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Are We Listening?

“And Noah did according unto all the Lord commanded him” (Genesis 7:5).

Noah heard from God and heeded His warning regarding the judgment that was to come. The Lord told Noah that the world was full of violence and that He was about to destroy all those that lived upon the Earth. The Lord would bring this about by way of a flood of waters upon the Earth. Noah found favor with the Lord and was told by God to build an ark. Noah and his family were the only ones to escape the judgment. Noah was saved by faith. The ark was a type of the safety we find in Christ. The Bible tells us that “Noah walked with God.” His faith was in the promised coming seed – the Lord Jesus Christ

The ark would be Noah’s place of deliverance and safety from the flood waters that would come and destroy all those that were alive at the time. The ark was a type of Christ our Deliverer and who is our place of safety. Those living at the time of Noah watched him build the ark and heard Noah’s warnings concerning the coming judgment. Not one of those living at the time heeded his warning. None of those living at time made the decision to walk with God. They rejected God and continued to live rebellious lives until the flood took them all away.

Noah speaks today by his example. The Lord destroyed the world by water in Noah’s time. He has told us in His Word that there is coming a final judgment on this world. Our world will be destroyed by fire. He calls out to this rebellious world once again with a warning of impending judgment. There is one place of safety and that is by faith in the One He sent to redeem and deliver us from the coming judgment. The ark of safety is there for all those that will repent of their sins and rebellion and come to the Lord’s ark of safety. There is no other way. We are either in the care and safety of the Lord or we are lost and headed for destruction.

We are in the last days and the Lord’s coming is very near. He will come for His church (the Rapture) prior to the time of judgment (the Great Tribulation) that will come on this world. Today is the day of Salvation. Everything seemed to be normal just prior to Noah and his family getting into the ark. But the day came when the door of the ark closed and judgment came on all those that were alive at the time. We are blessed with the time the Lord has given us. We are to live out our lives by faith in the Lord’s sacrificial death at Calvary. He was the Promised Seed that was to come. Noah’s faith was in the coming Savior and Noah speaks to us today. He has shown us the way. Have we heeded his warning? We must get into the ark of safety, or perish.

“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the Righteousness which is by faith” (Hebrews 11:7).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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The Christ Plus Gospel

“Beware of Dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision” (Philippians 3:2).

The Apostle Paul is warning the church at Philippi to guard against the teachings of the Judaizers. His reference to them as “dogs” was an insult of the highest order. Paul saw them as an existential threat to the church of his day. The Judaizers professed faith in Christ, but insisted that the Law be kept as well. Paul’s Gospel was one of Grace with the Law excluded. 

These were evil workers that sought to rob the church of the liberty that Christ provided through His sacrificial death at Calvary. They did not acknowledge the fact that faith in the Cross alone was what was required for our Salvation. They believed that the Law must be kept along with faith in Christ. Paul knew that if the Judaizers had their way, the church would lose its way and the Gospel he fought so hard to have established in the churches would be perverted. The Judaizers taught that works must be added to faith in Christ for right standing with God.

Paul warned about these “evil workers” by referencing to them as the “concision.” He was talking about their teaching that circumcision was necessary for Salvation. They insisted that the Law of Moses including dietary rules and rituals must be adhered to. It was a Christ plus approach to Salvation which Paul addressed in Galatians with the following strong condemnation of this false way.

“But, though we, or an Angel from Heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:8).

There is nothing more dangerous than the preaching of a false gospel. We are saved by Grace alone and works of the Law have no part in the Gospel. It was a Law gospel the Judaizers were peddling and it was totally in opposition to the true Gospel of Grace. Paul knew that souls were at stake here. He knew that if those in the church accepted this false Gospel it would bankrupt their faith.

The church today must also watch out for false doctrine brought into the church by false teachers. Everything we hear must be measured by the Word of God. Anything that would add to the Gospel of Grace must be rejected. Our faith is most precious to us. By it we are saved, sanctified, and by it we are made partakers of the Divine Nature. We must fight the good fight of (the) faith in the Salvation plan that the Lord has provided. Again, it is faith in Christ and Him crucified alone.

