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Thread: For Thought and Meditation - Friday, June 04

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    For Thought and Meditation - Friday, June 04

    Good morning all. A great reminder in today's message. Have a safe and blessed day.

    Friday, June 4, 2021 - Pastor Greg Laurie
    God among Us

    “Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.”
    —Philippians 2:7

    Companies that try to market their products overseas sometimes have a language barrier to overcome. For instance, a campaign in Italy for Schweppes Tonic Water translated to Schweppes Toilet Water. Needless to say, not a lot of people wanted to drink that.

    And when the Scandinavian company Electrolux hoped to sell vacuum cleaners to American consumers, they chose the slogan “Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.” Something got lost in translation.

    Jesus seemed to have this issue with His own disciples because they didn’t understand why He had come to this earth in the first place. Jesus came to this earth to die for the sins of the world, but His disciples didn’t get that because it was lost in translation.

    Their hope and belief was that He would establish an earthly kingdom then and there, driving out the Romans who were occupying the land. In fact, after Jesus fed the five thousand, His most popular miracle to date, the people wanted to make Jesus king by force.

    What was that all about? They wanted to make Him the king so He would drive out Rome. They didn’t understand that isn’t the reason He had primarily come to this world.

    However, one day Christ will come back and establish His kingdom. One day, He will rule as King of kings and Lord of lords. But before Christ would wear a crown, He would first have to bear a cross.

    Jesus wasn’t a mere man. He wasn’t just one of the prophets. He was God coming to us in human flesh, walking among us. The eternal God confined himself to a single cell and was born of a woman in order to be the Savior of the world.

    Who is Jesus to you? Is He the Son of God? Is He the Savior of the world?
    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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    Amen, Christ established His kingdom in my heart!

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    Jesus is my savior. He is not the savior of the world, because he chose to only interact with people in the middle east and His word is only spread by the Bible. Many cultures would have had no knowledge of Jesus for 100's of years...most for over 1500 years. Why did He forsake vast areas of the earth for centuries?...I do not know.

    But it made sense he would "make His mark" in an area controlled by the largest empire at the time. It allowed the most bang for the buck if God's path to grace had to be presented by one entity...Jesus. Hindus, Buddhists, etc were the lucky ones when the Catholic church decided to spread the word of Jesus starting in the 1500's. Native Americans, Incas and Aztecs did not fare well as all.

    Even back in those days (30 BC), the population of Asia was about three times as large as the Middle East and Europe combined. But God had abandoned those people centuries ago. Even though they had turned to other god's, they had not incurred God's wrath like the people of the Middle East. Maybe, in spite of their false gods, the Asians were better people, and Gods battle with evil centered on the Middle East. Thus Jesus was not 'needed' as much in Asia as He was where a deeper evil existed. And we know that is where the finial battle will be waged.
    Don Verna


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    Quote Originally Posted by dverna View Post
    Jesus is my savior. He is not the savior of the world, because he chose to only interact with people in the middle east and His word is only spread by the Bible. Many cultures would have had no knowledge of Jesus for 100's of years...most for over 1500 years. Why did He forsake vast areas of the earth for centuries?...I do not know.

    But it made sense he would "make His mark" in an area controlled by the largest empire at the time. It allowed the most bang for the buck if God's path to grace had to be presented by one entity...Jesus. Hindus, Buddhists, etc were the lucky ones when the Catholic church decided to spread the word of Jesus starting in the 1500's. Native Americans, Incas and Aztecs did not fare well as all.

    Even back in those days (30 BC), the population of Asia was about three times as large as the Middle East and Europe combined. But God had abandoned those people centuries ago. Even though they had turned to other god's, they had not incurred God's wrath like the people of the Middle East. Maybe, in spite of their false gods, the Asians were better people, and Gods battle with evil centered on the Middle East. Thus Jesus was not 'needed' as much in Asia as He was where a deeper evil existed. And we know that is where the finial battle will be waged.
    Would make a good 'theological forum' comment Don . But it doesn't hold water here in the Chapel .
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