Learning From The Relationships Of Jesus

By Dionne Laborde

Jesus Christ started the Christian church and the first ministry on earth. He was God in the flesh. Jesus lived a holy life as He was set apart, and He won many people to His Father. While Jesus was on earth, He interacted with thousands of people. The way He treated all of them was very special, something to grasp at and explore. This insightful book will embark readers on a journey to see the basic decisions Jesus made in His relationships and what can be learned from His interactions with people.

Based on the Bible, scriptures will be illuminated as the author highlights verses that you may have read but didn't stand out to you, for you can read the Bible repeatedly and learn something new every time. And reading about the life of Jesus, God the Son, will enable you to feel God the Father's love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781636305875

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

Introduction

The Relationship with Family and Neighbors

The Relationship with Religious Leaders

The Relationship with God the Father

The Relationship with the Suffering and the Lost

The Relationship with Government Authorities

The Relationship with Close Friends

Where Jesus Is Now

Encouraging Scriptures

About the Author

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Learning From The Relationships Of Jesus

Dionne Laborde

ISBN 978-1-63630-586-8 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-63630-587-5 (Digital)

Copyright © 2020 Dionne Laborde

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To God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, for all They have done for me,

and

in memory of my Mother and Daddy.

Introduction

This book examines relationship decisions that Jesus made during His powerful three-year ministry while on earth. Jesus is an immortal, God in the flesh, and the Word Incarnate. Also, Jesus is the Son of God the Father. The Lord was endowed with pure infinite grace and was also full of power and the Holy Spirit. Thus, what He accomplished in human flesh was beyond anything any mere mortal could do. Yes, as heirs of Christ, we have God's Spirit in us and can do many miracles Jesus did, such as healing, raising the dead, and giving anointed preaching. But Jesus was Love in the flesh. He was sinless, holy, and set apart for the most incredible destiny any person could ever have.

In fact, the Old Testament in the Bible is full of prophecies about Jesus. In addition, Jesus made appearances to some people in the Old Testament. One such occasion was when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were thrown into a fiery furnace because they refused to bow down and worship the gods of King Nebuchadnezzar.

However, the teens did not burn, and Jesus appeared with them in the fire. The king said, Look I see four men untied, walking around in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt! And the appearance of the fourth is like ‘a son of the gods!' (Daniel 3:25). Jesus was the fourth man in the fire. After that, the king said that all the people should worship the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. The devotion to God those young men had was amazing. They would rather burn in a fire than worship a false god. God rewarded them by sending His Son, Jesus, to protect them in the midst of the fire.

There is a lot to learn from the life of Jesus. We can try to be like Him by making some of the decisions He made in relationships with others. However, we cannot be Him as He was God, all-powerful and full of pure love. Anything we do accomplish that is good and noble, we can do because of God's grace.

Learn from the life of Jesus as you read this book. This book is but a shadow of His extraordinary life while on earth and the decisions He made in relationships. We can learn so much from how Jesus treated others. Even the four gospels about the life of Jesus are not comprehensive. At the end of the gospel of John, it says Jesus did so many other things that if they were recorded, the world could not contain all the books that would be written.

Jesus is a gift from God. We are so blessed that He left heaven to live on earth among people and took residence in a human body. The world is a much better place because Jesus came to live on earth.

People who doubt the Bible as God's Word will say to me, How do you know what the Bible says is true? You weren't there!

I have the perfect response. No, I was not there, but the people who wrote the Bible were there. And they were inspired by the Holy Spirit; thus, God wrote the Bible by telling His people what to write from their experiences.

The Relationship with Family and Neighbors

There are many prophecies in the Old Testament about Jesus being born and what He would do after He started His ministry. Jesus was going to be the greatest king on earth ever and forever.

For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given; And the government shall be upon His shoulder, And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace, [He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From that time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this. (Isaiah 9:6–7)

John the Baptist was a cousin of Jesus, who was appointed before his birth to be named John and given the special purpose to announce to everyone to get ready because the Lord was coming.

John was not an ordinary person. He wore clothing made of camel's hair and had a wide leather band around his waist, and he ate locust and wild honey (Mark 1:6). John the Baptist had a special mission: to point Jesus out to the Jews in Galilee. The prophet Isaiah prophesied regarding John the Baptist:

Behold, I send My messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way—a voice of one shouting in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight! (Isaiah 40:3)

Thus, there were prophecies about Jesus and some about His cousin John before they both had their supernatural births.

The angel Gabriel revealed to Zacharias that Elizabeth, his wife, would bear a great son to be named John. Zacharias, a priest, was burning incense at the altar in the temple when the angel approached him with the news. Elizabeth was barren and old, so he doubted the angel Gabriel's words. Thus, Gabriel told him he would be silent until the day when Elizabeth gave birth to his son.

The people [outside in the court] were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering about his long delay in the temple. But when he did come out, he was unable to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained mute. (Luke 1:21–22)

(Months later, when Elizabeth gave birth to their son, John, Zacharias could speak again.)

The angel Gabriel also appeared to Mary (Elizabeth's relative) and told her she had found favor with God and that Jesus's birth would be conceived by the Holy Spirit inside her. He would be called the Son of God. Gabriel also said that her Son's kingdom would have no end. Mary was told His name was to be Jesus. Mary said to Gabriel,

Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word. (Luke 1:38)

Mary's humble submission made possible God's plan of Jesus being born to a virgin. Mary knew she would be misunderstood her whole life on earth by some of her family and neighbors because she became pregnant before her marriage to Joseph. But she was obedient no matter what the cost because she knew she was blessed among all women to be pregnant with the Child of the Most High. However, God also foreknew Mary was going to say yes, or else, He would not have chosen her in the first