SEEK JESUS:THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE BIBLE STUDY DECEMBER 2, 2013 HELLO! LETS PRAY: DEAR PRECIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN, SON JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH TO COME AND DIE FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD.THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIVING WORD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WRITTEN WORD. LORD MAY WE GROW IN OUR KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING OF YOU. MAY OUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU GROW AND MAY OUR HEARTS BE FILLED WITH AN EVER INCREASING LOVE FOR YOU. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN! THIS WEEK WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS OF JESUS IN LUKE 1:31-33 AND BEHOLD, THOU SHALT CONCEIVE IN THY WOMB, AND BRING FORTH A SON, AND SHALT CALL HIS NAME JESUS. HE SHALL BE GREAT, AND SHALL BE CALLED THE SON OF THE HIGHEST: AND THE LORD GOD SHALL GIVE UNTO HIM THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID: AND HE SHALL REIGN OVER THE HOUSE OF JACOB FOR EVER, AND OF HIS KINGDOM THERE SHALL BE NO END. JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN INTO THIS WORLD, HE DID NOT COME FROM THIS WORLD. HE DID NOT EMERGE OUT OF HISTORY.HE CAME INTO HISTORY FROM THE OUTSIDE. JESUS CHRIST IS NOT ONE THAT THE HUMAN RACE CAN BOAST OF. WE CANT CLAIM THAT WE CREATED HIM. WE CANT SAY HES JUST LIKE HIS MOTHER OR HIS HUMAN FATHER. HE IS ONE, A BEING THAT THE HUMAN RACE CAN NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR AT ALL. JESUS CHRIST, THE KING OF CREATION WILLINGLY SUBJECTED HIMSELF TO ALL THAT IT MEANS TO BE A HUMAN BEING. HE EXPERIENCED ALL THAT WE EXPERIENCE. HE HUNGERED, HE THIRSTED, HE FELT PAIN, HE WAS TEMPTED, HE FELT SORROW, HE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT TO BE PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED, HE KNEW JOY ND HE KNEW SADNESS. HE CAME SO THAT HE COULD EXPERIENCE ALL THAT WE AS HUMAN BEINGS EXPERIENCE, SO HE COULD SYMPATHIZE WITH US! IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND SYMPATHIZE WITH WHAT ALL BEING HUMAN ENTAILS HE HAD TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL RANGE OF HUMAN EMOTIONS AND ALL WE HUMAN BEINGS EXPERIENCE IN THIS LIFE AND ARE TEMPTED WITH, YET JESUS DID SO WITHOUT SINNING. MANY OTHER RELIGIONS, (JEHOVAH WITNESSES, MORMONS) USE THE STATEMENT THAT JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD AS PROOF THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS NOT CO-EQUAL AND CO-ETERNAL WITH GOD,THE FATHER. THEY SAY THAT IF HE IS THE SON OF SOMEONE, THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A TIME WHEN HE, GOD CAME INTO BEING, SO THEY DONT BELIEVE HE IS CO-ETERNAL AND CO-EQUAL WITH GOD, BECAUSE GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN, HE IS, AND HE SHALL ALWAYS BE. IN JOHN 1:1 IT SAYS: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. WE SEE HERE THAT HE WAS PRE-EXISTENT WITH GOD, HE EXISTED IN ETERNITY, HE WAS DISTINCT FROM BUT IN ETERNAL FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD THE FATHER. CHRIST WAS DIVINE (THE WORD WAS GOD) MEANING HE HAD THE SAME ESSENCE AND THE SAME NATURE AS GOD THE FATHER. THE WORD(CHRIST), HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMANITY , IS THAT IT WAS THROUGH CHRIST THAT GOD THE FATHER CREATED AND NOW SUSTAINS THE WORLD. THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH,MEANING JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD TOOK ON HUMAN NATURE BUT WITHOUT SIN.HE