Tuesday, February 17, 2015

He is risen. 2/17/15

Day 48 - Reading the New Testament in one year.
Jesus Has Risen
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

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.”

8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

The Guards’ Report
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.’ 14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

February 17th   Christ formed in you 

“My little children, for whom I travail again until Christ is formed in you.” GALATIANS 4:19
When Paul speaks of Christ being formed in you, he uses the Greek aorist tense, indicating that it happens at a point in time. Most Bible teachers have interpreted the word “formed” as though it was in the present tense, giving the impression that it is a process happening over a period of time. However, the aorist tense for the word “formed” implies that Christ needed to be once again formed in the Galatians’ experience. This did not mean they had lost their salvation. They were still born of God. But due to their being focused upon the law instead of upon Christ, they fell out of being supplied in the realm of grace. Christ no longer profited them. They were, as Paul says in Galatians 5:4, “discharged” from Christ living and operating in them, because they went to something else. Instead of Christ being formed in them, Moses was formed in them, circumcision was formed.
Maybe due to your religious background, what is formed in your
mind right now are your own thoughts about the way you are supposed to be. You feel like you cannot get to the Lord until you fulfill some requirement. You have so many things formed in you. Paul says, “I travail again . . . until Christ is formed in you,” that is, until He again becomes your present enjoyment and fellowship. Out of this He will live in you. Out of this He will operate in you. Out of this you will grow with the growth of God. The principle of this verse is identical to Colossians 2:19, where Paul speaks of “holding fast the Head,” or “seizing the Head.” Your point of reference is the Head. Seize the Head. Do not seize ordinances or regulations such as “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle” (Col. 2:20-21). Seize the Head and you will grow with the growth of God.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)
A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Cameron-God's plan for her life, Cassie, Charlie, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie, Derithia, Heather, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Nicole and family, Pastor Ford, and Willie


Health and Healing
Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort
Ivette and family

Praise Alert
Kyle has recovered!

National
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.
Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International
Israel and Palestine
Iraq
Syrians
Ukraine
Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.

Song(s) of the Day.
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