Commissioned

The Great Commission

 is to testify of the Gospel.

The Gospel is The Good News.

The good news that

Jesus IS Messiah;

The Savior of the world.

He has come

And (already) saved us.

This IS Good News!

Believe it.

Receive it.

Testify it.

Shout it from the roof tops.

Live it.

Keep it simple!

I AM FREE!

You ARE Free!

Get excited!

Hallelujah!

Jesus-Hearted

All I want 

is for those whom I love

to love me back;

in deed & in Truth.

Is that really

too much to ask?

I wonder

 if

Jesus ever feels this way...

A Salvation Parable

Salvation is like a guilty criminal who has received an acquittal by the judge, 

yet chooses to remain in prison and carry on with his original sentence.

Every person is guilty and sentenced to death

because we are born into a world which Adam & Eve gave Satan control of.

But Jesus (who is God) 

came to the earth, died for every sin of every human being, 

rose from the dead & ascended (back) into heaven,

 thus completing the sentence for every one of our condemned lives; 

granting each of us an acquittal,

destroying our records

and giving us complete freedom.

Yet, those who choose to reject

 who He is and deny what He has (already) done, 

choose to remain imprisoned, 

thus carrying on with their original sentence.

It really is a choice.

God Thoughts No. Fifty Six

Here’s a thought for you:

You are perfect.

I am perfect.

Because, Jesus is perfect.

Everything Jesus said and did was perfect.

The world faulted His words and His actions,

but God did not.

So, the question isn’t whether or not the world can find fault with you.

It (already) does.

The question, rather, is;

Do your words and actions fault you before God?

God Thoughts No. Fifty Five

When I think of all of the 

religions, denominations, congregations, 

organizations, groups, causes, 

preachers, teachers, evangelists and speakers

 in the world, 

I am amazed at how God chooses to work, 

even within the confines man attempts to place upon Him; 

thus remaining true to His very nature and purpose 

which is to show His glory within and in spite of each said situation.

What a truly wondrous God He is!

God Thoughts No. Fifty Four

Jesus modeled sinless life.

Anything contrary to Christ and His life,

be it, 

thought, deed, word or action-

is sin.

Our sin-nature has (already)
been crucified with Christ.

Why call it back to life with
sinful behavior?

God Thoughts No. Fifty Three

For the past couple of mornings, 

certain snippets of Scripture have been running through my mind; 

part of Matthew 6 where Jesus says that we ought to pray,

 “Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is (already) done in heaven”. 

And the many, various places where Jesus walks into a situation and says, 

“the kingdom of heaven is at hand”.

In thinking about my own life and rolling these words of Jesus around in my mind,

 Holy Spirit reminded me that because of Jesus,

 indeed, heaven has come to the earth. 

And it is He (Holy Spirit) who keeps it here.

Before Jesus ascended back into heaven, 

He told us that He was leaving the power of the kingdom of heaven here for us 

and that we would do all of the things He did

 – and MORE!

Because Jesus came to earth 

and by the power of Holy Spirit, 

we create heaven on earth!

I wonder, 

when people interact with us 

(those who profess to be Believers & disciples of Jesus-the Christ), 

do they feel that they have encountered a little bit of heaven on earth?

If not, 

perhaps it is time to re-evaluate who our lives truly emulate…