Do you have an aim in life, an ultimate goal? When I was young my goal was to find a Christian man for a husband and have children and then I got interested in health and I studied natural healing for several years and read everything I could get my hands on. My goal was to have a health retreat where I could help people get well with natural means. When that didn't work out, I started helping friends and even people would hear about me and call me for help and I wrote a health article for a paper. But have always been one who needed a challenge and would find something to challenge my mind and the greatest challenge I have ever found is the challenge of being Christ like. This goal will pay big dividends in the end as I will be able to be with my best Friend forever. It is my Ultimate Aim.
I would like to present this challenge to you and see what you will do with it. Of course there are promises to help us along the way.
2 Corinthians 3:18 "But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." How are we changed into His image? By beholding the glory of the Lord, we will be changed into His likeness.
Philippians 3:21 "Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself." He will change our vile body. Praise Him for such a promise.
2 Peter l:4 "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." Just find all the promises in the Scriptures that you can and use a red marking pencil, not pen and color all the promises red so you can readily see them and the promise is that we might be partakers of His divine nature. A wonderful goal for anyone.
1 John 3:2 "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is." Isn't that a goal worth looking forward to? I think it should be the Ultimate Aim of everyone alive, what a different world we would have to live in, isn't that right?
This Bible study was good for me, I needed it and am thankful for it. Could you make being Christ like your Ultimate Aim? I hope so and pray that you will. I don't know who you are, but I do know that I pray for each person reading this blog that you will come to know Jesus as your Savior and it will be your Ultimate Aim to be like Him. You have all the help you need through Him who loves you, it is your choice to make.
Grandma Joan
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Someone Who Cares
I never realized until after my husbands death how much he cared for me and how much I missed someone to care. It left a terrible void in my life of which I am just now overcoming. I will probably always miss him, it is natural after 63 years of being together plus two years of going together. Everyone needs someone to care for them, I know I do. Children care but they have their own lives to live and their children to care about and spouses etc. So when you are left alone, it is important to find someone who really cares and I can tell you from experience that to replace a spouse after all those years it is impossible to do or for me, to even think of doing. So what do you do, well here is what I have done.
By the way it doesn't have to be a death, it can be a separation, a divorce and in some ways that is even worse, so listen up and maybe, just maybe help is coming.
Matthew 8:17 last part, "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."
Isaiah 53:4 "Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted."
John 19:17 "And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha."
Here is Someone whom you can trust to care enough for you to take your infirmities and bear your sicknesses and your griefs, sorrows and then bearing the cross for us went to Calvary and took all our sins and died for us there, the most horrible and agonizing death. And that's not all.....
Isaiah 53:12 in short, "He bore the sins of many".
Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many..."
1 Peter 2:24 "who Himself bore our sins in having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed."
1 John 3:5 "And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin."
Not only is He our burden bearer but He will take away your huge burden of sin if you allow Him to. You must ask, He is only waiting for you to want to be free from them enough to ask Him to take them. He will do it, I am living proof of this very thing, I am not perfect, but He is and He is willing to take away our sins and He already bore them to the cross for us, so what are we waiting for? Let's lay them at the foot of the cross and leave them there, He will take care of them. "You will cast all our sins in the depths of the sea."
Micah 7:19 last part. A good place for them, don't you think?
How about it? Do we have Someone who cares? Absolutely, I can't live without this Someone, He has worked a miracle in my life, why not let Him work one in yours? Grandma Joan
By the way it doesn't have to be a death, it can be a separation, a divorce and in some ways that is even worse, so listen up and maybe, just maybe help is coming.
Matthew 8:17 last part, "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."
Isaiah 53:4 "Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted."
John 19:17 "And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha."
Here is Someone whom you can trust to care enough for you to take your infirmities and bear your sicknesses and your griefs, sorrows and then bearing the cross for us went to Calvary and took all our sins and died for us there, the most horrible and agonizing death. And that's not all.....
Isaiah 53:12 in short, "He bore the sins of many".
Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many..."
1 Peter 2:24 "who Himself bore our sins in having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed."
1 John 3:5 "And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin."
Not only is He our burden bearer but He will take away your huge burden of sin if you allow Him to. You must ask, He is only waiting for you to want to be free from them enough to ask Him to take them. He will do it, I am living proof of this very thing, I am not perfect, but He is and He is willing to take away our sins and He already bore them to the cross for us, so what are we waiting for? Let's lay them at the foot of the cross and leave them there, He will take care of them. "You will cast all our sins in the depths of the sea."
