February 12, 2023 … Evidence of “I AM” …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 43 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Josh Baldwin  singing  … Evidence … poignantly and powerfully singing of how God’s evidence was all over his life, as it is with ours.

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Highlight Passage: … John 20:30-31 [NLT] … 

30 The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.    

… Paul explains the purpose for him writing his gospel account of the life of The Christ.                                                                                                   

Highlight Passage (Context): … John 20:26-31 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+20%3A26-31&version=NLT

…  John reports of Jesus appearing to the disciples after His resurrection and giving them personal evidence that He was their long-awaited Messiah.      

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Reference Passage: …  Isaiah 53 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… 700+ years before Christ’s coming Isaiah writes and prophesies of the promised Messiah coming to save God’s chosen people.    

Reference Passage: …  Luke 4:17-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus shows the evidence (from <b><i>Isaiah 61:1-2</b></u>) that He was The Christ, .. the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophesies.  

Reference Passage: … John 1:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… John begins his Gospel account to reveal Jesus as THE CHRIST … the Messiah, … Who had come to save mankind.  

Reference Passage: … Colossians 1:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians of that everything was created thru Jesus as The Christ and our Messiah. 

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 3:16 [NLT] … 

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.  

… Peter  teaches Timothy - and all who would read - of God’s word being the repository of all we would need to deny our sin nature and to follow Christ as Lord.                                

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Bill Crowder … AT THIS LINK …   tells of how journalist and historian Doris Goodman being overwhelmed in writing a biography of Abraham Lincoln since over 14,000 books had been writien about the beloved American President.             

And when the Apostle John set out to write an account of the life of Christ in his Gospel, at the end of his journal (see the highlight passage), John shared that the evidence of Jesus being The Christ, … the long awaited Messiah for God’s chosen people, … was overwhelming.  

You know, … there have been many brilliant unbelievers, … atheists, … like C.S. Lewis, Josh McDowell, and Lee Strobel (see Strobel’s writing in the photo), all of whom were challenged to look at the evidence for Christ being Whom He said He was … THE MESSIAH.  And after they honestly looked at the real-deal evidence, they all came to believe that faith in Jesus as THE CHRIST was true.  And all of these men wrote about their conversion to follow Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Oh how I pray that all reading here know of the evidence for Christ and have professed belief in these truths as espoused in God’s word with a few shared above.   Because, if you have, you know how your life has changed by the truth of Christ coming and dying that all of us might have eternal life.                     

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being my LORD, … my Savior, … my Jesus!!                       

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to express our gratitude, knowing that Jesus is our Savior and our Lord … forever! … Amen

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