John 13:1 ~ Jesus loves us forever

 

John 13:1

Now before the festival of the Passover, 

Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. 

Having loved His own who were in the world, 

He loved them to the end.

Matthew 22:31-32

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:

32 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."

Matthew 28:22b

Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and 

I am working."

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 8:18

I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.

John 10:9

I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.

John 10:38

but if I do them [works], even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."

John 12:32

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 15:1

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser."

John 17:9

I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.

John 4:26

Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he [Messiah, he who is called Christ].”

Mark 14:62

And Jesus said, "I am [the Christ, the Son of the Most Blessed] , and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven." 

We had a Sermon at Church, beginning of Lent, about the presence of Angels surrounding the ministry of Jesus. It's not something I've thought about often. Daniel records understanding the spiritual world presence on earth. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.

When we read Scripture, the Power of God, touches one person with one verse and another with an entirely different verse. Nourishing the Body of Christ, individually and completely. Up building the Body of Christ in Love.

Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, is the birth of The New Covenant of the New Testament. 

Matthew 26:53 

Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, 

and He will 

at once send me 

more than twelve legions of angels?

This would be more than 10.5 more than the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.  Jesus wasn't counting souls, He was explaining all the Heavenly Host, as Daniel understood.

2 Corinthians 4:18 

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, 

since what is seen is temporary, 

but what is unseen is eternal. 

1 Peter 1

—May be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. 

Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 

Obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 

12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you.

In the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit 

sent from heaven,

things into which angels long to look.

Luke 10

22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, 

and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, 

or who the Father is except the Son a

nd anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

23 Then turning to the disciples 

He said privately, 

“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

 The Holy Spirit sent from heaven,

things into which 

angels long to look.

2 Peter 3:13

But in keeping with God's promise, 

we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,

 where righteousness dwells.

No one will obtain His Salvation.

No one is worthy.

This is the free gift of Salvation 

in Jesus Christ.

The washing of sin

is paid for by the Sacrifice of Jesus

in His Blood

Romans 3:9

What then? Are we any better? Not at all. 

For we have already made the charge

 that Jews and Greeks alike 

are all under sin.

Why would the Angels long for Salvation? After the millenniums the angels have lived with Jesus, who knows Abraham and David, living in Heaven?

Again:

2 Peter 3:13

But in keeping with God's promise, 

we are looking forward to a new heaven 

and 

a new earth, 

where righteousness dwells.

Why would we hunger and thirst for righteousness to be filled?

Isaiah 51:11

So the redeemed of the LORD will return 

and 

enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. 

Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 66:22

"For just as the new heavens and the new earth, 

which I will make, 

will endure before Me," declares the LORD, 

"so your descendants 

and your name will endure.

Romans 8:21

that the creation itself will be set free 

from its bondage to decay 

and 

brought into the glorious 

freedom 

of the children of God

Revelation 7:17

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd.

 'He will lead them to springs of living water,' 

and 

'God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'"

The Glory of His Glory. What Jesus Loves

He would have us do for one another.

His Living Example

of Spreading Loving Blessings.

Maundy Thursday,

Holy Thursday

Jesus washes Peter clean.

Jesus tells us what we do

for the least of one in His Kingdom

we do to Him.

Jesus lives the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Doing what we would have done to us

to one another.

Love one another.

When we love one another,

we are not far from Jesus Christ

and the Kingdom of Heaven.

Let us bless The Lord

Abba, Abba, Abba,

Thank You for the gift of Jesus Christ.

Thank You for the gift of Salvation in Jesus Christ.

Thank You for the gift of seeing Jesus

washing feet

after His Feet were washed.

Jesus the Blessing

of Sharing His Blessings.

Jesus giving us the understanding of You,

Your Exact Nature.

Jesus brings us the Kingdom Today.

Your Blessings Renew Daily.

Thank You, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Let us Bless the Lord

Thank You, Father

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Thanks be unto the Lord

Amos 9:5-15 ~ The Lord God of Hosts

 

Amos 9:5-15

 

The Lord God of hosts,

He who touches the earth and it melts

And all who dwell in it mourn,

and all of it rises like the Nile,

and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt

Who builds His upper chambers in the heavens

and founds His vault upon the earth;

who calls for the waters of the sea

and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—

the Lord is His Name!

7 “Are you not like the Cushites to me,

O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.

“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,

and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,

and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,

except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”

declares the Lord.

9 “For behold, I will command,

and shake the house of Israel among all the nations

as one shakes with a sieve,

but no pebble shall fall to the earth.

