GOOD MORNING BELOVED!
Welcome to another edition of the SJMBC Podcast:
I am your host Brother Henry Cotton, Jr. and I am also the Pastor of the SJMBC. Welcome to our Podcast. The topic for our Podcast today is:
“HOW IMPORTANT IS THE WORD OF GOD TO YOU WHEN IT COMES TO . . . BEING A PART OF JESUS’ LEGACY?”
There was a discussion going on about the legacies that Adam and Jesus left us. First I want to state that I found several definitions and descriptions for the word “Legacy,” and when I sum them all up, this is the gist of what I get from all of them:
“A situation or something that exists now because of events, actions, events, or even a period of history that took place in the past or comes from someone in the past; and the direct results continue to exist after the events, actions, events, or that person or period of history that took place in the past is no longer on the scene, or no longer exists!”
This got me thinking . . . I can understand discussing the legacy that Adam left, but I’m not sure if we want to call what Jesus left us a legacy. First, Jesus is NOT someone from the past; Jesus is very much alive today. Second, even though Jesus does not physically walk among men like He once did, since He never ceased to exist can we call what Jesus left us a legacy?
Understand this:
- Jesus died on the cross . . . then He resurrected!
- Jesus was buried in a tomb . . . then He left it and met Mary on the road to Galilee.
- Jesus showed up in the Disciples house when He left Mary on the road.
- Jesus showed up on the Mount of Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36; Mark 9:2-8)
- Jesus has promised to never leave us (Hebrews 13:5).
- Jesus is in Heaven preparing a place for us, and promises to return for us (John 14:1-4).
- Jesus left us the Holy Spirit and the word of GOD (Holy Bible) to lead us, guide us, direct us, instruct us, teach us, command us, etc.
I have not even mentioned everything that the scriptures tell us Jesus has been, and is doing ever since He left the tomb where He was once buried; all we know is that Jesus has never stopped living since He resurrected; so again . . . is the term “Legacy” really the term we want to use when we talk about Jesus? Let me hear what you think about this.
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