RESURRECTION - JESUS IS RISEN AS HE SAID

RESURRECTION - JESUS IS RISEN AS HE SAID

            Matthew 28.1  In the end of the sabbath, as it began 

              to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary

               Magdalene and the other Mary to see he sepulchre.

              Matthew 28.2  And, behold, thee was a great earth-

              quake: for the angel of the Lord descended from 

              heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from 

               the door, and sat upon it. 

              Matthew 28.3  His countenance was like lightning, 

            and his raiment white as snow:  

                Matthew 28.4  And for fear of him the keepers 

               did shake, and became as dead men. 

                 Matthew 28.5   And the angel answered, and said

               unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye 

               seek Jesus, which was crucified. 

                Matthew 28. 6  He is not here: for he is risen, as he

               said.  Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 

               Matthew 28.7  And go quickly, and tell his disciples

                 that He is risen from the dead; and, behold, he 

                 goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see

                  him:  I have told you.  

             Matthew 28.8  And they departed quickly from 

                the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did 

                run to bring his disciples word. 

               Matthew 28.9   And as they went to tell His disciples, 

                 behold, Jesus met them, saying,  All Hail.  and they

             came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

                Matthew 28.10   Then said Jesus unto them, saying, 

              Be not afraid;  go tell my brethren that they go into 

                Galilee. and there they shall see me. 

                        The last three days had been so heavy, so sad,

              and they missed Jesus so much.    They kept thinking

               has this really happened.  Yes, it really happened. 

                  Over and over in their minds and in their hearts 

                    the events of the last week they went over and 

                     over.    

                     

                       These ladies came to the tomb expecting to

                         have to find a way in.   

                           The  earthquake took care of that, and 

                        the Angel came and sat on the very stone 

                        that had held the door closed. 

                         The guards became "as dead" ones - they

                        were in a state of somber fright. 

                          The ladies looked and the angel spoke to

                         them.   What news !   ? ?   

                             It does not say whether they looked to see

                           if he was not really there -   they believed 

                           the angel and started running to give the 

                           news the blessed news  that JESUS HAS 

                             RISEN AS HE SAID.

                        As they are running the Lord Himself showed

                            himself to them.   It must have been so 

                           grand !    They clung to his feet, and 

                             yes, worshipped Him.   

         

                              The word in the Greek for "worshipped" 

                             is to bow - to prostrate oneself at the feet 

                              of the One being worshipped. 

                             When Jesus was calling men "repent ye, for 

                           the Kingdom of heaven is at hand"  he healed

                          many people.   They "worshipped" him.   

                           There are some who say, Jesus never 

                              claimed to be God, but I beg to differ. 

                           Scripture tells us again and again, that 

                             the very reason and the only reason 

                           He died on the Cross was that He 

                              Declared Himself to be the Very Son of 

                             God.     It may interest you to know that 

                              legally the trials of Jesus were unjust

                                because it was illegal most of all 

                             in the Law of Moses, and in tradition, 

                              that one could not be tried for His own  

                              word, it had to be two witnesses that 

                            agreed.   

                               So you see, when the High Priest 

                               asked, (Matthew 27.63 I adjure you 

                              by the living God, that thou tell us 

                              whether thou be the Christ, the Son 

                              of God."    

                               (Matthew 27.64) Jesus saith unto him,

                                Thou hast said; nevertheless I say unto

                                 you, Hereafter ye shall see the Son 

                                of man sitting on the right hand of 

                                     power, coming in the clouds of 

                               heaven."   

                           

                               The Risen Savior took the sins of all

                                   mankind upon Himself when He 

                                  willingly went to the Cross.

              

                                In John the 3rd Chapter Jesus told 

                           a ruler named Nicodemus that was exa tly

                           why He came into the world.   

                            John chapter 3.

                              verse 11.  Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, 

                              we know that we do know, and testify

                             that we have seen, and ye receive not 

                            my witness. 

                            verse 12.  If I have told you earthly things, 

                           and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, 

                          if I tell you of heavenly things? 

                              verse 13.  And no man hath ascended up

                             to heaven, but he that came down from 

                             heaven, even the Son of man which is in 

                            heaven.   

                           verse 14.   And as Moses lifted up the 

                         serpent in the wilderness, even so must the

                           Son of man be lifted up.

                            verse 15.  That whosoever believeth in 

                            him should not perish, but have 

                              everlasting life. 

