His Word. For All Eternity. Now Think On This by Steve Martin

His Word. For All Eternity.

Now Think On This

by Steve Martin

 “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.” (Psalm 119:89 NKJV)

Hopelessness abounds in our society. We have tried to fill our lives with stuff that has brought little fulfillment in our soul, let alone our spirit within. After longing for “that something” we know is out there, after we have grasped for what we think it is, there remains nothing that sustains us. It is like a breeze passing through the trees – here one moment and gone the next.

While the Bible may be continually scoffed at in our public arenas, governmental realms, and most certainly in our educational systems, it has stood strong through the centuries, protected by the Lord God Himself. Since Moses (Hebrew name Moshe) and the prophets recorded the words spoken to them by Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, these living words have been passed on through all generations. Nothing has, or ever shall destroy these foundational, eternal truths, found in the Torah, the Holy Bible, the recorded Scriptures.

God has kept His eternal Word safe and truly sound throughout the ages.

Many dismiss the Written Word as nothing more than another book, calling it only a collection of fairy tales, make believe stories, or simple sayings. And yet in this eternal volume of inspired words are recorded historical facts, hundreds of prophecies accurately fulfilled, and testimonies of lives changed. It is a proven fact. The Bible alone is God’s Word, and the gates of hell will never have the final say or the ability to destroy it. God has promised to keep His Word. Nothing and no one will ever be able to stand against it and live.

As a Bible teacher named Bob Mumford once said, “Read the back of the book. God wins.”

The Bible gives us the only foundation that will never be shaken or taken away. All else in life may fall, people will come and go, but the one who puts their trust in God’s Word will never be disappointed. Having myself believed on His word since I was a first grader in a small Iowa town named Gilbertville, His truth, encouragement and protection have kept me these many years. Learning the discipline of memorizing and keeping in my heart and head God’s Word, the Bible has certainly been my strong foundation. Where would I be without it? I do not want to go there.

In 1994 a Christian contemporary band called 4Him released their fifth album, called The Ride. Included in the ten songs list was one called Real Thing. One line that stuck with me, as I would put the song on “repeat” in my CD player, was “Jesus is the real thing.” While Coca-Cola would flood the airwaves with advertising on TV and radio during that same time period, singing what it claimed to be, this song brought me and others back to reality - that JESUS was the real thing.

“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14, NASU)

The very Word of God, Jesus incarnate, the Messiah that the world had been looking for, became flesh and dwelt among us. He came to show that He alone is the real thing, the Person we are looking for in our lives.

Yeshua came to His own, the Jewish nation, and yet but a few missed Him that first time. He didn’t come as the King of the Jews that they were expecting or hoping for, to take out the Roman Empire and restore Israel to its former glory as under King David. He came as a lamb, to be the Passover sacrifice.

The Word of God became a human, to pay the price needed to be acceptable to God the Father, in order to wipe away the sins of the world. Only a perfect Lamb, without spot or blemish, could be that one. Jesus was. And is. And always shall be.

Jesus is the real thing. He is the only One who can give hope, heal wounds, and give freely the salvation found only in Him. He alone is the Way, the Truth and the Life. He alone can restore that which the enemy of our soul has killed, stolen and destroyed.

The King of kings and the Lord of lords is His Name. Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus Christ, the Hope of the World, revealed to us through the Bible.

I like how The Message version of the Bible puts these words in Psalm 119:89-94:

“What you say goes, God,

and stays, as permanent as the heavens.

Your truth never goes out of fashion;

it's as up-to-date as the earth when the sun comes up.

Your Word and truth are dependable as ever;

that's what you ordered — you set the earth going.

If your revelation hadn't delighted me so,

I would have given up when the hard times came.

But I'll never forget the advice you gave me;

you saved my life with those wise words.

Save me! I'm all yours.

I look high and low for your words of wisdom.”

I encourage you to read His Word daily. Memorize His thoughts. Hide them in your heart and speak them often. Continually stand on His Word, making it your firm foundation. In the end His Words will be the only ones that you will be able to count on.

He is the only True Hope of the nations, the Word of God.

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

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Now Think On This #191 “His Word – Jesus is the Real Thing” by Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (10.18.15) Sunday at 5:25 am in Charlotte, NC

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Real Thing Lyrics

"Real Thing" was written by Clark, Dave / Koch, Don / Harris, Mark / Clark, Dave.

I can dream about heaven constantly
Both day and night
I can let my mind drift away to a better place
A better time

Though there's nothing wrong with thinking about
Forever by and by
All the while millions are still searching for a light

Maybe it is time we take a look
At here and now
Maybe we can change the destiny
Of a world that's crying out

For the truth we take for granted
Is too often left unsaid
We can get so heaven minded
That sometimes we forget

That we're living in a real world
With real hurt and real pain
And all we really need is the real thing

When we look beyond our circumstance
And face reality
We'll realize that all we really need
Is just to see
Jesus in a real world

There are days when I look around
And I feel like hope is gone
There are times my heart is torn between
Who is right and what is wrong

There are causes I believe in
There are things I'll never change
But I'm finding all that matters
Is there's just one truth
One truth that remains

Cause we're living we're living in a real world
With real hurt and real pain
And all we really need is the real thing
When we look beyond our circumstance
And face reality
We'll realize that all we really need
Is just to see
Jesus in a real world

Songwriters CLARK, DAVE / KOCH, DON / HARRIS, MARK / CLARK, DAVE

Published by Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network

Read more: 4 Him - Real Thing Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

Jesus (Yeshua)

Shabat Shalom O Israel!

