Acts 3 ~ walking and praising God, and recognized Him

Acts 3

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.


11 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's. 12 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? 13 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16 And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

17 “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.

19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, 20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. 23 And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’ 24 And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.

25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ 26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Two million people showed up in Times Square to celebrate May 8, 1945 - the end of World War II. Josephus tells us in Antiquities of the Jews - 2 million showed up when Multitudes are seen in High Holy Days of Jerusalem. This would be the multitudes of Acts when Believers filled the Temple and Jerusalem knowing Jesus had been Resurrected.

How shall we remember - with our best efforts - the Bravery shown in this Nation, 

in Scripture and History?

The Battle of Verdun in 1916 killed so many fine men, the advancing World War II was held in utter and complete horror. Today Verdun, France has many no man zones due to the horrific number of land mines - still in waiting from World War I. World War II was horrible, but in many details from both sides, atrocities were omitted in World War II.

We honor bravery by finding a true peace. Remembering how hard fought the Peace is.

This weekend we spent time watching Ken Burn's "Civil War." The Lessons were well learned.

Jesus, the Gospels tell us, "Healed them all." And Father God forgave them all, even Good Friday.





Abba,

We seek to live Your Willing Blessings. Filled with Life, Faith and Health.

Jesus chose Capernaum and in His Blessings, Capernaum stood for close to 1,400 years in peace.

We would ask like John 17, Jesus would pray with us. Seeking You as the Centurion did.

We remember Your Word is Law. And Your Word is always filled.

Father God, we plead with You earnestly, as the people who knew the Capernaum Centurion in Luke 7 knew, we Love Your Children and know You work even today and work with Jesus still working. Building up the Body of Jesus Christ.

Because Your Word is Law, we know distance is not important. Your Word upholds the Universe.

Say the Word and our earnest prayer requests are held by You and are under Your authority. What ever You heal, remains healed.

Speak the Word of Healing and Peace, please. We will find wellness.

Bring Your Merciful Word to the ones we Love. The Children You have placed in our lives. Let Your Mercy cover the Nation. And the Nations who want to Live in the Brightness of Your Glory.

In the Name of Jesus, we are Blessed. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Wisdom 10:15-21 ~ speak clearly

Cloud by Day, Pillar of Fire by Night

St. Catherine's Monastery is on the Bucket List of many people. At the foot of Mt. Sinai, this library contains many first century fragments of the Gospel. With 3,500 Manuscripts of Scripture of Antiquity and 1,500 Scrolls - this Library is considered second in the world after the Vatican. This is considered to be the Mountain of Moses, God and the Commandments.

Wisdom 10:15-21

A holy people and blameless race wisdom delivered from a nation of oppressors. 

She entered the soul of a servant of the Lord and withstood dread kings with wonders and signs. She gave to holy people the reward of their labors; she guided them along a marvelous way and became a shelter to them by day and a starry flame through the night. She brought them over the Red Sea and led them through deep waters, but she drowned their enemies and cast them up from the depths of the sea. Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly; they sang hymns, O Lord, to your holy name and praised with one accord your defending hand.

For wisdom opened the mouths for those who were mute and made the tongues of infants speak clearly.


Memorial Day. Yesterday we read Genesis 2 and God is providing water for the earth in abundance where the Holy Spirit is hovering. Jesus is Living Water. Another example of God never leaves or forsakes us. This is, of course, is about the creation and creation of mankind. Surprising me, the earth in Genesis is said to be tiny saplings, seedlings and not even a small bush has grown up enough. I must have missed that for all the times I've read Genesis. The bald top of the rocky mountains is actually the Genesis story. Amazing.

Thinking of Memorial Day, as I was listening to Guns and Roses 'Sweet Child of Mine', I thought of the courage of the military and the beginning of bravery in childhood for the forces fighting for Justice. To want to place lives on the line to perish - begins far before the event. Given what is recorded about military opinions - I'd say the Bible is not unfamiliar.


The Book of Wisdom is the Apocrypha. Generally not part of the Protestant Bible. Ok, fine. One is not required to love the Apocrypha to discuss this.

The earliest known copy of Wisdom would be 285–246 BC (Ptolemaic dynasty). The pseudepigraphic Letter of Aristeas to his brother Philocrates, and is repeated by Philo of Alexandria, Josephus (in Antiquities of the Jews) and by various later sources, including St. Augustine. The story is also found in the Tractate Megillah of the Babylonian Talmud:

King Ptolemy once gathered 72 Elders. He placed them in 72 chambers, each of them in a separate one, without revealing to them why they were summoned. He entered each one's room and said: "Write for me the Torah of Moshe, your teacher". God put it in the heart of each one to translate identically as all the others did.

