Will All Professing Christians See His Face? Source: http://mudpreacher.wordpress.com/ 2009/04/06/do-you-really-want-to-see-jesus/ JESUS REVEALED THREE CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE MET BEFORE YOU CAN REALLY SEE JESUS. A. HEAR & OBEY THE WORD OF CHRIST IN OUR TEXT: “This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake. Now is the judgment of this world”• Three times Jesus told them that He woul d die and ris e ag ain. • He told Martha that He was the resurrection and the Life. • He told the Rich man that if t hey did not listen to Moses and the prophets they would not believe even if they witnessed a person raise form the dead. There is only one thing that can open your eyes to see Jesus. A willingness to OBEYthe Word of God.
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But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your
heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your
mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness,and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:8-10 (NKJV)
Obedience to the Words of Christ will result in a change of heart. That
change of heart will result in a heart that desires to obey Him!
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of
heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to
Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out
demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I
will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness!’ Matthew 7:21-23 (NKJV)
“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do
the things which I say? Luke 6:46 (NKJV)
You can say you LOVE Jesus. He can even be like a Rock Star to you. You can
get you all teary eyed because He loves you so. But if you do not Listen to
His Word, Believe His Word and OBEY it, take it into Your Heart
and Life, you do not know the Real Jesus, and worst yet,
He does not know you. Why should He reveal Himself to
you if you don’t intend to fully obey Him.
YOU ARE JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS WHO ARE TAKERS AND NOT OBEYERS.
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The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains
forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of
Man?” Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while
you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does notknow where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may
become sons of light.
The cross is what brought light into the world. To see the
Light of the world is not possible without seeing Christ
crucified on the cross. But that is not enough. You don’t gaze upon the
cross and think of poor Jesus. You don’t think upon the cross and wonder such a
waste. What could he have done…
We MUST EXPERIENCE the CROSS of CHRIST
This is where most pretend followers fail. Like Judas, like Demas. Paul tells us
we IDENTIFY with the Cross. Paul tells us that the Cross must be central in our life, It
must be the core belief in our Walk with Jesus Christ. If we are to See Jesus on a Daily
Basis, we must take up the cross DAILY, without complaint, without regret.
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Jesus is no rock star. He is no American Idol. He does not want us to think
about him that way. He will never reveal himself if you have that mind-set.
What he told his disciples many times, what he told the crowds at least
three times, if you want to see the Real Jesus, the Son of God Jesus, the
Savior Jesus, the Redeemer Jesus, Jesus the Lamb of God, you must look
long and hard at the Cross. You must look and see Him upon the Cross,
dying for you. You must be willing to die to what you want, you must be
willing to follow Him by taking up His Cross.
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who lovesson or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take hiscross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and hewho loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 10:37-39 (NKJV)
And so when you look at the cross and see Jesus hanging there, what you
do not hear is “Earn this.” You never hear Jesus say, “Earn this.” He doesn’t
say, “I’ve given everything for you. Now you need to gut it out for me.”
What he says is “Sua sponte.” OF MY OWN ACCORD
I volunteered for this. You don’t have to pay anything for it.
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