For this very reason, I have spent all the time that was needed to prove that there must be a conversion, which is the mighty work of God, that changes a son of darkness into a son of Light, a slave of Satan, into a son of God! So, a Christian, initially: ‘Is a Son of God! The apostle John is taken up with this amazing privilege, this unique status a man reaches by the grace of God; for he writes: ‘Behold what manner of love the Father (GOD) has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world, does not know us (it does not understand us, nor recognise that we are such– just as did not recognise that Jesus was The Son of God) is that it did not know Him. Dear friends (dear beloved) now we are sons of God, and what we will be... read more

This is why Ezekiel, moved by the Holy Spirit, continues and says: ‘And I will put my Spirit (with a capital S) in you and move you to follow my decrees and keep my laws! A great, special promise for an obedient heart! (Ezekiel 36: 24-27) Therefore Ezekiel under God, concludes with these words: ‘And I will put my Spirit in you’. Firstly a ‘new spirit’ the new creation, and secondly, ‘My Spirit’ The Holy Spirit! There is obviously a very important distinction. This is what Peter said to the new converts to which he preached in Jerusalem on the day that they were baptised with the Holy Spirit: ‘Repent and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’ A sinner, by faith in Christ becomes a son of God... read more

So, as I stated quickly, for it is a separate and important subject. We need our great high priest when we sin, and through the sacrifice of Himself, the blood of the spotless lamb of God, Jesus Christ, cleanses us from all sin. To conclude this great ministry of Jesus I quote the following verses: ‘During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverend submission. Although He was a son, (spotless Son of God) He learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him and was (on their behalf) designated by God to be High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. A forever High Priest. So let no... read more

In fact, the apostle John, writing to Christians that he knew closely, having been their pastor for many years, states that: ‘If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He His faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us (His children) from all unrighteousness.’ (1 John 1: 8-9) Only Christians can confess their sins to God through Jesus Christ, the unbeliever must repent of his, there is a very big difference between the two, true Christians have all experienced conversion and the new birth when they believed, from the heart, that the Lord Jesus Christ died for their sins! This divine truth Jesus proved it, for during forty days he appeared to His disciples, and lovingly restored them all, and never once did He me... read more

Matthew wrote the following: ‘After the sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone, and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.’ (Matthew 28: 1-4) The Holy Spirit gives us here a small account as to what happened to the guards and their reaction to the revelation of a mighty angel, an event unknown and unseen in the world hither to. Many in their days, as in ours do not believe in the existence of God, of angels. Spiritual things very real, which are normal for such celestial beings; al... read more

I believe that Jesus revealed Himself to Mary Magdalene first, to give women the respect they deserve. I remember when I was the pastor of a church, in France, at one point, its oversight needed a replacement, as one of the brothers of it, moved away. Among the members that I presented to the Church membership, for his replacement, was a very faithful dedicated woman. The astonishment of the majority was amazing, in that Roman Catholic country, and it proved my point. When the vote was carried out, she was adopted by the majority. This is not a century ago, at the time of writing it is around twenty-five years ago! Nobody can evangelise, preach, or teach the people of God without the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and it is the Lord that gives these ministries to His Church. I have been,... read more

Mark alone mentions a woman called Salome, being one of the three that went early to the tomb to anoint the body of the Lord. The apostle John, mentions that by the cross stood His mother and His mother’s sister; His Mother’s sister is identify as Salome, the wife of Zebedee, so, it is strongly possible that James and John, were cousins of the Lord Jesus! I believe that the apostle John mentions only Mary Magdalene, because she did not return with the other women, as I mentioned above, and in her despair, she lingered trying to find somebody, that knew something, as to what really happened to the Lord. Following what I wrote above, when Jesus spoke to her, bent down and crying, for some reason she did not recognise His voice at first but: Thinking that it was the gardener, she said: Sir... read more

Nevertheless, what they tried to stop, happened, and a big shock was about to reach them, because some of the guards witnessed the greatest divine intervention of God, for it is written: ‘There was a violent earthquake, for the angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone, and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead! Still shaking they run away for fear of their lives: the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that happened.’: (Matthew 28: 2-4 -- 11). It is not mentioned that the guards saw Jesus come out, for He was out already, but these murderers, when the guards told them what happened early that... read more

So, Peter and John, left the grave pronto! It could be that they were afraid that the Jews were watching them, not knowing what they planned to do to/or with them, they stayed in their rooms behind locked doors for fear of them! Realising that Jesus was taken from the tomb, added to their fears! I can imagine that they felt completely disturbed, for in their minds they thought that it could only be the Jews, that for an unknown reason, took away Christ’s body, they may have done it so that they, His disciples, did not make His tomb a meeting place, and turn it into a shrine. Such a thing was the last thing that they wanted. It was for that reason that they sealed the tomb, and put guards to make sure that His disciples did not come to take his body, and that the Lord’s body remained und... read more

Coming back to the appearances of Jesus Christ, as written in the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of the apostle John, where he mentions how Mary Magdalene finding the tomb empty, distraught and in tears at what she found, her mind in turmoil, runs to tell it to the disciples and found the apostles Peter and John, all excited and out of breath, exclaimed: ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!’ Hearing this they immediately run to the tomb, Peter went in and: ‘saw the strips of linen lying there as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’s head, the cloth was folded by itself, separate from the linen.’ John fearful, would not enter the empty tomb, but once Peter entered it, he followed, and he adds: ‘He saw and believed. After t... read more