The Impossible God and the Finite man

 Meditation John 11:11-20

1. Jesus said to them that their friend Lazarus is sleeping and that he is going to wake him out of his sleep. (V11)
2. His disciples said he will be well if he sleeps well.(v12)
3. Jesus was speaking to them about his death but they were thinking that he was talking about his sleep. (V13)
4. Jesus then said to them that Lazarus was dead. (V14)
 5. Jesus said to them that he was glad for their sake that he did not go there that they may believe. (V15)
6. Then Thomas told to the other disciples let us also go with him that we may die with him. (V16)
7. When Jesus came he saw that Lazarus was laid in the grave for four days already. (V17)
8. Bethany was near to Jerusalem.  (V18)
9. Many Jews came to Mary and Martha to comfort them regarding their brother. (V19)
10. Martha, when she heard Jesus coming, ran to meet him while Mary stayed in the house. (V20)

Life application:

These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
John:11:11

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
John:11:14

We serve a God of impossibilities.

Dear Child of God,
We serve a great and mighty God, for whom death means sleep.

Let us see below some seemingly impossible situation for man that CHRIST made it possible.

1. Abraham:

God promised a child for Abraham and fulfilled it when he was a hundred years old.

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Hebrews:11:11

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Hebrews:11:12

2. The dead dry bones coming to life:

Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Ezekiel:37:4

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Ezekiel:37:10

Many times our situations are not only dead but also dry. But when the spirit of God breathes upon us we can become a great army too.

3. Paul raised the dead man.

And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
Acts:20:9

And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
Acts:20:12

4. Jesus raised up the daughter of the ruler who was dead.

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Matthew:9:18


But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
Matthew:9:25

5. Jesus raised the son of the widow of Nain.

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Luke:7:12

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Luke:7:13

And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
Luke:7:14

And he that was dead sat up and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
Luke:7:15

 Dear children of the most high God! Time has come for every death to be raised. When Christ can have compassion on the widow of Nain his bowels will move for our cries too. So let us not give up crying out loud to the worker of all miracles.

Now let us see some dead areas in our lives that needs the touch of God.

1. Forgotten as the dead:

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Psalm:31:12

We may be forgotten as a dead man and a broken vessel by every of our loved ones. But Christ still loves us and want to build us up.

2. The dead do not praise  God.

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psalm:88:10

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalm:88:11

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalm:115:17

Are we spiritually dead that we cannot praise God.? Are we dead that we cannot see the wonders of God in our lives and his loving-kindness? Let us pray today that the spirit of God will quicken our spirits that we may become alive to praise.

3. If we are wandering away from the right way we are becoming one among the congregation of the dead.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs:21:16

Let us ask the Spirit of God to lead us in the path everlasting.

4.  There is no hope for the dead.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes:9:4

If you do not have any hope... you feel you are dead... remember you are still alive in Christ and he can still make you live.

5. Dead men are in desolate places.

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Isaiah:59:10

Is your situation dead and desolate.? Christ died for us that we will not live a life of desolation.

6. Spiritual and physical barrenness

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
Romans:4:19

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Romans:4:17

We have a mighty God who quickens the dead and calls things which be not as though they were.

7. We were dead in our trespasses and sins but Christ quickened us up.

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Ephesians:2:1

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Ephesians:2:5

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Ephesians:5:14

8. We may be dead in our works.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews:9:14

Dear Child of God,
Dead does not mean a physical death... it can be  spiritual too. We can have so many dying situations not having any hope to live. But whatever be it impossible it is possible with God.... let us not give up till the good Lord avenge for us. Amen.

TRINITY

 Meditation John chapter 5:18-29

1. Christ said he cannot do anything by himself than what he had sees his father do. Whatever the father did the son did the same. (V19)
2. Father loves the son so much that he shows him everything that he does. He will greater things too that we may marvel. (V20)
3. The Father raises the dead and quicken them and so does the son quickens them whom he wants to. (V21)
4. The Father never judges any man but passing judgement is committed to Christ that all men must honour Christ as they honour the father. (V22, 23)
5. He further goes on to explain, if one does not honour Christ he does not honour the father too. (V23)
6. Then Christ says, if we hear his word and believe in him who sent him we will have everlasting life. We shall not come into condemnation but pass from death to life.  (V24)
7. Then Christ said, dead shall hear the voice of him and they will live. (V25)
8. The Father has life in himself. Similarly, he has given to the Son to have life in himself.  (V26)
9. Father has given Christ the authority to judge as he is not the only son of God but also the son of man. ( V27)
10. Christ tells us not to marvel as time is coming that people in the graves are going to hear his voice. (V28)
11. There is a time of resurrection. Those who did good will resurrect to life and those doing evil deeds will resurrect unto damnation. (V29)
12. Christ says he judges based on what he heard from God. His judgements are just as he judges based on the will of his father and not of his self. (V30)

LIFE APPLICATION:
1. The Father and the son:
A. Many of us are confused about the relationship of Father God, the Son Jesus CHRIST, and the role of the Holy Spirit, which I would like to clarify today.

The best example for all the three people in action is the creation. Let us look a little deeper into the scriptures.

This is Father God:

In the beginning *God* created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis:1:1


This scripture below tells about the Holy Spirit.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the *Spirit of God* moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis:1:2

The *WORD* God spoke is Christ.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis:1:3

Let me explain with a scripture, how the word is Christ.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John:1:1

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John:1:14

Yes, the Word became flesh as JESUS CHRIST.

