Worship and Inspiration Songs - 2

There is a difference between knowing the King and being with the King

There is a difference between knowing the King and being with the King. 

A discussion was going on in a classroom about a famous person. The teacher casually asked the students if they knew this person. Almost 90% in the classroom raised their hands. Then the discussion turned to a point where the famous person was accused in newspapers of indulging in something. The teacher asked the students to tell their opinion. Most of the students said that it is really a sad thing for such person whom they adored to have been involved in this controversy and some were saying the person might have committed and some were saying that the person might not have committed such a grave offense since it is not his character. But there was one student who stood firm saying that the person didn’t do it. The teacher was surprised why this student is so confident. The teacher asked the same thing and to the surprise of the whole class, the student revealed the person being his very own uncle whom he watched from close quarters and lived with him. This student has seen him so close, he understood him better than others because he saw this person, his priorities, what are his feelings to others, how he would react to circumstances, etc. He knew the person’s character and nature so well, he knew that the person wouldn’t commit an offense like that, no matter what, so the student stood by what he said. (Sorry I forgot that person’s name).

In the same way, knowing our King JESUS is not enough because we hear many things about HIM, we believe them when we hear them, or we think that we believed every word said about HIM, but when the time comes when we need HIS help, we are not sure whether HE will help us or not. This is because we have not been with HIM, we just heard about HIM. To really believe what HE said, we need to spend time with this great KING. We need to take a walk with HIM, we need to stroll along with HIM to know HIS character, HIS love, HIS majesty, HIS forgiveness, HIS sincerity, HIS faithfulness towards us. Even to believe that HE really loves us and that there is no flaw in HIS love we need to understand HIM. We need to have faith to understand HIS love. 

Devil is always on the prowl to say all wrong things about HIS love to us. No matter what, even when we cheat on our King, even when we leave HIM for some time, HE continues to love us and is always with open hands to receive us back. Our King just needs us to turn back and look at HIM before going further away from HIM. HE wants us to know that HE is not angry with us. HE knows our frame, HE knows how our senses are weaker than the fallen angels who keep passing deceptive things before our eyes, ears and understanding. That is why HE is not angry with us. All HE needs is our trust in Him no matter what, that HE has already forgiven us, and will receive us back. Only we need to go back to him as soon as we fall any time. That way, we will overcome the passing deceptiveness of the devil easily. 

The devil is a liar, he tries to show our King’s love as conditional. The truth is HIS love is unconditional. If HIS love is conditional, then we cannot trust HIM at all times, and whatever JESUS did on the cross also would become invalid (because that is the ultimate love FATHER showed to us by sacrificing JESUS on the cross, and that is the love JESUS showed thru obedience to die on the cross for saving us from eternal damnation). If we are having a guilt feeling inside, that is enough because it means we know that we are wrong. That is enough for the LORD. The danger lies only when we think that we are not wrong or we continue in the sin saying it is fine I am not wrong or take advantage of grace. We need to claim this promise everyday…”I am the righteousness of GOD in CHRIST” (2 Corinthians 5:21). We are called righteous by GOD after accepting JESUS, so we should cling to this because this is the calling given to us by GOD and not by ourselves. The more we claim and believe the more we start living righteously and we produce fruits of righteousness from within us. We can no more call ourselves as sinners because that is the name devil uses to accuse us. We are now cleared of every accusation by the blood of JESUS, we should understand this.

Our King has clearly outlined HIS characters in the Bible, how HE submitted to the will of GOD, how HE humbled HIMSELF to come in the flesh, how HE bore, how HE suffered, how HE forgave every one even on the cross, how HE had compassion on every one HE came across and healed them, how HE did not get disturbed at others comments, how HE was bold, how HE proclaimed kingdom of GOD, how HE cared only for the things above and not for the words of the people, how HE prayed for others, etc because of which HE is now exalted to come back as King. So anything which we find against these characters within us, we have to immediately submit them at the feet of GOD and sincerely ask HIM to help us overcome these. The Bible says that HIS name is exalted above all other names and at HIS name every knee shall bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD to the glory of GOD the FATHER.

