Names of Christ - Jesus Is Life

 

JOHN 11:25, 26

Jesus said to her, "I am The Resurrection and The Life: he that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe?"

John 5:21

For just as The Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also The Son gives life to whom He will.

John 5:26

For as The Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted The Son to have life in Himself.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, Who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

    Jesus is Life. Everything else is death. Every god in every nation will be broken and they who worship these idols, their statues and images, shall bow their knees in homage to The Lord God, Jehovah. Isaiah 45:23; Romans 14:11; Philippians 2:10. 

    We who believe in Jesus Christ choose to worship and serve our Savior God on this side of life's coin as well as the other side. There is coming a day when every eye shall see Him and know Who He is: for them it will be too late to commit. Revelation 1:7; Matthew 16:27. 

    Jesus is Life Eternal. In Him we live and move and have our being - Acts 17:28. His Word tells us here in John 11:26 that we live in Him...if we believe in Him. That means forever and ever without end. 

    Jesus is The Door, death is the last stepping stone before the believer's entrance into the eternal presence of God. John 10:7, 9. Though we know that God is with us now, then we shall see Him face to face and live. 2 Corinthians 3:18. 

    The question still remains: Do you believe?

INDIE FOLK WORSHIP 

    

Guard Your Heart - - Guard Your Foundation

 

Colossians 2:8

Take heed lest there will be anyone taking you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the principles of the world and not according to Christ.

*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 5385

Philosophy: the love or pursuit of wisdom

From the Greek word 'philosophia' (pronounced fil-os-of-ee'-ah): 'secular philosophy – elevating human wisdom over the wisdom of God. Loving one's own thoughts (secular wisdom) at the expense of God's Word (true wisdom). That is, the vain pursuit of truth apart from the revelation of God's Word.'

    This is the only time this word is used in the New Testament. And it is used here to warn Timothy, and us, to be careful on what we base our beliefs. We are to remember that Christ is the foundation of a Christian's salvation. 

1 Corinthians 10:12

So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

    Matthew 7:24-27 tells us of two men who built their houses:

24. “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:

25. and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

26. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:

27. and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

    Proverbs 24:4, 5

4. By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

5. By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

OPPOSE IGNORANT KNOWLEDGE

    Pay attention to who we are paying attention to. Be careful little ears what you hear. ("Lord, help us to stand on Your Word and live Your Word faithfully, not disparagingly. In You we trust for every need, every step.") 

    1 Timothy 6:20, 21

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,” which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.

    What was entrusted to Timothy? Foundational wisdom from God. The Chief Cornerstone of his salvation: a living, working, knowledge of the saving grace which is only found in Jesus Christ.

THE PATTERN OF SOUND TEACHING

2 Timothy 1:12-14

12. For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

13. Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

14. Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

    We are to guard, keep, protect this treasure, this wisdom, this faith which God has given us. Guard it with our lives for it is the most precious gift we have ever been given. Ephesians 2:8, 9  "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."

    Saved by grace, not anything I could ever do, but saved by the grace of God. I saw a need for a Savior to save me, but not until I turned the eyes of my heart to Christ, and strained my ears to His voice, did I surrender my heart to Him. As the song says, " At the cross, at the cross, Where I first saw the Light and the burden of my heart rolled away. It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day." 

    At the cross, not near it, not from a distance, but right there at the cross. Right there When I Survey The Wondrous Cross "sorrow and love flowed mingled down". Right there On My Knees. 

FAITH BUILDS THE HOUSE

1 Peter 2:4-6

4. As you come to Him, The Living Stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

5. you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6. For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

    The wisdom of the world builds her house on sand. Her foundations creep and buckle, bringing down her own fragile structure. Ignorance (I don't know) and Apathy (I don't care) cannot build a strong enough foundation on which to base one's life in the here and now, nor in the hereafter. 

    Faith in God through Jesus Christ' crucifixion and resurrection, however are the ideal building blocks on which to lay a firm foundation. In His crucifixion, Christ died for me; He not only took my sins upon Himself, but He became sin for me. His blood washed away my sin. By Faith I believe that. In His resurrection, Christ overcame death and the grave, walking into newness of life. He had a changed body, which made Him unrecognizable until He spoke (John 20:14-17).  By Faith I believe this, too.

    And, so, I build my life on this precious faith in God, this faith in Christ Jesus for my salvation. As Jesus told Martha in John 11:25, 26 "Jesus said unto her, I am The Resurrection and The Life: he that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

    Do you believe this? I believe. I guard my foundation. When words are needed, Wisdom speaks, not I. I try not to argue with fools. A raised eyebrow now and then speaks volumes. A twitch of the lips as I hold back laughter, often. But I prefer speaking the Truth of God's Word over my opinion. My opinion on any matter must take a back seat to God's Word. And I'm fine with that. The Lord is My Portion and that's all that matters. 

    The Bridegroom is returning for His bride, the one who has built her home around Him, the church who has chosen Him as her Chief Cornerstone on which to build her most holy faith. I believe this and I'm getting myself ready to meet Him. I Know Whom I Have Believed.