What the Scholars could repeat, King Ptolemy considered Sacred.

The Difficulty of the Apocrypha
The Apocrypha was written during the four hundred silent years between Malachi and Matthew. Jewish sources agree divinely inspired prophetic utterance was rarely occurring during this time.

There are various opinions of Heaven, the communion of saints and works.

Bravely Recording History
The Apocrypha records and does not ignore the history of miraculous surrounding what is now Hanukkah , a Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid.  This leads into explaining how the Herods came to power.

When the First Nicaean Council (St. Nicholas of Turkey is St. Pere Noel and Santa Claus) decided the Holy Spirit would reach souls with the Apocrypha. It's actually far out. However, this is ignoring Barnabas went straight to India to explain Jesus. And the Apocrypha would appeal to other cultures and the explanation of God's Power.


The Wind of the Holy Spirit is not contained from The American Revolution to Afghanistan. We include ideas of many men seeking the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ and why not read the Apocrypha even if just for discussion. Even if it is to compare and contrast.

Proverbs 3:13-18
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

To fight for Justice. To obtain Freedom. To liberate the captives. To face our horizons bravely.

The Book of Genesis contains two chapters with differences in the Creation story of mankind. Why. I don't know I"m rusty at this. And yet without researching this, I know mankind in the image of Father God is both Father and Mother. To emphasize the tenderness of God. Wouldn't we need to know this to understand the Nature of God? Yes. God tender and nurturing encouraging us to celebrate our God-given gifts. Not war without reason, but wisdom in finding the hard-won peace.

To understand God moves gently and with Love. As well as the Power of God's Word is Law. Every Word of God is filled.


Why wouldn't Solomon refer to wisdom as a woman? Solomon truly found Wisdom seemed to leave his life. Solomon begged God to speak to him again as he married 700 women and declared a good woman is hard to find. Solomon is interesting. Not platitudes, but living Word of God to consider as we journey in life.

The Apocrypha appeals to those in different cultures and in seeking wisdom. How will we include this with the New Testament and feel the continuity? Each generation and all of mankind is looking for God and wisdom.

James, the New Testament version of the Book of Proverbs. James is wondering about wisdom (like Solomon left wisdom and James left Jesus during his living years) Proverbs message of wisdom coming from God.

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

James 3:17
The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

The Mission of God is to save the world. Cultures the Scriptures are concerned to bless. God to Hold in His Love and Change Hearts. We could consider the ancient Greeks and the Romans considered wisdom to be an important virtue, personified as the goddesses. Today, we might consider Hindu as the same. The Plagues found Motherless children and tried to improve Mary. Jesus told us more blessed are those doing the will of God. And God had given us His Story of Parenting with Love.

Words like Restoring Balance. Finding the Center. We have Love to bring forth in Jesus Christ.

We find the Copper Age meets the Bronze Age to the Baby Boomers and Generation X, Y and Z.

Each Generation considers itself blessed in Wisdom. And even Copper Age mankind thinks and processes include recognizing the limits of one’s own knowledge, acknowledging uncertainty and change, attention to context and the bigger picture, and using different perspectives of a situation.

Cognitive scientists believe wisdom requires coordinating such reasoning processes, as they may provide insightful solutions for managing one’s life. I reddit. If we remember Vietnam, Korea and World War II and wonder about Afghanistan  - to college costs and increasing military for education, we should consider what the day to day reading is going to think about.

We have all kinds of Memorial Day fireworks, but isn't the Exodus and Numbers where the wonder of Lights in the sky began?

Abba,

We live considering our lives, deeds and words. Your Scriptures provide us to think upon the Larger Picture.

Each generation considers itself wise; as we consider our own decisions, we do the same. Your tender loving care tells us 12 Gates of Heaven are open for us all the time. You hear our prayers as lovingly held as incense. Beautiful to You.

The Blessing of Long Life and Health.
We lift up our most tender concerns and our own ideas of wisdom. Bless us as we explain to you, the merits of the cares of the heart. Thank You for Your Word, telling us of Your tender Love.

You are God seeking to bless all the world. Thank You. Thank You for the bravery of the lives serving to find Freedom and Justice. Blessings of Mercy told and lived.

We ask for ourselves, the Children of God everywhere, more Heaven on earth.

In Jesus Christ. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

Genesis 2 ~ These are the generations

Genesis 2

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.


4 These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 

12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 

19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. 

But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.


We always think about Let there be Light. Jesus is Living Water and He arrives as the Helper upon the waters. God is proving from the beginning He never leaves or forsakes us.

The Blessing of God in all of His Word. Providing His Help.

Abba,

Welcome Father God, know all of me. Know the words of my mouth and my meditation.

We believe You are always with us to the ends of the earth.

