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Knowing Jesus is knowing the Father. This is not only because Jesus did exactly what He saw His Father do, but Jesus was God in the flesh.
The disciples didn't realize that seeing Jesus was seeing God. They were expecting something more. Many times we miss seeing God work in our lives and circumstances because we are looking for something stupendous. Although it is true that God is totally awesome, He doesn't usually choose to manifest Himself in that way.
God spoke to Elijah not in the fire, wind, or an earthquake, but in a still, small voice. Jesus didn't come to this earth in a grand way by man's standards, but was born to poor parents in a stable. Isaiah 53:2 says that Jesus had no form nor beauty that would make us think that He was anything more...
Thomas knew Jesus. He just didn't realize Jesus was "the way." Likewise, people today know portions of God's Word but they don't realize that God's Word is their way to victory. Often, people cry out for God to speak to them while their Bible lays unopened on their nightstand. God has spoken to us through His Word. We just need to believe it and receive its truths as our way to victory.
Jesus didn't say: "I am a way, a truth, and a life." He claimed to be the only way, truth, and life. No man can come to the Father except through Jesus. This means that anyone who claims to honor Jesus while advocating other ways to get to God, truth, or life, besides Jesus, is deceived or a deceiver.
Jesus' claims about Himself, of which there is only one, left no room for...
One of my new favorite things to do is to look and listen through the Indie Gospel website for music and videos. There is so much diversity in music that I'm just overjoyed with all the different genres and styles! Why isn't there a place for us in the rest of the world? Because, the message is too powerful. The world can't handle it....at least, not yet. There is revival coming!!! I'm not talking denomination. I'm talking full on, in your face, Jesus is coming back soon...REVIVAL!!! And the music we are making, will be instrumental.(no pun intended) So, keep playing, recording, performing, and sharing the Gospel!! Time is short, my friends!!!
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.”
So then each of us...
DO YOU KNOW YOU WERE CREATED FOR GOD'S PLEASURE? REVELATION 4:11 SAYS THAT HE CREATED EVERYTHING, INCLUDING US, FOR HIS PLEASURE (Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.) I ONCE WONDERED HOW MUCH PLEASURE HE GETS OUT OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO UNTIL I REMEMBERED THAT HE SEES US THROUGH JESUS. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY OUR HOLY GOD COULD LOOK UPON US. 1ST JOHN 4:17 TELL US THIS (Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world.) WE ARE WITHOUT SIN IN GOD'S EYES.
This is Jesus' last teaching to His disciples before His crucifixion. Jesus' disciples were about to go through the greatest test of their faith that they had ever encountered. Jesus said that He was saying these things so His disciples would not be offended. Jesus was preparing them for what was to come. Why then speak of preparing them a mansion in heaven? The reason for this was to comfort the disciples and help them put things in perspective. In 1 Thessalonians 4:18, Paul tells us to comfort one another with words about being gathered unto the Lord in the air. Paul said again, "I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Rom. 8:18). Someday, all of our trials will seem like...
The concept of "conversion" is mentioned in the Holy Scriptures at least 14 times. The basic meaning of the term is a turning or returning to God. This implies a turning away from sin and a turning to God. Repentance and putting faith in God are corresponding synonyms to conversion.
The theological basis for conversion lies in the truth of the "atonement."
Although man lapses into sin, the truth of the atonement remains. When men turn to God in repentance and faith, the effects of the atonement - reconciliation and forgiveness - avail.
The apostle Paul expresses the act of conversion in this way: "Turning to God from idols to serve the living and true God" (1 Th. 1:9). Also, "to open their eyes (the Gentiles), and to turn them from darkness to...
THIS MORNING AS I WAS STUDYING ROMANS AND I STOPPED ON CHAPTER 5, VERSE 2, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PATIENCE. MY DEFINITION OF PATIENCE, BEFORE I READ THE FULL DEFINITION, WAS "JUST WAIT AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS". AFTER LOOKING IT UP, I FOUND THAT I WAS WAY OFF. THE NOAH WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY OF 1828 SAYS IT MEANS "The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness. "DOESN'T THAT SOUND JUST LIKE JESUS? HE MUST HAVE ENDURED ALL OF THESE DURING HIS LIFE ON EARTH. HE WAS THE CREATOR AND MOST OF HIS CREATION REJECTED HIM. THAT HAD TO REALLY HURT HIM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN SOME CHRISTIANS, SAY THAT THEY HAVE TALKED TO ONE OF THEIR DEAD LOVE ONES AND EVEN TO SOME OF THE SAINTS. A CATHOLIC FRIEND SAID SHE PRAYS TO MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS. THEY HAVE ASKED ME IF THIS IS OK. I KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT IT AND IN SEARCHING FOR A GOOD ANSWER I RAN ACROSS THE FOLLOWING. IT EXPLAINS AND GIVES SCRIPTURE ON WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS SO I AM GOING TO COPY IT BELOW. I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE THIS BUT IT IS GOOD. I HAVE LOOKED UP ALL THE SCRIPTURES IT MENTIONS AND IT SEEMS THAT IT IS NOT OK TO SPEAK OR PRAY TO THE DEAD.
Just like Peter, we are often more confident of ourselves than God is. Many Christians are devastated when they fail in some area that they thought they had long since grown past. We need to realize that as long as we are in this mortal body, we cannot fall asleep at our battle station against the works of the flesh. If we do, our flesh is just as capable of sin as anyone else's. If we fall, it should concern us but not surprise us. We should simply realize with Paul, that "in my flesh dwelleth no good thing," get back into the spirit through confession and forgiveness, and go on with Jesus.
The Lord has never had anyone who was qualified working for Him. Peter wasn't qualified, and even at our best, neither are we. If we realize that we are nothing...