God ability to be everywhere at all times or the unlimited nature of God) God is never like the manufactured idols of ancient cultures that were limited to one altar or temple area. God was present as Lord in all creation, and there is no escaping Him. God is present in our innermost thoughts. Even as we are formed in the womb, God knows all the days of our future.
God hears and looks not only on outward words and actions, but especially on the inner attitudes, characters, and behaviors of a person's heart. It is because God is the "Creator and Sustainer" of time and space. God is everywhere and being everywhere, He is our great Redeemer, Comforter, and Friend.
Where could I go to escape Your spirit?
Where could I flee from Your presence?
If I climb the heavens, You are there,
there too, if I lie in Sheol.
If I flew to the points of sunrise,
or westward across the sea,
Your hand would still be guiding me,
Your right hand holding me.
If I asked darkness to cover me,
and light to become night around me,
that darkness would not be dark to You,
night would be as light as day.
It was You who created my inmost self,
and put me together in my mother's womb;
for all these mysteries I thank you:
for the wonder of myself, for the wonder of Your works.
You know me through and through,
from having watched my bones take shape
when I was being formed in secret,
knitted together in the limbo of the womb.
You had scrutinised my every action,
all were recorded in your book,
my days listed and determined,
even before the first of them occurred.
God, how hard it is to grasp Your thoughts!
How impossible to count them!
I could no more count them than I could the sand,
and suppose I could, You would still be with me. - Ps. 139:7-18 -
How rich are the depths of God - how deep His wisdom and knowledge - and how impossible to penetrate His motives or understand His methods! Who could ever know the mind of the Lord? Who could ever be His counsellor? Who could ever give Him anything? All that exists comes from Him; all is by Him and for Him. To God be glory for ever! Amen. - Rom. 11:33-36 -
As soon as Jesus was baptized he came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him. And a voice spoke from heaven, "This is my Son, the Beloved; My favor rests on him." - Matt. 3:16-17 -
God is Omniscience. (a theological term that refers to God's superior knowledge and wisdom, His power to know all things) God is the Lord who knows our words thoughts from afar. He is acquainted with all our ways, knowing our words even before they are on our tongues. God needs to consult no one for knowledge or understanding.
God is all-knowing Lord who prophesies the events of the future, including the death of His Only Begotten Son and the return of Christ Jesus at the end of this age when death will be finally overcome.
Therefore, only the all-knowing and all-powerful God can guarantee real freedom from sin, decay, and death. God can begin a process of change in believers during the present ages; for "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
Having this hope, we can be quite confident; not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites would not notice the ending of what had to fade. And anyway, their minds had been dulled; indeed, to this very day, that same veil is still there when the old covenant is being read, a veil never lifted, since Christ alone can remove it.
Yes, even today, whenever Moses is read, the veil is over their minds. It will not be removed until they turn to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now this Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, with our unveiled faces reflecting like mirrors the brightness of the Lord, all grow brighter and brighter as we are turned into the image that we reflect; this is the work of the Lord who is Spirit. - 2 Cor. 3:12-18 -
I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal His sons and daughters. It was not for any faults on the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it was made so by God: but creation still retains the hope of being freed, like us, from the slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God.
From the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.
For we must be content to hope that we shall be saved - our salvation is not in sight, we should not have to be hoping for it if it were -. but as I say, we must hope to be saved since we are not saved yet - it is something we must wait for with patience.
The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit Himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put onto words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he/she means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God.
We know that by turning everything to their good God cooperates with all those who love Him, with all those that He called according to His purpose. They are the ones He chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of His Son, so that His Son might be the eldest of many brothers. God called those He intended for this; those He called He justified, and with those He justified He shared His glory.
After saying this, what can we add? With God on our side who can be against us? Since God did not spare His own Son, but gave him up to benefit us all, we may be certain, after such a gift, that He will not refuse anything He can give.
Could anyone accuse those that God has chosen? When God acquits, could anyone condemn? Could Christ Jesus? No! Jesus Christ not only died for us - He rose from the dead, and there at God's right hand He stands and pleads for us.
Nothing therefore can come between us and the love of Christ Jesus, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food and clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. As Sacred Scripture promised: For your sake we are being massacred daily, and reckoned as sheep for the slaughter. These are the trails through which we triumph, by the power of Him who loved us.
For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Rom. 8:18-39 - Heb. 4:12-13; Ps. 139:1-6; Is. 40:13-14; Is. chapter 53 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
God is not Himself part of this world, but He acts in it by means of His word. God becomes personally known through His word. God word is powerfully creative and its purposes are irresistible. God's word is totally dependable; it represents His permanent commitment.
When heard and responded to, His word meets deep needs in the human heart and provides love, peace, joy, satisfaction, and confident direction which can be achieved in no other manner. God's word has the power to penetrate all pretense and discern "the thoughts and intents of the heart."
I tell you solemnly, before this generation has passed away all these things will have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. - Matt. 24:34-35 -
Consecrate them in the truth;
Your word is truth. - John 17:7 -
The word of God is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely: it can slip through the place where the soul is divided from the spirit, or joints from the marrow; it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts. No created things can hide from Him; everything is uncovered and open to the eyes of the One whom we must give account of ourselves. - Heb. 4:12-13 -
And then you must accept salvation from God to be your helmet and receive the word of God from the Spirit to use as a sword. - Eph. 6:17
You have been obedient to the truth and purified your souls until you can love like brothers and sisters, in sincerity; let your love for each other be real and from the heart - your new birth was not from any mortal seed but from the everlasting word of the living and eternal God. All fresh is grass and its glory like the wild flower's. The grass withers, the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains for ever. What is this word? It is the Good News that has been brought to you. - 1 Peter 1:22-25 - James 1:9-11; Is. 40:6-8 -
God's speaking of His word reaches a culmination in the sending of His Son (The Lord Jesus Christ) All that is true of God's earlier word is supremely truth of Jesus. The gospel of Jesus Christ is, in a special and profound way, the word of God as it makes known and brings into operation the reconciliation with God which is His purpose for mankind. So central is the Gospel to the purpose of God in this world that the successful spread of the gospel is the growth of the word of God.
