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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.Eph 2:9 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Great Commission Bible Verse:Matthew 28:16-20 (ESV) "Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”" Message:
Three of the most important statements in the Christian faith are compressed into the three sentences spoken by Jesus at the end of Matthew.
First, all authority in this universe have been given to Christ. If this doesn't seem a bit strange, it should. There is only one God. How can this have any meaning, God giving himself the power and authority He already holds?
But of course it means something! Christ is telling us that God has permanently altered his relationship with us, the way in which he will present himself to us and wants us to present ourselves to him. We cannot “know” God as He is because of our inherent limitations. We exist in time and space, and cannot understand a being who does not. We cannot comprehend God directly, any more than a camera can taste a pizza.
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God became incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth to give us a way to know him; he “humbled himself” to be human (Philippians 2:8), in part, to give us a representation we would be able to grasp. We can never know the actual why or what of God, so He told us what to do and has promised to judge us in accordance with something we can understand; a man who lived among us. Jesus made salvation and sanctification available to us, and taught us what we need to do to gain these gifts, in plain English. (Or, more accurately, plain Aramaic, written down — if you will excuse the oxymoron — in “plain Greek”.)
Second, he gave us a final instruction, called the Great Commission. How could these instructions be any clearer? 1) Make disciples of all nations, that is, spread the salvation of Christ to anyone on earth who will accept it; 2) baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and 3) teach them to observe all that Christ commanded us do.
Third, He will be with us always until the end of the age. As Christ had already told the disciples, this does not mean the resurrected Jesus, who will depart the earth. God will come to the disciples (and us) in the form of the Holy Spirit.
We might sometimes wonder whether the Holy Spirit is still with us. The healing, the speaking in tongues, and other powers that were manifest in the early disciples after Pentecost, seem to have deserted us. But the answer is here, in the last line of Matthew's Gospel: “I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Even when we completely forget him, He is right there, waiting for us to notice him. And He won't leave until Christ returns.
Christ says not only that the Father will send a spirit, but also, “I” will be with you. For there is only one God. At the present time, we can know him directly — we can perceive him — only as the Holy Spirit. If we love Christ and follow his commandments (John 14:15-21), he lives in us. He is a living God, living within us, so that we can know him and communicate directly with him. It is not a telephone line to heaven; it is God himself who personally lives in us.
Meditation : Prayer : Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!......Amen |
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