Micah 7:19 last part. A good place for them, don't you think?
How about it? Do we have Someone who cares? Absolutely, I can't live without this Someone, He has worked a miracle in my life, why not let Him work one in yours? Grandma Joan
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
He Touched Me
Do you know the song, 'He Touched Me?' I love it and it goes like this: ' He touched me, He touched me, and O the joy that floods my soul, Something happened, and now I know, He touched me and made me whole.'
Have you felt His touch on you? If you have been following my blog on a daily basis, surely you have come to love Him more and have felt His touch on you Spiritually and maybe even Physically. I pray that you have, as I have been sharing with you I have definitely felt His touch on me Spiritually and to some extent Physically, and I expect as I keep sharing, to feel His touch stronger and stronger. And as you keep reading my blog, I pray that you will experience His touch on you each day in a stronger and stronger way.
I want to share some Bible verses of what the touch of Jesus does, and then maybe you can relate to them in a special way.
The Cleansing Touch: Matthew 8:3 "And Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed."
The Quieting Touch: Matthew 8:15 "And He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and ministered unto them."
The Illuminating Touch: Matthew 9:29,30 "Then touched He their eyes, saying, according to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, see that no man know it."
The Reassuring Touch: Matthew 17:7 "And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid."
The Liberating Touch: Mark 7:33 "And He took him aside from the multitude, and put is fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain."
The Touch upon Childhood: Mark 10:13 "And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them; and His disciples rebuked those that brought them. And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them."
The Healing Touch: Luke 22:51 "And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far, And He touched his ear, and healed him."
I am going to share how He has touched me in hopes that you can identify with them and see how He has touched you, I know He has, but maybe you just haven't felt His touch in a personal way, I pray that you have.
He has touch me with His cleansing touch and made me clean Spiritually. He has touched me with His quieting touch, and I am at peace in Him. He has touched me with His illuminating touch by causing me to write this blog and has illuminated my mind to grasp His messages for me. He has touched me with His reassuring touch and given me peace amid my storm. He is touching my children with His love and blessing them. I have felt His healing touch years ago when crushed a vertebrae .
Now that I have shared what He has done for me, could you identify with any of them and would you possibly share with me how He has touch you. I would love to hear from you. Grandma Joan
Have you felt His touch on you? If you have been following my blog on a daily basis, surely you have come to love Him more and have felt His touch on you Spiritually and maybe even Physically. I pray that you have, as I have been sharing with you I have definitely felt His touch on me Spiritually and to some extent Physically, and I expect as I keep sharing, to feel His touch stronger and stronger. And as you keep reading my blog, I pray that you will experience His touch on you each day in a stronger and stronger way.
I want to share some Bible verses of what the touch of Jesus does, and then maybe you can relate to them in a special way.
The Cleansing Touch: Matthew 8:3 "And Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed."
The Quieting Touch: Matthew 8:15 "And He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and ministered unto them."
The Illuminating Touch: Matthew 9:29,30 "Then touched He their eyes, saying, according to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, see that no man know it."
The Reassuring Touch: Matthew 17:7 "And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid."
The Liberating Touch: Mark 7:33 "And He took him aside from the multitude, and put is fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain."
The Touch upon Childhood: Mark 10:13 "And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them; and His disciples rebuked those that brought them. And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them."
The Healing Touch: Luke 22:51 "And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far, And He touched his ear, and healed him."
I am going to share how He has touched me in hopes that you can identify with them and see how He has touched you, I know He has, but maybe you just haven't felt His touch in a personal way, I pray that you have.
He has touch me with His cleansing touch and made me clean Spiritually. He has touched me with His quieting touch, and I am at peace in Him. He has touched me with His illuminating touch by causing me to write this blog and has illuminated my mind to grasp His messages for me. He has touched me with His reassuring touch and given me peace amid my storm. He is touching my children with His love and blessing them. I have felt His healing touch years ago when crushed a vertebrae .
Now that I have shared what He has done for me, could you identify with any of them and would you possibly share with me how He has touch you. I would love to hear from you. Grandma Joan
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Abundant Supplies
Most of us have an abundant supplies of whatever we need, is that not true? We have plenty of food, clothes, a fairly nice home, we can say that we are well off compared to some parts of the world. I know that we never have an abundance of money, at least we don't think we do but if we lived in the poor parts of the world we would say that we are very rich in comparison. But there are abundant supplies of some other things that anyone can have an abundant supply of. Let's check it out.
Abundant Joys: Psalms 36:8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures."
Abundant Life: John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly."
