We Have Seen

We have witnesses proclaiming salvation in Jesus from the mountain tops and we have the witness of the apostles who were with him when he came to earth. John describes what he saw in the Book of John and also in his epistles. 

John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

Jesus was in the beginning of creation. He is the Word, with God and the Word was God. Jesus is the Son of God.

 He spoke this in the epistle (letter) of  1John.

1John 1:1  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 

1Jn 1:2  the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 

1Jn 1:3  that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 

1Jn 1:4  And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. 

John was with Jesus, he touched him, he saw and heard him. He saw the miracles and he saw him crucified and risen from the grave on the third day. He witnessed  the truth of  the gospel (good news) that in Jesus we have eternal life. We have the witness of the apostles and  Thomas who saw and touched Jesus after he arose from the tomb.

John  20:27  Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 

Joh 20:28  Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 

Joh 20:29  Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 

Truthfully, the young people do not hear these things. If not going to a church. They do not know that the emptiness of life can be turned to Joy by faith in the Living Word, that is Jesus Christ.

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 

Good News

 

The prophets have proclaimed the good news. The good news gives hope to the people of God.

Nahum 1:15  Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off. 

The prophet Isaiah expands the prophecy.  How beautiful are the feet of him who brings good news, who publish peace, happiness and salvation from the mountains of Zion and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 52:7  How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” 

Isaiah 52:8  The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the LORD to Zion. 

Isaiah 52:9  Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem. 

Again the good news is proclaimed by the apostle Paul. He proclaims the gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ.

Romans 10:13  For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 

Romans 10:14  How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 

Romans 10:15  And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 

Romans 10:16  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 

Romans 10:17  So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 

You have heard the good news from three sources in the word of God. It takes two witnesses to confirm something; we have three and a multitude who preach the good news that in Jesus Christ we are saved from our sins and are made members of the household of our God. Faith comes from hearing , and hearing through the word of God. You will not hear these things in the (fake) news media. Do you hear the truth? Jesus is calling you from on high.

Eph 6:13  Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 

Eph 6:14  Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 

Eph 6:15  and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 

In the past ten years I have had the joy to play Christmas music at the mall with the Shasta Brass band. One of our music selections was "Go Tell It On The Mountain" in which I had a trombone solo. This year of 2020 everything is put on hold, but do not hold hold back from receiving the good news of Jesus Christ.

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Shasta Brass 2015

Long suffering

2Peter 3:9  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 

2Peter 3:10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.  

The Lord is long suffering towards us and that is good. He could have taken my life long ago, but he gives us time to repent. To turn away from idols and sin and to turn to God in humility. The Day of the Lord will come fast and all will be burned up. God can burn it up and make it new and better again.

2Pe 3:13  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 

Jesus will return to rule and to reign for a thousand years and then a new dwelling place will come prepared for us in Christ Jesus. The Lord is long suffering and will give us a second chance here and now, but after this life there is no other chance to be saved.

2Co 6:2  God says, "I heard you at the right time, and I gave you help on the day of salvation." I tell you that the "right time" is now. The "day of salvation" is now. 

Jesus gave his life to bring us forgiveness and eternal life. We can come to him and he saves us. Thank you Jesus and may many come to you for forgiveness and a more abundant life.

A Prophets Dark Words

Micah 7:1  I am upset because I am like fruit that has been gathered, like grapes that have already been picked. There are no grapes left to eat. There are none of the early figs that I love. 

Micah 7:2  By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother. 

Micah 7:3  People are good at doing bad things with both hands. Officials ask for bribes. Judges take money to change their decisions in court. "Important leaders" do whatever they want to do. 

Micah 7:4  Even the best of them is as crooked as a tangled thornbush. Your prophets said this day would come, and the day of your watchmen has come. Now you will be punished. Now you will be confused! 

Micah 7:5  Don't trust your neighbor or trust a friend! Don't even speak freely with your wife. 

