I have often wondered what

it was like to be in the presence of Jesus. I know from personal experience,

that I have felt His presence very strongly at times, and it is too wonderful

for words. As a believer and a follower of Jesus, I have accepted His

universal truths as the Bible states them. I say this because in my Christian

walk I have met people who pick and choose which parts of the Bible they

want to apply to themselves and leave other parts for others and argue

that "for them" they are not true! I want to say that I believe

all it says with the understanding that it needs to not be taken out of

context. If one says that a certain part of the Bible is untrue, then

it begs the following questions: Which part is untrue? Who then is to

say which part is untrue? Is it the man or woman with the most degrees

on their wall? If you run these questions through their logical conclusions,

then you have a "person centered theology" and that person is

often not Jesus of Nazareth. The inspiration of His Word, the creation

story, the miraculous miracles of the Old and New Testament, the virgin

birth of Jesus, his teachings, his death on the cross, his blood atonement,

bodily resurrection, and his imminent return are all the power of who

He was. If one takes away any of these it diminishes the fact that He

was the Son of God! The reason this is all important to me is the fact

that I believe that Jesus was all that His Word states He was and that

brings me to a conclusion that He must have been not only divine and man

at the same time, but fun to be with! I say this in attempting to define

His "personality." We only have the early writers on this subject

but we know that he lived and moved in-between men and women of all social

levels of His society. In fact this is one of the things that got him

into trouble with the religious establishment. The part of His personality

that I especially love is the fact that he went down to the Sea of Galilee

and found some common men fishing and simply said to them, "follow

me and I will make you fishers of men." These men did not say to

Jesus, "let me go pray about this" or "let me go talk to

my wife," or a wealth of excuses I hear on a daily basis of why American

men and women can't quite squeeze in a couple of hours a week to worship.

The Bible says in the KJV "straightway they left their nets and followed

Him." All of these men except for John died a terrible, horrible

death. John died of natural causes on the Island of Patmos writing the

"Revelation." On Tuesday the 4th of February at 6:30 p.m. two

churches will be partnering in hosting our "Wild Game Dinner!"

I tell you this because at that dinner there will be men and women who

were the kind of people Jesus called to do His ministry. I don't want

to make too much of this but I truly love hunters and fishermen. There

is something different and very real with a true sportsman or a true sportswoman.

Usually their word is their bond. You can count on them to do what they

say they will do. I believe Jesus knew this when he asked them to "follow

Him."

When you come to the dinner

you will meet men and women from all walks of life and hopefully meet

a new hunting or fishing partner. We only have 200, $6.00 tickets so please

call either the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at 770-461-3403 or His

House Community Church at 770-719-2365. The dinner will be at Prince of

Peach Lutheran Church on Highway 314 Fayetteville behind Lowe's going

north. PS Bring your hunting and fishing photos to share with others of

like mind and spirit!! God Bless you and Your FamilyFish On!!!

[Check out our new website

at: www.hishousecommunitychurch.com Dr. Knox Herndon is the pastor of

"His House Community Church" (SBC) Rev. Greg Mausz is Sr. Assoc.

Pastor. Dr. Lydia Herndon is the Sunday School Superintendent, Bible study

coordinator and teacher. The church has moved to the new location just

below Fayetteville, on GA. Highway 85. As you leave Fayetteville going

South on Highway 85, you cross Highway 16, at the Senoia intersection.

It is a mile on the right just below the fire station. If you are not

in a church, come visit us. Church office and Prayer line (770)-719-2365

E-Mail [email protected]]

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