From: North Red Bank Baptist Church http://www.NRBBC.ORG God gave Jesus for us, not to us. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Because of sin, there had to be a sacrifice and God provided Himself One, Jesus Christ the righteous. So from John 3:16, the Son is the Advocate and the Propitiation in 1 John 2:1-2. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=251130&view=post&blogid=8649 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0400 ["Yeshua in the Hebrew [O.T. is written in Hebrew] is the same as Jesus and/or the Messiah in the N.T. which is written in Greek. "Yahweh" is the personal name for God in Hebrew. It refers to His Truthfulness, His Unchangeableness, His Faithfulness, His Eternality: He said: "IAM THAT IAM" So, you could say, "Yeshua" means Yahweh saves. Jesus [ Yeshua] is God [Yahweh] in the flesh.For God so loved the world, that he [God the Father, Jehovah, Yahweh] gave his only begotten Son,[Jesus, Who is God in the flesh]that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.] http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=250631&view=post&blogid=8649 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0400 "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son." http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=249643&view=post&blogid=8649 Thu, 9 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0400 "Belief is persuasion:" If you are persuaded that something is true, you believe it. Meaning you have confidence in whom you have believed, Paul said, "for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=249000&view=post&blogid=8649 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0400 So often we stay in our valley of despair when before us is His promise of life and His Word to give us faith. Just think:In your mother's womb, He formed you: "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee."On the Cross, He remembered you: "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him"From the future, He invites you: And let him that is athirst come. whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. It is given. You are invited to freely "take" it. "Take" means to accept/believe what is offered. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=248957&view=post&blogid=8649 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0400 The LORD went to great length to give you strong reason to believe Him, "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie."The two immutable things are His Word and His Oath. In Hebrews 6:13, "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself," There was none to compare with Him and there is none greater than Him, therefore there was no one to sware by, so He put Himself under oath. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=248965&view=post&blogid=8649 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Mankind says He is slack because He has not come as if He has forgotten but it is His Longsuffering that has delayed His Coming. What does Longsuffering mean? The Lord is not slow I about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. He has long patience with us. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=243172&view=post&blogid=8649 Thu, 1 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400 There is no mention of sin in the burnt offering and as our sin offering, He (Christ) becomes our burnt offering.  He makes our sacrifice of service, worship, and praise well pleasing unto the LORD, Phil. 4:18. Therefore as being in Christ, we are acceptable, Ephesians 1:6 http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=241822&view=post&blogid=8649 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400 In every weekly Sabbath, the Children of Israel were to cease completely from all their labours as a reminder that all they needed was and is supplied by the Grace of God. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=241823&view=post&blogid=8649 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400 In times of our trouble for someone to say, I know brings encouragement and comfort just to think someone understands our plight.  http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=239730&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 The word snare reminds me of a song, "Altar of Prayer" one line says, "if you are caught in sin's wicked snare".  Saul laid traps for David but the Lord delivered him out of them all. These snares are unseen and may attack the body and mind.  from the noisome pestilence = deadly plague, I thought of Covid 19. And there are many other deadly diseases. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=239427&view=post&blogid=8649 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 If there is not a hell to shun, then why did Christ die? If there is not a need for the preaching of the Cross, then why does the Word say, 1Co 1:18Ã'Ã'  For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=239212&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Here is an expression that allows us to feel His love and grace and His desire for closeness. It is like the Bridegroom who knocks at the door of the bride and seeks admittance,  Song of Son 5:2  "I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night".  Jesus Christ is the Bridegroom and we are the Bride http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=239232&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 The Word of Life, is the Promise of life by Jesus Christ, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. He can make that promise because of Who He is and what He did,    I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=239007&view=post&blogid=8649 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Being saved is at the point of believing.  The word believe is used one hundred twenty-four times in the Book of John.  There was a time when believing was just believing but in this day it is believing plus surrender, sanctification, discipleship to receive the Gift of Eternal Life.  But that is not correct: the Gift of God is received by faith alone in Christ alone.   Surrender, sanctification, and discipleship are for the believer. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=238938&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 9 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Why did the thief on the cross ask Jesus to remember him? He believed in Jesus as the one who could save him. "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?" Rom 10:10 " For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=238959&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 9 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Jesus is at the door and He is knocking.Ã'  It is He the Son of God/The Son of Man. "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock". That is not just any door but the door of your mind, and the heart of your soul. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=238987&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 9 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Faith in the promise of God ( a resting faith in His power and faithfulness), God has settled the matter in Christ fully and completely I John 5:9-13, i.e V 10 "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son." John 3:16, John 6:47 and many more verses. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=217652&view=post&blogid=8649 Fri, 9 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 The LORD went to great length to give you a strong reason to believe Him, That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie….." The two immutable things are His Word and His Oath. In Hebrews 6:13 http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=213346&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Heb 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. It is impossible in the natural realm to think that God Himself would die for man the sinner but this He did in Christ The Son of Man, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain - The Leader as being The Way: He said I am the Way… Same as Author in Heb. 12:2 "…Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith…"- of their salvation perfect through sufferings. He is the beginning and the ending, 1 Cor. 1:30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=213347&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400 He deposited the message of His Salvation in our earthen vessels (bodies) broken by sin. And that message is the salvation we have.: Jesus is the Light of the World, He is the Anchor of the Soul. Christ is the Living Bread – He said which I will give for the life of the World, John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. He did give His body, See 1Co 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: ( Paul is an Apostle – He saw Christ after Christ Resurrection and ascension ) http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=213350&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400 Justification happens at the moment of, faith alone in Christ alone. Acts 4:12 "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=209020&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0400 He knew you at your beginning and make no mistake, your beginning is at conception. Every birth is a result of a divine creation "……. when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth." When you were formed in your mother's womb away from human eye and touch. It is God who gave you life. Jer 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=208647&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0400 This verse says that Jesus is our forerunner, "….Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Jesus is not only the forerunner that carried the anchor He is also the anchor. So Jesus took us and anchored us into heaven itself, the very presence of God. Here we are on earth with the anchor of the Holy Spirit and there in heaven is the anchor of Christ. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=202823&view=post&blogid=8649 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400 Now keep in mind why you must be reconciled to God; because we have sinned and sinned against God. Our sin has separated us from Him. (You have sinned – I have sinned – All have sinned) Sin cannot be excused, looked over, forgot about; it has to be paid for. And the payment for sin is death: Romans 6:23a. For the wages of sin is death; …..: because of our sin we are under the condemnation of death "….but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. http://www.NRBBC.ORG/Gems-of-Truth?articleid=198806&view=post&blogid=8649 Sat, 11 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0400