Today's Proclamation 05-13-2024
- May 13, 2024
- Michael Blank
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Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, have you ever noticed that JESUS did NOT write down anything that we know about? There is NO Gospel according to Jesus! YES, we Believe that Holy Spirit inspired men to “write down” the things that JESUS DID and the events they saw Him DO!
It is amazing that several people actually wrote down the Words that Jesus SPOKE with a ninety-eight percent accuracy in AGREEMENT with each other! The Apostle Paul, formerly known as Saul of Tartish, reveals this concept to us!
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN 2Corinthians 3:1 The Spirit, Not the Letter
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by ALL mankind; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the Living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. And we have such TRUST through Christ toward God-Jehovah.
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the New Covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives LIFE!
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Dear ones, back in the day whenever we applied for a position or a job, we presented our RESUME which was a list of accomplishments and skills we believed would qualify us for those tasks we hoped to achieve. Some people would carry with them “letters of recommendations” which might support the validity of their RESUME! However, when we work together, when we fellowship together, when we strive together with a common goal and when we worship together – we do NOT need any written resume!
People will KNOW that we are Christians by our LOVE for one another!
The whole summary of The LAW of Moses, as Jesus spoke with a rich – young – lawyer was:
Love the LORD your God with ALL of your heart, with ALL of your soul, with ALL of your strength, with ALL of your mind, AND to Love your neighbor as yourself!
And He said to him, You have answered Rightly; do this and you will Live.
Bible LINKS = Matthew. 22:34–40 & Mark 12:28–34 & Luke 10:25-28
Can we pause for just a few moments and think about those people that are “written on your heart”? A vast majority of us can relate to our Mother’s being written on our hearts and the reciprocal is also very TRUE that Mother’s have their child or children written on their hearts! Remember that Jesus has an earthly mother! We know that every DAY was Mother’s Day for the virgin Mary! There are so many examples of their Love for each other. Even when Jesus was dying on the cross, He was concerned about how His mother would be cared for after He was gone (for three days).
So who is written on your heart this day?
Jesus spoke about this in the Gospel according to John in sixteenth chapter:
Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them,
Are you wondering among yourselves about what I meant when I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, that you will weep and grieve [in great mourning], but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into JOY.
A woman, when she is in labor, has pain because her time [to give birth] has come; but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her JOY that a child has come into the world. So, for now you are in grief; but I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN, and [then] your hearts will REJOICE, and no one will take away from you your [great] JOY.
LINK = John 16:19-22 The KEY point of this passage of scripture is –
YOU ARE A LETTER WRITTEN on the Heart of CHRIST JESUS our LORD and Savior!
Our Advocate stands up for us and recommends each one of us by name to our Heavenly Father as our names are WRITTEN in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
We ARE Living Letters that have made the Great Exchange – His Righteousness for my sinful nature – I have been Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb of God and proclaim this TRUTH by the Word of my testimony!
You were BORN for such a time as this! You are BORN AGAIN by Holy Spirit and empowered TO DO even greater things than JESUS did while He walked among us!
By His GRACE, I have been Saved and this is a FREE GIFT to me and my household!
WE WILL SEE JESUS AGAIN and we will REJOICE & no one can take away this GREAT JOY!