                              verse 16.  FOR GOD SO LOVED THE 

                            WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY 

                           BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER 

                            BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT 

                             PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING

                           LIFE. 

                            verse 17. For God sent not His son into 

                           the world to condemn the world, but 

                            that the world through him might be 

                            saved.   

                            verse 18. He that believeth on him is 

                              not condemned; but he that believeth

                               not is condemned already, because 

                              he hath not believe in the name of 

                              the only begotten Son of God. 

                           

                           Only the Risen Christ can change 

                                  a life -  for only in the 

                              shed blood of Jesus the Pure 

                          and Sinless Son of God could 

                            bear the sin of all that we 

                            might come to God the Father

                            through His Name, and it is 

                           told us that we are to go and tell

                                GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU.

                           To find God's Love is to find Hope.

                             The LORD HIMSELF is the same 

                            yesterday, today, and forever. 

                                   Hebrews 13.8 

                                Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday

                                Today and Forever. 

                                    

                                          

                                          AS FORGETMENOTS BLOOM IN THE SPRING
                                            MAY YOU FIND RESURRECTION POWER
                                               BY LETTING JESUS BE YOUR SAVIOR
                                                AND ASKING HIM TO DO IT BECAUSE
                                                  HE ALONE IS ABLE TO SAVE.

                       

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WALKING THE HEAVENLY ROAD BEGINS WITH ENTERING THE GATE

WALKING THE HEAVENLY ROAD BEGINS WITH ENTERING THE GATE

by  LilacladyJunebug2 

IT TAKES A GATE TO ENTER

Matthew 7. 12 - 14  Therefore whatsoever you would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.   Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

                      Matthew 4.23 -25.  And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people.    And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them all. 

                             Matthew 5.1-2a   And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, the disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them"  

                      Let's think ! about it.

               Everyone that came to Him has been healed.

Would you ready to L I S T E N ? if you were healed? 

He tells them who is blessed  5.1 - 12

poor in spirit

those who mourn 

those who are meek 

those who hunger and thirst for righteousness

those who are merciful

those who are pure in heart

those who make peace 

those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake

Matthew 5.12  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad 

for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted 

they the prophets which were before you. 

As the Hollyhock is named Althea - and stands 

for honesty, and truth, 

so too, Jesus gives us a way to view 

ourselves and others,

and how to 

ENTER THE GATE

WHICH LEADS TO HEAVEN.

Matthew 5.16 

 Let your light so shine before men, 

that they may see your good works, 

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  

He goes on to say that He is the One who

came to fulfill the Law, not to destroy it.

Matthew 5.17,18 

Think not that I am come to destroy 

the law, or the prophets: I am not 

come to destroy, but to fulfill: for 

verily (Amen) I say unto you, 

Till heaven and earth be passed,

one jot or one tittle shall in no wise

pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." 

In His message to us, He today is saying

still,   Blessed are those who choose to 

enter the Strait Gate and walk the narrow way,

instead of entering the Broad and Wide Gate

which leads to Destruction.

I speak to you today, as God would have me 

speak.

Jesus gave us all that we need to find 

ETERNAL LIFE 

and He has made it plain

WE MUST ENTER THE GATE THAT IS STRAIT

AND NARROW

THE ROAD 

IS NARROW ALSO

When a person drives a car, he needs 

to know where he is going in order 

to get there.

Jesus has given us not only His words,

but He said BEFORE it happened, 

that He would go to the Cross, suffer, 

and die, and be raised again.

He told them, and His Word has been 

recorded for us so that we may know 

and understand JUST WHO AND WHAT

HE WANTED US TO BE....

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                     JESUS WAS BUSY.   IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY. 

           Jesus had been busy, proclaiming who He was, 

  and telling everyone that He was from the Father.

  He even entered into the Temple,  and sent out 

 all the buyers and sellers with their animals.

  "Take these things hence, make not my Father's

 house an house of merchandise."
 [John chapter 2.16].   It was Passover time.  

 And Nicodemus came at night.

          

 The day had been filled with questions.  What sign will you give us? the leaders asked him ?hen they said,  "Forty and six years this temple was in building, and you will rear it up in three days?"   They had no clue as to what he was saying. 

  John chapter 2.21 to 23 tells us :  " But he spake of the temple of his body.  When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them, and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said."
         So in the evening, when no one would know that he came,  Nicodemus came to inquire of Jesus.    A man of the Pharisees, he was a "ruler of the Jews".    A person of known leadership, yet he came that night.    "Rabbi,  we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him." 
              Are you a master of Israel and knowes t not these things?

