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The Passionate Jesus —Get to Know Him Personally This Passionate Week |Passion Week Series

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  • The Roman Road leads to the edge of the cliff and into the bottomless pit unless you confess Jesus as your personal LORD & Savior

  • That cliff will always keep you separated eternally from God until you choose His Son, who has paid the death contract for you.

  • We all carry the death contract from the day we are born and it gets heavier the older we get.

—This Sunday will start the beginning of a great and awesome week. Where God did a wondrous work of sacrifice though His Son Jesus the Savior for those who out their trust in Him.

—Passion Week starts with Palm Sunday( Matthew 21) and ends on Resurrection Sunday. But it doesn’t end there. You see, the story starts with Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity. Who is the Creator of this universe. He spoke and the Big cosmological Bang happened.

—From the beginning of time, Jesus knew what was going to happen when He breathed life into humans.

—Yet, with all His omnipotent knowledge, He still obediently humiliated Himself by leaving His throne and coming down to earth as a human baby. That is unimaginable to me.

—That God would become flesh & bones(John 1:14; Hebrews 2:14 ). With the same carnal needs. With all of the weakness of a human body (Hebrews 2:17) which starts decaying the minute we are born.

—He was 100% human—100% God. I won’t try to explain this in 1-3 sentences because theologians have tried answering this wonderful and mysterious truth in volumes of books.

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By Pete Rose 

  • Just know that the chances of 1 person fulfilling a few prophecies or predictions are astronomical. Jesus has fulfilled over 350. Yes, 350. If I was a Vegas man, I would place my bets on Jesus. I would take what He said and the predictions or prophecies He fulfilled as facts.

  • Now comes the most extraordinary 3 facts to take away from this:

— Jesus was tortured & died on the cross (Matthew 27)

— Jesus was buried  (Matthew 27:56-66)

— Jesus resurrected from death 3 days later (Matthew 28:1-15)

  • If this was not true, the greatest Empire and military in history, would have:
  • —Made a ridicule out of Jesus by displaying His body
  • — And/or killing off Jesus’ disciples for lying.
  • —Solving the mystery of where the body was hidden.

But neither of those things happened, why?

— There were too many witnesses who saw Jesus after His death. (Acts 5:32)

—The story was never fully disputed & the disciples continued preaching in the same city Jesus was buried. The Sanhedrin could not shut them up! ( Acts 5:32; Acts 23:24)

—The rest of what happened to His followers as they multiplied has been chronicled in the Bible and in other historical chronicles. (1 Corinthians 15:2-4)

  • Jesus disciples were:

—Beaten to stop having them share the Gospel of Jesus.

—Tortured to deny Jesus as the Messiah—Savior of Israel and the world.

—Killed for not recanting. It was the other way around, people like Paul of Tarsus chained up to his jailers converted many of them until he was put to death for His Lord and Savior, Jesus. 

  • Yet, His disciple remained faithful to the story of:

— Jesus,

—His teachings,

—His miracles,

—His crucifixion,

—His death

—His resurrection.

  • All this along with changing the mightiest empire that ever was through:

—Person to person sharing of the Gospel of Jesus.

— One on one disciplining on how to be followers of Christ.(2 Thessalonians 2:15)

—Continued fellowship of the church of Jesus who were called people of the Way.(Acts 2:46)

  • Yet still there are:

—Doubters to Jesus being who He said He was.

—Almost two thousand years later, Jesus is still controversial.

—People are still coming to know Him personally.

—Others are still scoffing at the stories they hear.

  • No other person in history has been:

— Loved & hated.

—Admired & Despised

—Worshipped & ridiculed….

  • Jesus remains a central figure in modern history.

—Countries have come and gone.

—Scoffers have said that Christianity is dead countless times.

—They have vowed to make Christians disappear.

—Yet, Jesus’ followers remain strong as always.

— The Bible remains the most read book in History because it’s His Story!

  • All this, due to a humble Carpenter who:

—Was born in Bethlehem

—Raised in Nazareth

—Taught scriptures to the masses by His Authority

—Said that He was God

—Fulfilled over 250 prophecies written centuries before His birth

—Healed the sick and lame

—Raised people from the grave

—Walked on water

—Gave sight to the blind

—Gave grace, mercy & peace to this sinner!

  • May you get to know Jesus the Messiah—Savior of this world during this most Holy of Weeks.

Get to know Him, here is how:

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

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The Only Action to Take |Gift of Salvation

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Some people say, “When you do an act of kindness, it’s good Karma!” If someone does something horrible, then you hear, “Wait until his Karma catches up to him!”
We’ve all heard of people saying there’s Karma in every action we take. The definition of this Buddhist and Hindu belief is that a person’s actions in this life or previous existence is a deciding factor in where a person will end up in the next life.

  • Although I don’t agree on the belief of a previous life or recycling into the next, I do believe that a person’s action will, in fact, be the deciding factor of where they spend eternity. You notice I said action and not actions?

