You are the Way Jesus!

I have tons and tons I would love to share. God is amazingly good to me. But I will focus in the main reason why I am so passionate about Him and His Word. You need to understand where I am coming in from. My whole life I was raised as catholic, doing all that is required by the church. Since my mid 20’s I began to actually wonder why I didn’t feel the passion or love for God that was proclaimed to me. I wondered if the tiresome and monotonous way to receive his word was received equally among others. I made such an effort to “like” the way The Word was given to me. But there were a lot of things that didn’t quite fulfill my spirit with the joy and happiness we should feel when aligned to him. I longed for God but didn’t’ get the response I was looking for. Everything was so tightly orquestrated. There was no joy in me. And, before I continue, I want to say to those that differ from me, that they may ask God to reveal his truth to them, and don’t feel that what has been taught to them for generations is true, because it is only tradition. God is so faithful and so loving that when his children ( all of us ) ask for his presence and word He will be diligent to respond. I can give testimony of this great faithfulness. He is our Father in heaven and as parents here on earth always are there for their children, rest assured God is always here for you. Just needs your complete faith in him and the One who He sent to give us salvation for eternity: Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the basis of Christianism. After Jesus rose from the dead and entrusted the great commision to his disciples, he proclaimed himself as worthy to command them, because God had already given him the authority to do so:

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.” Matthew 28:18-20

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” 

Well, I don’t think there’s a doubt in this statement. All authority was given to Jesus Christ by God. No one can tell you that Jesus is another prophet, or that whatever he did is nothing less than what the disciples would have done. No one is like Jesus. NO ONE. No authority is given to man, because man don’t have the capacity. Man in inherently sinful and imperfect, therefore not suitable to judge or command. He then commands them to make disciples, baptize them, teach them to obey everything He has commanded. It’s important ton emphasize this last part that says: “… To obey everything I have command you”. Who has commanded us? And what had He commanded us?

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Murder

21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment.Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

23 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

25 “Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. 26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

Adultery

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Divorce

31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Oaths

33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ 34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Eye for Eye

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 5:17-48

Jesus is very clear, yet again that He is not “abolishing” what was given as law prior to his coming. He came to make sure everything got accomplished. He is obedient and did all that God the Father asked him to do to fulfill the prophecies. He is the culmination of what the prophets said about him. In him everything is made perfect. Jesus identity is clearly understood all around the scriptures. We cannot even think about God without thinking in Jesus Christ. They are one. Then, how is it that people separate them? Do you understand that this separation is never held in any passage of the scripture? The contrary statement – God and Jesus as one – on the other hand is all around it. And we find a multitude of verses ( The One who comes from above, Honor the Son like the Father, I and the Father are one, Our only salvation, Our intercessor,Beautiful promise ). Here one that captures all of the important points about Jesus. Read this passage that John wrote. It’s the beautiful core of who Jesus is::

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life,and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. John 1:1-18

This passage gets me so excited and so fascinated with Jesus even more. I hope it does the same to you. Jesus is life. We have life in Jesus… No matter what people tell you, Jesus gives life, and love, compassion, mercy, wisdom, truth. Everything was made through him and without him nothing could have been made. Now I ask you this: How can you exclude Jesus from the equation of God when Jesus is the revelation of God himself? How can we deny his power and holiness when God had given Jesus the power over all? ( see Matthew 28 above) Jesus is the Son of God. He is no prophet like many would say. Verse 10 says “the world did not recognize him”, sounds familiar? Do you recognize Jesus as he is? Or are you blinded thinking that the world tells you otherwise? Since when were men given authority to say who He is? We have to believe who He is for what He is. Period. Read Luke 24:47. It reads: His followers will preach IN HIS NAME. Notice a very important part: IN HIS NAME. Not the name of any man or woman, but the name of the Word, who is in God and God is in Him: Jesus Christ. I don’t want to make this long, because if I don’t restrain myself I would fill pages and pages full of Jesus truth. He is alive and gives me the joy and strength to say this to you with certainty. I have no doubts whatsoever about Jesus sovereignty, holiness, power and place in heaven. I have Him living inside me and fueling his Spirit into me and I am humbled by it, because I am not worthy of his love and faithfulness, but I also know that doesn’t matter to Jesus. I know that He only desires willing hearts that allow him to dwell inside of them. To fill, heal, lift our soul and minds towards him. I pray for you so you may also hunger for the knowledge of Jesus. Believe when I say this: YOU WILL NOT BE THE SAME. And this other person that you may become will be living in freedom with a wonderful promise from the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who came, suffered, sacrificed himself, died, and rose from the dead FOR YOU. He is at the right hand of God right now. And He loves you. And He wants you. And He wants to heal you. Would you respond to Jesus? Much love to you!