10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,

who say, ‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’

11 “In that day I will raise up

the booth of David that is fallen

and repair its breaches,

and raise up its ruins

and rebuild it as in the days of old,

12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom

and all the nations who are called by my name,”

declares the Lord who does this.

“Behold, the days are coming,” 

Declares the Lord,

“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper

and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;

the mountains shall drip sweet wine,

and all the hills shall flow with it.

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,

and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;

they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,

and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.

15 I will plant them on their land,

and they shall never again be uprooted

out of the land that I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

I love Matthew Henry. Any day of the week, he is beautiful and eloquent - loving and tender as God. The English language has changed in the 250+ years he had his Bible Commentary:

Matthew Henry’s commentary on Amos:
GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman! One who cares for others tenderly. 

And uses this tender person to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for his services, ought not to be despised for their origin, or their employment. Like the advice of Gamaliel - what comes from God should not be tampered with. God places His Holy Spirit in all who believe. Good news.

Let us continue earnest in prayer for the fulfillment of these prophecies, in the peace, purity, and the beauty of the Church! God marvelously preserves His elect amidst the most fearful confusions and miseries. When all seems desperate, He wonderfully revives His Church, and blesses her with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. And great shall be the glory of that period, in which not one good thing promised shall remain unfulfilled.

God does this! HE is a giver, a bringer, a maker of blessings! Who can do it! The Great I Am has determined to do it! God's Power of Whose Grace is engaged for doing this mighty work! Verses 13 to 15- when are these days? - In the awakening of the Holy Spirit within us - And - Possible in each day.


People say they want blessings - and we are made to adapt. We can adjust to lack of blessings and find joy - however - we work the other way too. We adapt to being blessed and become fussy blessing receivers. Abraham was a fussy blessing receiver. David did far better being a dodge Israel mercenary than a king in a palace.

What will be our response to blessings of God?

This is a Very Large Topic reacting to God's blessings. A God sized topic.

Like the First Easter Sunday: Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge"

Jacob had been hugely blessed of God by all his workings, yet Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed Esau came to meet him with 400 men; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies; for he said, "If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape."

Israel in the Exodus - Deuteronomy 1:32-33
"But for all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go"

When Acts 2, the Coming of the Holy Spirit arrived, the Disciples would need to trust the Lord the flames of the Holy Spirit would lead them and not consume them.

Abba, Father,

Help us to go before the Lord to prepare His ways

To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins

Because of the tender mercy of our God

 His sunrise shall visit us from on high 

Giving light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death

Guiding our feet into the way of peace.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms

By grace you have been saved through faith

 and that not of yourselves

 The gift of God

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast

Faith is a gift of God

by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ

May grace and peace be multiplied to you

 in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord

We pray for all facing injustice

and those who face the injustice

in a system called Justice.

We pray this Land

is Home of the Free

the Brave

and 

the Honest.

FREEDOM!

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us,

 that we should be called children of God

Dwell in us, Father

Dwell in those we Love

Help us to seek You first

and in Jesus Christ,

we will finish well.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord

Jesus Christ, Savior of God.

Blessed are the Churches with 

Shepherds

FEEDING

their Flock!!! 

Blessings Blessings

Blessings Blessings

Amen in Jesus

Thank You, Father

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yay Jesus

Jeremiah 11:18-19 ~ Gentle Lamb †

Jeremiah 11:18-19

18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew.

 Then You showed me their deeds. 

19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that His Name may be remembered no more.”

Earthquake records

Pontius Pilate wrote about Jesus and Good Friday to Emperor Tiberius 'Claudius' Nero. Tertullian and Justin Martyr refer to an account of Christ's Passion sent by Pilate to Rome. The letter is lost today.

Before the Coliseum, Claudius had an Imperial Palace on the site of the Coliseum. This is where the people of God found the Roman Empire would begin to destroy all the Scripture of the New Testament they could find. The Bible in your hand is a miracle. A Testament to the Light of Jesus Christ found in mankind. 

Coin of the Roman Coliseum, minted with 70s A.D. gold from Jerusalem.

The gold taken in was extremely profitable to hold and mint the coins.

An Aureus from the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander with an image of the Colosseum in Rome. The Colosseum was the biggest amphitheater in Ancient Rome. Capable of seating more than 50’000 spectators and had 80 entrances. Construction of the four-storied building began under the rule of Emperor Vespasian in 72AD

 and was completed eight years later by his son Titus.

