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AS the eldest son Jesus was according to the custom the one responsible for the welfare and support of his widowed mother,His other siblings at this point did not yet believe in Him so he gave John who was a faithful disciple and one who trully loved Him the task of taking care of his mother and looking after her needs. Jesus great selfless love always did things for the benefit of others even in His final agony He took time to settle the well being and future of His mother . love motivated all He did . in the end everything in the law was also fulfilled he did all it required. He lived a perfect life and died in perfect obedience to His Fathers will. by showing us by His example Jesus made it clear that the command to Honor your father and your mother was to be taken seriously and we always should care and make provision for our parents especially when they are older and cannot take care of themselves . today, it is sad that many remove the old and infirm from their homes turning over their care to institutions in the guise of providing better care for them but neglect them by withdrawing and depriving them of the family's love and comforting presence when they need it the most. Jesus tenderness and love made sure His mother would be comforted ,cared for and taken in as a loved and important member of John's family.

the christian who is persecuted for his faith is a partaker in the same kind of suffering Jesus endured suffering for doing what is right Jesus promised that those who wanted to lead a righteous life would suffer but the greatest glory will go to those who suffer most for Christ. this future reward is what allows us to bear with what is painful and rejoice that we are counted worthy to suffer for Jesus and have His approval when the christians suffer the Spirit of God rests upon them and is able to lift them to strength and endurance beyond the physical dimension.for those who give up everything to live for God and bring Him glory they will inherit all that God has prepared for them they have chosen Him over the world and its treasures so they will be rewarded as God chooses they will have Him, His treasures in His kingdom and all' that contains' are for them

the christian who is persecuted for his faith is a partaker in the same kind of suffering Jesus endured suffering for doing what is right Jesus promised that those who wanted to lead a righteous life would suffer but the greatest glory will go to those who suffer most for Christ. this future reward is what allows us to bear with what is painful and rejoice that we are counted worthy to suffer for Jesus and have His approval when the christians suffer the Spirit of God rests upon them and is able to lift them to strength and endurance beyond the physical dimension.for those who give up everything to live for God and bring Him glory they will inherit all that God has prepared for them they have chosen Him over the world and its treasures so they will be rewarded as God chooses they will have Him, His treasures in His kingdom and all' that contains' are for them

God is Holy and pure nothing corrupted or impure can stand before Him without being destroyed .sin separates us from God and completely warps our ability to percieve Him and grasp His will and revelation for us.the pure heart required to see God is not in our ability or within our grasp to attain.Christ alone can cleanse us from all unrighteousness so it is Him that makes us pure .it is His nature we receive when we receive Him by faith as Lord and savior so a true believer is positionally perfect in Gods sight because it is Christ righteousness God sees .jesus being God can present us perfect before God ,holy and pure

the world operates on compromise to get what we want. true righteousness seeks for truth and follows it no matter what the cost so to stand fast on what is right will instantly put you at odds with the worlds ways since whats right for me at this moment , what will be most useful to get me where i want to be is quite the thing to do in that circle.the righteousness Jesus is talking about here is the righteousness of God made available to us through Christ it is alien to our nature but the promise for those who truly desire it ; as a hunger and thirst needs satisfying ,God will fill them with it

Jesus taught to be greatest you need to be servant of all; the world can not accept this as it teaches power, position, independence, success meassured in wealth,all to be first at any cost . to bear all trials and offenses with patience and humility can only be accomplished through the Holy Spirit transforming our hearts to Christs likeness for He modeled perfect meekness and humility though He was God and could have so easily have pulled rank on everyone .He lived turn the other cheek and love others as yourself,and love God and honor Him above all. there was nothing weak in Jesus sacrifice he purposefully set out to do what He came to do. when we choose to operate on the same level as our Lord it is not weakness but Gods power working in us and through us

unless we see how empty of true meaning are our lives and how distant we are from God ,and how horribly short we come up to His standard which is perfection unless we understand our pain only Jesus can heal and only He can sattisfy us and only in Him are we complete and secure.unless the spirit of God reveals our true state we are completely unaware of our situation and unable to turn away from our current ways and turn to Christ for restoration and forgiveness . as christians we should mourn 'sins' effects in the world ;injustice, cruelty, , greed all maner of corruption and every offense against God.

the beatitudes consist of a character trait of the kingdom citizens and the promised blessing God will endow the good news jesus proclaimed was for the poor .......those who saw their need and turned to Him for freedom and a new life provided only by God to those who understood their utterly bankrupt state (spiritually speaking)so Jesus spoke in paradox to show even more dramatically how different Gods ways were from the accepted norms of that day where outward compliance was more accepted without any inward conviction and renewal Jesus desired a heart conviction and a mind and life transformation these were those to whom the kingdom would be revealed and who could partake of His promised blessings the fruit of the spirit all correlate to the character traits the kingdom citizens would manifest

that God sent Jesus for all men even gentiles and the good news of the gospel is to be preached to all nations because He gives the authority.most of the Jews rejected this great gift but the gentiles represented by the magi would receive him and receive the promises of God through Jesus. we should be fulfilling the great commission and bringing the gospels message to all who will listen they too may choose to receive the Lord as savior and master of their lives.we who have received Him should be living a life of love and obedience evident to all and so honoring our savior