GREENE STREET LETTERS: No Bones In Jerusalem

Sunday, April 8, 2012

No Bones In Jerusalem

"He isn't here!" I can't wrap my brain around this thought. The thought of Jesus breaking free from the bonds of death and the grave. But my heart is fully engulfed in the wonder and awesomeness of his resurrection. The unmistakable truth that Jesus rose from the dead stands as the defining separation point at which faith must be applied. Either Jesus rose from the dead.........or he didn't. If he didn't, then Christianity is a hoax, a lie, a false religion. Ah but if he did.........
If Jesus did did rise from the dead, then we've got something here unique and separates it from all other religions.

There are those who claim:
He was a good man.....
No! He was God in flesh.
He was a good teacher....
No! His words carried life here and life eternal.
He was a prophet.....
No! All prophecy points to him being Messiah.....the Christ......The anointed of God. Jesus carries the mantle of prophet in that his words are the words of God. He spoke the worlds into existence and these same worlds are framed and held in place by the power of his words. Never a man spoke like this Jesus.

Disease fled when Jesus spoke to bodies that had been crippled and racked with the pain that disease brought.
Death could not stay in the presence of Jesus. If crept away defeated and doomed whenever Jesus would say, "Be healed!"
Gloom, despair and depression were shattered and scattered whenever Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled."
A man with such words.....
Why are surprised when he said that he would die, but on the third day, rise up from the grave?
2000 plus years on this side of Calvary and the words, the presence and the person of Jesus has not slacked in power or ability.
For those who doubt the validity of the resurrection.......
Hang on!
He's coming back! Then every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord!
Talk about a "gettin' up morning!" It will be one for the ages......

Today stands as the day that we celebrate Jesus' Resurrection.
Let the air be filled today.....
Let the air be filled every day with the those most incredible words......
HE IS RISEN!

God on you...
mb

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

No Bones In Jerusalem

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD