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When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom He loved, He saith unto his mother, woman behold thy son!. Then He saith to the disciple, behold thy mother! and from that hour that disciple took her to his home. (John 19:26-27).

Jesus put into practice that which He preached. Jesus saw his mother, the one who He loved and the one who was experiencing that which she could not ever have imagined. Her Son who is to save the world is being put to death right before her eyes.  Her firstborn Son that was literally given to her by God.  He saw her and he knew her suffering and pain, the way that no one else can. She was chosen by God to give a supernatural birth to a supernatural person. Mary was chosen to give birth to the creator of the universe. Mary was chosen to participate in the greatest miracle of all, God becoming one of the creatures He created and at the same time Remaining God. The God-man.  To see him dying and suffering on the cross was like tearing Mary’s heart out of her chest.

Jesus acknowledged that He had a responsibility to His Family, to provide for His mother. Jesus on other occasions expressed that you must love God more than anyone else.  He chose the person or persons that one would love more than anyone else to illustrate, our parents and or our children. The love relationship between a parent and their children is very strongly bonded.  Jesus expressed that your love for God must come first, stronger, and then your parents and your children, and brothers and sisters and friends. based on the love you have for God, you are to also take care of your responsibility toward family and fellowman.  If a man says that he loves God and hate his brother he is a liar and the truth is not in him ( 1 John 4:20).   Through the first three words, Christ revealed his work as the great high priest.  He interceded for transgressors,  He proclaimed pardon for the penitent,  and He bestowed blessings on  His own.  Amen! Thank You, Jesus, for all you have done and all you are doing for me.

If you don’t know Jesus concerning the pardon of your sin,  trust Him today. He has already been praying for you. He is ready to declare pardon for you when you repent., and He wants to bless you with eternal life, and much, much, more.  Believe in Jesus and the work He did by dying on the cross for your sins and mine.  If you believe in Jesus let me know,

God bless you

Rev. Reginald Stevens

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Jesus said unto him, “Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43).

Greetings brothers and sisters grace and peace to you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.   I Thank God for you because you have obeyed the doctrine put forth by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While Jesus was downing on the cross He made reference to the impending future concerning the fate of one who has been forgiven. Lord lead me and guide me as I share with my friends concerning the future with Christ. In Jesus name, I pray Amen.

       As the Lord was on the cross the soldiers along with the people that were there riled Him and mocked Him saying, He saved others, now let Him Save Himself.  A sign was hanged over His head, written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.  The superscription read This Is The King Of The Jews. One of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him saying If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us, But the other answering rebuked him, saying Dost thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. and He said to Jesus, Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom (Luke 23:39-42).

Jesus tearing down the barrier that blinded the heart of this thief causing him to see more clearly as to who it is he is being put to death next to .  while this malefactor was on the cross suddenly understood that this situation that he is in is very dyer. He saw that the hope of his salvation was crucified next to Him.  He understood that Jesus was innocent and didn’t deserve what He was receiving and that they did. He also at that point in time he expressed verbally what He had suddenly come to understand.  He called Him Lord, He acknowledged  Christ would being going to His Kingdom.  The malefactor confessed with His mouth, Jesus Christ is Lord, And He believed in His heart that God will raise Him from the dead.

Jesus Said to him “Today,”  So there will be no soul sleep. This is going to happen today. There is life after death,  Thou shall be with me today in paradise. Paradise is only given to the repentant one. Repentance is a  personal and individual decision. Not all will repent so not all will be in paradise.  All of us who have repented will go to be with the Lord at the appointed time of our death. If we have believed, we will not come into judgment, but we will pass from death to life, according to John 5:24).  Today not tomorrow, Today not the last day, today not resurrection day. Halleluja,  Today as soon as I close my eyes, hallelujah, thank you, Jesus,  Thank You, Lord.

My friends do you believe in Jesus this is the most important decision you will ever make in your entire life. God bless you. If you believe let me know, Blog me. 

Rev. Reginald Stevens