Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 26, 2023 How do you know if you belong to God? If you hear his voice, you are one of his. You will know his voice and follow Him. This is a promise. You will know His voice. “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 25, 2023 Did Jesus claim to be God’s son? Did He claim to be one with God? Study this passage with me: John 10:24-42. Jesus gets challenged about His true identity and His answers make the Jews call for His execution. “Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him,
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 24, 2023 God has created an “orderly arrangement” between Himself and humanity. We call it a covenant. It is like a trust agreement. God, Father and Son, is the Grantor/Settlor/Creator. Holy Spirit is Trustee. Humans are Beneficiaries. The New Covenant in the Bible contains the trust agreement which explains what
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 23, 2023 Christ Jesus is the door through which God’s “sheep”, His children, enter into relationship with The Heavenly Father. We cannot go through another person - only Christ Jesus is the door to The Father. This is simply because no other person was qualified to lay his life down for
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 22, 2023 Both Jesus and Paul speak of revelation that is still yet to come. In John 16, Jesus says you can’t handle the truth, but Holy Spirit will teach it to you. In 1 Cor. 13, Paul says we still see through the glass darkly. Is it possible that God
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 21, 2023 After the greeting in Romans, Apostle Paul declares his purpose for writing the letter. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 18, 2023 Have faith in God. Do not be afraid. Trust God. Do not fear. Walk by faith and not by sight. Submit to God. Walk in the light. Resist darkness. There are tragedies taking place in the earth. At the same time, there are holy breakthroughs taking place in the earth.
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 17, 2023 What was Apostle Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh? What does Paul mention so many times in his writings that followed him everywhere he went? “…A messenger of Satan sent to buffet me…”? From Paul’s own writing, separated by a few verses, Paul first mentions all of the troubles
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 16, 2023 What should someone do when they are being attacked with false accusations? It really depends on the circumstances. The Apostle Paul had to deal with self professing apostles subverting his authority and taking advantage of the Corinthians. 2 Corinthians Chapters 10,11,12,13 It starts with the well known
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug 15, 2023 Salvation Message Three How long has it been since you’ve read the parable of The Prodigal Son? It is a story of redemption. With God, there is life after stupid. “Then Jesus said, “Once there was a father with two sons. The younger son came to his father and
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 14, 2023 Salvation Message Two God is rich in mercy and love towards us. The definition of love is not found in our love for God but in God’s love for us, because Christ Jesus died as atonement for the sins of all granting mercy to all who believe. “But God,
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 12, 2023 Salvation Message What is the gospel of Jesus Christ? In Jesus’s own words? Jesus spoke to a famous Jewish rabbi/teacher by the name of Nicodemus about it in John 3. “There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug.12, 2023 In the beginning, what did God make Adam to be? What was Adam’s purpose? Why was Adam made in the image and likeness of God? God used His own spiritual DNA to create Adam. Did God desire a son? One can most assuredly conclude from Scripture that God wanted
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 11, 2023 Condemned - Censured; pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment. Before Christ Jesus died on the cross, condemnation was a pre-existing, untreatable condition for every human on earth. Jesus removes condemnation from all who believe in Him. Simple faith in Christ Jesus delivers you
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 9, 2023 How is your relationship with Holy Spirit? Are you baptized? Are you continually filled? Do you keep the communication lines open and flowing? Can you hear Him? Do you know when He is speaking to you? Can He use your breath to pray out loud the perfect will of God?
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 8, 2023 Who is our source of life? From where do we draw our life? Who or what is our “Go To” for what we need in life? Did you know that God wants to be our source? Everything that God is, does and has, He desires to share it with us.
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 7, 2023 “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain murdered Able and asked God this question. Jesus commanded, “Love one another as I have loved you.” “Love your neighbor as yourself.”… “Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 4. 2023 If God, in His Word, tells us to do something, or tells us that we can do something, and we go around saying that we can’t do it, who is right? We both are. God is always right, but we will also be right, in that, until we believe
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 3, 2023 Why? This seems to be the beginning of most arguments against believing in God. Why would God…? Why did God…? Christians have several ways to respond to these “Why?” questions. No matter what the why, God is God and we can come to know Him and His ways. God never
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 2, 2023 Love. Unselfish love. Un-manipulative love. Where did this kind of love originate in a scientific, evolutionary, “survival of the fittest” kind of world? Love The kind of love that made moms famous for their desire to protect and their willingness to share. But not the kind that made parents infamous
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 1, 2023 There is only one thing necessary to be adopted as children of God. That one thing is faith in God’s only begotten son, Jesus the Christ. His name and title mean “anointed to save”. Faith in Jesus means that you accept what He did for everyone. It is a
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - July 31, 2023 Did you know that there is more than one kind of blessing? Just as there are promises that are conditional and promises that are unconditional, there are blessings that are conditional. At least, the Bible says so. Here is a good one. “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - July 29, 2023 An unbridled tongue is a believer’s worst enemy. The mature believer bridles his tongue. When we learn to speak only what God says about us, we put a bridle on our own flesh and we quit stumbling. A person, simply by using faith-filled, God-inspired words… …becomes his own prophet
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - July 28, 2023 “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” (James 1:27, NKJV) This is a pretty simple measuring stick if you happen to be looking for one. Well, the first two
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - July 27, 2023 When are we tempted? What are the usual circumstances surrounding the occasions when we find ourselves giving in to temptation? Can we avoid or overcome temptations? I'll bet we already do more often than we realize it. “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”
