You know, one of the biggest outcries against Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion Of The Christ, was that it was too violent, especially the part where Jesus was scourged.
Let me tell you this: It was not violent enough! The Bible says that at the cross, Jesus’ visage was marred beyond that of any man. (Isaiah 52:14) In the movie, even after all the beatings, the actor James Caviezel, who played Jesus, still looked quite handsome.
But the reality is that when Jesus hung on the cross, He had “no form or comeliness… there is no beauty that we should desire Him”. (Isaiah 53:2) He was beaten to a pulp until His face looked like jelly hanging out!
In the movie, when they scourged Him, only a small portion of His bones was exposed, so it was still quite tidy. But the messianic psalms say, “The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long” (Psalm 129:3), and “I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me”. (Psalm 22:17) All His bones were exposed!
My friend, He was thinking of you when the soldiers tied Him to the scourging post. As they raised their whips, He said, “Let it all come on Me!”
But what came on Him was not just the whip stripping the flesh off His bare back, but your sicknesses and diseases. Each time He was whipped, every form of sickness and disease, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes, bird flu and dengue fever, came upon Him. “The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”
Today, healing is your right because Jesus has paid the price for your healing. So if the devil says, “You cannot be healed,” just declare, “Jesus has paid for my healing. Disease has no right to be in my body. I am healed in Jesus’ name!”
Every curse of sickness that was supposed to fall on you fell on Jesus instead. He bore every one of those stripes, so that you can walk in divine health all the days of your life. The price has been paid so that you can rise up and get out of your bed of affliction
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
2 Corinthians 3:17 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
There is nothing quite like being free... I spent a good portion of my life in bondage to sex, drugs and alcohol... And then I spent another portion of my life in bondage to pleasing people... I will spend the rest of my life knowing that Father God is pleased with me because of Jesus and his finished work on the cross... Where the spirit is Lord there is liberty... And no where else... There is nothing quite as beautiful as just being free... Today I am free from drugs, alcohol and sexual addiction... I'm free from sin and condemnation... And maybe the most freeing thing of all... I'm free from...
what people think about me... If the judge of all the earth has approved me and loves me... The who cares what anybody says or thinks... I just laugh as I write this... Lol :)
You can't seek to please man and truly serve God... But the most amazing thing about all this wonderful liberty is this... Jesus has set me free but my love for him has turned me into a bond slave... I serve with all my heart not because I have to but because I WANT to... Now that is freedom!!!! :) I love it lol
what people think about me... If the judge of all the earth has approved me and loves me... The who cares what anybody says or thinks... I just laugh as I write this... Lol :)
You can't seek to please man and truly serve God... But the most amazing thing about all this wonderful liberty is this... Jesus has set me free but my love for him has turned me into a bond slave... I serve with all my heart not because I have to but because I WANT to... Now that is freedom!!!! :) I love it lol
Matthew 27:46 46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Do you know that it was at the cross that Jesus addressed His Father as “God” for the first time? He had always addressed His Father as “Father”. But at Calvary’s tree, He addressed His Father as “God”.
Jesus lost that Father-Son relationship when He was representing you and carrying your sins at the cross so that today, you can call God “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15) and have a loving father-son relationship with God forever. Jesus was forsaken by God and His world became very dark on that lonely hill so that in your darkest hour, God will always say to you, “I will never leave you nor forsake you!” (Hebrews 13:5)
At the time when Jesus needed God most, God turned His back on Him. God had to turn His back on His Son because His eyes are too holy to behold all the sin that was in His Son’s body. And because God turned His back on Jesus, He will never turn His back on you. Instead, you will see God’s face of favor shining on you all the time!
Jesus also took your place of no protection at the cross. For the first time, He gave up divine protection so that you can have it every day of your life! And because He became sin, He took your curse at the cross so that today, as you take His gift of righteousness, you receive only blessings from God.
Jesus received the full brunt of God’s wrath in His body once and for all when He carried your sins. All of God’s anger and condemnation fell on Him, consuming all your sins until God’s wrath was exhausted.
Today, God is not angry with you. The body of Jesus absorbed everything — your sins, curses, and God’s anger and condemnation. So live life expecting to see not the judgment, but the goodness and blessings of God
Jesus lost that Father-Son relationship when He was representing you and carrying your sins at the cross so that today, you can call God “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15) and have a loving father-son relationship with God forever. Jesus was forsaken by God and His world became very dark on that lonely hill so that in your darkest hour, God will always say to you, “I will never leave you nor forsake you!” (Hebrews 13:5)
At the time when Jesus needed God most, God turned His back on Him. God had to turn His back on His Son because His eyes are too holy to behold all the sin that was in His Son’s body. And because God turned His back on Jesus, He will never turn His back on you. Instead, you will see God’s face of favor shining on you all the time!
