Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Would we recognize Him?

Born of God.

If we receive our Savior, we become born of God. If we believe on the name of our Savior, we become born of God. We have power to become the children of God.  And it's not because we are born of blood, born of flesh, born by the will of others, but born of God.

Joh 1:10  He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Joh 1:11  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Joh 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Joh 1:13  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Joh 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

We receive Jesus Christ as God on earth, God only begotten Son. God in the flesh who dwelled with us among His own- those who were supposed to be God's people- and those people did not receive God's Son.

The world- He made the world- but the world He made didn't know him.

How is it possible for the world, for His own people not to know Him?  How far from being truly God's people had they become? They kept the rituals and even added more strict rules in order to please God. They THOUGHT, really and truly BELIEVED they were God's people and yet they did not recognize God in the flesh, they rejected HIM, they did NOT see the love, the real, true love of God manifested for all humanity to see.  What they saw was a threat to their manufactured way of life. They saw the ability of this strange man to disrupt their well-oiled machine, their religion, their profits, their prestige, their pride. They called the Son of God a blasphemer!  They told the Son of God He was a commandment breaker, the very commandments made by HIM!

Now we have to ask ourselves - would we be guilty of the same thing? Would we know Jesus as the Son of God if He came to earth again and walked among us?  No, He's NOT going to return this way, He told us how He would return and it's not by touching earth again- not until New Jerusalem descends from heaven with Him inside. He will return and we will MEED Him IN THE AIR.  But just for a moment speculate on how you would react to Jesus on earth. Would you RECOGNIZE HIM?

IF we believe on His name, if we become the children of God, if we receive Him, we are truly born of God, born of Spirit, born again.

And we know… we do know we must be born again.

Joh 3:5  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

May we be born again, may we know our Savior.


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