Rhapsody of Realities.

The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015.
—Pastor Chris

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one (1 John 5:7-8).

The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit bear witness of Jesus in heaven, while in the earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood bear witness. The Scriptures document for us how, throughout His earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus was filled and led by the Spirit to do mighty works. In today's study, we'll take a close look at the water and the blood.
The Gospel of John records that when Jesus was crucified, a soldier, in an effort to confirm He was truly dead, pierced His side with a spear. Blood and water gushed out, and John recorded it as a sign (John 19:34-35). It was the same John who mentioned in his Gospel that Jesus, "...went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples" (John 18:1). Cedron was a fast flowing brook rising near Jerusalem, between the Temple Mount and Mount Olivet. It was used as a sewage drainage, and every morning and evening, blood and water from the temple sacrifices drained into it. John knew quite well that blood and water flowed out of the temple.
Ordinarily, when the soldier pierced the Master's side, He shouldn't have bled the way He did because He was dead, and there was no blood pressure. But John bore witness that blood and water gushed out; this was a miracle! He remembered the Lord's encounter with the Jews at the temple when He said, "...Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:19), referring to His body.
The old temple is gone; the new temple is here. Jesus is the new and living way! There's no more need for blood that drains into the Cedron Brook, because He's our temple and the Lamb that was slain once and for all, for the sins of the world!

PRAYER:
Dear Father, thank you for demonstrating your love to us so greatly by giving us the gift of salvation. The Lamb of God was sacrificed in our place once and for all, so that we can forever live to the praise and glory of your Name. Halleluiah!

Further Study:
*John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body. ;
*Ephesians 2:13-16
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Daily Scripture Reading
1-Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 19:28-48, 1 Samuel 16-17
2-Year Bible Reading Plan: Mark 4:21-29, Leviticus 22

Excellent Morning beloved
stay blessed and rejoice!
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FAITH IT!
CONFESSION ON THIS EXCITING DAY:
I AM AN NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS, HOLY AND SANCTIFY UNTO THE LORD! I AM A PARTAKER OF THE DIVINE NATURE, EXPRESSING AND MANIFESTING THE LIFE OF CHRIST IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, EXCELLENCE, GLORY, WISDOM AND POWER! I REIGN BY
ABUNDANCE OF GRACE TODAY, THROUGH
RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH
AND IT'S DEBILITATING INFLUENCES. HALLELUJAH !.. Have a FANTASTIC DAY
REIGNING IN CHRIST JESUS. ...

Hummm.. Do you engage in conversation & debate.. at all?
You copy these posts from a preacher & some of which I disagree with with, because if is opinion & not biblical.
Just asking

To understand this you have to study it not just pickup from others opinion this is very dip not just a regular chat.
The spirit its selfe is a very complex issue to understand and define.

Well.. it is a forum. I can only hope... as we are Christians...
that there is scripture & conversation & debate & personal testimony, & learning from each other.
Hopefully with out dictation., & too much church doctrine.