Any deviation from the true Gospel will cost the person their soul. The Father sent His Son to die on the Cross so that our sins would be forgiven and we would spend eternity with Him. He only requires that we place our faith in His Son’s sacrificial death to be saved. That’s it, we are not to add anything to faith in Christ crucified. Could we ever believe that our works are required by God for Salvation or Sanctification? When we read in the Gospels of all the Lord suffered (scourging and beating, the crown of thorns, the humiliation, and the crucifixion) for us, can we ever say it wasn’t enough – that we need to add to it. I think not. Our Salvation was “finished” at the Cross. We are complete in Him.

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law: for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified”  (Galatians 2:16).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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The Pearl of Great Price

“Again the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a treasure hid in a field; the which when a man has found, he hides it, for joy thereof goes and sells all he has, and buys that field” (Matthew 13:44).

Our introductory verse is The Parable of the Hidden Treasure, one of the many Christ used to illustrate a spiritual truth. In this Parable, the Kingdom of Heaven is likened to God’s rule over those that willing submit to His way. The treasure is Christ through the New Covenant, with the field representing the world. So, God rules over the whole world and He offers the Kingdom of Heaven to all that pass through this world. It results in an eternity in His presence with all the blessings that that entails. Entry into the Kingdom is by faith in the One He sent to pay the price for our sins and open the way. That way is Christ, and Christ alone. Christ is of more value than anything we might have. 

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it” (Matthew 13:45).

This is The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. The Pearl in this parable represents Christ. A natural pearl cannot be improved on just as the Salvation the Lord has provided through Christ cannot be improved on, or added to. The man in this parable seems to be a man of some wealth and sells all he has to gain this Pearl of Great Price. We too must forsake all to gain Christ. This parable illustrates that knowing the Lord is of surpassing and ultimate value over anything else. Gaining the “Pearl of Great Price” means forsaking all else and coming in surrender to the love that led Christ to the Cross. His sacrificial death at Calvary was a finished work that cannot be added to. We come by faith in Christ crucified alone forsaking any and all trust in ourselves or anything the world has to offer.

“In Whom (Christ) are hid all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge” (Colossians 2:3).

All we have need of in our lives can be found in Christ. We are complete in Him. He is the treasure we have been searching for. We have forgiveness of sin and peace with God. We also have the peace of  God which gives us peace within as we walk out our lives. The Bible says to “walk you in Him” (Colossians 2:6). We are complete in Him. Once we find this treasure, we will sell all to gain it. The Lord died on a cruel Cross to provide forgiveness and “Newness of Life” for us. When we have found this treasure we realize it is what we have been seeking all of our lives. Jesus paid the sin debt we owed and fulfilled the Law completely. We need only come to rest in His finished work. His work is complete and the treasure we seek is there for us. We need only believe and trust.

“…He (Jesus) said, It is finished (the sin debt has been paid and the Law fulfilled)” (John 19:30b cocommentary ESB).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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The Spirit Is Life

“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of Righteousness” (Romans 8:10).

If we are born again, Christ lives in us by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Our body is dead due to the sin nature and we are unable to live out this Christian life by will power. Dead is dead. When we come to this total realization, we are free from our own efforts and can realize the liberty that comes by walking in the Spirit. We walk in this by placing our faith in what Christ accomplished at the Cross which frees the Holy Spirit to work in our lives giving us the power to walk in victory. This all comes from God to us as a free gift – the gift of imputed Righteousness. Paul explains it further in the next verse.

But if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Christ from the dead dwell in you, He who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit Who dwells in you” (Romans 8:11).

The power that raised up Christ from the dead is the same power that dwells in us. It is His Spirit (the Holy Spirit) that quickens our bodies with power to live out our lives. Due to what Christ accomplished on the Cross, the Holy Spirit comes and indwells all Believers. His working in our lives bringing us the victory over the sin that we seek. This victory is dependent on our faith being anchored in Christ’s sacrificial death on the Cross at Calvary.

“Therefore, Brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you will die (you will not be able to live a victorious Christian life): but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live” (Romans 8:12,13 commentary ESB).