The Roman Colosseum was built by the gold from the destruction of Jerusalem and The Temple of God in the 70s A. D.

When Jesus died, Claudius was Emperor of Rome. 

It was Claudius who imprisoned Paul, the first time. In the remote, far away country of Judea, the name of Jesus Christ and His promises and His Word, created unease for Claudius. Imagine this could occur in the time there were no mass methods of communication. It is historical fact. 16 years after the death of Jesus. Claudius has gone from prominence to being an enigma in history.

Jesus Christ has gone forth.

Claudius – Imprisoned Christians. Reigned 25 -54 AD. Emperor during the death and resurrection of Jesus. Imprisoned Paul, for his first imprisonment, house arrest.

Nero – Tortured, burned and vilified Christians. Blamed them for burning Rome . 54- 68 AD

We can see the rooms Nero lived in where he killed his 2nd wife.

This was their home, part of the invention of Shopping Malls could be credited to crazy Nero

Galba – Put St. Paul and others to death. 69 AD

Otho & Vittelius– only 4 months as Emperor

Vespasian – Sent Titus to destroy Jerusalem in 70 AD, it was the natural end time of Jesus’ life. It is said it is the prophecies Jesus spoke of, His forgiveness was given to the people of His generation. In that destruction, the Temple of the Jews has not been built in 2,000 years. (In 300 A.D, a third temple had the materials gathered, but earthquake, war and fire put an end to that.) Jewish Sacrifice has not been practiced for 2,000 years, it is forsaken. The Jews don’t even know why. God said Jesus was the sacrifice for you.

Titus – See Arch of Titus, still standing, in Rome today. The Temple Tools minus the Ark of the Covenant, is carved in the marble. The profit from the sack of Jerusalem is used for the Coliseum. The Coliseum was used to burn Christians until Constantine naively adopted Christianity thinking Christians would be model citizens. Still a triumph for the 1,100 Bishops, Priests, Christians proclaiming Jesus Christ for 300 years even if they would be burned alive for it.

Domitian – Hauled St. John from Ephesus and exiled him to Patmos. Continued to be fearful of Christians. Conducted one of the fiercest battles against Christians. Under Domitan, the Church split in half. Domitan Heresy - the Church is only for saints. Domitan tortured until Christians surrendered every fragment of the Gospels and New Testament he could find. 81-96. Because of Domitan – we have the word traitor . Part of the Church wanted to forever exile anyone who lied to get out of torture or gave up Scripture. Forgiveness is the business of the Church and Jesus Christ.

Because of Domitan, we only have 15 fragments of the Gospel before 96 AD. But these portions exist and date to 30 AD. Hebrews 9 tells us when Paul wrote Hebrews, the Second Temple is in operation.

The Love of Jesus Christ opening His arms to slaves, lepers, women, the poor, the wife of the steward of Herod’s household, Nicodemus of the Sanhedrin Council and Josephus. 

Author Ian Wilson records a letter from a Jewish rabbi, of Lyracanthra, saying it would be the end of Judaism because of the incredible miracles of healing, restoration, life transformation and complete hope. These are letters confirming the Gospels show the Rabbi to be extremely unhappy. Josephus, the Israeli General turned traitor, turned Historian says Jesus was the Christ and his brother James formed the later Christian Church until martyred in 62 AD.

To see the rest of the 300 years of Roman persecutions, click on this link

We know so much more about Jesus than Claudius or Nero.

First Century Rome would be so shocked.

Abba, Father,

Help us to go before the Lord to prepare His ways

To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins

Because of the tender mercy of our God

 His sunrise shall visit us from on high 

Giving light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death

Guiding our feet into the way of peace.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms

By grace you have been saved through faith

 and that not of yourselves

 The gift of God

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast

Faith is a gift of God

by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ

May grace and peace be multiplied to you

 in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord

We pray for all facing injustice

and those who face the injustice

in a system called Justice.

We pray this Land

is Home of the Free

the Brave

and 

the Honest.

FREEDOM!

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us,

 that we should be called children of God

Dwell in us, Father

Dwell in those we Love

Help us to seek You first

and in Jesus Christ,

we will finish well.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord

Jesus Christ, Savior of God.

Blessed are the Churches with 

Shepherds

FEEDING

their Flock!!! 

Blessings Blessings

Blessings Blessings

Amen in Jesus

Thank You, Father

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Thanks be unto the Lord