Day 11
Matthew 26
This has to be next to the hardest time in Jesus' life, the crucifixion being the worst. Anyway Jesus is aware of what is ahead of him as we start the chapter. He is sharing with His disciples exactly what is going to happen to Him...He is going to be crucified. And as we can see in verse 3, the plan is in place by the chief priests and the elders of the people.
It is not plain if the woman with the very expensive perfume knew exactly what she was doing was a prophetic act, but Jesus knew. It is possible the woman did know however, because Jesus did say that she had poured this perfume on him as He said, "she did it to prepare me for burial." The disciples evidently didn't understand, even though Jesus had just finished telling them about his upcoming death on the cross. They all were angry over the matter, but it was Judas's words that was recorded here.
Jesus said that what the woman had done would be remembered throughout the world wherever the gospel was preached. Have to ask ourselves, what have we done for Jesus that people will remember us, not for who we are, but for what we did for Jesus. The woman's love and understanding of who Jesus was, compelled her to give her very best for Jesus. Do we give our very best for Jesus! Something to stop and think about.
It is tremendously sad when we see Judas, who has been a follower, disciple, and accountant of Jesus, to choose to betray Jesus. And I was thinking about that word betray. In the original Greek, from the Greek Lexicon, betray in this passage means "to deliver over treacherously". (Vine's Expository Dictorionary) (http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G3860&t=KJV)
Treachery is a violation of faith and confidence, an act of treason.
Anyway, the concern of the disciples about the perfume was that the very expensive perfume could have been sold and the money gained could have been given to the poor. It wasn't that Jesus didn't have concern for the poor, He had more compassion than anyone, but this perfume had a far more important mission and that was to anoint the one who was going to die for the sins of the world. Also, in Jesus' death, He was not only a sacrifice for our sins, but He also became our High Priest. I won't go into that, but I did find a very good in depth explanation of that if you would like to understand that more.
http://www.gracevalley.org/sermon_trans/2007/Jesus_Our_Perfect_High_Priest.html
http://www.gracevalley.org/articles/Priesthood.html
When Jesus told the disciples to go and prepare for the Passover, He knew He was going to be the Passover Lamb for ALL MANKIND. He knew that His people were going to betray Him, but not only His people, but a disciple who walked closely with Him.
I really liked how the Quest Bible explained how Jesus would give new meaning to the Passover. "Rather than change Passover, Christ fulfilled it (1 Cor. 5:7), infusing a time-honored practice with profound new meaning. For centuries, the unleavened bread had reminded God's people of their hasty exit from Egypt(see Exodus 12;14-20,39). Now the bread would remind Jesus' followers of his body, given as a sacrifice for their sins. The lamb had recalled the blood, the blood that spared the Israelites from death (Exodus 12:3-13). Now the cup would would remind Jesus' followers of his blood and its saving effects.
Just think back to those scriptures in Exodus, and how God spared the firstborn of the Israelites from death by placing the blood of the lamb on the doorposts, how much more will He save those who trust in His own son's blood for their salvation and deliverance.
The scriptures go more into Judas's betrayal and Peter's denial, than any of the actions of the other believers.
The truth is that the other 10 disciples also said they would never deny Jesus as Peter did. When Jesus was in the Garden encouraging them to pray, He was asking them to pray not for His sake, but for their own. They were about to face one of the biggest temptations ever and that was to deny that they knew Jesus.
Jesus' heart was broken in the Garden. He knew what was about to happen in a little while and His heart was filled with sorrow. Have you ever had a friend betray you, sever their relationship with you? How did that make you feel? What if not only your brothers and sisters and mother and father denied you, turned their back on you, how would you feel? Well multiply that hundreds of thousands and more over, and you can see how the weight of the world's sin was on Jesus shoulders. But despite all that, He submitted His Will to the Father to be the supreme sacrifice for the sins of the world. What a friend! What a Saviour! What a God! Mighty and Awesome is He!
