Christ, Our Life - Francis Frangipane Ministries

Christ, Our Life For many, Christianity is simply the religion into which they were born. For others, although Jesus is truly their Savior, their relationship with Him is hardly more than a history lesson, a study of what He did in the past. For those who truly love Him, however, Christ is Savior and more: He is their very life (Col. 3:4).  When Jesus is your life you cannot go on without Him. There is a story of a young man who, in his search for God, came to study at the feet of an old sage. The master brought this young man to a lake, and then led him out into the shoulder-deep water. Putting his hands upon his pupil's head, he promptly pushed him under the water and continued to hold him there until his disciple, feeling he would surely drown, frantically repelled the old man's resistance. In shock and confusion the young man resurfaced.  "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded. His teacher looked him in the eyes and said, "When you desire God as you desired air, you shall find Him." Was this not the attitude of the psalmist when he wrote: "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for Thee, O God"  (Ps. 42:1) You see, there is a place in seeking God where our heart goes beyond the limits of casual desire, where the actual issue becomes one of survival--where I need Christ as a drowning man needs air and as a parched deer needs water. It is here, where we feel we cannot exist without finding the reality of God, that our deepest passion is fulfilled. by Pastor Francis Frangipane
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All Glory - Matt Redman - ft. Kierra Sheard

Angels singing gloria - Matt Redman - ft. Chris Tomlin

Believed and Glorified — Acts 1:6-11 - Pastor Colin Smith

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I wish all listeners and viewers a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

Sincerely yours 

Ida

His Name Shall Be - Matt Redman

To Behold the Face of God By Francis Frangipane

 

To Behold the Face of God

By Francis Frangipane

Have you not deeply desired to see God, to know Him intimately and truly? Beloved, to see Jesus is to behold God. Let us not consider it heresy: we can surely see God! But first we must renounce every perception of the Almighty other than what we have proven true in Christ.

Therefore study the life, teachings, and deeds of Jesus Christ, and you will remove the veil of mystery surrounding the nature of God.

Jesus said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9).

What truth could be more profound? Each time we read of what Jesus did, we are actually beholding the nature of God. Every time we listen to what Jesus taught, we are hearing the voice of the living God.

Jesus is the image of the invisible Father (Heb. 1:2-3). "In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form" (Col. 2:9). Jesus is God's form. He mirrored on earth those things He saw His Father doing in Heaven; He echoed the words the Father whispered to Him from eternity.

Do you truly desire to see God? Christ's words are windows through which the pure in heart behold the Almighty (Matt. 5:8).

Certainly others can greatly edify our hearts, but no one excels the revelation of God in Christ. Ponder Christ, and you contemplate the nature of God. Eat His words, and you assimilate into your spirit the substance of the Almighty.

"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son" (Heb. 1:1-2).

God spoke to the prophets "in many portions and in many ways." Indeed, all their words inspire, correct, and guide our souls; they are all profitable for reproof and correction, that we may be fully instructed. But "in these last days [God] has spoken to us in His Son."

Prophets will point the way; Christ is the way. Teachers will expound the truth; Jesus is the truth. Apostles will proclaim the life; Jesus is the life. Yes, all speak the word, but the Son of God is the Word.

The teachings of Jesus Christ are not to be blended into the Scriptures as though He were one of many equally important voices used by God. He is, in truth, the living revelation of God Himself, the sole expression of His invisible glory. When Christ speaks, we are listening to God unfiltered, unbiased, unveiled.

So, I ask again, would you see God? Would you pursue the glory of the Lord? Study Jesus. Ponder His words and deeds. For to steadfastly gaze upon Jesus is to behold "the glory of God in the face of Christ" (2 Cor. 4:6).

Father, I want to see Your glory and to dwell in Your presence. Answer Your Son's prayer in John 17:24 through me, that I might be with Christ where He is to behold Your glory. Make Your Word come alive to me, and let it transform my soul. Renew my mind that I might live in perpetual union with You.


Adapted from Francis Frangipane's book, I Will Be Found by You, available at www.arrowbookstore.com.

"Sweet Jesus" by Selah and Jill Phillips

Will You Not Listen?" - Michael Card

Jesus: Seen and Proclaimed — Romans 10:5-17 Sermon by pastor Colin Smith

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"Mystery" - Selah - (Official Lyric Video)

Born and Raised — John 1:1-14 Sermon by pastor Colin Smith

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His Strength Is Perfect by Steven Curtis Chapman

Christ Be With Me (Prayer of St Patrick) - Stuart Townend

Christ be with me, Christ within me
Christ behind me and before me
Christ beside me, Christ to win me
Christ to comfort and restore


Christ beneath me, Christ above me
Christ in hearts of all who know me
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger
Christ in quiet and in roar


Love, blessed Trinity of three
Bound in unity, who guides my journey
I will arise with strength of heaven
Trusting in Your light, to guide my journey
Shine before me, lead me home


Power to guide me, might to hold me
Wisdom teach me, watching o'er me
Ear to hear me, hand to guard me
Love to conquer every fear


Love, blessed Trinity of three
Bound in unity, who guides my journey
I will arise with strength of heaven
Trusting in Your light, to guide my journey
Shine before me, lead me home