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We Must Obey God Rather than Man

Early in the formation of the Church, the apostles publicly taught the people in Jerusalem that Jesus is the Messiah and that He died for our sins and rose from the dead. And God performed miracles at the hands of the apostles confirming their words by His power and presence.

We’re told that on the day of Pentecost alone “about three thousand were added to their number that day.” (Acts 2:41) Then, just a short time later we read that so many more people believed in Jesus that their numbers swelled to “about five thousand.” (Acts 4:4)

But the religious and political leaders felt threatened by this message about Jesus that had so quickly gone viral. So they arrested Peter and John and put them in jail (4:3). The following day, these officials brought Peter and John before the council and demanded to know by what name (authority) they were preaching and healing.

“Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,” declared, “Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:8, 11-12)

The council “commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, ‘Which is right in God’s eyes: t listen to you or to Him? You be the judges! As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.’ After further threats they let them go.” (Acts 4:18-21)

The apostles continued to preach Jesus publicly and many more came to faith in Him. As a result, the leaders of the people were filled with jealousy. “They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. ‘Go, stand in the temple courts,’ he said, ‘and tell the people all about this new life.’” (Acts 5:18-20)

The leaders had issued a mandate forbidding preaching in the name of Jesus. The apostles were God-fearing men. They weren’t political dissidents. They lived upright lives in the community. For this reason, I can’t help but wonder if some of them, while sitting in jail, were asking themselves, “Are we doing the right thing by defying our officials’ mandate to stop preaching in the name of Jesus? Maybe we could do this more quietly and discretely?”

To put that question to rest once and for all, the Lord Himself sent His angel who released them from jail and told them to go back to the temple courts and preach Jesus as before. And the apostles obeyed the Lord.

When the leaders of the Sanhedrin, the religious and political council of the Jews, heard that the apostles had somehow escaped and were preaching Christ in the temple courts, the captain of the guard with his officers apprehended the apostles and brought them before the Sanhedrin.

Again, the council reprimanded the apostles, “’We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.’ Peter and the other apostles replied: ‘We must obey God rather than human beings!’” (Acts 5:28-29) And then the apostles preached the message of Jesus to the Sanhedrin!

The Sanhedrin answered their objection by flogging them and ordering them yet again not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then they let them go (5:40).

The council tried to intimidate the apostles with fear. But we read, “The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.” (Acts 5:41-42).

Brothers and sisters in Christ, the governor of our state (and perhaps the governors of other states as well) has issued a mandate restricting the size of our worship gatherings, forbidding choirs, bands, or ensembles from performing in services, and forbidding congregational singing.

Here’s what the Lord says about that:

“Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name.” (Psalm 30:4)

“Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.” (Psalm 47:6-7)

“I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.” (Psalm 89:1)

“Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:18-19)

“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” (Colossians 3:16)

“Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.” (James 5:13)

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24-25)

Therefore, I respectfully declare to our governor, “We must obey God rather than you.”

A Chilling Rebuke…

by Rob Fischer ·

This week, I just reread Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. Paul and his team had spent three years there making disciples and establishing this church in a very pagan culture. For Ephesus was the center of worship for the fertility goddess Artemis, and a stronghold for sorcery.

What caught my attention this time reading Ephesians was the vast number of times Paul referred to love. Paul spoke of love 17 times in this letter in the following ways:

God’s love for us
Jesus’ love for us
God’s love for His Son, Jesus Christ
Our love for God and Jesus
Our love for each other
Christ’s love for the church
We are to walk in the way of love
A husband’s love for his wife

Paul records two prayers for the Ephesian believers (1:15-23 and 3:14-21) and both times prays for their love. Paul ends his letter with these words, “Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.” (Ephesians 6:24) Clearly, love for the Lord and for others plays a central role in our lives as followers of Jesus and Paul wanted to get this message across to the Ephesians.

But just 30 years later the Lord Jesus dictated this chilling rebuke to the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2:4, “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.” Another translation says it like this, “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love Me or each other as you did at first!” (NLT)

In Jesus’ letter to the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2, He commended them for their deeds, their hard work, their perseverance, their stance against wickedness, their ability to discern false teachers, and their hatred for the practices of the Nicolaitans (a false cult). They were doing all those things right, BUT they had forsaken theirlove for Jesus and love for each other.

This reminds me of what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13 about the preeminence of love:

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)

The other deeds that Jesus drew attention to in His letter to the church at Ephesus are not unimportant, but without love they’re empty. Jesus urges them: “Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” (Revelation 2:5)

History reveals that the church at Ephesus continued for some time, but it eventually died and its “lampstand”—its witness, influence and presence was removed, and it no longer exists today. How sad!

I find Jesus’ rebuke so chilling because in just 30 short years, after none other than the Apostle Paul himself helped plant this church, it had already forsaken its first love, despite having everything else in order.

