WHO IS THIS JESUS
<hr>WHO IS THIS JESUS?</hr>
The Bible, from cover to cover, addresses the question,
"Who is this Jesus?"
Consider the themes of the sixty-six books:
In Genesis, He is the creator God.
In Exodus, He is the redeemer.
In Leviticus, He is your sanctification.
In Numbers, He is your guide.
In Deuteronomy, He is your teacher.
In Joshua, He is the mighty conqueror.
In Judges, He gives victory over enemies.
In Ruth, He is your kinsman, your lover, your redeemer.
In Ist Samuel, he is the root of Jesse.
In 2nd Samuel, He is the son of David.
In 1st Kings and 2nd Kings, He is King of kings and Lord of lords.
In 1st and 2nd Chronicles, He is your intercessor and high priest.
In Ezra, He is your temple, your house of worship.
In Nehemiah, He is your mighty wall, protecting you from your enemies.
In Esther, He stands in the gap to deliver you from your enemies.
In Job, He is the arbitrator who not only understands
your struggles, but has the power to do something about them.
In Psalms, He is your song and your reason to sing.
In Proverbs, He is your wisdom, helping you make sense of life
and live it successfully.
In Ecclesiastes, He is your purpose, delivering you from vanity.
In the Song of Solomon, He is your lover, your rose of Sharon.
In Isaiah, He is the mighty counselor, the prince of peace,
the everlasting father, and more. In short, He's everything you need.
In Jeremiah, He is your balm of Gilead,
the soothing salve for your sin-sick soul.
In Lamentations, He is the ever-faithful one upon whom
you can depend.
In Ezekiel, He is your wheel in the middle of a wheel,
the one who
Assures that dry, dead bones will come alive again.
In Daniel, He is the ancient of days, the everlasting
God who never runs out of time.
In Hosea, He is your faithful lover, always beckoning
you to come back, Even when you have abandoned Him.
In Joel, He is your refuge, keeping you safe in times of trouble.
In Amos, He is the husbandman, the one you can depend
on to stay by yourside.
In Obadiah, He is Lord of the kingdom.
In Jonah, He is your salvation, bringing you back within His will.
In Micah, He is judge of the nation.
In Nahum, He is the jealous God.
In Habakkuk, He is the Holy One.
In Zephaniah, He is the witness.
In Haggai, He overthrows the enemies.
In Zechariah, He is Lord of Hosts.
In Malachi, He is the Lord who does not change.
In Matthew, He is king of the Jews.
In Mark, He is the servant.
In Luke, He is the Son of Man, feeling what you feel.
In John, He is the Son of God.
In Acts, He is savior of the world.
In Romans, He is the righteousness of God.
In 1st Corinthians, He is the rock that followed Israel.
In 2nd Corinthians, He is the triumphant one, giving victory.
In Galatians, He is your liberty; He sets you free.
In Ephesians, He is head of the church.
In Philippians, He is your joy.
In Colossians, He is your completeness.
In 1st Thessalonians, He is your hope.
In 2nd Thessalonians, He is the Lord of peace.
In 1st Timothy, He is your faith.
In 2nd Timothy, He is your stability.
In Titus, He is our great God and Savior.
In Philemon, He is your benefactor.
In Hebrews, He is your perfection.
In James, He is the power behind your faith.
In 1st Peter, He is your example.
In 2nd Peter, He is your purity.
In 1st John, He is your life.
In 2nd John, He is your pattern.
In 3rd John, He is your motivation.
In Jude, He is the foundation of your faith.
In the Revelation, He is your coming king.
From the beginning of the world to its end, there is no
place you can look and not see Jesus.
He is everywhere. He is everything.
"He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together." (Colossians 1:17)
D E V O T I O N A L S
GOD'S PRESENCE
Daniel 7:1 NIV ...Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he
was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.
Even in Daniel's time of rest he was available to the Lord.
This is a heart that knows life in the Spirit is the only life worth
living. Whether I wake or sleep, I am the Lord's. He knows
my rising up and my lieing down. Where shall I go from his
presence? Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
What a wonderful place of peace to know that all I experience
is in His capable hands. Notice that Daniel faithfully recorded
what he received in his time of rest. Like Samuel, he let none of
His words fall to the ground. Has the Lord spoken to your heart lately?
Did you carefully record what He was saying to you so that you could
carefully follow His instruction to you? One thing the Scripture
teaches us is that these faithful men were given more.
They walked with God and were careful to keep all He showed them.
They could be trusted with more. Can you? When you have an encounter
with God drop everything and focus on what He is showing you.
This is what we live for, faithful obedience because we desire to
glorify Him. Then He will give you more. He wants to pour into our lives,
but He searches for faithful vessels to pour into. Be available,be faithful.
SELF- JUSTIFICATION
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should
restore him gently,. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Galatians 6:1 NIV
One of the most destructive things a church can experience is not from an
outside force but from right within it's own members.
Jesus warned us that pollution isn't an outside thing but comes from our own heart.
When a brother is offended the first mistake is going to others
to support your position. We build up a support group that will side with us.
This is nothing more than self-justification and Job said in 9:20
if I do that my own mouth would condemn me. Then instead of going in a
gentle forgiving spirit we go to the offended party with a
desire to prove we are right, more self-justification.
This is spiritual immaturity and is one of the most divisively evil
actions we can take. Christ tells us over and over to love each other.
The sample was a foot washer, a servant, a humble heart willing
to do whatever it took to point us to the Father. "Follow me!"
GOING THROUGH THE FIRE
2 Chronicles 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying,
the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering
and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
We won't enjoy His glory without His fire. His fire consumes a willing
sacrifice now, or an unwilling sacrifice later. It is not the
'flesh' that will taste of His glory (1 Corinthians 1:29),
for 'the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord' (Proverbs 20:27).
His Word searches out the inward parts, igniting us with His fire,
burning out the dross of worldly things. 'Did not our heart burn within us,
while He talked with us by the way, and while He opened to us the scriptures?'
said the disciples of Jesus' words (Luke 24:32). His
'rhema' words search us,
try us, locate us, take us through the fire, reveal His glory!
Peter tells us the 'fiery trials' also come to make us partakers of
Christ's sufferings that we may rejoice in His revealed glory.
Again: no fire, no glory! It was in fire that the early Church was born
on each head a tongue of fire at Pentecost.
It was from a bush of fire that Moses heard God's command. The fire
may be unpleasant, but the glory is worth it! Jesus counsels you, today,
to 'buy of Me gold tried in the fire' (Revelation 3:18).
John the Baptist introduced Jesus as the One Who would baptize with
the Holy Spirit, and with fire! Let us welcome the fire as we would His Spirit.
From whatever source comes the heat of unkind words,
the pain of persecution, the blessings He would seem to withhold
He is at work, dear one, forging you in the character of His mould!
More to come......................
Keep watching and Pray without ceasing....
May God Bless you all.
