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"It is time now, - to die, - from our-selfish Life "
Jesus paid the price for our sin, to set us free, if we want it. - by believe are we saved by faith, this is the gift from our Great God. But we must remember it is by our believe in Jesus, and what He learned us, - to live not of bread alone, but by every word from the mouth of God.
Why ? - because the background for our sin, was the rebellion against God. First from satan, and he seduced Eve, who seduced Adam, - and the infection have
gone to the whole body of human, male or female ever since.
But our loving God want His children back, so He maked that wonderful redeemings and saving-plan through Jesus, - and Jesus - as the Living Word from God - Isaiah 55:11.v. - finished the plan on the Cross on Calvary, paid for our sin, and set us free to again to follow the will of God.
But first we have to die from our-self, our old adam/eve body, before God can use us as He have planned. We must get "finish" with our-self and this world, - thats the parable of the wheat-corn, there must be putted to die in the ground, - and what happen then ??? - you can see it all over, in this spring-time.
Often when we talk about the diciples, it is Peter we talk about, half sanguine - choleric Peter. It is as we beliewe, that he have the greatest faith of them all. because he could do it all by him-self. - He knew nothing about that Cockcrow-experience then. -
But we have all the same experience, - but sometimes it take a whole life, before we would understand, and stop, asking God not only for help, - we are allways doing that, - but often its better to ask for wisdom to understand, - especially if we run against a wall again and again, then, still using our brain, we must ask: WHY LORD ? - is there to much me and I in my life, - or to litle of you ???
If we read in John 11, you can do it under here. Jesus want to go and wake up Lazarus, who is death - the diciples were schoked, they could of course not forget the violence, they just have escaped from. - But when Thomas saw it was the fast will of Jesus, - he said to the others: then let us go with him, - that we could - die - with him !
They walked to the village of Lazarus, - and the Lord called Lazarus to live, - fantastic and prophetic and simpel in all, - Jesus is the Life Him-self - listen to what He say after the ressurection of Lazarus: - Free him, and let him go. - dont touch, and dont give good advices, when the Lord have touch a person, - let the Holy Spirit fulfill His work, - If you want to do anything, you can pray, or better, give Praise. Glorify and Worship to the Lord !
I think here Jesus gives us that promise: if you will - die - for Me, - then I will give you eternal life - Im the Way, the Truth and the Life !
So let us not frigthen, but lay down our old adam/eve body under the feet of Jesus, - let it all die, - as He died for us on the Cross on Calvary - so lets die from our-self, and be a part of Jesus !
Yes let us get finish with this world to, - for soon, yes very soon, will He, come back, first for those belonging to Him alone, - "those born from the blood and water, from the pierce of His site" - as Eve was born from the site of Adam, - lets finish with this world now!
Blessed is he who Commes in the name of the Lord - Come Lord Jesus, Come soon and take us Home to you !
in the Love from Jesus Christ - jan mikael ><>
JOHN 11:1-44.v.
11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.11:2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
11:3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
11:4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
11:6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
11:7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into Judea again."
11:8 The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
11:9 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
11:10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
11:11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."
11:12 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
11:13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
11:14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
11:15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."
11:16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus,{"Didymus" means "Twin"} said to his fellow disciples,
"Let's go also, that we may die with him."
11:17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia{15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles} away.
11:19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
11:20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
11:21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
11:22 Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
11:23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
11:24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
11:26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
11:27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
11:28 When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."
11:29 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.
11:30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
11:31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."
11:32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
11:34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."
11:35 Jesus wept.
11:36 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
11:37 Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"
11:38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
11:39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
11:40 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"
11:41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying.{NU omits "from the place where the dead man was lying."} Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
11:42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
11:43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
11:44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."