God is still separating the light from the darkness in our time. Revivals are beginning in many parts of the world and people are giving up drugs and other addictions as they see the miracles of Jesus happening before their eyes, and as they allow Him into their lives.
God said something and it happened. He was not a body in a workshop somewhere working as a potter creating things over time, He was a Spirit who spoke. (He still is !) When He spoke, things happened. There is much in the Bible concerning the power of words.
Take time today to think about what you believe about creation. Millions of people have been taught that man was a monkey millions of years ago, or that a fish grew legs, and decided to live on the land. Think seriously about the possibility of those things.
Most of us as Christians do not have a problem thinking of eternity future, but eternity past is a whole different concept. From this verse we understand that the heavens and the earth are not eternal, but were created by God. It is God who is eternal!
There are many people the world over who do not go to church, but have a very close friendship with Jesus and are inviting others to share that relationship. Many across the world know the Grace of God in their lives and are living examples of His love.
In Old Testament times people went to the priest for healing, not the doctor as we do today. The Old Testament book of Leviticus is full of advice for the priests about how to pray for different diseases, and the actions to be taken by the one who is suffering.
Jesus paid the price so that we could have the same relationship with Father God that He had. The veil that had kept the Jewish nation from getting near to God in both a physical and spiritual sense was torn from top to bottom at the moment of His death.
The New Testament authors often refer back to the Old Testament, and nothing Biblical written around or after the time of Christ nullifies what was written before. Jesus often challenged His listeners to remember what Moses said. He was chosen by God to lead His people out of slavery.
In a very short time, the disciples had gone from being followers who seemed to understand very little, to apostles who fulfilled their mandate and represented Jesus on the earth. They are our example! This verse tells us that the Grace of God was working through each one of them.
Jesus told His followers that very little of what He did came from Himself. He could only do what He saw His Father doing. In fact Jesus assured His disciples that He did not do anything of Himself, it was the Father living in Him that was doing the work.
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