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We live in the world where value is attached to almost everything,
however many times what the world considers as value is in most cases
valueless before God.
In this world we have two kinds of existing things namely; the living and
none living things.
In GENESIS chapter 1 and 2 all other creatures were created with
exception of the man in chapter 2 who God took time to form in verse 7
and woman in verse 22.
One would think, because the earth had no form in GENESIS 1:2,
therefore God should have taken time to form it however that was not
the case because value can only be attached to the earth as long as man
is in it.
Man (includes woman) has a special Place with God. This David the
Psalmist wonders in PSALM 8:3-4 saying, â€œWhen I consider Your
heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You
have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of
man that You visit him?â€
The scripture right above carries Godâ€™s deepest emotions, and when
GENESIS 3:9 says, â€œBut the Lord God called to Adam and said to him,
Where are you?â€ Here one would assume that God was asking an
obvious question, however the truth is that Adam had died.
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revealed in GENESIS 2:2 saying, â€œAnd on the seventh day God ended
His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all
His work which He had done.â€
This was a place of testation to God whether He would continue at rest
when His lovely work (man) is dead or He would redeem it at whatever
cost.
Surely God had to leave His rest because man had fallen, and JOHN
3:16 says, â€œFor God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world (man)
that He [even] gave up His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.â€
There is need to lay emphasis that the death with which man died was
not in itself destruction because there was a possibility of redemption
and this was done through Jesus Christ when He died on the cross for
mankind.
Jesus further explains the above aspect in JOHN 10:10 saying, â€œThe
thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they
may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance to the full, till it
overflows.â€
This of essence implies that much as man fell in the Garden of Eden and
died, manâ€™s destruction is not yet but shall be at the end of the age.
Jesus explained this end (destruction) in MATTHEW 10:28 saying,
â€œAnd do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
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(Gehenna).â€ This is the END of man, however God expresses His heart
in 1 TIMOTHY 2:4 saying â€œI will that all people be saved and come to
full knowledge of the truth.â€
For this cause, Jesus Christ spoke of the Holy Spirit saying in JOHN
16:8-9, â€œAnd when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and
of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in
Me.â€
Believing in Jesus Christ as your personal LORD and Saviour is the
greatest gift you could ever give yourself. Why? Because it is the
beginning of you living.
When Jesus Christ walked the face of this earth a question of His rest
(Sabbath) was raised in MATTHEW 12:1-5 and in response He said,
â€œHave you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who
accompanied himâ€”how he went into the house of God and ate the
loaves of the showbreadâ€”which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for
the men who accompanied him, but for the priestly only? Or have you
never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple
violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and yet are guiltless?â€ IN OTHER
WORDS, Jesus was inviting them into understanding that when man
fell, God left (abandoned) His rest therefore simply put, â€œthere was no
Sabbath to observeâ€.
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times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men
everywhere to repent: because He has appointed a day, in which He will
judge the world in righteousness by that Man Whom He has ordained.
He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.â€
This Man Jesus is God in Trinity. He was, He is and shall be.
Briefly, one would ask saying, Who is Jesus?
He is the I AM.
John the writer in JOHN 1:1-4, 14 by the Spirit describes Him saying,
â€œIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were
made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.â€
Giving a little hint on verse 14 where, â€œthe Word became fleshâ€. This
conversation stems back to ISAIAH 6:8 saying, â€œAlso I heard the voice
of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us?â€
Explaining something. This was a Trinity Conversation; God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Therein two questions are asked, 1. Whom shall I send, and 2. who will
go for Us.
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ISAIAH 40:3, â€œThe voice of one crying in the wilderness: â€œPrepare the
way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.â€â€
This meant that the Holy Spirit was sent with a message about the
coming of Jesus Christ, Who through John the Baptizer, the message
was proclaimed.
The second question, who will go for Us, this John explained in JOHN
1:14 saying He took on flesh, and this is Jesus [JOHN 3:16].
No wonder in LUKE 1:41 when Elizabeth heard Maryâ€™s greeting, the
baby leaped in her womb, and she filled with the Holy Spirit prophesied
about the Christ. This was the greeting, â€œGood Morning Holy Spiritâ€,
and He leaped for joy.
Jesus in LUKE 19:10 explains why He came saying, â€œFor the Son of
Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.â€ In other words
because man fell, He had to come for his redemption.
This 1 PETER 2:25 speaks of saying, â€œFor you were going astray like
sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your
souls.â€ This means that the death of Jesus on the cross and His
resurrection from the dead meant the beginning of a new life in Christ
Jesus to all who believe in His name [2 CORINTHIANS 5:17].
Therefore, when He declared on the cross saying, â€œIt is finished! [JOHN
19:30]â€ this meant that now we can boldly open up a conversation of His
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4:3 says, â€œFor we who have believed do enter into that rest.â€
Why Soul?
It became a Heavenly Agenda as expounded above.
If you want to know more about the soul, kindly look out for a YouTube
sermon by my spiritual father Apostle Grace Lubega entitled â€œPhaneroo
173 â€“ Spirit, Soul and Body.â€
MATTHEW 16:26 asks a Profound question saying, â€œFor what will it
profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or
what will a man give in exchange for his soul?â€ The conclusion of the
matter is that, it is pride to reject Jesus Christ and humility to accept Him
as your personal Lord and Saviour.
SELAHâ€¦
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Christ, then this is the perfect opportunity to do so. Simply repeat these
words:
â€œLord Jesus, I thank You because You died for my sins and You
were raised for my glory. Today, I receive You as my personal Lord
and Saviour; I am born again. Amen.â€
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When JOHN 15:13 says, â€œGreater love has no one than to lay down his
life for his friends.â€ This Jesus fulfilled by dying for us on the cross, and
no other shall ever do that because it is done [ROMANS 6:9-10], and
therefore setting a new principle, â€œGreater love has no one than this; to
preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all creatureâ€ [MARK 16:15].
Therefore just as He instructed Simon Peter in JOHN 21:15-17 saying,
â€œFeed My sheepâ€ so it is now as the highest expression of Love.
Like Apostle Paul in ACTS 26:16, for this purpose He created you; to
make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have
seen and of the things which He will reveal to you.
NOW when PROVERBS 11:30 says, â€œHe who is wise wins souls.â€ This
is the Heavenly Agenda for you.
With this understanding Apostle Paul says in 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16,
â€œWoe is me if I do not preach the Gospel!â€
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deeply loved me and innumerable people through preaching Jesus Christ
to us in and out of season.
I love you Papa.
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