We owe Christ everything for the victory we can walk in that He made possible through His sacrificial death at Calvary. We are debtors to the Lord for the Mercy and the Grace He provides us. We owe nothing to the flesh. The Lord’s way is the way of the Cross and faith in what took place there. We are not to “live after the flesh.” This speaks of faith in our own ability. The Lord will never accept this and it can only bring defeat. We are debtors to God having been bought with a price. That price was the death of God’s Son on the Cross that we might have relationship with the Lord. The flesh counts for nothing.

As mentioned, living after the flesh is relying on our own abilities to gain victory. The Apostle Paul is stressing the fact that there is no victory there. God’s prescribed order, faith in Christ crucified, is the only way to overcome the sin in our lives and to walk in the “life” it brings to us when we go the Lord’s way. In summary, the Holy Spirit works exclusively through the finished work of Christ to change us by the Spirit’s indwelling presence and power. If Christ be in us; He promises us everything we need to walk out this Christian life.

“According as His Divine Power (the Holy Spirit) has given unto us all things that pertain to life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who has called us to Glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:3).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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His Mercies Are New Every Morning

But God, Who is rich in Mercy, for His great love for us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by Grace you are saved) (Ephesians 2:4,5).

The Mercy of God was there for all to see at the Cross. The Father loved us and sent His Son to die on the Cross to rescue us from our fallen nature. We were on our way to Hell, but Mercy said no. We could not lift ourselves out of the sin nature that we were all born into. We were helpless and we were enemies of God. His love for us shown forth through the Cross in a hand extended to us in Mercy. We were captives of Satan, the “god of this world,” and dead in our sins. The Lord, however, did not leave us in our lost state – His Mercy said no and reaching down saved us through the sacrificial death of His Son.

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed”  (Isaiah 53:5).

The Lord suffered at Calvary for us. Our sin put Him on the Cross. His suffering brought about the redemption of all those that realize just how much He has done for us in His atoning death. His death on the Cross was a display of God’s Mercy towards a wayward world. His death brought healing both physically, and most importantly, spiritually. Upon placing our faith in His great work at Calvary we are healed of the terrible scourge of sin and released from the prison of our fallen nature.

As our introductory verse tells us, we were dead in sins, but the Lord has quickened us together with Christ. Through faith in Christ’s death and Resurrection we are give Grace, unmerited favor, and we now walk in it by placing our faith in Christ and Him crucified, daily. We were spiritually baptized into His death, buried with Him by baptism into death, and raised up with Him to walk in “Newness of Life.” His Mercy in our lives resulted in our being born spiritually and becoming the children of God.

The Bible tells us that the Lord’s Mercy will never end. His love for us will be there for us all our days as we walk out this life. We can count on the Lord and His Grace to see us through. In this life we will experience troubles, but the Lord has told us that He will be with us and see us through. His love for us and His unending Mercy in our lives open the door to all the goodness of the Lord. When we look back on our lives prior to coming to the Lord, we see just how much He has done for us and realize just how helpless we were in our unsaved state. We were headed for an eternity away from the presence of the Lord, but the Lord reached down and His Mercy said no. We are in need of His Mercy towards us every day,  In our closing verse, He assures us that His Mercies are new every morning – Great is His faithfulness!

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His Mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22,23).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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A Revelation of the Heart of God

There are 7 Redemptive Names of Christ. They all come from the Old Testament and all point to the Coming of Christ and His redemptive work in our lives. We can see a revelation of the heart of God towards us in these names. Jesus is the Jehovah of the Old Testament and the Bible from beginning to the end points us to Christ.

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH – The Lord is there (present) (Ezekiel 48:35). This name was a sign of hope for the Jews and the promise that the Lord would dwell with His people. Jesus, Emmanuel (God with us), was the ultimate fulfillment of this. He was there for us in the giving of His life for us on the Cross, and He is with us today through the Blood and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

JEHOVAH-SHALOM – The Lord is (our) peace (Judges 6:24). Gideon prayed this when faced with attacks from the the Midianites and felt weak, afraid, and feared death. The Lord appeared to him and told him not fear, that he would not die. Jesus is our peace – our “Prince of Peace.” He came to restore our relationship with God which brings us peace with God and the peace of God.

