There is no such thing as serving leftovers, when it comes to God . He calls our bluff ! Thats right He holds the winning hand He puts it all on the line, there it is behold the unblemished, perfect, lamb of God His Son Jesus Christ . God cries out "All In". That terrified and trembled all who were at the table that day and many said," No Greater Love than this that God put the Blood of His Own Son as a bid for the sin of mankind, and no greater love for a Father, that His Son was obedient His whole life ,and then unto death ? And how Great a love , that the Creator became the creation, and suffered under the hands of His own creation, not for His gain , but theirs . In the beginning Adam hid under leaves , this did not cover shame , or sin . God loved us so much He slay an innocent animal and blood did run for the sake of sin and the shame thereof , and covered us with skin from the animal .Who knew that He would come to earth and without sin be offered up for sin , dying a criminals death lifted up for all the world to see. Beaten ,flesh ripped upon with a cat-o-9-tales , the savior cried out to the world I Thirst and they gave Him vinegar to drink ! Blasphemer, they cried out ! Said He was God and was the savior to the world , and cant even save Himself . although Jesus had prayed fervently the nights before until blood dripped from the pores of His body. He knew for what purpose He came .
John 12 :23 The Hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified ! Vrs 27 " Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this Hour ? But for this purpose I came to this hour . Father, glorify your name ." and John 18:11 says Peter, put your sword into the sheath ,Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?
Luke 22:42 Father, If thou be willing,remove this cup from Me: never the less not My will, but thine,be done . 43 And there appeared an angel unto Him from heaven ,strengthening Him, and being in an agony He prayed more earnestly : and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. ( Why though ? He knew what He had to do? Notice an angel ministered to Jesus, says gave strength to Him ?(does not sound like it) It made Him Pray the hardest one could pray, with His own blood . For the first time since the beginning of time The Father withheld His voice from Jesus . according to Jesus
John 8:29 He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.
John 11:42 Father,I thank thee that thou hast heard Me. I know that you hear me always . And the Father heard him this time too, but did not answer him . That was the toughest thing Jesus ever had to do . Hold a one way conversation with His Father , Jesus testified on the cross .
Mark 15:34 eloi, eloi, lama sa bach tha ni My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me ?
So thus brings us back to the table an issue at hand. God has said "all in".. Jesus said "All In" and gave His all. Shouldn't we always be willing to give everything that we have and say "All In" to God?!
John 12:24 Verily, Verily I say unto you except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abideth alone. But, if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He who loves his life shall lose it. And he who hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Read Matthew chapter 16:24-til end. READ OUT LOUD
If you read this you will find that leading up to Jesus' crucifixion and the hour at hand you will find that there was many people there that day. (John 11) Judas, who followed for money, sign seekers there seeking a miracle instead of the source, and even leaders of the Jews at that present day who believed in Jesus and did not show it openly, outwardly or in public, for fear of the Jews. Once again, being more mindful of the things of man than of the things of God. But if you notice out of the majority that there was 2 groups that were in the perfect will of God; Mary who poured out the fragrance on His feet and wiped it with her hair.. and even then the fragrance totaled up to $2850 even in her time.. for a pound of spinkferd. Then there was the group of worshippers who layed out palm branches and sung hosanna in the highest. All though there are leftovers when you are in God's presence, there is more than enough to go around. Like when Jesus fed 5000 with a couple of fish and a loaf of bread. The leftovers were 12 baskets full. Like too many we often follow myths such as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, instead of the covenant that the rainbow stands for. In His presence you receive His promises, His power, and His paradise. If only we could be like the woman with the issue of blood who stood in a crowd of many who touched Jesus, but in faith said in her heart that if she could only touch the rim of His clothing. For if we could be like this woman .. and rise above the crowd and just touch Him with a touch so genuine that He feels it in his heart even in a swarmed crowd full of people pressing upon Him..then everything would be alright. Instead of the desire to touch Him, we often desire just a touch of Him or maybe just a small portion of God in our lives. People this is the form that the bible talks about in 2 Timothy 3:1: In the last days men would be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness but denying the power of God. That is why the call today to surrender all to Jesus is still here. On the day of judgement leftovers just will not do. Jesus said blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God... not 99 % pure.. but completely pure!
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