What Jesus Said About Himself

How Everyone and Everything Works For Jesus Christ

All happenings point us to Jesus Christ. And his kingdom that is growing and filling the universe. Even deceptive and horrifying conspiracies and murderous plots building against us and against the people of the world.

For example, those responsible for killing Jesus were actually playing directly into the hands of the Lord. God being so far ahead and above the wicked powers and forces at work is able to get them to work for himself.

This still happens, evil spirits and people still do not understand what the Lord is doing. If they did, things would be much different. They just resist Jesus as best they know how. #antiChrist

When we read any book or watch any movie or listen to any song ask yourself or newscast. Judge it based on the reality of Jesus Christ. Ask “how can we see and know Jesus in this?” “What is the author explaining about the Lord?” whether she/ he understands it herself or not.

When you hear terrible news both at national or a local levels ask yourself “how can we see Christ and know him better in this?”

In this way everything and everyone works for Jesus Christ. And so we are not to be tormented by evil, by the news, or at the evil influences coming at us or our kids. Do not worry or have any anxiety about absolutely anything. Cling to Jesus Christ, cling to seeking him and knowing him more and deeper.

Jesus is also described as the Lord of glory in 1 Cor 2:8 and James 2:1. Glory has been described as the satisfaction and pleasure according to the will of the Lord.

Also, in the letter to the Romans Paul taught that “All things work together for good to those who are called according to his purpose.”

Jesus Worhsip

Anxious To Please The Lord

“I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7:32-34‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The married man/woman is anxious about how to please his wife/husband.

Pleasing our spouses here is described as a “worldly anxiety.” This surprises me, not because of experience but because I guess I’ve always seen marriage as a creation of God therefore how could it interfere with other things of God.?

But I guess the ways in which a husband and wife please one another are worldly or fleshly things. Before this passage in the book of Corinthians there is talk of not depriving one another physically.

It occurred to me that this divided interest can be minimized if both spouses are going after Jesus Christ equally. If both are seeking him and actively sacrificing their lives to please the Lord. Laying down what we want and expect out of life can free the spouse up a bit to focus on seeking and pleasing the Lord.

Their pursuit of him can grow together, it can perhaps be enhanced by the marriage rather than distracted by it, which is so common.

Paul also alluded to this at the end of chapter 7. He describes how the Jesus follower is to lay aside their current state in exchange for the kingdom of God.

“This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7:29-31‬ ‭ESV‬‬

At the end he reasons “the present form of this world is passing away.”

Which implies the present state of marriage is passing away as well. According to the spirit of God, we are to live, if possible, as if that were true now. Live as if the future were current.

Could you lay down you demands on your spouse in order to seek the Lord? Could you die daily from what you think you need from her/ him?

I think the answer to that is yes for most serious Jesus followers, at least periodically.

But why bother? Why do something which might be that uncomfortable?

The answer i think is repeated in chapter seven. “Pleasing the Lord” which really gets my attention. Knowing he is pleased with me is a great motivator for me. Also “securing our undivided devotion to the Lord.”

Let your anxiety and the anxiety of your spouse be focused on how to please the Lord Jesus. Just as if you were single Christians. Don’t be your spouses distraction from the Lord Jesus.

Let your spouse be Undivided to the Lord and maybe they will return the favor.

What Jesus Said About Himself

Two Ways to Be Discipled

Young Christian, there are two paths available for discipleship. If you feel the need to be discipled to make yourself more pleasing and fruitful to the Lord than you are today. One way will transform us into the image of Christ. The other way will have varied results.

  1. We can be discipled directly by Jesus, and we can slowly become useful to God (in a hidden way). By seeking him diligently (preferably with others) we learn to hear him inwardly then submit to his life, then we die daily with him, then gradually we are transformed into his image. This way can be slow and painful and is almost always out of the spotlight. OR….

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