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NASB | 1 Timothy 6:16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 6:16 He alone possesses immortality [absolute exemption from death] and lives in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal power and dominion! Amen. |
Subject: Can anyone see Jesus in this life |
Bible Note: Gentlemen, I don’t hold with most of the dreams and visions that we hear about today either. I would just like to share a thought here for I have been approached by some friends with questions like this also. They are members of an evangelical movement, and had a vision of Jesus telling them some new doctrine and some new understanding of some scripture verses. What Jesus was supposed to have told them did not agree at all with other scripture and it had to do with salvation and the endtime. John 14:21 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Jesus promises to manifest Himself to those who has His commandments, keeps them, and loves Him. Strong’s says manifest means to exhibit in person or disclose by words. In verse 22 Judas ask’s how Jesus will manifest Himself to them and not to the world, probably since the world doesn’t keep the commandments of Jesus or love Him. Jesus answers in verse 23 that He will make His abode with that man. I understand this to mean or indicate the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The indication here is also a strong love not only for Jesus, but for His word, the Bible. If someone claims to have seen Jesus, and received a message from Jesus, that message will without a doubt, correspond to the Words of Jesus, the Bible. 1 John 4:1 tells us that there are many spirits and voices out there doing their best to get our attention and to lead us away from the truth. We have to have a guide line or a plumb line if you would, to anchor us in truth so we don’t get lead astray, and God gave us two. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit to lead us to truth and away from error, and the second is the Bible, God’s inerrant word to man. I am not smart enough to cipher through all the voices that are calling to me in the world today, so I meditate daily on the word of God and keep my ear tuned to the leading of the Spirit. My friends told me that Jesus told these new things and that I should listen to them and follow these new teachings or I would be backsliden and ought of step with the work of Christ. They were exceptionally bold in their assertions because they believed their new teachings had come straight from Christ. They would not listen to reasoning to them from scripture, because what they had received superceded scripture. Needless to say, I don’t fellowship with them on a regular basis anymore. We must very careful in this day and age. Just a thought on this subject. Your brother in Christ, wdc |