After Judas' kiss and Jesus' arrest, we find Him being questioned, scorned, spit on, and going through horrific turmoil. He could not deny Himself before the high priest. Through all the mocking and taunting, Jesus' stood strong for our sake and the sake of the ALL MANKIND.
Peter was reminded by the rooster's crow after denying Jesus three times in the courtyard, that Jesus had prophesied his actions. Distraught in what he had done, he was crushed, and wept bitterly. Have you ever betrayed or denied something or someone? I looked up the definition of deny and betray to see what the difference was. This is what I found.
Deny means to declare untrue or refuse to admit or acknowledge.
Betray means to lead astray, to deliver to an enemy by treachery, to fail or desert especially in time of need, to reveal unintentionally.
So can you see what the difference was in Judas' and Peter's actions?
The Quest Bible's response to Peter's action was this:
"Why did Peter weep? Because he suddenly felt the weight of his own failure. though he had earlier wanted to fight for Jesus, now his courage had melted into confusion. He'd probably been bewildered and disheartened when Jesus had rejected his rescue attempt in the garden (John 18:10-11). But the crowing rooster brought things back into perspective again with a shocking realization: He had betrayed the one he loved just as Jesus had foretold.
So what is the difference? Is it one deliberately acted and the other didn't? But the possibility that both were offended could have been the foothold the enemy to cause them both to act contrary to their hearts.
It is wise to guard our hearts so the enemy does not have a foothold that will lead to doing what our heart really doesn't want to do. I believe Peter was in survival mode and he was out of fear protecting himself. How many times have we done that in our life?
I am thankful that God's mercies are new every morning....that by His grace alone can I walk in His will and His ways.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
Day 10
John 17
How many times have we had someone pray for us and it comforted our hearts and brought peace to our minds! I am guessing, many times! I know that is true in my life. How awesome it must have been to have Jesus, there in person, praying to the Heavenly Father, and His Word of love pouring over them, washing their souls. And yet today, Jesus is in heaven, seated on the right hand of the Father, interceding on our behalf. How blessed we are to not only know them as God, but as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person in the trinity working to bring all things together for good!
Chapter 17 begins right after Jesus has told the disciples He would be leaving them in chapter 16, He didn't want them to be disturbed by His leaving them. His prayer to the Father was to comfort their hearts, giving them hope, because He had overcome the world, they would be able to do so also.
As Jesus shares His heart in prayer to the Heavenly Father, He is asking the Father for their protection when He is gone because not only have they believed in Him, but they have also obeyed His Word. Jesus was asking the Father to glorify Him, because in glorifying the Son, He would bring glory to Himself. Jesus' glorifying the Father came at a great price. It came through Jesus completing the Father's will, and that was that He die for the sins of the world. There is never no glory in death. Jesus' death was cruel and horrible; the glory would come from His ressurection, and His ascension back to the Father's right hand. Glory came in that Jesus' obedience to His Father's will, resulted in salvation to the whole world through His death on Calvary's cross.
Jesus told His Father through prayer that what He was praying, was so the disciples would be able to have the FULL MEASURE of JOY within them.
As Jesus is finishing His prayer, He not only includes the disciples in His prayer, but ALL those who would believe in Him through their message. So for Jesus' to continue to be glorified, we must share what He has done for the whole world through His birth, His death, His ressurection, and His ascension to Heaven. Our hope of glory is Jesus Christ. Our hope is that we believe in His second coming! His is returning for His bride, the church, without spot or wrinkle!
Hmmm. I was watching HGTV the other day, SayYes to the Dress. There was a bride there trying on her altered bridal gown, and there was a wrinkle in the dress. Well, the mother-in-law was not satisfied until every wrinkle was gone out of that gown. Then I thought, how picky! But now that I am thinking on this thought of Jesus coming for His bride without spot or wrinkle, I think I get it. The only way the church is without spot or wrinkle is by the blood that Jesus shed on Calvary.
All the sacrifices in the Old Testament had to be without spot or wrinkle, and so that is why Jesus had to live a sinless life, or He wouldn't have been the perfect sacrifice for our sins!