The Word of God makes it indisputable in Hebrews chapter 29 verse 27 that it is appointed for a person to die once and then God’s judgment will be passed.

  • Here’s where the total opposite belief of what Karma is, comes in:

As human beings, we can never obtain a perfect balance for our next life on our own. We are never going to be good enough to achieve perfection. Only God, the Creator of the universe is perfect.
He is the only One that can judge us by His standards. And through the eternal measures of the heavens, we always fall short.
Here is where we have the chance to make destiny ours. We can, in fact, receive perfection. But here’s the catch, it’s not by our own actions.
It is by the time action that Jesus the Savior of the world, who is also the Son of God in the Trinity. He came and lived a perfect life. We can’t fathom this because we can’t live this kind of perfect life.
Some like the Buddha, Francis of Assisi, and Mother Theresa of Calcutta,  tried their best to lead good lives. Notice I said good and not perfect?
They through their own actions could never be good enough for their efforts to cancel out their sins.
All people have sinned and are in need of saving grace that is only given through Jesus. All people including Buddha, Mother Theresa, and all the other “beatified” human beings who have passed from this life into the next have died and were buried. None came back to life, except One.
People’s actions will not be good enough for them to enter into God’s heavenly Kingdom on their own accord. Before you tell me that this is extremely harsh to say, I am not the one saying it. The Word of God is clear on this. I wish I could say otherwise but then I would be making myself God and trust me, I am and will always fall short on that measure.
Instead of getting angry or depressed because you realized that you can’t make it into heaven on your own, why not ask the One that can help you. He is the only One that has died, been buried and risen from the dead. His name is Jesus the One they called the Carpenter, The Nazarene, The Way, the Truth, and The Life.

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    Below are reference links to most of what I mentioned here. Do your own homework and make the right decision.
  • Once you make a decision to follow Jesus, he will never leave you! Nothing will be able to separate you from His love.
  • Don’t leave it up to your very own “Karma” to find out too late…

 

 

 

 

References:

No human being is righteous in God’s eyes:  

https://biblehub.com/romans/3-10.htm

https://biblehub.com/romans/3-23.htm

Jesus is sinless:

https://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-9.htm
https://biblehub.com/1_peter/2-22.htm
https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/5-21.htm
https://biblehub.com/1_john/3-5.htm

Christ came to save us:

https://biblehub.com/romans/8-38.htm

He is the Only One that can save us:

https://biblehub.com/john/14-7.htm

Ask Him to be your Savior:

https://biblehub.com/romans/10-9.htm

Welcome to the Family of God:

https://biblehub.com/hebrews/10-22.htm

Got more questions?:

Steps to Peace With God

How Can I know God

Know God

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Jesus=Jehovah Is Salvation |Day of Atonement

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The Day of Atonement

“”26 Again the LORD said to Moses, 27 “ The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly and humble your souls and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28 On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.”” Leviticus 23:27- Berean Study Bible

“”13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.””… Galatians 3:13- Berean Study Bible

As Christians, we don’t really see the importance of the Jewish Feasts. This is because we think that they were instituted by the Israelites (Ancient Jewish people) but nothing could be further from the truth.

At the beginning of Leviticus chapter 23, we see that God calls these Holy Convocations His feasts.

Feasts of the LORD
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.…Leviticus 23:1-2- Berean Study Bible.

This means we as Christians need to be observing these days. They are for all those that call Jesus their Savior.  We are not to go to the extremes of becoming so caught up in the acts that we forget the meaning behind The Feasts. These are to dress rehearsals for the real thing. That real thing is Jesus, Yeshua, Yehoshua. These dress rehearsals were appointed times for us to know the exact time Jesus would come. Yet, His people, the ones that had the oracles of God, the ones that kept every scroll written in almost perfect form, missed the appointed time.

But before you start judging the Jewish people, Christians have also missed out on this. Let me explain, we have and will always have the Greek Scriptures in the New Testament. Yet, when I speak to people of the importance of chapter 23 of Leviticus, the person usually says that all the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures of the Bible) is for the Jewish folks and that we need to focus on Jesus’ writings.

I usually smile and tell them if Jesus is the Word, that The Word was from the beginning and since Jesus is The Word, His writings are from Genesis to Revelation. Then I see their reaction…a blank stare into the endlessness of the universe.

You see, everything in the Bible points to Jesus (Yeshua- Jehovah is Salvation). The scriptures point in only one direction, Jesus’ direction. The Feasts all point to Him. They were practices for us to know the time of His arrival. Yet most people missed Jesus’ first coming. He kept telling the Jewish people He was the One that scriptures spoke about. He also kept telling them that His hour had not come yet. Until that specific time Jesus rode in on that donkey and allowed Himself to be worshipped as the Messiah of the world.