Shabat Shalom, 

especially to our 

Israeli Jewish friends! 

May the good Lord, 

God of Israel, 

continue to be

your Peace,

your Provision 

and 

your Protection!

Steve & Laurie Martin

Love For His People, Inc.

Top photo by Steve Martin.

The Death of Jesus and His Disciples

The Death of Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach) and His Disciples 

 

 

The Death of Jesus

 

For the next 60 seconds, set aside whatever You're doing and take this opportunity! Let's see if Satan can stop this.

THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS

 

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to death.

 

At the time Crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst criminals were condemned to be crucified.

 

Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus, unlike other criminals condemned to death by Crucifixion. Jesus was to be nailed to the Cross by His hands and feet. Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long. The nails were driven into His wrist. Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed.

 

There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the wrist that tendon would tear and break; forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself so that He could breath.

 

Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus He was forced to Support Himself on the single nail that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could not support himself with His legs because of the pain so He was forced to alternate between arching His back then using his legs just to continue to breath.

 

 

 

Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage.

 

Jesus endured this Reality for over 3 hours. Yes, Over 3 hours!

 

Can you imagine this kind of suffering? A few minutes before He died, Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water from his wounds. From common images we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side... But do we realize His wounds were actually made in his body.

 

A hammer driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped and an even larger nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear. But before the nails and the spear Jesus was whipped and beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the Flesh from His body.

 

 

 

The beating was so horrific that His Face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The Crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp.

 

Most men would not have survived this torture. "He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds. The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood.        

 

Jesus poured all 3.5 Liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into His members; a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest.

 

All these without mentioning the humiliation He suffered after carrying His own Cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its higher part, where His hands were nailed).         

 

Jesus had to endure this experience, to open the Gates of Heaven, so that you can have free Access to God; so that your sins could be "washed" away.

 

All of them, with no exception! Don't ignore this situation.

 

JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!

 

           

       I Love You

 

 

 He will return the 2nd time as the Lion of Judah

 

He died for you! It is easy to pass jokes or foolish photos by e-mail, but when it comes to God, sometimes you feel ashamed to forward to others because you are worried of what they may think about you.

 

God has plans for you. Show all your friends what He experienced to save you. Now think about this! May God bless your life!

 

60 Seconds with God... For the next 60 Seconds, set aside what you're doing and take this opportunity! Let's see if Satan can stop this.

 

   

He said (Matthew 10:32 & 33): "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before My Father in heaven; but whosoever denies Me before others, I also will deny before My Father in heaven".

 

Yes, I love God. He is my source of life and my Savior. He keeps me alive day

and night. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him "I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13.

 

This is the simple proof. If you love God and you are a believer and trust in salvation through Christ Jesus, share this with all those you love if you want to.

And now for His disciples, Apostles in the faith.

 

1. Matthew

Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, Killed by a sword wound.

 

2. Mark

Died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by Horses through the streets until he was dead.

 

3. Luke

Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous peaching to the lost.

 

4 John

Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge Basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution In Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos.

 

He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey. He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully. 

       

5. Peter

He was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross. According to church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die in the same way that Jesus Christ had died. 

       

6 James

The leader of the church in Jerusalem was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle* of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club. * This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.

        

7. James the Great

Son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus Called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.

 

8. Bartholomew

Also known as Nathaniel was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed for our Lord in present day Turkey. Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by a whip.

 

9. Andrew

He was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: 'I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it.' He continued to preach to his tormentors For two days until he expired.

 

10. Thomas

Was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the Sub-continent.

 

11. Jude

Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.

 

12. Matthias

The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot was stoned and then beheaded.

 

13. Paul

Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment, which allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire.

 

These letters, which taught many of the foundational Doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament. Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by the apostles and disciples during their times for the sake of the Faith. "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: But he that endureth to the end shall be saved." Matthew 

 

Faith is not believing that God can; it is knowing that God WILL!

 

JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!

 

He died for you! It is easy to pass jokes or foolish photos by e-mail, but when it comes to God, sometimes you feel ashamed to forward to others because you are worried of what they may think about you.

 

God has plans for you. Show all your friends what He experienced to save you. Now think about this! May God bless your life!

 

60 Seconds with God... For the next 60 Seconds, set aside what you're doing and take this opportunity! Let's see if Satan can stop this.

 

All you have to do is:

 

1. Pray for the person who sent this message to you

2. Then, send this message to people, the more the better.

3. People will pray for you and you will make that many people pray to God for other people .

4. Take a moment to appreciate the power of God in your life, for doing what pleases Him.

 

If you are not ashamed to do this, please, follow Jesus' instructions.

 

He said (Matthew 10:32 & 33): "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before My Father in heaven; but whosoever denies Me before others, I also will deny before My Father in heaven".

 

Yes, I love God. He is my source of life and my Savior. He keeps me alive day

and night. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him "I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13.

 

This is the simple proof. If you love God and you are a believer and trust in salvation through Christ Jesus, share this with all those you love if you want to.

 

 

Resurrection Day!

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We send our greetings to all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMasiach) for eternal salvation. Because He lived, died, and rose on our behalf, we have true reason to celebrate and give Him thanks.

With our love for His people, 

Steve and Laurie Martin



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