Amazing Word from the Lord..being so late of an hour ..we know some will go through the almightys wrath.even as I pray I know this in my heart.one thing that always holds true ..My our father never changes his word never changes.
The Son of Man DOES have power on earth to forgive sins that are done personally against you We can forgive Father God has the last say in the end ie Father forgive them for they don t know what they do Yet when people DO know what they do in sin and then do it anyway THEN there is no forgiveness Either on earth or in heaven food for thought
John 1: 18 says" No man has seen God at any time".Many people saw Jesus. John 20:31 says "These have been written down that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God". Jesus was created directly by God having quality similar to those of his father. Psalms 83:18 says Jehovah is the most high. found in KJV New World Translation. Many other translations of the Bible have taken Jehovah out and replaced it with LORD.
Only God can forgive sin , you sin when you know ,that you are going against God's teaching , and he has given us the Holy Ghost to teach us all things and to bring to our remmberance , what he has told us .
Note some translations read clinging vs touching. also note messiah's role was changing from lamb to high priest (Hebrews) . Jesus needed Mary to let the others know he would see them after presenting his sacrifice to the father. There would be time later for Mary to see him.
Romans 10:15.....And how can people preach UNLESS THEY ARE SENT? [ who were sent and by whom and with what authority?] "SENT", as used in the Greek language of which the book of Romans was written, is apostello. [apostle] John 20:21-23.....Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has SENT me, so I SEND you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
[apostalic succession].... Romans 10:15.....And how can people preach UNLESS THEY ARE SENT? how do Non-Catholic preachers preach if they are not in the line of succession going all the way back to the Apostles???
Why would Jesus go through the trouble of giving the apostles this authority if He preferred the practice of personal confession direct to Himself?
No man, whatsoever the name or title in the body of Christ can or will ever for give any man's sin, that is no human can put any human in right relationship with God. The meaning of the verse is the provision of forgiveness that is open to everyone through the acceptance of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. This commission was first give to the apostels as eyes witnesses then to everyone that will later belive. The bible says, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. How can they hear if there are no preachers. In the gospel of the Lord, the place of many is that man is a vessel. We must not forget that the nature of man is evil, it only requires a sinless God to for make man like Himself.
Mary showed how much he respected Jesus .It is not a good example to today s Christians to address our pastor in a respectful way to acknowledge the calling of GOd in them.
Jesus did not baptize with water because He came to baptize men by the Holy Spirit. He did this after His resurrection, see John 20:21-22. He told Nicodemus, "you must be born again,(endwelled) and He made it possible through the cross.
Gert,
It was a Jewish tradition that if someone got up from the table from a meal that if his napkin was just thrown down that he was finnished and would not return, but if his napkin was folded then that meant he was coming back. Jesus is coming back but not riding on a donkey this time. He is coming back like he said with power and on a cloud.
The evil world now consists of ignorant people that want answers so they turned to science for evidence. They want nothing to do with the Creator but want to believe they r so intelligent that they can figure all this out for themselves when actually they no nothing. This verse explains everything you need to know but people refuse to believe it. Too much self righteous people in the world
Catholic priest is authorized to forgive sins. Protestant preachers say when you accept Christ your sins are forgiven, past sins and future sins. I am confused about the forgiveness of future sins, is this with repentance and promise of amendment?
Is it true that when Jesus died,his spirit went down into the depth and preached the spirits down there?can someone give me the verse?i just heard it and i want to know the truth..thanks and GOD BLESS..
My comment is on the whole of Matthew. Son of Man is mentioned some 42 times in this gospel. Son of David at least 12 times and Son of God at least 12 times. What stands out is Jesus lineage as "Son of Man" Too many believe the apostacy that Jesus is God. He was both. He inherited mortality from his human Mother Mary but gained immortality as "the wages of sin is death (Mary) As Jesus in "all points was tempted as we are, yet without sin", death had no hold on him hence he became the first fruits of the ressurrection thus showing us the way through him to God his Father and God ( John 20:17)
I think that the word may and might says a lot about salvation. Jesus came that we "may or might" eneter into His rest. Seems salvation is a condition on not willfully sinning
I do believe that we are still taking the words of God out of their contexts simply because we do approach the Bible with our minds already made up with denominational doctrines. Otherwise something written in a plain English text shows that the Lord Jesus` accepting to be worshipped proved Him to be God ( John 20:28, Revelation 1:17-18). Another truth that this passage has also displayed is that the Jews were the FIRST CHURCH ( Acts 7:38), and that the Kingdom of God belongs to them because of the �Covenants� that God had made with their father, and again what the Syrophenician woman displayed here is that through faith the Gentiles will receive mercy and be part of the Kingdom of God. It is very wrong for anybody to teach that God has taken the Kingdom away from the Jews and gave it to the Gentiles. The only way that we can harmonize the Word of God is when we begin to crosscheck what was said in one place with another; and not apply theories to the words of God. For example what the Lord Jesus said here was in agreement with John 4: 22 where He says that, salvation is of the Jews, and in the same manner the Apostle Paul had followed Him with that tone. He disapproved every theory that the Kingdom was taken from the Jews for he always said, of the Jews first then the Gentiles Romans 1:16, etc.
@Morris,
1. The 2 men in white linen are angels ( John 20:12), the scriptures do not give any indication of where the angels went;
2. The 2 men on the way to Emmaus are sad because they believe the body of Jesus was missing, that was under the impression that Jesus was going to rid Israel of the Roman Empire ( Luke 24:21), they did not understand what was really happening ( Luke 24:25,26), their spiritual eyes have not yet been opened until verse 31;
3. It was most likely on the third day Jesus ascended into heaven to place his sinless perfect pure blood on the mercy seat for the atonement for the sins for all, especially to them that believe ( I Timothy 4:10);
4. Mary Magdalene was the first person to see and talk to Jesus after he arose from the tomb ( John 20:14-17).
I believe that God has given us new life which is in his son. Paul says we are a new creation in Christ Jesus, 2 Corinthians 5:17. That means we are totally transformed to be a new creature. Life is in the blood, so when you receive Christ, you become his child not born by the will of man but by his spirit. When God created man he breathed into him. When man sinned, the life of God in him left. During Pentecost, God breathed again to give each one of us his life through Christ. How we receive it is only by faith. In John 20:9-20, Jesus did it again to his fellows and said receive the holy spirit and breathed on them. Thank you and God bless you.
By Biblical reckoning of counting days this second appearance of the risen Messiah took place on a Monday... not on Sunday. The word -After- means you start counting -after- the first day He appeared which was a Sunday. For the proper way to understand -after- see Leviticus 23:16. You start counting the 50 days -after- the Sabbath, which means you start on the next day which was a Sunday and that lands you on Sunday... 50 days -after- a Sabbath, which was a Saturday. Therefore we start counting the 8 days the day -after- the first appearance, which was a Sunday and we end up on a Monday.
Verse 31- Jesus is the SON OF GOD...this among numerous other scriptures that DISPROVE the Doctrine of Trinity. By the way, the word Trinity isn't even in the Bible.
When doors were locked up, Jesus was able to enter the room where his disciples had gathered for fear of the Jews verse 19 and 26. This shows that everywhere you are if you are a Christian and a disciple Lord, Jesus will be there. Hurray! We have ever-present God amongst us every time.
A strong thought here why would God talk to himself, Jesus was not crazy, God is not neither. He did not have a split personality. Jesus said the father is greater than I. Greater means plural more than one great greater. Please open your bible to John 14:28 and help me understand this reasoning that Jesus is his father first born. God and Jesus do not play games, they have no split personality sicknesses. John 5:36 he said the father sent him here. I am thinking Jesus said clearly his father sent him. God can do anything, God does not have to pretend he is Jesus and act like a split personality like a sibling. God and Jesus do not talk to themselves and confuse people. We must understand the devil knows the scriptures inside out. In John 20:17, Jesus was talking to a person there, Jesus does not lie. Jesus saith unto her touch me not for I am not yet ascended to my father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my father, and your father: and to my God, and your God. Does everyone think Jesus was crazy? Jesus told the people in John 14:10, Jesus said the father is in him and he is in the father, but here again Jesus says I speak not of myself: but the father that dwelleth in me. Jesus takes no credit for the things he did but said the father doeth the works, the holy spirit speaks, comes in people but they are not the holy spirit. I cover this message with the blood of Jesus. Amen.