 

Signs & Wonders of Christ's Arrival - - The Son Reigns Forever

 

Luke 1:32, 33

He will be great and will be called the Son of the most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!

*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 936

Reign: to exercise dominion over, to be king and exercise kingly power; to hold rule over 

From the Greek word 'basileuó' (pronounced bas-il-yoo'-o). Reference No. 932: Authority, Sovereignty, kingship and kingdom.

HE WILL BE GREAT

He will have authority over everything created, both nature and people.

Ephesians 1:15-23, spec. 21-23

Nothing is hidden from Him.

Hebrews 4:12-16

THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH

John 1:1

John 3:16

John 10:30

SIT ON THE THRONE OF DAVID

2 Samuel 7:12, 13

Isaiah 9:7

Jeremiah 23:5

HIS KINGDOM WILL NEVER END

Psalm 45:6

Psalm 145:13

Daniel 2:44

2 Peter 1:11

Revelation 11:15

HIS KINGDOM IS HEAVENLY

Isaiah 6:1-5

2 Timothy 4:18

HIS KINGDOM IS THE BELIEVER'S INHERITANCE

Matthew 25:34

BUT NOT THE SINNER'S INHERITANCE

1 Corinthians 6:9

HIS KINGDOM IS NEAR

Matthew 3:2

Matthew 10:7

HIS AUTHORITY

Revelation 1:8

Revelation 11:17

Isaiah 41:4

Deuteronomy 32:39

HIS SOVEREIGNTY

1 Timothy 6:15

There is no god greater. There is no higher power than God's. There is one King and He is the KING OF KINGS (Revelation 19:16) and THE LORD OF LORDS. 

THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU by Don Moen 

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS 

ISAIAH 6 by Todd Agnew

THERE IS A KING/O COME LET US ADORE HIM/HALLELUJAH HERE BELOW by Elevation Worship

Have you met my King Jesus? He wants to be your King, too. He desires our hearts to align with His. God chose His Son to be King over not only all of Israel, but all of Abraham's seed, as well. 

Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Genesis 15:6 and Romans 4:3

Therefore, Abraham's seed, children, are the people who believe God, who take Him at His WORD. And what is this WORD? JESUS CHRIST. KING OF KINGS. LORD OF LORDS. FAITHFUL AND TRUE. SON OF THE MOST HIGH. SON OF GOD. SON OF MAN. SON OF THE LIVING GOD. WONDERFUL. COUNSELOR. PRINCE OF PEACE. ALMIGHTY GOD. EVERLASTING FATHER. FIRSTFRUITS. THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. 

John 11:25, 26

"Jesus said to her, "I am THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE; the one believing in Me, even if he should die, he will live. And everyone living and believing in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

And I, like Martha, reply, "Yes, Lord, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

Do you believe? Will you let Jesus reign in your hearts today?

God's Wrath & God's Salvation

 

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

GOD'S WRATH

(Strong's No. 3709)

 ("settled anger") proceeds from an internal disposition which steadfastly opposes someone or something based on extended personal exposure, i.e. solidifying what the beholder considers wrong (unjust, evil);

not a sudden outburst, but rather (referring to God's) fixed, controlled, passionate feeling against sin . . . a settled indignation

 Wrath of God On The Unbeliever

John 3:36

He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him.

Eternal Punishment

Matthew 25:45, 46

Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me. And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.'

Shame & Everlasting Contempt

Daniel 12:2

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Everlasting Fire

Matthew 25:41

Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.

Unquenchable Fire

Matthew 3:12

Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Lake of Fire

Revelation 20:15

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

GOD'S SALVATION

(Strong's No. 4991) welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety. God's rescue which delivers believers out of destruction and into His safety. 

Eternal Life, Everlasting Life

John 3:14-16

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Christ Died For Our Sins

Hebrews 9:27, 28

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,  so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him. 

Isaiah 53:5

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 

I Corinthians 15:3-

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.

Christ Risen From The Dead

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Acts 2:24

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

Acts 26:23

"That the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Christ Our Resurrection

John 11:25-27

Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

Christ Our Life, Our Light

John 14:6

Jesus answered, "I am The Way and The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

John 1:4

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. 

John 8:12

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, "I am The Light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have The Light of Life."

As Jesus said to Martha, I say to you, "DO YOU BELIEVE?" 

Remove My Guilt

 

REMOVE MY GUILT

Psalm 25:11

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, remove my guilt, because it is great.

Psalm 19:13 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression. Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name. Psalm 143:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble. Romans 5:16-17 Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! Romans 10:8-10 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

I believe that Jesus Christ Is LORD, that God raised Him from the dead. In my heart I believe and am justified; with my mouth I confess that Jesus Christ Is LORD, and God saves me.

It is both that easy and that hard; simple and difficult. God calls everyone to salvation:

John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

(where it says "world" put your name, because you have born into this world)

Romans 8:29

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Predestination just means God had a plan all set up before we were even born that would allow us to become His sons and daughters. It does not mean that God knows ahead of time who will be saved and who will not.

How cool is that?

Ephesians 1:4-5

But the one who loves God is known by God. He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But the one who loves God is known by God.

