Question – Jesus, 123

 ~ Regarding Seeking, 2 ~

 

Introduction  ~  This series is about questions involving Jesus.  Some were asked by individuals involved with Jesus Christ while He walked on earth.  Others are questions that Jesus Christ asked others.  We will look at questions on over 160 topics (some may split into two or more posts).  Even so, it is far from an exhaustive list. 

 

Scripture  ~  “When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples. Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.  Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, ‘Whom are you seeking?’

 

“They answered Him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’

 

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am He.’  And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. Now when He said to them, ‘I am He,’ they drew back and fell to the ground.

 

“Then He asked them again, ‘Whom are you seeking?’

 

“And they said, ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’  

 

“Jesus answered, ‘I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,’ that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, ‘Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.’

 

“Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear.  The servant’s name was Malchus.

 

“So Jesus said to Peter, ‘Put your sword into the sheath.  Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?’” (John 18:1-11).  

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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God Is My… , 8

 ~ God Is My Source of Love, 2 ~

 

Introduction  ~  Previously (July 16, 2017 – January 6, 2019) ALN posted a series of 82 posts of “Jesus is…,” and then we looked exclusively at who “God is…” from the Book of Psalms (February 9, 2020 – December 5, 2021).  We are now considering “God is…” statements from non-Psalms passages. 

 

Passage  ~  “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  And we have known and believed the love that God has for us.  God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:15-16).

 

Another Passage  ~  “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” (1 John 4:7-8).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Myth, 127

 ~ Christians Need To Fear ~

 

Myth  ~  All individuals have times when they must fear. 

 

Reality  ~  There is no valid reason for a believer to fear – no matter what this life throws at them. 

 

Scripture  ~  “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7).

 

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).

 

Quotes  ~  “This disease of fear came into man’s heart with sin.  Adam never was afraid of his God till he had broken His commands.”  ~ C.H. Spurgeon

 

“The father of fear is unbelief.” ~ A.W. Tozer

 

Comment  ~  ABUNDANT LIFE NOW previously posted a series entitled “Fear Not” (January 1, 2015 through December 25, 2015) which is available on this site.

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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