Certified Bible-Thumper
The Bible says it.
[Thump.] I believe it. [Thump.]
That settle it. [Thump.]
But, what
does the Bible say? Apostle Paul
wrote: for the letter kills but the Spirit gives life...the same veil remains
unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament...now the Lord is the Spirit. [2 Corinthians 3:6-8]
Christians worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Bible shows us who we are and shows God
teaching us and guiding us into eternal life.
The Bible speaks of Jesus the only-begotten Son of God. We see God’s Vision Of The Ages and how Jesus
is God’s Lamb to take away the sin of the world. As we see turmoil and confusion and conflict
around us, we turn our eyes to that City whose builder and maker is God.
The Gospel
is the Power of God.
“But I certify you,
brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For
I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ.” Gal 1:11-12
(KJV)
“For our gospel did not come to you in word
only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you
know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. And you became
followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction,
with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became examples to all in Macedonia
True Apostles
were called by God. They learned the
Gospel by direct revelation from the Risen Son, and by the Scriptures.
“Then He said to them, "These are
the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must
be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and
the Psalms concerning Me." And He opened their understanding,
that they might comprehend the Scriptures.” Luke 24:44-45 (NKJV)
“And the things that you have heard from me
among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach
others also.” 2 Tim 2:2 (NKJV)
1. Paul
met Jesus face to face and was directly certified to preach the Gospel of
Christ’s doing and dying and rising to life again. He was given direct knowledge by the Holy
Spirit.
“Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through
man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead),
and all the brethren who are with me.” Gal
1:1-2 (NKJV)
“Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I
not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am
not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my
apostleship in the Lord. 1 Cor 9:1-2
(NKJV)
“For this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on
their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None
of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all shall know Me, from the
least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember
no more." In that He says, "A new covenant," He
has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is
ready to vanish away.” Heb 8:10-13
(NKJV)
“This is He who came by water and
blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the
Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are
three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit;
and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the
Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.” 1 John 5:6-8 (NKJV)
“And Jesus
Christ was revealed as God's Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his
blood on the cross (literally This
is he who came by water and blood): The truth is that Jesus' baptism and
death confirmed his identity as the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus of Nazareth
was and is truly the Christ, the Son of God, from the beginning and forever. 5:7-8 three
witnesses: The Spirit descended on Christ at his
baptism (see John
1:32-34). The water is the water in which Christ was baptized
(see Matt
3:13-15; Mark
1:9-11). The blood is the blood that Christ shed at his
crucifixion (see Mark
15:37-39). —NLT Study Bible
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me,
and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalms
139:23-24 (NKJV)
“But the path of the just is like the
shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.” Prov 4:18 (NKJV)
Jesus The Son came in human form;
flesh & blood, in order to defeat
the devil and the forces of evil.
Why is our world the way it is???
A wise man said: “How can you
have a top without a bottom?
or a front without a back?”
The contradictions of our world
are part of God’s Plan. He gave us
freewill and we can choose Him.
And yet He chooses us in Christ.
Because He loves us, He wants us
to love Him and draw near to Him
with clean hands and a pure heart.
To make this possible, He sent Jesus
The Lamb Who Takes Away Sin -
by the sacrifice of Himself.
We love Him because He first loved us!
[Thump!!!]
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