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The Dual Work Of The Spirit

Originally Published in  2022

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“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you in all Truth…” (John 16:13)

The church was born on the day of Pentecost after the Lord’s sacrificial death on the Cross and His Resurrection. On that day the Holy Spirit came for the first time to indwell all believers. The Holy Spirit could not come like this prior to the cross because the sin debt had not been paid. But now, the Holy Spirit could come and live in all believers. When we come to Christ by faith; the Holy Spirit baptizes us into Christ. This is a spiritual baptism. The following verses tell us what happens spiritually when we come by faith to Christ:

“Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ (spiritually) were baptized into His death. (spiritually we died with Him)? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death (we were also buried with Him along with all our past sins): that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the Glory of the Father, even so, we also should walk in Newness of Life” (Romans 6:3,4).

The Holy Spirit helps us to walk in this “Newness of Life” when we place our faith in Christ and Him crucified. Again, spiritually we died with Him, we’re buried with Him, and were raised from the dead like Him. As the Apostle Paul was fond of saying we are “in Christ.” The Holy Spirit’s work in us is predicated on us placing our faith in Christ and Him Crucified daily. The following verse makes this abundantly clear:

“For the Law of the Spirit (Holy Spirit) of Life (Newness of Life) in Christ Jesus (Jesus made it possible by His sacrificial death at Calvary) has made me free ( victory over sin) from the Law of Sin and Death (a powerful law that can only be overcome by faith in Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit)”  (Romans 8:2).

This is the way the Holy Spirit works in our lives to bring us victory over sin. It is the only way the Holy Spirit works. If we try to go some other way which always means by way of works; we will fail. So, the initial way the Holy Spirit works in our lives is in the area of sanctification to make us more Christ-like.

The other way the Holy Spirit works is by the Baptism with the Holy Spirit. Christ is the baptizer with the Holy Spirit. This baptism is for power, and for service. The only requirement to receive it is to be born again. We receive this baptism by faith. Jesus thought it so necessary for service that he told His disciples the following regarding it:

“And, (Jesus) being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart Jerusalem, but wait for the Promise of the Father (the Holy Spirit), which He said you have heard of me. John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. ….You shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit is come upon you” (Acts 1:4,5,8).

And the Holy Spirit did come upon them on the Day of Pentecost as the following verse tells us:

“And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:2-4)

As has been mentioned, the Holy Spirit could not come and abide in believers until the sin debt was paid at the Cross. But now, the Holy Spirit comes to live in the believer to give us victory in our daily walk with the Lord, and He comes to give us power for service that we might carry out the Great Commission.

We truly have a complete salvation all due to the Lord’s love for us that caused Him to leave His home in glory and die on a cruel cross to pay the sin debt for mankind. A price we could not pay ourselves. When we come in repentance and faith in Jesus and what He accomplished at Calvary we are born again, or born spiritually. We now walk out this life by faith in Christ and Him Crucified by the power of the Holy Spirit. So, we have power to live a holy life and we have power for service, We couldn’t ask for any more than that. The Lord’s love shines through all he has done for us. How can we not share the great love He has for us with others as Jesus commanded us to do in the Great Commission?

The Great Commission

“…All power is given Me in Heaven and in Earth. Go ye therefore, and teach (preach to) all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:18,19).

The Promise of Jesus

“…..And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world, Amen” (Matthew 28:20).

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The Sermon on the Plain

“But woe unto you who are rich, for you have received your consultation” (Luke 6:24).

The Lord spoke these four woes after a teaching on the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Plain as recorded in the Gospel of Luke. The first woe speaks of those who have been blessed materially and believe they have need of nothing. Their confidence comes in the things they have acquired. Their riches have lifted up their hearts to a place where they don’t believe in God. They are in a very dangerous place. The Lord says “woe” unto them.

“Woe to you who are full, for you shall hunger” (Luke 6:25a).

These are those who feel that they have all they need in this life and have no room for God. Material things will not satisfy. The Lord has placed within mankind a deep longing desire for Him. He has “set eternity in our hearts.” For those that choose not to answer the clarion call of God to their hearts, nothing else will give them satisfaction. As Augustine said “You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in You.”

