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Listening To Jesus, The Amen Of God (CLW-29)

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Channel: John Barnett Online Teaching · 2014 · People & Blogs

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LISTENING to JESUS: Jesus came on an unannounced visit to a church in central Asia Minor, two thousand years ago, and then wrote back a  startling letter to them about their deteriorating spiritual health. They really should have listened to Him.
     In that letter Jesus Christ starts with His credentials. The opening words introducing Christ in Revelation 3:14 are like getting an official, hand-delivered letter: with medical diagnosis from the leading doctors of the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, or another a world-renowned group doctors. 
     The medical advice of someone at work or school is nice and possibly helpful. The medical advice of a trusted family member is nicer and even more helpful. But the medical advice, diagnosis, and prognosis from a trained, skilled, qualified, and almost universally trusted medical expert, renowned in their field: is almost beyond foolishness to resist, and dismiss lightly.
     The diagnosis and treatment regimen from the highest authority on spiritual wellness in the Universe, is what is contained in Revelation 3 today. Jesus Christ introduces Himself as the One who can be supremely trusted. He is truth incarnate, the Amen. Then He goes on to say that He has a perspective no one else can have: the is a witness, He alone has seen all, knows all, and can testify by personal experience a reliable report. Finally, He speaks as the One who: 
as Creator, designed us;  
as Redeemer, bought and owns us; and 
as Judge has the final say over what goes on in our lives. Jesus Christ

These three titles are a unique combination and  all stand together to declare that what Jesus says will happen. Jesus is introducing Himself as:

The God We Can Trust

He can be trusted, He is reliable, and there is no one else like Him. Jesus is the Amen of God, the One who is in perfect agreement and able to make His promises come true.

First Jesus calls Himself the Amen, then the Faithful and True Witness, and finally the Beginning of the creation of God. Each of these titles are unique, each are powerful, and all reflect the truth that Jesus is the One to listen to. What He says will happen, and when He speaks it is Ultimate Truth.


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