Lesson for the week----Philippians 2:5-11 NKJV

 

Philippians 2:5-11 NKJV

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

⁵ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, being in the form of God, did not consider it ^[a]robbery to be equal with God, ⁷ but ^[b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. ⁹ Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

May you, the reader, be blessed by these words.

Terry 

A Child humbling all of us

 This is absolutley  Brilliant!

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    HOW HAS JESUS FORGIVEN YOU, 
PERSONALLY? 
 

How can Jesus have forgiven you? 

 He was a man who lived 2026 years ago, 

so he can't have forgiven you personally, can he?

Ok, let's have a look at you. You are an engineer, an electrician or an accountant. Not the top of the pile like a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist. But then again you're not at the bottom like a labourer or a road sweeper. No, you're just a regular guy. You're doing ok. You eat what you want to and drink what you want to. You work Monday to Friday but the weekends are your own. So what do you do on Saturday? You go to the game in USA or the match if you're European. The entertainment? Football or the Soccer? You cheer for your side, the best side; the most powerful side. Why that side? Well you want to be on the winning side, don't you? You cheer when your side scores a touchdown or a goal. You jeer when the other side does the same. Yep, just a regular guy.

Ok let's transport you back to a time in the past. Who would you have been? The year is 34AD. Let's have a look at you. Now you are a stonemason, a wheelwright or a sword smith. Not the top of the pile like a Pharisee, a district governor or a scribe. But then again you're not at the bottom like a beggar, a leper or a slave. You're doing ok. You eat what you want and drink what you want. You work Sunday to Thursday but the weekends are your own. So what do you do on Friday? Well let's look at what's available in the way of entertainment. You can watch Roman Wrestling, the Romans parading up and down or three guys getting crucified. No contest, Crucifixion every time. This is going to be a good friday. You and your friends wander up the hill and gather around the cross of this longhaired guy. The other two were just thieves. The first nail goes through the left hand. You cheer. The next nail goes through the right hand. You cheer. Now this is a good bit. The guy's feet are crossed and the third nail, a long one, gets hammered through both feet. You cheer louder. Why do you cheer? Well you want to be on the winning side, don't you? The Romans. You want to be part of this team. Now they raise up the cross." Who is this man?" you ask. "Oh, some guy called Jesus of Nazareth" a man tells you. "The Romans call him The King of The Jews” The man on the cross, this Jesus, just hangs there. He doesn't yell, curse or scream. He just hangs there. 

You all go quite. Silent. 

Wait, something's happening. He's moving his lips. He's going to say something. You listen intently; this could be good. The guy looks down; straight into your eyes, straight into your buddy's eyes, straight into everyone's eyes. You hear this poor pathetic man whisper

                 "Father forgive them. They know not what they do"  

     
How has Jesus forgiven you, personally? 

Think about it     
             
  

 

 

 

Lesson for the week----Romans 8:6-11 NKJV

 

Romans 8:6-11 NKJV

⁶ For to be ^[a]carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ⁷ Because the ^[b]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. ⁸ So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹ But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. ¹⁰ And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹ But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^[c]through His Spirit who dwells in you.

May you, the reader, be blessed by these words.

Terry 

Lesson for the week----Ephesians 5:8-14

 

Ephesians 5:8-14 NKJV

Walk in Light

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹ (for the fruit of the ^[a]Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), ¹⁰ finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. ¹¹ And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather ^[b]expose them. ¹² For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. ¹³ But all things that are ^[c]exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴ Therefore He says:

“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

May you, the reader, be blessed by these words.

Terry 

Lesson for the week-----Romans 5:1-11 NKJV

 

Romans 5:1-11 NKJV

Faith Triumphs in Trouble

5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, ^[a]we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces ^[b]perseverance; ⁴ and perseverance, ^[c]character; and character, hope. ⁵ Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Christ in Our Place

⁶ For when we were still without strength, ^[d]in due time Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹ Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. ¹⁰ For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. ¹¹ And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

May you, the reader, be blessed by these words.

Terry 

Lesson for the week-----Romans 4:1-5 & 4:13-17 NKJV

Romans 4:1-5 NKJV

Abraham Justified by Faith

4 What then shall we say that Abraham our father^[a] has found according to the flesh? ² For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. ³ For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was ^[b]accounted to him for righteousness.” ⁴ Now to him who works, the wages are not counted ^[c]as grace but as debt.

David Celebrates the Same Truth

⁵ But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,

 

Romans 4:13-17 NKJV

 

The Promise Granted Through Faith

¹³ For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, ¹⁵ because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

¹⁶ Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be ^[a]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all ¹⁷ (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

May you, the reader, be blessed by these words.

Terry