“Woe unto you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep” (Luke 6:25b).

We can realize our need for the Lord today, or we can reap what we sow in the future. Those that resist the calling of the Lord are going to pay the ultimate price in the future, which is the loss of their soul and an eternity in Hell. Woe to them the Lord says. These woes are a warning to all those that go this way.

Woe unto you, when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets” (Luke 6:26).

It will cost you to follow the Lord. Many do not come to the Lord for that very reason. They are comfortable in their lives and do not wish to face the opposition that they would face coming to the Lord. It has been said that the Lord has to bring many of us to a place of great need, or dire circumstances, before we will admit our need for Him. If the Lord has done that for us, and we have come to know the Lord, we now see clearly and are so grateful for His Mercy and Grace in our lives. For those that turn away walk in darkness, the result will be the following and it represents most of the world down through the centuries :

“…. For he who walks in darkness knows not where he goes” (John 12:35b).

With the last woe, the Lord was also pointing to the false prophets that led His people astray in the Old Testament. False teachers, false prophets, and false ways have always been a problem. It is a problem in the church today. There are false ways proclaimed from many pulpits today. We can guard against this by making Christ and Him crucified the object of our faith allowing the Holy Spirit to work in our lives. As the Word says, the Holy Spirit will guide us in all truth and bring us the victory over the world, the flesh, and the Devil. If it isn’t faith in Christ and Him crucified, it’s a false way. Some are teaching that we are saved by faith in Calvary, but we must now go beyond the Cross – going on to other things. The truth is, if we go beyond the Cross, we lose our way.

The “Way” is by faith in Christ’s great sacrifice on the Cross both for Salvation and for Sanctification, and it is by faith from first to last. In other words, how we came in is how we stay in. The bottom line is “woe” unto them who let things of this world keep them from going God’s way. We are lost until we acknowledge our fallen state and reach out to the One Who loved us and proved that love by coming and dying on a cruel Cross to pay the sin debt owed to God. He offers Eternal life to all those who will harken to His Voice and come His Way. We’ll close with the first Beatitude which shows the way into the Kingdom.

“Blessed are the poor in Spirit (conscious of moral poverty): for there’s is the Kingdom of God” (Matthew 5:3 with ESB commentary).

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Willful Blindness

“But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them who are lost” (2 Corinthians 4:3).

Have you ever tried to share the Gospel with someone and seen their eyes glass over and they become distracted by the things around them. They seem totally uncomfortable with hearing the Gospel that would have resulted in their soul being saved. Saved from an eternity outside of the presence of the Lord. Saved from an eternity in Hell. Unfortunately, this happens all to often. But, why?

Satan is the God of this world and has deceived most of those who have been born into this world since the Fall in the Garden. The Lord showed our first parents how they might have fellowship with Him. The way was by offering up the sacrifice prescribed by the Lord, pointing to the future coming of the “Lamb of God” who would take away “the sin of the world.” Abel obeyed and offered the right sacrifice. Cain did not, and offered up the works of his hands.

From the time of Adam and Eve, Satan has been pedaling his lies, and most down through the years have bought into them. The Gospel is hid from the lost because they have gone the way of Cain. They have lived their lives without acknowledging their need for God. Their eyes glass over because they do not believe in God and therefore have no desire to listen to the only way that they might be saved from the deception of Satan and enter into the Glorious Kingdom of God. They walk, order their behavior, according to the course of this world which is in the realm of the evil one.

“In whom the God of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of them which believe not (a willful blindness), lest the light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ (the Message of the Cross), Who is the Image of God (Who alone is the Image of God), should shine in unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:4 & ESB commentary).

Fortunately there are those of us who, when the Gospel was presented, received it with great joy. We realized our total lost state and the lie we have been believing before hearing and believing the Truth of the Gospel. Having been saved, and receiving the Mercy of God in our own lives, we are to go forth presenting the greatest news ever to a lost and dying world. The Holy Spirit is drawing and convicting those in the path of the Gospel. It is up to those we come across to make a decision regarding it.