The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers. - Acts 12:24 -
It is all God's work. It was God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ Jesus and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. In other words, God in Christ was reconciling the world to Himself, not holding men's faults against them, and He has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. - 2 Cor. 5:18-19 -
Therefore, it is not only Jesus's message but also all that, He communicates God to us. He Himself is described as the word of God. Indeed, Jesus brings the presence of God to a new level - the personal presence of God in the world in a human life.
By calling the Lord Jesus Christ the Alpha and the Omega, the writer of the Book of Revelation acknowledged that He is both the Creator and the Redeemer and the Final Judge of all things. Alpha and Omega - the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. This title is given to God the Father and God the Son.
Very soon now, I shall be with you again, bringing the reward to be given to every man and woman according to what he/she deserves. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. - Rev. 22:12-13 -
The Book of Genesis - the first book of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. Placed at the opening of the Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis is the first of the five books of Moses, known as the 'Pentateuch.'
Genesis is the book of beginnings. The word Genesis means "The Origin, Source, Creation, and coming into being of something." The Hebrew name for the book is bereshith, the first word in the Hebrew text which is translated as "in the beginning." Genesis describes such important beginnings as 'The Creation', 'The Fall Of Man', and the early years of 'The nation Of Israel/Jacob.'
The beginning of salvation history - the story of God and human beings, sin and grace, wrath and mercy, covenant and redemption - also begins in the Book of Genesis.These theme are repeated often throughout the rest of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible.
As the Book of Revelation is the climax and conclusion of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, so the Book of Genesis is the beginning and essential seed-plot of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. Thus, Genesis is an important book for comprehending the meaning of the entire Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible.
The Book of Genesis presents the creation of man as male and female in the image of God, man's fall and ruin, his/her judgement, and his/her possible triumph in God's grace. In the context of man's judgement came the first whisper of the Gospel message of the final triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ over Satan:
I will make you enemies of each other:
you and the woman,
your offspring and her offspring,
It will crush your head
and you will strike its heel. - Gen. 3:15 -
This prophecy was fulfilled by the death of Jesus on the Cross, a sacrifice that destroyed the works of evil and the devil.
My children, do not let anyone lead you astray:
to live a holy life
is to be holy just as God is holy;
to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil,
since the devil was a sinner from the beginning.
It was to undo all that the devil has done
that the Son of God appeared. - 1 John 3:7-8 -
The anger of God is being revealed from heaven against all the impiety and depravity of men/women who keep truth imprisoned in their wickedness. For what can be known about God is perfectly plain to them since God Himself has made it plain.
Ever since God created the world His everlasting power and deity - however invisible - have been there for the mind to see in the things He has made. That is why such people are without excuse: they knew God and yet refused to honour Him as God or to thank Him; instead, they made nonsense out of logic and their empty minds were darkened.
The more they called themselves philosophers, the more stupid they grew, until they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for a worthless imitation, for the image of a mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds and reptiles. That is why God left them to their filthy enjoyments and the practices with which they dishonor their own bodies, since they have given up divine truth for a lie and have worshipped and served creatures instead of the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen!
That is why God has abandoned them to degrading passions: why their women have turned from natural intercourse to unnatural practices and why their menfolk have given up natural intercourse to be consumed with passion for each other, men/women doing shameless things with men/women and getting an appropriate reward for their perversion.
In other words, since they refused to see it was rational to acknowledge God, God has left them to their own irrational ideas and to their monstrous behaviour.
And so they are steeped in all sorts of depravity, rottenness, greed and malice, and addicted to envy, murder, wrangling, treachery and spite. Libellers, slanderers, enemies of God, rude, arrogant and boastful, enterprising in sin, rebellious to parents, without brains, without honors, without love and without pity.
THEY KNOW WHAT GOD VERDICT IS: THAT THOSE WHO BEHAVE LIKE THIS DESERVE TO DIE - AND YET THEY DO IT; AND WHAT IS WORSE, ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. - Rom. 1:18-32 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
When heard and responded to, His word meets deep needs in the human heart and provides love, peace, joy, satisfaction, and confident direction which can be achieved in no other manner. God's word has the power to penetrate all pretense and discern "the thoughts and intents of the heart."
I tell you solemnly, before this generation has passed away all these things will have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. - Matt. 24:34-35 -
Consecrate them in the truth;
Your word is truth. - John 17:7 -
The word of God is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely: it can slip through the place where the soul is divided from the spirit, or joints from the marrow; it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts. No created things can hide from Him; everything is uncovered and open to the eyes of the One whom we must give account of ourselves. - Heb. 4:12-13 -
And then you must accept salvation from God to be your helmet and receive the word of God from the Spirit to use as a sword. - Eph. 6:17
You have been obedient to the truth and purified your souls until you can love like brothers and sisters, in sincerity; let your love for each other be real and from the heart - your new birth was not from any mortal seed but from the everlasting word of the living and eternal God. All fresh is grass and its glory like the wild flower's. The grass withers, the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains for ever. What is this word? It is the Good News that has been brought to you. - 1 Peter 1:22-25 - James 1:9-11; Is. 40:6-8 -
God's speaking of His word reaches a culmination in the sending of His Son (The Lord Jesus Christ) All that is true of God's earlier word is supremely truth of Jesus. The gospel of Jesus Christ is, in a special and profound way, the word of God as it makes known and brings into operation the reconciliation with God which is His purpose for mankind. So central is the Gospel to the purpose of God in this world that the successful spread of the gospel is the growth of the word of God.
