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Bikers For Christ
05/05/2008 17:59:39 / Reflective
After one and a half years my wife and I have been blessed and been excepted into Bikers for Christ and am waiting to get our patch now so that we can be full members of Bikers For Christ.We are looking forward to spread the word of God and grow in the Holy Spirit.With the good people of Bikers For Christ in fellowship. The motif that John selects to convey God,s contact with us is the Word, In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God,and the Word was God...The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us ( John 1.1, 14)Why did John select this image to convey the identity of Jesus?The Word has to do with communication -- contact. Words are a means of self-revelation, taking hidden thoughts and expressing them in such a way that connection can be made.We cannot be known unless we share our innermost thoughts and feelings, and we do that through words, as does God.Scripture says, Who has understood the mind of the Lord/ (Isaiah 40,13 ) We are beholden to God to make himself known. By using the image of the Word, John is telling us that God is speaking.When God spoke and said all that he had to say to us,his speech materialized in the person of Jesus Christ. In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days ( and we are in the last days)he has spoken to us by his Son ( Hebrews 1,1-2 ) Peter wrote, Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ( Peter 5,8 ) We have an enemy, and the enemy engages us for battle. Paul writes, For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, Put on The Armor of God Ephesians 6:10-18
"Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might . Put on the armor
of God , that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil .
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,but against
principalities,against powers , against the rulers of the darkness of
this age , against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places. "Therefore take up the whole armor of God , that
you may be able to withstand in the evil day , and having done all , to
stand . Stand therefore , having girded your waist with truth , having
put on the breastplate of righteousness,and having shad your feet with
the prepartion of the gospel of peace , above all , taking the shield
of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked one. "And take
the helment of salvation , and the sword of the spirit , which is the
word of God ; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
Spirit , being watchful to this end with all perseverance and
supplication for all the saints....."
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