Day: July 23, 2022

                   Jesus the only God

After knowing Jesus for come years I started getting confirmation in my heart that Jesus is God and almost 8-9 years after knowing and walking with Jesus I decided to take baptism and read bible. Before this, I was testing Him whether He is God and whether He is able to answer people’s prayers. I found convincing myself and recalling those miracles and the voice I heard during my prayers whenever I would be in a difficult situations or circumstances. To my relief I would always get encouraged looking back from where I started my walk with Christ.

I belong to a Hindu family so whenever I happen to meet my friends and relatives, they would question me about my faith in Christ Jesus. I would try to convince that Jesus is the is a real God but all in vain. I often used to ponder on the questions raised by my relatives whether Jesus is God or just messenger of God as people of other religions claim for Jesus Christ. So I started to ask Holy Spirit about it and it so happened that while reading The Bible Holy Spirit started talking to me and highlighting the verses to assure me that Jesus and God are same. It is written in John 1:10

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him.

This verse says that He was in this world and we know that Jesus was on this earth and God the Father never came in this world.. then the verse says that the world was created through Him. It means the world was created through the one who came to the earth and that is JESUS. We all believe irrespective of our religion that there is one supreme God who has created this world and everything that is found on this earth and by, no other means this world could have been created, so it is to clear that Jesus is God and through  Him this world was created.

We all know that only God can give us eternal life for which people of all religions pray to their Gods and worship them, They all want to please their gods to get eternal life. But according

to John 3:36 Whoever believes in the son has eternal life, whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life……clearly indicating that only through Jesus, the Son (or God as pagans claim), we are eligible to receive eternal life. It again proves that Jesus is God who gives eternal life to those who believe Him.

In verse John 8:19 (b) – Jesus says,

“You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would know My Father also.

In the verse given Jesus wants to tell people that if they know Jesus then it is same as knowing God, the Father. We can never make such claims for our relationship with our earthly father as we are two separate individuals. No matter how likeness or similarities we have with our earthy father still  there would be many things which make us different from our Father. We can never say that if people know us they know our Father also. but since Jesus and Father are same, He boldly claims that knowing Him (Jesus) means knowing the Father

In John 14:7, Jesus says,

If you had known Me, you would have brown My Father also. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him

Here Jesus is again reassuring His disciples that knowing and seeing Jesus means knowing God and seeing God, the Father. We know that the disciples had never met with God The Father but they had seen only Jesus with them, still Jesus tells them that they had known and seen God the Father indicating that God, the Father and Jesus are same

John 14:9-10 says the same where Jesus says,

“Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, Show us the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?.

Now the ultimate statement by Jesus in

John 10:30

“I and the Father are one.”

Halleluiah! Jesus means God, the Father. So we are praying to true God, the creator of this entire universe Jesus Christ.

Now all those who are from gentile background would be glad to know this because when people come to Christ from different religion they are confused whether they are on the right track or not. After knowing these verses I am sure all would be delighted.

Prayer-

Thank You, Father for Your words which are our life. Thank You God, for sending your son Jesus to give us your word and eternal life and helping us to know you through Him. Amen.

Sol.Richa Jain

Opposite of  Ruling is slavery

Slavery is a curse received at fall . Ruling is Governing and Administration..

Adam who was freely enjoying  “Kingship” over all that was created lost his ruling authority over everything in a single moment and became a slave all of a sudden after sin.  Everything else in the Cosmic world and nature, which he was ruler of, gained authority over him and started ruling over  him now.  The animal kingdom, Climate, vegetation, who were obedient to him started raising their head against him. Even  his own species (his sons) started rebellion

Slavery, oppression, suppression,  discrimination, war, killing, bombing,  &  genocide all originated on the earth due to the first sin of Adam.

Even the serpent when it was cursed, became the least of all in the animal kingdom.  Look at the curse which fell upon the serpent  – Cursed among all the animals and beasts . On belly you will  crawl, dust you will eat. 

Gen 3:14  The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 

Serpent was said to be the most beautiful animal,  a species more closer to human beings  on the  earth. Now it became the least of all animals.

To satan,

Gen 3:15  I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” 

You will live in enmity with  human beings. In all generations, Humanity will engage in an ongoing warfare  with satan . It will try to raise up its head, in all generations.  But it is bruised for ever.  It is not dead. But it is bruised. It will try to fight against but, will not succeed. In every  generation there will be   a remnant of people who will fight with satan and win over. 

To Adam,

Gen 3:17-19  And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” 

The curses inherent in this:

• Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you. The earth which he was supposed  to rule became enemy to him.

The earth will not be friendly any longer with Adam.  In pain he will  eat the fruit – Earth will not yield its fruit and he  will have to struggle and fight with it to make it yield its fruit. It will create thorns and thistles which will hurt him  and trouble him. 

• “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread”

In making his  livelihood, he  will have to fight hard against the soil which will consume  his energy which could have been spent for inventing  the beautiful things which the Lord had kept for him   on earth and in heavens.

• For out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” 

Man became equal to dust.

All his thoughts, desires, likings, hopes, all his faculties came to be identified with the earth or mud. In one word to say, He lost his authority to rule but became equal to one of the beasts of the earth.

Aligning our thought to heaven became the toughest thing on the earth. I remember one chief Pastor once making this statement.

“Sister, let me tell you a truth. We all are running up and down 24 hours of the day, engaged in so many activities. We all know that we are missing something. Connectivity with God. If somebody  can make us sit in retreat for a few days, without mobile, that will be a great thing.”

Sr. Angelica AOJ