That is why JESUS said to forgive a brother who repents 70 times 7 … (Mathew 18:21-22) a number far beyond our expectation. Christians are all brothers and sisters in CHRIST. So if one repents we need to forgive them as many times as possible because our GOD is such that HE has already forgiven us, we need to only understand our mistake and turn to HIM, HE forgives us, no questions asked. HIS character is forgiving always!!

Since HE already bore on the cross our sickness, our infirmities, our lack and poverty, our insults which all came because of the curses which started from Adam’s time (the first man created as Bible says), He removed them from us till Adam, so we need only to claim this in HIS name, the power given to us. For that we need faith, we need to trust HIM no matter what. This trust will build up when we walk with Him every day. We need to spend some time in the King's presence to know more about HIM. We can meditate on the Word of GOD and keep asking/ raising questions to JESUS to help us understand what HE wants us to know from that particular scripture. We can talk to HIM while praying or pray while talking, just spend time with the King. We can feel our day filled with power and bubbling full of energy. The day we spend time with the King will be noticeable,...we do things fast and still find time for more, we finish our tasks quickly and beautifully, we will find favor with people, etc. So the famous song goes by,…When we walk with the LORD, in the light of HIS love, what a glory HE sheds on our way,…
 

Sing this song and see. Have you approached your KING today with praises and songs who would be more that delighted to see you coming into HIS presence with hope, new excitement, new energy…HE is more than ready to fill you with HIS anointing…so don’t forget to visit HIM, go ahead and take HIS appointment as early as possible …every day. GOD be with you.

GOD attributed specific nature(s) to each of HIS heroes we find in Bible

GOD attributed specific nature(s) to each of HIS heroes we find in Bible and made them famous by that character. For example GOD called David a man after HIS own heart (1 Sam 13:14 & Acts 13:22); GOD called Abraham HIS friend (2 Chr 20:7 & James 2:23); GOD called Moses faithful than all men on the face of the earth (Numbers 12:3 & 12:7). 

Why do you think GOD attributed specific characteristics to each one of them? It is because each of them exhibited a character so strongly that even we can sense and see those characters when we read GOD’s Word. 

If we see David, David has a character of long suffering which is a character of GOD. We only remember David as always to have been a hero and a play boy. We think he had no worries to care for that much or that he had no struggle in his life. But if we carefully read Psalms we will find something which we might have never expected. (Psalms 41:8; 38:3-8; 55:4-7; 42:3; 44:24-25). Yet David was unmoved to turn away from what he believed, from the revelation what he got. We can see this when David says I will yet praise HIM; HE is the health of my countenance (Psalms 43:5). David further says that he will make GOD his refuge UNTIL all calamities are past. (Psalms 57:1,2).

Finally David says that he is delivered from all troubles (Psalms 54:7). Here is a list of sufferings of David: 1) no soundness in flesh, 2) no rest in bones 3) wounds are stinking with foul smell, loathsome (no one is approaching David and hating him for the stinking smell) 4) Loins are filled with loathsome disease 5) crying and roaring with pain in his body, disquiet in his heart 6) fear of death 7) fear and horror 8) facing people’s wrath who are asking “where is your GOD whom you said is your shield and strong tower” 9) GOD is hiding HIS face from him

Judging Others

Judging Others

Mathew 7:1-6

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. ² For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

³ “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴ How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

⁶ “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Who is JESUS and why is He - Son of God ?!?

Who is JESUS? How is HE – SON of GOD?

       JESUS is conceived in the womb of a virgin by name Mary by the power of HOLY SPIRIT – that is why HE is called SON of GOD. HE is not born in the natural process.

Luke 1: 30-35 records in Bible

But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.

Mary gets a direct visitation from angel.