Abundant Grace: 2 Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
Abundant Power: Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us."
Abundant Supplies: Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Abundant Entrance: 2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
These things that we have been promised an abundant supply of should mean more to us than food, clothes, homes or any earthly need that we might have.
God is more than abundantly happy to supply us with all the things that He has promised to give us so abundantly. We should be abundantly happy and thankful for each and every promise that He has made for our happiness here in this world and in the world to come. We should be willing to share these promises with others so they may be abundantly blessed. I feel blessed, don't you? We should feel more than blessed with His precious Promises that we may claim as ours. God is so good to us, how can we help but love Him? Grandma Joan
Abundant Joys: Psalms 36:8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures."
Abundant Life: John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly."
Abundant Grace: 2 Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
Abundant Power: Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us."
Abundant Supplies: Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Abundant Entrance: 2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
These things that we have been promised an abundant supply of should mean more to us than food, clothes, homes or any earthly need that we might have.
God is more than abundantly happy to supply us with all the things that He has promised to give us so abundantly. We should be abundantly happy and thankful for each and every promise that He has made for our happiness here in this world and in the world to come. We should be willing to share these promises with others so they may be abundantly blessed. I feel blessed, don't you? We should feel more than blessed with His precious Promises that we may claim as ours. God is so good to us, how can we help but love Him? Grandma Joan
Monday, August 26, 2013
You Have a Substitute
Substitute is someone who takes another's place, it could be a teacher, a laborer, anyone who takes someone else's place. I was a substitute teacher years ago, I thought it was fun and I looked forward to doing it.
But the Substitute we have was not a fun job, it was a loving thing to do but not fun and I don't think he looked forward to it with pleasure except to know what the end results would be.
Isaiah 53;5 " But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed."
Galatians 3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written 'cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree."
Hebrews 2:9 "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone."
1 Peter 3:18 "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit."
Do you see Jesus as your Substitute, I do, what a marvelous thing He has done for us by taking our punishment and suffering for our sins that we might be with Him forever. Does this help you to love Him more, it sure helps me, every time I envision His willing sacrifice for me, it causes me to love Him more and I want to continue to grow in His love until I am ready to go home with Him. How about you?
I want so much for my little worships to help you to see Jesus as He really is, a loving, merciful, forgiving Savior, One who has done everything possible to save us and will do whatever it takes to make us holy beings ready to go home with Him. Are you willing to accept His work in you, so that He can do His will in us and for us? I am and I pray that you are. Living for Him beats anything we have ever done or will do. It brings a joy that cannot be replaced by anything that we can do. Think about it and surrender your will to Him to make you a new person in Christ. Grandma Joan
But the Substitute we have was not a fun job, it was a loving thing to do but not fun and I don't think he looked forward to it with pleasure except to know what the end results would be.
Isaiah 53;5 " But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed."
Galatians 3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written 'cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree."
Hebrews 2:9 "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone."
1 Peter 3:18 "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit."
Do you see Jesus as your Substitute, I do, what a marvelous thing He has done for us by taking our punishment and suffering for our sins that we might be with Him forever. Does this help you to love Him more, it sure helps me, every time I envision His willing sacrifice for me, it causes me to love Him more and I want to continue to grow in His love until I am ready to go home with Him. How about you?
I want so much for my little worships to help you to see Jesus as He really is, a loving, merciful, forgiving Savior, One who has done everything possible to save us and will do whatever it takes to make us holy beings ready to go home with Him. Are you willing to accept His work in you, so that He can do His will in us and for us? I am and I pray that you are. Living for Him beats anything we have ever done or will do. It brings a joy that cannot be replaced by anything that we can do. Think about it and surrender your will to Him to make you a new person in Christ. Grandma Joan
Saturday, August 24, 2013
The Depth of the Sacrifice
I have never done this before on this blog, but today is different, something is really getting to me and I want to share something with you that has been mind boggling to me and caused me to stop and really think this thing through. I am going to quote two or three paragraphs from a book called, 'In the Light of God's Love'.
I have read the little book nine times and should have it memorized by now but I don't. Maybe when I get through with the tenth time. I will share the address with you where to get it if you want it, you won't be sorry I am sure. These paragraphs are speaking about Christ's death on the cross. Here goes--
In 2 Corinthians 5:21 "For He (the Father) made Him (the Son) who knew no sin to be sin for us."
