Jesus – Sword and Spirit Writer

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.” ~ Psalm 45:6

“O dead churches, wake up! O Christ, descend! Scarred head, take your crown! Bruised hands, take Your scepter! Wounded feet, take Your throne! “For Thine is the kingdom” (Matthew 6:13).” ~ Thomas DeWitt Talmage (1832-1902)

As joint heirs with Jesus Christ, we can wield a sceptor of righteousness in His name to destroy the works of the devil in our lives, cities, and nations.

“You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,” (Psalm 8:6).

BAM! So powerful that God in His sovereignty chose to give US dominion [sovereignty, governance, control, ruling authority] over the works of His hands as well as put ALL things under our feet. Thus making US responsible to co-labor with Him in faith to see the changes we long for come to pass.

We are not called to be passive!

We are believers NOT beggars!

Ours is an active partnership with God the Father through Jesus Christ that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

The church needs to wake up, open up their mouths, and speak His Word into our lives and everything concerning it. We need “tell it like it is” children of God BOLDLY exposing evil and calling things as God sees them without concern of who’ll be offended for ignorance of our inheritance in Christ and HIS truth are causing many to perish!

Like he said above: Churches, WAKE UP!

“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”

JOHN 12:32

John 20

The Empty Tomb

20 Now the ^(B)first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the ^(C)stone had been taken away from the tomb. ²Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the ^(D)other disciple, ^(E)whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”

³^(F)Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. ⁴So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. ⁵And he, stooping down and looking in, saw ^(G)the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. ⁶Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, ⁷and ^(H)the ^[a]handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. ⁸Then the ^(I)other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. ⁹For as yet they did not ^[b]know the ^(J)Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. ¹⁰Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord

¹¹^(K)But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. ¹²And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. ¹³Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”

¹⁴^(L)Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and ^(M)did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”

She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”

¹⁶Jesus said to her, ^(N)“Mary!”

She turned and said to ^[c]Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).

¹⁷Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ^(O)ascended to My Father; but go to ^(P)My brethren and say to them, ^(Q)‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to ^(R)My God and your God.’ ”

¹⁸^(S)Mary Magdalene came and told the ^[d]disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

The Apostles Commissioned^(T)

¹⁹^(U)Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were ^[e]assembled, for ^(V)fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ^(W)“Peace be with you.” ²⁰When He had said this, He ^(X)showed them His hands and His side. ^(Y)Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

²¹So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! ^(Z)As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” ²²And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³^(AA)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Seeing and Believing

²⁴Now Thomas, ^(AB)called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”

So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

²⁶And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” ²⁷Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and ^(AC)reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be ^(AD)unbelieving, but believing.”

²⁸And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Jesus said to him, ^[f]“Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. ^(AE)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

That You May Believe

³⁰And ^(AF)truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; ^31 (AG)but these are written that ^(AH)you may believe that Jesus ^(AI)is the Christ, the Son of God, ^(AJ)and that believing you may have life in His name.