He came that we might be as He, He was never as us.

Joh 7:7  The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 

Jesus is God. Yes I know that He had a different perspective for He was not of us, never was never will be but through Him we can be of Him. He came that we might be as He, He was never as us.

Yes He was in human form, yes He ate and drank as we, yes He came and walked as we walk but never as us. He is/was/and shall ever be God.

How we have messed up this concept. That ad campaign that says He gets us, well that ad campaign does not “get” Him. He was here to lift us up, to show us God’s love and to let us know that this world, the one we stand on today, He overcame this world, He defeated death and Hell. He was never as us, He never got us, He was here to help us understand Him.

That is a concept and a thought that so many have failed to see and I understand and why? Because they want to excuse their behaviors by making Him like them.

He was never like us. Born of a virgin, never will that be any of us. Perfect, sinless, never will that be any of us.

He came not to be on our level, even though we preach that up, no He came that we might be better than us. That we might be like Him and what have we done with that?

We have tried so hard to bring Him to our level rather than striving to rise to His level.

We tend to see things through the lens of this world, our experience and just like the disciples we can not understand.

It is because we do not understand that we fail to try.

Remember when He was resurrected, the disciples spent 40 days with Him, do you realize we have no idea what they said, what He said, other than a few words of that time here on earth?

Why? Because it was in that time, that their understanding of Him and who He is became so much sharper. Then they received the Spirit and that was what made lions out of lambs.

That same Spirit, that changed them when they finally knew who He was, and yes I meant that the way that it sounded. When they finally figured out Who He was, then the Spirit gave them courage and wisdom, strength and resolve.

Why have we so misunderstood this Christian life? Why have we toiled in mediocrity?

Because we do not understand fully who He is.

Renew your Covenant, your Commitment to Christ

Now the first thing for you to know is that when you call on the name of the Lord for Salvation you are choosing Him, you are putting your life and your soul into His hands. And it is your choice, your decision that leads to this.

Then you are entering into a covenant or commitment with Him that He is your God and you are His Bride, totally devoted and a servant for the remainder of your life here on this earth.

He delivers you from the bondage of sin, He gives you eternal life, He takes away death and Hell from your future.

What do you have for Him? Nothing. What can you do for Him? Nothing.

That realization of the fact that He died for you when it cost Him everything, and you have nothing, yet He still died for you. That realization should make you want to serve Him, should make you want to be His servant, spreading the good news to all your fellow man that need to hear of this God, this Savior.

He does not coerce us to serve, He does so much for us how can we do any less out of love, gratitude and the sheer knowledge of all that He has done? How can we not tell everyone?

I have said a lot lately that when you meet Jesus, truly meet Him you will have a changed life, a changed heart.

A covenant is a solemn and formal agreement, compact, or promise between two or more parties.

Do you hear that? Solemn, Formal agreement.

A formal agreement is one Written (the Bible) signed (His Blood shed) and agreed to.

As I said at the beginning, you agreed to this covenant when you call on His name. Hence you have entered into a covenant, a contract, a commitment with Him.

We have downplayed this part so much, we have made salvation a one way thing.

He owes us!

Oh, The hubris of humans makes their part so very much more important that His. The Architect is considered less than the recipient.

How prideful are we? A question we really need to ponder.

Come and See

Joh 4:39  And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. 

Joh 4:40  So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. 

Joh 4:41  And many more believed because of his own word;

The woman at the well met Jesus, then turned and told the whole city of the One she met, the One that changed her.

Many believed on Him because of her testimony and then many more believed for they heard Him.

Why do we not testify like this anymore? We do not talk of Jesus, we do not speak of the joy, the Spirit, the Word anymore and we are to be ashamed for that.

Speak to each other of this Jesus, renew Him in your hearts, then once you have a comfortability level of talking of Him, then go out to them and the Spirit will guide.

Post a verse John 3:16 at the very least and have them ask you what that means. Start the conversation.

You don’t have to be glib and smooth. You just have to be willing.

How will they know if you don’t tell them? You may be the only one they will ever hear it from. You may be the one that was assigned to speak to them, if you do not then they may face an eternity in Hell.

Yes I went there, it is time we realize what our inaction and timidity is going to cost them. It is time we realize this is life and death, eternity is at stake.

Stop the spirit of fear, be a witness a light a truth teller and preach the Gospel.

You don’t have to be glib and smooth. You just have to be willing.

How will they know if you don’t tell them? You may be the only one they will ever hear it from.

You may be the one that was assigned to speak to them, if you do not then they may face an eternity in Hell.

Yes I went there, it is time we realize what our inaction and timidity is going to cost them. It is time we realize this is life and death, eternity is at stake.

Stop the spirit of fear, be a witness, a light, a truth teller, and preach the Gospel.