The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers. - Acts 12:24 -
It is all God's work. It was God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ Jesus and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. In other words, God in Christ was reconciling the world to Himself, not holding men's faults against them, and He has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. - 2 Cor. 5:18-19 -
Therefore, it is not only Jesus's message but also all that, He communicates God to us. He Himself is described as the word of God. Indeed, Jesus brings the presence of God to a new level - the personal presence of God in the world in a human life.
By calling the Lord Jesus Christ the Alpha and the Omega, the writer of the Book of Revelation acknowledged that He is both the Creator and the Redeemer and the Final Judge of all things. Alpha and Omega - the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. This title is given to God the Father and God the Son.
Very soon now, I shall be with you again, bringing the reward to be given to every man and woman according to what he/she deserves. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. - Rev. 22:12-13 -
The Book of Genesis - the first book of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. Placed at the opening of the Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis is the first of the five books of Moses, known as the 'Pentateuch.'
Genesis is the book of beginnings. The word Genesis means "The Origin, Source, Creation, and coming into being of something." The Hebrew name for the book is bereshith, the first word in the Hebrew text which is translated as "in the beginning." Genesis describes such important beginnings as 'The Creation', 'The Fall Of Man', and the early years of 'The nation Of Israel/Jacob.'
The beginning of salvation history - the story of God and human beings, sin and grace, wrath and mercy, covenant and redemption - also begins in the Book of Genesis.These theme are repeated often throughout the rest of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible.
As the Book of Revelation is the climax and conclusion of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, so the Book of Genesis is the beginning and essential seed-plot of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. Thus, Genesis is an important book for comprehending the meaning of the entire Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible.
The Book of Genesis presents the creation of man as male and female in the image of God, man's fall and ruin, his/her judgement, and his/her possible triumph in God's grace. In the context of man's judgement came the first whisper of the Gospel message of the final triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ over Satan:
I will make you enemies of each other:
you and the woman,
your offspring and her offspring,
It will crush your head
and you will strike its heel. - Gen. 3:15 -
This prophecy was fulfilled by the death of Jesus on the Cross, a sacrifice that destroyed the works of evil and the devil.
My children, do not let anyone lead you astray:
to live a holy life
is to be holy just as God is holy;
to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil,
since the devil was a sinner from the beginning.
It was to undo all that the devil has done
that the Son of God appeared. - 1 John 3:7-8 -
The anger of God is being revealed from heaven against all the impiety and depravity of men/women who keep truth imprisoned in their wickedness. For what can be known about God is perfectly plain to them since God Himself has made it plain.
Ever since God created the world His everlasting power and deity - however invisible - have been there for the mind to see in the things He has made. That is why such people are without excuse: they knew God and yet refused to honour Him as God or to thank Him; instead, they made nonsense out of logic and their empty minds were darkened.
The more they called themselves philosophers, the more stupid they grew, until they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for a worthless imitation, for the image of a mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds and reptiles. That is why God left them to their filthy enjoyments and the practices with which they dishonor their own bodies, since they have given up divine truth for a lie and have worshipped and served creatures instead of the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen!
That is why God has abandoned them to degrading passions: why their women have turned from natural intercourse to unnatural practices and why their menfolk have given up natural intercourse to be consumed with passion for each other, men/women doing shameless things with men/women and getting an appropriate reward for their perversion.
In other words, since they refused to see it was rational to acknowledge God, God has left them to their own irrational ideas and to their monstrous behaviour.
And so they are steeped in all sorts of depravity, rottenness, greed and malice, and addicted to envy, murder, wrangling, treachery and spite. Libellers, slanderers, enemies of God, rude, arrogant and boastful, enterprising in sin, rebellious to parents, without brains, without honors, without love and without pity.
THEY KNOW WHAT GOD VERDICT IS: THAT THOSE WHO BEHAVE LIKE THIS DESERVE TO DIE - AND YET THEY DO IT; AND WHAT IS WORSE, ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. - Rom. 1:18-32 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Thursday, August 17, 2017
The means by which God makes Himself known, declares His will, and brings about His purposes refers to "The Word Of God." A theological phrase which expresses: 'The Absolute', 'The Eternal', and 'The Ultimate Being Of Jesus Christ.' God's word is the primary means by which He is present and working in the world/earth.
The phrases such as 'Word Of God' and 'Word Of The Lord' are applied to the commanding 'Word Of God' that brought "Creation" into existence, and also "Destroyed" that same world or earth through the waters of "The Flood"; to God's announcement of an impending or future "Act Of Judgment.": to the Word that declares "God's commitment and promises His blessing"; and to a particular instruction from God.
The term 'Word Of God' is also used of the 'Ten Commandments' given from Mount Sinai; of the whole Mosaic Law; of specific parts of the Old Testament; of a more personal communication from God; of the directive of God that set in motion John the Baptist's ministry; of Jesus' message of the kingdom of God; of 'The Gospel' as preached in the early Church; and finally of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
The Old Testament spoke of the 'Word Of God' as the divine agent in the 'Creation of the universe.' "By the Word Of The Lord the heavens, earth, light, waters, all kind of land and sea creatures, animals, all kind of plants, trees, and human beings were made."
