Jesus' Believe it or Not

If you are ever able to travel outside of Oklahoma City into another major city in America, and if you have the time, look and see if there is a tourist attraction called Ripley’s Believe it or Not. It is a sight to see. It is museum of sorts of remarkable events, records, people, and illusions that boggle the mind. There are things in there that will make you scratch your head in disbelief because there is no way some of things things are possible. And this is the point of the attraction, to show the viewer such remarkable things that you have to determine whether what you are looking at is real or not. For example a woman named Nancy Wilson was supposedly attacked by a bear while asleep in her tent reached for her cast-iron frying pan, and successfully beat the bear with it. And there in the museum is a wax figure of this lady, pan in hand, with callus disregard swinging at this larger, stronger, tougher creature. But, the premise of Ripley’s Believe it or Not is this, this thing you are looking at is real, it happened, its documented, its recorded,

I Believe the Son was Lifted up

The use of a serpent is mysterious because it is what was causing death in the first place. But, for this very reason it was God’s choice. The same way the serpent represented the judgment and means of death, Jesus as he is lifted up, takes on that sin and death on the cross. The innocent Man, Jesus. Takes on our sin and completely identifies with us by carrying them on his back.

Jesus has been lifted to an elevation that nobody has an excused not to look to him for salvation. The point of the snake being lifted was so that all could look and be saved. So, if a person died of the snake bite it was not Moses’ fault, it wasn’t God’s fault, it wasn’t the snakes fault. It would be the fault of the person who refused to trust God’s healing solution to simply look up and be healed. The same is true for the Son of Man who is Jesus. For every person who dies in their sin does so at their own fault.

How to reach the masses, *men of ev'ry birth, For an answer Jesus gave the key: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, Will draw all men unto Me.”

Lift Him up, (Lift the precious Savior up), Lift Him up, (Lift the precious Savior up), Still He speaks from eternity: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, Will draw all men unto Me.”

Oh! the world is hungry for the Living Bread, Lift the Savior up for them to see; Trust Him, and do not doubt the words that He said, “I’ll draw all men unto Me.” [Refrain]

I believe God “So” Loves Me

I’ve been in some classrooms here lately and I found out that the word “so” has many uses. They it is used here is called and “intensifying adverb”, meaning it is going to provide emphasis to the adverb that either follows or precedes it. In this case the adverb is loved. (Work “So”) hungry, tired, angry,

Agape love. Unconditional Love.

(Work “Whoever”)

I Believe I’m Saved

Now I’ll admit, I’m still having a hard time believing a little white lady killed a wild black bear with a frying pan. I don’t know. I know too many bothers who have been chased around they coffee table by their own wife with a frying pan for me to believed. I know its a good weapon. But I just can’t believe it. And that’s okay. It is her story and Imma let her tell it. Either way And nothing is going to a happen to me because of it. There is no incentive to believing Ripley. There is an incentive for believing Jesus. Whoever believes should not perish but have everlasting life.

The believe is the same base word for faith, and the same word used that if you confess with your mouth and “believe” with your heart…And in verse 17 actually uses this word “saved”.

My belief in Jesus also informs me that I am saved from the judgment the world has coming. (Preach) So the words of Job makes sense now, “I know my Redeemer lives, and In the end He will stand upon the earth.”

I was sinking deep in sin, Far from the peaceful shore, Very deeply stained within, Sinking to rise no more; But the Master of the sea Heard my despairing cry, From the waters lifted me– Now safe am I.

Love lifted me, Love lifted me, When nothing else could help, Love lifted me; Love lifted me, Love lifted me, When nothing else could help, Love lifted me.

Believe it or not…He was born…he lived....he died....he rose…and He’s coming back again