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I Am Not Ashamed Of The Gospel Of Christ !

03 Monday Nov 2014

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Anatomy-and-Physiology

By John Armes

 

I recently started this web site… I put a lot of Christian stories there that I write and than direct my friends and acquaintances there by telling them about it or handing out my business card and tell them to go to my web site. I know I have startled some because they aren’t Christian, didn’t know that I was Christian and I feel that some avoid me because of it. I knew that would happen, but I had to resolve in my mind that if someone avoids me or doesn’t speak to me because I am a Christian, than I can deal with it.   I consider myself an ambassador for Christ, so I am bound to do right even when others don’t…  Also, if I have to go it alone, than it is me and Christ and that is always enough…  Because “He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world.” So, I shake the dust off my sandals and go on. Don’t be ashamed of the gospel of Christ…

I was trying to reason how that I could lead people toward Christ and do it in a balanced, truthful manner.  I don’t want anyone deciding on being a Christian based on enticements to try and convince them to believe in God and Christ, and than later on be disappointed when things didn’t happen.  God does promise that he will be with us always, and he will help us get through our tests and trials, but God doesn’t promise us wealth, excellent health, and never a worry from now on.  As a matter of fact, Christ said that we would be hated, despised , and rejected, just as he was…  The world will not understand us…  Some will like what we have to say, and some will hate our every word.  If Christ indicated that when we follow him, the world will hate us and despise us just as they did him, than why become a Christian and follow Christ.   Since I am usually compelled to stress the good as well as the bad in a situation, than I had to ask myself this question.  It finally came down to why Christ was hated, despised and rejected when he was here on earth.  Well, he reminded man that man is sinful and will be judged by God.  Man will also reject us because we bear witness of the light (Christ) and we remind man of his sin and his need of a redeemer.  If man doesn’t believe in God, than he can make himself a god.  He would have no one to answer to.  There world be no law.  There would be no sinful stain.  But there is sin and man doesn’t want to face it.  Man is comfortable hiding his sin and the last thing he wants is someone revealing his dirty past.  In fact, man has become arrogant with his situation.

So, why did Christ do it.  Why did God send his Son to die on a cross?  Because, man could not, and cannot  save himself.  Man is in such a helpless state, that Christ’s  love for man far outweighed the hatred and rejection he would suffer by telling man the truth, even when man didn’t want to hear it.   Like the song says, “Christ has regarded my helpless estate and shed his own blood for my soul”.  Here in this life, on this earth, is but a short time when compared to eternity.  We tend to sacrifice our futures on the here and now instead of storing up treasures in heaven.  That is why we need to be bold yet humble.  That is why we need to tell our fellow man about the gospel.  The Bible says:

1 Peter 3:15  “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a “defense”  to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.”

Jesus has pointed the way with his life.  Of all the fruits of the Spirit, the greatest is Love.   Also “greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother.”  So, when love for our fellow man becomes more important than what someone will thank of us, and in the face of hatred and rejection we choose to tell God’s truth, that man is sinful and cannot save himself from death and hell, than perhaps we can convince someone to turn around and go the right way, accept Christ’s free gift of salvation, and be heaven bound instead of hell bound.  This is why we must go and tell.  We will be hated, rejected, and despised by some, but eternity is far more important than anything we could go thru on this earth.  In the end, it will all be worth the pain.  I am no longer afraid of death, because when that moment comes, I will have discovered the place that Jesus has gone and prepared for me.  And live with him forever, and it will all have been worth it.  Seek the truth of Christ, because “if you seek righteousness, you will be filled”…

 

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Blessed Assurance

27 Monday Oct 2014

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What will heaven be like...  Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine...

What will heaven be like… Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine…

Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine…  I am not my own, but I am bought with a price…  That price is the precious blood of Jesus…  Now I belong to a loving God who alone deserves my praise…  Therefor I must submit myself to his will…  And as a result he will rain down his grace and his love…  Grace because I cannot remedy my own sinful situation because I fall short every time…  But he loves me so much that he made a way for  me to enjoy the splendor of his glory and to be able to join him at his home for an eternity of blessing and fulfillment…  It is this blessed assurance that gives me purpose in life and fulfillment that exceeds all my expectations…  Truly what a wonderful God we serve…  I’m filled with his goodness and lost in his love…

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The Greatest Superhero That Ever Lives…

15 Wednesday Oct 2014

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Once upon a time, In a land far away...

Once upon a time, In a land far away…

A story by John Armes

I was wondering if any of you out there are like me.  I have been watching superhero’s since I was a kid.  First it was superman, and than batman.  They all have superpowers from some kind of experience or from some place where they came from.  Superman came from Krypton, and inherited superpowers from the people that lived there.  He was faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall building, etc.  Batman became a superhero to avenge his parents death, fight the bad guys and save Gotham.  Their purpose was to uphold good and vanquish evil.  Why do we like superhero’s?  Perhaps they show man at his best.  Always the good guy.  Someone to take up for the “little guy’s”.  Someone for the kids to look up to.  A role model.  But we know that they are just fantasy.  But what about the real one.  You know…  The one who came to earth from a place far above that came not just to save a city, but to save the whole world.  One who is more than just a man, and he can do miracles too…  Would you like to hear that story…  Ok…