We give You our cares and know You desire more of Heaven on earth. We rejoice to know our cares are held dearly by You.

We will rest in Your Good Will knowing You will bring us a Hope and Future.

For all the earth, You want to save in Jesus Christ.

Covered in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

John 2 ~ manifested His Glory

John 2

2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”

 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”

 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.

 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory.

 And his disciples believed in him.

12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

18 So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”

 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.


Lithostrotos Museum Israel - Pottery from the time of Jesus found in Jerusalem



Glory. Joy. Jesus found this life is both. Jesus proclaimed this at important times in His Life.

Ten Talents Children of God. Mary, Mother of God, speaks exactly as David did of God. She expects God's Mercy even if He has said no.


I love this Chapter of the Gospels. I love Matthew gave Jesus a Party. We Love Lazarus and his sister gave Jesus dinner after Lazarus came back. We love Bartimaeus received his sight and followed Jesus down the road.

We love Jesus stayed for a few days with His Disciples and His Family.

We Love Mark 15:21
Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus is told to us. The Society was Bar known by Father. Simon has told and spoken of his sons as he travels with Jesus. Meeting the Son of God in distress, Simon speaks of his Love for his sons. Jesus is told of Love. I find this completely heart warming and endearing.



Wedding, when this is someone you care for are memorable events for a lifetime. Jesus has not only proclaimed Joy in His Life, Jesus helps us recall Joy in our own lives. Jesus has taught us Fighting the Good Fight is well worth the effort. Jesus provides a place in our lives where the Light is never overcome.

Abba,

Blessed be the Glorious Name of Jesus. Blessed be the people who reflect His Glory in our lives. We profoundly and will all of our heart ask the Glory of God be manifested in them and to them and through them.

Let these Children of God be blessed to find more Heaven on Your earth. We ask in the Name of Jesus. With all Joy.

Amen in Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

John 14 ~ I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe

John 14

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.


 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.

And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 

22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 

27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. 

Rise, let us go from here.

Fear and Peace. This Chapter is a lot like Revelation Chapter One. Meeting Father God.

John Adams met George III and he was given advice.

1. Do not be afraid.
2. Speak the truth.
3. Address the king with face forward (bravely).

When Salome danced for King Herod, she was told she could have half of his kingdom. Why didn't she speak up and ask for half of the kingdom? For the same reason we have trouble with John 14:

Are we going to do more than Jesus?
Is the Helper never going to forsake me? Will I know this?

Yar - reverence is good.

God is the King of Peace.  He never asks us to bring Him Peace. He asks us to believe. The woman who grabbed the fringe of Jesus' robe was known in the Gospels to have some fear. She knew she would hold on to the King of Kings. This woman knew the Power of God belongs to God.

David always believed he could tell Father God exactly who he was and the desires of his heart. Even when God was apparently setting His Face towards His Plans, David would ask Father God for His Mercy. And in the belief, God was known to be giving.

When God says blessed are the Peace Makers, He talking about the give and take of life. He is not asking us to grab and manipulate God. Jesus asked the Father of the son at the foot of the hill of Transfiguration for his faith. Jesus is not asking us to do what God would willingly Give.

When the people gifted with healing are asked about God's capability, they respond with a great deal of Love and Awe for what Father God does willingly. One U.K. Priest said he spent years begging God for a little help for the needy people he loved in his congregation. One day, Light came from the altar and in his heart he was asked if Father God is a Good Father. Yes. Then pray as if God is Willing. And as if God knows His way around His Love, His Mercy, His Plan and His Hope. Miracles began to happen.

Pray Believing God is Good enough to be a Real Father. Argue. Explain. Tell. And Believe God is God. Open up the Window of our Love and our Heart and Believe God is so Good and gives Willingly Always.

Psalm 68:19

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

We find Gratitude. We rediscover our Love for God. We believe God does not need steel, non-worried humanity and approach God as we are tender, mortal, fallible people. God does not expect to not be Father God. And as we discover our gratitude, we find Love. And with Love we have a conversation pleasing God. And we are pleased and the windows of Heaven are open when we see the Blessings pouring around us.

God says He delights in seeing Hearts Loving God. David found God to be very, very merciful. The Disciples walked with Jesus in Awe. Jesus is so merciful.

 We believe Jesus is God and we do what the Word of God manifest tells us. Love is not burdensome.

Abba,

Fill us with Your Love. And in this Amazing Love, let us have more Heaven on earth. We all have a very particular and gracious Prayer Request on our heart.

We come to You for health, for finances, for our loved ones, for what we sincerely need. Knowing You Know.

Thank You for hearing us. We know You are Merciful Father God.

Jesus Live in us. Help our Loved ones see more Heaven on earth.

