Holding Jesus

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God. And the Word was God.

Drop down to John 1: 14 and we have "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

For those who need something rooted in the secular world, we have this example from 5th grade math.

If  A = B  and  C = B  then  A = C

If the Bible is the Word and Jesus is the Word, then when you are holding the Bible in your hands, you are holding Jesus in your hands.


I believe this is a very powerful view.  Now, I am not talking about the Book itself, but the Word.

A great reason to read The Bible.  It is an intimate connexion with Jesus.

With that power, the power of the Word, the power of Jesus in our hands, we can feel our lives being transformed.

And it isn't easy in our world.  A world where people believe you can fake it til you make it.  No wonder people feel an emptiness with their success.

Some feel they don't deserve their success.  Some feel like imposters--a complaint often voiced in self-help articles intended to empower us.

And no sooner than you read one book to help you feel better, then you're on to the next book because the first book failed to help you.

Diet books, get rich quick books, and self-help books do not work.  If they did, then, as a nation, we would all be skinny, rich, and happy.  But we're not. Not as a nation. As a nation we are fat, poor, and polarised.  And our solution is to move on to the next book.  All are false prophets.


We can try to fake it til we make it, but Jesus cannot be fooled.

In my own short parable on the theory of faking it:


You Can't Fool the Lion

Let's say you tell everyone you're a lion tamer.

Everyone believes you.  They have no reason to doubt you.

Anyone with questions about lion taming comes to you. And you answer their questions with confidence and authority.

Then, one day, a lion walks into the room. And everyone panics. 

They run to you to save them. And you panic.

Why?

Because you can't fool the lion.



The difference is, with Jesus there is Eternal Truth. 
And there is forgiveness.

The message is simple:

Believe in Jesus
Trust in Jesus
Pray
Forgive
Read the Bible
Come to Church


Mark 11: 24-26

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,and ye shall have them. Ahd when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.  But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

And in Matthew 21: 21-22

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.  And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Matthew 5: 23-24

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember that they brother hath ought against thee: Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciles to they brother, and then come and offer thy gift.


Judge not that ye may be judged.

Matthew 7: 1-2

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measure to you again.

Holding Jesus, holding the Word, also means holding to the message. Adhering to the message. 

Holding onto the Truth is holding to the Truth:  to live the Truth.

Difficult? Yes.
Impossible?  All too often.
But there is forgiveness.

Matthew 19: 24-26

And again I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed saying, Who then can be saved?

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, with men this is impossible; but with God, all things are possible.

That should be comforting.

Believe in Jesus
Trust in Jesus
Pray
Forgive
Read the Bible
Come to Church.

And, as Jesus said, 

"Your faith has saved you."

Amen and God Bless.



Slim.

N.B.  I do not have a Church, nor am I head of a charitable or non-profit organisation, nor am I a minister, and I never solicit donations or contributions and have no mechanism for same.  If anyone calling himself Slim Fairview asks you to send a donation, it is not me. It is an imposter. Don't do it.


Please, for the sake of those in need, please give only to recognised Churches and recognised non-profit organisations. Tt is not about me. It is about others.

For that reason, please click the link:  Salvation Army Week.


Thank you.


Slim.