This brings a new meaning for us Christians when Jesus says:

“”2 You know that the Passover begins in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.””- Matthew 26:2 Berean Study Bible

Preparing the Passover
17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” 18 He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples” at your house.’ 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.… Matthew 26:17-19 Berean Study Bible

You see, Jesus has fulfilled all the Spring and summer Feasts or Appointed Times. There are Three Appointed Feats left. These are Fall Feasts and the Day of Atonement is one of these. I will be explaining each of these separately.

Today it’s the Feast of Atonement. The Day where Jesus the Messiah of the world, will make His people clean and unblemished from their sins. May today be the start of your new clean life. I ask you to get to know Jesus, the Messiah or Savior of the world.

~ If you know and have a relationship with Jesus, may today be a joyful and somber day. One that brings you to His throne room and right at the feet of Jesus who gave Himself to be a sacrifice for us all. May you praise His name and ask Him to make you clean by wiping away the uncleanliness in your lives.

~ If you do not know Jesus. I ask you to make today the day that you ask Him into your life.  Also, ask Jesus to wash you clean and make you right in the sight of God. The Bible says that he will make you a new creation.

“”7 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…”” – 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Berean Study Bible

Do not wait, ask Jesus into your life. Make a commitment to walk away from the things that are loading you up with bad things. Things that you have done yourself that you want gone. Ask him to change you from the inside out. Make this day a day you will remember as the day Jesus Atoned for your sins…

Steps to get started with Jesus:

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

 

 

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Prayer that Binds, Holds and Breaks |Power Thru Powerful Prayer Series

20 “Because you have so little faith. He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” … – Jesus the Messiah, Gospel of Matthew chapter 17

A combat-ready heart is much better than a wondering fly by the seat-of-heart. Especially when it comes to spiritual communication.
The power of prayer is incredible. There are examples in the Bible of people who were devoted to a prayer life and what it could do.

Prayer is communication; a two-way communication. Prayer is not just a hotline. I have heard people use the word hotline to God. There is nothing wrong with this. For me, a hotline is a one-way conversation where a person just spills all their worries and heartaches to another person who is listening on the other side. Almost like a confessional, where a priest is behind the wall and listens to everything the repentant person has done in the past. Again, there is nothing wrong with speaking to someone about your problems and past. But there is only one Mediator between God and men, His name is Jesus the Savior who died for our sins once and for all eternity. He is the only One that can absolutely help you.

Powerfully spirit filled prayer is amazing:

1.  True prayer is the one that binds things together. The power of prayer is not in what we are saying or doing or asking God to do. But in what God is saying and asking us to do next. We need to sit still and listen. The Bible states that faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. You can spill your guts out all you want. Until you are blue in the face. But only when you stop talking can the other person hold a conversation with you.

2. Powerful prayer holds. Just like Jacob held on to the Angel of the Lord until there was a blessing given. We see that Jacob had gotten to a point in life where he knew that his past was coming back to get him. He would grab on and hold on desperately if needed until that blessing came to him. He knew that God was the only One in charge of his life.

3. Powerful prayer breaks bonds. In the case of a woman who had been bleeding out for twelve years. As a Jewish woman, this would mean that as long as she was,’unclean’, no one would be able to touch her. Not her husband, or children or mom or dad or anyone else. The loneliness of being singled out and unable to have a normal life would be unbearable.
This same woman would have the audacity to barely touch Jesus’ robe fringe.
I imagine her softly touching the Son of God’s robe, almost timidly trying her best not to bring attention to herself. She was ashamed of being too unclean for anyone to have pity on her. Yet, we see that Jesus came to her rescue. She did not have to grab on and wrestle Him down until daybreak. All she needed was to stand still inside of the loud and unruly crowd wanting Jesus’ attention.

She stood still until the perfect time when she knew that Jesus would be close enough to touch. The incredible prayer of patience for those twelve years. We must learn to have this woman’s faith and patience. She is one of the people that I will be seeking out in heaven to ask as many questions as I can.

If you are reading this today, and you have so many things that are troubling you, go the only One that can change your situation. His name is Jesus. Some call Him Yeshua, He is the only One that died for your sins and mine. He tells us to come to Him with all our burdens, He will take them upon Himself and make your life a lot better to bear.

If you are ready to receive His gift of salvation. All you have to do is:
– Bind the promises God has said He would do in your heart. Ask Jesus to cleanse your heart and mind. Ask Him to forgive you of all the things that are weighing you down in life. If it’s your past, leave it behind. Once you ask Him to forgive you, God leaves all the past wrongs behind you. Never to be seen or mentioned by Him again.
– Hold on to His promises, He will never leave you and never forsake you.
He will be with you always from this point on, until the end of time. Which is basically forever.
– Break the cycle. Whatever bad cycle you or your family have been in, God will break that cycle and make you new. You will have a fresh start in life because Jesus has mediated you back to God.
Don’t wait, be one of the people that can say that your prayers were powerful because God was with you..

Follow Up Steps:

How can I know God?

Bible In Your Language

Steps to Peace with God

First Steps

 

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