More about John 7:38 and what it means to believe in God as the scripture says.
So what does the scripture say. We can start with the deity of Jesus Christ, His work, Life, and ministry which includes His death, burial, and resurrection. The Bible says in the gospel of John 1:1 that in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Then in the same chapter verse 14 it says, the Word became flesh and dwelt among men. This is speaking of Jesus, that He is God born of a virgin. The scripture goes on to say all the other things I mentioned above about his life and ministry. If we know and believe that He is the Son of God then we should take His teachings to heart as such. We should believe that everything He says is true. In fact "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." -John 14:6
All these things that the bible says about Jesus, we must accept as pure truth. When it says He rose from the grave after three days of being dead and buried. It means just that. He physically came back to life and came out of the grave! I believe it!
These are just the simple basics of beginning to believe in God as the scripture says. There are many more things that we can learn about as we live our lives choosing to believe in Him and following after Him. He loves us so let us not ignore that. Lets respond to that love by giving our lives to listening to Him.
It really is not hard to believe the way God wants us to.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Continued from "A little about John 7:38"
Going back to why this scripture is so important in the first place. Most people are going to skip over scriptures that they don't understand not realizing that this one scripture is worth a billion times more than Donald Trumps net worth!
Thats right,...it is truly priceless treasure!
No one knows what a literal river of life flowing from their inner most being is like until it actually happens. Many Christians have never even experienced this. But it is here in Gods Holy Word! It is a literal promise of God given to the few who find it. And it is absolutely fantastically amazing. Nothing in this world can ever compare to the greatness of God and His Holy Spirit flowing through us.
As time goes on, I will blog about what the scripture actually says about how we are to believe in Him. This is the emphasis of John 7:38 that I am trying to point out and bring to the open where people can understand it.
Thats right,...it is truly priceless treasure!
No one knows what a literal river of life flowing from their inner most being is like until it actually happens. Many Christians have never even experienced this. But it is here in Gods Holy Word! It is a literal promise of God given to the few who find it. And it is absolutely fantastically amazing. Nothing in this world can ever compare to the greatness of God and His Holy Spirit flowing through us.
As time goes on, I will blog about what the scripture actually says about how we are to believe in Him. This is the emphasis of John 7:38 that I am trying to point out and bring to the open where people can understand it.
A little about John 7:38
"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." -John 7:38
Todays scripture post. I wanted to say a little about this because it is one of my favorite scriptures and because a lot of people ignore it because they don't understand what it means.
This is so important. Many Christians already know that "rivers of living water" means the Holy Spirit. And "belly" means inner most being or your spirit.
I want to point out that this scripture doesn't just say to "believe" in God. Many people will say that they believe in God. But this scripture says more than that. It says to believe in God as the scripture says.
There is another scripture in the book of James chapter 2 verse 19 that says, "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble."
So looking at these scriptures we can see that to "believe" means more than to agree that God exists. It means that we must believe as the scripture says.
More about this in the next post!
Todays scripture post. I wanted to say a little about this because it is one of my favorite scriptures and because a lot of people ignore it because they don't understand what it means.
This is so important. Many Christians already know that "rivers of living water" means the Holy Spirit. And "belly" means inner most being or your spirit.
I want to point out that this scripture doesn't just say to "believe" in God. Many people will say that they believe in God. But this scripture says more than that. It says to believe in God as the scripture says.
There is another scripture in the book of James chapter 2 verse 19 that says, "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble."
So looking at these scriptures we can see that to "believe" means more than to agree that God exists. It means that we must believe as the scripture says.
More about this in the next post!
John 7:38
"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." -John 7:38
Blog Day 2
Today is day 2 of this growing blog! Besides the obvious and necessary new features that most all blogs have, I am happy to announce 2 new features that will be coming soon. At least one of them will start today. And that is that I will try to post a "daily scripture" from the King James Version of the Bible. And number 2 is that I am attempting to add a bookstore with my recommended titles.
Prayer dedication for this blog
I dedicate this blog and all of my posts to God Almighty in the name Jesus Christ. I pray that the Blood of Jesus be applied to it and against all witchcraft attacks and enforcers of those attacks that some may try to send against it. In Jesus Name I bind the lies of Satan and lift up Truth through this blog from this day forward. Let the plans and assignments of evil be canceled In Jesus name! God be glorified!
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