MORE ABOUT JESUS
I am HUNGRY for MORE about Jesus . . .
More about Jesus would I know,
More of His grace to others show;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love Who died for me.
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More, more about Jesus,
More, more about Jesus;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love Who died for me.
More about Jesus let me learn,
More of His holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be,
Showing the things of Christ to me.
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More about Jesus; in His Word,
Holding communion with my Lord;
Hearing His voice in every line,
Making each faithful saying mine.
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To KNOW Him is LIFE ETERNAL :) :
John 17:3 (NIV)
3 Now THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE: THAT THEY MAY KNOW YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST, WHOM YOU HAVE SENT.
KNOWLEDGE of GOD brings EXTREME BLESSINGS ! :
2 Pet 1:2-4 (NIV)
2 Grace and peace be yours in ABUNDANCE THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD.
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness THROUGH OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIM who called us by his own glory and goodness.
4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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HERE ARE SOME MORE THINGS about JESUS:
Did you know that Jesus was not a particularly HANDSOME man? (No Tom Selleck here . . .)
Isa 53:1-5 (NIV)
1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. (AUTHOR’S NOTE: HE LOOKED VERY AVERAGE OR NORMAL - IT WAS HIS KINDNESS AND LOVE THAT ATTRACTED PEOPLE.)
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Did you know that JESUS was a carpenter and that He had YOUNGER brothers and sisters ? :
Mark 6:2-6 (NIV)
2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. "Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles!
3 ISN'T THIS THE CARPENTER? ISN'T THIS MARY'S SON AND THE BROTHER OF JAMES, JOSEPH, JUDAS AND SIMON? AREN'T HIS SISTERS HERE WITH US?" And they took offense at him.
4 Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor."
5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
6 And he was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.
Did you know that Jesus displayed HUMAN characteristics, but EACH time yielded to GOD instead of the human ways?
Heb 4:14-16 (NIV)
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
15 For WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO IS UNABLE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT WE HAVE ONE WHO HAS BEEN TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY, JUST AS WE ARE-- YET WAS WITHOUT SIN.
16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Did you know He RESPONDED to SORROW as we do:
Matt 14:6-14 (NIV)
6 On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much
7 that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
8 Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."
9 The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted
10 and had John beheaded in the prison.
11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.
12 John's disciples came and took his body and buried it. THEN THEY WENT AND TOLD JESUS.
13 WHEN JESUS HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HE WITHDREW BY BOAT PRIVATELY TO A SOLITARY PLACE. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.
14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. (Author’s Note: Here is where the HUMAN RESPONSE ends and the DIVINE RESPONSE of LOVE begins.)
DID you know that JESUS responded to PAIN like we do and spoke His feelings in prayer ? :
Luke 22:39-46 (NIV)
39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."
41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
42 "FATHER, IF YOU ARE WILLING, TAKE THIS CUP FROM ME; YET NOT MY WILL, BUT YOURS BE DONE."
43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
46 "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."
Did you know that JESUS died of a BROKEN HEART ? :
John 19:31-37
31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.
32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.
33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, BRINGING A SUDDEN FLOW OF BLOOD AND WATER. (AUTHOR’S NOTE: HIS HEART BROKE OR RUPTURED EARLIER, LETTING HIS BLOOD FLOW INTO THE CAVITY INSIDE THE CHEST AND COOLING DOWN SO THAT THE BLOOD SEPARATED BEFORE THE SPEAR PIERCED HIS SIDE)
35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken,"
37 and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced."