Jesus who is God is perfect and without sin. “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV). Jesus has a perfect love for us even to the point that He died on the cross for our sin. The Good News is Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. God is three persons in one. The Holy Spirit was left with us to comfort us and help us. God has great compassion on us and loves us dearly.  1 John 4:19, “We love because he first loved us.” Jesus came to bridge the gap between God and man and that is exactly what He did! Jesus is the only way to Heaven, He is the creator and maker of everything. Jesus is also eternal. Micah 5:2 tells us that Jesus, “…origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Praise God that Jesus gave Himself for our sin. Amen

James 2:20 teaches us that, “faith without works is dead”. The passage is warning against those who say they believe in Jesus but have no spiritual transformation in their life. We are not saved by works but good works are the results of our born-again faith in Christ. In the Old Testament before Jesus, Abraham was obedient to God and saved by it. When Jesus was on earth He followed God 100% not just faith. The Lord kept God’s laws and fulfilled what the scriptures promised. When we sin we are forgiven because of Christ’s perfect sacrifice. Paul in Romans 6:1 warns, “…Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”. We should all be aware of our sins and do our best not to fall short but when we do pick our feet back up and stay the course following God. Jesus is the God of good and does no evil. When we do good things we should do them for God’s glory not our own. It’s important to know that God is good and to keep Jesus as our source for salvation and not our own deeds. God desires for everyone to be saved knowing that tomorrow Jesus might come back. God is inviting everyone to repent so that when they die they can go to Heaven. Praise God for His grace and mercy. Amen

1 John 4:10 says, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” The truth is God loved us even before we were born. Jesus died on the cross for our past, present and future sins. It did not end with Jesus dying on the cross, on the third day He overcame the grave and rose from the dead. After 40 days on earth after His resurrection He ascended into Heaven. God does promise that Jesus will come again to earth for a final victory over sin and death. Christ will make a New Heaven and a New Earth where there is no sin. The Holy Spirit dwells in the hearts of all Christians. Praise God for His love, grace and promise of a perfect Heaven and Earth. Amen

Romans 11:29 says, “For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.” The gifts of God are the work that Christ provided for humanity. The gifts are righteousness, salvation, and eternal life. When God calls us to preach or something He does not change His mind. Even when we are often sinning God will still use us to build up His Kingdom or do His works. Let’s look at another translation, Romans 11:29 AMP says, “For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable [for He does not withdraw what He has given, nor does He change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call].” Salvation is a free gift of God that we can’t lose and His plan for us never changes. Even when we are stuck in sin God is still calling us to come back to Him. Even if a person is not faithful to the call of God in his or her life, the call is still there, anyways. God doesn’t revoke the call He has on us. We should obey God and the call He has for us. “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.” ~ 1 Corinthians 7:20. The gifts of God are the gifts of salvation, righteousness, and eternal life. Even though many of the Jews did not believe God, He is showing mercy and has turned to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles. “For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. ~ Romans 11:31-32” Due to their sin and falling from God He turned from Israel and sought out the Non-Jews to preach the Gospel. God will not repent for having called the Jews as a nation and offering them Salvation. God has been merciful and called the Gentiles grafting them into the family of God. Praise God for His love, grace and mercy. Amen

1 Corinthians 15:19 says, “If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.” This verse teaches us that if we only have hope in Christ for a few short years we fall short. There is no purpose for a Christianity where Christ was not raised from the dead. People that do not believe in the resurrection have a bleak picture of things. The Gospel is true and we should live the Gospel. Those who believe the Gospel are forgiven for their sins and invited into Heaven after this life. Some of the people at the time of this passage may have believed in the destruction of both the body and spirit after death as it was common in that culture to cling to. The benefits of Christ are not limited to this life but the promise of a life with Christ after death. Paul here rejects that an experience where Christ benefits us only in our life would be a waste of time.

