The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though
all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body-whether Jews
or Greeks, slave or free- and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
(I. Corinthians 12. 12&13).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,
during the time of King Herod, Magi (Wise Men)
from the east came to Jerusalem and asked,
“Where is the one who has been born king of
the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have
come to worship him.”
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed,
and all Jerusalem with him. He called together
all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law,
he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
” In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, for this is what
the prophet has written:
” ‘But you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler who will be the
shepherd of my people Israel.’ ”
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out
from them the exact time the star had appeared.
He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make
a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him,
report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
After they had heard the king, they went on their way,
and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of
them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming
to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and
they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their
treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense
and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go
back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
(Matthew 2.1-12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Now there was a certain man among the Pharisees
named Nicodemus, a ruler among the Jews,
Who came to Jesus at night and said to Him,
Rabbi, we know and are certain that You have
come from God; for no one can do these signs
that You do unless God is with him.
Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly
I tell you, that unless a person is born again, he cannot
ever see the kingdom of God.
Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when
he is old? Can he enter his mother’s womb again and
be born?
Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you,
unless a man is born of the water and the Spirit, he cannot
enter the kingdom of God.
What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
(John 3.1-6).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water,
so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come
here to draw.
At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband
and come back here.
The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus
said to her, You have spoken truly in saying I have
no husband.
For you have had five husbands, and the man you
are now living with is not your husband. In this you
have spoken truly.
The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand
that You are a prophet.
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but
you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where it is
necessary and proper to worship.
Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me a time is coming
when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain
nor in Jerusalem.
You Samaritans do not know what you are worshipping.
We do know what we are worshipping for salvation comes
from among the Jews.
A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when
the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and
in truth; for the Father is seeking just such people as these
as His worshippers.
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship
in spirit and in truth.
(John 4.15-24).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
For this reason (because I preached
that you are thus built up together),
I, Paul, (am) the prisoner of Jesus
the Christ for the sake and on behalf
of you Gentiles-
Assuming that you have heard of the
stewardship of God’s grace (His
unmerited favor) that was entrusted
to me (to dispense to you) for your
benefit,
And that the mystery was revealed to
me as I briefly wrote to you.
When you read this you can understand
my insight into the mystery of Christ.
This mystery was never disclosed to
humans in the past as it has now been
revealed to His holy apostles and
prophets by the Holy Spirit.
It is this: that the Gentiles are now
to be fellow heirs (with the Jews),
members of the same body and
joint partakers (sharing) in the
divine promise in Christ through
their acceptance of the Gospel.
POINTS FOR MEDITATION
AND PRAISE
1)The mystery hidden in past ages
has been now revealed to us.
2) This mystery is now being revealed
and declared to the entire world as God’s
plan unfolds.
3) The Gospel is the Best News Ever
about God’s loving grace through our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
4) This mystery is revealed through the
Holy Spirit to your heart and mind by
the letters of the apostles and writings
of the prophets.
5) The Mystery of God is about our
acceptance and adoption as God’s
very own children to live and enjoy
eternity with Him forever!
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!