Our paragraph topic is: (A hundredfold reward promised) Part 4.
For his name sake is what Christ told his disciples. They would receive a hundredfold reward for all that they left behind. He told them that they would sit on the twelve thrones in heaven and would be judges for the twelve tribes of Israel. This was a great reward for fishermen and a tax collector, and for the everyday common man that followed Christ. He wanted them to know that there was something greater than what they might strive for here on earth, here in the physical.
He wanted them to know that they would have life. To follow Christ and forsake all would bring life everlasting. He told them: "Amen I say to you that you who have followed me shall possess life everlasting."
For they did not have life. They had not yet been redeemed. Christ had not yet made the sacrifice for their sake. But he told them anyway because he knew that he would make the sacrifice and that they would be saved. He knew that they would have life everlasting and that they would sit on the twelve thrones in the regeneration. And he makes that same offer to us today that we may know that we too will have life everlasting.
He has given us the choice. It is up to us to accept it or reject it. It is up to us to follow him or to follow the way of the world. The path is not easy. The path is filled with trials and tribulations. But we have someone to walk with us. We have someone to talk to us. We have someone to protect us along the way. Christ did not leave us alone. He sends the Advocate to be with us on a daily basis. But it is up to us to accept him, to open the door to him, to open our hearts and let him in.
We are the children of God our Father. And he loves us so much that he has not forsaken us. He loves us so much that he will provide for us. He loves us so much that he will protect us. We have to know that he is with us. We have to believe that he will provide for us. We have to trust that he will protect us. And when we do, he will re-arrange our entire destiny and put us on a path that will lead us to him in all his majesty and glory. To believe is to see. To see is to know. To know is to trust. To trust is to experience the miracles of life. And the miracle is within us. Come! See the miracle that is within you given you by Christ Jesus through God our Father. You will be amazed at what you will find.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
For his name sake is what Christ told his disciples. They would receive a hundredfold reward for all that they left behind. He told them that they would sit on the twelve thrones in heaven and would be judges for the twelve tribes of Israel. This was a great reward for fishermen and a tax collector, and for the everyday common man that followed Christ. He wanted them to know that there was something greater than what they might strive for here on earth, here in the physical.
He wanted them to know that they would have life. To follow Christ and forsake all would bring life everlasting. He told them: "Amen I say to you that you who have followed me shall possess life everlasting."
For they did not have life. They had not yet been redeemed. Christ had not yet made the sacrifice for their sake. But he told them anyway because he knew that he would make the sacrifice and that they would be saved. He knew that they would have life everlasting and that they would sit on the twelve thrones in the regeneration. And he makes that same offer to us today that we may know that we too will have life everlasting.
He has given us the choice. It is up to us to accept it or reject it. It is up to us to follow him or to follow the way of the world. The path is not easy. The path is filled with trials and tribulations. But we have someone to walk with us. We have someone to talk to us. We have someone to protect us along the way. Christ did not leave us alone. He sends the Advocate to be with us on a daily basis. But it is up to us to accept him, to open the door to him, to open our hearts and let him in.
We are the children of God our Father. And he loves us so much that he has not forsaken us. He loves us so much that he will provide for us. He loves us so much that he will protect us. We have to know that he is with us. We have to believe that he will provide for us. We have to trust that he will protect us. And when we do, he will re-arrange our entire destiny and put us on a path that will lead us to him in all his majesty and glory. To believe is to see. To see is to know. To know is to trust. To trust is to experience the miracles of life. And the miracle is within us. Come! See the miracle that is within you given you by Christ Jesus through God our Father. You will be amazed at what you will find.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
