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Beat Death

Wow! John 8:32.
But if we don’t read verses 31 and 32, we will miss the how of verse 32.

John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Who doesn’t want to be free? Who doesn’t want to know truth? Who wants to be lied to?

We can watch, read, and listen to all the digital media outlets, and we still will not know the truth. Today’s featured Text tells us where to find truth.

In Context: 28 Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. 29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.” 30 As He spoke these words, many believed in Him. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” LINK to source

JESUS is Truth. Truth abides in Him, and for us to know Truth, we MUST abide in Him.
But how? How do we abide in Him?
First, we must be His disciple. What is a disciple? A student. What do students do? They study.

So, a disciple of JESUS studies JESUS.
Let’s go back to verse 31; we need to make sure we’ve got this. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
What is His Word?
Actually, He is The Word.
John 1: 14 And the Word became 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.

YESHUA of Nazareth. He walked the sands of Galilee. He breathed the air of this earth. And then He died. Graveyard dead. His eyes closed, and His heart stopped beating. He was DEAD. And in three days, He was no longer dead! FOREVER no longer dead!!



This is what we can do. We can open our Bibles; we can pray and ask HOLY SPIRIT to open our eyes, our minds, and our hearts to see JESUS in the pages of Scripture. And He will!

Why would anyone not want to study Him?!
Why would anyone leave their Bible unopened and unread?
Why would anyone not want to know everything they could possibly know about this GOD who came here in human flesh and beat death forever?!
And if we abide in HIM, death will not beat us!

And how do we abide in Him?
You got it! We abide in His Word, and His Word abides in us!

This is so huge to me! We GET to abide in GOD HIMSELF!! Wow times wow!

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Sink In

Let That Sink In

I have something for us to let sink in today.

Luke 8:
9
Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”
10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that
‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’

I’d like to concentrate on just a few words from verse 10 today. The rest of verse 10, perhaps another day.

And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God,

In the Text, at the time it was spoken, He was speaking to His disciples. What is a disciple, anyway?

Free Dictionary dot com says: One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another, and an active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy. Link

According to that definition, does He still have disciples today? Moreover, are you one of them? Am I?

And if so, what does this Text say about us?

“To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God,

It has been given for us to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of GOD! Not that it may be given, but it has! Father GOD is not hiding His Kingdom from us- how it functions, why He has a Kingdom, etc.
He wants us to know!

So, what’s holding us up? Let that sink in!

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Discussion Room

7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 BSB

Did you read that?!

If we walk in the light, if we have fellowship with Yeshua, His Blood cleanses us from ALL sin! Not some, but ALL! ALL SIN!
And on the heels of that thought, comes this: Blood! He died! He suffered untold atrocities and agony, so we could be flippant about our sins?!
Absolutely not! A zillion times a zillion, not!!

I wonder if you have experienced the same as I have — participating in a ‘Christian’ setting, a life group, a Sunday School class, etc., and there’s talk about ‘small’ sins.
You know, the kind where someone gets your food order mixed up, and you are delayed or, worse yet, charged too much money for less food than you ordered, and what happens?
Flesh has a fit!
Choice words are spoken, and clear, convincing body language carries all the way out the door.

( Ephesians 4: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.)

And we, hearing this sitting in the discussion room, give out a low chuckle. You know what I mean; I am sure you do.
In Christian settings, we often snicker at such slight indiscretions.

We all know we shouldn’t behave this way. Moreover, I am convinced we should be exercised by the mention of these and cease and desist from these behaviors.
Have we deceived ourselves into thinking these behaviors are not sin?
Do we only acknowledge the big sins (especially the below-the-belt ones) as real sin?
I’m just making an observation from the Scriptures and life happening around me, in hopes it will encourage us all to remember the BLOOD of YESHUA – the infinite price He paid for us.

That being said. . . Let us rejoice if we have been cleansed from ALL our sins, and because we have been cleansed, let’s be inspired to live holy, happily ever after.

11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Hebrews 12:11 KJV

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