Now let’s talk about my faith; actually, lets not talk too much. Why don't I let the scriptures do the talking? Second Peter 1:16-21 reads as follows:
"For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit( Holy Bible, ESV)."
What did Peter (Cephas) say? He said:
" we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain."
This was a man (Peter) that was willing to die for his faith, and he did because he was an eyewitness to it, and all the great things Jesus did while he was on Earth. I am sure that when Jesus returns he will do much greater things that we cannot even imagine. What is it that we need to do in order have this great faith that Peter testified about? We simply have to believe. Jesus said in John 6:37-40:
"All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day ( Holy Bible, ESV)."
What did Jesus say we have to do? He said:
"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
Well, I suppose that is enough talking for now. I just think that it is very simple, and all we have to do is believe in the Son, Jesus Christ.
References:
Holy Bible, ESV
In Luke 18:8, Jesus asked a question with relevance to his return, he said:
ReplyDelete"Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Jesus does not answer the question for us....
In Luke 6:46, Jesus asked another question, he said:
"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?"
Jesus answered the foregoing question in Mathew 7:21, Jesus said:
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
The question for us is what is the will of the Father?
In John 6:40, Jesus tells us what is the will of the Father, Jesus said:
"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
The unanswered question still remains unanswered, and it is up to all of us to provide the answer. This question, onceagain, is found in Luke 18: 18, and it reads as follows:
"Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
References used in these quotations are found in the Holy Bible, and I used the ESV Bible.
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