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Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
I still find it amazing how these words were written by a prophet so many years before Jesus came to live amongst us – and how true they are.
Does this not convince you of the great plan God has had from the beginning of time? Does this not encourage you to see just how much God can do for you?
Do not be counted amongst the doubters and scoffers who rejected Christ – be counted in as part of His family… loved!
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Matthew 13:57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honour except in his own town and in his own home.”
Jesus did not go to bible college to learn the stuff He knew – it came from God Himself.
The people around Him could see the wisdom was there but struggled to see where it could come from without earthly intervention.
Let us not be stuck in the same position of doubting God just because we cannot explain things in earthly terms – God is not of this earth, He created it!
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Luke 7:23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.
These simple words are interpreted in many fashions by various versions of the bible – but of their root meaning there should be no doubt.
Don’t doubt God. Don’t doubt what He is and what He has done. Don’t doubt what He has promised and what He can do.
The same must be said about Jesus Christ Himself. We have no reason to doubt what He has done for all of us, other than the doubt thrown in there by the evil one – just as it was thrown into Eden between man and God!
Trust God with all your heart and your mind – leave doubt out of it!
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Malachi 3:2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.
Before Jesus came to teach the real gospel, message warnings were sent out through the prophets; yet many chose to ignore those warnings at the time.
Today we still face warnings from Christ and still we choose to ignore them… for the same reasons too – it just seems a bit difficult!
When we get shown up, we don’t like it. When people point out our bad ways, we don’t like it.
But, we need to listen to God’s Word. We need to listen to the truth. We need Christ in our lives to help us with this!
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1 John 3:2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
It is true Christ has not fully explained what we will become other than a new creation, a new being, a pure being who can live with Him in heaven.
But we do know His promises are sure because we have seen them come to pass time and time again. Each time He gives us a promise, we can know we can depend on it fully.
His promises to the people then are written down in History and recorded as coming true. We know, therefore, those further promises written down in our Bibles are true too!
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John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
These words from Jesus take on a new meaning after His resurrection! He has risen and shown us His promises are sure!
Now, He is promising to go and prepare a place for us in heaven; and if we see Him do that, we will know He is going to come back again someday to collect us.
He is risen! He is coming again. This is His promise to us; a promise made on an action which was yet to come but has now been completed!
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1 Thessalonians 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We may get ourselves in a pickle and imagine all manner of things, coming up with conspiracies which beggar belief… but God remains the same, now and forever!
He wants to present you blameless before God. He wants you to be with Him in heaven. He wants you by His side!
He has accomplished all of this through what He has done for us about 1985 years ago. Trust Him and see your world change!
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Luke 24:6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
Can you imagine an April Fool joke which is just so wrong or such bad taste? I’m sure we could each come up with something we would never dare to do!
I wonder what was going through Jesus’ followers when they found out His body was no longer in the tomb! Was this a joke? A Trick? Another government cover-up?
No. Jesus did what was surprising to all because He has the power to do things! He did this all for us and He wants us to know the truth.
Jesus is risen! Allelujah!
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Luke 23:56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.
What are you doing this Easter Holidays? I certainly hope you have time to stop and take a break!
No matter what is going on in our lives, we all need to take time out and recuperate from all the hard work.
God has given us enough time. We should be wise and take that time to rest with Him!
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Luke 23:22 For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”
There are going to be times in your life when you try to do the right thing but the world seems against you in every way; what do you do?
No matter what position you hold in life, there is always room to give in to the crowd just because they are the loudest at the time; but there is also room to do what is righteous.
How do you choose? Give it up to God and allow Him to guide you in your decision making. If you are not already asking God for His guidance, then now is the time.
Jesus was obedient, even in this time of strife!
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Luke 22:15 And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
Have you stopped to think what this meal meant to Jesus? Yes, there was all the pomp and ceremony when He entered Jerusalem and all the commotion which was about to follow… but this was His time with His disciples.