Choosing to come the Lord’s Way is the best decision anyone can make. The Lord’s way is by repentance and faith in Christ and His sacrificial death on the Cross. It is the only way! We are to preach this Gospel to all those we come across praying that they might believe and escape the trap of the Devil. If they do not seem willing to recieve the “Good News” at the time, we pray that we may have planted a seed that will result in them coming to the Lord in the future.

The light shines out of darkness calling out to whosoever will harken to the clarion call. Our faith In Christ and Him crucified brings us out of darkness into the light. He paid the price for our sin at the Cross and offers Salvation to all those who come by faith in His finished work. We pray that this Gospel will bring forth much fruit as we share it with a lost and dying world. As the following verse tells us; the light of the Gospel has shined in our hearts and we are forever grateful for the Lord’s Mercy and Grace in our lives.

“For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).

Prayer Changes Things

The Lord wants us to come to Him with all our needs. Prayer requests can be left on the comments page of this website.

“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.

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The End of the Age

“…And what shall be the sign your (Christ’s) coming, and the end of the world (age)” (Matthew 24:4b).

The Lord gave a teaching on the end times and His Second Coming to His Disciples just before His crucifixion. We can find it in the 24th chapter of Matthew. He introduces this subject by warning His followers at that time, and all of us presently, against being deceived.

“And Jesus answered them and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you, for many shall come in My Name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:4,5).

Deception will be at its height just before the Lord returns, but considering His stern warning, and seeing the evidence of strong deception in the church today; we would be wise to guard against it in  our own lives. The only way to unsure that we are not deceived by false doctrine, or false ways to Salvation and Sanctification, is to know the Word of God and to anchor our faith in Christ and the Cross.

“And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6).

Evil will increase, and has increased, since the Fall in the Garden. As the world turns its back on the Lord, as we head into the time of God’s judgment on this world, wars will be more frequent and more common all around the world. We see the increase in wars today. Jesus is telling those that are here just before His coming to not be “troubled” because He told us this would be the case. 

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there will be famines, and pestilence, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24:7,8).

We can see these signs increasing even in our times today, but they will be at their height as the world, facing judgment, heads in to the Great Tribulation. Believers in the Lord will have been taken out in the Rapture. It will be the time of the Lord’s dealing with Israel to bring them back to faith in Him.

“Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for My Name’s sake” (Matthew 24:9).

The Lord is here speaking of what will happen with Israel as the Antichrist comes against them and attempts to kill every last Jew, and will succeed in killing many. It also let’s those who are not part of Israel, and who have missed the Rapture, and have come to faith in the Lord during these end times judgments, know that they may suffer a Martyr’s death.

“And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another” (Matthew 24:10).

It will cost anyone that comes to faith in the Lord during this time. They will be hated by the world. This speaks of what will happen in Israel with even family members turning against those who have come to faith in Christ. It will also let those who are not of Israel, but are believers somewhere in the world, understand that what they are experiencing is just what the Lord had prophesied.

“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall grow cold” (Matthew 24:11,12).

The Lord is warning about deception again. As we approach the end times we can see deception increasing, even today. But at the time of the Great Tribulation, just before the Lord’s return deception will be at its height. The Antichrist and the false prophet will deceive the world and lead them into God’s final judgment on this rebellious world. It will be a time of great deception and many will fall for the lie to their eternal doom.

So, as we approach the end of this age we see deception, wars and rumors of wars, hatred, and persecution increasing. We are very close to the end of this age. The Lord in these verses is warning us just how it will be just before His coming. Again, for those of us that know Him, we are not shaken by what’s happening in our world. The Lord has told us that these things would increase until He comes and judges this world for its rebellion against Him.

If you do not know the Lord, now is the time to make timings right with Him. He suffered the Cross that we might be forgiven and be saved from the judgment that is coming. All must repent of their sins and come by faith in His atoning sacrifice at Calvary to be saved from what is coming on this world. You will find the Sinner’s Prayer on this website. Pray the prayer, and believe what you prayed, and you shall be saved. Saved from what lies ahead, and saved for eternity. We’ll close with The Lord’s description of His Glorious Second Coming in the following verses from Matthew 24:

“For as lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall it be with the coming of the Son of Man…..and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:27,30b).

