This Post is for FIRST COMMENTER CONTEST
While Jesus was moving
around Judea, doing good, raising the dead, healing the sick, curing the
infirmed, feeding the hungry, He had men with him who He described as His
disciples.
The men around Jesus may
not have really understood Who He was and what His Mission on earth was, but
they followed Him.
Some of them abandoned
their lucrative businesses and occupations to follow Him.
Some even abandoned their
families and friends to follow Jesus.
However, when His earthly
Ministry was coming to an end, Jesus cautioned His disciples severally, reminding them of what He would
pass through and what they would suffer for His Name's sake; but it was quite obvious that they did
not grab what they were told.
Then came the time for the
glorification of the Son of Man and Judas thought He was doing the Jews a
favour not knowing that it had been so ordained and in that particular night,
Judas betrayed Him with a kiss and Peter denied Him three times; so that when
eventually Christ was crucified on the Cross, His disciples SCATTERED. They hid
from the public eye because they were afraid for their own lives too.
But when they came to
themselves again, they remembered that their Master had advised them to be at
one place until the Comforter is sent to them from above, who shall lead them
into all the truth concerning the Father and the Son and shall give them grace
to withstand the vissiccitudes of life; it was only then that they traced their
ways back to the Upper Room, where they waited for the Comforter and it was
shared that while there, they COMMUNED together in the BREAKING OF BREAD, in
FASTING and in PRAYER.
They shared each other's
burdens, they worked together to edify the gathering of God's people.
In our time, we have the
Bible with us, it is the EXPLICIT WORDS of God exposed to us for our learning,
our teaching and our edification.
And a Sunday presents a
good opportunity for those who hunger after Christ (Christians) to COMMUNE
TOGETHER, to share bread and to pray together.
A Church is the
congregation of God's people and not necessarily the BUILDING housing the
congregation and so when we go to Church on Sundays, we are not only fulfilling
the injunctions of the Scripture but also and most importantly communing with
God Who ALONE has the Power and Might to keep us safe.
Today, don't just go to
Church, but go to COMMUNE with God.
When we pray earnestly for
others, God hears the groans of our hearts and He answers
Have a very wonderful
Sunday
Remember me in your
prayers
Dr. Jerry - the First: JP
#DrJTF
The Sunday Assembly is a celebration of the one life we know we have
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Happy sunday