EYES OF FIRE (from 2009)

                                                    "....and his eyes were as a flame of fire."

Rev. 1:14

When you read this verse, what mental picture do you see?

When you think of Jesus and that his eyes resembled

flames of fire...what comes to your mind?

Is he angry?

Is he mad?

Do you see judgment?

Do you picture the wrath of God being poured out on the world?

Or

do you see love?

Do you you see love like a fire on a cold winters night?

a flame drawing you in to be warmed.

Fire like the flame of a candle that brings light

and pushes back the darkness.

It isn't much light but enough to

overpower the darkness.

Our perception of Jesus really does affect the way we interact with him'

This is why it is so important for believer's to know

their place and position in Christ.

We recite a declaration everyday here at Rapha at the end of every class.

This declaration speaks of our position in Christ if we are saved.

It reads like this:

Because of Christ's redemption

I am a new creation of infinite worth.

I am deeply loved

I am fully pleasing

I am completely forgiven

I am totally accepted

I am absolutely complete in Christ

When my performance reflects this new identity in Christ

That reflection is dynamically unique

There has never been another person like me in the history of mankind

Nor will there ever be

God has made me an original

One of a kind

Special person

And so are you

All of those attributes listed are not from anything that we have done

It is a by product of who we are in Christ.

That through my salvation

I have been justified

I have been reconciled

I have been sanctified

and I have been restored

To a right relationship with Jesus.
Wow!

God on you today.....

mb