This is sobering and compels us to think about our own condition both personally and as a church. To what extent have we forsaken our love for Him and others?

In a culture in which we’re used to being able to measure everything, love seems to defy quantifying. Love is a matter of the heart and defines our motivations. That’s why it’s possible to do the right things in the wrong way or for the wrong reasons. We can become enamored with our service instead of with Christ.

Love may defy quantifying, but it doesn’t defy detection. We can gauge our heart’s yearnings and our motivations. In marriage (and other close relationships), we can easily discern the difference between passionate love for our spouse and feelings grown cold.

One of the telltale indicators of genuine, heartfelt love for Christ and others is that genuine love is all about Him. Genuine love is all about the other person. A passion that focuses on ourselves and what we can gain from a relationship isn’t love at all.

We must constantly renew and refresh our love for Christ and for others by focusing on Him, delighting in Him, and valuing Him above all else.

The Psalmist wrote, “Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You.” (Psalm 73:25)

Isaiah said, “I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.” (Isaiah 61:10)

Paul declared, “I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” (Philippians 3:8)

And finally, “Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.” (Ephesians 6:24)

How Can We Tell if We’re Being Deceived?

by Rob Fischer ·

How can we tell if we’re being deceived? This is a question that is always worth asking but is especially relevant now during this COVID-19 pandemic. Without digging too deep, we find numerous conflicting claims surrounding the pandemic ranging on one extreme from the prognosis of hundreds of thousands of deaths to the other extreme that this whole thing is being driven by political and financial motives. One wonders which we are more in danger of: the corona virus or the politicians who are exploiting it.

Who do we trust? How can we tell if we’re being deceived—not only about the corona virus pandemic, but about other issues in the news, and even spiritual matters?

Deception of the masses is nothing new. I’m currently reading the biography of John and Abigail Adams, First Family by Joseph J. Ellis. The public was constantly having to distinguish between fake and real news even at the founding of our country. Because whenever and wherever evil prevails, people will suppress and twist the truth to promote their desired agenda.

But such deception goes back to the beginning. Jesus explained that the devil “was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” (John 8:44) Deceit is Satan’s trademark.

Satan deceived Eve by promising her something that she desired if she would disobey God. Both she and Adam believed Satan’s lie and hurled all of mankind into a pattern of sin and rebellion against God. As humans, we have deceived and have fallen prey to deception ever since.

The false prophets of Jeremiah’s day serve as another example of deception. Jeremiah was a prophet of God in Judah right before and during the time when Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusalem and carried the Jews away to Babylon. The people of Judah had become very wicked committing idolatry, child sacrifice, gross immorality, and a host of other sins. God was now judging them for their sin and refusal to repent.

Jeremiah alone was God’s messenger, but there were many other so-called prophets who told their king what he wanted to hear. Their messages were fabrications of their own minds and desires. They mistreated and even tried to kill Jeremiah for speaking the truth. And in the end, we know Jeremiah was speaking the truth because what he predicted came to pass and what the false prophets prophesied did not come to pass. In the midst of all the lies and deception, the Lord warned Jeremiah:

“’They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,’ declares the Lord. ‘Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,’ declares the Lord.” (Jeremiah 9:3-6)

That could have been written today. Private citizens and even church members are snitching on each other for what they deem as infractions against the coronavirus mandates. This is real and it’s going on here and now. For many this is fomenting more fear of the government and of each other than of the virus.

The above passage from Jeremiah gives us the answer to how we can know whether we’re being deceived. The only defense against deception is to know the truth. A deception is anything that veers from the truth. But how do we know the truth?

No doubt Pontius Pilate thought he was being clever when he posed the rhetorical question to Jesus, “What is truth?” Our culture today has the same mindset. We’re told that truth is relative. “That’s just your truth. It’s not my truth.”

But whether we admit it or not there are absolute truths. Truths like the effect of gravity on a falling body cannot be disputed. If you jump off a ten-story building, you will fall, probably to your death. Death is also a reality, an indisputable and unavoidable truth. And there are many other iron-clad truths.

Romans 1 tells how deception flourishes in a culture. The apostle Paul explains that people “suppress the truth by their wickedness.” (Romans 1:18) The text goes on to say, “For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.” (Romans 1:21-22) Truth and righteousness go hand in hand.

Jesus Christ said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Jesus embodies the truth. If we want to know truth, we must get to know Jesus. Truth is an immutable character trait of the Lord. If we want to know the truth, we must spend time with Him, get to know Him intimately, and seek truth from Him. As disciples or followers of Jesus, we want to become more and more like Him taking on His character. This is the path to truth.

God’s Word is also a source of and filter for truth. The psalmist declared to the Lord, “All your words are true.” (Psalm 119:160) And Jesus prayed to the Father on our behalf, “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17) Too many people who call themselves followers of Jesus are ignorant of God’s Word. God’s Word is more accessible to us today in so many different media forms than ever before, yet we read it far less. Lack of familiarity with the truth leaves us open to deception.

The Holy Spirit also embodies and imparts the truth. Jesus said, “When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” (John 16:13) But just because God’s Holy Spirit indwells us does not guarantee immunity from deception. We must “walk in the Spirit,” be “led by the Spirit,” “live by the Spirit,” and “keep in step with the Spirit.” (Galatians 5) However, if we continue in a life of sin, we quench the work of the Spirit in our lives, because “wickedness suppresses the truth.”

We grow in truth by knowing the Lord, spending time in His Word and living according to it. We have the Holy Spirit living within us and He leads us into the truth as well as we obey and follow Him.

Jesus warned us, “Watch out that no one deceives you.” (Matthew 24:4). This means that Christians too can be deceived. We’re not immune to deception. That’s why Jesus urges us to be alert and be on guard. The better we get to know Jesus, His Word, and follow His Spirit, the better we’re able to distinguish between truth and deception.

We can tell whether we’re being deceived if the information conflicts with what we know about God’s character and working.

I believe we are nearing the time of Jesus’ return. I don’t know how soon He will come back, but so much going on in the world points to His soon return. Jesus explained that in the last days, the antichrist or lawless one will appear. Paul described what that time would look like in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12. Note how the antichrist will use deception when he comes:

“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.”

This passage and history itself point out another characteristic of deception. Whatever the masses believe, is often a deception. Think about it. The Bible explains that those who wanted to crucify Jesus won over the crowd to demand Jesus’ execution. (Matthew 27:20) Hitler used his propaganda machine to make the killing of Jews and other “undesirables” acceptable to the masses. Our culture today has won over the masses to make the killing of unborn babies a woman’s right. And there are many other examples of such deception throughout our culture.

The masses go with the flow. They don’t question authority. They accept what so-called professionals say without question. The masses readily comply. Beware of following the masses.

Finally, deception also flourishes in an environment of fear. When people respond out of fear, common sense and rational thinking fly out the window. Fear paralyzes logical, sane thinking. When fear prevails, deception comes easy and truth is blurred.

If you don’t yet know Jesus, turn to Him, trust Him for the forgiveness of your sins and begin living for Him. If you already know Jesus, steep yourself in His Word. Fill your mind with truth. Mimic God’s character. Get rid of any wickedness in your life that suppresses the truth and set your life to live for Christ. Trust Him and look to Him for truth.

How do we know if we’re being deceived?

Does the information conflict in any way with what we know about God’s character, His working, or His Word?
Are we merely following the masses?
Are we reacting out of fear?
Are established facts being ignored or censored?

God Is Fanatical about Saving Us!

by Rob Fischer ·

One of the most well-known verses in the Bible is John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

“God so loved the world…” This statement is profound. By “world” He’s talking about people. That’s clear from the context of the verse. But He says “world” because it encompasses all people everywhere regardless of any other qualifiers (or disqualifiers). God loves people. Period.

He even loves us when we rebel against Him, deny Him, curse Him, and throw our fists in defiance against Him. “God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) And “He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)

But sin gets in the way. Sin is essentially rebellion against God. Sin is going our own way. For each of us, sin is all about “ME.” “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)

The problem with sin is that it destroys relationships. Sin destroys our relationship with God and with others. We cannot master our sin. In fact, sin masters us. We are all slaves to sin—until we trust Christ to free us from that slavery. Until we come to know Christ, we think we are free to do as we want, numb and blind to the fact that we are slaves to sin.

Paul reasons with us, “Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience [to Christ], which leads to righteousness?” (Romans 6:16)

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son….”

Since we could not free ourselves from slavery to sin, God, in His great, unfathomable love for us, stepped in and provided a way of escape: “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:6-8)

Christ died for us. He died for you and me. He paid the penalty for our sin. His mercy, grace and love are so rich, so generous, and so complete that Jesus even prayed to the Father while hanging on the cross being taunted by those who crucified Him, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34)

There is no greater love than this: “For God so loved you and me that He gave His one and only Son.”

But if we’re still trapped in sin, serving it as our master, skepticism rises to the surface and we think, “Okay, Jesus died for me, but what’s the catch? There’s always a catch.” The “catch” is that in our sin and our slavery to it, we cannot imagine that anyone, much less God, who knows everything we’ve ever done and thought, would actually love us to this extent… but He does!

