Behold the Lamb of God

Dear brothers and sisters, do you have a verse, a word, or perhaps a prayer that you would like to share with us, that will draw our hearts and focus our gaze upon the Lord Jesus? Let us encourage each other and be renewed in our hearts and minds and spirits as we behold and exalt our King.

[b][color=000000]Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God![/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.[/color][/b]

I have a cd called The Bride's Anthem. It is a 'Praying the Bible' cd. The first track is called 'the unveiling of Jesus' and is Revelation Chapter 1:1-7.
It has great music of strings and bells and a choir singing "Ah ah ah ah ah" and the words spoken are: 'The Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Supernatural unveiling of the Splendor of the Son of God to His Bride, to awaken her heart in love. the Great Gift of God to the Church through the ages, the displaying of His Son. The Overwhelming Beauty made known to the sons of men on the earth. the Revelation which God gave to show the servants of the Lord the Beauty of the Son. Blessed is the one who reads, blessed are any of those that hear, those that keep the things revealed in the Glorious Unveiling of the Son of God, the Revelation of Christ Jesus.
For the time is near, Grace unto you O bride of Jesus Christ, Glorious Peace from Him who sits upon the Throne, from the Spirit of God, and from the Holy Bridegroom Christ Jesus, the Faithful Witness, the Ruler over all the kings of the earth. Arise O bride for He has made you a King and a Priest unto His Father, standing at His Side in time and eternity.
Know this, He is Coming, Oh Yes, surely He is coming, He is coming on the clouds, before all the nations of the earth. every eye will see Him. the Saints will be filled with marvel, the rebellious will tremble with terror, all the tribes of the earth they will tremble, they will mourn when they see Him who they have pierced. Even so, Amen and Amen.'

What an Awesome picture of Jesus!

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation 21:23

Hi MSeaman, definitely some things to meditate on here! This CD sounds interesting :-)

'The Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Supernatural unveiling of the Splendor of the Son of God to His Bride, [b]to awaken her heart in love[/b]. the Great Gift of God to the Church through the ages, the displaying of His Son.

[b][color=000000]...lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] Whom have I in heaven but thee?[/color][/b]

...thinking of this verse too

And he said unto them, [b][color=660033]Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.[/color][/b]

Then Jesus said unto them,

[b][color=660033]Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.[/color][/b]

Then said they unto him,

[b][color=000000]Lord, evermore give us this bread.[/color][/b]

And Jesus said unto them,

[b][color=660033] I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.[/color][/b]

Behold the Lamb.
Behold the Lamb.
Slain from the foundation of the World.
For sinners crucified,
The Blessed , Holy, Lamb of God.
Behold the Lamb.
Behold the Lamb.
God Bless
Nellie

Amen Nellie.

[b][color=000000]For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.[/color][/b](KJV)

[b][color=000000] In God's eyes he was like a tender green shoot, sprouting from a root in dry and sterile ground. But in our eyes there was no attractiveness at all, nothing to make us want him. [/color][/b](Living Bible)

[b][color=000000] When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?[/color][/b]

This is one of my favorite songs. It is based on Revelation 5.

There Stood A Lamb
Words and music by Ray Boltz

He was standing in Heaven
With tears in his eyes
Saying, 'Tell me this isn't so.'
For there was no one in Heaven
And no one on earth
Worthy to open the scroll
Then one of the elders
Said, 'John don't you cry'
It was all part of the plan
Then in the center
Of God's Glorious Throne
Hallelujah, there stood a Lamb

And they sang Worthy
Worthy of Honor and Praise
They were casting down crowns
And praising His Name
When He cried, 'Who is Worthy?'
I can hear Jesus saying, I am
Oh, praise God, forever
There stood a Lamb

Now open your Bible
Open your eyes
It's clear we are in last days
And he said 'I'll come quickly'
So don't be surprised
When he comes back to take us away
And feeble excuses won't get very far
When you find yourself
There at His Throne
If you know Jesus
And He is your Lord
Hallelujah, you won't be alone

And we'll sing Worthy
Worthy of Honor and Praise
We'll be casting down crowns
And praising His Name
When He says, are you worthy?
I can hear Jesus saying, I am
Oh, praise God, forever
There stood a Lamb

