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6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the
government will be upon His shoulder. And His
name will be called Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the
increase of His government and peace There will
be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts
will perform this.
Galatians 1:6-12, (NKJV)
Only One Gospel
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you
in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want
to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel
to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any
other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I
now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased
men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. 11 But I
make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not
according to man. 12 For I
neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through
the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:25, (NKJV)
25 whom God set
forth as a propitiation
by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His
forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
Matthew 18:11, (NKJV)
11 For the Son of Man has
come to save that which was lost.
John 11:25-26, (NKJV)
25 Jesus said
to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He
who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me
shall never die. Do you believe this?”
John 12:23-36, (NKJV)
23 But Jesus
answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man
should be glorified. 24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a
grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it
dies, it produces much grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and
he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me;
and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
Jesus Predicts His Death on
the Cross
27 “Now My soul is
troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this
purpose I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name.” Then a
voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will
glorify it again.” 29 Therefore
the people who stood by and heard it said that it
had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.” 30 Jesus
answered and said, “This voice did not come because of Me,
but for your sake. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now
the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the
earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” 33 This He said, signifying by what death
He would die. 34 The people answered Him, “We have heard
from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be
lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?” 35 Then Jesus
said to them, “A little while longer the light is
with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who
walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in
the light, that you may become sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was
hidden from them.
John 3:3-21, (NKJV)
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most
assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus
said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time
into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus
answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the
Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel
that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but
cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born
of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus
answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify
what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will
you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son
of Man who is in heaven.[a] 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up,15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but[b] have
eternal life. 16 For God
so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who
believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned
already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God. 19 And this
is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to
the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may
be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
Matthew 11:27-30, (NKJV)
27 All things have been
delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor
does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills
to reveal Him. 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from
Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is
light.”
John 12:7, (NKJV)
7 But Jesus
said, “Let her alone; she has kept[a] this for the day of My
burial.
John 11:50-51, (NKJV)
50 nor do you
consider that it is expedient for us that one man
should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being
high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
Matthew 27:27-50, (NKJV)
27 Then the
soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole
garrison around Him. 28 And they stripped Him and put a scarlet
robe on Him. 29 When they had twisted a crown of
thorns, they put it on His head,
and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked
Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 Then they spat on Him, and took the
reed and struck Him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked Him, they took
the robe off Him, put His own clothes on
Him, and led Him away to be crucified. 32 Now as they came out, they found a man
of Cyrene, Simon by
name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. 33 And when they had come to a place
called Golgotha, that is to
say, Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him sour wine mingled
with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not
drink.35 Then they
crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.” 36 Sitting
down, they kept watch over Him there. 37 And they put up over His head the
accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then two
robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left. 39 And those who passed by blasphemed Him,
wagging their heads 40 and saying, “You who destroy the temple
and build it in three
days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 Likewise the chief priests also,
mocking with the scribes and elders, said, 42 “He saved others; Himself He cannot
save. If He is the King of Israel let Him now
come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. 43 He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him
now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 Even the robbers who were crucified
with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
Jesus Dies on the Cross
45 Now from the
sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is,
“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” 47 Some of
those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This
Man is calling for Elijah!” 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a
sponge, filled It with sour
wine and put it on a reed,
and offered it to Him to drink. 49 The rest
said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.” 50 And Jesus cried out
again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
Psalm 22:16-20, (NKJV)
16 For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
They pierced My hands
and My feet;
17 I can
count all My bones.
They look and stare at
Me.
18 They
divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.
19 But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
20 Deliver
Me from the sword,
My precious life from the
power of the dog.
John 19:28-29, (NKJV)
28 After this,
Jesus, knowing that all things
were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was
sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop,
and put it to His
mouth.
Matthew 8:17, (NKJV)
17 that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“He
Himself took our infirmities
And bore our sicknesses.”
