I Am the One Whom Jesus Loves! Part 1.

John 13:23 (MKJV) But there was one of His disciples leaning upon Jesus’ bosom, the one whom Jesus loved.

Wow! That is a bold statement, my friends! Out of all the disciples, John was conscience of the Lord Jesus’ love for him. He said I am, “The One Whom Jesus Loved!”

Please know, there is a difference in saying “I Love the Lord” and saying “I Am the one whom Jesus, The Lord Loves”!

The first one is based on our love for The Lord, which can be fickle at times.

The second one ☝️ is based on God’s faithful, never ending, Father to His children, undying love for us.

The problem with the first one, is we are sometimes changed by our circumstances, (that being, in what we say). We know we shouldn’t be and if questioned, we would surely declare we are not like all the others. Who have said, “They love the Lord.”

But situations change, which can shake us to the core, (even if it’s for just a brief moment in time). Then if we have found ourselves in this situation, we may have made a mistake in our judgment and said something that we later regret.

Hopefully, if this had happened to any of us. We would immediately reevaluate our position and fall right back into the arms of Grace, of our loving Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 🙏

If so, we would now find ourselves in a state of repentance. That is, to change our mind and direction and follow after the things of God, and His love for us, once again.

My friends, Jesus had 12 disciples. Each one with different types of personalities and/or backgrounds. Ranging anywhere from a tax collector to fishermen. So, no doubt! Jesus had a lot to deal with. 🙂

One of His disciples was outspoken and kind of a loud mouth, (so to speak). 🙂 But the good thing is, he was always zealous towards the Lord. He was also one of the ones who said, he would never deny the Lord, even if it meant his death.

Let’s take a look at this scriptural settings regarding this disciple and the other eleven.

Mat 26:33-35 (ISV) But Peter told him, “Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won’t!”

Mat 26:34  Jesus told him, “I tell you with certainty, before a rooster crows this very night, you will deny me three times.”

Mat 26:35  Peter told him, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the disciples said the same thing.

We always quote this story saying, Peter spoke up and said “I will never deny You.”

But verse 35 says all of the disciples said the same thing.

My friends, we will pick up here in our next post and we will see what we need to do. So, that we can also say, “I am the one whom Jesus loves!”.

In addition, we will also see what the difference is, in the two statement meanings (from the beginning of this post). As well as, when applied properly in our life, how they will make us conscience of the love ❤️ of God for each one of us.

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Larry Atkerson Ministries

Larry Atkerson Sr. was born-again at a young age. He grew up in rural southeastern Oklahoma, then in high school, his family moved to Tulsa, Ok. During this time he met the young lady who would become his wife, Lisa. They got married when they were still in their teen years. Obviously, getting married at this age created some very interesting times as they both grew up and matured together. However, they have stayed true to their vows, to each other, and have basically grown up with their 3 wonderful children. Larry Atkerson Sr. and Lisa Atkerson both have received training in ministry at "Rhema Bible Training Center" and "School of the Local Church"/"Grace School of Ministry" in Broken Arrow, and Tulsa, Ok. respectively. While attending "School of the Local Church", he received his first taste of the original languages of the Bible, in a course called "Beginning Biblical Greek". Since that time he has also received training in "Biblical Hebrew", with a university based in Israel. "eTeacher". Larry Atkerson Sr. has worked/volunteered in just about every position a church or ministry can have. In doing so, he has filled many different roles ranging from door-greeter to Sunday-School teacher, and children’s church worker to counselor. He has also served in the pastoral positions of children’s, youth, and adult ministries. He has worked and been involved in hospital/visitation ministries where he has seen the power of God change people’s lives. He delights in going on short-term mission trips! All the while, seeing the love of God with applied wisdom - transform people and their lives forever. Larry Atkerson Sr. teaches a weekly bible study class starting just after spring break each year and continuing until right before Thanksgiving. In the class, he delves into the wonderful-exciting-mysteries and simplicity of the Word of God.

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