Ephesians 5:
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1 Peter 1:
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written , Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again , not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
All who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord, are His bride. We are all members of His body, clothed with the bridal gown, awaiting the arrival of our bridegroom. Although there are many denominations, many churches, which mean many differences and opionions, there is only one thing that matters. That the true bride of Christ, wearing white, is washed in the blood of the lamb...for whosoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved! Our sins exchanged for His righteousness, the GREAT EXCHANGE!
If there is any doubt in your heart of being clothed in His righteousness, being a part of the Bride of Christ,
now is the day of salvation. Now is the day you can exchange all your sins for His righteousness, and become clothed in His Bridal gown, and wait for His return. Then you too will be able to sit down with Him at the marriage supper of the Lamb!.
John 17
How many times have we had someone pray for us and it comforted our hearts and brought peace to our minds! I am guessing, many times! I know that is true in my life. How awesome it must have been to have Jesus, there in person, praying to the Heavenly Father, and His Word of love pouring over them, washing their souls. And yet today, Jesus is in heaven, seated on the right hand of the Father, interceding on our behalf. How blessed we are to not only know them as God, but as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person in the trinity working to bring all things together for good!
Chapter 17 begins right after Jesus has told the disciples He would be leaving them in chapter 16, He didn't want them to be disturbed by His leaving them. His prayer to the Father was to comfort their hearts, giving them hope, because He had overcome the world, they would be able to do so also.
As Jesus shares His heart in prayer to the Heavenly Father, He is asking the Father for their protection when He is gone because not only have they believed in Him, but they have also obeyed His Word. Jesus was asking the Father to glorify Him, because in glorifying the Son, He would bring glory to Himself. Jesus' glorifying the Father came at a great price. It came through Jesus completing the Father's will, and that was that He die for the sins of the world. There is never no glory in death. Jesus' death was cruel and horrible; the glory would come from His ressurection, and His ascension back to the Father's right hand. Glory came in that Jesus' obedience to His Father's will, resulted in salvation to the whole world through His death on Calvary's cross.
Jesus told His Father through prayer that what He was praying, was so the disciples would be able to have the FULL MEASURE of JOY within them.
As Jesus is finishing His prayer, He not only includes the disciples in His prayer, but ALL those who would believe in Him through their message. So for Jesus' to continue to be glorified, we must share what He has done for the whole world through His birth, His death, His ressurection, and His ascension to Heaven. Our hope of glory is Jesus Christ. Our hope is that we believe in His second coming! His is returning for His bride, the church, without spot or wrinkle!
Hmmm. I was watching HGTV the other day, SayYes to the Dress. There was a bride there trying on her altered bridal gown, and there was a wrinkle in the dress. Well, the mother-in-law was not satisfied until every wrinkle was gone out of that gown. Then I thought, how picky! But now that I am thinking on this thought of Jesus coming for His bride without spot or wrinkle, I think I get it. The only way the church is without spot or wrinkle is by the blood that Jesus shed on Calvary.
All the sacrifices in the Old Testament had to be without spot or wrinkle, and so that is why Jesus had to live a sinless life, or He wouldn't have been the perfect sacrifice for our sins!
Ephesians 5:
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1 Peter 1:
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written , Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again , not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
All who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord, are His bride. We are all members of His body, clothed with the bridal gown, awaiting the arrival of our bridegroom. Although there are many denominations, many churches, which mean many differences and opionions, there is only one thing that matters. That the true bride of Christ, wearing white, is washed in the blood of the lamb...for whosoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved! Our sins exchanged for His righteousness, the GREAT EXCHANGE!
