The Devotional - A Look at the Book #844

by Jesse Abel

A Word from Papa “J”

 

When you open a vanity there is an immediate odor of revelation with the contents inside. Yet as the investigation proceeds the evidence that demands a verdict is one of vanity; cosmetics of false beauty and of little eternal value. Ecclesiastes 1:2

 

Good Morning

 

Jesus is alive, do we think about this truth as we ought? Probably NOT! At the moment I am listening to our past Cantata that celebrates the Risen LORD Jesus. I know that for the most part the people who read this are those who have truly experienced the LOVE of our Living God, but I also know that there is that ONE, maybe even YOU who has never known God’s personal love for you.

 

My words and this short message cannot make you know the love of God as you should, all this little note can do is point you to HIM. So take this moment and look in your mind’s eye.

 

Where do you see JESUS? Do you see Him being scourge by Roman soldiers? Do you see the crown they placed on His head? Do you see the wooden cross where He willing gave His life for you?

 

Let me ask you another question; this information is not good news unless you are like the Roman Soldiers, Pilate and the Pharisees who hated HIM; is it? In fact; it is not good at all. If you live in the United States of America you no doubt have heard this news before, if you’ve not heard it then you must live in a closet.

 

Of course; it you live in another country, like where some of our missionaries minister the words they preach help you understand that Jesus Christ died for your sins is NEWS, but it is not good news and more information is needed.

 

I heard of two Russian Soldiers who experienced the Love of God and went to an underground church for the first time only to hear the message of the LORD’s Crucifixion. Hearing that Jesus died on the cross caused one of them to stand up and scream. “I knew it, I just knew it; they have killed my Savior!”

 

The service was temporarily stopped as the pastor came to the side of the soldier and explained that Jesus who was crucified and sacrificed for the SINS of the world and for this soldier too, was not dead, that death and the grave could not keep HIM.

Leaping for joy, the soldier understood that just as Jesus died according to the scriptures, He also is alive again according to the scriptures. All of the Law of Moses, the Psalms and the Prophets do not speak of a dead Savior, but reveal to you and me that the Risen LORD is truly alive. Luke 24:44-53.

 

Now that is GOOD NEWS, yes it is true; we must see Jesus, we must behold Jesus who is the LAMB of God, slaughtered for the SINS of you and me and all the rest of the world. Yet, we do not need to behold Him in this slaughtered state of being all the time. The scriptures also reveal to us the LOVE of our God who LIVES. 1 Peter 1:5-12 .

 

Because if you have experienced the LOVE of God, His passion, death and resurrection will always be fixed in your mind’s eye while you walk about on this planet that He created for you. Yet again, we see Him this way no longer we see HIM Risen, this then is Good News (joy) made full or complete. 1 John 1:1-4