Why we must take the bread and wine in remembrance of Jesus Christ? 

Zechariah 2:12 And the Lord will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. 

When I was reading these chapters from Zechariah I was amazed to know that God will inherit Judah’s possession. I wondered if all of the earth belongs to God, how is it that He will be inheriting something which is His own. God’s word is true and I wanted to know what this verse actually meant. 

God in His great mercy revealed it through His word which astonished me on realizing the truth. 

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

Now God’s Word which became flesh was without His actual glory which He had when with the Father in Heaven. It was made in the likeness of earthly flesh which needs nourishment to grow. The God's Word which became flesh was nourished with the blood of Mary. 

Mary did not have union with Holy Spirit as some say. Her egg was not used. She was carrying the blood of David as her inheritance. 

God blessed the seed of Abraham and the seed of David. What is a seed in the bible? 

According to the Book of Genesis chapter 1, God created the heavens and the earth in six days and on the third day He created vegetation on the land which produced seeds. On the fifth day He created living creatures that moved in water and flew in the sky. Now God blessed them to be fruitful. But God did not bless them to bear seeds in them unlike the vegetation. And on the sixth day He created Man and Woman and blessed them to be fruitful. 

When we see a seed we understand that it has life in it that is dormant. So God has kept the life of plant in its seed for next generation. The seed though equal to a dead thing is able to spring back to life after having right conditions around it. 

Therefore when God is talking about the seed of Abraham or David it means something which is as good as dead but has life in it. 

Leviticus 17:14 The life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to the people of Israel, “You must never eat or drink blood, for the life of any creature is in its blood.” So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community. 

Bible says life of any creature is in its blood. Therefore blood is the seed of all living creatures. Rest all things like sperm, ovum are not the seed. 

Coming back to the point of focus that God will inherit the possessions of Judah we understand that He is going to take something which belong to only Judah and not God. God made Man in His likeness and gave authority over all of the earth. But because of man’s disobedience death came to man and all living creatures along with him. And earth was cursed because of his disobedience. 

Also death is not common to God. He is the source of Life. If God must inherit something from Man it must be which has death in it. God does not have death in Him. 

Blood of living creatures loses its life and dies because of the sin which acts through flesh. 

The seed of David, the blood which is prone to death in humans was inherited by Jesus... but because He conquered over sin in the flesh and destroyed the one who has the power of death, His blood will neither be killed and nor will die. 

Bible tells us in Romans 8:3 that Jesus condemned sin in the flesh. 

The blood inherited from David that is in Jesus Christ's flesh can never be killed by the sin and now it has become the fountain of life forever. 

Whoever takes this blood will also live like Jesus Christ if taken with belief. 

The seed of Abraham and the seed of David like a mustard seed when sown in the flesh of God’s Word became a big tree in which many birds took shelter. We are the branches of that tree and we bear fruits. 

John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 

That is the reason when we take the bread (flesh) of Christ, it is God's Word by which we live and also take the blood (wine) of Jesus Christ inherited from humans which cannot die in Christ which makes us men with immortal bodies. So we leave behind the bodies made of dust and take on the flesh of Word. We become children of God who live forever in the Kingdom of God having both the properties of God and Man. 

I Thank Almighty God our Father for His great mercy through which He brought us Salvation and gave us the privilege to be adopted into His Kingdom as co-heirs of Lord Jesus Christ. I shall always take this true bread from heaven and wine from earth and thank always our Lord Jesus Christ for all that He has done for me and for the mankind. 

In Jesus Holy Name, 

Amen.

What qualified the sinner beside Jesus Christ on the cross to enter Heaven with Christ?

When we try to understand it is obviously the Love of Christ and our Father God that touched the heart of this sinner beside Jesus on the cross. God's grace helped this sinner to have his heart changed and to Love Christ and believe in all that Jesus said.

He is a great example of a person who humbles himself in front of God. This sinner is acknowledging his sins and is accepting his punishment and at the same time believing that Jesus is able to make it to Heaven because he knew Jesus was a righteous Man. This sinner is not just saying something out of his mouth. But he confessed that Jesus was righteous and that He did not do any sin. He was able to do this because he observed Jesus and His life. Now this man believed all that Jesus said and repented and asked Jesus to remember him in His Kingdom. Therefore this sinner also believed that Jesus was a King and Son of God, and because of his belief he was taken into Heaven. 