Isaiah 53:4-12, (NKJV)
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The
chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we
like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on
Him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 8 He was
taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. 10 Yet it
pleased the Lord to
bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify
many, For
He shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out
His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of
many, And
made intercession for the transgressors.
1 Peter 2:22-24, (NKJV)
22 “Who committed no sin, Nor was
deceit found in His mouth”; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not
revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who
judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by
whose stripes you were healed.
Matthew 16:21, (NKJV)
Jesus Predicts His Death
and Resurrection
21 From that
time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and
suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and be raised the third day.
Acts 13:30, (NKJV)
30 But God
raised Him from the dead.
Romans 8:11, (NKJV)
11 But if the
Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised
Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His
Spirit who dwells in you.
Ephesians 2:6, (NKJV)
6 and raised us up together,
and made us sit together in
the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus,
John 14:6, (NKJV)
6 Jesus said to
him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Matthew 11:27-30, (NKJV)
27 All things have been
delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor
does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills
to reveal Him. 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from
Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is
light.”
Matthew 10:32-34, (NKJV)
Confess Christ Before Men
32 “Therefore whoever
confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in
heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me
before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
My Comments: The Gospel of Jesus who
came so we could be ransomed and made whole is this; God the Son was born of a
virgin, suffered and died on a Cross for our sin, was buried and rose again on
the third day all as was foretold by the Prophets. It is simple. He has paid
the price. What happens next is up to each of us.
We are given a free will to choose to
accept His free gift and live with Him eternally or we may reject it and choose
Hell for eternity. He paid the price yet as with all gifts we can reject them
or we can accept them. I pray loved ones you will accept His free gift He
obtained on the Cross for you. He loves you that is why He suffered so you
would not have to.
Believe on Him and in His Gospel and be
free knowing you will live eternally with Him. Jesus said, “I Am the Way, the
Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” And those who
tell you to go through Mary or saints or you have to work to earn salvation or
even that Baptism (yes I believe in Baptism but it does not save. It is am
outward action of what has taken place within us. That is why Baptizing
children or people after death is not Scriptural) saves, are not reading the
word of God. Any who preach a different Gospel are not following the Way, the
Truth and the Life.
The Old Testament testifies to Jesus
with Prophecy and the New Testament confirms Him to us. He calls to us. He
knocks of the door of our hearts. He whispers in our ear, Come to me, all who
labor who are heavy laden…. This is truth. God came to earth was born or a
women who was a virgin and lived fully God and fully man. Then for our sin He,
Jesus, allowed Himself to be cruelly whipped, spat upon, mocked, crowned with
the crown of thorns, and Crucified on a tree He died in our place. He was
buried and His body was dead for three days. He arose on the third day and many
saw Him, talked with Him, ate with Him and were able to touch Him and His
wounds.
All this He did that we might live with
Him forever. To ensure that He rose and opened Heaven so we too might one day
live there with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. None are irredeemable. None
will be turned away who accept Him sincerely repenting of their sin. Once one
is Born Again they are His and adopted into the family of God the Father our Abba Father.
Search the Scriptures. Confess your sin and accept the free gift of Jesus and
you too will be a Child of God.
Abba Father, touch hearts and minds
today and may they come to know You and desire You in their hearts. Open their
eyes and ears and change their hearts Lord that they may become Your Sons and
Daughters walking in the Way the Truth and the Light of Jesus.
Thank You Jesus for coming to earth to
take on our sin and punishment. Thank You for showing us the way and making the
way straight for us to be with You when we leave this world. Thank You for
sending your Holy Spirit to fill us and guide us in all truth.
Holy Spirit, thank You for coming into
us and guiding us in our daily lives and through the Word. For those who do not
yet know the Lord I pray You help them and cover them so the evil one will not
misguide them and they will accept the free gift Jesus the Son of God holds out
to them. For those who have accepted Salvation please guard, guide and give
peace to them all and help them in their walk to bring glory and praise to Abba
Father in all they think, say and do.
In Jesus precious and Holy name, in
union with the Holy Spirit, I pray. Amen.
Rebishka
