JESUS / YESHUA
- Only in JESUS / YESHUA and HIS DISCIPLESHIP,
- can we have .... REST & PEACE !!!
- There are just too much STIRS & SUFFERINGS in this world.
But we can still be
CHEERFUL & CONFIDENT
in our living because
JESUS / YESHUA
HAS OVERCOME
THE WORLD already !!!
(>>John 16:33)
WHO IS JESUS or YESHUA?
- If we are to be right in accordance with the purposes & intents of GOD HIMSELF,
- we should take it from HOW John The Baptist, HIS precursor ---
- answers this particular question for us now(!) as written in The Scriptures.
>> John 1:29
The Lamb of GOD
who takes away
the sin
of the world!
I. TO ALL OF MANKIND as he intended
- because all of us have fallen short of the glory of GOD (>>Romans 3:23).
- TO ALL OF US PART OF THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLES called out from such situations in THIS CHURCH AGE ---
- because we ALL have been and are still pre-occupying ourselves even till now!!!
in the 7 pursuits for:
as the lives characterized by stand-bys, artisans, artists, sportsmen, teachers, students, mass-media practitioners, medical/engineering/law & all professionals, etc., to scientists among us including their fans, advocates & followers ---
- are spent until they & ALL of US are encountered by JESUS / YESHUA.
as the lives of businessmen and politicians among us including their customers, suppliers and supporters/followers ---
- are spent until they are encountered by JESUS / YESHUA.
as the lives of the religious among us are spent trying to work out for the establishment of their sovereign authority in their local churches and places of geographical subdivisions they claim are for & in behalf of THE LORD JESUS / YESHUA --
- over 1 & 2 above, their members!!!
>> John 1:36
II. PARTICULARLY TO John The Baptist's Two (2) of his Disciples
- he was with when JESUS / YESHUA was walking within their sight & recognition,
- but herein only one is named --- Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
- Both upon hearing
- that simple utterance by John the Baptist
>> John 1:37
- --- FOLLOWED JESUS / YESHUA immediately!!!
- WHY??? Because per
>> John 1:38
- THE DUO saw JESUS / YESHUA as their TEACHER,
- prove by their greeting HIM in spontaneity --- “RABBI”
- and wanted to follow HIM
- even beyond that particular circumstance, situation or occasion
- by asking for HIS ADDRESS!!!
>> John 1:39
- and JESUS / YESHUA speedily RESPONDED to them
- DID NOT DISREGARD them,
- ATTENDED TO them OUTRIGHT
- In fact, spent THE REST OF THE DAY --- until 4:00pm that day, and
- JESUS / YESHUA got Andrew inspired by HIS ENCOUNTER.....
- went first to his brother, Simon Peter.....
- and announced to him
- they have encountered “THE MESSIAH” or “THE CHRIST”
- alluded to since >>Genesis 3:15, 21, >>Galatians 4:4.
It is in our ENCOUNTERS by
THE LORD JESUS / YESHUA
THE CHRIST
- that we become
- one after another HIS DISCIPLES.....
- drawing us away
from those mentors & pursuits
- we have had ....
- prior to
- our ENCOUNTERS by HIM!
It is
usually through AHEAD-OF-US
ENCOUNTERED by JESUS
DISCIPLES
- that JESUS / YESHUA ENCOUNTERS US ---
- TO GET us STARTED WITH HIS DISCIPLESHIP METHODOLOGY.
- (>>John 14:6a)
THE TRUTH further to
THIS PARTICULAR
METHODOLOGY is that
- THIS METHODOLOGY when observed
- will get us TRANSFORMED immediately
- getting us INTERESTED initially
- TO TELL THE WORLD about US
- of OUR LIFE's CIRCUMSTANCES ---
That resulted to our HAVING PERSONALLY ENCOUNTERED
JESUS / YESHUA HIMSELF ---
[i had mine last September 1-4, 1982
when Pentecostal Pastor Greg Ferraren
& Yogi Ted del Rosario
on Official Company time
started my later ENCOUNTERS with JESUS
in our EEI-Cebu Office]
- of WHO HE IS by some particulars that immediately impacted on us ---
that we see --- will also impact on our next of kins
- or them who are similarly situated as we are in our living & interests
at the time of
OUR ENCOUNTERS
by JESUS / YESHUA
HIMSELF!
WHEN JESUS / YESHUA MET:
- and what they will be TRANSFORMED TO by HIM in due time. (>>Mark 1:16-17)
- TO BE in due time TRANSFORMED TO SPIRITUALITY (>>John 1:48-51).
- already KNOWN us ALL
- individually prior (>>Psalms 139:1-4)
- but
NOT ALL OFUS despite HE DIED FOR ALL of US
- >>Hebrews 10:10, >>Matthew 26:28
- despite HIS GRAND AMNESTY GRANT
can make it toHIS PLANNED DESTINY for us all in ETERNITY
- because some
want to get redeemed fromtheirsins bytheir owncapabilities(>>Psalm 139:5-6)
- and not by simply obeying >>2nd Thessalonians 1:8-10
- detailed in
WE
PLAY GAME WITH JESUS / YESHUA!!!
- JESUS / YESHUA KNEW us individually SINCE TIME!
- JESUS / YESHUA IS CALLING US to HIM from these pre-occupations of ours!!!
- WE SHOULD RESPOND to HIS CALL ---
- to be part of HIS ekklesia, HIS CHURCH
- NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE SITUATED, NO MATTER WHAT OUR SCORE IS ---
IN our RELIGIOUS beliefs, POLITICAL affiliations,
EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE / SUPPLIER-CUSTOMER relations
- (>>1st Corinthians 7:17-24, NIV)
JESUS / YESHUA WILL TRANSFORM US!!!!
- for OUR ETERNAL DESTINY ----
- ---- The NEW Heaven & The NEW Earth ----
THE NEW JERUSALEM !!!!!!
[through & via our continuing study of
HIS WORD until our last breath,
as disciples under
THE UNIVERSAL PRIESTHOOD
of EVERY BELIEVER
in THE LORDSHIP
& THE CHRISTHOOD of
JESUS / YESHUA !!!!
