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LOOKING UNTO JESUS

“ … looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12: 2).   These three words, “looking unto Jesus,” seem to be at the heart of Paul’s letter to the 1 st century Hebrew Christians, but it is also the heart of the Gospel message to every soul that has received Him from the 1 st century until now.  Paul especially wanted to make sure that these Jewish converts were placing their faith solely on Jesus Christ and His finished work of redemption rather than in the trappings of religion they formerly trusted.   He knew that it would do no good for them to rely on angels, a worldly temple, an earthly priesthood, a temporal Promised Land, a fleshly covenant, or carnal sacrifices to secure their eternal salvation.  All those things were part of the old covenant and were ineffective in bringing God’s people to...
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LET US PASS OVER

“And the same day, when the even was come, He saith unto them, LET US PASS OVER UNTO THE OTHER SIDE .” (Mark 4:35).   How precious is God’s Word!   It is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.   It illuminates our way through the gross darkness of sin, deceit, and confusion that besieges us today.   Not only does it lighten those external things around us, but also it is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of our own hearts.    Every day, the Lord wants to come and share something of His Word and of Himself with us that we might grow, and it is up to us either to receive and believe or reject and neglect.   Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20).   This applies to every child of God.   The Lord wants to share His heavenly Manna and allow us to sup from the Bread of Life.   It is up t...
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BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING?

“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand.” (Joel 2:1).     "Behold, I will send My messenger , and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant , Whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.  But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth ? for He is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness ." (Malachi 3:1-3).   About 400 years before John the Baptist was born, or Jesus Christ began his earthly ministry, the prophet Malachi foretold the arrival of these two messengers.  The first messenger, Joh...
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