January 23, 2010
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For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. John 13:15-17
John 10:15-18 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.” John 10:24-29 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”
Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. John 15:20-23
So if you belong to Jesus and He was sent by the Father should you not do as He tells us even if this means others will hate you for it? What would He have us do?
Mark 12:29-31 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
New King James Version
Comments (7)
Thanks for stopping by. Nice to hear from you again.
Glad to be able to visit again and to read everyone’s comments!
I also miss xanga when I’m away for a little while.
Many blessings and thanks.
Barry
Are you a student at Dallas Theological Seminary?
@letseewhatthiswilldo - No Brother why do you ask ? Feel free to ask what you feel led to Charles. You may have forgot what I do . I may have to answer you by message. Some people from S.A. and Iran follow me close and I do not want it to be easy to hunt me. Has to do with old posts and comments.
Barry
Well, I saw that you had them on your blog subscription. I use to pray God would send me there..I read articles from there.
Also, I want you to know that through the years Ive been on here Ive had very few friends throughout the whole thing. I know I am a hard person to like or love and I wanted to thank you for being faithful to me in prayer and as a brother. I dont have many friends, and what might be normal in your life is rare in mine, so thank you. Just thought you should know. Sometimes we dont know that the small kindnesses are helping someone somewhere immensely.
@letseewhatthiswilldo - Yor friendship and chalanges (iron sharpens iron) to me over the years has blessed me greatly. The many prayers in the hard times are remembered by me with a thankful heart. I trust the Lord has His reasons for all things and we only understand a little here or there but when we trust on Him we do not have to understand but just follow the path He sets before us and let Him light it as we put on Christ. It has been hard for me since high school to make friends very quick after the loss of a close friend in a auto accident. His Mom said we were closer than thieves and he was closer to me than the brother I never had in my family. His loss brought me to the Lord so my salvation was laced with the strings of guilt and sorrow for many years. Over 23 years I did not know if he was saved or lost and that was the question I asked God the night he died and the Lord turned the question back to me by telling me he made his choice in life and that choice sets where he will spend his everlasting. My question to God was answered as I said many years later when I was told he went forward and received Christ the Sunday before his death at his girlfriend’s church.
Thats quite the testimony. Maybe it was good timing for me to hear that because I have felt lately like no one is getting saved and sharing the Gospel seems to be a waste of time. A lot of pagans surround me whenever I am in public to intercept Bible tracts, conversations etc to keep me from sharing (especially with the teens), so Ive tried to study more…so thank you. Its refreshing to hear testimonies like yours. :0)
I was saved when I was 9 years old. My uncle shared Jesus with me and I immediately accepted. He taought me to pray and would read the Bible with me. I wasnt discpled much after that initial entrance but later the Holy Spirit got a hold of me…its been really hard because Ive mostly been alone within it, but the Word is stronger in me maybe. I do wish I had had a Christian family, and friends that were there more than it seems they were. I was the black sheep, the one that could never get it right, so most everyone just turned their backs on me. Jesus never did, which is probably why I am still with Him. Either way, in the end I want to see a man that tried to follow the best he could. I love Him, and He knows it. That’s all I have…just Jesus.
Thank you.