Or in our sinful state of mind we might counter, “If God is a loving God, why would He send people to hell for their sins?” But God doesn’t send people to hell; they choose to go there. You see, we either choose to believe and put our trust in Him, or we choose to disbelieve and spurn His offer.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

What does God ask us to do in exchange for His love and Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for us? He simply asks us to put our trust in Him. To believe in Him. But He’s not talking about a flippant, “Sure, I believe in God.” For, “Even the demons believe that—and shudder.” (James 2:19)

Instead, the belief or trust that God seeks from us is relational. He wants us to trust Him. Trust Him that we cannot save ourselves from our sin. There is no cosmic scale on which the good things we do may outweigh the bad. Sin isn’t like that. Sin is like a virus or bacteria that has spread and infected the whole person.

God simply asks us to trust Him that Jesus’ death on the cross for our sins was a complete and sufficient sacrifice. And when we do that, He says we will “not perish but have eternal life.” What does this mean? It means that we will not pay the price of eternal death for our sin but will live with our Lord and Savior forever.

In fact, God’s love is so rich, so magnanimous that when we accept His free gift of cleansing and forgiveness from our sins, He makes us His children. “To all who receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12)

Finally, the Scriptures promise that Jesus is coming back again soon to receive His children to Himself. And so much of what’s going on in the world today points to His soon return.

Peter reminds us, “In the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, ‘Where is this “coming” He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.’ But do not forget this one thing: The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:3-4, 8-9)

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” (John 3:16-18)

The choice is ours to either put our faith and trust in Jesus or to reject Him. But we must be ready to accept the consequences of our choice.

How We Hear from God – Part 2

by Rob Fischer ·

In the last blog post we looked at the fact that God is a personal God who seeks relationship with us. “God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

We also recognize that without communication there can be no relationship. It also stands to reason that for any relationship to exist, communication must go both ways. God has communicated with mankind ever since creation. He has done so through many different means as Paul explains in Romans 1:18-20.

But many have refused to listen and have despised His offer of love, forgiveness, and eternal life in His presence. So, although they have communication from Him, they have rejected relationship with Him.

This brings us to our next point in how we hear from God. The writer of Hebrews begins that letter, “In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom also He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word.” (Hebrews 1:1-3)

In these last days God has spoken to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. In Matthew 17, when Jesus took Peter, James and John up the mountain on which Jesus was transfigured—or shone in all His glory—He met with Moses and Elijah who appeared with them there. Not knowing what else to say or do, Peter suggested he make shelters for Jesus, Moses and Elijah.

“While [Peter] was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased. Listen to Him!’” (Matthew 17:5) God speaks to us through Jesus. “Listen to Him!”

Many who don’t yet know the Lord, try to bypass Jesus. They’re okay with talking about God, but they stumble over Jesus Christ, God’s Messiah. However, the Lord makes it very clear, if you want a relationship with God, if you want to commune with Him, you must go through Jesus. “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all people.” (1 Timothy 2:5-6)

And for us who know the Lord and trust Him, we too must remember that we communicate with God and hear from Him through Jesus. Jesus invites us to petition God the Father in Jesus’ name. This is not a formula or incantation, but the nature of our relationship. The Father still says, “This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

What does it mean for us to listen to Jesus today? First, Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) Jesus’ words, God’s words are contained in the Bible, Old and New Testaments. His words are not merely sayings, or history, or good things to learn. God speaks to us through His Word.

“For the Word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) What I believe this is saying, and I have personally experienced, is that there are times when God speaks to us personally and specifically through His Word. In this respect, the Bible is like no other book.

Let me give you an example. When my wife and I returned from Austria where we had served as missionaries and helped establish two churches, I did not want to leave. My intent was to live, work, and die in Austria. Coming back to the States was not in my plan, but it was God’s plan. I just had a hard time accepting it, because to me, coming home after only six years spelled “failure.” I know that may seem harsh for some reading this, but those were the expectations of the day.

When we arrived back in the States, I floundered. My identity was so wrapped up in being a missionary in Austria that now I no longer knew who I was or what I was supposed to do. I agonized over this for two full years.

Then, one morning in my quiet time with the Lord, I was reading Acts 14. There it talks about Paul and Barnabas returning home after being sent out as missionaries. “They sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.” (Acts 14:26)

“For the work they had now completed.” That’s the phrase that got my attention. And in that moment, the Holy Spirit tenderly spoke to me, “Rob, you completed the work I had given you. You can accept that and rest in it. Trust Me.” God’s printed word was so very personal and powerful in my life that day!

The Lord speaks to us through His Word, but we must listen. Always go to the Word with the intent to meet with and hear from God.

We also listen to Jesus today through His Holy Spirit. On the night He was betrayed, Jesus told His disciples, “It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.” (John 16:7)

And in the same chapter, Jesus went on to explain, “When He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify Me because it is from Me that He will receive what He will make known to you.” (vs. 13-14)

We continue to listen to Jesus through His Holy Spirit whom He sent to dwell within us. And in an effort to keep these posts short, I’m going to stop here and pick up this theme in the next post. See you there!

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