If there is any doubt in your heart of being clothed in His righteousness, being a part of the Bride of Christ,
now is the day of salvation. Now is the day you can exchange all your sins for His righteousness, and become clothed in His Bridal gown, and wait for His return. Then you too will be able to sit down with Him at the marriage supper of the Lamb!.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Jesus Final Instruction
Day 9
John 14
How would you address those close to you if you knew you were going to be leaving this earth today? That is exactly what Jesus was doing with His disciples here in John 14. It pays us to take heed to His farewell. This is the message the disciples were going to relay to those around them, and would be passed down to every generation from those who were careful to carry it. It is a message for us to carry, not to keep to oneself.
Jesus is telling his disciples to not let him leaving them trouble them because He was going to His Father's house to prepare a place for them. And He was reassuring them when He had prepared a place for them, He assuredly would be coming back for them as well.
He tells them that the place He is going has many rooms (in KJV it says mansions), how awesome is that!
He tells the disciples that they know the way to the place where He is going, but at least one of the disciples didn't quite agree. Thomas told Him that he didn't know where he was going, so how could he know the way. And I believe one of the most important statements is when Jesus declares the way to His Father's house. He tells them, "I (Jesus) am the Way, and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
There is only ONE WAY to HEAVEN...and that is through believing in Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:12 (NKJV)
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
He also goes on to tell them that if they have seen Him, they have seen the Father. I like how the Quest explains that. It says, "He was saying that he spoke and acted for God because He was in God and God was in Him." I think John 1:1-5,14-18 clarifies this statement.
John 1:1 (KJV)
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made . 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
1 John 1:14-18 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried , saying , This was he of whom I spake , He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received , and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Jesus tells the disciples in verse 13, that whatever they ask in His name, He would do, so that He, the Son of God, could bring the Father glory. Jesus' always obeyed the Father and brought glory to His name while on earth, why would He do any less when He has returned to heaven, seated on the right hand of His Father. Our natural minds cannot conceive this, but it by the Spirit, that we can understand.
1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV)
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
How do we know if we love Jesus? What is the litmus test? Quite simply! If we obey Him! That is a good question to ask ourselves. Are we obeying all that we know that Jesus has asked us to do? It is good to gives ourselves a "Love Jesus Checkup" to make sure we have not drifted away from His Word and are walking in the light of His Word.
2 Peter 1:10 (NKJV)
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble
Phillipians 2:12 (KJV)
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed , not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
In the Quest Bible, it asks what comes first, obedience or love? And this is their answer: "Love and obedience are accompanied by one another. Loving God and obeying Him are a single package---to love him is to obey him, and to obey him is to love him. Properly practiced, each demonstrates the other.
Jesus gives the disciples a promise. He told them when He leaves them, He wouldn't leave them as orphans, but He would ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit. He said if anyone loves Him (Jesus) and obeys Him, then the Father would love them too, and they would come and make their homes in their hearts.
While Jesus was on this earth, He was limited to the amount of people He could be with at one time. Jesus tells the disciples that it was good for Him to go away, because if He went away, the Father would send the Comforter, the Counselor, which NIV states.
John 14:26 (KJV)
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance , whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26 (NIV)
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
The Holy Spirit could be everywhere, living in the hearts of those who believed and obeyed Jesus, but Jesus was limited to walking physically with the disciples, not living in them on His time here on earth.
Jesus told the disciples that the Holy Spirit would teach them all things and would remind them of everything He had said to them. He for the second time admonishes them to not let their hearts be troubled and not to be afraid. He was telling them before it happened in preparation in what they were going to be facing in the coming days.
One of the questions the Quest Bible asks is, "How can we be sure that a teaching is from the Holy Spirit?" Their answer is:
Spirit led teachings are recognizable because:
1. They reinforce all the things Jesus taught (John 14:26)
2. They are grounded in the written Word of God, which itself is a work inspired and directed by the Spirit (2 Tim 3:15-17)
3. They promote righteousness and convict us of sin. (John 16:8)
4. They bring glory to Jesus (John 16:14)
5. They recognize the deity of Jesus (1 John 4:2)
So it behooves us to be like the Bereans:
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily , whether those things were so.
Joy and Blessings to you today. May your heart be challenged and your mind renewed by the Word of God.
