As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. Oh, death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?
After life, there is life, which is an eternal life. Where will you spend eternity? Will it be in Hell with the Devil and his angels in a place where the fires are not quenched in torment forever? Or will you be in Heaven with God and His only begotten son? Jesus Christ, who came to die, was buried and rose again. This same Jesus who gave his life for you so that you can live forever in glory. Accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and be saved from an eternity in Hell. Owing Jesus Christ as the Lord of your life is the only way to salvation and life after death. ( Psalm 17 verse 15, 1 Corinthians 15 verse 55)
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Isaiah 17 verse 2
In the book of Isaiah the prophet foretold the invasion of the Assyrian army and the fall of Israel as a warning to God’s people because of their Godless ways.
God is holy and cannot look upon sin.
He deals in righteous judgment on the just and the unjust.
He knows we are not perfect and remembers that we easily make mistakes.
Nevertheless, God loves us and sent his only begotten son so that we can be saved from the wrath to come and be brought back to him in grace.
Those who confess Jesus as Lord and Saviour, are then called Children of God.
For those who reject Jesus as Saviour and Lord, they will not be spending eternity with God but will be cast out into eternal darkness where “the worm dies not, neither is the fire quenched.”
Salvation is only through his only begotten son, Jesus Christ the Lord.
Behold, God is my Salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord, Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Isaiah 12 verse 2
He is my protection and in him, will I trust.
I am not afraid of the terror that walks in the day nor of the darkness that shrouds the night.
His song will be forever in my heart and his joy on my lips.
The Lord is my life and my salvation. He gives, and He takes away; so deep is His love. Who knows the mind of the Lord, and who can understand His ways? His ways are not my ways neither are His thoughts my thoughts. Nothing escapes His eyes when they are fixed solely on His children. He is my light as I walk through the valley, scale mountains, weather storms, and descend into pits. He is my guide and my savior. I am no longer afraid of the Dark.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27 verse 1
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
He is your salvation. Come to Jesus with all your burdens, lay them before Him, and confess your sins. Ask Him to come into your heart, and be the Lord of your life. He will give you joy, peace, and freedom in your soul like never before. There is joy in knowing Jesus.
Our names are written in the Book of Life If we confess Him to the world. If we walk in his favor bringing honor to his name by living a life that pleases God and by trusting him at his word, then there is proof of conviction and conversion. We overcome the world, lost to the whims and fancies of life that hold no meaning to God because He has no preeminence. Being friends with the world and loving the things of the world puts us at enmity with Christ. We cannot have two masters. Christ as savior seals us with the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. There is nothing that can separate us from the love of God, neither death, hell, Satan, or the grave. He promised when our name is written in the Book of Life, it will never be erased.
(References: Revelation 3:5 “I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.”
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise.”
Work for him by spreading the good news of salvation.
Prayer Warrior and the End of Days
Being good and fair to others is a virtue that is dying a slow death. Soon we will be living in a world where instant gratification becomes the prize to success. There will be only one winner and everyone else, losers. A world where there are no half measures, only all or nothing, and love will be a passing emotion if used correctly may result in selfish benefits.
These are the end of days.
Times are coming when there will be wars and rumors of wars. When brother shall rise against brother, families will be torn apart, there will be constant chaos in the streets, and life as we know it will cease to be. Rejoice. Now is not that time. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are still here on this earth, and the Son of Man has not yet returned. We are to work while it is still day because the night comes when no one can work. Work for Him by spreading the Good News of Salvation.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10
The book of Luke often refers to Jesus as the Son of Man. There are a few facts about this book.
Written in 60s AD.
Only of the four Gospels written by a Gentile. It is at times called the Gentile Gospel.
Luke was a companion of the Apostle Paul. Wrote the book of Acts.
This book opens with a preface and has the style of a letter addressed to Theophilus “friend of God”. Book of Act also mentions Theophilus.
The longest Gospel with 24 chapters
Only Matthew and Luke provide an account of Jesus’s birth.
Begins with the genealogy of Jesus from Mary, unlike Matthew who traces his lineage from Joseph.
Contains two of the most known parables in the New Testament: the Prodigal Son in chapter 15 and the Good Samaritan in chapter 10.
The focus is on Jesus offering salvation to the Jews and the Gentiles.
The Last Supper is mentioned in Matthew chapter 26, Mark chapter 14, and Luke 22 but not in the Gospel of John.
Jesus is seen as the Saviour see chapter 19 verse 10. A Saviour is a person who saves someone or something from danger. (chapter 1 verse 26 to 38)
Jesus journey to Jerusalem to be sacrificed. Luke reminds the reader Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem.
It is the writer’s way of emphasizing the fact that he is about his father’s business to complete the work the father gave him to do. Chapters 9, 13, 17, 18, 19.
Jesus ascension into Heaven is recounted briefly in Luke but it is given in more detail in Acts.
There is much in his name. In his name there is power, there is life, there is love, there is fullness of joy. As the Proverbs of King David wrote so long ago, “the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it and is safe.”
His name shows the richness of his character, the manifestation of his person, and the greatness of his divine being.
In the New Testament of the Bible, there are two names given to the son of God aside from his numerous titles. It is these names that announce his salvific properties. The purpose of him coming into the world is to seek and to save those who are lost. These names are Jesus and Emmanuel.
Today, glimpse the beauty of that name Jesus.
In Matthew 1 verse 2, the angel of the Lord came to Joseph, the earthly father saying, “thou shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. (Salvific attributes) Then to Mary, the earthly mother, the angel said to her, “ thou shall conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. The angel goes on to say, Jesus shall be great and shall be called the son of the Highest…and of his kingdom there shall be no end, echoing the book of the prophet Isaiah in chapter 9 verse 7. Here we are reminded of the fact that the old testament writings are mere shadows of the new testament and the life of the coming King.
The new testament though written in Greek, the name Jesus is the transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua into Greek then changed into English. He is the savior so there is a fullness in his name.
(A transliteration is a conversion of a text from one script to another by swapping of letters of the first text into another similar-sounding text of another alphabet.)
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