JEHOVAH-RA-AH – The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23:1). David wrote this Psalm knowing that, like sheep, we are completely dependant on  the Lord’s care for all our needs. The name also speaks of an intimacy of care extended. Jesus, of course, referred to Himself as the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep (John 10:11).

JEHOVAH-JIREH – The Lord will provide (Genesis 22:14). Abraham called the name of the place where he was to offer up Isaac as a sacrifice Jehovah-Jireh when the Lord stopped him and provided a ram to sacrifice. Of course, this points forward to the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). The Lord has provided, and we are grateful.

JEHOVAH-NISSI – The Lord is my Banner (Victor) (Exodus 17:15). Moses built an altar and called it Jehovah-nissi after the victory over the Amalekites. Moses was acknowledging that the battle was the Lord’s. Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit (Zachariah 4:6).  We acknowledge this by placing our faith in Christ and Him crucified who is our “Banner,” our Victor. Our victory is assured by faith in His great work at the Cross and by the power of the Holy Spirit.

JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU – The Lord our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6). Jeremiah wrote this as a prophecy pointing ahead to the Messiah who would come. A promise that was fulfilled in the coming of Christ whose death on the Cross paid the price for our sins and opened the door for fellowship with the Lord through an imputed Righteousness. Personal righteousness cannot be earned, for the Lord is the source of Righteousness and right standing with God.

JEHOVAH-RAPHA- The Lord Who heals (Exodus 15:26). The Lord told the Israelites this through Moses when they had come out of Egypt. They were in the wilderness, and faced undrinkable water at Marah. The Lord is our source for healing; physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. His greatest work of healing was when He died on the Cross to heal us from our sin.

These 7 redemptive names of God pointed ahead to Christ and all that He accomplished for us in the Salvation He provided for us through His sacrificial death at Calvary. We have redemption through the Precious Blood of Jesus which allows the Holy Spirit to come and indwell all believers. He watches over us through all that His Names reveal. We can count on Him to provide all He has promised. He never changes.

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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A Work of God in Our Lives

Just as we need to turn on a light in a darkened room to see, we need the light that comes from being born spiritually to be able to see, and understand, the ways of God, Jesus called this being “born again.” We are dead spiritually in our natural life and cannot have a relationship with our creator without the light of the Spirit being lit in our lives. Jesus addressed this New birth in Chapter 3 of the Gospel of John while speaking with Nicodemus.

Jesus answered and said unto him (Nicodemus), Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a man be born again, he cannot see (understand) the Kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

We cannot understand, or grasp, the Kingdom of God without being born again. It is the spiritual process of turn on the light. We live in darkness before this spiritual birth takes place. We cannot see. Once we are born again the light goes on, and we can see both why it was necessary, and understand the ways of God. We cannot understand these things by our intellect. We can be religious, but we are in a lost state and unable to “see (understand) the Kingdom of God.” The light of the spiritual birth brings “life” to us. Jesus is the True Light that has come into the world. In Him, and only Him, is the Life that the spiritual birth gives us and it brings light to our souls.

“In Him was Life; and the Life was the light of men” (John 1:4).

When we have been born again and God’s Life is our light then we must have a power source to live out this life. That power source is the Holy Spirit Who comes to live within us when we are born again. The Holy Spirit will teach us all things and gives us victory over the sin nature. The Holy Spirit will glorify Christ by lifting up Jesus and what He accomplished at the Cross to save us from our fallen nature. Jesus said the following to His Disciples about the Holy Spirit just before His death.

“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you in all Truth… He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you” (John 16:13a, & 14).

The light comes into our lives when we place our faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. His death on the Cross paid the sin debt owed for all those that will come to Him in repentance and faith. This is the born again experience. The light we so need in our lives comes to us by faith in the Salvation plan that God has graciously provided. Having now been given light and life by the born again experience, we are to walk this life out in the power of the Holy Spirit. Just as the light of the Gospel comes to us by faith in Christ crucified, the power of the Holy Spirit comes to us in the same manner. Light and power come by faith. We cannot save ourselves and we cannot Sanctify ourselves. It is a work of God in our lives.