        Nicodemus was one of those who were LOOKING for the KINGDOM OF GOD.   And here now, Jesus, Y'SHUA, was telling him that he must be born into that kingdom.   He is listening.   He had seen Jesus cast out the merchants from the temple along with the animals.   Then he had sat and taught in the Temple.  He must have questions running through his mind.   He is distraught, because he knows the other Pharisees do not like Y'SHUA at all.   They are very determined to find his weakness, and to criticize.    Not Nicodemus.   He came, seeking.
              Nicodemus would understand what he was saying about Moses and the serpent being raised in the wilderness.    The account is told in Numbers 21 that the people were again complaining and murmuring that "there was no bread, and no water"  even though they were receiving MANNA from heaven as needed, and even though God told Moses to strike the rock for water.    So God sent serpents among the people and they were being bitten by these.   Many died.   God told Moses to make a serpent of BRASS - which speaks of JUDGMENT - up on a pole.   So he did.
           It never records what Nicodemus did.    I would like to think he did find Christ.   Scripture does not speak on this.    I do however, wish to say, that I know I have come into the family of those who are BORN AGAIN.   I found that reading God's Word watered my soul with living water and refreshing life because the Good News of God's love has opened my life to God, and I believed that Jesus is just who He says He is, and that He has become my Savior.    I am thankful that Jesus came to give us LIFE ETERNAL, LIFE EVERLASTING, and that He has given me His Spirit to live inside me that I may find Hope and Strength and Joy in my life.   His Spirit living in me is the way God has sealed me for Himself, that someday I will be with Him forever.

        Jesus  replies "Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,he cannot see the Kingdom of God." 

 [John 3.3]. Responding,  Nicodemus asks "How can a man be born when he is old?  can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born?"   Jesus replies, "Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and 

of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God."

  [John 3.5]  He goes on to say "that which is born of the 

flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.    Marvel not that I say unto you, Ye must be born again. 

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the 

sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.  [John 3.4 - 8].  

 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, "How can these things be?"  

         My heart fills with love for the Lord Jesus Christ as I continue on in the record of what He said to Nicodemus.    He knew Who He was, What He had come to do, and What was Needed for us to know Him.   He made it very plain.

         Jesus responds to Nicodemus with these words:   

 Verily, Verily I say unto thee, we speak that we do know,

and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our

 witness.    If I have told  you earthly things, 

and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I 

 tell you of heavenly things? [John ch. 3.10,11, 12].

           

 Then Jesus continues,  And no man hath

ascended up to heaven, but he that came

down from heaven, even the Son of man which is 

 in heaven.   And as Moses

 lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

 even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that

 whosoever believeth in him should not perish but

 have eternal life.  FOR GOD SO LOVED THE 

  WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN 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.   He that believeth on him is not condemned; 

but he that believeth not is condemned already,

 because he hath not believed in the name of the only 

 begotten Son of God."   [John 3.13 - 18]

             So Jesus spoke, telling Nicodemus out plain 

what he wanted to know.   Nicodemus is just like us.

We hear a lot about the Bible,  about religion, about what some people believe either for or against Jesus.  Now

here Nicodemus knew a lot was at stake.  His people had been looking for Messiah, and the expectancy was great.   A great longing for a return of THE KING to set 

up his kingdom.  Everyone knew WHO JESUS WAS.    THEY KNEW his lineage.   It was recorded in the Temple.   They knew of him as the Rightful Heir of the line of David.   They knew that this might be MESSIAH.  But they did not like what he was telling them.   They were looking for S I G N S  but He was telling them, He was

 the Messiah and that He was from Heaven, and would go back to Heaven.  And that Life came from believing in Him.  

              Jesus went on to say 'And this is the condemnation that Light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

For everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest their deed should be reproved.     But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be manifest, that they are wrought in God."     [John 3.19 21].

They were told to LOOK AT THE SERPENT - AND THEY WOULD BE HEALED.

           

            Nicodemus knew that the sin was represented 

by the serpent on the cross. Now here is Y'shua telling

 him that only by being born into the family can he see 

the Kingdom of God, and furthermore, that He, 

Y'shua would be lifted up just as the serpent was. 

   The Cross was why Jesus, Y'shua, came.  

  He came to be our once and for PASSOVER LAMB to bear our sins on the Cross of Golgotha. He came knowing what he had come to do was the only way

 for us to be born of the Spirit.