Jesus took into Himself the guilt of every lie, every theft, every murder, every rape, every sin ever committed by human beings. Consequently, He began to sense in the depths of His inmost heart the separation that sin will ultimately make between God and lost sinners. It was the horror of this reality that caused our destiny to hang in the balance against His own will to continue living in the light of God's love. Three times the tortured will of God's Son was pressed to choose between His own eternal life and ours.
'O My Father,' He sobbed, 'if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will'. Three times He consented to any destiny for Himself, however bleak, in exchange for our redemption.
In Gethsemane the Savior's decision was made to save us at any cost to Himself. At Calvary that choice of love was tested to the utmost. The darkness that only cast it's hellish shadow upon Him in the garden now enveloped His soul with the impenetrable blackness of eternal midnight. The Father's love, His acceptance and His approval, seemed so far away as to never return. As Jesus hung there on the cross, the One whose presence alone is life seemed gone forever. The accumulated guilt and shame of the fallen race flooded His heart and hid the Father's face, sharp with eternal damnation, the sword of divine justice was unsheathed and driven through the innocent heart of the Savior.
Zechariah 13:7 "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,' grieved the Father, 'against the Man who is My Companion."
Matthew 27:46 "Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
Forsaken! What a horrible thought. The word carries the meaning of abandonment, rejection, separation, not for a time but for eternity.
Peering deeper into the mystery of our Savior's sacrifice, Psalm 88:6-8 & 12 makes an astonishing revelation of what transpired in His agonizing heart: "Thou (Father) hast laid Me (the Son) in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon Me...I am shut up and I cannot come forth...in the land of forgetfulness. I am confined and cannot escape in the land of oblivion".
Jesus felt with unbuffered force the complete severing of the soul from the love and life of God that sin ultimately causes. Confined in the dungeon of guilt, plunged into the depths of shame, oppressed under the hopeless feelings of never ending separation from God, Jesus endured the full and final wages of sin. He was shut up in the darkness of a death from which He could see no return. And yet He did not relent.
I am sure that if you have any feelings at all, you have been touched by these words from this little book. If not then please read it again and again until it penetrates your heart like a spear. It is the first time that I have really understood the depths of which Christ went to save me and it brought remorse and sorrow to my heart to think of what He went through for me and what pain I have caused Him when I have sinned against Him.
If you would like to have this little book, 'In the Light of God's Love' You can order it from: Light Bearer's,
37457 Jasper Lowell Rd., Jasper, Oregon 97438. USA. Or you might try Amazon, they have used books as low as $4.00. Either way, it is worth every penny spent. I love it, it has helped me understand so many beliefs so much clearer and always Bible proof, so you don't have to worry about being led astray.
I hope you love Jesus more from these few thoughts this morning. I can't help but love Him and want to love Him more every day, don't you? Grandma Joan
I have read the little book nine times and should have it memorized by now but I don't. Maybe when I get through with the tenth time. I will share the address with you where to get it if you want it, you won't be sorry I am sure. These paragraphs are speaking about Christ's death on the cross. Here goes--
In 2 Corinthians 5:21 "For He (the Father) made Him (the Son) who knew no sin to be sin for us."
Jesus took into Himself the guilt of every lie, every theft, every murder, every rape, every sin ever committed by human beings. Consequently, He began to sense in the depths of His inmost heart the separation that sin will ultimately make between God and lost sinners. It was the horror of this reality that caused our destiny to hang in the balance against His own will to continue living in the light of God's love. Three times the tortured will of God's Son was pressed to choose between His own eternal life and ours.
'O My Father,' He sobbed, 'if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will'. Three times He consented to any destiny for Himself, however bleak, in exchange for our redemption.
In Gethsemane the Savior's decision was made to save us at any cost to Himself. At Calvary that choice of love was tested to the utmost. The darkness that only cast it's hellish shadow upon Him in the garden now enveloped His soul with the impenetrable blackness of eternal midnight. The Father's love, His acceptance and His approval, seemed so far away as to never return. As Jesus hung there on the cross, the One whose presence alone is life seemed gone forever. The accumulated guilt and shame of the fallen race flooded His heart and hid the Father's face, sharp with eternal damnation, the sword of divine justice was unsheathed and driven through the innocent heart of the Savior.
Zechariah 13:7 "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,' grieved the Father, 'against the Man who is My Companion."
Matthew 27:46 "Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
Forsaken! What a horrible thought. The word carries the meaning of abandonment, rejection, separation, not for a time but for eternity.
Peering deeper into the mystery of our Savior's sacrifice, Psalm 88:6-8 & 12 makes an astonishing revelation of what transpired in His agonizing heart: "Thou (Father) hast laid Me (the Son) in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon Me...I am shut up and I cannot come forth...in the land of forgetfulness. I am confined and cannot escape in the land of oblivion".
