Bearing the Marks of the Lord

CAN THE WORLD SEE JESUS IN YOU?

Are you bearing the marks of Jesus so the world can see Jesus in you? Our whole motive today is to lift hearts and to cause people to know that Jesus Christ is the Lord. Whether people want to admit it or not, there will be a day that every knee will bow and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

THE GREAT MESSAGE

I want to get that message out to people before it is too late. If God has to bring his destruction in his wrath for you to see that then it is too late. So, we want people to know that Jesus Christ is alive. He came here, died, resurrected, and went back to the Father.

TRAITS

Most people have someone that they resemble or act like. I have traits like my granddaddy, and people tell me that I remind them of him. I was thinking about that, and I want people to see Christ in me.

My granddaddy was a great man of God, and a great man of faith. He believed that God was going to give him a home in heaven someday. That is what I believe.

BEARING THE MARKS OF THE LORD

I want to be like Apostle Paul when he talked about his body bearing the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you have Christ in your life then you ought to be happy about that.

PAUL WAS CONVERTED

In Galatians 6:14 reading down, Apostle Paul was speaking to these people about circumcision and how he had been converted. You know, a lot of people, they don't believe salvation through Jesus Christ. Apostle Paul, he believed in the law of Moses, and he live the straightest sect of religion...a Pharisee. But when he was converted, he was converted to Christianity...he was converted to Christ and not the law of Moses.

THE END OF THE LAW

When Jesus Christ came, he brought about the end of the law for those that believe. Today that is what Paul was talking about here. There was a lot of people that knew Paul from his early days where he had persecuted and wasted the Church of God. He had taken and crucified people even Stephen when he was accused. Saul at that time was there having him accused and standing for that. When he died, he was there standing for that.

SAUL

The Lord converted Saul as most of us may know. He was on his way to Damascus to bind all that called upon the name of the Lord. He had rich authority of the king. You see, just because the world has authority that doesn't mean God can't control. He had rich authority of the king to bind all that called upon the name of the Lord. As he was on his way, God shined a light down from heaven, and he fell to the earth. God chose this man to bring the light to the Gentiles and that is what Apostle Paul had been doing when he was speaking here.

GRACE PLAN

In Galatians 6:14, he is talking about how he had given the light of Jesus Christ in the grace plan that people didn't have to live according to the circumcision anymore. That is what Paul was preaching about here:

"But God forbid that I should glory,"...Now many people in the world, all they look for is their own glory, in their own ways and what they have obtained. And, we measure people by how much they own...for instance, how nice a car they drive or how big their house is or how much money they have in the bank...none of these things matter to God.

BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Matthew 6:33, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." All of God's possessions can be yours for the taking if you will only ask. God has given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness.

LAW OF MOSES

Paul was preaching and teaching these people about Jesus Christ and how they didn't have to live according to the law of Moses any more. He said, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, ". That was the only thing Paul wanted people to see.

There was a point in time in Paul's life when he and Barnabas had healed an impotent man later on in the Bible. The people thought that Paul was some great god, and they wanted to offer sacrifices upon Paul's behalf for what he had done...this man had been healed. Paul wouldn't have it, and he rent his clothes and went back to them and he told him, "I am a man of like passion as you are".

HONOR AND THE GLORY OF GOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST

He didn't want them offering those sacrifices for his glory in his praise. If there is any glory to be done, it is done to the honor and the glory of God by the cross of Jesus Christ. That is what he said there, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

This subject can be watched in its entirety by clicking on "A MOMENT OF TRUTH" with PASTOR STONEY KISER" titled "BEARING THE MARKS OF THE LORD- PART 1 via YOUTUBE.

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