Awakening
Ministries, Inc
Messenger-To-Messenger
Publication
2
We
must never forget the Reason for the Season...
John
1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things
were made: without him nothing was made that has been made. (NIV)
Okay,
so lets take a look at this… in the beginning was the Word and the
Word was with God and the Word was God. Then we find out that the Word
was made flesh and that it dwelt among us full of grace and truth. Now
we understand the origin of Jesus Christ… in simple terms He was the
Word and the Word was God… So Jesus Christ is the only begotten of God
(John
1:14).
Imagine if you
will… Here is a young girl approximately 16-17 years of age and
engaged to a young man known as Joseph. She has already made plans with
her soon to be husband and knew how her life was going to be. She was
nobody important… just another of many who lived during this time.
She
had already made up her mind what kind of life she was going to have,
how many children they would have together, where they would live, and
then… Suddenly
(Luke
1:31-33) an angel of God appeared and told her that she
was going to be with child even though she had never knew a man. But how
could this be? (Luke
1:34) For you see Mary had never knew a man, so how could
this possibly be? Here a messenger of God is telling Mary that she is
about to be with child without ever knowing a man, now if we examine
this using our thinking process, we find that this is simply impossible.
Just take a minute as we look at the response of the angel to Mary…
(Luke
1:35).
We
know because of the Word of God and understand that with God all things
are possible (Mark
10:27) and are complete in
Him. Now Joseph was to say: a little upset, as any man would be, he was
upset because Mary had become pregnant and it wasn’t by him. Now
Joseph being an honorable man didn’t want to cause Mary any public
embarrassment… so he was going to send her away. As he lay sleeping
one night an angel (messenger) of God visited him and told him to wed
Mary. (Matthew
1:20) So who exactly is this Jesus? (Matthew
1:21)? What’s the bid deal? (Matthew
1:23) Okay, so we find out God was with us… God walked
among us in the flesh, lived among us, and then died for us.
The
future has been predestined by God (Luke
1:33) talking about Heaven and the fact that it will
never come to an end… it will always be! We have been granted entrance
into this never-ending kingdom because of Jesus Christ. So to look back
over 2000 years ago, we find the birth of the Son of God, who was sent
to earth because God loved us so much and wanted a relationship with us.
(John
3:16) All we have to do (now comes the really hard part)
is believe in Jesus and we will never know death, but have everlasting
life with Him in heaven. Now are you ready for this? Here comes the
really good news… The cost… FREE…
So
after careful review we find that there is indeed a reason for the
season…
Jesus
Christ… the Son of the Living God! Praise God for His Son… His
birth… His death… and for His resurrection… The blood of Jesus
Christ paid the debt for our sins!!
If
Jesus came home with you…
Let’s
just take a minute here… Relax… Close your eyes… Go ahead nobody
is looking… now empty your mind of all the worldly conflicts that have
taken possession of your thoughts… Picture in your mind if you will a
blue sky with cotton candy clouds so fluffy and white… the bright sun
shines down upon your face bringing warmth to your skin…
Suddenly you feel a tap on your shoulder, turning to see who or
what it is, you see Jesus Christ standing there beside you with his hand
upon your shoulder as He speaks… Come one, let’s go to your home…
I need a place to stay. What would you say to the Son of God? Really
think about what just happened. Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God
said He was coming to your home to stay. He needed a place to stay.
What
is going through your mind right now? The Son of the Living God is
coming to your home to stay. What is going through your mind right now?
Jesus is going home with you to your home. What are you thinking? What
will you feed the Son of the Living God? Are you wandering if your house
is clean enough? Are you wandering what He will think about how you
live? Are you wandering about how your spouse will react? What about
your children? When you walk in with Him, how will your home reflect the
person you are? If the television is on, what will He see on it? If
music is playing, what will He think of it?
How
will your spouse react and treat you in the presence of the Son of God?
What will you tell all the people who want to be around Jesus Christ?
What would your reaction be? Do your children know more about Pokeman
and Harry Potter (or the latest craze) than the Son of God? Will your
spouse look you in the eyes and say: Jesus who? We as Messengers are not
only responsible for the Flock… but for our families as well, their
education, their development in Jesus Christ, but most importantly we
are to set a Christ like example to live by.
Just stop and think. When you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, Jesus carried your sins upon His shoulders and God the Father forgave you of those sins, and gave you a free gift of eternal life and the presence of the Holy Spirit. That gift from God to each of us, known as the Holy Spirit, part of that precious trinity, and lives within each and every one of us as Christians. If Jesus did come home with any one of us, what will we show Him that we have done with this special gift that God has seen fit to give to us?
Good
thing that Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God loves us!!!
References:
John
1:14
The
Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his
glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of
grace and truth. (NIV)
Luke
1:31-32
You
will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the
name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most
High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. (NIV)
Luke
1:34
How
will this be, Mary asked the angel, I am a virgin? (NIV)
Mark
10:27
Jesus
looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with
God; all things are possible with God”. (NIV)
Matthew
1:20
But
after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary
home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy
Spirit”. (NIV)
Matthew
1:21
She
will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins. (NIV)
Matthew
1:23
The
virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will
call him Emmanuel – which means, God with us. (NIV)
Luke
1:33
and
he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never
end. (NIV)
John
3:16
For
God so love the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)
