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Saturday, December 02, 2006

WHO IS JESUS TO ME?

1: He is enduringly strong
2: He is entirely sincere
3: He is eternally steadfast
4: He is immortally gracious
5: He is imperially powerful
6: He is impartially merciful
7: He is the greatest phenomenon that has ever crossed the horizons of the globe
8: He is God's Son
9: He is the sinner's saviour
10: He is the captive's ransom
11: He is the breath of life
12: He is the centerpiece of civilization
13: He stands in the solitude of Himself
14: He is august
15: He is unique
16: He is unparalleled
17: He is unprecedented
18: He is undisputed
19: He is undefiled
20: He is unsurpassed
21: He is unshakable
22: He is the lofty idea in philosophy
23: He is the highest personality in psychology
24: He is the supreme subject in literature
25: He is the unavoidable problem in higher criticism
26: He is the fundamental doctrine of theology
27: He is the cornerstone
28: He is the capstone
29: He is the stumbling stone of all religion
30: He is the miracle of the ages
31: No means of measure can define His limitless love
32: No far-seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shoreless supply
33: No barrier can hinder Him from pouring out His blessings
34: He forgives
35: He forgets
36: He creates
37: He cleanses
38: He restores
39: He rebuilds
40: He heals
41: He helps
42: He reconciles
43: He redeems
44: He comforts
45: He carries
46: He lifts
47: He loves
48: He is the God of the second chance, the fat chance, the slim chance, the no chance
49: He discharges debtors
50: He delivers the captives
51: He defends the feeble
52: He blesses the young
53: He serves the unfortunate
54: He regards the aged
55: He rewards the diligent
56: He beautifies the meek
57: He is the key to knowledge
58: He is the fountain of life
59: He is the wells spring of joy
60: He is the storehouse of wisdom
61: He is the foundation of faith
62: He is the doorway of deliverance
63: He is the pathway to peace
64: He is the roadway of righteousness
65: He is the gateway to glory
66: He is the highway to happiness
67: He supplies strength to the weary
68: He increases power to the faint
69: He offers escape to the tempted
70: He sympathizes with the hurting
71: He saves the hopeless
72: He shields the helpless
73: He sustains the homeless
74: He gives purpose to the aimless
75: He gives reason to our meaninglessness
76: He gives fulfillment to our emptiness
77: He gives light in the darkness
78: He gives comfort in the loneliness
79: He gives fruit in the barrenness
80: He gives future to the hopeless
81: He gives life to the lifeless
82: He guards the young
83: He seeks the stray
84: He finds the lost
85: He guides the faithful
86: He rights the wronged
87: He avenges the abused
88: He defends the weak
89: He comforts the oppressed
90: He welcomes the prodigal
91: He heals the sick
92: He cleanses the dirty
93: He beautifies the meek
94: He restores the failure
95: He mends the broken
96: He blesses the poor
97: He fills the empty
98: He clothes the naked
99: He satisfies the hungry
100: He elevates the humble
101: He forgives the sinner
102: He raises the dead
103: His office is manifold
104: His promise is sure
105: His life is matchless
106: His goodness is limitless
107: His mercy is enough
108: His grace is sufficient
109: His reign is righteous
110: His yoke is easy
111: His burden is light
112: He is indestructible
113: He is indescribable
114: He is incomprehensible
115: He is inescapable
116: He is invincible
117: He is irresistible
118: He is irrefutable
119: I can't get Him out of my mind
120: I can't get Him out of my heart
121: I can't outlive Him
122: I can't live without Him
123: The Pharisees couldn't stand Him and found out they couldn't stop Him
124: Satan tried to tempt Him but found he couldn't trip Him
125: Pilate examined Him on trial but found no fault in Him
126: Romans crucified Him but couldn't take His life
127: Death couldn't handle Him
128: The grave couldn't hold Him
129: He had no predecessor
130: He will have no successor
131: He is the lion
132: He is the lamb
133: He is God
134: He is man
135: He is the seven-way King
136: He's the King of the Jews - that's a racial King
137: He's the King of Israel - that's a national King
138: He's the King of righteousness - that's a moral King
139: He's the King of the ages - that's an eternal King
140: He's the King of heaven - that's a universal King
141: He's the King of glory - that's a celestial King
142: He's the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords

Just Give Me Jesus!
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I'm just, a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody who can save anybody. First I want to give love to the Father for giving me the opportunity to be an instrument for him to live in and live through for the glory that belongs to only him and Him alone. I served in the United States Navy for twenty one years and retired September 2003. During the last 3 years of my naval career, I served as co-pastor of Greater New Refuge COGIC in Fallon, Nevada under the tutelage of Pastor Gregory L. Brown. While there, I diligently served my pastor and church with the construction of a new sanctuary, and caring for the needs of all ministries, while simultaneously striving to stay focused on the mandate that the Lord had placed upon my life to preach the Word of God without compromise. I was licensed to preach November 2002 and Ordained June 2003. While stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I proudly served and as constituent of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for seventeen years under the leadership of Bishop Elect W. D. Scott, Sr. and presently serve under the leadership of Bishop B. Courtney McBath at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

MY THEOLOGICAL TRAINING:

It brings to my face a unadulterated smile each and every occasion I am asked, “Elder Dre, What Theological Training do you have?”

My heart beams with joy at the opportunity to humbly give full glory to God as I reflect on on how the prophets, patriarchs and apostles of old would have respond: Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joshua, Gideon, King David, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Matthew, Mark, Peter, James, John and the other disciples, not forgetting the Saviour Himself.

How would they have answered the question: “What theological training do you have?”

The words of the prophet Amos also came to mind: “Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:” Amos 7:14

I surely am not impliedly decrying theological preparation, education or training: I consider it essential, but not as much as some think. For the fact is, the Almighty raises up believers according to His own standards.

Educational qualifications, wealth, fame, talent, social standing, outward appearance etc. are useful; but they are secondary in His sight. Qualities like faith, obedience, holiness, humility, honesty, absolute loyalty to one’s spouse, the ability to raise one’s family to fear God and keep His commandments etc.; these are the things the Most High values.

“Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”

Only on the Day of Judgment will it be known how truly educated, weighty and effective I have been. That is why I have to smile when the question arise.

The vanity of the question is only matched by the foolishness of my answer.

As the wise man wrote: “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 1: 2 or as the apostle Paul commented in 2 Corinthians 11:16-30 when rattling off a long list of impressive qualifications “... I speak as a fool.”

Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 1 John 4:14-15 (NLT)

I am a preacher, but most of all, I proclaim that Jesus is the Savior with various applications of that truth in my everyday life. My dear friend, if you are a Christian, you are a preacher also. Whether you have been ordained or not, hired by a church or not, or ever been recognized as a preacher or not is beside the point. All who have God living in them are called to proclaim the Savior to the world. It is a Holy calling, and a demanding one. It will pull you out of your comfort zone, challenge your commitment, and help to develop you into the person God has created you to be.

John spoke as an eyewitness to Jesus' saving power. We speak as heart-witnesses; ones who have not seen Jesus with our eyes, but have experienced Him through personal transformation. I speak, and you speak, as a representative of Christ on earth. The message that we bring is simple, yet profound; that God the Father sent God the Son into the world to save those who are lost to bring them into relationship with Him. As you tell the story, and I tell the story, some will listen and receive the grace that God has sent us into the world to proclaim.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Father, what a privilege to be a spokesperson for You.

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