John 14
How would you address those close to you if you knew you were going to be leaving this earth today? That is exactly what Jesus was doing with His disciples here in John 14. It pays us to take heed to His farewell. This is the message the disciples were going to relay to those around them, and would be passed down to every generation from those who were careful to carry it. It is a message for us to carry, not to keep to oneself.
Jesus is telling his disciples to not let him leaving them trouble them because He was going to His Father's house to prepare a place for them. And He was reassuring them when He had prepared a place for them, He assuredly would be coming back for them as well.
He tells them that the place He is going has many rooms (in KJV it says mansions), how awesome is that!
He tells the disciples that they know the way to the place where He is going, but at least one of the disciples didn't quite agree. Thomas told Him that he didn't know where he was going, so how could he know the way. And I believe one of the most important statements is when Jesus declares the way to His Father's house. He tells them, "I (Jesus) am the Way, and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
There is only ONE WAY to HEAVEN...and that is through believing in Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:12 (NKJV)
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
He also goes on to tell them that if they have seen Him, they have seen the Father. I like how the Quest explains that. It says, "He was saying that he spoke and acted for God because He was in God and God was in Him." I think John 1:1-5,14-18 clarifies this statement.
John 1:1 (KJV)
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made . 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
1 John 1:14-18 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried , saying , This was he of whom I spake , He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received , and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Jesus tells the disciples in verse 13, that whatever they ask in His name, He would do, so that He, the Son of God, could bring the Father glory. Jesus' always obeyed the Father and brought glory to His name while on earth, why would He do any less when He has returned to heaven, seated on the right hand of His Father. Our natural minds cannot conceive this, but it by the Spirit, that we can understand.
1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV)
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
How do we know if we love Jesus? What is the litmus test? Quite simply! If we obey Him! That is a good question to ask ourselves. Are we obeying all that we know that Jesus has asked us to do? It is good to gives ourselves a "Love Jesus Checkup" to make sure we have not drifted away from His Word and are walking in the light of His Word.
2 Peter 1:10 (NKJV)
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble
Phillipians 2:12 (KJV)
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed , not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
In the Quest Bible, it asks what comes first, obedience or love? And this is their answer: "Love and obedience are accompanied by one another. Loving God and obeying Him are a single package---to love him is to obey him, and to obey him is to love him. Properly practiced, each demonstrates the other.
Jesus gives the disciples a promise. He told them when He leaves them, He wouldn't leave them as orphans, but He would ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit. He said if anyone loves Him (Jesus) and obeys Him, then the Father would love them too, and they would come and make their homes in their hearts.
While Jesus was on this earth, He was limited to the amount of people He could be with at one time. Jesus tells the disciples that it was good for Him to go away, because if He went away, the Father would send the Comforter, the Counselor, which NIV states.
John 14:26 (KJV)
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance , whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26 (NIV)
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
The Holy Spirit could be everywhere, living in the hearts of those who believed and obeyed Jesus, but Jesus was limited to walking physically with the disciples, not living in them on His time here on earth.
Jesus told the disciples that the Holy Spirit would teach them all things and would remind them of everything He had said to them. He for the second time admonishes them to not let their hearts be troubled and not to be afraid. He was telling them before it happened in preparation in what they were going to be facing in the coming days.
One of the questions the Quest Bible asks is, "How can we be sure that a teaching is from the Holy Spirit?" Their answer is:
Spirit led teachings are recognizable because:
1. They reinforce all the things Jesus taught (John 14:26)
2. They are grounded in the written Word of God, which itself is a work inspired and directed by the Spirit (2 Tim 3:15-17)
3. They promote righteousness and convict us of sin. (John 16:8)
4. They bring glory to Jesus (John 16:14)
5. They recognize the deity of Jesus (1 John 4:2)
So it behooves us to be like the Bereans:
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily , whether those things were so.
Joy and Blessings to you today. May your heart be challenged and your mind renewed by the Word of God.
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