And we'll sing Worthy
Worthy of Honor and Praise
As we cast down our crowns
We'll be praising his name
When He says, are you worthy?
I can hear Jesus saying, I am
Oh, praise God, forever
Praise God, forever
Praise God, forever
There stood a Lamb

1996 Shepherd Boy MusicASCAP (adm. by Word, Inc.).

Beautiful Melissa.
Thanks for sharing.
God Bless
Nellie

[b][color=000000] He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying,[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]I will; be thou clean[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.[/color][/b]

[font=Courier]Jesus, King of angels, Heaven's light
Hold my hand,
and keep me through this night.[/font]

-[i] lyrics to the song Jesus King of angels by Fernando Ortega[/i]

[color=000000] For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations...[/color]

[b][color=000000] ...and the desire of all nations shall come...[/color][/b]

...and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying,

[b][color=000000] Sir, we would see Jesus[/color][/b]

Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. And Jesus answered them, saying,

[b][color=660033]The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.[/color][/b]

Revelation 7:9-11 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
Public Domain

9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Revelation 4 KJV
1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.
3And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

[b][color=000000]Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm...the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him![/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]...no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name[/color][/b] [color=660033][b] JESUS [/color][/b][b][color=000000] : for he shall save his people from their sins. [/color][/b]

His Name is Wonderful
His Name is Wonderful
His Name is Wonderful,
Jesus my Lord!

He is the Mighty King
Master of everything
His Name is Wonderful,
Jesus my Lord!

He's the Great Shepherd
Rock of All Ages
Almighty God is He!

Bow down before Him,
Love and adore Him,
His Name is Wonderful,
Jesus My Lord.

[b][color=000000] And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.[/color][/b]

[b]I come to the Light[/b]

Lord I humble myself and pray
Lord I humble myself and pray
I will seek Your face, and turn from my ways
I will seek Your face, and turn from my wicked ways

Lord bring the breaking
Please hear my cry
Shake all that can be shaken
And heal the land that’s dry

Lord I come to the light, confess that I need You
Lord I come to the light, confess that I’m poor
Lord I come to the light, confess that I’m wretched and blind

Song from [i]Living Sacrifice[/i], [url=http://www.christourlife.ca/]Christourlife[/url]

[url=https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=11112]I come to the Light[/url]

Behold the Lamb by Dottie Rambo

Behold the Lamb
Behold the Lamb
Slain from the foundation of the world
For sinners crucified
O holy sacrifice
Behold the Lamb of God

Crown Him
Crown Him
Worthy is the Lamb
Praise Him
Praise Him
Heaven and earth resound

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

[b]In whom[/b] we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: [b]all things were created by him, and for him:[/b]

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; [b]that in all things he might have the preeminence.[/b]

Lamb of God, Our souls adore Thee by James G. Deck

Lamb of God! Our souls adore Thee
While upon Thy face we gaze;
There the Father’s love and glory
Shine in all their brightest rays;
Thine almighty power and wisdom
All creation’s works proclaim;
Heaven and earth alike confess Thee
As the ever great “I AM.”

Lamb of God! Thy Father’s bosom
Ever was Thy dwelling place;
His delight, in Him rejoicing,
One with Him in power and grace;
Oh, that wondrous love and mercy—
Thou didst lay Thy glory by,
And for us didst come from Heaven,
As the Lamb of God, to die!

Lamb of God! When we behold Thee
Lowly in the manger laid,
Wandering as a homeless stranger
In the world Thy hands had made;
When we see Thee in the garden,
In Thine agony of blood,
At Thy grace we are confounded,
Holy, spotless, Lamb of God!

When we see Thee, as the Victim,
Bound for us upon the tree,
For our guilt and folly stricken,
All our judgment born by Thee—
Lord, we own, with hearts adoring,
Thou hast loved us unto blood:
Glory, glory everlasting,
Be to Thee, Thou Lamb of God!

Lamb of God, Thou soon in glory
Will to this sad earth return;
All Thy foes shall quake before Thee,
All that now despise Thee mourn;
Then Thy saints all gathered to Thee,
With Thee in Thy kingdom reign;
Thine the praise and Thine the glory,
Lamb of God, for sinners slain.

But we all, with open face [b]beholding[/b] as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
(2Co 3:18)

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, [b]Looking unto[/b] Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(Heb 12:1-2)

Keep yourselves in the love of God, [b]looking[/b] for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
(Jud 1:21)

Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His Wonderful Face
And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim
In the Light of His Glory and Grace.

