The “I must work” of Jesus Christ in John 9 still work for us today! Meaning you would not be denied. Yes, it remains a remarkable statement of Jesus. The Worker is “a well-earned title to the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the worker, the chief worker, and the example to all workers.” (C. H. Spurgeon). “He worked under the limitations of mortality, recognized in the brevity of life another call to eager and continuous service.” (Maclaren). Oh yes, whenever…
1. “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” 2 “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” 3 “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the…
It’s great to pray, accept, buckle down. However, a few things won’t occur in case you’re just centred around yourself. As you favour others, God will favour you. As you show favour, the favour will come to you. Again and again, we endeavour to get things going and debilitating because it’s taking excessively long. God is saying, “Come to Me. Ask Me for help. Approach My name and recognise Me as your Source.” Don’t work yourself out of what you…
God isn’t holding your slip-ups against you. Try not to carry on with life blaming yourself for them. The sacred writing says, “The strength of the fiendish is being cut off, and the force of the genuine is being expanded.” The force of all that is attempting to stop you are being cut off. Meaning, God is not holding your mistakes against you. Please don’t go through life holding them against yourself. For God says, “I will break the strength…
1.”For we walk by faith, not by sight. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” 2 “For now, we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” 3…
Just as the religious leaders excommunicated the healed Man of John 9, Jesus received his worship. Religious leaders will always say, “You can’t worship with us at this Temple.” But Jesus is always saying to you: “I will receive your worship.” When the man worshipped Jesus, Jesus received the worship. Yes, this is something that no man or angel in the Bible does. The fact that Jesus accepted this worship is another proof that Jesus was and is God and…
The man born blind, healed and worshipped Jesus. He claimed: “though I was blind, now I see.” Such a claim remains a powerful assertion. From time to time Christians are confronted with issues meant to humiliate or mock, questions about some science or social issue or another. One doesn’t have to be an authority in all those things, though the more one knows the better. More than anything, we may simply say: “I don’t know about all that; but this…
1. “By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. By faith, we understand that the universe was created by the word of God so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God…
If there is any time for you to trust God absolutely, it is now, my dear friend! I say to you, take people off the throne. God owns you, and He’s undisputably on the Throne. People are not your source; God is your source. It’s nice when they’re good to you when they recognize your value. But I say you don’t become so conditional on them that you start seeing them as your provider. Recognize that behind the resource is…
You can’t be feeble and surrender since it’s not occurring on your plan. A few foes are obstinate. You need to outlive the difficulty at work, outlive the sluggish season, outlive the trouble in your marriage. You weren’t made to self-destruct when the strain comes. You are more grounded than you might suspect. You are more preferred than you might imagine. You are more blessed than you might suppose. Accept and proclaim that you are solid, you are successful, and…