How is your vision?

How Is Your Spiritual?                                   

      A Serious Limitation But as powerful as your eyeballs are, they have one significant limitation. Every single eye in this room has a fatal flaw. Your eyes can only see physical reality. Every eye in this room is limited to seeing physical things: cars, people, buildings, planes, dogs, grass, pollution, microbes, trees, books, computers. These things are all physical, and they are the only part of reality accessible to our eyes. Our eyeballs are completely useless when it comes to perceiving spiritual reality. The spiritual side of life is just as real as the physical side; we just can’t see it. Oh, don’t make the mistake of thinking that the spiritual is less real than the physical. It is not. It is just as real, only we can’t see it. But it’s there and as real as eyeballs in your head.

Purpose I want to try to persuade you that as valuable as your physical eyesight is, you have a set of spiritual eyes that are even more valuable. Not only do you have spiritual eyes, but you must use them if you want to live a life that finds its satisfaction in God.

Every human being has spiritual eyes. God gave them to us so that we could apprehend the spiritual realities of life. Sadly, those who have not trusted Christ are completely blind spiritually. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4: But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God (2 Corinthians 4:3-4, emphasis mine).

 

They cannot see unless the Holy Spirit gives them sight. Tragically, the eyes of many Christians don’t see very well either. Often our spiritual vision is blinded by the glare of what our physical eyes see. I want to convince you that it is more important to make sure your spiritual eyes can see clearly than almost anything else you do.

 

Psalm 73 is what students of the Bible call an individual song of thanksgiving or a wisdom Psalm. In this Psalm, a single author stands before a congregation of gathered worshipers and gives praise to God for delivering him from some difficult circumstance. The testimony time has multiple purposes. First, the psalmist wants to thank God for deliverance; second, he wants to provide a warning to others about what almost happened to him; third, he wants to encourage his listeners to greater faith in God.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked (Psalm 73:2-3).

 

A Disturbing Conclusion I say this is a cry of protest, and not a shrug of resignation because the psalmist knows in his heart that something is not right. He recognizes what his eyes are showing him, but he is in conflict because he understands that this is not the way the world should be. His sense of justice, and faith in God, tell him that the wicked should get what they deserve: damnation! He looks out at the wicked trampling the righteous in the dust, and he wants to blow his whistle and yell, “MORAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY WICKEDNESS, ETERNITY IN THE PENALTY BOX!” Instead, he sees them winning the game of life! Now listen, if you don’t think this is serious, keep reading. What the psalmist saw was powerful enough to cause a crisis of faith!

A Man on the Edge He continues, I concluded, “Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.  I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning” (Psalm 73:13-14).

 

A Bright Shining Truth Then, as if he can find no other relief, he runs to the temple and the rest of reality explodes into view. Like someone stumbling about in a dark room and then finding the light switch, the psalmist “sees” what he has been missing all along! Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked (Psalm 73:17).

o   Exhortation So, how do we, like the psalmist, keep our spiritual senses in good working order? How do we go into the sanctuary and, by faith, catch a glimpse of the One who puts all things into perspective, GOD? Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor (Psalm 63:2).

 

How is your vision?

How Is Your Spiritual?                                   

      A Serious Limitation But as powerful as your eyeballs are, they have one significant limitation. Every single eye in this room has a fatal flaw. Your eyes can only see physical reality. Every eye in this room is limited to seeing physical things: cars, people, buildings, planes, dogs, grass, pollution, microbes, trees, books, computers. These things are all physical, and they are the only part of reality accessible to our eyes. Our eyeballs are completely useless when it comes to perceiving spiritual reality. The spiritual side of life is just as real as the physical side; we just can’t see it. Oh, don’t make the mistake of thinking that the spiritual is less real than the physical. It is not. It is just as real, only we can’t see it. But it’s there and as real as eyeballs in your head.

Purpose I want to try to persuade you that as valuable as your physical eyesight is, you have a set of spiritual eyes that are even more valuable. Not only do you have spiritual eyes, but you must use them if you want to live a life that finds its satisfaction in God.

