Post by frienduff on Oct 10, 2018 10:02:06 GMT -5
Makes you wonder what bible that man is preaching from. Or maybe he just made it up. All I know is that he is not preaching the Christian faith. Because here is how Jesus reached His highest potential......He suffered, died and rose again. In other words, in obedience to the Father Jesus died to His earthly potential and rewards in order to gain the heavenly. And just think, if we follow Him we will be called to do likewise. The devil offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if only He would sell His soul (talk about reaching His potential, hey)....but He resisted the temptation. His contemporaries offered Jesus the kingship of the nation....that's more potential than most will ever even come close to having a chance to realize....but He fled the temptation.....and instead obeyed the will of the Father, accepting a crown of thorns and the cross of shame and reproach. It is an upward call alright....but not an earthly one....and the cross is the Way to reach it. The ONLY Way. It is the narrow Way that leads to life which few find. "If ye would be my disciple, take up your cross, DENY yourSELF and follow Me." Not realize yourself, but deny yourself. It's completely opposed to the ways of man and the world...His ways are not like our ways, they are higher....hence it is an upward call, not a worldly one.
Jesus was not talking about masochistic self-inflicted suffering, but simply obeying (following) the Lord, His will and leading in our life as we go along, and we will find as He leads us through this valley of the shadow of death, that our earthly potential and desires get put on the altar (cross) and burned away (crucified), and that this is the Way to resurrection life. "If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him."
Well look at this . Remember JESUS prayer . I THANK THEE O LORD that thou has hidden these things from the wise and prudent (in their own eyes ) and has revealed it unto babes .
For I tell us all , many mighty , many renown scholars , many who are always learning have had this TRUTH hidden from them and yet its revealed unto the humble children OF THE LORD .
YEAH . Let us ponder on that one for a bit . these folks that teach such so called sophisticated intellectually wise words , and have such glorified titles as dr , and scholar
Have this plain truth that plain simple ones like us see, HIDDEN FROM THEM .
And yet how often WOULD GOD have gathered the world unto himself , ONLY THEY WILL NOT .