Micah 7:6  Your enemies will be the people in your own house. A son will not honor his father. A daughter will turn against her mother. A daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law. 

Micah 7:7  So I will look to the LORD for help. I will wait for God to save me. My God will hear me. 

Seeing in the darkness what is wrong takes the light of God. If we see the bad and do not like it, then we can come out of it to the light of God and make a difference. There is an election coming up that will decide what America will be like in the future. People see America as a land of freedom and opportunity. The founders of our nation believed in God and sought him for direction. If the nation turns completely away from God, then evil will grow in our government and our great nation will fall into darkness. Do not let this happen vote for life and justice. Let's not let the deep state sink us. (I approve of this message.) I have freedom to express the word and my thoughts. Let's keep our freedoms.

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What is Essential?

 

Psa 27:1  Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 

The Government, under King Saul was out to get David and to destroy him. After Saul was tormented by an evil spirit he sought to kill David who was God's choice to be king after him.  Saul and his army chased David for twenty years before King Saul was finally killed in a battle. What was it that David trusted in? It was the LORD Jehovah. He is my light and my stronghold; of whom shall I be afraid? 

Psa 27:4  One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. 

Psa 27:5  For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. 

What one thing did David desire most in his life on earth?  It wasn't the power and wealth of being king. David had a heart after God. " One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. " This is the heart of those who love the LORD.  When the king and the government close down the places of worship, most places of worship shut down.  When they heard from the LORD to open again, many opened their doors. Some met in homes and other places, but the reading of God's word, the preaching and teaching continued. The Church is the living Body of Christ made up of it's individual members, as living stones making up the temple. We are the temple of God.  He will lift me high upon a rock.  Jesus is the Rock of my salvation.

Heb 10:23  Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 

Heb 10:24  And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 

Heb 10:25  not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. 

Hopefully you have found others to meet together with who Love the LORD and worship him.  Some churches have become worldly and some have not reopened. Perhaps, that is a good thing. The true believers seek him in spirit and in truth. We belong together.

The Cornerstone

Eph 2:17  And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 

Eph 2:18  For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 

Eph 2:19  So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 

Eph 2:20  built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 

Eph 2:21  in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 

Eph 2:22  In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. 

Jesus is the cornerstone of the holy temple of God. I googled a definition of cornerstone from Chron.com:

It is the rock upon which the weight of the entire structure rests. It is the cornerstone. Scripture describes Jesus as the "Chief Cornerstone" of our faith. ... Isaiah 28:16, "Therefore this says the Lord God: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation.

The foundation must be strong and true.  From woodworking experience we use a framing square to make sure the structure is straight and true. The foundation of the church is solid and true. Jesus is the foundation. God hates an untrue measure in a scale.  The devil twists scriptures to make them say what they do not say. The way to God is the straight way, the narrow way which is Jesus. His words are true and he is our faithful High Priest interceding for us.  The foundation rock that is Jesus is what the church rests on.

Mat 7:24  “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 

Mat 7:25  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 

Mat 7:26  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 

Mat 7:27  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” 

The foundation is built on Jesus, the Living Word and then the apostles and the prophets who spoke the word of God. All who are in Jesus by faith are building the holy temple of God, this is the Church of Jesus Christ. Dig deeper into these truths for there is much more that could be said.

Merciful and Kind

Eph 2:4  But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 

Eph 2:5  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 

Eph 2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 

Eph 2:7  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 

Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

Eph 2:9  Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

Our wonderful God has given to us Jesus for the forgiveness of sins and trespasses.  We do not earn this, it is by his grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Our spirit person sits with him in heavenly places. Throughout the ages he will show us grace and kindness as we are in Christ Jesus. Their will be no evil with Jesus. He will not remind us of past sins but instead we will be loved and receive his kindness. I see that we will learn many new things and all creation will be open to us. In Jesus he is preparing a dwelling place for us. We should meditate on this and be sure we are forgiven in him.

Heb 2:1  Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.