Received on July 17th, 2000 - 5:12AM Last Updated: January 8th, 2007 - 5:16PM
This dream details an important aspect of the Gospel and its presentation.
My family was at a local mall, meeting near an indoor fountain. One of our church member's babies had fallen into it and some medics were trying to help. They were operating on the baby's head, but while it was still under water. I and some others attempted to take the baby out, but another medic did instead, holding it on his arm while the other medic continued to operate. I became very angry at the devil, and started to pray in languages very loudly, while walking around the mall. My mom said, "You tell him!" speaking about the devil. I walked around some different areas, while pleading with God about the baby's situations and the devil's tactics. I eventually leave, after a friend asked what I was doing, and came to a newspaper. It has an article written by a non-believer, about the same baby being healed. It detailed what happened and what we all thought about it (including the father of the baby):
"What about salvation and being accepted by God? Most people these days think that rituals and doing certain things will do it—but we know better. We know He cares about what we believe about Him and Jesus, that Jesus is the Son of God—what do you think?"
This same non-believer goes on to write about things relating to the atonement of Christ, talking as if all his readers know about the cleansing blood of Jesus—he then refers to a prophecy that spoke of a great "dunking" of all people into one (alongside an image of businessmen with ties on):
"He shall not even remove their ties, but they all be plunged beneath as one."
The article clearly portrayed that the baby's recovery was indeed a miracle, the Lord's doing, and that we all looked forward to see what else He had planned!
God is trying to show us that the Gospel of JesusChrist will always be more readily received when it is accompanied by signs, wonders and miracles. Seeing first that God cares enough to heal, people will have a basis for faith in Him as their Lord as well. A great evangelist once said that "healing is the dinner bell for the Gospel of Salvation"—bring people with proof of God's provision for their physical well-being, and they will have reason to trust Him with their spiritual well-being!
As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.
But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.
This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, ChristJesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.
You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.
God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.
That Son, JesusChrist, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.
His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.
The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.
So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.
Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!
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