Prayer Changes Things

The Lord wants us to come to Him with all our needs. Prayer requests can be left on the comments page of this website.

“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.

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Fighting the Good Fight of Faith

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on Eternal Life, whereto you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses” (1Timothy 6:12).

Is there physical healing in the taking of the Lord’s Supper? The short answer is, no. There is no physical healing in the taking of the Lord’s Supper (Communion), and here is no Salvation in Water Baptism. They are ordinances of the church and have no power to save, or to bring healing. There are those in the church today who teach that there is physical healing in the taking of Communion. They are in error.

“And He took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave it unto them, saying, This is My Body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19).

The Lord instituted Communion just before His crucifixion at the Passover meal He shared with the Apostles. This was the last Passover that God would acknowledge because it symbolized, or was a type of, the true Passover Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord in instituting this ordinance by saying, Do this in remembrance of Me, was showing them, and us, that it represented what He would suffer some hours from this time. He was pointing to the coming New Covenant that would be made possible by His sacrificial death on Calvary.

We certainly must be circumspect in the taking of the Lord’s Supper making sure we examine ourselves, in that we have our faith properly placed in Christ and Him crucified. If we look to the Lord’s Supper for healing, we are, in effect, moving our faith from what the Lord accomplished at Calvary to an ordinance of the church. In our introductory verse the Apostle Paul is instructing Timothy to “fight the good fight of faith.” Our faith must rest in Christ and Him crucified. We dare not move it to anything else. We must fight to keep our faith in that which saved us and that which keeps us.

The Lord does heal today and we should believe that and seek Him for all our needs in this life, but we must understand that all God’s blessing come through, and because of, Calvary and we receive these blessings by faith alone in Christ’s great work there. We are saved by faith, we are kept by faith, and we receive all blessings by faith. We must fight to keep our faith in the One Who loved us and died on a cruel Cross that we might be forgiven and come into all the blessings of the Lord.

“But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus (all made possible by Calvary)” (Philippians 4:19 commentary mine).

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But There’s Something Missing

“Having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:5).

A certain man had a very nice looking antique car in his driveway. He spent hours washing and waxing the car and taking care of every detail of care for this automobile. People passing by would compliment him on his car every day. It looked so good, but there was one problem. The car did not have a working engine. It could not serve the purpose it was designed for. It could not take the man anywhere.

This is what religion is like. Religion is man trying to approach God by what he does. Man has no power within himself to live a life pleasing to God. Man is dead in his trespasses and sins and has no power to lift himself out of his fallen condition.

The power man needs is found only in the Holy Spirit. He is our power source – the engine that gives power to live a life pleasing to the Lord. So how do we appropriate the power of the Holy Spirit. Well, first we must acknowledge our hopeless state and realize our need for a Savior. We then must repent of our sins and admit that we have been going the the wrong way, that is, that we have been living our lives without God.

The Lord has provided a solution to our problem in sending His Son to pay the price for our sins and offered “Newness of Life” to whosoever comes to Him in faith believing in His work at Calvary. Once we have done that we are born of the Spirit and the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us.

The power that gives us victory comes to us as we place our faith daily in Christ and the Cross. This must be done daily. Christ and Him crucified must be the object of our faith. Otherwise we will live a life of defeat. We have no power within ourselves to live a life pleasing to the Lord. Victory comes only by faith through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The man in our introductory story knew that the car had no power and could not take him anywhere, but he continued to do what he was doing. Those who knew the true condition of the car tried to convince him that his efforts would not result in the car being used as it was intended to be used without replacing the engine, but he did not address take.