” I (Jesus) am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:46).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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And It Could Be Today

“In My Father’s House are many mansions: if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also”  (John 14:2,3).

The Lord made this promise to His Disciples, and to us, just prior to His crucifixion. He wanted us to know that He was going to prepare a place in Heaven for us, and that He would return for us. His return for His church is what we refer to as the Rapture. It’s been almost 2000 years since He made this promise and His church awaits His soon return. Prophetically, there is nothing that must happen prior to this great event. It could happen at any moment. The last days began at the time of the church age and we are now in the last of the last days.

The Lord loves us and wanted us to know what His plan for us was prior to His leaving. He has great things planned for those that love Him and we wait with great anticipation for His return. The Rapture of the church will signal the end of the church age. The focus then will be on the Salvation of Israel which will come about at the end of what will be the darkest days this world has ever known: it’s called the Great Tribulation. The Lord will bring judgment on a rebellious world and all of Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26).

With all this in mind, we must make sure that we are among the beloved- that we know the Lord and have been saved by faith in His sacrificial death at Calvary. As mentioned, the Lord could return at any moment and we must be ready. He came into this world on a love mission to save us and provide a home for us with Him in Glory. The world is not our home. Once the church leaves in the Rapture, this world will experience the judgment of God. We must not straddle the fence between the life the Lord offers us and the draw of the world. We must deny ourselves and take up our Cross, daily, and follow the Lord (Luke 9:23). 

But what does that mean? How do we deny ourselves and take up our cross? We deny our own abilities (willpower, strength, dependence on self) and depend totally on the Lord. We do that by placing our faith in Christ and Him crucified daily seeking and yielding to the Lord’s will in our lives. It’s the greatest life we can live. As the Apostle Peter said, “It’s joy unspeakable and full of glory.” It’s Christ living in us by the power of the Holy Spirit which gives us freedom and liberty. It’s the Holy Spirit doing the work in us, not us striving in our own strength to live a life pleasing to the Lord.

The Lord has told us that He will return for those that have heard and responded by faith to the clarion call of Salvation. 2000 years have passed since that promise and the prophetic signs pointing to the coming end time judgment of God are all around us. The trump will sound and the Lord will come. Are you ready?

“For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the Archangel, and with the Trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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Shifting Our Focus to Things Eternal

“And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

Thinking about our death is not pleasant and for most something to be avoided. Being unsure of our eternal destination can make the fear of death very real. One day, we will all have to face death. What if that day was today. Would we be ready? Do we know what happens to us beyond the grave? These are important questions that must be addressed by us prior to that day. That is, if we want to be assured of an eternity that God has planned for those who love Him.

If we would stop to think about this future event in our lives it might give us pause in order to look into what God says about it. We all live busy lives and it’s easy to put this off until some future date, but what happens if that future date is today? If we have not prepared for this final journey, how can we be sure of where we will end up. Most consider their good lives, and the good things they have done, will result in a good outcome after death, but that is a false hope.

God has much to say about our eternal future in His Word, the Bible. It is His desire that we realize our great need for Him both in our daily lives, and in the eternal future that lies ahead of us. We must not put this off but seek His way in His Word. We must settle the isssue today for we dont know when that day will come. We can know for sure and have peace as that day approaches however far in the future we think it might be. We are only guaranteed today, and many have choosen to put off looking into God’s Word for the answer to their great loss. We have a sure hope when we trust in the Lord. The day will come when our future will be permanently decided. Regarding the Salvation of our soul, the Lord can be found by us up until this life ends.

“Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near”  (Isaiah 55:6).

The Lord has provided a way, a guarantee of a good outcome upon our death. It’s called His Salvation plan and it was provided at great cost to the Father, and to the Lord Jesus. He sent His Son to die on the Cross to pay the sin debt that we might be forgiven and be welcomed into His presence on that future day when our time on the Earth has ended.  He requires us to place our faith in, and keep it in, Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. It is all by faith in God’s provision of Salvation.

