It is written in Acts 1:14 that there were only 120 in the upper room preparing for the promise of the Father: the baptism of the Holy Spirit in fire.
So what happened to the crowds that followed Jesus? A lot left Him after His word to the crowds that they had to eat His body and drink His blood in John 6. They didn’t understand Him. Then a lot left Him at Calvary. They didn’t understand Him. But He did show Himself to over 500 people after He rose from the dead as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:6. So what happened to all the five hundred plus people that saw Jesus had risen from the dead? Why were they not in the upper room?
It is hard to follow the King of ALL KINGS! It is not a popular journey. However, our Heavenly Father has given us His Holy Spirit to be within us to strengthen and equip us for the walk that lies ahead as we follow the Great I AM.
I remember meditating day in and day out on this most significant treasure I found in the Word. It was a mystery to me. I repeated daily thinking that would help me understand it. I am still growing in this scripture after numerous years… Galatians 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.
I still love this scripture. It captures my heart as the first time it jumped out of the page of the Bible towards me.
Well, we are in the fourth love letter from our Great Savior and King. He shows Himself as the One who knows all our stuff. We are quite foolish to think we can hide anything from the King who has fire in His eyes and has walked in our humanity and overcame. He was faithful even unto death.
That is why I bring up Galatians 2:20…. we have to be faithful unto even our death…. That is not the words of entertainment to our ears and pleasant to our flesh or our soul. Now His grace is perfected in our weakness as I wrote about previously in 2 Corinthians 12:9. We have died spiritually with Christ. We now have been empowered to overcome our flesh. We allow its wants and desires to be dead. We are now striving to be obedient to His Spirit as He fashions us into the image of the Son of God. This is our Heavenly Father’s desire…..
If we do not let the distractions, pressure and demands of the worldly spirit, Jezebel, to intimidate us, we shall overcome….The worldly spirit wants to tickle our ears so we ignore the leading of the Holy Spirit.
How do we overcome and know what is the deception of Jezebel and what is the Truth?—–STUDY THE BIBLE!!!!!!
Get my book. Learn how to discern the counterfeit spirit of Christ. What does Jesus mean when He said that if we overcome we will reign with Him? Is that now or later? What is the Morningstar?
Again, so many questions. The Holy Spirit has your answers. He has answered some of my questions in my book, Jesus Christ, The King Of Kings And The Lord Of Lords And The Judge Of His Creation.
In any marriage, the couple will look at you and say: YES!!!!!! There is plenty more than just saying I do at the altar!! Some of marriage is not so much fun either as we are made into one flesh as the scripture says. But then the couples smile and usually say it is and was worth it.
I believe that is a great way to look at our walk with our Lord! It is not just about saying I believe in Jesus Christ at the altar or the front of the church. Don’t get deceived!! Get my book as I share some of the ways I have been tempted to go the easy way and not the way of Jesus.
