Gave his life

Gave his life
Jesus said,
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. 
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” John 1:10,11.
Jesus made it perfectly clear why he came to earth speaking of himself he said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16,17.
The sole purpose in Jesus coming to earth was to point not just mankind in general toward heaven, but to make away for each individual to get to heaven. C. S. Lewis put it this way,
“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.” C.S. Lewis.
That means he died for you.
The apostle Paul writes,
“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”  
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,  for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” Romans 10:9-13.
Do you believe this?
Please think about it.

True or False

True or false
The Apostle Paul writes,

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, 

but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 

                                                                                             1 Corinthians 1:18.

What the apostle Paul wrote is true. Those who do not believe in Christ Jesus do think the gospel message, the message of a suffering Saviour is foolishness. And there are many other things Christians believe that would seem foolishness using man’s logic.
The apostles creed while not written by an apostle of Jesus states what all who believe in Christ Jesus believe.
1.I believe in God the Father the almighty maker of heaven and earth
2. I believe in Jesus Christ God’s on and only Son, our Lord and Saviour.
3. I believe Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary
4. I believe Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate; That He was Crucified, died, was buried. That he descended in hell.
5. I believe He rose again on the third day from the dead.
6. I believe that he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
7. I believe Jesus will one day Judge the living and the dead.
8. I believe in the Holy Ghost
9. I believe in the Church which is the communion of the saints,
10. I believe in the forgiveness of sin.
11. I believe in the resurrection of the body.
12. I believe in life everlasting.
The apostle John’s gospel records Jesus as saying of himself,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”. John 3:16-18.
If all of this is indeed foolishness, then those who do not believe in Christ Jesus have nothing to fear. If on the other hand it is all true, then those who do not believe in Christ Jesus have at the very least something serious to think about.
What I would ask is if you do not believe in Christ Jesus at least take some time to read the New Testament for yourself before you make your decision. Take time to read what the early believers in Jesus believed about him.
Please at least think about it.

On a Donkey

On a Donkey
John’s Gospel records what happened to Jesus on what we call Palm Sunday. The Sunday prior to his resurrection.
“The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.  
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!’” 
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” 
“Blessed is the King of Israel!”  
Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, 
“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” 
At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.” John 12:12-16.
The entrance into Jerusalem by Jesus fulfilled the Prophecy of Zachariah9:9. However it would not be until after the resurrection of Jesus that his disciples would realize the significance of this entrance.
Very often today Christians fail to see the significance of Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem.
Look at what he is riding. Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey, a beast of burden. Not the horse of a conquering king.
Jesus will one day return to earth as a conquering king but that has not happened yet. Thus we as believers in Christ Jesus must see the significance of Him riding a donkey.
Jesus did not enter Jerusalem to over throw the established political order or to conquer the nations of the earth by force.
Jesus entered Jerusalem with the express purposes of showing the Love of God the Father.  By taking the sins of mankind upon himself.  By suffering and dying on the cross.
Jesus when he entered Jerusalem that day he knew he would be fulfilling the prophesy of Isaiah who wrote,

“But he was pierced for our transgressions,

he was crushed for our iniquities; 

the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, 

and by his wounds we are healed.” 

                                                Isaiah 53:5.

Napoleon the late emperor of France said of Jesus,
“I know men and I tell you, Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour, millions would die for him.”Napoleon Bonaparte.
I as a firm believer in Christ Jesus believe Christians should never attack people we disagree with either physically or verbally. Jesus never did.
As believers in Christ Jesus we should be showing the Love of God to our neighbour, our family and even our enemy. Only by doing this will we win the world for Christ.
Please think about it.