BECAME THE GOD-MAN, HE WAS THE SON OF GOD AND THE SON OF MAN. SO WE SEE HERE THAT CHRIST WAS NOT CREATED, HE IS ETERNAL.HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVING FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN,HE IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE. HE CO-EXISTED AND HE IS ETERNAL, AND HE IS CO-EQUAL WITH THE FATHER. JESUS IS NOT A MAN BECOMING GOD, BUT HE IS A GOD INCARNATE-HE WAS GOD TAKING ON HUMAN FLESH FROM OUTSIDE IT. HIS LIFE IS OFTHE HIGHEST AND THE HOLIEST ENTERING THROUGH THE MOST HUMBLE OF DOORS, A VIRGIN BIRTH. OUR LORDS BIRTH WAS THE APPEARANCE OF GOD IN HUMAN FORM. THE KING OF HEAVEN LEFT HIS THRONE AND CAME TO BE BORN OF A VIRGIN GIRL IN A STABLE. THE SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE WAS BORN INTO POVERTY WITHOUT EARTHLY LUXURY AND WEALTH. THE WONDER OF THE PERSON OF JESUS, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, WAS THAT PERSON WHICH WAS CREATED THE MOMENT OF HIS CONCEPTION. THIS IS THE GREATEST MIRACLE. IT WAS THE GREATEST MIRACLE BECAUSE IT CREATED THE MOST UNIQUE PERSON. JESUS IS UNIQUE BECAUSE THERE NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER LIKE HIM! HE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED AND ALWAYS WILL. HE ALONE IS AND WILL BE THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD. WE ARE GODS CHILDREN THROUGH ADOPTION,WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR, WE ARE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, BUT WE ARE NOT GODS BEGOTTEN. THE WORD, WHO IS JESUS CHRIST, IN AN ACT OF SELFLESS SACRIFICIAL LOVE, LEFT HEAVENS GLORY TO BE BORN OF A VIRGIN, IN A MANGER. HIS MOTHER MARY, A YOUNG GIRL, A VIRGIN, WAS FROM A POOR FAMILY, A YOUNG, HUMBLE GIRL WILLING TO BE A VESSEL USED OF GOD,WAS TO BRING THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD INTO THE WORLD!SHE DID THIS AT A GREAT RISK, THE RISK OF BEING BANISHED, PUT TO DEATH BY STONING, BECOMING AN OUTCAST. BUT GOD TOOK CARE OF ALL OF THAT! READ THE STORY FOR YOURSELF. HIS CONCEPTION WAS DONE THROUGH A MIRACULOUS ACT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME UPON HER AND THE HIGHEST OVER SHADOWED HER. THE H IN HIGHEST IS CAPITALIZED, MEANING GOD OVER SHADOWED HER AND THIS HOLY THING THAT WAS TO BE BORN UNTO HER WAS THE SON OF GOD. JESUS BIRTH WAS A LOWLY BIRTH. HE WALKED THIS EARTH TEACHING AND PREACHING, REVEALING WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE CAME TO DO FOR MANKIND. THE ANGEL TOLD MARY THAT SHE WAS HIGHLY FAVORED OF GOD. WHILE MARY WAS FAVORED ABOVE ALL WOMEN IN BEING CHOSEN TO BE THE MOTHER OF JESUS, THE NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS NEVER INDICATE THAT SHE IS TO BE WORSHIPED, PRAYED TO OR GIVEN SPECIAL TITLES. MARY MERITS OUR RESPECT AFTER ALL SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, BUT ONLY HER SON MERITS WORSHIP. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT MARY, WHY DID SHE FIND FAVOR WITH GOD? POSSIBLY IT WAS HER HUMBLE SPIRIT AND HER GODLY LIFE THAT PLEASED GOD SO MUCH THAT HE CHOSE HER FOR THIS MOST IMPORTANT TASK OF ALL TIME. