Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Master: Read and what's your view
(1) A levite known as Joseph of Cyprus sold a field of his and brought the money to the apostles to share amongst the group of believers according to their needs in order to encourage the spread of the Good news about the resurrection of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. The apostles called Joseph of Cyprus a new name "Barnabas" (which means the one who encourages).This was the kind of things that the well-to-do disciples of Jesus Christ amongst them did every once in a while to encourage their fellow believers of Christ Jesus (Christians) in the early days of Christianity.
NOTE THAT:
(A) GROUP OF BELIEVERS (ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS) ARE MEANT TO BE ONE IN MIND AND HEART JUST LIKE THE EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE ONE IN MIND AND HEART.
(B) THE ENCOURAGEMENT WAS GIVEN BY THE RICH OR WELL-TO-DO DISCIPLES BY GOD'S GRACE TO ALL THE APOSTLES AND OTHER DISCIPLES (THE MORE THE PROBLEMS OF ANY DISCIPLE, THE MORE THE HELP HE OR SHE GOT FROM WHAT THE APOSTLES GOT FROM THE RICH DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST OR THOSE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST WHO GAVE WILLINGLY).
(C) EVEN IF THE MONEY WAS FOR EVERYBODY AMONG THE GROUP OF BELIEVERS, THE ENCOURAGEMENT IT GAVE THEM MADE THE APOSTLES BEAR WITNESS OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST WITH GREAT POWER.
(D) THE SPREADING OF THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST WITH SUCH GREAT POWER MADE GOD TO RICHLY BLESS THEM ALL (BOTH THE RICH AND THE POOR BELIEVERS FOR NO ONE WAS LACKING BECAUSE OF THIS SYSTEM THEY WERE USING TO HELP THE NEEDY AMONGST THEM WHO WERE BELIEVERS IN THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST).
According to Acts 4: 32-37
THE GROUP OF BELIEVERS WAS ONE IN MIND AND HEART. NONE OF THEM SAID THAT ANY OF THEIR BELONGINGS WERE THEIR OWN, BUT THEY ALL SHARED WITH ONE ANOTHER EVERYTHING THEY HAD. WITH GREAT POWER THE APOSTLES GAVE WITNESS TO THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS, AND GOD POURED RICH BLESSINGS ON THEM ALL. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE GROUP WHO WAS IN NEED. THOSE WHO OWNED FIELDS OR HOUSES WOULD SELL THEM, BRING THE MONEY RECEIVED FROM THE SALE, AND HAND IT OVER TO THE APOSTLES; AND THE MONEY WAS DISTRIBUTED TO EACH ONE ACCORDING TO HIS NEED. AND SO IT WAS THAT JOSEPH, A LEVITE BORN IN CYPRUS, WHOM THE APOSTLES CALLED BARNABAS (WHICH MEANS "ONE WHO ENCOURAGES"), SOLD A FIELD HE OWNED, BROUGHT THE MONEY, AND HANDED IT OVER TO THE APOSTLES.
(2) What if you a the first good prophet to come out of your province, village, Hamlet etc? You are not lesser than the good prophets from places that are filled with both true and false prophets. One of the pharisees callled Nicodemus (the rich young man that Jesus Christ told to go and sell all his properties but he left disappointed after that instruction then Jesus Christ said "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make Heaven." This was the same man that brought the 30 kilogrammes of spices, a mixture of myrrh and aloes used in burying Jesus Christ after His death on the Cross) still tried to defend Jesus Christ in His absence by standing for His right to speak for Himself but they shut him up because to them Galilee was a place of nobodies in terms of prophets and prophecies.
NOTE THAT:
(A) When you spread the word of God in an extraordinary way just like Jesus Christ (God, the son) did, some of those pursuing you and setting traps for you here and there will testify (even if it is not in front of you) that the word of God heard or learnt from you is exceptional whether they believe in it or not.
(B) The curse of an unbeliever holds no power or strength over you as the person is just ranting.
(C) This Bible passage enlightens us that when some evil people are doing wrong, they usually like to believe that every other single person in the same position with them is also evil. That was why those evil Pharisees said "Have you ever known one of the authorities or one pharisee to believe in Him? This crowd does not know the law of Moses, so they are under God's curse. TAKE FOR INSTANCE, AN EVIL POLITICIAN IN THIS DAY AND TIME (THAT IS, IN THIS WORLD) WHO BELIEVES THAT THE WAY HE OR SHE IS LIVING HIS OR HER LIFE IS THE SAME WAY THAT EVERY OTHER POLITICIAN LIVES; NOT KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE PRESENT DAY POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SALVATION FOR THEMSELVES JUST LIKE NICODEMUS (A RICH YOUNG PHARISEE) DID BACK THEN WHILE SOME OTHERS HAVE ALREADY FOUND SALVATION SECRETLY WITH JESUS CHRIST WITHOUT LETTING THEM KNOW JUST LIKE JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA ( A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WHO WAS A SECRET DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST AND ALSO PROVIDED THE FRESH UNUSED TOMB WHERE JESUS CHRIST WAS BURIED AFTER HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS). CLICK HERE AND READ ALSO: https://takeitokayokay.blogspot.com/2023/03/joseph-of-arimathea-rich-honourable-man.html?m=1
(D) The similarity between Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea is that they were both good men who obeyed the Commandments of God and wanted to make Heaven by all means possible irrespective of their status and riches in the society.
(E) When fake people in high authorities who claim to know God tell you that you do not know the laws of God which He gave to Moses, show them that they do not know God, the son (Jesus Christ, our Lord and Master) who suffered and died for our sins and resurrected on the third day after His death on the Cross. Who knows the Laws of Moses better than the true Christians?
According to John 7: 45-52
WHEN THE GUARDS WENT BACK, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES ASKED THEM, "WHY DID YOU NOT BRING HIM?" THE GUARDS ANSWERED, "NOBODY HAS EVER TALKED LIKE THIS MAN DOES!" "DID HE FOOL YOU, TOO?" THE PHARISEES ASKED THEM. "HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN ONE OF THE AUTHORITIES OR ONE PHARISEE TO BELIEVE IN HIM? THIS CROWD DOES NOT KNOW THE LAW OF MOSES, SO THEY ARE UNDER GOD'S CURSE!" ONE OF THE PHARISEES THERE WAS NICODEMUS, THE MAN WHO HAD GONE TO SEE JESUS BEFORE. HE SAID TO THE OTHERS, "ACCORDING TO OUR LAW WE CANNOT CONDEMN ANYONE BEFORE HEARING HIM AND FINDING OUT WHAT HE HAS DONE." "WELL," THEY ANSWERED, " ARE YOU ALSO FROM GALILEE? STUDY THE SCRIPTURES AND YOU WILL LEARN THAT NO PROPHET EVER COMES FROM GALILEE.
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