There is nothing like a meal around a table to bring people together and to mark special occasions. Jesus wanted this time to be with those who had supported Him during His short ministry.
Take time to make sure you allow God’s Word to settle in your heart. Spend some time with Christ – just you and Him. Make your relationship with Him personal; it is what he wants!
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Luke 19:40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
We need to make sure the world knows how we feel about Christ! We need to make sure people hear what we need to say about Him!
When Jesus entered Jerusalem for the final time, it was a start of something very special. People needed to make a noise and shout about it because this was their last chance!
God wants us to lift up our voices and make noise. He wants to hear His people shout about His name… If we don’t, He will make the earth do it instead!
Nothing can stop God – but we can certainly make a noise to support Him and allow others to see His glory too.
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Luke 22:3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.
The evil one is trying to get into our hearts just as he did at this time with Judas Iscariot. He does not have to physically climb into you or to possess you as a spirit… He just has to corrupt your heart a little…
When the corruption starts to set in, the downward spiral starts and goes very quickly. Just like getting onto a big slide, you start and you cannot stop until you hit the bottom!
Jesus wants us to be aware of these slides and wants us to know exactly where they will lead. He has warned us through His Word many times and continues to do so.
Don’t be a Judas and get caught out!
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Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
We have seen the words written about what happened over those few days back when Christ was crucified, buried and rose again, but how many of them do you listen to?
Just as Jesus tried to tell the disciples about what was to come, warning them and giving them time to think, He does the same for us.
But, this time, we have history recorded as well as Christ’s words of what is to come. The bible has existed right from the very earliest manuscripts and will continue to be passed around, albeit electronically nowadays!
Listen to and learn from God’s Word!
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Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Jesus wanted all the disciples to be together so He could have words with them… but getting them together could have been difficult!
Would you believe what seemed to be a ghost? Would you believe it is someone came back from the dead? Often it is not until we see a miracle that we do believe it and Jesus knows we think like that!
He made sure the right people would see Him before this meeting to ensure they would all be there to hear what He had to say.
We need to listen to our awesome God because He is trying to tell us something!
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Matthew 27:66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
When you have been pushed a bit far and lied a bit much, do you stay the journey and continue telling lies, continue covering up and continue going astray – or will you stop and admit stuff?
These men had gone too far and needed to make sure their own worlds were secure in their own lies. They tried to stop the inevitable! They tried to maintain their own control!
When God says something should be done His way, we need to stop our ways and listen and obey. Doing things God’s way should be the only way we see possible!
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Matthew 27:49 The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
When you see someone in danger or even in a difficult position, what do you do about it?
Once again, we all like to think we will be the Good Samaritan, but we fail and allow the world to have its own way instead!
God certainly does not need out help, but He does treasure it when we volunteer to come forward in support of Him. He sees what we do, hears what we say and knows what we think.
Go one step further than just trusting and obeying. Be there!
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Matthew 27:21 “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered.
When we face dangers in our lives, or when we face what seems like insurmountable odds, what are we going to do?
I’m sure we all like to think we can stand up and be counted amongst the righteous, but when we are actually faced by things we do tend to crumble and allow the world to take over once again!
If we give in to the world around us, we may well find ourselves agreeing with stuff we know is wrong or stuff we know we should not be doing.
Take a stand with Christ by your side!
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Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
There are always going to be temptations for us in life, but, with God by our side we should be able to avoid getting into those temptations.
God is not promising us a rosy life where we will see no temptations, but He is promising us the strength and support to not get involved with those temptations.
We have to realise we are inherently weak and we will give into temptations if we do not have the right support – Christ offers us that support, but we still need to take it!
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Acts 22:21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
What would you do if someone asked you to go to the people you did not like and give them stuff? How about going to your enemies and giving them aid?
God may well ask you to go and do stuff for people who make you uncomfortable – they may well be uncomfortable about you being there…
But the impact of us being there will count for more than someone local doing the same stuff.
God asks some difficult things of us, but He is going to support us all the way. Trust and Obey.