We need to have faith in Christ and believe in all that He said and if we are able to keep it till our last hour and remain in Christ's love, God will surely bless us too in entering His Kingdom.

Believing in Christ and in all His words is a continuous process. He calls His disciples as little children and a little child is always supposed to take steps with the knowledge of their parents, or else they might hurt themselves. 

This life on earth is a journey that we are taking to go to our eternal homes. We are walking along a road like a little child and the mind of the child is like I am able to take care of myself well and they leave the hands of the parent and run fast, unmindful of the dangers on the road which is full of snakes(Lies), scorpions(hatred), wild animals(greedy) and many such things. As a parent God is worried and wants His children to walk along with Him on this journey to our eternal home. 

God has a car and if we do not walk and sit in His car on the road how will it be? Do not think we can ride that car. It is very high technology and we have not learned to drive it. It is better we let Him drive who knows how to drive. But what it means to sit in His car? 

Sitting in His car means total control is in His hands and we are not taking any step, but are going forward in the direction that God is leading us into. I do not know what it means to sit in His car, but I would love to sit in His car and give Him full control on my life. I want to sit back and relax and have a peaceful journey.

But most of the time we are willing to walk and not sit in His car. That is ok, we are walking on our own feet, but let God take the directions.  

Enoch walked with God and He was taken. Taken where? Obviously to Heaven where God is and it is Enoch's eternal home. Noah walked with God and so along the journey God helped him build an ark that God designed to help him and his family survive the great flood that God poured on the face of the earth to destroy the unruly world. God wants us to always depend on Him for our new steps in life, no matter how simple one it could be. 

God once told me through the bible that He was going to bring a whirlwind on the wicked and whoever is on the side of the wicked will be punished along with them. God when He sees wicked people in our way to home will punish those who create problems to His child and the child must take shelter in God's cover and not run here and there to fall into another problem. When we keep ourselves attentive and listen to what God is saying, we are able to enter into His cover and be safe. 

I learned from one of the episode of my life that when I will face such situations in life again, I need to run for God's cover and get safe. He is our Tower and Fortress and our refuge in the times of trouble. But, why am I running for cover? It is because I was not near God and so running. I learned that I need to run to Him, but I also learned that it was better if I never left Him and stayed close to my Father. 

Jesus said problems will come in this world and no one is exceptional, but we have a place to hide and that is our great and awesome God, our Father Almighty and Jesus Christ our Savior in whom we take shelter. 

This is our confidence and hope that we will reach our eternal home where our Father God, the Creator of this whole universe sits on His glorious throne with the help of our Father Jesus Christ who leads us in every step of this journey on earth, provided we follow Him and not lean on our own ways.

What it means to be fruitful in the sight of God? 

How can a man be fruitful and how are they recognized? 

Being fruitful in the sight of God is getting multiplied and becoming more in number in the Kingdom of God. A person contributing to the expansion of the Kingdom of God is a fruitful man of God. 

Having the fruits that look similar to fruits of Spirit is not a fruit to Kingdom of Heaven. To bear fruits of Spirit one must be born of Spirit and have that Spirit which is in Christ flowing through the Holy Spirit into us. 

Jesus says in John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Therefore whoever is bearing the fruits like that of Spirit (Galatians 5:22) love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control are not going to benefit the Kingdom of God on their own.

What we must understand here is that we should see things as God sees. There are many who are overflowing with love, joy, peace and other qualities of fruits of Spirit. They are making a big difference to this world, and they are unable to make any difference to the Kingdom of God. 

Kingdom of God is the place where all these fruits of Spirit exist but combined with Humility towards God. Without humility all other qualities are unless to God. Just like body without life is dead, fruits without humility are dead. Because only humility is able to make a man come closer to God. No other quality brings a person closer to God but humbleness alone. True humbleness towards God will bear fruits of Spirit in us.

In the bible there are men who did many great things yet failed because they did not humble themselves before God. Some like Esau, Pharaoh, Saul, etc. have never humbled before God to make their lives worthy of God. 

King Solomon the author of book of Ecclesiastes in Bible composed the most profound books of wisdom and knowledge. This book has influenced many great leaders of the world and also helped many to lead simple yet successful lives. King Solomon ruled his kingdom with wisdom and great knowledge and he was praised by many for it. Many admired his great skills for solving difficult problems and the kingdom flourished during his reign.

