The Basis of our Worthiness Before Christ Luke 7:1-10

4When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, 5because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." 6So Jesus went with them.
He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.


There are two perspectives we can have regarding our worthiness before the Eternal Son of God and His Kingdom, only 1 perspective is right.

You can have a man centered perspective, or, A God Centered Perspective.
This sovereignty of man perspective basis ones worthiness on your own merits before Christ. The Jewish leader had that perspective of the Roman Centurion, they based his worthiness before Christ, on the fact that he was good to the Jewish nation, helped them have their Synagogue built and used his resources to have that built.

However, the Centurion's perspective was a God Centered perspective. He saw himself through the Sovereignty of God's eyes. He was unworthy before Christ. He did not basis his merits on himself to have Jesus come to Him, for he know he was not worthy to have Jesus even come under his roof! Even though he was instrumental in building the Synagogue.

Such a perspective sees our unworthiness before the Eternal Son of God. The Centurion relied on Christ mercy to make him worthy. He relied on Christ to have mercy on him, he was not relying on himself or his merits or reputation before the elders of Israel.

Our Worthiness is based on Four aspects of Jesus' Redemptive Life:

1. We are only righteous through Christ's Righteousness to Enter God's Kingdom-- Apart from Christ's righteousness; we are not worthy or made righteous in and of ourselves

2. We are only cleansed only through the Blood of Christ, through His Death on the cross--Apart from the blood of Jesus; we are not cleansed and forgiven.

3. Only through the Resurrection of Jesus are and do we receive Justification and Eternal life--apart from Jesus' resurrection; there is no hope for eternal life or justification.

4. Only through the Holy Spirit, are we made Born again of new life in Christ--apart from the Holy Spirit's work of regenerating us with new life in Christ, a new self being made in the image and likeness of Christ--apart from the Holy Spirit's Work of regeneration and quickening;we are still dead in our sins; nor are we able; nor can we regenerate or quicken our souls to new life in and of ourselves.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast Ephesians 2:8-9

‎"The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble." Proverbs 4:18-19

A decision to ignore Jesus is a step down to darkness, leading you closer to destruction and eternal Death. Faith to Obey the Gospel is your step into the light and everlasting life.

Following Jesus' Lead and Direction Luke 5:4-6

Initially Peter wanted to follow his own lead and direction, according to his logic, he was out all night fishing and they did not catch anything, he was tired, hungry and just got through listening to Jesus Preach. Yet, Peter recognized The authority of Jesus' Word and submitted to Jesus' lead and direction. 4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."
6When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

The Lesson is very clear, Present circumstances and trials tempt us to follow our own words, lead, direction and wisdom how we interpret our circumstances apart from Faith through a view of sight and pending trials. Our response initially cause us to walk away from Jesus' Word and Direction.

Embrace your trials, Respond in Faith Believing Jesus' Word, and Obey Jesus' word by Faith doing and following His lead and direction.

The Outcome is beyond all we can think or imagine, the possibilities endless to the abundance how Jesus will provide. The net and the catch was so great that the 2 boats began to sink!

Trust Jesus' lead and direction and enjoy the abundance of His lead and direction.

Peter apart from Jesus direction did not catch anything all night, Peter abiding in Jesus' direction found a great Catch.

Apart from abiding in Christ, I can do nothing! Abiding in Christ, I can do all things, and the possibilities are endless beyond all imagination and thought, the outcome is Victories, as Christ fulfills His life in me.

Care Takers to the Administration of God's Will in the Enviornment

We take care of our Bodies and care for our Families, how much more so should we care for the Land we live on given to us by the administration of God's Sovereign will. He has appointed our times, boundaries of existence and the place where we will dwell from the Day of our birth to the day the Lord decides our home going. Therefore, we are to be stewards in everything God blesses us with on this earth--His creation, And He will make everything New.
Acts 17 24-28
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

Oh! the Depth of His Eternal Agony in the union of His Divine and Human Nature Before Going to the cross! There is only one Man whose sweat tears of Blood while praying--

Oh! the Depth of His Eternal Agony in the union of His Divine and Human Nature Before Going to the cross!
There is only one Man whose sweat tears of Blood while praying; whose Blood was shed by His scourging; whose blood was shed with the crown of thorns; whose blood was shed with the nails driven in His hands and feet. He is the Eternal Son of God and Son of Man, who eternally paid in full and endured the eternal punishment for my life: to give me His righteousness and make me whole again and born from above, Born of His Spirit, Born again in new life in Christ--Him will I praise only!--not the sweat, blood or might of any other person on this earth or who ever lived--they did not save my soul. Jesus alone will I bow my allegiance to for all eternity. Hence forth, there is only one Savior for my soul, and no one else will do, so I will not chase after another, for if I should do that, it would be idolatry and sin! May it never be!

"57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." I Corinthians 15:57

44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground Luke 22:44

God made him who had no sin to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God 2 Corinthians 5:21

The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Genesis 2:7
Every Breath we take is borrowed from the Breath of God! Our life is on Borrowed time, we are not self-created, Self-dependent, or Self-sustaining. Rather we are created by God, dependent on God and sustained by God. to think otherwise rings out Idolatry

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6

We need to speak the Gospel with our lives. If offending friends mean that we not walk as they do according to the ideologies and standards of this Life, then take a no compromising stand and Please God. However, we need to speak seasoned as it were salt and try to reach our friends, not in an annoying self righteous way, but in a Sensitive loving manor to help in time of need