Weep Not for Those Who Believe In Jesus Christ in Faith-For the Father Has Given All Authority to the Son

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Aug 7, 2008 at 18:57

Weep Not for Those Who Believe In Jesus Christ in Faith-For the Father Has Given All Authority to the Son

Luke 23:27) And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, who also bewailed and lamented him. 28) But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29) For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nourished infants. 30) Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 31) For if they do these things in a green tree, what will be done in the dry? 32) And two others, [who were] malefactors, were led with him to be put to death. 33) And when they had come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors; one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

You keep making the same mistake, that before there were any human ideas on how Almighty God was going to relate to mankind, He had already set His mind and Jesus Christ revealed the mind of His Father in the Holy Bible. For you to say that the Holy Bible is corrupt is to adopt the tactic of the Adversary and say, like he did in the garden, ‘did God really say?' To adopt the same tactic puts any who use it to the same litmus test, that there is no belief in what Almighty God really said. This is true for the Islamic Prophet, who could not, for whatever reason he thought he had, believe in the Word of the LORD as already presented and revealed by Jesus Christ. You do the same thing by denying who Jesus Christ is.

You mention the virgin birth, which by doing so you adopt the position of unbelieving Jewish followers, and make it out something else than what the Holy Bible says it is. This is a significant witness to His Deity, for who else in human history would even need to enter the world that way.

You make a separation of Almighty God and Jesus Christ as Creator, which by Holy Writ, they are the same. You do not understand how so you make it less than what is really is. Again, the Adversary is in that bit of thinking.

You say ‘worship the Father', just as Jesus says in the Holy Bible, but you deny His authority in His Deity to make that a commandment, which it actually is. Jesus says, ‘if you love me, keep my commandments.' Well the question is, do you love Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living Almighty God, who gave His life as a ransom for you, if you believe.

Now you make the unwarranted assertion that I do not listen to the Bible, which is a contradictory statement from you, for your other assertion is that it is corrupt. I have no such contradiction. My faith in Jesus Christ is my heavenly assurance that Jesus Christ is alive, has paid my sin debt for my salvation, and I owe Him everything, EVERYTHING, in obedience to His love for me, and the mercy that He has shown to me in every aspect of my life.

No one else except Jesus Christ is able to give me what He has given me, paid for by the shedding of His blood, and insured by His place by the right hand of Almighty God the Father. No one will ever be able to separate me from that kind of power and love that has been shown to me through my faith in Jesus Christ my LORD.

You need not pity me, or any other disciple of Jesus Christ, for my judgment is past through the promises of Jesus Christ, and my relationship with Him is eternally secure. That will never be taken away. NEVER.

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