He wanted His disciples to know who the ‘Father’ was, who ‘Elohim’ was, who ‘Yahweh’ was, who the ‘God’ that they and their ancestors had been worshipping all of their lives. Jesus said this, because He wanted to emphasize that He and His Father are One. That is why He said, ‘When you know Me, you know who My Father is’. He wants us to have a personal relationship with Him, with the Father and with the Holy Spirit. Jesus, above all, wanted and wants us to know God for ourselves. Yet Jesus’ words were so much more than just simply directing us to Heaven. He is the way to Heaven, He is the truth of God in His fullness, and He is the life beyond life. He alone is the way, the truth and the life. He said of Himself, ‘That no one can come to the Father except through Me’. If you don’t believe these words, then read Jesus’ own words. There is no special ticket or no trick questions to answer or no religious act you have to do. Have you ever wondered how to get to Heaven? Well, the answer is simple through Jesus. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him!”” If you had really know Me, you would know who my Father is. No one can come to the Father except through me. “ Jesus told him,“I am the way, the truth and the life. Posted in adailydevotional, daily bible verse, daily readings, devotionals, devotions, God's word for today, Inspirational messages, modern devotionals, Previous Posts, verse for today | Tagged #Christmas, Gift of God, grace | Leave a comment Just accept, believe and receive His forgiveness and love. There are no strings attached, nothing is owed. This Christmas season, if you don’t know Jesus yet, receive His free gift of salvation. On the contrary, we boast in what Christ has done and give Him the glory. Our only response to it, is not to try to pay for it by our good works, but simply in thanksgiving and rejoicing, receive salvation and let His salvation change us.įriends, we can’t boast or take credit for our salvation because of the things we have done. Moreover, the price has already been paid and our debt cleared by Jesus, Himself, the giver of salvation. Our natural reaction or expectation is that when we receive something, we feel we are obliged to either return the gift, service or item with an equal value: money or such like. The same is with a piece of art or a service we may have received. We want to pay for it, often out of appreciation. We don’t go to a restaurant and expect a free meal. The hard and such difficult thing is accepting this.Īs humans our natural instinct is to want to pay for something we have. What do we mean by this? Well, the simple part is, through no endeavour of our own or good works or following a set of rules or any such like thing, we can be saved by simply believing and accepting that by God’s grace, our sins are forgiven through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and our confession and repentance of them. The Gospel is simple, yet on the same hand, it is the most difficult thing. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” And you can’t take credit for this it is a gift from God. “ God saved you by His grace when you believed. Posted in adailydevotional, daily bible verse, daily readings, devotionals, devotions, God's word for today, Inspirational messages, modern devotionals, Previous Posts, verse for today | Leave a comment Not only for when we feel like we are at the top of a huge stack of platforms, but especially, for when we feel knocked down, out for the count and ‘utterly helpless’! He is the one that encourages us and picks us back up to keep pressing on. We are never too far out of reach from God’s grace. Whatever it is, let today’s verse be an encouragement for you. That killer punch may be an unexpected circumstance, a stumble in our walk with God, a temptation that has popped its ugly head up again, or perhaps something out of your control. We sometimes feel undefeatable living in the fullness of God’s grace and mercy, when suddenly something knocks you off your feet and you feel like you are back at square one. As soon as you miss-time your jump, the platform knocks you off the tower of platforms you have managed to jump over and you start again from zero. The tricky part is that the platforms come from both left and right and at varied speeds. The higher you jump, the more points you score. There is a new app now available on smartphones where the aim of the game is to see how high you can jump over oncoming platforms. “ When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the time and died for us sinners.”
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