In the New Testament, the Gospel of John declared: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Through the incarnation of Christ Jesus, God has come to dwell in our midst. Through the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, a unique and final revelation of God has been given - one superior to the revelation given through the law and the prophets. In the Lord Jesus Christ, the 'Word Of God' or 'Logos' God's plan and purpose for mankind is clearly revealed.
In the beginning was the Word
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through Him all things came to be,
not one thing had its being but through Him.
All that came to be had life in Him
and that life was the light of men/women,
a light that shines in the dark,
a light that darkness could not overpower.
A man came, sent by God.
His name was John.
He came as a witness,
as a witness to speak for the light,
so that everyone might believe through him.
He was not the light,
only a witness to speak for the light.
The Word was the true light
that enlightens all men/women;
and He was coming into the world.
He was in the world
that had its being through Him,
and the world did not know Him
He came to His own domain
and His own people did not accept Him.
But to all who did accept Him
He gave power to become children of God,
to all who believe in the name of Him
who was born not out of human stock
or urge of the flesh
or will of man/woman
but of God Himself.
The Word was made flesh,
He lived among us,
and we saw His glory,
the glory that is His as the only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth.
John appears as His witness. He proclaims:
'This is the one of whom I said:
He who comes after me
ranks before me
because He existed before me.'
Indeed, from His fullness we have, all of us, received -
yes, grace in return for grace,
since, though the Law was given through Moses,
grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God;
it is the only Son, who is nearest to the Father's heart,
Who has made Him known. - John 1:1-18 -
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God's spirit hovered over the water.
God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called light 'day' and darkness He called 'night.' Evening came and morning came: the first day.
God said, 'Let there be a vault in the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so it was. God made the vault, and it divided the waters above the vault from the waters under the vault. God called the vault 'heaven.' Evening came and morning came: the second day.
God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let the dry land appear.' And so it was. God called the dry land 'earth' and the mass of waters 'seas' and God saw that it was good.
God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seed inside, on the earth.' And so it was. The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seed in their several kinds, and trees bearing fruit with their seed inside in their several kinds. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came: the third day.
God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was. God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars. God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth, to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.
God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth within the vault of heaven.' And so it was. God created great sea-serpents and every kind of living creature with which the waters teem, and every kind of winged creature. God saw it was good. God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas; and let the birds multiply upon the earth.' Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.
God said, 'Let the earth produce every kind of living creature: cattle, reptiles, and every kind of wild beasts.' And so it was. God made every kind of wild beast, every kind of cattle, and every kind of land reptile. God saw that it was good.
God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the reptiles that crawl upon the earth.'
God created man in the image of Himself,
in the image of God He created him,
male and female He created them.
God blessed them, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all living animals on the earth.' God said, 'See, I give you all the seed-bearing plants that are upon the whole earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this shall be your food. To all wild beasts, all birds of heaven and all living reptiles on the earth I give all the foliage of plants for food.' And so it was. God saw all He had made, and indeed, it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixth day. - Gen. 1:1-31 -
Thus, heaven and earth were completed with all their array. On the seventh day God completed the work He had been doing. He rested on the seventh day after all the work He had been doing. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day He had rested after all His work of creating.
Such were the origins of heaven and earth when they were created. - Gen. 2:1-4 -
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
The phrases such as 'Word Of God' and 'Word Of The Lord' are applied to the commanding 'Word Of God' that brought "Creation" into existence, and also "Destroyed" that same world or earth through the waters of "The Flood"; to God's announcement of an impending or future "Act Of Judgment.": to the Word that declares "God's commitment and promises His blessing"; and to a particular instruction from God.
The term 'Word Of God' is also used of the 'Ten Commandments' given from Mount Sinai; of the whole Mosaic Law; of specific parts of the Old Testament; of a more personal communication from God; of the directive of God that set in motion John the Baptist's ministry; of Jesus' message of the kingdom of God; of 'The Gospel' as preached in the early Church; and finally of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
The Old Testament spoke of the 'Word Of God' as the divine agent in the 'Creation of the universe.' "By the Word Of The Lord the heavens, earth, light, waters, all kind of land and sea creatures, animals, all kind of plants, trees, and human beings were made."
In the New Testament, the Gospel of John declared: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Through the incarnation of Christ Jesus, God has come to dwell in our midst. Through the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, a unique and final revelation of God has been given - one superior to the revelation given through the law and the prophets. In the Lord Jesus Christ, the 'Word Of God' or 'Logos' God's plan and purpose for mankind is clearly revealed.
In the beginning was the Word
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through Him all things came to be,
not one thing had its being but through Him.
All that came to be had life in Him
and that life was the light of men/women,
a light that shines in the dark,
a light that darkness could not overpower.
A man came, sent by God.
His name was John.
He came as a witness,
as a witness to speak for the light,
so that everyone might believe through him.
He was not the light,
only a witness to speak for the light.
The Word was the true light
that enlightens all men/women;
and He was coming into the world.
He was in the world
that had its being through Him,
and the world did not know Him
He came to His own domain
and His own people did not accept Him.
But to all who did accept Him
He gave power to become children of God,
to all who believe in the name of Him
who was born not out of human stock
or urge of the flesh
or will of man/woman
but of God Himself.
The Word was made flesh,
He lived among us,
and we saw His glory,
the glory that is His as the only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth.
John appears as His witness. He proclaims:
'This is the one of whom I said:
He who comes after me
ranks before me
because He existed before me.'
