Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 234
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life Ministries
International
Littleton, Colorado
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Sunday is 2017’s Easter Sunday.
Michael’s writing today embraces a truth that is “foreign” to far too
many Christians…
Let
Holy Spirit speak to you through Michael’s words!
DAY 131
He Is Not Dead!
This is now the third
time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after
He was raised from the dead. --John 21:14
Often I talk about hearing Jesus.
Indeed, every believer
does hear Him and will discover that all of his clever little thoughts about
Jesus were the voice of God all along. “My sheep hear My voice” is an absolute truth! We do hear Him. I enjoy being taught by God, and
yet when I say that, I am sometimes looked upon as an alien. The fact is that He is not dead! He
is alive, having come out of the grave, and He speaks to His people. We approach the Scriptures to
find Him, to hear Him. We want the Bible to speak to us. We are not
reading about His life like we would read about other teachers. We are not
attempting to heed what was said by a teacher long dead and gone; Jesus is not dead! The Living Word will speak to
us; we can approach Him personally. He is alive!
Stop and meditate on
it if it seems doubtful that He is alive and will speak! Have you let Jesus speak to you?
Have you heard from Him? There is no need merely to sing about Jesus or fancy Him in mind or
emotions when He can be met and walked with. He is alive!
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
I think a pertinent issue is wrapped up in Michael’s statement: We
approach the Scriptures to find Him, to hear Him. We want the Bible to speak to
us. As a definitive statement, it
might fit Michael well, but proof being in the pudding…it doesn’t fit too many
Christians well. Many say this, but
their actions following “His speaking” or “the Bible speaking” do not give
testimony to a very tasty pudding!
Michael gives us a “wake-up”
call with these words: The fact is that He is not dead! He is alive, having
come out of the grave, and He speaks to His people. We approach the Scriptures
to find Him, to hear Him. We want the Bible to speak to us. We are not reading
about His life like we would read about other teachers. We are not attempting
to heed what was said by a teacher long dead and gone; Jesus is not dead! The
Living Word will speak to us; we can approach Him personally. He is alive!
I love that word manifested
in John 21:14, don’t you! The Greek phaneroo
can be used for “divine revelation, referring to those to whom the
revelation is made.” But, in this
instance Holy Spirit is using it as “to make visible, show.” And what a “showing” it was in John 21…John, Nathaniel, Thomas, Peter and a couple more men
got another show of how to catch fish, right near the bank…when they hadn’t
caught any fish all night!
But when Jesus spoke,
the disciples listened. Especially Peter
in the following 10 verses! Well, amen!
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