Jesus can sympathize with our struggles. Hebrews 4:15 tells us, “…was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”. Jesus came in the form of God to earth (Philippians 2:6). Jesus was and is equal to God, He is God. Jesus humbled Himself and was obedient to the will of the Father. When we accept Christ we are reborn and have a new life in Him, Romains 6:4, “…we also should walk in newness of life.”. Praise God for His ability to understand our struggles and help us through them. Amen

Romans 6:8 says, “God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” That teaches us that we should have a new birth in Christ. Being dead to sin is when God makes us re-born as a new person in Christ Jesus. God loves us and wants us to have a good life and desires for everyone to be saved. We are saved because of what Christ did for us, not because of our works. Romans 3:20 says, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Praise God for salvation through His amazing grace. Amen

We need to keep our minds on Heavenly things for Romans  8:6 says, “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”  We should do our best to follow God and not be influenced by our sinful nature.  Our minds can be weak and sinful but God has great plans for us so we should not follow our sinful flesh but obey the Holy Spirit.  In Jeremiah 29:11 God declares that He knows the plans he has for us, God says that He plans to prosper us.  Which means that God plans for us to do well and make the most out of our lives.  Oftentimes we are hindered from God by our sin.  Sin separates us from God but it is Jesus Christ that connects us to the grace of God.  God has promised that he will supply all of our needs according to His riches as stated in Philippines 4:9, “God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”  This means that whatever we ask in faith we will receive.  Does this mean that if we ask for a new car we will receive it?  No, not necessarily. God expects us to use wise judgement in our asking.  God wants us to lift up our needs to Him in prayer and not necessary materialistic needs but needs of the heart.  God desires to have a personal relationship with each and everyone of us. God has offered to give us what we need to maintain that relationship with Him.  For instance if God asks us to preach God will help by giving us the skills to preach, if God asks us to be a missionary He will help by supplying us with our needs if we go to Him in prayer.   We should do all things giving thanks to the Lord Jesus and giving Him the glory and believing His promises.  Romans 4:21 says, “what he had promised, he was also able to perform.”  So this means that God will stick to His promises meaning that He will never act outside of His character.  Jesus will always stick to His word and keep His promises.  God is always faithful even when we are not God remains faithful according to 2 Timothy 2:13, “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”  Seeing that God remains faithful even when we are not is ultimate proof of the love of God.  No matter how we behave we are still God’s children and He loves us very much and cares deeply about each and every one of us, He is a good God and desires the best for us in our lives. Praise God. Amen

Phillipans 2:6 tells us, Jesus came to the earth in the very “form of God”.  Although Jesus was and is God we learn that He surrendered some of His power so that He could suffer death. He died on the cross so that we could have Eternal Life. Jesus even took the title of God for Himself John 8:58, He is the “…I Am” Christ is the “I Am” of Exodus 3:14.  

Yahweh means: “I Am who I Am.” God told Moses His name during the burning bush encounter when God commissioned Moses to free Israel from Egyptian bondage encounter (Exodus 3:13-15). God’s Name, the “I Am”, gives a sense of the true and eternal nature of God (Revelation 1:8). 

Three absolute and eternal persons belong to this Godhead called Yahweh: (1) the Father, (2) the Son, Jesus Christ, and (3) the Holy Spirit. These three persons are one (1 John 5:7) united in unity of power and purpose forming the Trinity. Yahweh is one God made up of three persons yet one Eternal God by whom all things existed and the Father, Son, Holy Spirit through whom all was created. (John 1:3).

Matthew 6:34 says, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”. That is urging us to trust in God and that He will provide for us. God already has tomorrow planned. He is the God of the past, present and future. We should focus on the present moment while we can have some preparation for tomorrow. It is good to focus on getting through each day. God loves us and is our great provider. Jesus even tells us that God provides for “…the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:”. Since God does that we should know that He will much more provide for people which were created in the image of God. Matthew 6:34 is a sentiment, and the perfect verse to pray over when we’re worried about what tomorrow will bring. Praise God for yesterday, today and tomorrow. We also know that Jesus according to Hebrews 13:8 tells us: “Jesus Christ is exactly the same in the past, in the present, and in the future.” Amen