Because God Was In Christ - PART 154

Jesus sent His Word and the people were healed. In fact, Jesus' Word was power packed. For when Jesus spoke, lo it would come to pass. Indeed, no Word proceeding from Jesus' mouth was fruitless. Every Word had meaning. And as we know today, every Word spoken by Jesus was (and still is) life to those who call upon His name.

Why? Because God was in Christ. The eternal Spirit of God dwelt in all fullness in the man Jesus. Yes, God Himself. God’s holy Spirit is the one instrumental in bringing the man Jesus into this Adamic creation. Recall what the angel said to Mary -- that which is conceived in you is of the Holy Ghost.

Jesus -- being not only a Son as modern Biblical translations and religious culture present. For the Word declares that Jesus is the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD. Jesus performed the miracles. If He were a "created" son as Adam was, there would be no feeding of the 5000 plus. Why? Because it is His Word that had power. Look around. Everything that you see was brought to pass by the Spiritual Word of God. You want to view art? Look around you and listen to the sound effects. Consider His handiwork for which you now have no excuse. This is why with all our learning we ought to seek understanding.

We are God’s workmanship. God is still on His Throne. God is everywhere. The only place that God does not inhabit is a man’s heart and this is because He created us to have choices. Still, when we ask our Lord God and Saviour into our heart, God responds to our faith with His eternal power.

This morning, I heard of a book entitled, "Catholics were Right." You will recall that when the book was first mentioned that I had said that Roman Catholics would appear right as long as one never read the New Testament. The author is a news commentator. As I listened to his comments, I learned that he was born to a Jewish father, and his mother of a different faith. He became involved in the Roman Catholic religion and then left to associate himself with evangelicals. Later, he jumped ship again and went back to the Roman Catholic religion.

In his presentation, he mentioned that the sacraments performed in the Roman Catholic church were important. His viewpoint however is askew from a reporting analysis. Why? Because until you are privileged to hear the details of the original account (and similarly wording) if words were spoken, the conclusions are misinformed. A good journalist would not lay aside an eye witness report for a wishy washy interpretation. So, were the Catholics right as portrayed by this author? No Sir. They are not right.

But the Bible New Testament -- the Word of God is right. And the Apostles were eye witnesses of the account. Therefore, in order for the author to be accurate in his conclusions, he needs to first familiarize himself with the scriptures so that he can discern the truth.

The Jesus Apostles chosen by the Spirit of God on the opening day of the Christian faith did not say to the populace that they should keep sacraments in order to be saved. What they did say was this.

"Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus [the] Christ for the remission of sin" and that by so doing they would receive the promise of the Holy Ghost to indwell them. That very same day God added 3,000 faithful persons who -- as the scriptures state -- gladly received the Word.

Of course, admittedly Rome changed the original Matthew 28:19 to suit their presentation rather than aligning themselves with the truth of the scriptures - to which the present day pope admits. In conclusion, the message here is to please read your Bible. By doing so, the falsity of religion will be exposed. Of course one must start off with the premise -- Let God be true and every man a liar -- to understand the breadth and depth of knowledge and faith available to those that believe.

For Canadians, this means letting Canada flourish by the preaching of God’s Word, and the praising of His Name. For as the national anthem proclaims -- He shall have dominion from coast to coast. Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Blessings!