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Month: August 2012

Professional Speaking :: Jesus The Engineer

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On August 3, 2012

In Christian, Professional Speaking

On the heels of the success of the Prometheus movie, director Sir Ridley Scott, suggested in an interview with Movies.com on June 05, 2012, that Jesus was an engineer sent as an emissary to stop the destruction of the planet and guess what, they crucified him. This sparked a lot of debate in the media, but could Jesus really be considered an engineer?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, engineers (civil) are those who design and supervise large construction projects. Hebrews 11:10 talks about Abraham, a hero of faith that looked forward to a city whose builder and maker is God. Jesus said, “I am going to prepare (design) a place for you, and I will come back again to receive you, so that where I am you may be also.” (John 14:2-3). Colossians 1:16-18 teaches us that by Jesus and for Jesus, all things have been created and by Jesus all things consist. In other words, we can say that Jesus is The Engineer of all things.

Points to ponder:
Jesus said, I am coming again to receive you. Are you ready to be received by Jesus The Engineer? The answer to this question can be affirmative, only if we have received him first and believed in his name. To be received by Jesus and to go to be with him in the place that he is preparing (engineering) for us, we need to have received him as our Lord and Master. Have you? 

John 14:2-3 (KJV)
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Professional Speaking :: Jesus The Economist

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On August 2, 2012

In Christian, Professional Speaking

On April 14th, 2012, the Guest voices section in The Washington Post had an article entitled “A Jesus economy?” and it highlighted how both sides of the national legislators use the Bible to justify their vantage points.

But would we be able to consider Jesus to be an economist? Yes, Jesus used economic terms to teach Godly truths and virtues. The parable where Jesus tells that the worker who worked for the last one hour received the same wages as the one who had worked the whole day has been in contention amongst many, because they fail to see that the rewards earned were accordingly to the contract and are based on God’s grace and goodness and not necessarily on the quantity or quality of works (Matthew 20:1-16). When Jesus counsels, that one must render under Caesar (the ruler of his times) what was Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s (Mark 12:17), he was teaching that while honoring the law of the land, one must not fail to honor the laws of God and vice-versa. When Jesus saw the poor widow who cast her two mites into the treasury, he took time to recognize and praise her, for she gave out of her penury and she gave all her living and not as others do out of their abundance (Luke 21:1-4).

Points to ponder:
When it comes to Jesus The Economist, he expects us to give all of our life to him and he recognizes those that do. Have you given your life to Jesus? and if you have, have you given your ALL (all the living you have) to Jesus?

Luke 21:1-4 (KJV)
1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

 

Professional Speaking :: Jesus The Doctor

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On August 1, 2012

In Christian, Professional Speaking

In Mark 1:40-42, we see that a leper comes to Jesus, kneels down before Jesus and and beseeches Jesus by crying out, “If thou will, make me clean”. Jesus moved with compassion, put forth (stretched) his hand and touched this leper (who was probably an outcast) and said, “I will; be thou clean.” and as soon as the Lord had finished speaking, the man was no longer leprous.

Jesus is known for several other healing incidents. He healed
– the possessed to show that those who are in bondage can be made free and he/she whom Jesus makes free is free indeed (John 8:36)
– the blind to show that darkness is dispelled by the Light (of the World)
– the deaf to show that the good news of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ can be heard
– the mute to show that even the dumb can proclaim the good news of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ
– the paralytics to show that that invalid can be made valid
– the lepers to show the unclean can be made clean
– the shriveled hand to show that the withered can be made whole/stretched to serve
– the lame to show that one can no longer have a lame excuse to not walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4)
and even
– the dead to show that In him is life, life abundant and those who believe in Him, though they are dead yet shall they live (John 11:25).

On the cross, Jesus moved with compassion, stretched out his hand and touched the hearts of all who heard Him then and hear Him now, saying “I will, be clean. I have borne your leprosy (sin), be thou clean (Holy).” The blood of Jesus washes us of all unrighteousness and makes us clean (1 John 1:7) and the cancer of sin has no power over those who have believed in the name of Jesus Christ, The Doctor.

Points to ponder:
Have you been healed from the cancer of sin, whose output is second death? If not, why have you not yet believed in Jesus. Come to Jesus, The Doctor, who has the cure for by his stripes we are all healed. He is compassionate and willing. He stretches forth his hand to touch us so that we can be whole.

Mark 1:40-42 (KJV)
40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

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