God is greater than what meets our Eye! Mark 12:24-25

24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise...," Mark 12:24-25

Jesus did say to those who did not believe in a bodily resurrection... They didn't believe, because of their self-centered interpretation of Scripture and limited view of their knowledge of God. Limited view, because they based their knowledge of God not on the whole counsel of God's inerrant word, but based their knowledge on their limit view of Scripture and tried to come to knowledge of God through their own reasoning and understanding, and efforts apart from what Scripture teaches--Hence, they concluded there is no bodily resurrection.

Such a teaching went against the grain of their reasoning and philosophy in man centered limited thinking and according to what met their eye and what they believed was agreeable to the law of physics, that a Human cannot be raised bodily. So, they had a limited view of Scripture and the power of God to raise the dead--Unbelief in the Resurrection.

Unlike Abraham who believed God and it was credited to him as righteous, even though he was old and Sarah's womb was barren and of old age, Abraham believed that God would give him a son through Sarah.

Jesus did say, "When the dead rise..." Jesus establishes the Truth and Fact of the bodily Resurrection of the Dead, not just all the dead, but the dead who die in the Lord--God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Those who die without Christ will be bodily raised to eternal physical torment.

God is greater than what meets our eye! Know that the power of God is greater than anything your eyes can see and experience in this life today!

Though the pressures of life and hardship of life may seem greater in our eyes—this must never blind us to the greatness and power of God; mighty to deliver!

what we go through will never compare to the greatness and power of God to deliver us in the promise of the hope of our Bodily Resurrection in Christ.

Humanity in the Midst of Divinity is seen in "I Thirst" John 19:28-29

Humanity in the Midst of Divinity John 19-28-29
28 Jesus knew that by now everything had been completed; and in order to make the scripture come true, he said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A bowl was there, full of cheap wine; so a sponge was soaked in the wine, put on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted up to his lips. 30 Jesus drank the wine and said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Jesus was not only fully Divine that He saw Andrew under the Tree. He is also fully human that He said,” I am thirsty,” after 6 hours of hanging on the Cross! He is not a God far removed from our Pain and suffering, but He is with us knowing the pain and suffering we experience in our human limitations; because He experienced such Human limitations and frailty, pain and suffering all at once as He endured the pain and suffering on the Cross, despising its Shame! Just as Moses experienced the glory of God in the midst of the burning bush; God was in the midst of the burning bush, He was not far removed from it. He was in the midst of Israel’s pain and suffering when He called Moses to lead His people out of the bondage of Egypt. Even so, Jesus’ Pain was central in His body as He suffered on the cross, after 6 hours! Did He then say, “I am Thirsty”—He truly emptied Himself of all His life to be the source and ever quenching fountain of Eternal life to all who would believe on Him! Just think, the everlasting fountain of life, was emptied of life and thirsted on the cross, in order to become the source of Everlasting life for all who would believe on Him—He was emptied of His own human resource, that His body had need for Hydration, but in His Divine Nature is He ever the everlasting fountain of life to all who would believe on Him!
Shawn Brix on April 12, 2011, Writes in today’s Devotional, concerning Christ’s Humanity and Divinity on the Cross:
In this statement Jesus expressed a need so human that anyone could have said it: “I am thirsty.” Of all the needs of the human body, water is one of the most basic. More than 60 percent of the human body is water! As we become dehydrated, our blood vessels and other cells literally begin to dry up.
By the time Jesus spoke these words from the cross, he had already been hanging there for more than six hours, and his body was becoming parched. Foreshadowing this moment, Psalm 22:15 says, “My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.”
A bruised, beaten man nailed to a cross and murmuring through cracked lips, “I am thirsty,” is not what most of us picture when we think of God. But these details remind us of a great truth. At the center of the Christian faith is not a remote and distant God who lives beyond human pain. At the core of our faith is a person who is not only fully divine but is also fully human— indeed, human enough to be thirsty.
“I am thirsty.” These words remind us that “the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14).

Deliverance from Death is found in Christ Alone! Proverbs 11:4

"Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. "Proverbs 11:4

You can have all the wealth in the world, but if you do not have the wealth and riches of the Righteousness of Christ in your life, then you have nothing! Wealth cannot deliver you from Death--Deliverance from Death is found in Christ Jesus alone!

In this life, I cannot rest in the lap of luxury if my heart is not resting in God's Grace Proverbs 23:1-8 Psalm 49:11

Psalm 49: 11-14
The Folly of Trusting in Riches.
11Their inner thought is that their houses are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have called their lands after their own names.
12But man in his pomp will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
13This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.
14As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol to consume
So that they have no habitation.
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The fleeting deception of riches. Living in the lap of luxury is a deceiving pursuit.
People live as if riches and luxury will never leave them, as if it is always there. But the shocking reality is it is a temporary existence under the sun, in comparison to time and eternity; here today and gone tomorrow. Rest content in the lap of luxury will only end up in a restless unsatisfied eternal existence.

The law of my being, is the pursuit of Knowing God, and I will only rest content, when I find permanancy in the presence of the Lord forever. In this life, I cannot rest in the lap of luxury if my heart is not resting in God's Grace.

Psalm 23:6 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. "


Proverbs 23
1 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
note well what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to gluttony.
3 Do not crave his delicacies,
for that food is deceptive.

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
have the wisdom to show restraint.
5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man,
do not crave his delicacies;
7 for he is the kind of man
who is always thinking about the cost.[b]
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments

There is no Greatness in Me John 3:30

John 3:30 "He must increase, but I must decrease.

Colossians 1:27 "To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."


New International Version 1984, ©1984 (NIV1984)

There is no Greatness in Me!

There is no greatness in me, except for the Greatness of Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God taking residence in me through the Holy Spirit! There is no greatness in my life, except for the Greatness of Christ living through me. There is no greatness in my glory, except for the greatness of Christ being glorified in me!

If not governed by the Truth of Scripture, then you will be governed by Perversion!

If not governed by the Truth of Scripture, then you will be governed by Perversion!
We Must Be Governed by the Truth of Scripture! Romans 1:18

18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, Romans 1:18

If we are not governed by the truth, then you cannot and will not enjoy the blessings of God’s creation the way God purposed and planned all things to be enjoyed.

When you ignore the truth of Scriptures to rule your heart and mind through the governance and rule of the Spirit of Christ upon your heart; then all the blessing of creation that surround you, even the blessing of how you are created by God, will be abused and perverted to obey wicked lusts that pervert the truth of God’s creation, and you won't enjoy it fully the way God intended. It will be perverted to the point of limited functionality, away from God’s purpose and intention of Creation to be fully enjoyed and applied in life.

If we are not governed by the truth of Scripture and the rule and direction of the Holy Spirit, then you will be governed by perversion and a lie!As you suppress the truth you will see the blessings of God's creation dimly and dark with limited sight to His blessings.

Refocus on Jesus!

Refocus on Jesus!

How in our natural self, we have the tendency to take our eyes off of Christ being so concerned how others are following him--in this instance; it is time to refresh, refocus and redirect your charge and calling to follow Jesus personally in your life, regardless how others follow. John 21:22

Jesus' words to Peter, are his words to me and every believer--What is that to you?"

22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”