[b][color=000000]Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.[/color][/b]

[b]Then said Jesus unto them again[/b]

[b][color=660033]Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said[/color][/b]

[b][color=6633FF]Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.[/color][/b]

[b]Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence[/b]

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.

At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!

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[b][color=000000]Behold my servant, whom I uphold....A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench:[/b][/color]

[b][color=000000]..And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, [/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]The Spirit of the Lord is upon me[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong....[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]....But he passing through the midst of them went his way,[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.[/color][/b]

[b]Where you there when the Sun refused to shine[/b]

Where you there when the sun refused to shine?

Where you there when the sun refused to shine?

Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble

Where you there when the sun refused to shine?

-author unknown

[b][color=000000]And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them,[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]What seek ye?[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,)[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]where dwellest thou? [/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] He saith unto them,[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]Come and see[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]Lift up your heads[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]O ye gates[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]and be ye lift up[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]ye everlasting doors[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] and the King of glory shall come in[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]because I live, ye shall live also.[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father,[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]and ye in me[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]and I in you[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]and I in you[/color][/b]

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

Refrain

Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone.
Yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God to Thee.

Refrain

There let the way appear, steps unto Heav’n;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee.

Refrain

Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;
So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee.

Refrain

Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I’ll fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

Refrain

There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest,
There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee.

Refrain

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[b][color=000000] Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; And preached, saying,[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.[/color][/b]

[color=000000]O send out thy [b]light[/b] and thy [b]truth[/b][/color]
[color=000000] let them lead me[/color]
[color=000000]let them bring me unto thy holy hill[/color]
[color=000000]and to thy tabernacles[/color]
[color=000000]Then will I go unto the altar of God[/color]
[color=000000] unto God my exceeding joy[/color]
[color=000000]yea, upon the harp will I praise thee[/color]
[b][color=000000] O God my God[/color][/b] - [i]Psalm 43:2-4[/i]

[color=000000]In the beginning was the Word[/color]

[color=000000] In him was life...[/color][b]

[color=000000]...and the life was the light of men[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]I am the light of the world

he that followeth me

shall not walk in darkness,

but shall have the light of life.[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]...the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,[/color][/b]

[i][b][color=660033] Father, the hour is come[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]glorify thy Son[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033] that thy Son also may glorify thee...[/color][/b][/i]

[i][b][color=660033]...And now come I to thee[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]and these things I speak in the world[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]that they might have my joy[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]fulfilled in themselves[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033] I have given them thy word[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]and the world hath hated them[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]because they are not of the world[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]even as I am not of the world[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033] I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033] but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033]They are not of the world[/color][/b][/i]
[i][b][color=660033] even as I am not of the world[/color][/b][/i]

[i][b][color=660033]Sanctify them through thy truth[/color][/b][/i]

[b][color=660033]thy word[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]is truth[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; And preached, saying,[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]There cometh one mightier than I after me[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose[/color][/b]

Ever living God
Maker of all the Earth
Ever lasting King
Our eternal praise belongs to You
All of the honour
All of the glory to You

Take the place of all honour,
Take the place above all thrones

-lyrics from the song Ever Living God, by Hillsong

As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is tried:
he is a buckler to all them
that trust in him.

[i]Behold,
my servant shall deal prudently,
he shall be exalted and extolled,
and be very high.[/i]

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue

And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him

'[b][color=660033] Ephphatha[/color][/b]'

[b][color=000000]that is[/color][/b]

'[i][b][color=660033] Be opened[/color][/b][/i]'

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

And were beyond measure astonished, saying

'[i][b][color=000000]He hath done all things well:[/i] he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak [/color][/b]'

And the heavens shall
praise thy wonders, O Lord:
thy faithfulness also
in the congregation of the saints.
For who in the heaven
can be compared unto the Lord?
who among the sons of the mighty
can be likened unto the Lord?

[i]...who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? [/i]

And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him,

"How long dost thou make us to doubt?"

"If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly"

Jesus answered them,

[b][color=660033] I told you, and ye believed not[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.[/color][/b]

[i][b][color=660033] ...I and my Father are one.[/color][/b][/i]

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

[i][b][color=660033]...because I said, I am the Son of God?[/color][/b][/i]

[i]Your lamb shall be without blemish...[/i]

Jesus said...

