Good Morning! 2010.05.04 -John 1:11-12 - He Became Poor -

He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power (authority) to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (John 1:11-12)

He came to his own creation, his own people, his own Jewish religion. Even his own brothers rejected him for a long time.

To them that believe on his name. You must believe into or upon Jesus Christ; embrace him with your whole heart; not merely with your head. You do not believe upon him as a remote historical figure as you would believe in George Washington who has no personal relationship to you. You must believe upon him as your very own, personal Savior and Lord. It is not enough to believe about him.

You look at a chair and believe it can hold you up. You believe in its sufficiency. But it is not holding you up because you are not personally resting and trusting your weight to the chair. That is head knowledge of the chair.

But then you turn around and sit in the chair. Your whole weight has been trusted to the chair. You am resting in the chair and not worried about its sufficiency to hold you up safely.

Have you personally trusted him to hold you up, to receive you and to see you safely through death's door into Heaven? Then you surely believe he is worthy of your submission to him as your Lord. He has become the moral authority for your life and is truly your Lord in all your decisions in life.

They borrowed a manger of hay for His bed; Jesus my Savior;

No soft, downy pillow, no warm cradle spread for Jesus, my Lord.

They borrowed a colt, lowly beast for a king; Jesus my Savior;

No court gave him honor, no carillons ring

CHORUS:

His were the planets and stars in the sky;

His were the valleys and mountains so high;

His, were the riches from pole unto pole;

But He became poor to ransom my soul.

The words and music were written by Byron Carmony, a pastor for 40 years.© Lillenas Publishing

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WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

(We will be reading through excerpts from the Constitution and American history. Some of the spelling is different from today.)