Jesus felt with unbuffered force the complete severing of the soul from the love and life of God that sin ultimately causes. Confined in the dungeon of guilt, plunged into the depths of shame, oppressed under the hopeless feelings of never ending separation from God, Jesus endured the full and final wages of sin. He was shut up in the darkness of a death from which He could see no return. And yet He did not relent.
I am sure that if you have any feelings at all, you have been touched by these words from this little book. If not then please read it again and again until it penetrates your heart like a spear. It is the first time that I have really understood the depths of which Christ went to save me and it brought remorse and sorrow to my heart to think of what He went through for me and what pain I have caused Him when I have sinned against Him.
If you would like to have this little book, 'In the Light of God's Love' You can order it from: Light Bearer's,
37457 Jasper Lowell Rd., Jasper, Oregon 97438. USA. Or you might try Amazon, they have used books as low as $4.00. Either way, it is worth every penny spent. I love it, it has helped me understand so many beliefs so much clearer and always Bible proof, so you don't have to worry about being led astray.
I hope you love Jesus more from these few thoughts this morning. I can't help but love Him and want to love Him more every day, don't you? Grandma Joan
Friday, August 23, 2013
A Very Expensive Errand
I am sure that we have all run errands, but have you ever ran an errand that was so expensive that it cost you the most dearest treasure that you had? I haven't and probably never will be required to. But love does strange things and the stronger the love the more apt it is to happen.
This is just what God did, when He sent His only begotten Son to this sinful world to save sinners such as me. The dearest treasure He had was His Son and He knew when He sent Him what the price would be. How wonderful and heartbreaking is this? It would take love that we cannot comprehend. His love is so deep and so unfathomable that it is impossible for us to understand how it could be. Our love is so shallow and so dependent on how well we like someone or how well we don't like them that we cannot understand that kind of love.
Why did He do it? This is a great question and deserves some thought and study, so let's see what we can come up with that will tell us a little something about this kind of love.
John 6:38 "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will but the will, but the will of Him who sent me." He came to do His Father's will, not His own.
Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost." He came to seek out the lost and show them the way of salvation.
Hebrews 2:14 "Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil."
1 John 3:8 "He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." He came to make sure that the devil would be destroyed and He had victory over the devil and his angels to seal their destruction forever.
John 10:10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." He came so that we would have a real life of peace and fulfillment in Christ.
Verse 28 "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand." What a safe place to be, in His hand, when we give our lives to Him we are safe in His keeping, but we must remember that we are always free to change our minds, it is only when we stay with Him in trusting dependence on Him that we are safe.
What more could we ask for? He came to do His Father's will, to save us from sin, to destroy the works of the devil and to give us an abundant life here and eternal life hereafter. Can you fathom such love, it is hard isn't it? But it is real and trustworthy, so why not look forward to such unfathomable love for eternity? I am excited and am looking forward to living with Him forever, aren't you? Grandma Joan
This is just what God did, when He sent His only begotten Son to this sinful world to save sinners such as me. The dearest treasure He had was His Son and He knew when He sent Him what the price would be. How wonderful and heartbreaking is this? It would take love that we cannot comprehend. His love is so deep and so unfathomable that it is impossible for us to understand how it could be. Our love is so shallow and so dependent on how well we like someone or how well we don't like them that we cannot understand that kind of love.
Why did He do it? This is a great question and deserves some thought and study, so let's see what we can come up with that will tell us a little something about this kind of love.
John 6:38 "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will but the will, but the will of Him who sent me." He came to do His Father's will, not His own.
Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost." He came to seek out the lost and show them the way of salvation.
Hebrews 2:14 "Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil."
1 John 3:8 "He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." He came to make sure that the devil would be destroyed and He had victory over the devil and his angels to seal their destruction forever.
John 10:10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." He came so that we would have a real life of peace and fulfillment in Christ.
Verse 28 "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand." What a safe place to be, in His hand, when we give our lives to Him we are safe in His keeping, but we must remember that we are always free to change our minds, it is only when we stay with Him in trusting dependence on Him that we are safe.
What more could we ask for? He came to do His Father's will, to save us from sin, to destroy the works of the devil and to give us an abundant life here and eternal life hereafter. Can you fathom such love, it is hard isn't it? But it is real and trustworthy, so why not look forward to such unfathomable love for eternity? I am excited and am looking forward to living with Him forever, aren't you? Grandma Joan
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