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Monday, December 18, 2006

Who is Jesus?

In Genesis, He is God the Creator.
In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb.
In Leviticus, He is the High Priest.
In Numbers, He is the Pillar of Cloud By Day and the Pillar of Fire by night.
In Deuteronomy, He is the Prophet like unto Moses.
In Joshua, He is the Captain of our Salvation.
In Judges, He gives Victory Over Enemies.
In Ruth, He is the Kinsman Redeemer, Your Lover.
In 1st and 2nd Samuel, He is the Trusted Prophet.
In 1st and 2nd Kings, He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
In 1st and 2nd Chronicles, He is the intercessor and High Priest.
In Ezra, He is the Temple.
In Nehemiah, He is the Rebuilder Of The Broken Down Walls Of Our Life.
In Esther, He Stands In The Gap To Deliver You From Your Enemies.
In Job, He is the Ever-Living Redeemer.
In Psalms, He is the Shepherd.
In Proverbs, He is Wisdom.
In Ecclesiastes, He is your Purpose, delivering you from vanity.
In the Song of Solomon, He is the Lover And Bridegroom.
In Isaiah, He is the Mighty Counselor, the Prince of Peace, the Everlasting Father.
In Jeremiah, He is the Balm of Gilead, the soothing salve for a sin-sick soul.
In Lamentations he is the Ever-Faithful One upon whom you can depend.
In Ezekiel, He is the one who Brings Dry, Dead Bones Back To Life.
In Daniel, He is the Fourth Man In “Life's Fiery Furnaces.”
In Hosea, He is the Faithful Husband, That Is “Forever Married To The Backslider.”
In Joel, He is the Baptizer With The Holy Ghost And Fire.
In Amos, He is the Burden-Bearer.
In Obadiah, He is the One Mighty to Save.
In Jonah, He is the Great Foreign Missionary.
In Micah, He is Judge Of The Nation.
In Nahum, He is the Jealous God.
In Habakkuk, He is the Holy One.
In Zephaniah, He is our Savior.
In Haggai, He Overthrows The Enemies.
In Zechariah, He is Lord of Hosts.
In Malachi, He is the Sun Of Righteousness, Rising With Healing In His Wings.
In Matthew, He is the Messiah.
In Mark, He is the Wonder-Worker.
In Luke, He is the Son of Man.
In John, He is the Son of God.
In Acts, He is the Holy Ghost That Has Come Down From God.
In Romans, He is the Righteousness of God.
In 1st Corinthians, He is our Sanctifier.
In 2nd Corinthians, He the Triumphant One, Giving Victory.
In Galatians, He is Liberty.
In Ephesians, He is the Head of the Church.
In Philippians, He is the God Who Supplies all our Needs.
In Colossians, He is Completeness.
In 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, He is the Soon Coming King.
In 1st and 2nd Timothy, He is our Mediator Between God And Man.
In Titus, He is our Faithful Pastor.
In Philemon, He is a Friend That Sticketh Closer Than A Brother.
In Hebrews, He is Perfection.
In James, He is the Great Physician.
In 1st and 2nd Peter, He is the Chief Shepherd who shall appear with a Crown of Unfading Glory.
In 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, He is Love. In Titus, He is our Faithful Pastor.
In Jude, He is the Lord Coming With Ten Thousands Of His Saints.
In the Revelation, He is the Soon Coming King.
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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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