Our paragraph topic is: (He tells them of trials and hard times to come) Part 8.
He told them of trials, tribulations, and hard times to come. He foretold the future to them so they would know what would happen. Christ knew all things and he wanted his disciples to know also. More importantly he wanted them to know so they could prepare their followers for what was to come. He gave them the knowledge so they could pass that knowledge down to their followers and to generations to come. It is written for us today to know and believe what will follow.
Trials and tribulations and hard times. These are the things that we will face as followers of Christ. Yet we have the Advocate to help us. We have the writings from the witnesses to tell us what happened during their walk with Christ. And we have the words of Christ to carry with us in our hearts and minds, to keep us on the path to his kingdom. He told his disciples: "False prophets will arise, and will lead many astray."
Do not be led astray by false prophets of today. There are many who would have you believe that they have the spirit of God within them and speak the truth. One must ask oneself if this is true. One must question what one hears and what one believes about the prophet that preaches the gospel to you. The word is written for all to see, for all to believe, for all to know. There is no need for interpretation. One can understand by oneself if one desires. One can know for oneself if one seeks. One can find for oneself if one has a heart to know the truth of who the true God is and the love that he bears for all.
Christ came to open the door that all may know the Father. He came to pay the price that all might have the opportunity to share in the kingdom of heaven if one believes in him and the father that sent him. Love is the key to open the heart and the mind to the truth of who you are in him. We are but clay vessels waiting to be born into our true selves. To live is to die for we die everyday that we live. And when our time comes that our clay vessels brake we burst forth into our spiritual selves be it either the light of life or the darkness of death.
Christ awaits us with open arms. His love is boundless. His charity is endless. His mercy is forgiving. His passion conquers all. He is the fulfillment of all our needs and desires if we but believe.
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 nd 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.