Book of Ecclesiastes was concluded by the verses “fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgement, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.”

Fearing God will help us to seek Him and His will. And keeping the commandments will help us from committing sin. Every work that is done by seeking our own will, will come into God’s judgement. 

When Solomon was given a boon to receive anything that he wanted from God, he asked wisdom and knowledge to rule God’s people. He was really good man and wanted to give others the best he could. So God gave him riches and honors along with his wish though he did not ask for it. It was a topping on an Ice cream. 

Wisdom teaches to have a peaceful and happy life by living in harmony. Through it we are able to maintain good relationship with the world. Many kings with their wisdom and knowledge won the great battles and conquered the world. 

Solomon who is the wisest and the most knowledgeable person on earth was very much into maintaining good relationships with his wives, so he followed his wives and worship idols. He was unable to overcome the temptations using his wisdom and knowledge. His body was unable to match with his wisdom and knowledge and so he yielded to the temptations.

He started following suits of others. When the Satan tempted him, his wisdom and knowledge did not give him victory over sin. He did sin in the sight of God by doing things that were displeasing to God. He did the most abominable thing in the sight of God by worshiping idols and giving sacrifices to them. 

Why did God allow Solomon to become a sinner at the end of his life? His works are a treasure to this world, but he failed in the sight of God. God wants to show to the world through king Solomon’s life that without God life will be a failed one. 

Jesus in Matthew 6:28-30 talks about the lilies that grow in the fields and compares king Solomon for not being dressed in all splendors as one of these flowers.

Jesus is further saying that when God is able to cloth the lilies of the fields which are today and tomorrow thrown into fire, how much more God would cloth His children. 

Clearly these verses are suggesting that king Solomon was unable to cloth himself like one of these flowers which God has clothed. 

Jesus is trying to tell us that we must allow God to cloth us and not our wisdom or knowledge. Jesus is talking about the cloths of the Kingdom of Heaven. If we make into His Kingdom we will be having the riches of House of God. 

God is able to cloth the flowers of the field more beautifully than men of this world who cloth themselves.

What if king Solomon asked the presence of Lord God in his council so that he could depend on the wisdom and knowledge of God at the same time have all success in his life through God and also be clothed by God. No evil would have come near to him. His wife would have been a God fearing woman who gave him fellowship in worshiping God. God would have protected him from falling into temptations and overcome it by the power of God. But Solomon died as a sinner… a fruitless life to be thrown in fire. So scary is in it!

This is what happens when we do not know what to ask. The knowledge of seeking God and humbling oneself in the presence of God are the heavenly wisdom. These are not found in the wisdom and knowledge required for this world. We find in the life of Moses when he asked God to give him the faith required by him to do God’s will. 

Matthew 6:33 But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.

Kingdom of Heaven is Son of Man, Jesus Christ. 

John 15:1-2 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Therefore God is always working in us if we have Jesus in our lives. 

Jesus Christ through His Holy Spirit will teach each one of us according to our abilities, strengths and weaknesses to have the heavenly wisdom and knowledge to bear much fruit for the Kingdom of God. 

Meditating on the teachings of Christ will give more wisdom and knowledge required for bearing fruits for His kingdom. Holy Spirit that flows in us which Father God gives to each one in Christ will help us to overcome temptations and live fruitful lives.

When we humble ourselves and request God for anything in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, God is able to grant that wish which is according to His will. 

Matthew 7:11 so if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask Him.

Through Holy Spirit we receive power and so we must pray God to give us Holy Spirit. He will give us His Holy Spirit which will bear much fruits in us. As long as we humble ourselves before God and ask Him, we receive.

Because we are utterly dependent on Holy Spirit and not our own will leads us into greater peace, followed by joy, love, mercy and more of the fruits of Spirit that are for the Kingdom of Heaven. 

God wants us to bear fruits because He will use the seeds of our fruit to be sown in others hearts. If our fruits are not used to sow seeds into others’ hearts then we become useless. But God will not lose that person who is seeking God and humbling himself, God will take away that person into His Kingdom. 

Therefore we become fruitful to God by humbling ourselves before God and depend on Him for each step of our lives and live according to His will and not our will. God will exalt the one who exalts Him. He will glorify him who glorifies Him. He will bless him who blesses Him. 

If you exalt yourself God will humble you. 

Humble yourself and God will exalt you.

In Jesus Holy Name

Amen.