FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER: WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS PENTACOST SUNDAY; JESUS CHRIST IS RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM, THEY ALSO WILL BE RESURRECTED ON THE DAY OF HIS RETURN. ALLELUIA!!!!!!!
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Keep on praying, this world is in great need of it. "Always be joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus."
Presenting the fifth edition for 2006 of the WEEKLY DEVOTIONS:
DO YOU BELIEVE???
ALLELUIA!!! ALLELUIA!!! My sheep listen to Me, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow Me. ALLELUIA!!!
The Unbelief of the Jews
Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade. The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one." John 10:22-30
Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
Then Jesus cried out, "When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. "As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say." John 12:42-50
How often we resemble the characters in the above passages from the Bible. We act and do many things in the same way even 2000 years later, amazing!!! When will we ever learn????
DO YOU BELIEVE???
