Christ, through and through

By: Joy

Today’s verse: “For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell and by Him to reconcile all to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in Heaven, having made peace through the blood of His Cross” Col 1 v 19, 20

Bible Reading: Colossians 1 v 15 -23

The main reason for writing about the verses above, is I cannot stop wondering to myself, how those of us who claim to belong to God will make conversations, prayers, any kind of moral involvement in the name of the God and not include the name above all names JESUS. During such conversations, whenever I am listening to them, I can tell that God is not the actual one we should be referring it is Jesus, but yet the so-called Christian will not call upon that name. God is a Triune God. The bible says at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. So how can one say they are saved and not call on the name of the savior? The Almighty God, did not go to the cross to die to us, it was the Lord Jesus Christ who did and today’s verses explains to us that, it has therefore pleased God so much to put ALL things under Him (Jesus). So there is no alienating Jesus Christ from our conversations and prayers if we are confessing our relationship to God.

For it has pleased God that in HIM all the fullness should dwell and by HIM, God is reconciling ALL things (persons) to HIMSELF, so for those of us that have felt comfortable about not calling on the name of Jesus or praying in His name till now my question is which God are you serving? Let’s give an example, supposing you meet an old classmate in a store and you can immediately tell that he/she is doing good, maybe the founder, president, CEO or COO of a humongous internationally known organization, you get their business card and have to visit, do you think the business card will suddenly become a flying saucer and bring you direct into your friend’s office? No way. In the same way God has put in place an even better situation where coming to Him through Jesus is His predetermined method. If you want to be with God you have to follow His laid down protocol.

You can tell these days that the name of Jesus is the dividing line. In order to find out more about the other person in any godly conversation, mention the name of Jesus for who He is, you will notice that only one of the following 2 things will happen, the other party will either agree with you or will do everything to bring the conversation to an end or leave. Probably that is why the bible describes Him as the stone of stumbling; at that point, the stone will either be a cleft for a shield or an obstruction causing stumbling to the party who feels I can have God without Jesus.

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Joy Fisher is a teacher of the word, she lives in Texas with her Husband and 4 children. www.christian-ibd.com & www.heralabasterbox.com

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