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT MARYS BLESSINGS NOT ONLY BROUGHT HER GREAT JOY, BUT ALSO MUCH SUFFERING AND PAIN, FOR SHE WOULD SEE HER SON HUMILIATED, SPIT UPON, BEATEN BEYOND RECOGNITION,WRONGFULLY ACCUSED, REJECTED AND CRUCIFIED. IN THIS WORLD GODS CALLING WILL ALWAYS INVOLVE BLESSING AND SUFFERING, JOY, SADNESS, SUCCESSES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS. PRECIOUS JESUS, AND THERE IS NONE AS PRECIOUS AS HE, CHOSE TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS HIGH POSITION, AS THE SECOND PERSON OF THE GODHEAD, THE HOLY TRINITY, TO BECOME A HUMAN BEING, TO ACCOMPLISH FOR US WHAT WE COULD NOT,AND IF GIVEN THE CHOICE, WOULD NOT DO! HE LEFT HEAVENS GLORY , SET ASIDE FUNCTIONING IN HIS DEITY, TO DIE ON OUR BEHALF. HE OFFERED MERCY,LOVE AND FORGIVENESS TO A PEOPLE WHO ONLY DESERVED HIS WRATH. IN LOVE, THE ONLY GOD OF THE UNIVERSE STEPPED DOWN FROM ETERNITY TO INTERVENE IN HUMAN HISTORY, FOR US, AND TO SAVE US, WHO CANNOT SAVE OURSELVES. HIS LOVE IS A LOVE THAT COUNTED NOT WHAT IT WOULD MIGHT LOSE, BUT WHAT OTHERS WOULD GAIN. HIS LOVE WAS A LOVE THAT EMPTIED ITSELF SO THAT OTHERS WOULD BE FILLED AND HIS LOVE WAS A LOVE THAT HUMBLED ITSELF SO THAT OTHERS COULD BE LIFTED UP! HIS WAS A LOVE THAT ENDURED TO THE VERY END AND A LOVE THAT GAVE WITHOUT A THOUGHT FOR SELF OR SELF GAIN. WE AS CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, CELEBRATE LOVE, THE LOVE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST, THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL. ALL GOOD GIFTS COME FROM THE FATHER IN HEAVEN! WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR RIGHT NOW? IT IS A VERY SIMPLE THING TO DO, JUST PRAY THIS PRAYER OF FAITH WITH A BELIEVING HEART: DEAR PRECIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, THAT HE WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN BIRTH, LIVED AND DIED SHEDDING HIS BLOOD FOR THE REMISSION OF MY SINS. JESUS FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND THAT HE NOW RESIDES AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN, EVER INTERCEDING FOR ME. JESUS THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING ME OF MY SINS, THANK YOU FOR PLACING WITHIN ME A NEW HEART, THANK YOU THAT I AM NOW A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST JESUS WHO LOVES ME.. I LOVE YOU JESUS AND YOU ARE NOW THE LORD OF MY LIFE, I CAN TRULY NOW CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTH, FOR I NOW KNOW WHO YOU TRULY ARE. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY, AMEN! IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH A BELIEVING HEART, KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRULY SAVED! SHARE WITH SOMEONE WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU THIS DAY! REMEMBER JESUS SAID THAT IF WE CONFESS HIM BEFORE OTHERS HE WILL CONFESS US BEFORE HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN, AND IF WE DONT CONFESS HIM BEFORE MEN, HE WOULD NOT CONFESS US BEFORE HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, JUST MESSAGE ME OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE JUST CLICK ON COMMENT AND SHARE WITH OTHERS HERE ATE SEEK JESUS WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU THIS DAY! REMEMBER TO SHARE THESE LESSONS WITH OTHERS. IT TAKES ONLY A SECOND TO HIT THE SHARE BUTTON. ITS SUCH A LITTLE THING TO DO, BUT IT CAN HAVE ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES TO A LIFE.SHARE THESE LESSONS WITH OTHERS AND THOSE YOU KNOW THAT HAVE NOT ACCEPTED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR.DONT BE AFRAID TO OFFEND. THE WORD OF GOD ALWAYS OFFENDS THE WORLDLY, THATS WHAT IT DOES. IT IS TO BE A LIGHT TO REVEAL THE DARKNESS! ILL BE BACK WEDNESDAY WITH THE WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL THEN BACK AGAIN FRIDAY WHEN WE WILL CONTINUE IN OUR STUDY OF THE UNIQUENESS OF JESUS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY! VICKIE CAUDILL
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:03:42 +0000
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