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THAT I MAY KNOW HIM 2: Jesus, the Possibilitarian

 Last week, we started a study on

Philippians 3:10 

"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.


We looked at Jesus as the "author" and "finisher" of our faith. That he who has started a thing in us is well able to bring it to past, and so we should rest in Him.


This day, we see the person of Jesus from a story in the bible.


Matt17:24 When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?”

25He said, “Yes.”And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?”

26Peter said to Him, “From strangers.”Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 

27Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.”


In this passage, Jesus shows himself to be the one who is able to make a bank out of a fish. He displays to us that it is not necessarily the issue on ground that determines the gate of a man, but rather, the person with a man.

Jesus, the one that takes the most unlikely, and births  possibilities out of it. 

When he sent his disciple(Peter) to get money from the mouth of the fish, he probably thought Jesus was making a foolish suggestion, but remembering that he has been the one doing unusual things gave them a reason to follow his unusual command.

But here is our Jesus, showing himself as one that can make a way where there seems to be no way. 

Jesus does the seemingly impossible.

He can do for you too, just look to Him.





PEACE!


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