"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me. Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life." ~John 5:39-40
To "search the Scriptures" may be separated from "come to Me" (v. 40). The Jewish religionists searched the Scriptures but were not willing to come to the Lord. These two should go together; because the Scriptures testify concerning the Lord, they should not be separated from the Lord. We may contact the Scriptures, yet not contact the Lord. Only the Lord can give life.
In 2009 Daniel Lee was deployed to Iraq as a new believer. While his base was under attack he prayed and gave himself to the Lord. Here, he testifies of the peace and fulfillment he experienced in following the Lord.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life." ~John 3:16
Though John 3:16 is one of the most commonly known verses in the Bible, it is one of the most crucial. To believe IN the Lord is to acknowledge facts about Him, to believe INTO the Lord is to receive Him, be united with Him, and become one with Him. This brings believers into a life in which they can continually abide in Jesus Christ, a life that God desires Christians to live.
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever; And the bread which I will give is My flesh, given for the life of the world. ~John 6:51 At this point the bread becomes the flesh. Bread is of the vegetable life and is only for feeding; flesh is of the animal life and is not only for feeding but also for redeeming. Before the fall of man, the Lord was the tree of life (Gen. 2:9), which is only for feeding man. After man fell into sin, the Lord became the Lamb (John 1:29), which is not only for feeding man but also for redeeming him (Exo. 12:4, 7-8). As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me. ~John 6:57 To eat is to take food into us that it may be assimilated organically into our body. Hence, to eat the Lord Jesus is to receive Him into us that He may be assimilated by the regenerated new man in the way of life. Then we live by Him whom we have re
"But whenever their heart turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away." ~2 Corinthians 3:16
Small things throughout the day can cause our heart to be turned away from the Lord and hinder our fellowship with Him. The simple way to turn out heart back to the Lord is to confess our sin. The issue of confessing and turning our heart to the Lord is that we are transformed from glory to glory into the same image as Christ.
What then brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has... 1 Cor 14:26 What does a New Testament church meeting look like? In a Christian meeting each one should have something of Christ to share with others, and each one should have the opportunity to share. This is quite similar to a feast before God, and it is in this way that Christ indirectly and practically builds His church on the earth today (Matt. 16:18). EachOneHas.
Rock the Burg is a series of free concerts designed to reach our community with the love, grace, and heart of Christ. Join us on November 19th in St. Petersburg. Details at https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206951416012970
An Aglow (www.aglow.org) group established in June 2011. Meetings are held in the Brandon, Florida region on the last Tuesday of every month. This is an awesome opportunity to get plugged into a powerful ministry.
A team from High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin TX got to be part of a bigger team lead by CBMS (Carribean Baptist Mission Society) to Haiti this summer. Part of the team spent the week building a church while the others went in the in-land to city of Mirabalais to do a week long training for the local pastors and congregation, and we got to work with the children.
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