[b][color=660033] Which of you convinceth me of sin?[/color][/b]

Oh I am not redeemed by corruptible things
Not by silver not by gold
And not by aimless tradition
But by the blood of God's sacred Son, Jesus...

Oh sacred Son
Who paid the price
Oh may I live a grateful life
That magnifies Your name forever!

- words to the song [i]Incorruptible[/i] by Nathan and Christy Nockels

Mercy and truth
are met together
righteousness and peace
have kissed each other

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

...[i]when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them,[/i]

[b][color=660033]He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.[/color][/b]

[i]When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her[/i]

[b][color=660033]Woman,

where are those thine accusers?

hath no man condemned thee?[/color][/b]

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her

[i][b][color=660033]Neither do I condemn thee[/color][/b][/i]

[b][color=660033]go, and sin no more.[/color][/b]

Behold,

[i]I and the children whom the Lord hath given me
are for signs and for wonders in Israel
from the Lord of hosts,
which dwelleth in mount Zion.[/i]

[b][color=660033]...the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]...that ye may marvel[/color][/b]

How Great Is Our God
Chris Tomlin

The splendor of the King,
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice,
All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in light,
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at his voice,
And trembles at his voice

How great is our God,
Sing with me
How great is our God,
and all will see
How great, How great
Is our God

Age to age he stands
And time is in His Hands
Beginning and the End,
Beginning and the End
The Godhead, Three in one
Father, Spirit, Son
The Lion and the Lamb,
The Lion and the Lamb

Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing how great
Is our God

How great is our God,
Sing with me
How great is our God,
and all will see
How great, How great
Is our God

Sacrifice and offering
thou didst not desire;
mine ears hast thou opened:
burnt offering and sin offering
hast thou not required.

Then said I

Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Jesus saith unto them,

[b][color=660033] My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.[/color][/b]

[i]And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.[/i]

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said,

[b][color=660033] It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.[/color][/b]

[i][color=660033] It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.[/color][/i]

The Spirit of the Lord spake by me,
and his word was in my tongue.
The God of Israel said,
the Rock of Israel spake to me,
He that ruleth over men must be just,
ruling in the fear of God.
And he shall be
as the light of the morning,
when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds;
as the tender grass
springing out of the earth
by clear shining after rain.

- 2nd Samuel chapter 23 verses 2 - 4

[i] Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.[/i]

[b][color=660033]...the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.[/color][/b]

[i]And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them:

and his face did shine as the sun,

and his raiment was white as the light.[/i]

"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them."

[i] He is despised
and rejected of men;
a man of sorrows,
and acquainted with grief...[/i]

[i]...they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.[/i]

[b][color=660033]But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000]Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, Saying,[/color][/b]

[b][color=000000] Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee[/color][/b]

"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever."

[i]Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands[/i]

[b][color=000000] He must increase....[/color][/b]

[i]...but I must decrease[/i]

[b][color=660033]And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.[/color][/b]

"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

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[b]I Must Decrease [/b]

I must decrease so that You
You O' lord may increase

I must decrease so that You
You O' lord may increase

And here is my life
O' Lord be glorified

And here is my life
O' Lord be glorified

be glorified

[url=https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=2730&commentView=itemComments]Song: I Must Decrease - Calvary Chapel Saving Grace[/url]

Isaiah 9:6-7

Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:

and the government shall be upon his shoulder:

and his name shall be called Wonderful,

Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting

Father, The Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David,
and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from
henceforth even forever.

The Zeal of the Lord of Host WILL PERFORM THIS.

Thank You Wonderful Lord,

pastorfrin

[b]More love to Thee, O Christ[/b]

More love to Thee, O Christ, more love to Thee!
Hear Thou the prayer I make on bended knee.
This is my earnest plea: More love, O Christ, to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek, give what is best.
This all my prayer shall be: More love, O Christ to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Let sorrow do its work, come grief or pain;
Sweet are Thy messengers, sweet their refrain,
When they can sing with me: More love, O Christ, to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Then shall my latest breath whisper Thy praise;
This be the parting cry my heart shall raise;
This still its prayer shall be: More love, O Christ to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Written by Eliz­a­beth P. Pren­tiss, 1856

Words and music from cyberhymnal.org [url=http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/o/morelove.htm]here[/url]

Luk 24:5 And as they were afraid, and [b]bowed down their faces[/b] to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Luk 24:6 He is not here, but is risen: [b]remember[/b] how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

Luk 24:8 [b]And they remembered his words[/b]

...