Every human being has spiritual eyes. God gave them to us so that we could apprehend the spiritual realities of life. Sadly, those who have not trusted Christ are completely blind spiritually. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4: But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God (2 Corinthians 4:3-4, emphasis mine).

 

They cannot see unless the Holy Spirit gives them sight. Tragically, the eyes of many Christians don’t see very well either. Often our spiritual vision is blinded by the glare of what our physical eyes see. I want to convince you that it is more important to make sure your spiritual eyes can see clearly than almost anything else you do.

 

Psalm 73 is what students of the Bible call an individual song of thanksgiving or a wisdom Psalm. In this Psalm, a single author stands before a congregation of gathered worshipers and gives praise to God for delivering him from some difficult circumstance. The testimony time has multiple purposes. First, the psalmist wants to thank God for deliverance; second, he wants to provide a warning to others about what almost happened to him; third, he wants to encourage his listeners to greater faith in God.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked (Psalm 73:2-3).

 

A Disturbing Conclusion I say this is a cry of protest, and not a shrug of resignation because the psalmist knows in his heart that something is not right. He recognizes what his eyes are showing him, but he is in conflict because he understands that this is not the way the world should be. His sense of justice, and faith in God, tell him that the wicked should get what they deserve: damnation! He looks out at the wicked trampling the righteous in the dust, and he wants to blow his whistle and yell, “MORAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY WICKEDNESS, ETERNITY IN THE PENALTY BOX!” Instead, he sees them winning the game of life! Now listen, if you don’t think this is serious, keep reading. What the psalmist saw was powerful enough to cause a crisis of faith!

A Man on the Edge He continues, I concluded, “Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.  I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning” (Psalm 73:13-14).

 

A Bright Shining Truth Then, as if he can find no other relief, he runs to the temple and the rest of reality explodes into view. Like someone stumbling about in a dark room and then finding the light switch, the psalmist “sees” what he has been missing all along! Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked (Psalm 73:17).

o   Exhortation So, how do we, like the psalmist, keep our spiritual senses in good working order? How do we go into the sanctuary and, by faith, catch a glimpse of the One who puts all things into perspective, GOD? Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor (Psalm 63:2).

 

Vivir la Vision de Dios

Vivir la Vision de Dios

LIVE THE VISION OF GOD Someone said that Vision is looking at life through the lens of the eye of God. Luke 14: 16-24 18 And all as one began to make excuses...LIVE THE VISION OF GOD 

Someone said that Vision is looking at life through the lens of the eye of God. Luke 14: 16-24 18 And all as one began to make excuses. 24 For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my dinner.

What is the vision? It is the revelation of the plan and purpose of God for one person, a church or a house. 

A person might say you get vision, when God reveals to do. Therefore, he tells us where we have to manage and gives specific instructions to introduce and reveal the plan and the project has for us there. To settle down and have God's purpose is important to have a father, church and vision, we can never be without any of these. We must be united to people with vision. A household head is essential to have this.

What causes vision in one's life and in the Church?  Bring: Order, goals, success, prosperity, and purpose. When we view we will have God's revelation which to bring order we will be able to set personal goals and Church, therefore we will succeed in what we do, thus bringing prosperity, it was God's purpose from the beginning to our lives .

The vision operates under a government Whatever God wants to do on earth does through their children, which gives them specific purposes. Hebrews 3: 4-5 "For every house is built by someone; but the builder of all things is God. "

When we receive a draft of God for our lives and for the Church, it is necessary to express it freely flowing. As a result, it will take its style and way of doing things.

Numbers 11: 16-17 "Then the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the door of the tabernacle, and stand there with you. And I will come down and talk with you there, and take of the spirit which is on you and put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people, and not bear it yourself alone. "

It is important that we are attached to the DNA of our leader. To carry out all that God has for us.

What prevents carrying out the vision?                                                        

1- Resistance to change  Some people do not want to change their way of thinking and working; They not want to be inconvenienced in their way of life. They cling to old patterns and do not want to see the new things that God is doing.

