A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES                                

                                      HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART VIII 

"I, Mary Magdalene, am at the tomb of my Lord... Peter and John were with me.... But they have gone home... However, I cannot go home... I left home a long time ago when I began to travel with Jesus... I cannot go back there... I wonder if there is anyone else who wants to follow Jesus... You may not need to be delivered from 7 demons as I was.... But you want to please Him even if no one else understands you.... Can I encourage you to do so? You will not regret it....For only through Jesus can you receive peace and eternal life.... Just as I received peace and eternal life after having met Jesus and having been obedient to His commands."... Please read they typed out attachment when you will learn that just as Mary Madalene was a daughter of Abraham, all believers are children of Abraham by faith and are blessed in Christ Jesus...

 

                ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE, NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                     HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART VIII

If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ then, like Mary Magdalene, He has liberated you from the restrictions society may have placed on you and He has restored your dignity. And you too are a child of Abraham by faith as you can read in Galatians 3:7

Understand then that those who believe are children of Abraham.

Moreover, you are blessed as Paul writes in Ephesians 1:3

Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus.

Therefore, you are to follow Jesus daily as Mary Mary Magdalene did. Of course, this may not mean that you are to physically leave home as she did. However, you are to leave home in a spiritual sense. With that I mean you must make Jesus your priority in everything that you say and do, being determined to please Him in every way, rather than trying to please your family, friends or neighbours. Your family, friends or neighbours may well be opposed to you following Jesus, especially when it involves you being set free from restrictions society may have placed on you. Jesus explained this principle in Matthew 10:37-39

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

You may not have needed deliverance from seven demons as was the case with Mary Magdalene but, no doubt, Jesus has delivered you from your sinful condition and you have received a new life in Him. You may even have followed other gods in the past but they could not do anything for you. However, having met Jesus you have received eternal life and God wants you to obey Him every day of your life.