Jesus also took your place of no protection at the cross. For the first time, He gave up divine protection so that you can have it every day of your life! And because He became sin, He took your curse at the cross so that today, as you take His gift of righteousness, you receive only blessings from God.
Jesus received the full brunt of God’s wrath in His body once and for all when He carried your sins. All of God’s anger and condemnation fell on Him, consuming all your sins until God’s wrath was exhausted.
Today, God is not angry with you. The body of Jesus absorbed everything — your sins, curses, and God’s anger and condemnation. So live life expecting to see not the judgment, but the goodness and blessings of God
Monday, January 24, 2011
Hebrews 12:2 2looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...
If you are sick, you must know that you are already healed because of the finished work of Christ. Don’t ask, “Do I have enough faith to be healed? Do I have the right kind of faith to be healed? What if I am lacking in faith?” You are focusing on yourself and your faith, instead of Christ and His finished work.
You should be asking, “Did Jesus take away this sickness? If He did, then He must have done a perfect work.” In other words, fix your eyes on Jesus and His perfect work.
AB Simpson, who lived in the 19th century, wrote an article entitled Himself. In it, he mentioned his exhausted nervous system, and broken-down heart which could have proved fatal any time. So he sought the Lord for healing. God showed him Matthew 8:17, which says that Jesus “Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses”.
AB Simpson said that though he believed that Jesus had borne away his sicknesses, he saw many hindrances which stood between him and his healing. And they all boiled down to one thing — his preoccupation with his faith! He had believed that if only he had the “right” kind of faith, he would receive his healing instantly.
He eventually came to the realization that he had to remove that last hindrance — his focus on his faith — and just rest in the finished work of Christ. That revelation marked his complete recovery from his sicknesses.
When you ask yourself, “Do I have enough faith?” you have already put faith as a hindrance between you and Jesus’ finished work. The more you focus on your faith, the more faith slips away. But if you focus on the finished work of Christ and see God’s grace toward you, God sees that as faith! Without realizing it, faith is there in your heart to believe that you will not die of what Christ Himself has already borne away completely for you, and you will see your miracle manifest
You should be asking, “Did Jesus take away this sickness? If He did, then He must have done a perfect work.” In other words, fix your eyes on Jesus and His perfect work.
AB Simpson, who lived in the 19th century, wrote an article entitled Himself. In it, he mentioned his exhausted nervous system, and broken-down heart which could have proved fatal any time. So he sought the Lord for healing. God showed him Matthew 8:17, which says that Jesus “Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses”.
AB Simpson said that though he believed that Jesus had borne away his sicknesses, he saw many hindrances which stood between him and his healing. And they all boiled down to one thing — his preoccupation with his faith! He had believed that if only he had the “right” kind of faith, he would receive his healing instantly.
He eventually came to the realization that he had to remove that last hindrance — his focus on his faith — and just rest in the finished work of Christ. That revelation marked his complete recovery from his sicknesses.
When you ask yourself, “Do I have enough faith?” you have already put faith as a hindrance between you and Jesus’ finished work. The more you focus on your faith, the more faith slips away. But if you focus on the finished work of Christ and see God’s grace toward you, God sees that as faith! Without realizing it, faith is there in your heart to believe that you will not die of what Christ Himself has already borne away completely for you, and you will see your miracle manifest
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Let your heart be established with grace
God does not want your heart full of worries and fears, tossed and turned by every challenge that comes your way. He wants your heart at rest and established by His grace toward you.
But when you think that the breakthroughs to your challenges depend on your ability to obey God, then your heart will not be at rest. It will be full of worries and anxieties. Why? Because you can never obey God perfectly.
But when you depend on God’s grace, that is, His undeserved, unmerited favor, the opposite happens — your heart becomes established. When you know that the only thing that qualifies you to receive God’s blessings is faith in the finished work of Christ, your heart becomes established. Then, you will walk without the fear of your troubles swallowing you up. You will walk with full assurance that His blessings will be manifested in your life.
My friend, God wants your heart established, knowing that His righteousness, healing, protection and prosperity are yours — all paid for by Jesus’ finished work at the cross. God’s blessings are sure in your life because they are not dependent on your ability to keep His laws, but Jesus’ perfect obedience.
You see, under the old covenant, you receive God’s blessings only if you keep all His laws. (Deuteronomy 28:1–2) If you sin and fail to keep even one law, you will be disqualified from receiving His blessings. But today, under the new covenant, your sins no longer disqualify you because God Himself has said, “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” (Hebrews 8:12)
So let your heart be established by God’s grace. Because of His grace, you have full access to His blessings. You no longer have to worry about whether you are good enough. You can stand firm on the promises made in His Word and enjoy His blessings today because Jesus has paid the price. Your part is only to believe and receive!
