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My brother-in-law read another paragraph in the book of John
(which is
4th book of the New Testament) and the third paragraph:
" For God so
loved the world that he gave his one and
only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life."
God, whom I respectfully called "the man upstairs"
sent his son downstairs
so-to-speak and then men
killed him by crucifying him. He was the only man that ever
lived that never sinned against God and when you read the
rest of the bible you realize that he was different. For
instance: he healed a man who was born blind and no one
had ever done before. He healed lepers, lame men and he even
raised his friend from the dead. The only explanation was
that he was God who had visited earth in human form. What
was odd was that he never pushed that topic on anyone, he
just let them decide for themselves.
His friends un-nailed his corpse from the cross and laid it
in a cold stone tomb. 3 days later, when you would have expected
his body to be decaying, he arose from the dead himself just
as he predicted that he would. He was God alright
and this was proof of it. Now this would be a little
suspicious if just a few people saw him then you could say
that they made up the story to keep this "cult thing"
going after his death but he appeared on different occasions
to over 500 people over a period of 40 days eating fish and
bread with them.
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Now here is something else to consider:
He had 12 men that
he chose that followed him around and he taught them things
over a 3 year period.
11 of the 12 of these guys were killed for talking about this
event at the tomb. Some of them were tortured and even crucified
themselves. They were killed for what they believed because
they saw him alive! Now suppose they didn't see him alive
—do you think they would have layed down their lives
for something that they knew was not true?
People have died for causes they believe in, but people don't
die for a cause that they know is not true. They met their
own deaths knowing that they saw Jesus crucified and very
much dead and three days later they ate bread and fish with
him.
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On the fortieth day after the
tomb incident he was quietly lifted up into the sky after
he had finished teaching his friends on a mountain near Jerusalem.
Some angels were there on the ground with his friends and
they told them that he was coming back exactly like he left.
10 days later these guys were in a room hiding out when Jesus
sent another one just like him (from heaven) into the room
where they were praying and he went into these men. He was
the Holy Spirit. He was the one that Jesus promised to send.
He came and took up residence inside the 120 men and women
who believed.
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When I got down on my knees to pray back in 1974 this same
Holy Spirit came to me and spoke to me of my need for Him.
I talked to him outloud for the first time in my life without
it being some sort of memorized prayer that I had learned
in church. I told him that I wasn't worthy to take this gift
that he was offering but I asked him to come into my life
and change me from the inside.
I felt foolish, but at the same time I felt a weight lift
from my shoulders and it was a good feeling. I wondered if
it would last or just be a passing thing. I woke up the next
morning and something felt different. It was like I had unseen
person in the room with me. He was there. He didn't leave
me. As weird as it sounds he never left. He has been there
for the last 11, 497 mornings even as I write this on the
internet. I mess up and he is still there. I try to walk away
from him and he brings me back.
I don't understand why Jesus would do this for me. I am such
an average person. I don't stand out in a crowd. I don't have
any charisma or any
special reason why he would pay any attention to me. I guess
that it is the wonderful part of my story is that he chose
to love me. I didn't choose to love him.
Do you think it is a coincidence that you have found yourself
reading my story? Most people don't click through to this
point. Most people when they find out that this is a "religious
story" hit the back button on the browser
but you chose to read on. You have at least a curiosity about
how to get connected to him.
Got a question? E-Mail me and I will take the time to write
you back.
Thanks for taking a few minutes out of your day to spend with
me.
—Dan King
DKing@AmishWarehouse.com
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