{"id":78448,"date":"2019-12-16T04:42:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T10:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=78448"},"modified":"2019-12-15T06:48:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T12:48:46","slug":"6-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/16\/6-j\/","title":{"rendered":"6.j.    The faithful and true witness, the beginning of God&#8217;s creation."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">Revelation 3:14<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAnd to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: \u2018The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God&#8217;s creation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:43.1.1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>John 1:1<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:43.1.14\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>John 1:14<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:51.1.13\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Colossians 1:13<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities\u2014all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:19.89.27\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 89:27<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:43.3.16\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>John 3:16<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:58.1.6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Hebrews 1:6<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, \u201cLet all God&#8217;s angels worship him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:20.8.22\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Proverbs 8:22-30<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.\u00a0\u00a0Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.\u00a0\u00a0When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.\u00a0\u00a0Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth,\u00a0\u00a0before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world.\u00a0\u00a0When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,\u00a0\u00a0when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,\u00a0\u00a0when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,\u00a0\u00a0then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">It is a mystery to even begin to partially understand the depth of the Triune God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We read of the \u201cfaithful and true witness, the beginning of God\u2019s creation\u201d, Firstborn, The Word was with God and was God, Word becoming flesh dwelling among us, beloved Son, For by Him all things were created, He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, He is the head of the body &#8211; the church, let all God\u2019s angels worship Him, I was beside Him, rejoicing before Him always\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It is He who is speaking to the Church, us.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is He who is giving us warning, encouragement, promises, and hope.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is He to whom we either live for with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength or whom we disregard most of our waking moments and give little thought or worship too.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We do well to think about who it is that called us and opened our hearts and minds to salvation, redemption, and the need for repentance and forgiveness. Intentionally choose to examine your life before our Lord Jesus Christ and determine if you are walking worthy of the Son of God and the price He paid for your sin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revelation 3:14\u00a0 \u201cAnd to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: \u2018The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God&#8217;s creation. John 1:1\u00a0\u00a0In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/16\/6-j\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;6.j.    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