Once upon a time, in a land far away and long ago a baby was born.  His parents didn’t have a lot of money and he wasn’t born into a royal family, but people came from miles around just to greet him.  They were told a King was coming and he was the chosen one.  He ate what everyone else ate and drank what everyone else drank and grew up as a normal boy of that time.  He loved his mother and father and was a good boy.  As he got older he began to learn the customs and the teachings of that time to prepare him for the journey ahead of him.  He learned and applied himself and became a teacher himself and than later a preacher.  He became very popular among many people.  His preaching’s became very powerful to the point that the rulers of that day became frightened of his power and the religious rulers became jealous of his knowledge.  He was more different than anyone they had ever seen and the people would come for miles just to hear him speak.   It was said that he was the “messiah” and he would be the savior of his people.  At this point he had done a number of miracles.  He had even brought a man back to life after he had been dead for three days.  He had a small group of men that went with him everywhere.  These were his closest friends.  But one of them betrayed him.  When he was turned over to the religious rulers of that day, they falsely accused him of blasphemy and sentenced him to death.  But he didn’t lift a hand to defend himself.  He had all the power of his father’s kingdom at his command, and yet he did not use it.  He had miracles he could have used in his defense, but did not use them.    He could have called 10,000 angels at his command to save him, but he didn’t.  Even when they hit him and abused him, and beat him  mercilessly, he said nothing, and never raised a hand in his own defense.  When they nailed him to a cross the only thing he said was “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do”.  His name was Christ, and he was the Son of God…

But I digress…  When Christ was born here on earth, that was not the beginning of his existence.  He was there in Heaven when God created the heavens and the earth.  He was also there when God created man.  The Bible says “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us”.  Obviously, the Word was Jesus Christ, and he was there since the beginning of time.  So, he came down from his kingly throne in  the wonderful splendor of this heavenly paradise where there is no hunger or thirst, where he had multitudes of angles to do his every bidding, a place that never gets dirty or dusty, a place where you don’t have to breathe and never get tired or out of breath. So, he came to earth.  A place where we get dirty, have to breathe to live, get hungry and thirsty every day, and being a carpenters son sometimes he probably got splinters.  Even worse, he was born in a smelly old stable.  All to come down here to visit his Fathers creation, and grow up as a poor boy and die on a cross so God’s manly creatures will have a way to spend eternity with him.  Well, do you think God loves us?  When Pilate called for Jesus to be brought before him, do you think he knew he was addressing his maker.  These men who were flogging him were also in the presence of their creator.  Yet, Christ still did nothing in his own defense.  When Christ was on the cross, or any time, God or Christ could have sent an army to fight for him.  God could have laid out Christ’s persecutors, and the whole Roman army with the back of his mighty hand and whisked Christ up into heaven.    But he didn’t…

So, why didn’t he do something to save his own life, you say?  Because he had “bigger fish to fry”…  He saw them as puppets and he was waiting for the puppeteer.  These people who were mistreating him were the ones he came to save.  He had to go thru this for them and us, because man is in such a fallen state and we cannot help ourselves so that God had to send down Christ to die on a cross and pay the price for our sin which would give us a chance to live with him in heaven.  The Bible says “there is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood”…  That is why he took all that punishment, it was for you and me because with all our sin, we deserve death and hell…  But he loved us so much and wants us to come and live with him when we die that he sent his own son to die on a cross, which made a way for us to join him in heaven.  If there was another way where man would be saved from himself, God would have found it, but there was and is only one way, and that is his son, Jesus.  As far as “bigger fish to fry”, Jesus died and went and had it out with the most ruthless villain that ever was and ever will be…  The villain to top all villains…  He gave Satan the boot.  To paraphrase,  I think the conversation might have gone something like this.  Satan – “now Jesus, you know our bargain, John has been a bad boy and I want his soul…”, and Jesus says “no, Satan, I have paid the price and John has accepted my gift…  You can’t have him…  He is mine…  I have purchased him with my blood”…

Oh, but it doesn’t end there…  Christ, when he was thru with Satan, came back to earth and rose out of the tomb.  That’s right, he brought himself back to life.  I have never seen a superhero do that, have you?  Not only that, he appeared to over 500 people over the period of a few months before he went back to heaven where he lives with God today.  Here it is important to point out that when Christ was on the cross that the Roman soldier pierced his side with a spear making sure he was dead.  Also, Christ had been dead for three days which according to custom of that time was essential in declaring his official death, so God orchestrated this task so no one could deny that Christ really died, and since he was viewed by over 500 people after he rose from the tomb, no one could deny that he had risen from the dead.  If Christ would not have risen from the tomb, we wouldn’t be following him today.  The death and resurrection of Christ validated him and proved that he was who he said he was.  As Peter said” (Jesus) you are the Son of God”.

God has always tried to make a place down here on earth where he could be with us.  First, in the garden of Eden when God talked to Adam just as you and I would talk.  When the children of Israel were in the wilderness, God had them to build a temple among their tents where he could dwell.  Could you imagine, someone comes up and asks where can I find God…  And someone else says, yes you just go down there about 5 tents and turn to your left.  He lives in the big temple just ahead.  Also, God sends his son down here on earth to dwell with us.  That is more proof that God wants to live among us…

In all reality, God doesn’t need us.   He can do fine without us.   But, he wants to be with us.  He created us and since we couldn’t live up to what we are supposed to be, he sent his Son down here to save us.  And he stands at our door and knocks, waiting patiently to communicate with us.  God is so big that he holds the universe in his hands and yet he knows us so well, that he knows the number of hairs on our head.   God is so big that looking down on the earth, it must be a little speck compared to the universe, and we must be a speck on a speck, yet he knows us better than we know ourselves.  What an amazing  love God has for us.  We need to tell everyone.

Superman came to save Metropolis, and Batman came to save Gotham, but Christ came to save the World and all people for all time.  That is why I love him, and why Jesus Christ is the greatest superhero of all time, and He lives…

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