Breathed On

John 20:21-23 
21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 
23  If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”


The Spirit of Christ is in you if you know and obey His commands! He gives you a new nature that is undeniably different. You will look at people in a whole new way! You will see the need for the love of all who are lost! I am not saying you will not sin, for as long as we are in this mortal body, we will have a sin nature. But you will repent, you will not stay in your sin.
Lord, help us to deny self. Help us to yield to You everyday. Show us the way to love people as You first loved us. Amen

John 20:27-31

27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 
28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 
29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
30  Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 
31  but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge

Colossians 2:2-3 
2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, 

3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge

"Christ, as Mediator, was the great treasure-house where were to be found all the wisdom and knowledge needful for people". This is a quote from Barnes commentary, so true, if the people would listen! We need the knowledge Christ imparts and it is found in the Gospel! Our salvation is accomplished by a divine plan, devised by God, by His power and through His infinite mercy! Are you rooted in Christ? Are you immersed in the knowledge of His Word? It is for our benefit, for our instruction, for our nourishment and for our chastisement! Christian, you must be intimate with Christ, to know Him, to follow Him and to search the dept of Him through His Word!

Isaiah 40:14 Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?

Do you get it? God is all!! He was and is and will be!

Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

Lord, I pray for all the ones who do not know You as Lord. Let Your words go forth from Your people as we sing Your praises to teach the lost. Amen

Do You Really Pray?

Do you pray? No now, I mean really pray! I mean glorify Him for who He is! I mean sing praises for what Christ has done! I mean bow before Him and beg for mercy! I mean trust and obey Him!


Matt.6:7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

Matt.6:5-6
5 "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Lord, mighty One, forgive us, heal us, teach us to love like You. Examine our hearts and cleanse us. Amen

Apart From Me

John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.


God is sovereign! He does not need us! We are totally dependent on him! Christ is the mediator between God and man, the beginning of life, the very essence of sustaining life! We must bear fruit! It is a command!

John 1:1-4 

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

2 He was in the beginning with God. 

3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 

4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 6:33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." 

1Tim.2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

Christ chose......

John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

While we were sinners......

Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us

Lord God, through Your mercy You have sent Christ to save the souls of men. We honor You with praise when we should honor You with much fruit! Forgive us, Amen.

Yours is the Kingdom

1Chronicles.29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.


Man thinks he is smart! He does not consider all knowledge comes from You Lord! We were created by Your hand and in Your image! We did not speak the world and all it holds, into existence. Nor was the magnificent universe created by a single living man. We did not create cells which in turn split and eventually form a human. How can man be puffed up at who he is? For in comparison to You Lord, he is nothing!!

1Chronicles.29:12-14
12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 

13 And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name. 

14 "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

Psalm 89:11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

As Creator, King, the first and the last, Alpha and Omega, and everlasting God, we will bow before You to worship and to give honor to Him who is able!!

Revelation 5:13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!"

Romans 11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.


How can you not believe? How can your eyes not behold all the wonders that is in creation? Man is without excuse!

Romans 1:20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.


Psalm 19:1  The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.


Mark 10:6 "But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'


Gen.1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Jeremiah 51:15 "He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.


Jeremiah 5:21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:

Lord, as we prepare to meet You, we will be without excuse! Only by the power of the cross are we reconciled to You. Show mercy to us who should be due Your wrath as we hold onto the power You have granted us through Christ for salvation. Amen

The Temporary Separation of the Soul from the Body

John 11:4 But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 
John 11:11 After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him." 
John 11:14-15
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died, 

15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." 

John 11:25-26

25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 

26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 

Oh what peace and joy these words hold for those who have been saved by grace through Christ! We will die, but we have the promise from God that those of us who trust Christ for salvation will be raised to everlasting life!

I And The Father Are One

John 10:30 I and the Father are one." 
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one
John 10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand
John 10:36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

John 17:21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

Matthew 11:27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

As Christians we do believe that Christ is the Son of God and the son of man. This is the divine plan of Father God. God sent Christ. 

John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

God has granted authority over man to Christ. 

John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands

John 17:2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

Christ is mediator between man and God.

1Tim.2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

Christ had the authority to lay down His life and take it up again. 

John 10:17-18 

17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 

18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father."

Christ has intimate knowledge of the Father. 

Eph.1:17-23 

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 

18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 

19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 

20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 

21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 

22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 

23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Gracious Lord, as I bow before you today, teach me! I know without a shadow of doubt that Christ is my salvation. His life, freely given as payment and received, on Your altar as the only acceptable sacrifice for repentant sinners for eternity. I am saved, by His grace, alone! Let me teach the truth of the hope that is found in Christ and let the lost respond. Lord, let my last breath sing Your praises! In Jesus precious name, Amen