Wednesday, December 30, 2015
God is in Control
Are you facing some trial right now? Something that is overwhelming you?
I declare to you the very heart of biblical Christianity, that the God
whom you know in Jesus Christ sits upon the throne of the universe and
all power, all authority in heaven and earth belongs to him, is
controlled by him and is subject to him. The world has not gone mad it’s
gone very sinful. But God is in control. The government does not rest
upon Satan’s shoulders, it does not rest on some political
leaders in Washington, or London, or Moscow or Beijing or the Middle
East, the government of this world rests firmly on the shoulders of
Jesus Christ so “WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?” This
question applies to Christians today as much as it did to those disciple
that were in the boat with Jesus. I listen to Christians who have have
listened so much to the news media that they do not remember that Jesus
is in the boat with them. Christians have no need to live in fear about
what is happening to this country or any other country because Our God
is in control of every nation.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Hallelujah, I’m ready to go - Bob Dylan
I’m ready [hallelujah] Hallelujah [I’m ready] I can hear the voices singin’ soft and low
Hallelujah [I’m ready] I’m ready [hallelujah] Hallelujah, I’m ready to go.
Dark was the night
Not a star was in sight
On the highway headin’ down below
I let my Saviour in
And He saved my soul from sin
Hallelujah [I’m ready] I’m ready [hallelujah] I can hear the voices singin’ soft and low
I’m ready [hallelujah] Hallelujah [I’m ready] Hallelujah, I’m ready to go.
Sinner don’t wait
Before it’s too late
He’s a wonderful Saviour to know.
I fell on my knees
He answered my pleas
Hallelujah, I’m ready to go.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The Safety Of God being For Us
Paul is not saying that God is on our side in the middle of our
struggles but that God is “FOR US” and that has nothing to do with
something in us (our merit) or something we do (our works), it is his
attitude to all who are in Christ, all who are his children. Our hearts
are weak and we are prone to legalism and unbelief and at times we have a
hard time receiving the words, “God is for us”. God is for us; we have
failed but He is for us. We are ignorant but He is for us. We are
struggling but He is for us, we are doubting but He is for us. We are
weak but He is for us. We are not as fruitful as we should be but He is
for us.
Some Christians wonder if they can put themselves outside of God’s grace by committing some terrible sin that will nullify God’s redemptive work in them. Tragically some churches teach that this is possible. But if we by our own power or effort were not able to save ourselves or to free ourselves from sin or to make ourselves God’s children, how could it be that by our own power and work we could nullify the work of grace that God himself accomplished in us? Let your heart and mind surrender to the fact that God is eternally for those who believe and he has eternally committed himself to you - without conditions and without requirements. Your life does not affect the fact that God is for you. “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE: I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME. I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH; NO ONE CAN SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND” (John 10:27-28).
Some Christians wonder if they can put themselves outside of God’s grace by committing some terrible sin that will nullify God’s redemptive work in them. Tragically some churches teach that this is possible. But if we by our own power or effort were not able to save ourselves or to free ourselves from sin or to make ourselves God’s children, how could it be that by our own power and work we could nullify the work of grace that God himself accomplished in us? Let your heart and mind surrender to the fact that God is eternally for those who believe and he has eternally committed himself to you - without conditions and without requirements. Your life does not affect the fact that God is for you. “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE: I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME. I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH; NO ONE CAN SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND” (John 10:27-28).
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
What does it mean that God is “FOR US”?
What does it mean that God is “FOR US”?
The goal of grace is to create a love relationship between God and us who believe the kind of relationship we were first made for.
The revelation of the New Testament is that God is our heavenly Father, we are His children and He is “FOR US”. We could say that how well a person understands Christianity is related to how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If God being your Father doesn’t motivate, and control your worship and prayers and your whole outlook on life. You don’t understand Christianity very well.
God being for me has nothing to do with my ability, my performance, or my obedience. Once you set qualifications for God being for you, you have left grace and have put yourself back under the law. If you don't know or believe that God is for you because of what God decided about you in eternity past and then sent his own son to become a man and take your place, pay for your sins on the cross and rise from the dead to secure your justification and secure your place in the Father's family. Then you don't really know the God of the bible and you will live in fear and insecurity. I get up every day thanking God that he is for me!
The goal of grace is to create a love relationship between God and us who believe the kind of relationship we were first made for.
The revelation of the New Testament is that God is our heavenly Father, we are His children and He is “FOR US”. We could say that how well a person understands Christianity is related to how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If God being your Father doesn’t motivate, and control your worship and prayers and your whole outlook on life. You don’t understand Christianity very well.
God being for me has nothing to do with my ability, my performance, or my obedience. Once you set qualifications for God being for you, you have left grace and have put yourself back under the law. If you don't know or believe that God is for you because of what God decided about you in eternity past and then sent his own son to become a man and take your place, pay for your sins on the cross and rise from the dead to secure your justification and secure your place in the Father's family. Then you don't really know the God of the bible and you will live in fear and insecurity. I get up every day thanking God that he is for me!
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
The Cross Our Only Hope.
If Christ had not come there would be no forgiveness for sin or victory
over sin. “WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS” (Heb.9:22
NASB). The Bible says that He came to seek and save the lost. He saved
us from the guilt of sin. The only thing that can take away the burden
of guilt is the blood of Jesus. “SO, BY VIRTUE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
YOU AND I, MY BROTHERS, MAY NOW HAVE CONFIDENCE TO ENTER THE HOLY OF
HOLIES BY A FRESH AND LIVING WAY” (Heb.10:19 J.B. Phillips). Man has
always tried to provide his own atonement but only Christ can wipe the
slate clean and blot out the writing which is written against them. Only
He can remove the heavy burden of guilt that causes so many people to
live under a gray cloud. Only Christ can forgive sin and give victory
over sin. The cross is our hope.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
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