Archive for October, 2023

Cleansed Before God

The Bible teaches that God will not hold our sins against us if we accept Jesus. Hebrews 8:12 says, “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”” That means there is no longer a record of our sins. When Jesus died on the cross He covered all our sins by His blood. He’s both forgiven our sins and forgotten them. That is great news that nothing will separate us from God’s love. Jesus overcame the powers of darkness. Christ stands before God on our behalf interceding for us. Satan tries to bring up our past sins but God is the defense against falsehood. The charges Satan brings against us are null and void before God. Our sins were placed under Christ’s precious blood, and we are cleansed before God. Praise God for his amazing love. Amen

Warrior of God

Paul often encouraged the churches and believers. During tough times he trusted in Jesus. Philippians 1:29 says, “For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;” Paul rejoiced much in his sufferings and when things continued to challenge his faith. He prepared a harvest for the Lord. There was nothing that stopped Paul’s obedience to God. When Paul was in jail he wrote many letters encouraging believers. Paul was a true warrior for God who helped bring the message of God’s grace to the gentiles. 1 Timothy 2:4 says, “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” That teaches us that Jesus doesn’t want even one person to go to hell. God’s desire is that everyone be saved. Praise God for His love and grace. Amen

Love For All

When Jesus came to earth He offered a radical message to love our enemies and pray for them. This was at odds with the Jews eye for an eye from the Torah. Jesus came to earth and preached a message of love. Matthew 5:44 says, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” It’s a fine balance that should be maintained we should love our enemies and pray for them. However, sometimes we may need to separate ourselves from them if it causes us to stumble. It’s good to pray for our enemies and that God will transform them. When we pray for others it helps transform us to be more like Christ. Praise God for His love and mercy. Amen

Savior

The Bible teaches that Jesus is the savior of all people that receive Him so that they will have eternal life. “He has a general good-will to the eternal salvation of all men thus far that He is not willing that any should perish… He desires not the death of sinners; He is thus the Saviour of all men” (Matthew Henry).” 1 Timothy 4:10 says, “For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.” Praise God that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. God came not for good people as no person is without sin but He came to atone for sinners on the cross. It’s great to know that God came, walked this earth, died and rose from the dead. Amen

Always Existed

“John:1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.John:1:2: The same was in the beginning with God.”

The Bible teaches that Jesus always existed. It was through Jesus everything on Heaven and earth was created. Jesus is God and came in the flesh as both man and God. Jesus is the Word talked about in John. Jesus died on the cross to take away our sins. “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29).” It is through Jesus we are forgiven. The Good News is Jesus rose from the dead and is alive in Heaven today. When Jesus left earth He sent His Holy Spirit to dwell in all those that receive Him. John 1:12 says, “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.” We are children of God and He loves us. Amen

The Path

God loves us and desires to help us along the path we call life. God has a plan for us (Jeremiah 29:11). We sometimes seek meaning in relationships, sports, hobbies but life’s true meaning is to know Jesus Christ. Just as God led the churches in the old days He desires to lead his people and churches now. God has promised that He will always stand by our side, “Never leave us or forsake us”. When times get hard God is still with us in our suffering. Christ knows what suffering is like and can relate to our hard times. Jesus suffered greatly on earth so that we could be blessed with the gift of eternal life. Jesus was 100% obedient to God even to the point of dying on a cross for our sins. Praise God for His plans for us, amazing grace, and love. Amen

Baptism

“We have been buried with Christ by baptism into death” (Rom. 6:4). “…having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. Colossians 2:12”. Baptism with water is an outward expression of our faith in Christ. In the books of Acts there was a fire baptism. When we accept Jesus we are baptised with the Holy Spirit in us. The Holy Spirit which manifests in such a way so as to literally “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). When we accept Jesus we are raised with Christ which refers to the work of God moving in our lives. We are then given a new heart that seeks after God. Salvation frees us from the burden of the law. While as Christian’s God desires us to follow Him with all our heart He knows we can’t be perfect. Since we all sin, that is where Jesus comes in His grace makes us worthy before God to receive eternal life in Heaven after we die. Praise God for His grace. Amen.

His Grace

We should love the Lord 100% with every fiber of our being. Jesus said, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:30” We love God because He loved us first. Jesus loves us so much that even though we were still sinning He died on our behalf. The Good News is that Christ Jesus died for sinners and rose on the third day. Just as Jesus went with the Father into Heaven through His grace we have the promise of Eternal Life for all those that accept Christ. Praise God for His love, grace and mercy. Amen

Wait On Him

We should trust in God, have faith and wait on Him. Proverbs 5:6 says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;” When we trust in Jesus He will guide us down the right path and open doors in our life. God’s power is beyond our understanding or anything natural it is supernatural. We are weak without Christ and struggle but through Him we can do all things. We should continually give our lives to the Lord. Jesus loves us greatly and desires to bless us. Christ is full of compassion and quick to forgive us. 1 John 4:4 it says greater is He meaning God in us then anyone that is in the World. According to Philippians 4:19 our God is a loving God and according to His faithfulness He will provide for your needs. Praise God for His love, mercy, provision and forgiveness. Amen

By Faith

2 Corinthians 5:7 says “(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)” What does that mean? It is not telling us that we believe without evidence even though Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”.To walk by faith means to see things from an eternal perspective. We should focus our hearts on God. Paul goes on to say, “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Cor. 4:18, NIV). “Walk by faith, not by sight” means, even though you might not be able to see where you’re going, you keep pressing forward! God loves us and desires for us to all walk in faith. Amen