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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Liar, Lunatic or LORD -- The Right Name

Liar -- a pathological LIAR is an individual who habitually tells lies so exaggerated or bizarre that they are suggestive of mental disorder.

Can the Holy One who in ALL ways always walked the perfect Walk and lived the truthful Talk bear false witness? Can the Master Teacher teach UNtruths that lead His followers to hell? Can the Prophet of GOD prophesy 99.99% of actual events and still be called a prophet sent from GOD?

Was JESUS a liar?

Lunatic -- insane, crazy, demented, madman, maniac... wildly or giddily foolish.

Can a LUNATIC make a born paralytic walk, then leap for joy? or a blind man see through tears of amazement? or a deaf-mute hear, then sing praises to the Healer? Can a lunatic cast out multiple demons from one devil-possessed? Can a lunatic miraculously feed 5,000 men (with women and children, the figure could be 20,000 or more) with but five bread and two fish? Can a lunatic raise a stinking four-day decaying corpse from the grave?

Was JESUS a lunatic?

LORD -- Person having ALL power and SOVEREIGN authority, Master, Most High, Father, Creator, Ruler, King of kings... GOD.

What do you call a Man who lived EVERY single moment of His life without sin? What do you call a Man who can forgive sinners -- even those who conspired to kill Him and those who hammered the nails into His hands and feet? What do you call a Man who suffered excruciating agony during His crucifixion, yet uttered not one blasphemous word?

What do you call a Man who performed countless miracles and healings throughout the three years of His ministry? What do you call a Man who fulfilled all the Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah? What do you call a Man who walked on water, who rose from the dead, who went through walls, who was seen by hundreds ascending into heaven?

Was (and is) JESUS... LORD?

HONEST, SANE men would call THIS Man -- LORD... LORD JESUS.

And i, forgiven wretch that i am, call JESUS my LORD, my GOD, my Master.

JESUS is my Way -- HE is the Path of Righteousness.
JESUS is my Truth -- HE is The WORD Infallible.
JESUS is my Life -- HE is the Fountain EVER flowing.
JESUS IS my LORD, my Master, my GOD.

HE is the Shield who protects from satan's assaults --
The Rock on which TRUE wisdom is built.
HE is the KING who reigns SOVEREIGN --
The Shepherd whose tender care is Faithful and True.

HE is the Judge who sees the inner man --
The Refuge during trials to whom we run.
HE is the Fortress IMpregnable --
The Avenger of the weak and the oppressed.

HE is the Creator of ALL things from NO things --
The Deliverer of those who LOVE and OBEY Him.
HE is the Healer of the brokenhearted --
The Protector of the Humble and the Meek.

HE is the Provider of our daily bread --
The Redeemer of the wretched Lost.
HE is the Alpha and the Omega --
The Author and Finisher of our FAITH.

HE is the Master Potter --
The Artist Divine of each masterpiece.
HE is the Father who knows best --
The Prince of Peace who counsels, IN CHRIST is rest.

JESUS is the Bread of Life --
The abundant Nourisher of this child.
HE is the Light of the world --
The PERFECT Guide to this darkened soul.

JESUS is the Door of the sheepfold --
The narrow Gate where this penitent entered.
HE is the GOOD Shepherd --
The Owner of this prodigal sheep.

JESUS is The RESURRECTION and The LIFE --
The Promise Keeper in whom absolutely i trust.
HE is the TRUE Vine --
The ETERNAL Source in whom i cling.

JESUS is The WAY, The TRUTH and The LIFE --
HE IS my Way, my Truth and my Life --

By GRACE alone, through FAITH alone, IN CHRIST alone,

ForEVER and forEVERmore. \o/

C. S. Lewis wrote in Mere CHRISTianity:

"I am trying to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept JESUS as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be GOD.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was MERELY a man and said the sort of things JESUS said would either be a LUNATIC -- on the level with the man who says he is a POACHED EGG -- or else he would be the DEVIL FROM HELL.

"You must make your choice. Either this Man WAS and IS, the SON of GOD -- or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool; you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; OR you can fall at His feet and call Him LORD and GOD. But let us not come with any PATRONIZING NONsense about His being a great moral teacher. He has not left that open to us.

"We are faced, then, with a frightening alternative. This Man we are talking about either was (and is) just what He said or else a lunatic, or something worse. Now it seems to me OBVIOUS that He was NEITHER a LUNATIC nor a FIEND; and consequently, however strange or terrifying or unlikely it may seem, I have to accept the view that He WAS and IS GOD."

Liar, lunatic or LORD? Who is JESUS to you?

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rLn!May 26, 2015 at 11:04 AM
Dear Reader -- JESUS claimed to be The Way, The Truth, The Life. He said that NO ONE can come to the Father -- GOD and Creator of the Universe -- except through Him. He said that The TRUTH will set you free. And He said that if the Son sets you free, you are FREE indeed! Listen. Listen to The TRUTH speaking into your heart -- He will NEVER lie because GOD can NOT lie -- EVER.
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rLn!January 23, 2018 at 8:13 AM
There is but ONE LORD. (Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermon --
https://www.mljtrust.org/sermons-online/ephesians-4-5/one-lord/)
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my Prayer For You

When i think of the wisdom and scope of GOD's plan, i fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. i pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will give you mighty inner strength through His Holy SPIRIT. i pray that CHRIST will be more and more at home in your heart as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of GOD's marvelous love.

And may you have the power to understand, as all GOD's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love really is. May you experience the love of CHRIST, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from GOD.

Now to Him Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by CHRIST JESUS to all generations, forever and ever. AMEN!

(Ephesians 3:14-21)

The Great I AM

I AM the Bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
(John 6:35)

I AM the Light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the Light of life.
(John 8:12)

I AM the Door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I AM the Door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
(John 10:7, 9)

I AM the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep. I AM the Good Shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
(John 10:11, 14)

I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. I AM the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
(John 15:1, 5)

I AM the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
(John 11:25)

I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
(John 14:6)

Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" JESUS answered, You say rightly that I AM a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears My voice.
(John 18:37)

LOVE is...

Though i speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, i have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

And though i have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though i have all faith, so that i could remove mountains, but have not love, i am nothing.

And though i bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though i give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part.

But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

When i was a child, i spoke as a child, i understood as a child, i thought as a child; but when i became a man, i put away childish things.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now i know in part, but then i shall know just as i also am known.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

(I Corinthians 13)

Rejoice!

Rejoice in the LORD always. i will say it again: Rejoice!

Let your gentleness be evident to all. The LORD is near.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to GOD. And the peace of GOD, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind in CHRIST JESUS.

Finally, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.

(Philippians 4:4-8)

How Great Thou Art!

O LORD, my GOD! When i in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hands have made.
i see the stars, i hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!

And when i think that GOD, His Son not sparing, sent Him to die, i scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin.

Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!

When CHRIST shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then i shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, my GOD, how great Thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! i once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now i see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour i first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares, i have already come; 'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

The LORD has promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease, i shall possess, within the veil, a life of joy and peace.

The world shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun refuse to shine; but GOD, who called me here below, shall be forever mine.

When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun; we've no less days to sing GOD's praise than when we'd first begun.

The Holy BIBLE -- The Word of GOD

The BIBLE contains the mind of GOD, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.

It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the CHRISTian's charter. Here is Paradise restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed.

CHRIST is its grand subject, our good the design, and the glory of GOD its end.

It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents.

(Foreword from The Gideons International)