Saturday, May 05, 2007
10 Questions That Every Intelligent Christian Must Answer, Question 8: How do we explain the fact that Jesus has never appeared to you?
From the transcript:
Discrepancy? It is a discrepancy with your own premises of what should happen. Jesus never promised to show up on my beckon call once He ascended into heaven. He did send the Holy Spirit to convict the world of sin and righteousness. He is in heaven to intercede for us before the Father.
Jesus' intercession for us as our High Priest is of such great import, I feel troubled glossing it over but I highly recommend studying this issue on your own.
He is our High Priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. (Psalm 110:4)
From the transcript:
Jesus is all-powerful and timeless, but if you pray for Jesus to appear, nothing happens. You have to create a weird rationalization to deal with this discrepancy.
Discrepancy? It is a discrepancy with your own premises of what should happen. Jesus never promised to show up on my beckon call once He ascended into heaven. He did send the Holy Spirit to convict the world of sin and righteousness. He is in heaven to intercede for us before the Father.
Jesus' intercession for us as our High Priest is of such great import, I feel troubled glossing it over but I highly recommend studying this issue on your own.
He is our High Priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. (Psalm 110:4)
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