Do you love God? Do you believe that Jesus Christ Is LORD? There is no later, there is only Now, only Today:

2 Corinthians 6:2

For He says: "In the acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the time of favor; behold, now is the day of salvation.

If you have not yet accepted Christ as LORD, now is the time to make that decision. Tomorrow is not promised.

2 Peter 3:9-11

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness.

James 4:14

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Psalm 39:5

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah.

Come, now is the time.

Anatomy of The Heart

     When we think of how we make decisions and choices in our lives, we think of the mind as creating thought and the heart as something that must be followed. When in all actuality it is through the heart that all decisions, all thought, all follow-through is done.
     

The spirit-heart starts out black, because we view sin as black/dark. Only the Light of God's Love, Jesus Christ, can turn the heart from black/dark to gold/light.

When we first come to knowledge of the saving grace of God through the cross on which His only begotten Son Jesus Christ died, the blood which Jesus shed is applied to the darkness of our hearts. We call this being saved.

We also call this not enough to live holy. God calls us to holiness in our every day lives because He is holy and He cannot be in the same room as sin, because sin is rebelliousness to God and God's Holy Word. Therefore, we also need God's Holy Spirit to continually work on the darkness of our hearts, like water forming and shaping the rocks in a body of water: constantly flowing, never-ending shifting over and around and through us: making us holy and filling us ever more with God's Light and Love.

But that takes time and effort. Time to allow the Holy Spirit to deconstruct the darkness and construct us into honorable friends of God, holy and acceptable to Him.

First, the heart is washed clean by the Blood of God's Lamb, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Savior of the world. 

Anyone who believes that Jesus Christ is LORD is saved. Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved." That is when the blood is applied to the heart because Romans 10:8-10 "But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: that if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him out from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved." 

Why do we want to speak out our salvation? Why not? There is nothing to be ashamed of: but there is everything to rejoice aloud! 

So we see here in these three verses that the heart makes the decision to believe and the mouth speaks what is in the heart. 

But the heart had to be able to hear the Word before the Spirit could apply the Word in the heart. How did the heart hear the Word?

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. Romans 10:17

The Word that was preached, the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ, who died on the cross in our stead, was buried and rose from the dead and is now seated at the right hand of the Father is the Word that the heart did hear and receive upon believing this to be truth. 

Our spiritually anatomically correct heart does not stop there, though.  We now know that our hearts can think, and hear so let us continue our journey through The Word. 

Because the heart is the decision maker, it is also the place of understanding, where wisdom is applied; therefore the heart can also see: 

Ephesians 1:16-19 "I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened (shine brightly), so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength."

Job 42:5 "My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You." Proverbs 18:15 "The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out." Whether discernment or hearing, it is the heart doing the work.

     Through Psalm 34:8 we see that our hearts have mouths, as it is impossible to taste or chew without a mouth. 

"Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!" And again in Hebrews 6:4-5 "It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened (shone brightly), who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit---who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age--..." 

     The heart also drinks in through the mouth the Living Water that comes from Christ Jesus. In Matthew 5:5 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled." And again in John 7:38 "Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” These 'streams of living water'? The Holy Spirit. John 7:39 "He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified." 

     We could say that our spirit-heart resembles this:

It is a busy heart, indeed. And when the heart has accomplished all which God has set forth for it to do, the heart will be holy and pure and acceptable to God the Father, ready to be in His eternal holy presence. 

Whose Report Will You Believe?

Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? Isaiah 53:1

This entire chapter of Isaiah 53 regards the crucifixion and burial of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Messiah who was to come and deliver all of Israel: Jacob’s seed, the individual and God’s people, the nation as a whole. 

Report: to announce, proclaim, carry and deliver a message of what one has heard, to announce, to speak of what one has seen and observed.

We who are God’s people are here to tell you that the Messiah has come! It is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! See the words in Isaiah 53 and look to the John 19 for confirmation. See and believe the words of Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23. 

But it does not end there! John 20, Matthew 28, Mark 16 and Luke 24 all speak of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death, hell and the grave! That is amazing news to proclaim, indeed! And,so, we do. As the angels proclaimed the birth of Christ to the shepherds, we speak the truth of His death on the cross, whose blood cleanses us from all unrighteousness. We tell of the story of Jesus who came to die for us because nothing we do will ever make us right with God. 

We who believe that Jesus Christ is Lord carry within us the message of  salvation through the blood that was shed by Him on the cross at Calvary. We deliver the message of hope and eternal life through the His resurrection. Because He became sin for us, having the penalty of sin upon Him, He was sent to hell to fight and defeat the devil once and for all. He returned to the grave with the keys of death, hell and the grave in his mighty hand. 

God raised His only begotten Son from the tomb by rolling away the stone and Jesus stepped out into the garden, declaring victory over sin and death, becoming our Hope of Eternal Life through Him! WooHoo! That’s something to get excited about! 

Matthew 7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Romans 10:8-13 [8] But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: [9] that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

[11] It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” [12] For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, [13]for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Acts 2:38, 39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost…

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.