1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying The Words of God.
If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to Whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
It is not possible to speak The Word of God in Truth unless we have The Spirit of God living in us, working in and through us, to empower us with God's strength. He is the fresh Wind which blew through the upper rooms where 120 disciples of Christ waited for The Promise of The Comforter to arrive and aid them in the advancement of God's kingdom.
Unless He is leading us to study out for ourselves that we may know God and His Christ more fully day by day, we are reading our Bibles without understanding and our ability to learn is faulty. For we have not the Fire of God burning within us, calling us out of the darkness of our hearts and this world, into the Light of God's presence.
Come to the cross and see Jesus. Look up at Him and say, as the Centurion soldier did, "Truly this Man was The Son of God". But let us say, "Truly this Man IS The Son of God!" Embrace the cross of Christ, the blood-stained symbol of humility and death and forgiveness. For it is here that we are forgiven when we repent of our sins against God.
Come to the garden and see Jesus. Draw near to Him, as Mary did, when He spoke her name. For He speaks your name even now. Being God and The Word of God wrapped in flesh, He was able to overcome death, hell and the grave, walking out of the tomb (leaving it empty) and into a resurrected body, a glorified body; as 'the firstfruits of God'. The only God Who died for all of us also conquered death for all of us.
Come to the upper room and see He Whom Jesus has sent to us. Be prepared. Out of the thousands who followed Jesus only 120 men and women were now gathered together in fellowship and prayer, waiting for the arrival of The Comforter. They did not know what or who to expect, nor how this Comforter would arrive. But they were neither afraid, nor fearful.
Come to Jesus. Come to The Word. Come and see.