Luk 24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
Luk 24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
Luk 24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, [b]Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.[/b]

Luk 24:16 But their eyes were holden that [b]they should not know him.[/b]

Luk 24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and [b]he made as though he would have gone further.[/b]

Luk 24:29 But [b]they constrained him,[/b] saying, [b][i]Abide with us:[/b][/i] for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
Luk 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

Luk 24:31 [color=000066][b]And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; [/b][/color]

Isn't that glorious?

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:28-29

hey i was just thinking about these verses today. isn't it amazing. this is a promise to those who love God, all things work together for good them. you wanna know why???? because... well lets look at this passage.

first we see the what the promise is, "we know that all things work together for good..." and then it says who the promise is for, "...to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

now we see why this promise is true, we see the word "for" at the beginning of verse 29. we could also say "for this reason" or "because". because why??? because those who love Him, those who are called, those whom he foreknew, HE PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON!

all these things work out together for good because God is using "all things" to make us like Jesus.

Amen, and Hallelujah!!!

Joh 6:20 But he saith unto them, [color=000066][b]It is I;[/color] be not afraid. [/b]

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise...

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh come; and unto him
shall the gathering of the people be.

[i]...until [b]Shiloh[/b] come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.[/i]

[i]He shall cry unto me, thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.[/i]

[b][color=000000]...Where is he that is born King of the Jews?[/color][/b]

Genesis 49:8,10
Psalm 89:26-27
Matthew 2:2

Who hath believed our report?
and to whom is the
arm of the Lord revealed?

And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?[b][i][color=000000] Is not this the carpenter's son?...[/color][/b][/i]

Isaiah 53:1
Matthew 13:54-55

O Lord,
thou hast searched me,
and known me.
Thou knowest my downsitting
and mine uprising,

thou understandest my thought afar off.

[i]...thou understandest my thought afar off.[/i]

"But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man."

Psalm 139:1-2
John 2:24-25

Lord, I have loved
the habitation of thy house,
and the place where
thine honour dwelleth.

[i]...the place where thine honour dwelleth [/i]

[i]And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us [/i]

[i]And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us[/i](Young's Bible translation)

[b][color=000000]Jesus answered[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033] If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me[/color][/b]...

Psalm 26:8
John 1:14
John 8:54

"And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [i]the tabernacle[/i] shall be sanctified by my glory."

[i]...and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory[/i]

"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, [b][color=0000CC]This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him[/color][/b]."

[i][b][color=660033]Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?[/color][/b][/i]

[b][color=660033] And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.[/color][/b]

Exodus 29:43
Matthew 17:5
John 10:36
John 17:5

Mat 17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

they saw no one but Jesus.

"As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever."

"I will declare thy name unto my brethren"

"A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this."

"A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation. They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it."

[b][color=660033] I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. [/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.[/color][/b]

"But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words...

Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ."

Isaiah 59:21
Psalm 22:22
Psalm 22:30-31(KJV,ASV)
John 17:6-8
Matthew 24:35
Acts 2:14,36

[b]Man of Sorrows[/b] by Christourlife

Jesus a man of sorrows
He is acquainted with grief
Wounded for our transgressions
And by His stripes we are healed

No beauty that we should desire Him
Despised and rejected by man
He came to His own they forsook Him
Led to the cross as a lamb

Chorus:
Now there’s no other name
By which men can be saved
So Lord I come, bowing my knee
Remembering Your wounds
Beholding Your beauty
I come to the cross, receive all of me
For You are worthy, You are worthy
Bought with a price, I’m not my own
I count it all loss, to gain Christ alone
Lamb that was slain, receive Your reward
For You are worthy, You are worthy
For You are worthy, You are worthy

It pleased the Father to crush Him
To carry our sickness and pain
Bruised by the hand that adores Him
When His soul was a sin offering

[url=https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=11109&commentView=itemComments](Living Sacrifice) 4. Man Of Sorrows[/url]

[b][color=000000]And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him[/color][/b]

[i]...what things should happen unto him[/i]

Mark 10:32

[b][color=000000]And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.[/color][/b]

Luke 2:34-35

[i][b][color=000000] He is despised and rejected of men...[/color][/b][/i]

"And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, He said unto them,[b][color=660033] Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.[/color][/b] And they laughed him to scorn.

"Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber."

Isaiah 53:3
Matthew 9:23-24
John 18:38-40

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him

Brother Chris, this verse is in my mind these past days.

[b][color=000066]and Jesus went before them:

and they were amazed; and as they followed,
[/color]
they were afraid.
[/b]

Isn't amazing how our Saviour is going before us? He has already made the way.

Luk 9:59 And he (Jesus) said unto another,[b][color=000066] Follow me.[/color] [/b]

Joh 12:26 If any man serve me, let him [b][color=000066]follow me;[/color][/b]

Joh 13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not [b][color=000066]follow me now;[/color][/b] but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

Mathew Henry would say on this verse:

Mar 10:32-45 -
Here is, I. Christ's prediction of his own sufferings; this string he harped much upon, though in the ears of his disciples it sounded very harsh and unpleasing.
1. See here how bold he was; when they were going up to Jerusalem, Jesus went before them, as the captain of our salvation, that was now to be made perfect through sufferings, Mar_10:32. Thus he showed himself forward to go on with his undertaking, even when he came to the hardest part of it. Now that the time was at hand, he said, Lo, I come; so far was he from drawing back, that [b]now, more than ever, he pressed forward. Jesus went before them, and they were amazed.[/b] They began now to consider what imminent danger they ran themselves into, when they went to Jerusalem; how very malicious the Sanhedrim which sat there was against their Master and them; and they were ready to tremble at the thought of it. To hearten them, therefore, Christ went before them. “Come,” saith he, “surely you will venture where your Master ventures.” [b]Note, When we see ourselves entering upon sufferings, it is encouraging to see our Master go before us. Or, He went before them, and therefore they were amazed; they admired to see with what cheerfulness and alacrity he went on, though he knew he was going to suffer and die.[/b] Note, Christ's courage and constancy in going on with his undertaking for our salvation, are, and will be, the wonder of all his disciples.
2. See here how timorous and faint-hearted his disciples were; As they followed, [b]they were afraid, afraid for themselves, as being apprehensive of their own danger; and justly might they be ashamed of their being thus afraid.Their Master's courage should have put spirit into them.[/b]

Isaiah 53:5

"Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand."

Jesus said unto her, [b][color=660033]I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live[/color][/b]

"The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre."

[i]...Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.[/i]

Jesus saith unto her, [b][color=660033]Mary[/color][/b] . She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

"Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, [b][color=660033]Peace be unto you[/color][/b].

[b][color=660033]Peace be unto you[/color][/b]

Isaiah 53:10
John 11:25
John 20:1,11-12,16,19

Mat 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, [b]This is my beloved Son,[/b] in whom I am well pleased; [b]hear ye him.[/b]

Mat 17:6 And when the disciples heard it, [color=000066][b]they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. [/b][/color]

Mat 17:7 And Jesus came and [color=000066][b]touched them,[/b][/color] and said, [color=000066][b]Arise, and be not afraid. [/b][/color]

"Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name."

- Psalm 91:14(KJV)

[b][color=660000]Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.[/color][/b]

- John 14:30-31(KJV)

"Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."

- Psalm 45:7(KJV)

[b][color=660000] And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. [/color][/b]

- John 8:29(KJV)

"Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [i]art[/i] my Son; this day have I begotten thee."

- Psalm 2:6-7(KJV)

"When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [i]him[/i], crucify [i]him[/i]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [i]him[/i]: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

- John 19:6-7(KJV)

"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [i]to be[/i] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared [i]to be[/i] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:"

- Romans 1:1-4(KJV)

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [i]is[/i] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."

- Jeremiah 23:5-6(KJV)

Is 42:21 Mat 17:5
Heb 7:22-28, 1Ti 2:5, 1Jn 2:1
2Co 5:21

"From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [i]that[/i] is higher than I."

- Psalm 61:2(KJV)

"He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all."

- John 3:31(KJV)

"For such a high priest became us, [i]who is[/i] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;"

- Hebrews 7:26(KJV)

"All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee."

- Psalm 22:27(KJV)

Exodus 13:3
Psalm 22:28,31
Matthew 28:18-20