Every day presents a fresh opportunity to pursue a CLOSER RELATIONSHIP with Jesus – and the more you have of Jesus in your life, THE BETTER YOUR LIFE WILL BE. So don’t settle for just occasional encounters with Jesus in some parts of your life. Keep pursuing more of Jesus until YOUR WHOLE LIFE is saturated with His power. “…an expert in the law, tested Jesus with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with ALL your HEART, SOUL, MIND.’ and STRENGTH’ This is the FIRST AND GREATEST COMMANDMENT. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS HANG on these two commandments.” (Matt. 22:35-40) (Mark 12:30)
♫More about Jesus let me learn,
More of His holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be,
Showing the things of Christ to me.
Jesus looked right into the eyes of the Pharisees, the Jewish leaders, and said, “If God were your Father, YOU WOULD LOVE ME“ (John 8:42). He is saying to the most religious, the most God-oriented, Old Testament-saturated people on the planet: You don’t know him. He is not your Father. In fact, he goes so far as to say they are of their father the devil. That’s mind-boggling. What is the litmus paper for knowing whether somebody is a lover of God? Answer: DO THEY LOVE JESUS? Do they embrace Jesus for who he really is? Not just as some human teacher, not just as some prophet alongside other prophets, but as THE VERY SON OF GOD.
MORE ABOUT JESUS LET ME LEARN…
-Bill Stockham