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Joseph accepts JESUS as his son

Mathew 1: 18-25

¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

Joseph who was betrothed to Mary, coming to know that Mary was pregnant, thought about her wrongly. But later he accepts her, when he gets informed by an angel what the truth is.

²⁰ But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

²² All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 

Joseph gets a visitation from an angel in a dream.

²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵ But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

JESUS reads out and declares the scripture which was written about HIM is fulfilled 

Luke 4: 16-21

¹⁶ (JESUS) He went to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day (day of rest and worship of the LORD) He went into the synagogue, as was His custom. He stood up to read, ¹⁷ and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it is written:

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
¹⁹     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

²⁰ Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹ He (JESUS) began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

JESUS preaches the good news of the kingdom and heals the sick, and demon-possessed
Mathew 4: 23-25

²³ Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. ²⁴ News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.

What did JESUS say about HIMSELF, about HIS divinity?

In John 8: 54-58, JESUS tells to the Jews that HE existed even before Abraham, who is born 2000 years before HIM.

Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me. Though you do not know HIM, I know HIM. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”

“You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and have you seen Abraham!”

“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

John 8: 19; John 8: 23, 24; John 8: 28-30; 

Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

 

(The Jews were annoyed at JESUS because they wondered at HIS words about HIS FATHER, as all that they know is JESUS is the son of Joseph.)

“You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”

 

He continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am He, you will indeed die in your sins.”

I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. The one who sent me is with me; He has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.” Even as He spoke, many believed in Him.

The Jews conflict over JESUS’s claim that HE was GOD
John 10: 22-33

²² Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³ and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. ²⁴ The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah (savior), tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, ²⁶ but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. ²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.”

³¹ Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, ³² but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

³³ “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”

JESUS declares HE is the way, the truth and the life;
In John 14: 6 JESUS clearly states the way to the FATHER….

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Except through ME – There is no option, no other ways – clearly and boldly stated. Who can declare this statement so boldly unless there is no powerful truth in this? JESUS was already facing opposition for HIS works from the Jews, from the chiefs, from HIS own people; still HE stopped not to declare the truth, in spite of the fact that HE may face danger to HIS life for speaking so.

The way – JESUS is talking about the way into heavenly kingdom – the way to the FATHER, the way to salvation, the way to eternal life and escape from eternal death.

The truth – JESUS is telling the truth, HE HIMSELF is the truth, HE is the truth recorded in the scriptures long time ago, now come to fulfill.

The life – JESUS proved again and again by showing that HE is the life, life flowed from HIM. HE healed every sick person and disabled person, whatever and however sick they are – palsy (paralytic), leper, deaf dumb, blind, lame, and sick, raised even the dead.

JESUS declares HE is the bread of life
John 6: 35

³⁵ Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Everyone is surprised over what JESUS says – that one has to eat HIS flesh and drink HIS blood to have (eternal) life

John 6: 47-51  
JESUS declares that one has to eat HIS flesh and drink HIS blood to live (this is the sacrament that every believer today follows by taking bread and wine (pure grape juice) which symbolizes taking the body of CHRIST as bread, blood of JESUS as wine).

⁴⁷ Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. ⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. ⁵⁰ But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

 

⁵² Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. ⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

JESUS declares HE is the light of the world
John 8: 12

¹² When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

JESUS raises the dead
Luke 7: 11-16 (raises a young man to life)

¹¹ Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. ¹² As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. ¹³ When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

¹⁴ Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” ¹⁵ The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

¹⁶ They were all filled with awe and praised God.

John 11: 38-43 (Raising Lazarus to life who is dead 4 days ago and kept in tomb)

³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ³⁹ “Take away the stone,” he said.

