Posts Tagged ‘Resurrection

24
Apr
26

Lest we Forget!

Resurrection power?

I think over time many of us do forget what has been promised and given to us from the rising of Jesus from dead on the third day!

But that power of freedom is still there and we also have the promises of the Ascension and also the pouring out of the Holy Spirit in our lives?

Many things in our lives get in the way, like mines in the waters or stumbling blocks on the land, they hold us up, delay us from following, and we get tired some of us give up!

What is wrong is that we do not allow God to work in us, because we are afraid that He might in our minds think is silly to do and so that trust in the personal relationship can be lost?

Psalm 105:3-4, Proverbs 23:17-18, Hebrews 6:19.

26
Mar
21

Easter! Part-Two.

The third Day?

Jesus was always telling His Disciples about the third day, yet they refused to hear about it until the last hours were upon Jesus and even then on His arrest in the garden they fled in fear!

As we see with Judas who betrayed Him, they all had other ideas about Him, their deliverer from Roman occupation, the idealism of a good man who would act?

But they were all wrong, all of the flesh and not of the truth and the Spirit, it has to make us wonder today how many people who claim to be of the Christian faith are not?

Many lifestyle issues, sexual deviances, dishonesty, lies, adultery come to the fore and many are fooling themselves, with ‘Once saved always saved and that combined with replacement theology and modernism from the 1930’s that lead many into Hitler worship and the consequences that followed!

Matthew 16:21, 17:33, Luke 9:22, 18:33, John 3:3, 14-17, Acts 10:40, Romans 3:21-31, 1 Corinthians 15:4.

01
May
20

Living in the Holy Spirit!

Hard going, but we can praise God and give thanks?

Eventually a vaccine and maybe even a cure will be found, but for now for some of us it would be wise to stay in doors and limit human contact apart from who we are with!

As believers we are free to worship God at anytime and so we can praise Him and give thanks for what He has, is and will be doing for us!

We have the opportunity to share our faith, to pray, study the Bible and much more in caring and loving?

Romans 12:12,  15,   2 Corinthians 13:9,   Ephesians 1:16,   Colossians 1:12,   3:17,  1Peter 1:6.

03
Apr
20

EASTER!

Death and New Life?

Currently the world is really in some dire straights over this Pandemic and very little news is being made about a vaccine or a cure, it seems we will just have to pan it out and see the death toll rise?

Easter is a story about hope, but is also about our need of personal salvation! Many people refuse to face the truths that many past scientists were believers, as many are today and the wrong ideas give the wrong impression?

It is easy to believe that Jesus died, a good man, one who was a Prophet and cared for the people of His day? That idea is a false one, since Jesus was the Son of God, the Messiah King of Israel and the Saviour of the world!

A Saviour for all who by faith will believe that He has forgiven us our sins by His blood shed in the final atonement for sin and that His rising from the dead promises to us the Eternal Life of a fully assured Salvation!

The world is dying around us and we need to be telling people this Easter that God loves them and they must turn to Him for Salvation based on believing that only God can do the impossible!

Psalm 66:5,   95:1,  Amos 5:4,   John 3:3,   7-9,   14-18,   4:22,   Romans 6:22-23,   2 Corinthians 6:2,   7:10,   Hebrews 11:1-5,   James 3:16,   Jude 1:3.

06
Apr
18

The Darkness. Two.

Risen from the Dead!

It is still hard for many believers who accept that Jesus has died for their failure to then believe that the Man-God rose from the dead on the third day?

The challenge of faith is to believe in the impossible and then apply it, this is much more than just trusting it is proving God to be true to His word!

Without the resurrection, there can be no Salvation, no overcoming the sting of death and no entering into the promised New Life! Over five-hundred people witnessed Jesus in Israel between His rising on the third day and His Ascension back to heaven!

John 11:25,   Acts 10:39,   Philippians 3:10,   Hebrews 11:1-3,  1 Peter 1:23.

22
Apr
16

Missing the Point.

Within our Power.

God the creator has told humanity His creation, that everything is within our power and still the human mind refuses to believe in God. Humanity is searching for the missing links in science, astronomy and geology, but it will not be found until God is acknowledge.

The key aspect of sin and the fallen nature in pride, man wants to be like God as much as the fallen Angel Satan claims!

God has given to us His one and only son Jesus, the second Adam and the perfect man. If we choose to admit and turn from our failure accepting the Good Works of Jesus death on the stake and His resurrection from the dead then we will see Gods plan in a more clearer way,

Psalm 8:4-6,  Hebrews 2:6-8.

15
Apr
16

Risen from the Dead. Part-Two.

The foundation of the Faith.

If you claim to be a Christian believer, but you do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus? You will have some serious problems in relation to your salvation, because Jesus Victory of death is the key to our New Lives in Him!

The resurrection continues to be the focus of the Disciples and Apostles in their teaching and preaching throughout the New Testament and it lays the basis for our faith.

We all have to die, but for us believers it will be the crossing over into Eternity to be with our Lord and Master Jesus.

Acts 17:3,  Romans 8:34,  1 Corinthians 15:13-14,  20,  Colossians 3:1.

25
Mar
16

Risen from the Dead. ONE.

Resurrection.

There are many accounts in the Bible in relation to the dead being brought back to life! Many reject the fact that Jesus really rose from the dead, that some kind of trick was played, or His body was stolen.

Yet there are 500 witnesses to His rising from the grave and many were Romans, apart from the locals. In fact today people still claim to have seen Jesus coming to them in coma’s and near death experiences from automobile crashes to the surgeons table.

Faith is the key to understanding God, to admit what we are and to choose to turn from our failure and not return to it again. The death and work of atonement is final, the resurrection is Jesus victory for us over the sting of death.

Job 14:12-15,  Psalm 17:15,  Isaiah 26:19, 1 Corinthians 6:14, Ephesians 2:5-6, Hebrews 11:35,  revelation 20:13.T

10
Apr
15

”RESURRECTION.”

POWER.

The Apostle Paul reconised this power in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, that he was also seeking in his own life to die that physical death that he might to be resurrected.

Today many Christians are being murdered and martyred across our world, not only by Muslim fanatics, but Hindus and Communists. Others are dying because of severe persecution, they are giving up to suicide to get out of no longer being able to cope.

We have a wonderful and mercyful loving God, our Father who knows the motives of all of humanity and He sees everything all the time. We should not be quick to pass judgement on people who have mental breakdown and stress, that leads to suicide.

Philippians 3:10-11,  1 Peter 1:3.

03
Apr
15

Death and Resurrection. Part-Three.

Jesus Family.

When we come to the events that are part of our Easter celebrations, we tend to forget that Jesus’ family were with Him and around about. His earthly mother Mary was at the cross/stake/tree and rushing to the tomb on the morning of His resurrection.

Jesus had two new believers that are mentioned at the cross, the thief and the Roman soldier. On that first Easter morning many female followers came to that empty tomb, some saw Angels, others a bright light and a few Jesus arisen from the grave.

Matthew 27:55-56, 61, 28:3-6,  Mark 15:40, 47, 16:1-9,  Luke 24:1-10,  John 19:25, 20:1-11, 16, 18.

What or where will you be this coming Easter Sunday? Still in your sin, full of the world or will you have the faith to repent and believe in these Good works of Jesus, who has made final atonement for you and join the family of Ekklesia and the promise of Eternal Salvation!




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