Our paragraph topic is:(Jesus sends two disciples into Jerusalem)
Part 1.
We begin this new paragraph as Jesus is drawing near to Jerusalem. He knows that his journey is coming to an end. He knows what his task is as given him by the Father. He knows that he will complete the Father's will despite all the obstacles, pain, and suffering he will face. Fear is not with him. Courage and the love of his Father is his mainstay. He knows that he is going home, the place from which he came.
His disciples do not know what will happen. They have followed Christ from the beginning. They have heard his words, witnessed his deeds. They have wondered at his origin, the nature of his power, the goal of his journey. He has told them on several occasions what will happen to him. But they are in disbelief. They do not know. They do not see. They do not completely understand, but they continue to follow him because they know that he is the Messiah. AND when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples.
They loved him, the disciples. They believed in him, the disciples. They walked with him, eat with him, listened to his words, spoke with him, touched him, saw him, and knew his gentle presence. They experienced in themselves what no one has experienced since the beginning of time. They knew Christ. They had a physical experience of him that no disbelief could erase. He gave them his heart. He gave them his soul. He gave them his love. And he gave them the life that was in him that they too would know spiritual life.
They were sent. They did not know the why and the wherefore. But they went in accordance with his will. They followed his instructions. They believed in him. They loved him. We today do not have the physical experience of knowing Christ Jesus. We can not walk with him in his presence. We can not talk with him in his presence. We can not know him with all certainty the way that the disciples knew him. Yet his words live on through their experience. His presence lives on through their words. His love comes through because of the love that he gave to them. And his spirit lives on through the words.
Christ gives purpose and meaning to our lives. Because he came and walked among us, he has understanding of who we are, understanding of how we feel, understanding of our lives and our struggles. He knows our wants and our desires. And he loves us despite of the sinners that we are. I sinned in my life, grossly. I turned away in disbelief. I was bitter, isolated, struggled, and died to his love. But then I was touched by his love. I was moved by his compassion. I was given new life and I was sent forth to share with others what has been given me.
I write that others may know. I write that others may see. I write that others may receive what has been given me. I have purpose. I have direction. I have love. I have his protection, and his provision, and the knowledge of who I am in him. I am sent. Come! When will you receive your blessings? When will you know who you are? When will your eyes be opened, your heart released, your life given to you? Come! When will you be sent?
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.
Part 1.
We begin this new paragraph as Jesus is drawing near to Jerusalem. He knows that his journey is coming to an end. He knows what his task is as given him by the Father. He knows that he will complete the Father's will despite all the obstacles, pain, and suffering he will face. Fear is not with him. Courage and the love of his Father is his mainstay. He knows that he is going home, the place from which he came.
His disciples do not know what will happen. They have followed Christ from the beginning. They have heard his words, witnessed his deeds. They have wondered at his origin, the nature of his power, the goal of his journey. He has told them on several occasions what will happen to him. But they are in disbelief. They do not know. They do not see. They do not completely understand, but they continue to follow him because they know that he is the Messiah. AND when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples.
They loved him, the disciples. They believed in him, the disciples. They walked with him, eat with him, listened to his words, spoke with him, touched him, saw him, and knew his gentle presence. They experienced in themselves what no one has experienced since the beginning of time. They knew Christ. They had a physical experience of him that no disbelief could erase. He gave them his heart. He gave them his soul. He gave them his love. And he gave them the life that was in him that they too would know spiritual life.
They were sent. They did not know the why and the wherefore. But they went in accordance with his will. They followed his instructions. They believed in him. They loved him. We today do not have the physical experience of knowing Christ Jesus. We can not walk with him in his presence. We can not talk with him in his presence. We can not know him with all certainty the way that the disciples knew him. Yet his words live on through their experience. His presence lives on through their words. His love comes through because of the love that he gave to them. And his spirit lives on through the words.
Christ gives purpose and meaning to our lives. Because he came and walked among us, he has understanding of who we are, understanding of how we feel, understanding of our lives and our struggles. He knows our wants and our desires. And he loves us despite of the sinners that we are. I sinned in my life, grossly. I turned away in disbelief. I was bitter, isolated, struggled, and died to his love. But then I was touched by his love. I was moved by his compassion. I was given new life and I was sent forth to share with others what has been given me.
I write that others may know. I write that others may see. I write that others may receive what has been given me. I have purpose. I have direction. I have love. I have his protection, and his provision, and the knowledge of who I am in him. I am sent. Come! When will you receive your blessings? When will you know who you are? When will your eyes be opened, your heart released, your life given to you? Come! When will you be sent?
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.
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