“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”

⁴⁰ Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

⁴¹ So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴² I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

⁴³ When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

(Only a few instances of dead raised to life are given here)

JESUS Predicts about HIS death
In Luke 9:21

²¹ Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. ²² And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

JESUS tells that HE is offering HIS life out of HIS own will – Has authority to lay HIS life and also to take it back
John 10: 17, 18

¹⁷ The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to 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 authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

Jesus Comforts His Disciples, talks about heaven

John 14: 14

 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. ² My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

Many of us might not have visited America, or other famous places in the world. But we hear from those people who visited them and tell us about these places and believe them. We also hope to see those places in our lifetime. Same way, JESUS is telling about heaven because HE came from above. But still many of us don’t believe. Reasoning and intelligence stop us from believing. Even many do not believe in miracles. The same reasoning and logical applications cause unbelief. Only when they see a miracle happening to them, then only they believe and then they accept that there is some incomprehensible superior force in the Universe. 

JESUS predicts HIS second coming (after he is crucified, then after he rises on the third day, then after ascending to HIS FATHER, again HE will come back to judge the world – this time as King) 

Mark 13: 24-27

²⁴ “But in those days, following that distress,

“‘the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
²⁵ the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’^[c]

²⁶ “At that time people will see the Son of Man (JESUS ascends as Son of Man in flesh and bones to heaven so comes back as Son of Man) coming in clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ And He will send his angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.

What did HE say to Pontius Pilate (Roman Governor) during trial for crucifixion?

In John 18: 36, 37 JESUS talks to Pontius Pilate…

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”

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.”

In John 19: 10, 11 JESUS tells about Pilate’s authority

Then Pilate said to Him (JESUS), “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?”

Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

Jews (people of HIS own nation) insists crucifixion of JESUS, Pilate finds no fault in JESUS
John 19: 6-7

⁶ As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”

⁷ The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

JESUS is crucified
John 19: 16-18

¹⁶ Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. ¹⁷ Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). ¹⁸ There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

JESUS declares – It is finished
John 19: 28-30

²⁸ Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” ²⁹ A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. ³⁰ When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

JESUS declares the purpose for which HE came is finished – HIS work is accomplished – HE successfully offered HIMSELF for the salvation of the people of the world – and gives up HIS Spirit.

Many saints resurrect at JESUS crucifixion
Mathew 27: 51-54

The earth shook, the rocks split ⁵² and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. ⁵³ They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

⁵⁴ When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

JESUS resurrected
Mathew 28: 5-7

⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”

Guards bribed - The Guards’ report

Mathew 28: 11-13

¹¹ While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. ¹² When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, ¹³ telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’

JESUS shows up after resurrection says HE is not ghost and gives them commission to preach in HIS name.

Luke 24: 36-45

³⁶ While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

³⁷ They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. ³⁸ He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? ³⁹ Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

⁴⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. ⁴¹ And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and he took it and ate it in their presence.

⁴⁴ He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

JESUS appears to Thomas who didn’t believe

John 20: 24-29

²⁴ Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

²⁶ A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

²⁸ Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹ Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

JESUS gives power and authority over many things to those who believe

Mark 16: 14-18

¹⁴ Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. ¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸ they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

The disciples of JESUS did many great miracles. But in later times, after the disciples of JESUS, we did not see such miracles happening for almost 2000 years because of other preaching(s) which rose up and suppressed the beliefs and faiths towards these miracles and grace, and focused more on the righteousness of a person and the law (diverted from grace of JESUS).

But in these last days we see believers doing great miracles again, even raising the dead people, preaching the true grace of JESUS and the FATHER, because HOLY SPIRIT is endowing them with wisdom, opening their eyes to the truth of the gospel, revealing mysteries and secrets from the Bible and GOD’s heart.

The Ascension of Jesus

Luke 24: 50-52

⁵⁰ When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. ⁵² Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. ⁵³ And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.

Angels testify of HIS coming back again
Acts 1: 10-11

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Thank you for the time you have given to read this message, surely this is going to do a miracle in your life, and also to know GOD more clearly. May GOD bless you, Amen.

Please also read the famous Sermon on the Mount by JESUS in the same blog which inspired our Mahatma Gandhi also so much that he derived his Ahimsa principle from the principle of love that JESUS preached.