Mark 2:22 "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined; but new wine into new wineskins drive them out. "

2- Conformism When a believer is subject to the spiritual level it is, it reaches a point where you no longer interested souls, not to know his call, nor do the will of God; it conforms with what he has and does not care about others or crowds, or multiplication, nothing.

3- afraid to pay the price to fulfill the vision There are countless believers who are afraid to commit to a vision, because they believe they require a lot of work. They prefer to stay as they are, accommodated. Luke 14:16, 18 "And Jesus said: A man made a great supper, and invited many." 18 And all as one began to make excuses.

They fear that this destroys his family by the time you have to invest in it; They are afraid to deviate fanaticism; They feel fear at the prospect of becoming the kind of believer and leader God desires.

4- The Danger of clinging to things of the earth more than God, the vision of flesh, of the world Matthew 6:33 "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added".

Power of Vision

The Power of Vision

The poorest person in the world is the person who has a dream or a vision and the most frustrated person in the world who have dreams but do not know how they can carry out. Vision is a God-given gift. God has put this gift in each person. While we have this gift, it is our responsibility to stir up the gift 2 Timothy 1: 6 Therefore I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. Remind this gift in different ways. By developing, improving, enhancing and simply using the gift. Why education is important. Education you can not give the gift, but you can help develop, refine, and enhance the gift so you can at most.

When revive the gift, we will prosper. Proverbs 17: 8 says - Gemstone is bribery for which he practices; Wherever he turns, he finds prosperity. Notice, that the gift God has given you is a precious stone. That's not a small thing, but something of great value in the kingdom of God. Your vision is the key to fulfilling the purpose of your life. God created us for a purpose. The difference between purpose and vision is: * Purpose is when you know and understand that you were born to fulfill. The reason why you exist.

• Vision is when you can see in your mind by faith. The revelation of God shows us the future that God purposed for our lives. Ecclesiastes 3: 10-11 says - I have seen the task that God has given to the sons of men to occupy themselves. 11 has made everything [to] his time. He has also set eternity in their hearts; however [b], man does not find out the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.Here we see that we were born with a purpose. We exist for a purpose. There is a feeling in every person born for a purpose.

 

Then he says in verse 11 - "has made everything beautiful in its time ... .;" God has chosen, has determined, time to fulfill his purpose in you. Ecclesiastes 3: 1 says - Everything has its time, and all that is under heaven has its time. God chose this time so that we can fulfill God's purpose.

An important key to Understand the vision is that we demos that not only your purpose was given to express, but already the vision has been fulfilled in eternity. In other words, for God is already fulfilled. Isaiah 46: 9-10 says - Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things that it has not been done. I say, "My purpose will be established, and all that I please."

Here God mentions two things he does: • First, He sets the end before the beginning. This means He finished things in the spiritual realm and then start again in the physical. • Second, He reveals the end of something results when just begun.

That is why He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. Many times we can not recognize the fact that When God starts something, He finished in eternity.

* An example of this is that even before constructing a building, the builder first develop an idea and a plan and then begin to build. Even before laying the foundation, the builder already knows how the building looks. Before starting a project you have to have plans made.

* A painter, before painting, you know in your mind as the drawing seems. The portrait is made on his mind. He just is starting what is already in his mind was over. . So it was with God when he made the heavens and the earth. Romans 4:17 says - ... .and calls things that are not, as though they were.

 

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF JESUS

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF JESUS

 in Christian churches celebrate Easter or thereabouts and begins with the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, also called Palm Sunday, and this happened almost 2000 years ago. But what we now want is you celebrate Jesus .. his triumphal entry into your heart or life John 12: 12-16 The next day the large crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palms and went out to meet him, crying: Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, the King of Israel.14 Jesus found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 15 Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your king comes, riding a donkey's colt. 16 His disciples did not understand this at first, but later, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and that they had done these things.