Indeed, from His fullness we have, all of us, received -
yes, grace in return for grace,
since, though the Law was given through Moses,
grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God;
it is the only Son, who is nearest to the Father's heart,
Who has made Him known. - John 1:1-18 -
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God's spirit hovered over the water.
God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called light 'day' and darkness He called 'night.' Evening came and morning came: the first day.
God said, 'Let there be a vault in the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so it was. God made the vault, and it divided the waters above the vault from the waters under the vault. God called the vault 'heaven.' Evening came and morning came: the second day.
God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let the dry land appear.' And so it was. God called the dry land 'earth' and the mass of waters 'seas' and God saw that it was good.
God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seed inside, on the earth.' And so it was. The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seed in their several kinds, and trees bearing fruit with their seed inside in their several kinds. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came: the third day.
God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was. God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars. God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth, to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.
God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth within the vault of heaven.' And so it was. God created great sea-serpents and every kind of living creature with which the waters teem, and every kind of winged creature. God saw it was good. God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas; and let the birds multiply upon the earth.' Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.
God said, 'Let the earth produce every kind of living creature: cattle, reptiles, and every kind of wild beasts.' And so it was. God made every kind of wild beast, every kind of cattle, and every kind of land reptile. God saw that it was good.
God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the reptiles that crawl upon the earth.'
God created man in the image of Himself,
in the image of God He created him,
male and female He created them.
God blessed them, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all living animals on the earth.' God said, 'See, I give you all the seed-bearing plants that are upon the whole earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this shall be your food. To all wild beasts, all birds of heaven and all living reptiles on the earth I give all the foliage of plants for food.' And so it was. God saw all He had made, and indeed, it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixth day. - Gen. 1:1-31 -
Thus, heaven and earth were completed with all their array. On the seventh day God completed the work He had been doing. He rested on the seventh day after all the work He had been doing. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day He had rested after all His work of creating.
Such were the origins of heaven and earth when they were created. - Gen. 2:1-4 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
The point of Eschatology throughout the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible is to provide encouragement to the apostles, prophets, disciples, believers and followers in their witnesses for the Lord Jesus Christ. It is not mentioned to encourage idle speculation or controversy. The main reason God grants us a view of the future is to allow and encourage us to witness for the Lord Jesus Christ and serve God in the present.
This Good News of the kingdom will be proclaimed to the whole world as a witness to all nations. And then the end will come. - Matt. 24:14 -
Never give in then, my dear brothers and sisters, never admit defeat; keep on working at the Lord's work always, knowing that, in the Lord, you cannot be labouring in vain. - 1 Cor. 15:58 -
In the Old Testament, the early true prophets accepted the Holy War concept and even stirred up war or conflict among nations. But in the later true prophets often condemned war, because they felt Israel's war did not meet the qualifications for a Holy War.
However, in the New Testament and in the Book of Revelation, the one thing necessary for a Holy War was that Christian, and all those who love the Lord Jesus Christ and trust in God without any doubt and without any reservations. But sadly, the people and nation increasingly put its trust in the power of the day, wealth, self wisdom, and political alliances.
Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Trust in God still, and trust in Me.
There are many rooms in my Father's house;
if there were not, I should have told you.
I am going now to prepare a place for you,
and after I have gone and prepared you a place,
I shall return to take you with Me;
so that where I am
you may be too. - John 14:1-3 -
Although the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible explicitly speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ appearance and His return. The night before His crucifixion, Jesus told His apostles that He would return. Indeed, the New Testament is filled with expectancy of the Lord Jesus Christ return, even as Christians should be today.
Now having met together, they asked Jesus, 'Lord, has the time come?' Are you going to restore the kingdom of Israel? He replied, 'It is not for you to know times and dates that the Father has decided by His own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.'
As Jesus said this He was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took Him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them, and they said, 'Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen Him go there.' - Acts 1:6-11 -
In the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible sin is viewed in several ways; as an offense against God, which requires a pardon or a reconciliation with God. That is, as defilement, which requires cleansing; as slavery, which cries out for emancipation; as a debt, which must be cancelled; as defeat, which must be reversed by victory; and as estrangement, which must be set right by reconciliation.
However, sin is viewed, it is through the work of the Lord Jesus Christ that the remedy is provided. The Lord Jesus Christ has procured the pardon, forgiveness of sin, the cleansing, the emancipation, the cancellation, the victory, and the reconciliation.
Since the Lord Jesus Christ partakes in the nature of both God and humanity. He occupies a unique status with regard to them. The Lord Jesus Christ represents God to humanity, and He also represents humanity to God. God is both Lawgiver and Judge.
Therefore, the human family has put itself in the position of the lawbreaker; The Lord Jesus Christ has voluntarily undertaken to represent us. The Judge has made Himself one with the guilt in order to bear our guilt. It is ordinarily out of the question for one person to bear the guilt of others. But when the one person is the representative man, Jesus Christ, bearing the guilt of those whom He represents, the case is different.
In the hour of His death, Christ Jesus offered His life to God on behalf of mankind. The perfect life which He offered was acceptable to God. The salvation secured through the giving up of that life is God's free gift to mankind in the Lord Jesus Christ.
When the situation is viewed in terms of a law court, one might speak of the accused party as being acquitted. But the term preferred in the New Testament, especially in the Apostle/Saint Paul's writings, is the more positive word, justified. Apostle Paul goes on to the limit of daring to speaking of God as:
We were still helpless when all at His appointed moment Christ died for sinful men/women. It is not easy to die even for a good person - though of course for someone really worthy, a person might be prepared to die - but what proves that God loves us is that Christ Jesus died for us while we were still sinners.
Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that He would now fail to save us from God's anger? When we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, we were still enemies; now that we have been reconciled, surely we may count on being saved by the life of His Son?
