Thank God for working into us The Nature of Jesus – Part 5

If you recall the last time we looked at:

Thank God we belong to Him – Part 4

"Ought not Christ to have suffered these things (means the Bible predicted His Sufferings, which should have been obvious to His followers and would have been had they only devoted time and attention to the Word of God), and to enter into His glory?" (Proclaims that the Bible does outline the coming Kingdom of Glory, hence the “Triumphant Messiah;” however, it must be preceded by the mission of “Suffering Messiah.”) Luke 24:26 (Blue is scripture – Red are notes)

      "Our Lord’s Cross is the gateway into His life: His Resurrection means that He has power now to convey His life to me. When I am born again from above, I receive from the risen Lord His very life. Our Lord’s Resurrection destiny is to bring 'many sons unto glory.’...  His resurrection means for us that we are raised to His risen life, not to our old life. One day we shall have a body like unto His glorious body, but we can know now the efficacy of His resurrection and walk in newness of life. 'I would know Him in the power of His resurrection.’... Thank God it is gloriously and majestically true that the Holy Spirit can work in us the very nature of Jesus if we will obey Him."

Next time we will look at:

Thank God for our Sanctification – Part 6

Ministry Note - (Measuring Viewership)

I have been publishing the Straight Ministry Blog for 7 months now, and find it difficult to measure viewership. I need to know if the blog has been or is a blessing to you. I spend a considerable amount of time writing these articles and publishing this blog.  I would surly appreciate some feedback.

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Thank God we belong to Him – Part 4

If you recall the last time we looked at:

Thank God for Difficulties – Part 3

What? Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6:19

       "There is no such thing as a private life—‘a world within the world’—for a man or woman who is brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ’s sufferings. God breaks up the private life of His saints, and makes it a thoroughfare for the world on the one hand and for Himself on the other.

       "No human being can stand that unless he is identified with Jesus Christ. We are not sanctified for ourselves, we are called into the fellowship of the Gospel, and things happen which have nothing to do with us; God is getting us into fellowship with Himself. Let Him have his way, if you do not, instead of being of the slightest use to God in His Redemptive work in the world, you will be a hindrance....

      "The first thing God does with us is to get us based on rugged Reality until we do not care what becomes of us individually as long as He gets His way for the purpose of His Redemption. Why shouldn’t we go through heartbreaks? Through these doorways God is opening up ways of fellowship with His Son.

      "Most of us fall and collapse at the first grip of pain; we sit down on the threshold of God’s purpose and die away of self-pity, and all so-called Christian sympathy will aid us to our death-bed. But God will not. He comes with the grip of the pierced hand of His Son, and says—‘Enter into fellowship with Me; arise and shine.’

       "If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart."

Next Time we will look at:

Thank God for working into us the Nature of Jesus – Part 5