We are dead in sins from the time of our birth. We will die in that condition if we do not come the Lord’s way. The Gospel is a call to repentance and faith, and it is a warning, and ultimatum, that all that come the way of this life will answer to the Lord. As our introductory verse tells us, “it is appointed unto men once to die,” meaning all will face that day and we must be prepared for it. The verse goes on to say, “but after this the judgment,” If we have come the Lord’s way and made Christ Savior and Lord in our lives then our sins were judged at the Cross and we will be welcomed into an eternity with the Lord. If not, all must face Christ as judge which will not end well for those that go this way.

Death is inevitable. If death would come to us today where would our eternal home be. We must at some point in our lives shift our focus to the Eternal. Sooner is better then later because the Christian life, walking with the Lord through all we face in this life, is the best life we can live. But if we do not answer the call of God in our lives then we have every reason to fear what lies ahead. The Lord is calling out to all those who will listen and heed His merciful loving call to come His way. We must NOT leave our eternity to chance. Our very familiar closing verse speaks of the Father’s love for those in the world, His giving of His only Begotten Son as a sacrifice that we might be saved, and how we can have this Salvation that He graciously offers. If you were to face death today ….. Have you made things right with the Lord?

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life ” (John 3:16).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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Entering God’s Rest

“Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit (by faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary), are you now made perfect by the flesh (by resorting to works for Sanctification)” (Galatians  3:3 commentary mine).

The following is what a testimony might look like for someone trying to gain victory in this Christian life by what they do. Today has been a bad day. I have tried so hard to please the Lord, but failure has been the result of all my efforts. In recent days, I’ve prayed, I’ve fasted, and I’ve read the Bible, but victory escapes me. I have determined to try harder tomorrow. I need to fight harder against sin. I also will deny myself of some of life’s pleasure so that my life might be more acceptable to the Lord.

The above testimony comes from someone who does not understand justification and Sanctification. The individual is on a works treadmill, a never ending effort to please God by what they do. The result will always be failure. There is no victory in seeking favor with God through our efforts. What is needed is to get off the works treadmill and realize that we are saved and sanctified totally by Grace. Our works and our efforts will neither save us, nor give us victory in our lives over sin. We are not called to fight against sin. We are called to fight the good fight of faith.

“Fight the good fight of (the) faith, lay hold of Eternal Life (all by faith in Christ crucified), where unto you are also called….( 1 Timothy 6:12a).

We are saved and sanctified completely by our faith in what Christ accomplished at the Cross. We are “called” to follow Christ. His death on the Cross paid the price for our sins. He provided a complete Salvation. We are saved and kept by faith in His sacrificial death at Calvary. Our works will not save us, and our works will not give us victory over sin, or favor with the Lord. Anything we determine to do whether it be a law, works, or even Christian disciplines that we do to gain favor with the Lord will take us out from our secure place of Grace into Law. Law, any law, that we trust in will only bring defeat. If we go that way we have apostatized.

The Lord provided a complete Salvation at the Cross. We should pray, fast, read the Bible, and attend church, but our faith must not be in these things. Again, if we go this way we will be on an never ending, and failing, works discipline to please God and gain victory- a treadmill that only brings defeat, exhaustion, and discouragement. We must place our faith in Christ’s finished work and keep it there. This will allow the Holy Spirit to help us walk out our Christian lives pleasing the Lord and victorious. It is the only way.

If you have been on this treadmill of self effort, won’t you get off and rest in the goodness of God. Rest in all He has provided for us. We receive it all by faith – faith in Christ and Him crucified. As God’s children we have peace with God (Salvation) and the peace of God (Sanctifying peace). He paid the price and provided all we need in our daily lives. All we need do is walk in it. We must stand fast in the liberty that comes from resting in His finished work. Any other way will result in bondage.

“Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1).

Prayer Changes Things

“For the eyes of the Lord are on the Righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers…” (1 Peter 3:12).

The Lord hears our prayers and is faithful to answer.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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