▪︎ Neh 1:9; Zech 1:3 – God calls men to return to Him, but by the end of the Old Testament man has rejected that call… Amos 4:11-12, 13; Joel 2:12, 13;
▪︎ God calls us for one purpose that we may come to Him and find life – Amos 5:4, 6, 14-15;
▪︎ Jesus came to the earth as God’s only begotten Son to call all of human kind to return to God and receive His life – John 1:4-5, 11-12, 13-14.
▪︎ The apostle Matthew described Jesus’ ministry as a fulfilled prophesy from the Old Testament in which He is called Emmanuel which translated means “God with us” – Matt 1:23.
▪︎ Return to Him and experience the life of God yourself – John 5:24, 14:1, 2-3; Deut 30:2, 3, 6; (full text – Deut_30:1-6
▪︎ God says, “return to Me“, and I will return to you – 2Chron 30:9; Ps 116:7; Mal 3:7; Hosea 12:4-5, 6; Acts 3:19;
▪︎ Some reject this option: Hosea 7:10;
life – (ζωή – Greek) – zóé ► life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence, it always (only) comes from and is sustained by God’s self-existent life. The Lord intimately shares His gift of life with people, creating each in His image which gives all the capacity to know His eternal life… Life indeed – John 5:26, 10:10; 1John 1:1, 2, 3; 1Tim 6:17, 18-19; 1Peter 3:10; Luke 12:15; James 4:14; Rom 5:10, 6:23; Deut 30:19; Prov 8:35; John 6:63, John 14:6;
▪︎ God calls us for one purpose that we may come to Him and find life – Amos 5:4, 6, 14-15;
▪︎ Jesus came to the earth as God’s only begotten Son to call all of human kind to return to God and receive His life – John 1:4-5, 11-12, 13-14.
▪︎ The apostle Matthew described Jesus’ ministry as a fulfilled prophesy from the Old Testament in which He is called Emmanuel which translated means “God with us” – Matt 1:23.
▪︎ Return to Him and experience the life of God yourself – John 5:24, 14:1, 2-3; Deut 30:2, 3, 6; (full text – Deut_30:1-6
1“So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you, 2and you return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons, 3then the LORD your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. 4“If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back. 5“The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.
6“Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
)6“Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
▪︎ God says, “return to Me“, and I will return to you – 2Chron 30:9; Ps 116:7; Mal 3:7; Hosea 12:4-5, 6; Acts 3:19;
▪︎ Some reject this option: Hosea 7:10;
life – (ζωή – Greek) – zóé ► life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence, it always (only) comes from and is sustained by God’s self-existent life. The Lord intimately shares His gift of life with people, creating each in His image which gives all the capacity to know His eternal life… Life indeed – John 5:26, 10:10; 1John 1:1, 2, 3; 1Tim 6:17, 18-19; 1Peter 3:10; Luke 12:15; James 4:14; Rom 5:10, 6:23; Deut 30:19; Prov 8:35; John 6:63, John 14:6;