Not merely because we have been reconciled but because we are filled with joyful trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation. - Rom. 5:6-11 -
The work of the Lord Jesus Christ, seen from this point of view, is to set humanity in a right relationship with God. When the work of the Lord Jesus Christ is pictured in terms of an 'atoning sacrifice' it is God who takes the initiative. Thus, Jesus' presence with God as His people's representative provides the assurance that their requests for spiritual help are heard and granted.
This means that Christ Jesus reigns from His present place of exaltation and must do so until all His enemies are overthrown, especially those enemies which belong to the spiritual realm. That is: "The last enemy that will be destroyed is death."
For Christ Jesus must be King until He has put all His enemies under His feet and the last of the enemies to be destroyed is death, for everything is to be put under His feet. - 1 Cor. 15:25-26 -
The sea gave up all the dead who were in it: Death and Hades were emptied of the dead that were in them; and everyone was judged according to the way in which he/she had lived. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the burning lake. This burning lake is the second death; and anybody whose name could not be found in the 'Book of Life' was thrown into the burning lake. - Rev. 20:14-15 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
This Good News of the kingdom will be proclaimed to the whole world as a witness to all nations. And then the end will come. - Matt. 24:14 -
Never give in then, my dear brothers and sisters, never admit defeat; keep on working at the Lord's work always, knowing that, in the Lord, you cannot be labouring in vain. - 1 Cor. 15:58 -
In the Old Testament, the early true prophets accepted the Holy War concept and even stirred up war or conflict among nations. But in the later true prophets often condemned war, because they felt Israel's war did not meet the qualifications for a Holy War.
However, in the New Testament and in the Book of Revelation, the one thing necessary for a Holy War was that Christian, and all those who love the Lord Jesus Christ and trust in God without any doubt and without any reservations. But sadly, the people and nation increasingly put its trust in the power of the day, wealth, self wisdom, and political alliances.
Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Trust in God still, and trust in Me.
There are many rooms in my Father's house;
if there were not, I should have told you.
I am going now to prepare a place for you,
and after I have gone and prepared you a place,
I shall return to take you with Me;
so that where I am
you may be too. - John 14:1-3 -
Although the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible explicitly speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ appearance and His return. The night before His crucifixion, Jesus told His apostles that He would return. Indeed, the New Testament is filled with expectancy of the Lord Jesus Christ return, even as Christians should be today.
Now having met together, they asked Jesus, 'Lord, has the time come?' Are you going to restore the kingdom of Israel? He replied, 'It is not for you to know times and dates that the Father has decided by His own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.'
As Jesus said this He was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took Him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them, and they said, 'Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen Him go there.' - Acts 1:6-11 -
In the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible sin is viewed in several ways; as an offense against God, which requires a pardon or a reconciliation with God. That is, as defilement, which requires cleansing; as slavery, which cries out for emancipation; as a debt, which must be cancelled; as defeat, which must be reversed by victory; and as estrangement, which must be set right by reconciliation.
However, sin is viewed, it is through the work of the Lord Jesus Christ that the remedy is provided. The Lord Jesus Christ has procured the pardon, forgiveness of sin, the cleansing, the emancipation, the cancellation, the victory, and the reconciliation.
Since the Lord Jesus Christ partakes in the nature of both God and humanity. He occupies a unique status with regard to them. The Lord Jesus Christ represents God to humanity, and He also represents humanity to God. God is both Lawgiver and Judge.
Therefore, the human family has put itself in the position of the lawbreaker; The Lord Jesus Christ has voluntarily undertaken to represent us. The Judge has made Himself one with the guilt in order to bear our guilt. It is ordinarily out of the question for one person to bear the guilt of others. But when the one person is the representative man, Jesus Christ, bearing the guilt of those whom He represents, the case is different.
In the hour of His death, Christ Jesus offered His life to God on behalf of mankind. The perfect life which He offered was acceptable to God. The salvation secured through the giving up of that life is God's free gift to mankind in the Lord Jesus Christ.
When the situation is viewed in terms of a law court, one might speak of the accused party as being acquitted. But the term preferred in the New Testament, especially in the Apostle/Saint Paul's writings, is the more positive word, justified. Apostle Paul goes on to the limit of daring to speaking of God as:
We were still helpless when all at His appointed moment Christ died for sinful men/women. It is not easy to die even for a good person - though of course for someone really worthy, a person might be prepared to die - but what proves that God loves us is that Christ Jesus died for us while we were still sinners.
Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that He would now fail to save us from God's anger? When we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, we were still enemies; now that we have been reconciled, surely we may count on being saved by the life of His Son?
Not merely because we have been reconciled but because we are filled with joyful trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation. - Rom. 5:6-11 -
The work of the Lord Jesus Christ, seen from this point of view, is to set humanity in a right relationship with God. When the work of the Lord Jesus Christ is pictured in terms of an 'atoning sacrifice' it is God who takes the initiative. Thus, Jesus' presence with God as His people's representative provides the assurance that their requests for spiritual help are heard and granted.
This means that Christ Jesus reigns from His present place of exaltation and must do so until all His enemies are overthrown, especially those enemies which belong to the spiritual realm. That is: "The last enemy that will be destroyed is death."
For Christ Jesus must be King until He has put all His enemies under His feet and the last of the enemies to be destroyed is death, for everything is to be put under His feet. - 1 Cor. 15:25-26 -
The sea gave up all the dead who were in it: Death and Hades were emptied of the dead that were in them; and everyone was judged according to the way in which he/she had lived. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the burning lake. This burning lake is the second death; and anybody whose name could not be found in the 'Book of Life' was thrown into the burning lake. - Rev. 20:14-15 -
The Lord Jesus Christ 'First Coming' was to "SAVE." - Mark 10:45 -
The Lord Jesus Christ 'Return' or 'Second Coming' will be primarily to "JUDGE."
Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, 'You see this city? Here God lives among men. He will make his home among them; they shall be his people, and he will be their God; his name is God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness. The world of the past has gone. - Rev. 21:3-4 - AMEN! AMEN!
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
Friday, July 28, 2017
After this Jesus goes up to Jerusalem for the feast and teaches there. Why did Jesus perform miracles? As with the Old Testament, the New Testament miracles are essentially expressions of God's salvation and glory. Indeed, Jesus' miracles were signs of the presence of the kingdom of God.
The Lord Jesus Christ always declared that His miracles were the fulfilment of the promises of the Messiah's/Christ's [The Anointed One] kingdom as foretold by prophet Isaiah.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
the ears of the deaf unsealed,
then the lame shall leap like a deer
and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy. - Is. 35:5-6 - 61:1-11 -
'Go back and tell John the Baptist's what you hear and see; the blind see again, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the person who does not lose faith in me.' - Matt. 11:4-5 - Luke 7:18-23 -
Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour, it happened that there was a man being carried past. He was a cripple from birth; and they used to put him down everyday near the Temple entrance called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from the people going in.
When this man saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple he begged from them. Both Peter and John looked straight at him and said, 'Look at us.' He turned to them expectantly, hoping to get something from them, but Peter said, 'I have neither silver nor gold, but I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!' Peter then took him by the hand and helped him to stand up. Instantly, his feet and ankles became firm, he jumped up, stood, and began to walk, and he went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God.
Everyone could see him walking and praising God, and they recognised him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. They were all astonished and unable to explain what had happened to him. - Acts 3:1-10 -
Jesus' miracles were performed, and He consciously brought the salvation of God upon the most unlikely people and also to those who were rejected. In other words, the outcast. The Lord Jesus Christ healed the lame, the dumb, the lepers, and all incurable illness, diseases, and the dead are raised to life.
Jesus understood His miracles as evidence of the presence of the kingdom of God, and every miracle story was a sign that God's salvation was present. But not only did the kingdom come; it came in great power because the dead were raised and Satan was bound.
The seventy-two came back rejoicing. 'Lord,' they said 'even the devils submit to us when we use your name.' The Lord Jesus Christ said to them, 'I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Yes, I have given you power to tread underfoot serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you. Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice rather that your names are written in heaven.' - Luke 10:17-20 -
Finally, do we gain a deeper understanding of the Lord Jesus Christ in His miracles, Truly, He is Lord over nature and death. Amen! Jesus' miracles do give evidence that He was divine and human, that He was the "Son of the living God, the Christ or the Messiah." [The Anointed One] This tread of continuity is seen in His apostles, prophets, disciples, believers, and all those who God loves; miracles which paralleled those of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In fact, God began His universal Church with a powerful display of miracle. At "Pentecost" the Holy Spirit came on the people with great power, leading to conversions. That very day about three thousand were added to their number.
In accordance with the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, and through my personal profound encountered and experienced with God, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, revealed by God's grace, on and in what I have learned and understood, that the utmost miracles, is without doubt was: "The Miracle Of The Loaves" / "The Bread Of Life" because by encountering and experiencing God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ through the "Holy Mass, or Holy Eucharist, or Holy Communion." in my daily life, contains Love, Joy, Peace and Hope and is always profound.
Jesus went off to the other side of the Sea of Galilee or of Tiberias - and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs [miracles] Jesus gave by curing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside, and sat down there with his disciples. It was shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover.
Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?' Jesus only said this to test Philip; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. Philip answered, 'Two hundred denarii would only buy enough to give them a small piece each.' One of Jesus disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said, 'There is a small boy here with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that between so many?'
Jesus said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and gave them out to all who were sitting ready; Jesus then did the same with the fish, giving out as much as wanted. When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples,'Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing gets wasted.'
So they picked them up and filled twelve hampers with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves. The people, seeing this sign that Jesus had given, said, 'This really is the prophet who is to come into the world.' Jesus who could see they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, escaped back to the hills by himself. - John 6:1-15 -
'If you make My word your home
you will indeed be my disciples,
you will learn the truth
and the truth will make you free.' - John 8:31-32 -
'As long as the day lasts
I must carry out the work of the one who sent me;
the night will soon be here when no one can work.
As long as I am in the world
I am the light of the world.' - John 9:4-5 -
As Jesus went along, He saw a man who has born blind from birth. Jesus disciples asked Him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind?' 'Neither he nor his parents sinned' Jesus answered 'he was born blind so that the works of God might be displayed in him.' - John 9:1-3 -
As we know, in the Old Testament, and in the Book of Genesis chapter 3 shows God's response to human sin, and because of its sin, God cursed the world or the earth which He had just created. But at the end of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, the Book of Revelation chapter 22:3 announces there will no longer be a curse.
All that happens between Genesis 3 and Revelation 22 is related to God's efforts to reverse His curse and redeem His creation. Thus, this illustrates that eschatology is related to salvation. Eschatology reveals the end of history and how God reverses His curse upon the world by separating the good and the bad, the holy and the evil, and finally, God dominated the Satan.
The curse of God plunged the world into a long conflict. This conflict-strewn path leading up to God's final act in history can be traced from the Garden of Eden to Revelation. Just as God can revoke the curse. God has chosen to revoke one aspect of the curse and its conflict through an event known as the "the Day of the Lord."