Jesus is Alive for you!

Happy Sunday!

What a glorious day to praise Jesus!

Mercy mercy
Bring me to my knees
As the morning
Calls to light the dark in me

Heaven’s story
Breathing life into my bones
Spirit lift me
From this wasteland lead me home

Now I
Find my life in Yours
My eyes
On Your Name

Arrest my heart
From its reckless path
Release the chains in me
Awake my soul
To the hope You hold
Your grace is all I need

Humble glory
Chose to carry all my shame
Rendered worthy
In the shadow of Your Name

Gracious fury
Written in my Saviour’s scars
Mercy mercy
Now engraved upon my heart

 

“Mercy Mercy” is such an inspirational song with words that talk about Jesus love and sacrifice. It’s just a song but it can have a more profound impact when you really dig into it. I just love how it captures our need of restoration and salvation… Just like when we are broken and without an exit. When there is nothing else to do reach out to Jesus. It may seem the world is falling around us, that there isn’t a viable option, that only condemnation or suffering awaits. His mercy is right there to pick us up.

There is no better time to surrender yourself to Jesus. No matter your sins, no matter your life path, IN JESUS YOU CAN FIND REST AND SALVATION. His love will hold you and keep you. His faithfulness will never let go. His mercy will show you who He is.

There was one woman who thought that people who talked about Jesus where fanatics. People that were brainwashed or had nothing else to do. Then something happened. Her life wasn’t going well and she felt trapped. Now this girl is so in love with Jesus she is in another dilemma: How to live up to Jesus sacrifice and love for her?

Well, she is trying everyday to love like Jesus. And its not an easy task. Everyday she faces challenges, roadblocks if you may, that hinder her passionate goal. But the funny thing is that everyday, no matter is she had prayed, praised God or just set her mind to love everyone around her, its a lost battle. Everyday has its troubles and roadblocks and as hum as we won;t be able to make everything perfect for God. But our heart now joined to Jesus urge us to perfect ourselves for Him. And that’s the beauty of Jesus’s love. It’s not a condemnatory but forgiving love.

It’s hard to plan to be perfect when in reality is not in us to do so. But for God this is easy and He sends help to get closer to him and to his heart: The Holy Spirit.

Is not humanist ideas what get us closer to God but his Spirit. His daily grace allow us to clearly see what was a blinding our eyes before.He knows of our struggles and doubts and help us understand how to overcome them.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13

Now this woman understands that her nature will make her slip. But she also knows that slipping doesn’t mean ignoring what triggers the train of events that may lead her to defeat and self condemnation. There is Grace that was given once she said Yes to Jesus. And there is no more condemnation because Jesus makes everything new. He doesn’t remember what you did as long as you repent and don’t fall into it again. Think of this as an exercise of your faith. If you work a muscle to make it strong it will eventually be strong. Same with your faith: Exercise everyday how to say kind words, be more patient, be more compassionate, be more helpful, read the bible and dwell in His word so you may have a heart more like Jesus. One day you will be strengthen with a heart and life that pleases God.

And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5

And this quote from the book of Revelation shows Jesus sitting in glory on the throne, stating that He is making everything new. That is already done. You can be sure of that once you know in your heart that Jesus is Lord. Once you know, there is no other way around it. You become God’s newest son or daughter and heir to His Eternal Kingdom by grace and not by your deeds or works.

Well, THIS WOMAN (me) is just learning to live under God’s grace one step at a time. It’s all worth it. And everyday Jesus removes a bit of the old nature to transform me (and you) into the perfect sacrifice of true living worship for the glory of God. The Holy Spirit works in you when you ask for his help. And He is faithful and will deliver, never to be alone, never to fight alone, never to be frightened. God is our refuge.

God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
    and the mountains quake with their surging.

Psalm 46:1-3

Everyday I fall and everyday I repent. But God is not a recipe that you take and follow directions and everything works out good. On the contrary, if I have fallen, I repent and look to not do so again. I ask for his help to show me the solution, to give me the strength to win over my flesh and what pleases him. Soon enough your life may become more about God and less about you. Then, we will start to walk in the right path.

Glorify Jesus with your life today!

It can be possible with the Holy Spirit’s help. Don’t let anyone tell you that you are not worthy or that is impossible to do. Jesus died and rose from the dead for you. And is now sitting in all majesty at the right hand of God, waiting for YOU. He loves you. He wants to heal you. He wants to give you his salvation.

Jesus Christ Lives.His mercy manifests everyday in your life. You have life because of God. You have time to turn to God by his mercy. Don’t waste your time in vanities. Look for you Redeemer and Savior. Your life will change like you wouldn’t imagine!