B. With this understanding, I would like to explain about today's meditation.

How does Christ describes his relationship with God the Father?

A. He was with the father since the beginning.  This is how CHRIST explains it,

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
John:3:13

B. He does what he had seen his father do. (V19) and he speaks of what his father speaks. (V30)

C. Father God loves Christ so much that he shows Christ everything he does. (V20)

D. He has given him all authority on heaven and earth including passing judgement. Let me explain this with the following scriptures. (V22)

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, _All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth._ 
Matthew:28:18

Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the _power_ of God.
Luke:22:69

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, _Christ the power of God,_ and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians:1:24

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the _judgment seat of Christ._ 
Romans:14:10

E. He also explains that the father and the son are the same so much as, seeing the son means seeing the father and honouring the son means honouring the Father too. (V23)

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
John:14:11


Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John:14:10

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John:15:23

All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Luke:10:22

This portion is something beyond comprehension and all human understanding and I am trying to put it all together to the best of my ability.

Life APPLICATION 2:

I would like to explain the second part of our meditation today.

GOD The Father raises the dead:

The Father GOD raises the dead. He is full of life and the same life is in Jesus CHRIST. (V21)

Let us see some INCIDENCES of how the Father GOD had brought death to life.

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Ezekiel:37:3

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Ezekiel:37:10

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Ezekiel:37:12

And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel:37:14

Dear  Child of God, we have a God who makes the dry bones to become an army. He does it through the Holy Spirit the very breath of God.

Similarly, Christ came as a quickening Spirit, giving life to the dead.

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans:8:11

He can quicken our mortal bodies. He is the life giver to anyone whom he will.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
1 Corinthians:15:45

Christ has come as a quickening Spirit. The Spiritually dead shall hear his voice and they will live.

Christ came to give us life and life in abundance.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John:10:10

This is why, Christ will resurrect us one day and we will have our glorious bodies and be with him forever.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians:15:22

So for a child of God, death is not an end. We are only passing from glory to glory.

Dearly beloved,

Most of the time we are so engrossed in life that we don't take time out to know who this big God is. God is interested in revealing more of his love and reveal of himself more to us. If we have the maker of the universe for us, we will definitely receive everything for this life.

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that aGod sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1 John:4:9


But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians:4:19

May the Spirit of God prepare your souls for this glorious future. Amen.

Parts of a Man : part 3; meditation 3: 1-8

Today I would like to meditate on the parts of a man- as a part of today's meditation.
Man is made of three parts according to the Holy Scriptures.
1. The body
2. The soul
3. The spirit.

1. Body:
Our body or the outer man is the outer covering that serves as a shell for the inner man, that comprise of soul and spirit.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans:6:12
This body and its lusts will die one day. It is mortal. It is not eternal.

2. Soul:
Soul is your mind. Soul is the place where we feel emotions, like happiness or sorrow. You can see this example below.

A. Soul can be bitter:
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
1 Samuel:1:10

B. We have desires in our soul:
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
1 Samuel:20:4

C. We can develop soul ties with others.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel:18:3

D. Soul can be vexed.
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Judges:16:16

E. Soul delights in comfort of God.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalm:94:19

F. Our soul can praise God.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Psalm:119:175

G. We seek God with our soul
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations:3:25

H. We meditate the word of God and diligently keep it with our soul.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy:4:9

I. Soul, when we die goes either to heaven or to hell. Yes, he is our inner man.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark:8:36

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Ezekiel:18:20

Dear brothers and sisters,
Your soul is a precious entity. Both God and demons need it. There is war that is raged against our soul.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter:2:11
This is why we need to fear God more as he can destroy both our body and soul to hell.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew:10:28

3. Now let me give you a glimpse of your Spirit man.
A. the spirit of man searches our inward parts.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs:20:27

B. The spirit of man is created to be with God and one day it will go back to him.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes:3:21

C. The spirit of man knows everything about him.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians:2:11

D. the spirit of man goes to God that made him.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes:12:7

E. We seek God early with our Spirit.

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah:26:9

F. The spirit is willing when it comes to things of God. But the flesh is weak.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew:26:41

 The experience of being born again happens completely in the spirit.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John:4:24

We were dead in our sins but we are quickened in the spirit, when we are born again.
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Ephesians:2:5

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Ephesians:5:14

THE FLESH AND SPIRIT CONTRARY to one another:

No flesh ( body and soul) can remain without sin before God's eyes..

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans:3:20

This is the reason why Christ calls us to be born again, that we will not fulfil the desires of the flesh.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians:5:16

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Galatians:5:17

Flesh and blood can never inherit the kingdom of God.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1 Corinthians:15:50

Flesh profits nothing. It is the spirit that quicken us.
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John:6:63

 Jesus insists on being born again (v7) as it is a true occurrence though it may not be comprehended by many.
People born of the spirit are also led by the Spirit of God...and hence their ways May not be understood by many.( V8)it is written,
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1 Corinthians:2:15

God invites for a closer walk with him. We become the SONS of God as we walk with him everyday and choose to being led by him.
Today is the day! Receive Christ in your heart and believe in him. You will be BORN AGAIN... God bless you.