Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Aracheaology find-Box with the bones of James Jesus's brother

Yes its true, today I found an article titled "The stone box and Jesus' brother's bones"
If you want to read the article Click Here

I found it on Unexplained Mysteries.com which deals with unexplained mysteries, I mostly go there just for curiousity but that one article caught my attention. I find this intriguing considering that if this box and its content are accurate then its proof that Jesus walked the planet, giving the bible credibility and..well what more is there to say? If the bible is proved accurate people will believe it and what it has to say. I have one friend that doesn't believe that the bible is true, so many people I'm sure hold the same belief. In case your wondering on the side of this box which holds the bones of a person it says in Aramic "James, Son of Joseph brother of Jesus" I can't wait to find out more on this, and wether or not it will be widely publicized.

If you have any comments please post them!
God Bless, Katelynn

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Why I do what I do--Matthew 25:34-40

Recently since I've started going to a public highschool I have been telling a lot of people about my views and my faith. A day after one of these days one of my friends came up to me and asked me a question, he talked about what I would do if my friends boyfriend raped her and her boyfriend went to jail. If my friend didn't like him, would I go visit him in jail? Talk to him about God etc? I told him that I would want to help him and I would definetely visit him in jail. Most people would shun this person, not visit them and think of them as a horrible person who has done a dastardly deed. I didn't think of it at the time, but there is a verse in the bible that correlates with my answer. The verse is a bit long but it comes from Matthew 25:34-40

"34 Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

One day God will say this to everyone, the ones on the right are his followers and the ones on his left are the ones who aren't, those people are the ones who do the opposite of what the verse above say's. Look at verse 36 towards the end it says "I was in prison and you came to visit me." I wish I would have remembered this verse because I would have told him that the reason why I would visit that person is because thats what God tells us to do. It is what he wants us to do, and its a way of showing our love to him. The greatest commandment of all is found in Matthew 22:37-38
"Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[b] 38This is the first and greatest commandment."

The way to love God is simple and is shown in Matthew 25(above) If we want to love God we need to take care of his children, his people. This reminds me of the next part of the above passage. Matthew 22:39-40
"And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[c] 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
In essence obey the second commandment and you will fullfill the first, because Loving God means loving our neighbors(everyone around us)

So why do I do what I do? The reason is because I want to obey God by caring for the needy, the sick, and those in jail.