 

1. Historical context: In the Gospels (Matthew 21: 1-11, Mark 11: 1-11, Luke 19: 28-44, John 12: 12-16) relate this episode (The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem) occurred days before the crucifixion of Jesus, called the Christ This was prophesied 520 years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Zechariah 9: 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation [a], humble, riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. The Jews until today expect another Messiah because they wanted Jesus to serve the remainder spoken by the prophet (Zac.9 10 destroy the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem,). Not knowing that this will happen at his second coming. The most important thing for Jesus at that time was to die for all human beings and fulfill it also said by another prophet, Isaiah (Isaias.53: 4-7). Surely our grief’s [a], and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted 5 But He was wounded [b] for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities. The chastening for our peace [c] fell upon Him,

And that was really the purpose of His first coming.

 

2. After the triumphal entry: Two very interesting things Jesus does after it is received by the crowd in Jerusalem. a) Mourn for the same Jerusalem (Lk. 19: 37-44). b) Visit the temple and drove the selling (Luke 19: 45-48). It was a day of joy, but Jesus suffered from the real situation of Jerusalem, not by the state of its streets and buildings, which in truth were very beautiful and large (Mark 13: 1-2, Lk.21: 5-6 ). The cry for the state of the hearts of its inhabitants that they wanted to meet their physical needs and political aspirations. Today Jesus also must be crying when you look toward the earth and see what people deeply desire is the same: wars and satisfaction of their physical and social needs at all costs.

 

3. Jesus wants to enter your life triumphing in Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him and he with me. The Lord wants to enter your life to give you the happiness you've never had, neither drugs nor alcohol, or sex, or money you can give. Not even a political change in our country. It is a non-ephemeral eternal happiness, although problems come into your life you can overcome with the help of him and celebrate wins after wins (John 10: 9,14,16).

 

 Conclusion: today celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into our hearts and be happy today and for eternity (Luke 18: 29-30). Let Jesus into your life really. It is not a religion or tradition you need. It is Christ himself whom you need to be saved, to be considered a child of God and have eternal happiness. (John 1: 12-13). "Jesus is crucified on Good Friday and buried that night, so that true faith in God can be created at Easter through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

 

The Power of the Risen

The Power of the Risen

Last week we began to talk about the power of the resurrection of Jesus in us. We understood that Jesus identifies with our suffering through the sacrifice of the cross and that we have to identify with Him in the victory of the resurrection. To preach the crucified Christ is only half the story, but we must preach the risen Christ to learn to identify with him in his victory.

 

IT ALL STARTS WITH AN EARTHQUAKE

Matthew 28: 1-7 "1Pasado the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcro.2Y there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.3Su appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as nieve.4Y for fear of him the guards shook and became like dead .5Mas the angel answered and said unto the women, fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucificado.6No is here, he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he was laid Señor.7E go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead, and behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there you will see. Behold, I have told you. "

 

It says here that there was a great earthquake, but usually in traditional church when predicated of tremors and earthquakes is talk that comes judgment to the church, has a great view on the church on earth, the funny thing is that when I read the Bible, most of the time when he speaks of tremors and earthquakes, has to do with the presence of God in the lives to give them victory.

Exodus 18:18 "18Todo Mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. "

 

We understand that in life there are stones, which are the difficult circumstances that keep you behind them as dead, a broken marriage, a physical illness, a shortage economy, etc., that perhaps have sealed with the seal of failure, criticism, shame, fear or conformity, but understood that God put upon you a greater seal than the sum of all seals that the devil wants to put on you, God will put the seal of the risen, it is only a matter of time so you wake up, and I say that God will remove the stone, remove the seals and you will be lifted (a) of that place, do not worry about the how, God will.

 

Today I want to elaborate on the topic of your resurrection, talking to you as the power of the resurrection it is in you, so today's topic is entitled: The power of the risen. God's presence shakes up the mountains. Look at Peter saying:

Acts 4: 29-31 "29And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness they may speak your word, 30while stretch out your hand to heal and signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy child Jesus .31when had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke with boldness the word of God. "

 

When the Holy Spirit comes your life trembles. Look Paul:

Acts 16: 25-26 "25 But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God; and the prisoners oían.26then suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened. "

 

It is inevitable when God gets into your life, your life begins to shake, but not for judgment, is to get up, is to come out of that prison, is to come out of the tomb, in this death, is because he will remove the stone that has been holding you back.

El Poder del Resucitado