Some notes for the day 18 February 2011

John 10:10
<<Stealing, Killing and Destroying - Works of Satan!>>


Number 1 aspect is to steal the knowledge [of word of God]. There may be temptations to reject either Christ or the doctrine of the Bible, or raise u doubts concerning the validity of it's claims.
Number 2 aspect is killing. Probably accusing the believers, accusing the validity of the promises of the Bible or simply blaspheming the elements of Scriptures may be included.
Number 3 aspect is destruction. If killing could be reversed [through resurrection power of Christ or law of Spirit of Life], destruction makes it still worse for bringing back to the old state.

STEALING - Knowledge of word of God.
KILLING - Killing the fervour for Christ through the spirit of Antichrist.
DESTRUCTION - Probably through the spirit of unbelief or destruction.


Jesus says He gives life and gives it more abundantly. Clearly this reveals the fact that, whatever is given in Christ, to give life, is given in a way far away from that could be easily stolen, killed or destroyed. This is the mercy of Christ.


John 10:14
This reveals the love of Christ for mankind. Moreover, it is indicated that He 'knows' His sheep. This helps to expand this verse to study it more carefully.

Wisdom Quote:

<<The Amount of Knowledge of a Person acquired is Proportional to the Love Contained on Him.>>


It could be compared with the verse 2 Peter 1:2 where it is said that the knowledge of Christ adds grace and peace to the people concerned in the same verse.


John 10:15
This exemplifies the love of God for Christ and vice versa. Jesus confirms the desire of the Father, as the redemption of mankind. God sent His own Son, to die for the sake of mankind!

Wisdom Quote:

<<The Kingdom of God on Earth has been established though the Sacrifice of His own Son!>>


John 10:16
This clearly tells us of the love of Jesus for the non-Israelites. Jesus says they are still belonging to Hm, yet unredeemed. He further speaks about His plan to bring the others into His fold. This means the process of extending the Kingdom of Heaven to the Gentiles. We can see that Jesus speaks of love, and later on concerning His purpose. Note that He is equally concerned for the Gentiles. He cannot excuse Himself as He says He 'must' do it.


John 10:18
Jesus, who can bring things into existence by speaking, had to give up His life voluntarily, as to accomplish His purpose on earth.


John 10:26
This picturizes the hardness in the hearts of the Jews.


John 10:27
The followers of Christ are able to recognise the characteristic 'voice' of Jesus mentioned here. There are popular teachings on the 'voice of God', but here it is the voice of Jesus. Probably it could mean that before getting saved, the voice of Jesus leads people, later on which God Himself speaks to lead them.


John 10:29
Here the two words 'gave' and 'pluck' add the velocity in the process of giving and taking respectively. In the former, God is polite and in the latter, violence is explicit.


John 10:34
Jesus reminds those 'law-minded' people to check their scriptural knowledge.


John 11:4
See here how Jesus uses the affliction of a dearly beloved person of His, to demonstrate an action that would be eventually result in getting glory for God.


John 11:26
There are two aspects here, living and believing in Christ.
Living is actually that which does not involve faith-related actions. it is the daily routine life.
Believing is actually that which is actually faith-related action. The combination of life and faith is what Jesus Christ claims to give. it is about believing for sometime and living for the rest of the time. Do they believe in Churches and live in homes?
Death here mentioned is death for a prolonged period. Prolonged period of death without resurrection is not that of Christ.

Pray for me brother or sister, that my faith increases!

Sin

Sin is the product of disobedience in man. Man disobeyed God, thus sin entered the world. Is sin today around you? Yes, if you still belong to the earth.

       When sin entered the Paradise, which God created to keep man and his wife in, He had to chase them out. Sin entered through man's act of disobedience, and God had to cast out man from His Paradise.

       How sad! Even if you or I sin, God refuses to see us. He is of a clean, pure nature that He refuses to see sin. Did we sin?

       Have you seen how heredity functions in man? If a father is stout and his son also being so, we call that heredity. Such is also sin. Sin, over the time being in human nature has increased so much that we often get question, "Is there a God?"

       God is there, but he cannot be where sin is.

DO YOU SIN? DO YOU FEEL UNWORTHY OR ASHAMED?

      Even you have stopped sinning, you may feel uncomfortable or guilty. This is because of a concept which I will introduce later. I believe, if you really want to come out of sin (come out of the discomfort and shame), I can help you.

      Please understand that when you are honest with yourself, you can see the change soon. It depends on your spirit. If you are a born-again spirit, you will not feel guilty. If you have not accepted Christ, you will continue to feel sorry for an age-old sin of yours.

     GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO BE LIKE THIS.

     Please feel free to contact me, to know more about this.

Mark 3:27

            No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

     Jesus gives us a hint or a clue to the concept of 'binding the strong man'. The human being being the house, then sin becomes the strong man. The strong man has the ability to hold fast to the things of the house, thereby rendering the inmates as well as the outmates ineffective in removing objects away from it.

     Sin is the tool by which Satan uses to keep the free-ness in motion in one's life. You do not have to feel worried for your sin. Jesus has set you free. It is your part to do the necessary things to receive the finished-work. We can keep sin in control by prayer. For your prayer requests, do contact me at my e-mail ID.

      Jesus advises people to pray for one another, for effective deliverance from sin. Let join hands to fight sin. Let us keep ourselves free from sin.

      There are a lot of things in the topic of 'Sin'. I have just begun the process of writing these blog-articles. I may find it useful if I could receive comments, suggestions, etc.

       Let me know if we can improve this blog by adding more features and please contribute on your side for the welfare of our community.

      God gave man some commandments to follow, in order to please Him, and to stay happy. When one fails to keep the commandments, even one of them, sin enters them and defiles them. To defile is to make unclean or ugly. If the people around you are ugly and contaminated, then there is sin. Sin is that which makes things ugly. It is not dust or rubbish which alone makes things ugly, but there are many that also make a man dirty.

     If sin makes a man dirty, then it must be cleansed. The way of cleansing is brought about by means of sacrifices and other rituals in the Old Testament, which contains the laws of the Jews. There had to be some kind of offering, to cleanse themselves from the sin which has come upon them.

     The demands as per the law given by Moses, who God gave to teach people, was too difficult for the people to fulfill. The eagerly waited for a remedy, so that they would not have the burden of accomplishing their tasks by themselves. God had to intervene to accomplish this.

John 3:16

     For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

     God wanted to save people from their sin, and to that without much burden. God wanted to help man and hence, He sent His only Son, Jesus, to die for their sins