But when you think that the breakthroughs to your challenges depend on your ability to obey God, then your heart will not be at rest. It will be full of worries and anxieties. Why? Because you can never obey God perfectly.
But when you depend on God’s grace, that is, His undeserved, unmerited favor, the opposite happens — your heart becomes established. When you know that the only thing that qualifies you to receive God’s blessings is faith in the finished work of Christ, your heart becomes established. Then, you will walk without the fear of your troubles swallowing you up. You will walk with full assurance that His blessings will be manifested in your life.
My friend, God wants your heart established, knowing that His righteousness, healing, protection and prosperity are yours — all paid for by Jesus’ finished work at the cross. God’s blessings are sure in your life because they are not dependent on your ability to keep His laws, but Jesus’ perfect obedience.
You see, under the old covenant, you receive God’s blessings only if you keep all His laws. (Deuteronomy 28:1–2) If you sin and fail to keep even one law, you will be disqualified from receiving His blessings. But today, under the new covenant, your sins no longer disqualify you because God Himself has said, “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” (Hebrews 8:12)
So let your heart be established by God’s grace. Because of His grace, you have full access to His blessings. You no longer have to worry about whether you are good enough. You can stand firm on the promises made in His Word and enjoy His blessings today because Jesus has paid the price. Your part is only to believe and receive!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Matthew 11:28-30 "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. 29 Walk with me and work with me--watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. 30 Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Religion, cold and hard... Full of bible facts without the knowledge of God...the people cold and lifeless like old rocks on a mountain top... But beneath the surface of dead religion... revival fires burn hot... The next move of God so pregnant and about to pop... Suddenly an explosion and revival flames shoot up... Knocking religion rocks out of the way and out to the side... fresh lava flows... Burning down man's traditions and creating fresh new paths... revelation upon revelation... You can almost see JESUS' face... the old angry stones of religion attack the new move... With screams of blasphemy and fear of what's new... But revival burns hot without fear or apology straight through religious rock...... A beautiful exciting sight... New songs born and sung like beacons of salvation in a long cold religious night... But over time the lava cools and slows... Old man religion creeps into control.... Hot lava becomes cold dead stone... Denominations are born and titles are given... Money is made and man's pride is given... a front row seat .... in what has become a show with man in center stage... Jesus' is kept in the back neatly locked in a cage...old rocks of religion on a Cold mountain top... But beneath a fire is burning and ready to pop....
It's interesting how we as human beings think... Always wanting to identify ourselves with something... You can see these lines drawn quite clearly in the teenage years... You have the jocks that identify themselves with sports... The smart people identifying themselves with their intelligence... The partiers identifying themselves with partying... Its the natural tendency of man to want to Identify with something that separates and gives you distinction from other people... The music, the clothes, the interests... As we all know these lines are drawn quite clear in the teenage years as young people try and grasp who they are, what they believe and what they think is cool and not cool... As we get older the lines aren't quite as clear but the drive is the same... Every since Adam and Eve lost their identity in the garden mankind has been searching for their identity and some "fig leaves" ever since... Now as Christians these same desires remain...Now what Father God wants to do is give us a beautiful identity in JESUS...Its sad in Christianity we have been called to identify with our precious Lord and savior JESUS but we tend to identify with a revalation or spiritual principal instead of Jesus... Let me give you an example... Every denomination that is in the earth today, all centers around a revelation... Now don't get me wrong God loves revelation ... Everytime we have had a revival it has been birthed by a revelation... God reveals a part of himself that is not presently understood... For example Martin Luther and "The just shall live by faith" that one revelation of God's word transformed the entire church world wide... Some embraced it and most attacked it, but it was truth and it radically changed everything.., each denomination was birthed in a revival and grew cold as those involved chose to identify with that revelation and stop growing with God... Being a Christian is about having a dynamic, living relationship, that grows and changes as we know God more and more... But what happens is we get comfortable with the part of God we know and we refuse to see other aspects of who he is and what he wants to do in the earth...and it is at that point that we become religious and stop growing.., we seek the comfort of the old and Familiar and refuse to move on with God... Look folks JESUS is alive and he's not in a box... How many of you know you can have a friend for years and years and suddenly find out something about them you never knew or a part of their life you've never experienced... How much more God!!! But whatever he is revealing of himself will ALWAYS line up with his word...Now as God reveals himself through revelation knowledge he wants us to build on the foundations that have already been laid... And not to attack and disrespect them... We have to honor those that have labored before us... We stand on their shoulders... But we must be ready to embrace the new as the spirit of God reveals it in his word... And not be afraid when the old move attacks the new... Were not called to attack people but to declare truth... When truth is declared what is error is revealed... We build on former foundations but we tear down what was born of man..."New wine in new wine skins" stand firm and move forward as God reveals more of who he is and what he wants to do in THIS generation!!! A fresh fire burns and is exploding all over the earth!!! His name is JESUS!!!!
