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Resurrected And Returning??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #82
“Let not your heart be troubled:
ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house
are many mansions:
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place
for you.
3 And if I go
and prepare a place
for you,
I will come again,
and receive you
unto myself;
that where I am,
there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go
ye know,
and the way
ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him,
Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am
the way,
the truth,
and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:1-6
As we approach the season of Jesus death, burial, and resurrection from the dead, even as Paul declared in 1 Corinthians 15, “for our sin”, I pray that we remember it wasn’t an accident, it wasn’t happenstance, it wasn’t just another political statement–it was the plan of God from before the beginning! Who said? God does, past, present and in the promise of HIS return for God’s own! At Pentecost Peter, anointed by the power of the Holy Spirit proclaimed:
“And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words;
Jesus of Nazareth,
a man approved of God among you
by miracles
and wonders
and signs,
which God did by him
in the midst of you,
as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered
by the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge
of God,
ye have taken,
and by wicked hands
have crucified
and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death:
because it was not possible
that he should be holden of it.” Acts 2:21-24
Other scriptures verify this one, eternal purpose of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for SIN! And yes, my friends, SIN IS the issue.
“And she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name JESUS:
for he shall save his people
from their sins.” Matthew 1:21. (The angel to Joseph)
“The next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away
the sin of the world.” John 1:29 (John the Baptizer about Jesus)
“Forasmuch as ye know
that ye were not redeemed
with corruptible things,
as silver and gold,
from your vain conversation
received by tradition
from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ,
as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world,
but was manifest in these last times
for you,
21 Who by him
do believe in God,
that raised him up from the dead,
and gave him glory;
that your faith and hope
might be in God.” 1 Peter 1:18-21 (Peter near the end of his earthly life)
Paul also referred to this eternal nature of God’s amazing plan of saving grace through the blood of HIS “only begotten son”!
“Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places
in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us
in him
before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy
and without blame
before him in love:” Ephesians 1:3-4
John records Jesus’ own words in much of The Book of the Revelation, and I’d like us to consider a few of these statements in closing, and I pray that your week will include time with Jesus, remembering the price that HE paid for our salvation. If you belong to Jesus, I pray that you will find peace, hope, and encouragement this week, for we surely live in the “evil day” that scripture talks about, and our Lord Jesus’ return is most imminent in my opinion. If you don’t know Jesus, I pray that you will hear His voice speaking to your heart and His knock at your heart’s door.
“Behold,
I stand at the door,
and knock:
if any man hear my voice,
and open the door,
I will come in to him,
and will sup with him,
and he with me.” Revelation 3:20
Some thoughts for your consideration:
“Behold, he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him,
and they also which pierced him:
and all kindreds of the earth shall wail
because of him.
Even so, Amen.
8 I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning
and the ending,
saith the Lord,
which is,
and which was,
and which is to come,
the Almighty.” Revelation 1:7-8
“Behold, I come quickly:
blessed is he that keepeth the sayings
of the prophecy of this book…
…..12 And, behold, I come quickly;
and my reward is with me,
to give every man
according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end,
the first and the last…
…20 He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly.
Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all.
Amen.” Portions of Revelation 22:7-21
I pray that you will see the need to be prepared for JESUS’ return–and you can only do that through repentance and faith in HIS substitutionary, atoning sacrifice for YOU at Calvary!!!
“Rejoice in the Lord
alway:
and again I say,
Rejoice.” Philippians 4:4
Amen and Amen!!!