The process that would eventually end with all of God's enemies in defeat. Victory of evils was promised through the conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. This conflict forms the guidelines for eschatological events throughout Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, especially for the end-time itself.
The point of Eschatology..........
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Faith . Hope . Love - Welcome donation. Thank You. God bless.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
The Lord Jesus Christ always declared that His miracles were the fulfilment of the promises of the Messiah's/Christ's [The Anointed One] kingdom as foretold by prophet Isaiah.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
the ears of the deaf unsealed,
then the lame shall leap like a deer
and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy. - Is. 35:5-6 - 61:1-11 -
'Go back and tell John the Baptist's what you hear and see; the blind see again, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the person who does not lose faith in me.' - Matt. 11:4-5 - Luke 7:18-23 -
Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour, it happened that there was a man being carried past. He was a cripple from birth; and they used to put him down everyday near the Temple entrance called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from the people going in.
When this man saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple he begged from them. Both Peter and John looked straight at him and said, 'Look at us.' He turned to them expectantly, hoping to get something from them, but Peter said, 'I have neither silver nor gold, but I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!' Peter then took him by the hand and helped him to stand up. Instantly, his feet and ankles became firm, he jumped up, stood, and began to walk, and he went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God.
Everyone could see him walking and praising God, and they recognised him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. They were all astonished and unable to explain what had happened to him. - Acts 3:1-10 -
Jesus' miracles were performed, and He consciously brought the salvation of God upon the most unlikely people and also to those who were rejected. In other words, the outcast. The Lord Jesus Christ healed the lame, the dumb, the lepers, and all incurable illness, diseases, and the dead are raised to life.
Jesus understood His miracles as evidence of the presence of the kingdom of God, and every miracle story was a sign that God's salvation was present. But not only did the kingdom come; it came in great power because the dead were raised and Satan was bound.
The seventy-two came back rejoicing. 'Lord,' they said 'even the devils submit to us when we use your name.' The Lord Jesus Christ said to them, 'I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Yes, I have given you power to tread underfoot serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you. Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice rather that your names are written in heaven.' - Luke 10:17-20 -
Finally, do we gain a deeper understanding of the Lord Jesus Christ in His miracles, Truly, He is Lord over nature and death. Amen! Jesus' miracles do give evidence that He was divine and human, that He was the "Son of the living God, the Christ or the Messiah." [The Anointed One] This tread of continuity is seen in His apostles, prophets, disciples, believers, and all those who God loves; miracles which paralleled those of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In fact, God began His universal Church with a powerful display of miracle. At "Pentecost" the Holy Spirit came on the people with great power, leading to conversions. That very day about three thousand were added to their number.
In accordance with the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, and through my personal profound encountered and experienced with God, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, revealed by God's grace, on and in what I have learned and understood, that the utmost miracles, is without doubt was: "The Miracle Of The Loaves" / "The Bread Of Life" because by encountering and experiencing God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ through the "Holy Mass, or Holy Eucharist, or Holy Communion." in my daily life, contains Love, Joy, Peace and Hope and is always profound.
Jesus went off to the other side of the Sea of Galilee or of Tiberias - and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs [miracles] Jesus gave by curing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside, and sat down there with his disciples. It was shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover.
Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?' Jesus only said this to test Philip; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. Philip answered, 'Two hundred denarii would only buy enough to give them a small piece each.' One of Jesus disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said, 'There is a small boy here with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that between so many?'
Jesus said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and gave them out to all who were sitting ready; Jesus then did the same with the fish, giving out as much as wanted. When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples,'Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing gets wasted.'
So they picked them up and filled twelve hampers with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves. The people, seeing this sign that Jesus had given, said, 'This really is the prophet who is to come into the world.' Jesus who could see they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, escaped back to the hills by himself. - John 6:1-15 -
'If you make My word your home
you will indeed be my disciples,
you will learn the truth
and the truth will make you free.' - John 8:31-32 -
'As long as the day lasts
I must carry out the work of the one who sent me;
the night will soon be here when no one can work.
As long as I am in the world
I am the light of the world.' - John 9:4-5 -
As Jesus went along, He saw a man who has born blind from birth. Jesus disciples asked Him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind?' 'Neither he nor his parents sinned' Jesus answered 'he was born blind so that the works of God might be displayed in him.' - John 9:1-3 -
As we know, in the Old Testament, and in the Book of Genesis chapter 3 shows God's response to human sin, and because of its sin, God cursed the world or the earth which He had just created. But at the end of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, the Book of Revelation chapter 22:3 announces there will no longer be a curse.
All that happens between Genesis 3 and Revelation 22 is related to God's efforts to reverse His curse and redeem His creation. Thus, this illustrates that eschatology is related to salvation. Eschatology reveals the end of history and how God reverses His curse upon the world by separating the good and the bad, the holy and the evil, and finally, God dominated the Satan.
The curse of God plunged the world into a long conflict. This conflict-strewn path leading up to God's final act in history can be traced from the Garden of Eden to Revelation. Just as God can revoke the curse. God has chosen to revoke one aspect of the curse and its conflict through an event known as the "the Day of the Lord."
The process that would eventually end with all of God's enemies in defeat. Victory of evils was promised through the conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. This conflict forms the guidelines for eschatological events throughout Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, especially for the end-time itself.
The point of Eschatology..........
Page 32
Faith . Hope . Love - Welcome donation. Thank You. God bless.
By bank transfer/cheque deposit:
Name: Alex Chan Kok Wah
Bank: Public Bank Berhad account no: 4076577113
Country: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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