© 2011 Jeremiah Johnson
© 2011 Jeremiah Johnson
Monday, January 17, 2011
What is the grace of God?
Simply put, the grace of God is God blessing, healing, delivering, forgiving and prospering you because of Jesus. He paid it all and has given it to us as a gift. All we have to do is simply believe and be careful not to slip over into trying to earn it... And dishonor the one who paid the price and gave the gift... You can't earn a gift and everything God has given us is a gift. Grace is the unmerited, unearned favor of God that comes only through Jesus and his finished work on the cross. You and me... We just believe and enjoy... If you think that's hard to believe... I understand... because the news just seems too good to be true... And that's why man is always trying to add something to it And complicate the simplicity of Christ... Yes Father God loves us that much... And yes the news is that good... That's why we call it "THE GOSPEL" it is the best news ever presented to earth and his name is Jesus!! The only challenge is to believe in something Or someone that good, in a world that promises you the sun, moon and stars for three easy payments of $19.99... God promises you the one that MADE the sun, moon and stars FOR FREE!!! Enjoy this beautiful grace...it is free... but it's not cheap... And it's not for sale...Jesus paid the price...so he could give it to you and me for free... So don't try to earn it and spit in his face... Just BELIEVE :)
:) and enjoy... Jesus loves you and his grace is shining to you RIGHT NOW!!!
:) and enjoy... Jesus loves you and his grace is shining to you RIGHT NOW!!!
a song I wrote as an indictment against religion. Jesus is awesome!!! it's religion that stinks
temple tables
Verse 1
There's Jesus walkin tall up a dusty hill
within his chest burns a fiery zeal
Each step with purpose and passion
Each step brings him closer to the action
They’ve turned his fathers house into a den of thieves
Making merchandise of the peoples pleas
Like a bad disease pharisees Make a mockery
but Jesus sees
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 2
Saul chose to sacrifice
Saul chose to pay his own price
Saul chose to pursue his pride and die
On the battlefield of his own device
Samuel said does God delight in sacrifice
No God delights in us taking his advice
Mercy is better than sacrifice
Witchcraft is pride's best vice
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 3
Like lemon and lime
It's finally time to see who's really on the vine
To separate the wheat from the chaff
Who's runnin the race and who's on the paper chase
The goats and the sheep
The wolves and their fleece
Who's been hired and who's been called
The axe is pointed at the root
Who's got fruit and who looks just like Saul
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 4
Legalistic critics criticize the fathers eyes
Their Pride is a foolish and vicious lie
Their Low octane gospel Full of rocks
chuggin along like there was no cross
Grace abounds but the lost are still lost
Get outta the way before your temple table gets tossed
This is Nahushtan’s last stand
This is Nahushtan’s last stand
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 5
If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be
If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be
If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be
Justice is a bittersweet symphony
(solo)
bible belt welts pelt man’s mind
religions control is a stupid crime
sinister side of all mankind
like spears in the savior’s side
Jesus in center stage
theirs a war to wage a war for change
I engage in a righteous rage
temple tables tossed, and rearranged
© 2011 Jeremiah Johnson all rights reserved
Verse 1
There's Jesus walkin tall up a dusty hill
within his chest burns a fiery zeal
Each step with purpose and passion
Each step brings him closer to the action
They’ve turned his fathers house into a den of thieves
Making merchandise of the peoples pleas
Like a bad disease pharisees Make a mockery
but Jesus sees
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 2
Saul chose to sacrifice
Saul chose to pay his own price
Saul chose to pursue his pride and die
On the battlefield of his own device
Samuel said does God delight in sacrifice
No God delights in us taking his advice
Mercy is better than sacrifice
Witchcraft is pride's best vice
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 3
Like lemon and lime
It's finally time to see who's really on the vine
To separate the wheat from the chaff
Who's runnin the race and who's on the paper chase
The goats and the sheep
The wolves and their fleece
Who's been hired and who's been called
The axe is pointed at the root
Who's got fruit and who looks just like Saul
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 4
Legalistic critics criticize the fathers eyes
Their Pride is a foolish and vicious lie
Their Low octane gospel Full of rocks
chuggin along like there was no cross
Grace abounds but the lost are still lost
Get outta the way before your temple table gets tossed
This is Nahushtan’s last stand
This is Nahushtan’s last stand
Chorus
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise
He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist
Verse 5
If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be
If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be
If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be
Justice is a bittersweet symphony
(solo)
bible belt welts pelt man’s mind
religions control is a stupid crime
sinister side of all mankind
like spears in the savior’s side
Jesus in center stage
theirs a war to wage a war for change
I engage in a righteous rage
temple tables tossed, and rearranged
© 2011 Jeremiah Johnson all rights reserved
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