We are asking for our heart's desires, because You told us graciously,  to always ask You. More Health. More Heaven. More Good News.

With Thanksgiving for all the Yes of God we have seen in our lives. Knowing doing more than Jesus is adding up all the Acts of God for Millenniums.

In Jesus' Love, we say God is our Father.  Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

1 John 5:1-12 ~ the victory that has overcome the world

1 John 5:1-12

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world.

And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

6 This is he who came by water and blood—

Jesus Christ

not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.

10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.

Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.

11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.





There are ancient trees stunning to mankind. The Sequoias in California date back to King David. The Olive trees on the Mount of Olives probably date back to Good Friday. And these Cedar of Lebanon are the species David collected for Solomon to build God His Temple.

Jesus is recorded talking about Trees. The Kingdom of Heaven is seen as a seed growing into a Vast Tree as shelter for many. Seasons of trouble - blood, flood - water and the Willingness of God. Jesus and the Gospels record with great Joy.

Luke 19
19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

When you find Psalm 23 and Psalm 24 we are Rising as Jesus told us to. Psalm 23 deals with the Willingness of God to provide. Psalm 24 are the Glories of God Providing and the Blessing of His Willingness and Capability.


If we consider this passage as Climbing Up, the Process of Heaven Growing, we find this:




1.Birth and Salvation - being Rooted in Jesus
God gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.



2.The Path and Destination
Overcoming the World. He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us. But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Zacchaeus was truly seeking to see Jesus. His faith led him. Love. Not Burdensome. This is really very plain to see. Seek the Lord and He is found.






3. Man, that is a long way to the ground...
Anger and fear are in the Scriptures in abundance. If we say our faith is going to be the jet engine, we are going to have anxiety. We can't save ourselves. Consider all the Gospels. All of them. What if - is a great lesson. What if the Jesus Story was the deaf are healed, the blind see, lepers made well, lame walk. And All are healed. And Jesus lives happily ever after. We have Elijah. Elijah and Elisha are wonderful portions of the Bible. We don't expect Elijah to do anything for us. Wonderful to know Elijah had such incredible faith. Jesus does this Salvation and then Jesus is not going to be forgotten because He takes all our sins and we Live. We find Jesus is Alive.

The Gospels are telling us Jesus is working and so is His Father. Being born to believe Jesus is God today - is given by the Will of God.

Anxiety. Elijah has incredible faith. But God is the one who Works. All we have to know is Jesus is the Son of God and He is alive and working today. The Disciples were men constantly in fear. Elijah had fear. 72 Disciples and plenty said this is too much work and not always safe - I'm leaving. Peter was certainly no god. Peter looked at Jesus and said, "You have the Word of Life."

4. Water, Blood and Spirit. Way Up with Jesus.

Messy. Guaranteed. Aaron was invited into the Holy of Holies and God knew blood mess would arrive. Many of the 72 Disciples did not know what to do. The New Covenant of God living in mankind was messy. Guaranteed when multitudes returned to the Temple after the First Easter - God was Welcoming His Children. The Faith of Jesus Christ.

The Victory of God's Plan totally is achieved and seen and lived. In the Land of the Living.

The Victory of the Climb with Jesus. Easter is seen in this Life. All of Israel finds Life. Jesus brings a new earth. Jesus did not dash off to Heaven. He has shown us Life. And because of Jesus the Way, the Truth and the Life continue. The Truth of the Gospels is for this Life. The earth and it's fullness belong to God.

Psalm 24

The earth is the Lord's

and

the fullness thereof

the world

and those

who dwell therein

When we think of all the impossible claims of the Scripture. Jesus is the Light of the world. Jesus is before Abraham. Jesus is the Exodus. Jesus is Priest Forever. Jesus raises Jairus' daughter from the dead. The widow of Nain's son made alive from his funeral. Jesus healed them all. We are not claiming Life for Heaven alone, we are believing more Heaven on earth. We are believing in prayer, Jesus does all this. Jesus works today. Believing in the Chaos of conflict in the lives of the people of Scripture - is a Work of God. We are believing today God sorts out Faith and is God. Jesus states this clearly. God of the Living.

Abba,

Jesus is God and we pray as the Children of God.

We love the children of God, this is not burdensome. This is the Joy of seeing God overcome the world.

Victory has overcome the world — our Jesus, Jesus is the Son of God!

Over the waters the Holy Spirit has Lived. In Salvation, the Holy Spirit dwells in mankind. Jesus Christ Lives.We agree Jesus is God.

You are our Beloved Father God, Giving us the Victory of Your Son for ourselves, our Loved ones and the people of God. Saving the world.

We believes in the Son of God dwells in us and in our prayers to You.

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Blessed be God our Father for His Willing Blessings. Forever. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †