Hello Elegant Readers!!
Today, we are introducing a new feature on the blog. We will be including a category that we call “Bible Verse of the Day”. If you have been following our blog for a while or know us personally, you know that my wife and I are deeply rooted in our Christian faith. We want to live our life based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the stories found in the Holy Bible. Through the years, certain scriptures have stood out and have made a lasting impact on our life – whether from reading through the Bible passages for ourselves; or listening to our Pastor teach from the pulpit. Whatever the case, we have decided to create a new feature on our blog about some of our favorite scriptures and what they mean to us.
The first scripture that we are spotlighting is John 10:10 (NKJV).
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John 10:10 truly speaks to me. As I studied and mediated on it, I learned the reason why Jesus Christ was born into this world. In the first part of the scripture, Jesus speaks about the thief, which we know to be Satan. Satan’s only purpose it to steal, kill and destroy in the Earth realm. But then Jesus speaks of Himself, saying that He has come that we all may have life and have it more abundantly.
Too many times, people want to blame God or Jesus for the evils and the bad things in the earth. For example, when a tornado hits and homes are destroyed; people will say it is an act of God. But if you have studied this scripture, you will know that is not the case. Satan works intently to kill and destroy; and this is one way that he can do it.
Another example, is that when a person has killed in tragic accident or died because of a terrible disease, people want to say that “God took them” or it was “God’s will”. If God spent His time killing people or taking people, why would Jesus be manifested in the Earth realm to give life. Jesus would be doing something contrary to what His Father would be doing. And that is just not possible because Jesus said He came to do His Father’s business.
When I got the revelation of this scripture, it really set me free. When my father died of cancer when I was twelve, I didn’t understand why it happened and I blamed God. I grew up in the Church, but never had the studied the Bible in any kind of way. It wasn’t until later that I began to read and study the Bible for myself and started attending a non-denominal, Bible-based church. John 10:10 was one of the first ones that I remember studying and it lifted a burdens off of my shoulders. I no longer blamed God that my Dad had died. Satan had stole him away in the prime of his life; and left my mother to raise me and my siblings on her own. I was free. Thank You Jesus!!!
Thank you for reading. If John 10:10 is your favorite scripture, leave me a comment and tell me why. Be on the lookout in the future for more scriptures to be added.
And remember that GOD IS FOR YOU!
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