Pray with me

Blessings,

 

Truth to be told…

Lately, I’ve been thinking about all the recent events and news that have happened around the world.Everything is about chaos, depravation, war, ego, disruption, etc. I was watching the news (And as I said before I barely watch the news for the same reason…its all the same again and again…) and it made me realize that we are in a destruction path that we can’t avoid. And I don’t mean to be fatalist, but the destiny of the earth has been written long before you and I were born.

God is giving humanity time to repent and to turn to Him. This is the time of the Lord’s mercy. There will be time for God’s wrath. And you do not want to be there to be condemned.

You listen about earthquakes, naturales disasters, illnesses that were thought eradicated coming back, and the world just turning upside down…It’s disheartening to live in times like these.But even worst is to see people just be OK with it all. Like there isn’t an alternative to all of this. It amazes me how far from God we are going and how this very thing is the most dangerous for society, for humanity.

And to think that most people don’t realize that it takes a simple act of selfishness to do what’s best for us. But we aren’t willing to give up our rights, our thoughts, our mind, our ego. We think we are indestructible. We think we are so knowledgable. In fact we are what we are because God created us like that, but even this is an unthinkable truth we want to deny.

And then you may think: Ok, if God create me and everyone else, So, why do some have more than others? why some suffer more than others? why Am I not where I want to be right now (maybe socially or economically…)? Why is there some  much suffering and inequality?

The main reason is that we live in a fallen world. Humanity’s sin has made us grow apart from God more and more and therefore more suffering on our lives. My next point refers to the fact that we aren’t in earth  to make ourselves rich and have everything, because these things make us slaves to this lie.

I want to remind you that Jesus never said that we would be rich and powerful by believing in him. He never said: Follow me and I will give you riches that overflow.(Often times the gospel is misinterpreted given the idea that God wants to make us rich, while in reality He does want us to be rich spiritually to make us worthy of receiving something bigger).

Look at the apostles and their lives, they had nothing on this earth but gained heaven by their faithfulness to Christ. He did promised to be with us all the days of our lives until the end of days. And his abundant gift is not material  but spiritual, so don’t expect to be rewarded with riches and power in this world. The riches you will acquire during your intimate relationship with Jesus will last forever and are not defined by what you have on earth. Jesus became man and came to the world and  never had a penny. He never lived in a castle with food and clothing, non stop entertainment, etc. ( And to give you perspective: Jesus is God, Almighty and Holy. He owns everything you see and cannot see and He came to earth and had nothing for the love and obedience to the Father).

Jesus came to show us the way living the way. And now He is sitting in glory next to God this very moment and awaiting for the time to come back for us and bring us justice.

And you may be even more surprised to know that God gives us choice. Not the choice to be rich or poor, but to choose our path in life. He wants us to choose Him freely and not by force. This earthly life is temporary, a training and cleaning ground, to prepare us for eternity.

Would you choose to be saved or eternally condemned ? We have the choice to believe in what He says or not. People tend to reject religion and therefore God. Religion was created by man. Man is imperfect. Religion will be imperfect. We are so focused  in doing rituals and following traditions that we loose the focus of whom we adore. Tradition is not faith. Tradition is dictated by men to follow specific paths that can only blind us even more to the realities of God.

There is only one path to God: Believing in Jesus Christ. There is no other way or other person that can bring you to God. You do not need to pray to anyone else but Jesus, because He is our intercessor before God. He is sitting in glory at the right hand of God right now. And He is eternal and Holy, and listens to us day and night. It is only through Him that we find salvation and grace before God. We need to know that Jesus dies for our sins, resurrected on the third day and appeared to his disciples and fill them with the Holy Spirit.

And after this glorious event, the disciples started what we now know as the first church. And this first idea of church was so basic yet so focused in the things a church is to do these days:

Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This promise is to you, and to your children, and even to the Gentiles—all who have been called by the Lord our God.” Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!” Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all. All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper, and to prayer. A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. Acts 2:37-44

The most relevant aspects of the first church were: teaching/learning, fraternal union, community and prayer. Those are the bare bones of what church may look like. Often times the church we go may not fulfill these basic aspects, but nonetheless its important to persevere and pray about it. We can do our own by not following into man’s footsteps but following Jesus guidance and teachings. Once we look past the human nature and look towards Jesus Holiness, we can do what is asked of us: To be truthful members of the body of Christ (The Church) by learning what Jesus came to teach us, by teaching His word truthfully, by encouraging and communing with other church members and of course to pray together.

We have to learn that no man is perfect and therefore the church will not be full of saints. But we have to understand that once the love of Jesus Christ was poured onto us we are compelled by His Spirit to do as He did. To love one another, to forgive one another, to pray for one another. 

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