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Cristo
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All that!Some say you can't really get to know people on line, and while that is true to an extent, I don't believe that is entirely true. Personalities shine through in their words. Haven't you observed that here on the forum, for instance? After all, isn't it by the written word that Jehovah has chosen to communicate His sparkling personality to us, his earthly children? We know Him by his word, don't we? We can't literally see Jehovah God and Jesus Christ but through my eyes of faith I have full confindence they exist. So, really how can anyone say you can't know someone by their written words? Jehovah chose to use that method for the most part, how can it not be a reliable means of communication? Satan would have you believe that it isn't. It would be unwise to fall for that lie.
We live in a very cynical world full of cynics who attack with a vengence anything and everything representing the good of God and humanity. Cynics attribute all actions to selfish motives. They just can't fatham in their mind or heart that there could possibly be any good in anyone; to them you see, there has too be a catch, an underlying selfish reason for why people do anything noble and good. The world is overflowing with people like this. In their minds, all noble and good actions and attributes are always all smoke and mirrors, props and makup, "move along folks, nothing but a bunch of fakes and phonies here." Don't fall for that lie either.
It's not surprising there are so many cynics in Satan's world. The greatest Cynic of all time is none other than Satan the Devil himself, and since the beginning, his has held, and is holding the contention that God's servants are serving Him only for selfish reasons, not out of love for Jehovah or the truth. Yes, that ole' Serpent, Satan the Devil, is still alive and well, still accusing God's servants before Jehovah of not loving him, and that we are all in it only for selfish reasons, for the benefits of God's blessings. While Satan has been proved a liar in regards to Jesus motives for serving Jehovah, the question remains for each of us, will we serve Jehovah out of love for Him for unselfish reasons. As in the case of Job, our love for Jehovah and for the truth are being severely questioned by Satan. He has demanded to sift true Christians as wheat.
Have you seen the Devil, have you personally contended with him as Jesus did? I have. Not with literal eyes, but you can see the effects all around us, and you may have experienced his spiritual attacks in your own life. The evil in this world and in some people proves that you don't have to literally 'see' a person to 1) know they exist, 2) see if they are good or evil. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind and heart that Satan exists and that he is an evil manslayer, a Liar and the father of the lie, the one misleading the entire inhabited earth. So, if you've felt lately that someone or something is out to get you, especially if you are still serving Jehovah, Satan most certainly is!
And though I've never seen Jehovah God, I have absolutely no doubt in my mind and heart that He exists and that He is pure and good, loving and kind, tender in affection and merciful and deserving of our whole-souled worship, our love and our godly devotion. He gave his only begotton Son in behalf of mankind and allowed him to suffer a bitter, ignoble and agonizing death for our sakes, to rescue us from the hand of the Devil, from corruption due to original sin, from death. We were born victims, lost, without hope of escaping Sin and death on our own. We needed saving. And Jehovah God has as a loving Father has come to our rescue by means of his beloved Son Christ Jesus. John 3:16; John 17:3
Bless Jehovah O my soul. "To thine be the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever."
The Devil is in full rampage mode, and we Christians are in the fight of our lives! Take your stand against the Devil, and take your stand for Jehovah and his Christ, and FIGHT! my Brothers and Sisters, fight tooth and nail to the fnish line!! Don't give up now, the Devil knows he's finished, and only has a short period of time to take mankind down with him! That's why the battle has increased with such a fierceness. The Devil is angry! Don't allow him to make you a casualty as well. We CAN conquer the world and the Devil, as Jesus, our exempler did. He set the pattern for us, and made the Way open for us to do so as well.
Christ set a perfect example, a model for us to follow in his footsteps.
"I have said these things to you that you that by means of me you may have peace. In the world you are having tribulation, but take courage! I have conquered the world." John 16:33
"And this is the conquest that has conquered the world, our faith" John 5:4
"Go on aquiring power in the Lord and in the mightiness of his strenth. Put on the complete suit of armor from God that you may be able to stand firm against the machinations of the Devil; because we have a wrestling, not against blood and flesh, but against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places."
"On this account, take up the complete suit of armor from God, that you may be able to resist in the wicked day and after you have done all things thouroughly, to stand firm."
"Stand firm, therefore, with your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness, and with your feet shod with the equipment of the good news peace. Above all things, take up the large shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the wicked ones burning missles. Also, accept the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, that is God's word, while with every form of of prayer and supplication you carry on prayer on every occassion in spirit. And to that end keep awake with all constancy and with supplication in behalf of all the holy ones, also for me, that ability to speak may be given me with the opening of my mouth, with freeness of speech to make known the sacred secret of the good news."
Ephesians 6:10-19
Bless Jehovah O my soul. "To thine be the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever."
and that is what it is all about, the fundamental truth of why Christ came to this earth
the apostle John said "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us...." john 1:14
John the baptizer proclaimed "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" john 1:29
and " and i saw and bare record that this is the Son of God" John 1:34
amen BibleStudent
