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About-Him.Com Devotional 09-28-2002
Acts1:1 ¶ The
former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do
and teach,
2 Until the day in which he was
taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the
apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he shewed himself
alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them
forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of
God:
What is the basis of our faith?
Are we believers only because of what father and mother have passed on to
us, or have we considered the written record of those, such as Luke, who recorded the testimonies of
eyewitnesses to Christ's ministry, death, burial and resurrection,
from the very beginning (Luke 1:1-3).
Luke states that Jesus showed
Himself alive by many infallible proofs. If we had to make a case for the
resurrection in a court of law, there would be overwhelming and irrefutable
proof that it did indeed happen just as scripture tells
us.
If the two who journeyed
with Him on the road to Emmaus were called, they would state, "Yes, our eyes
were opened and we recognized Him as He broke bread to us. Our hearts burned
within us as He opened up the scripture(Luke 24:32)."
What about Thomas? "I wouldn't
believe it. until I saw His wounds. I was compelled to declare 'My Lord and my
God'" (John 20:28).
What of Peter? "Yes, I ran to the
tomb (John 20:3), the stone was rolled away, and the tomb was
empty!"
Several women would bear witness
to the heavenly visitors who declared, "He is not here He is risen, why seek ye
the living among the dead"(Luke 24:5).
The writers stated the facts: Luke
wrote the events of Jesus life in order (Luke 1:3).
John said,
"These are written that ye might believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, ye might have life through
His name (John 20:31).
Paul wrote of seeing Him and
hearing His voice on the road to Damascus (Acts 22). Paul gives a list of
all who had seen the Lord after His resurrection,
including himself (I Corinthians
15:1-8).
Finally we have to consider that
all but one of the apostles died a martyr's death. These men who had forsaken
the Lord and even denied Him were forever changed. They went to the ends of the
earth with a fire in their bosom that could not be quenched. Neither, chains and
imprisonment, hunger or hardship could still their voices as
they preached "He died, He rose again, He ascended to heaven, He's coming
again."
The message has not changed. This
is what we teach and believe and our firm expectation is that we will soon
behold Him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12
).
In
About-Him
We now have 18 Songs of the Church posted, and are working on about
10 more.
The last 2 new songs on our audio
page http://about-him.com/audio.html are.
Amazing
Grace
RealAudio http://about-him.com/music/amaz_grac.ram
Glory To His
Name
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Humor
A small boy was looking at the red
ripe tomatoes growing in the farmer's garden. "I'll give you my two
pennies for that tomato," said the boy pointing to a beautiful, large, ripe
fruit hanging on the vine.
"No," said the farmer, "I get a dime for a tomato like that one." The small boy pointed to a smaller green one, "Will you take two pennies for that one?" "Yes," replied the farmer, "I'll give you that one for two cents." "OK," said the lad, sealing the deal by putting the coins in the farmer's hand, "I'll pick it up in about a week." Quote
"Your worst days are never so bad
that you are beyond
the reach of God's grace.And
your best days are never so good
that are beyond the need of God's
grace." -Jerry Bridges
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