Good Morning Friends,
“That which was from the beginning, which we
have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our
hands have touched -- this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life
appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal
life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what
we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our
fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.” (1 John 1:1-3)
There is a certainty to what is shared in the
Bible. The certainty comes from the eyewitnesses themselves. John was among
them. What he wrote about Jesus was not mere speculation. What he wrote was not
history that he was taught in the classroom. What he wrote was not tradition passed
from one generation to the next.
He wrote what he himself saw. He wrote what
he himself heard. He wrote about what he himself had touched. There was nothing
mystical about Jesus. He was as real as you and I.
There was nothing mythical about the things
Jesus did. When He walked on water, what is reported is what actually happened.
When He raised the dead, John and the other eyewitnesses, saw exactly what
happened. Even when Jesus Himself came back to life again, the account of it was
written by those who saw Him die and saw Him alive again; who saw Him laid in
the tomb and saw it empty again.
The relationship that is offered with Jesus
is real. Those who saw Him have testified. Those of us who know Him now offer
our testimony, too.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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