Post by mommadee48 on Aug 8, 2022 7:10:56 GMT -5
OUR DAILY BREAD; (MARK 8: 27-30).
WHO IS JESUS?
WHO DO PEOPLE BELIEVE JESUS IS?
SOME SAY WAS A GOOD TEACHER, but just a man. Author C.S. Lewis wrote, "Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher". These now famous words from Mere Christianity propound that Jesus would not have been a great prophet if He falsely claimed to be God. That would be the ultimate heresy.
While talking with His disciples as they walked between villages, Jesus asked them, "Who do people say I am?" (MARK 8:27). Their answers included John the Baptist, Elijah, and one of prophets (v.28). But Jesus wanted to know what they believed: " Who do you say I am?". Peter got it right. "You are the Messiah" (v.29), the Savior.
But who do we say Jesus is?
Jesus could not have been a good teacher or prophet if what He said about Himself---that He and the Father(God) are "one" (JOHN 10:30)---wasn't true. His followers and even the demons declared His divinity as the Son of God (MATTHEW 8:29;16:16, JOHN 5:20). Today, may we spread the word about who Christ is as He provides what we need.
WHO DO YOU SAY JESUSIS?
IF YOU BELIEVE HE's the SON of GOD, THEN HOW CAN YOU SHARE WHO HE IS WITH OTHERS?
IN TOUCH with CHARLES STANLEY; (ROMANS 4:13-25).
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT GOD WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE?
So often we face situations that seem to prove that the Lord has let us down. This is the case especially when we've waited a long time without a glimmer of change. Sometimes we come to this conclusion because we've set our expectations on the wrong things. But there are also times when the Lord takes us on a long journey of perseverance before His promises come to pass.
That was definitely the case with Abraham. The Lord promised to make him a great nation with descendants beyond number, but he remained childless for many years until his wife Sarah was well past childbearing age. But as Abraham contemplated the physical impossibility of the situation, his faith in God's promise grew stronger. not weaker. He could see that the Lord would be glorified even more when the promise came to pass in a humanly impossible situation.
Is there an area in your life where you need prevailing faith to persevere despite seeming impossibility?
Be assured that "the word of our God stands forever" (ISAIAH 40:8). Whatever God has promised, He will do ---even if you never see the outcome in your lifetime (HEBREW 11:13).
WHO IS JESUS?
WHO DO PEOPLE BELIEVE JESUS IS?
SOME SAY WAS A GOOD TEACHER, but just a man. Author C.S. Lewis wrote, "Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher". These now famous words from Mere Christianity propound that Jesus would not have been a great prophet if He falsely claimed to be God. That would be the ultimate heresy.
While talking with His disciples as they walked between villages, Jesus asked them, "Who do people say I am?" (MARK 8:27). Their answers included John the Baptist, Elijah, and one of prophets (v.28). But Jesus wanted to know what they believed: " Who do you say I am?". Peter got it right. "You are the Messiah" (v.29), the Savior.
But who do we say Jesus is?
Jesus could not have been a good teacher or prophet if what He said about Himself---that He and the Father(God) are "one" (JOHN 10:30)---wasn't true. His followers and even the demons declared His divinity as the Son of God (MATTHEW 8:29;16:16, JOHN 5:20). Today, may we spread the word about who Christ is as He provides what we need.
WHO DO YOU SAY JESUSIS?
IF YOU BELIEVE HE's the SON of GOD, THEN HOW CAN YOU SHARE WHO HE IS WITH OTHERS?
IN TOUCH with CHARLES STANLEY; (ROMANS 4:13-25).
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT GOD WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE?
So often we face situations that seem to prove that the Lord has let us down. This is the case especially when we've waited a long time without a glimmer of change. Sometimes we come to this conclusion because we've set our expectations on the wrong things. But there are also times when the Lord takes us on a long journey of perseverance before His promises come to pass.
That was definitely the case with Abraham. The Lord promised to make him a great nation with descendants beyond number, but he remained childless for many years until his wife Sarah was well past childbearing age. But as Abraham contemplated the physical impossibility of the situation, his faith in God's promise grew stronger. not weaker. He could see that the Lord would be glorified even more when the promise came to pass in a humanly impossible situation.
Is there an area in your life where you need prevailing faith to persevere despite seeming impossibility?
Be assured that "the word of our God stands forever" (ISAIAH 40:8). Whatever God has promised, He will do ---even if you never see the outcome in your lifetime (HEBREW 11:13).