"The Lord has need of it"

When Jesus sent His disciples to town to get the donkey on whom he would  ride into Jerusalem, He tells them to tell the donkey owner that "He has Need of the Donkey". Apparently this was enough for the owner of the donkey. He immediately releases the donkey. How much he understood about Jesus is not clear, but His response is appropriate. Jesus' request demonstrates His Lordship and ownership of all. In a real sense, Jesus owns everything and anything we have really belongs to Him already. Is there anything in your life that if Jesus said, " I have need of it" you would have a difficulty giving up? You and I must have this same attitude with all of our possessions!" It all belongs to Him and it all must be used for His purposes and His glory.

I ran across this quote on the Southwestern Seminary Website: The quote comes from a pastor in College Station, Texas!

What do you think?

Osborne explained that Jesus’ teaching on eating His flesh and drinking His blood was given to distinguish between true and false disciples. Bringing it to a present-day context, Osborne said, “Let me be clear about something. You are not a disciple because you tithe. You are not a disciple because you go to church … because you clap after a song … because you hold your hand up when you worship … because you weep.”
“You’re a disciple when you understand absolutely who Jesus Christ is, you believe that, (and) you surrender to it. And it doesn’t matter what He says, it doesn’t matter how He says it, it doesn’t matter where He tells you to go, it doesn’t matter how He tells you to go, you are all in. That is a disciple. That is what He’s looking for

John

I was reading the other day in John 1:18-28, specifically verse 27 caught my eye!


²⁶ John answered them saying, “I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. ²⁷ It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
( This activity would have been reserved for the lowest of slaves)

Now religious leaders are questioning John the Baptist. Are you the Messiah? No! Are you The Prophet, again he says No!  John defines himself as one that us unworthy to do a task that would have been assigned to a slave. " I am not even worthy enough to be called His slave! Even in John's limited understanding of who Jesus was, he recognized His greatness and His need for humility in contrast. As I was thinking about this, I wondered do I ever think to highly of myself? If you are married to me or even know me, you know the answer is yes. The truth is we are not worthy to be considered even His slaves. Jesus is God incarnate who came to this earth , in part because we are not worthy. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8.  I wonder how my life would be different of I remembered that outside of Christ I am nothing? It is only because I have received Christ that I am worthy to be called a child of God , John 1:12. Now what does it mean to receive Christ? Well that is a question for tomorrow  !

The Gospel Presentation

I have a quick question that I would like a response to? In your opinion and based on your experience, what is the best way to share the gospel with a non-believer?

Hebrews 2:9

"But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor."
Hebrews 2:9

Earlier in this passage it mentions that we do not see everything (At Present) in subjection to Him. "But we do see Jesus" What a sobering thought that while we currently have a skewed view of things or at least things do not appear as they ought to . We do , this passage says, have the opportunity to see Jesus. WE SEE JESUS! Its one thing to wish things would be different or to simply long for the world to be set straight. When we SEE JESUS, we see that death and sin have been conquered. We see that there is hope, because HE LIVES. So when life stinks, and it often does, Look upon Jesus. "Well, you say, how do I do that?" Well, saturate yourself in The Scriptures. Jesus tells us in Luke 24:27 "that all of the scriptures are concerning Him." If you want to see Him, spend time in the Words that testify about and reveal Him to us!

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What is Biblical Inspiration?

We believe that the Bible is “inspired.” This is not the idea that the Bible is inspiring, like a good novel or comic strip depending on your reading tastes. The Bible is inspiring, but that’s not the point. The doctrine of inspiration has to do with its source. Inspiration is the belief that the Bible came from the very mouth of God, that it contains his very words. Paul is encouraging his friend Timothy to persevere in his preaching, and writes this.

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV).

“Breathed out” is a helpful translation. There was not a word in the Greek language to describe what Paul wanted to say, so Paul did what Greek allows him to do — he made up a word. He took the word “God” and the word “breathed” and put them together. Scripture is God-breathed; the words came from his very mouth.
Peter says the same thing using the imagery of being “carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

“No prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:20-21).