Are You InTouch with Reality?
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27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,
which also bewailed andlamented him.28 But Jesus turning unto them said , Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep foryourselves, and for your children.29 For, behold , the days are coming , in the which they shall say , Blessed are
the barren, andthe wombs that never bare , and the paps which never gave suck .30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death .33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do .
And they parted hisraiment, and cast lots.35 And the people stood beholding . And the rulers also with them derided him, saying ,
He savedothers; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,37 And saying , If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
Luke 23:27-37 (KJV)
27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,
which also bewailed andlamented him.28 But Jesus turning unto them said , Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep foryourselves, and for your children.29 For, behold , the days are coming , in the which they shall say , Blessed are
the barren, andthe wombs that never bare , and the paps which never gave suck .30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death .33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do .
And they parted hisraiment, and cast lots.35 And the people stood beholding . And the rulers also with them derided him, saying ,
He savedothers; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,37 And saying , If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
A real Jesus was pinned with real nails to a real piece of wood and shed real blood for real sins and chains. Therefore Jesus really saves." *
It is foolish to deny the Resurrection (1)- There were too many eyewitnesses to the event for the New Testament to have survived as it was written at the time. There were just too many people to say no to it, if it did not happen exactly the way the Gospels present His life. There are over 24,000 manuscripts and pieces of the Gospels dating back to the first 200 years of Christianity that are "99% textually pure"(*1). Far more than any other document of that time. (2)- Equally powerful, the Temple leaders, most of whom were Sadducees who did not believe in any resurrection, believed the tomb guards and the other witnesses of the Resurrection. If there were no resurrection of Jesus, the reports of it would have been very quickly set aside, people stoned for blasphemy, or simply ignored. Without the Resurrection, Christ would not even be a footnote in history and His followers would have fallen away in disappointment. But, the Resurrection DID Happen and the opposite came to be. God lifted Christ from the dead, people did believe, and Jesus followers quickly multiplied, by the thousands and tens of thousands. Committed Humble Love conquered death. Love of Jesus did not simply survive, it thrived.
The reality of our world is love, committed love, humble committed love. Human beings ultimately are empty shells of life walking around without humble committed love. Without it, you may be happy in your circumstances because of money, power, and/or personality and you may get all the "loving" here and there that you want. But the Reality is people want to love and be loved with the intentional investment of long term daily humble commitments. It not enough to love today and change tomorrow. The human condition is we are born to love with commitments. The reality is we are born that way, desire to be nurtured, and God made us that way. The reality of God is He wants our humble committed love too. In Jesus, God has shown He loves us beyond what we can understand and in that we find the truth, A True Love Story Never Ends, a Love Story of Committed Love--- God's Love for Us. And He just wants humble committed Love from us.
John 3:16 (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish ,
but have everlasting life.
Jesus came to show us how to live and love God and love each other. In showing us how to live according to God's will, He allowed himself to be sacrificed on the Cross. And in the Real Reality of the Cross, God verified everything Jesus did by the Resurrection. It was and still is a Theological Earthquake in people's lives ... everyday.
Our greatest REALITY is found in the
Christian Faith of a Personal Relationship with God;
the very REAL problem in this world is
This World is out of touch with the REALITY of JESUS!
Kings and all the earthly Kingdoms will pass away,
but Jesus,
His teachings, and
His Love and Salvation will remain forever.
but Jesus,
His teachings, and
His Love and Salvation will remain forever.
God Loves Us. "O Yes, He does. God bless to all of us !!"*
It is by faith we are saved-
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:9Not of works, lest any man should boast .10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
It is by faith we are saved-
Ephesians 2:7-10 (KJV)
7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towardus through Christ Jesus.8For by grace are ye saved through faith;and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:9Not of works, lest any man should boast .10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Thanks Be To God
* This post inspired by Shekhar Samuel
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