Christmas is just here around the corner. I see where John had to have the proof to believe that Jesus was real and alive after death. Just as we ourselves, wants some kind of sign. How GREAT it is to know Jesus by his holy spirit, that our eyes don�t have to see, but our Heart is Jesus. He walks with us daily, in our heart. And when we sin, our body greaves, because our body is part of his. When we repent, we have a great Joy, and we are ok with our Lord. I�m glad I believe without seeing. But I feel Jesus in my heart. God Bless. Sister Barbara from Cleveland Ohio.
@Emanuel,
What you have raised is a profound study in the Bible. And just one book (John) is not enough to provide all truths that the study entails.
It has to start from the Old Testament, where one can learn the institution of Jews Passover with Moses, all events, lawful and customary that surrounded that Passover.
Yes, there were two Sabbaths involved in the events that surrounded the death and resurrection of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.
1. One is the Sabbath of Preparation of the Jews Passover in John 19:31,42. That Sabbath had nothing to do with weekdays, it was just a public holiday ( Leviticus 23);
2. The second is a weekly Sabbath, spoken of in John 20:1 in the first day of the next week.
So there were 2 Sabbaths involved, and they were successive the holy proclamation (public holiday) and the normal weekly Sabbath. And resurrection took place early on the first day of the week.
I could recommend a study by Victor Paul Wierwille �Jesus Christ our Passover�.
Great to notice the accuracy of word of God.
God bless you.
John 20:21-23.....Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has SENT me, so I SEND you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
[apostalic succession].... Romans 10:15.....And how can people preach UNLESS THEY ARE SENT? how do Non-Catholic preachers preach if they are not in the line of succession going all the way back to the Apostles???
Why would Jesus go through the trouble of giving the apostles this authority if He preferred the practice of personal confession direct to Himself?
It was a Jewish tradition that if someone got up from the table from a meal that if his napkin was just thrown down that he was finnished and would not return, but if his napkin was folded then that meant he was coming back. Jesus is coming back but not riding on a donkey this time. He is coming back like he said with power and on a cloud.
1. The 2 men in white linen are angels ( John 20:12), the scriptures do not give any indication of where the angels went;
2. The 2 men on the way to Emmaus are sad because they believe the body of Jesus was missing, that was under the impression that Jesus was going to rid Israel of the Roman Empire ( Luke 24:21), they did not understand what was really happening ( Luke 24:25,26), their spiritual eyes have not yet been opened until verse 31;
3. It was most likely on the third day Jesus ascended into heaven to place his sinless perfect pure blood on the mercy seat for the atonement for the sins for all, especially to them that believe ( I Timothy 4:10);
4. Mary Magdalene was the first person to see and talk to Jesus after he arose from the tomb ( John 20:14-17).
What you have raised is a profound study in the Bible. And just one book (John) is not enough to provide all truths that the study entails.
It has to start from the Old Testament, where one can learn the institution of Jews Passover with Moses, all events, lawful and customary that surrounded that Passover.
Yes, there were two Sabbaths involved in the events that surrounded the death and resurrection of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.
1. One is the Sabbath of Preparation of the Jews Passover in John 19:31,42. That Sabbath had nothing to do with weekdays, it was just a public holiday ( Leviticus 23);
2. The second is a weekly Sabbath, spoken of in John 20:1 in the first day of the next week.
So there were 2 Sabbaths involved, and they were successive the holy proclamation (public holiday) and the normal weekly Sabbath. And resurrection took place early on the first day of the week.
I could recommend a study by Victor Paul Wierwille �Jesus Christ our Passover�.
Great to notice the accuracy of word of God.
God bless you.