There are some today in the church that believe that they can work on their lives to bring victory even though they know that they have no victory. They continue on in their false hope that their efforts will bring about a change that is pleasing to God. They have failure after failure as they walk out this life but refuse to go God’s way. There’s no engine there and they know it. Jesus made it clear that we have no power within ourselves but must abide in Him to bring forth fruit and to live in victory. The Lord makes it crystal clear in the following verses from the Gospel of John:

“Abide in Me (Jesus), and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in Me (by faith in Christ and Him crucified). I am the vine (Him alone), you are the branches (must be totally dependent on Him): he who abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit (no other way): for without me (faith in anything else) you can do nothing” (John 15:4,5).

Prayer Changes Things

The Lord wants us to come to Him with all our needs. Prayer requests can be left on the comments page of this website.

“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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Walking in the Spirit

“And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil, who are taken captive by him at his will” (2 Timothy 2:26).

Who is the Apostle Paul talking about in our introductory verse. He is talking about believers who are trying to live the Christian life by their own strength and have drifted off into false doctrine. Many in the church have excepted false doctrine and have tried to gain victory over the world, the flesh and the Devil by what they do. In other words, they are counting on a strong will power or the Christian disciplines like prayer, Bible reading, fasting, or church attendance, to name a few, to give them victory in their lives. Although we should do these things, trusting in them for victory over sin in our lives will result in failure. It is the snare of the Devil.

What did the Apostle Paul mean by, “the share of the Devil”? He was talking about misdirected faith. If our faith is not exclusively in Christ and Him crucified then we will fail. It is impossible to walk out this Christian life in any other way but by faith. Again, the object of our faith daily must be Christ and His great sacrifice at Calvary. It is like an anchor to our soul. It will keep us on the narrow path. It will be much harder for us to be deceived because the Holy Spirit will be working in our lives in a powerful way to bring us the victory we seek.

Many are confused about what it means to walk in the Spirit. Romans 8:2 shows us the way. It says that the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus gives us victory over the Law of Sin and Death. Satan operates in the area of sin and death and if we do not go the way the Lord has shown us the result will be bondage to sin and a captive of Satan.

A Christian and captive of Satan? Yes, there are only two ways to walk out this life – in the strength of the Lord, or in our own strength. The Lord does not give us a stronger willpower when we become Christians. Our willpower is important in the sense that we must use to choose our path. Will it be by faith in the Cross completely, or will it be some mixed bag of faith plus works. It’s a decision each Christian is faced with.

When we first came to the Lord it was the greatest day of our lives. We were so grateful for our Salvation and loved the Lord supremely. We determined to follow Him in obedience. However, some time down the road, as it has happened to all of us, we failed the Lord. At this point we had a choice to make. Do we try harder – pray more, read the Bible more, etc? Or do we continue to place our faith in what brought us into the Kingdom of God in the first place which was faith in Jesus and His atoning work at Calvary. The later will bring us victory, the former defeat.

Again, if our faith is in anything other than Christ and Him crucified then we are any easy mark for the Devil. For those who do not walk out this Christian life by faith, the Devil will bring false doctrine and false ways to sanctification all because the believer that does not know the Word as he should. Remember, we came in by faith and we stay in by faith. Do not fall prey to Satan’s lies. He was a liar and deceiver from the beginning and preys on those that attempt to live their lives in any other way but the way of faith. Israel couldn’t keep the Law and neither can we. Law is synonymous with works (what we do). The Law was added to show that we could not obey it in our own strength. Jesus fulfilled the Law and we walk out this life by faith in Him. Paul said it well in the following verse:

“For the Law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did (faith in Christ and Him crucified will bring us the victory we seek); by the which we draw near unto God (the only way to draw near to God)” (Hebrews 7:19 commentary mine).

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In Fact, It’s Kept For You!

Just As I Am

O Lamb of God I come! I come!
I come broken to be mended
I come wounded to be healed
I come desperate to be rescued
I come empty to be filled
I come guilty to be pardoned
By the blood of Christ the Lamb

(Just As I Am – Composed by Charlotte Elliott in 1835)

As the new year approaches, many of us look to make changes in our lives – changes that will make our lives better. This coming year could be a time when we decide to make the best decision we could ever make to improve our lives not only for the present but for eternity. We can do this by placing our lives in the care of the One that loved us enough to give His life for us at Calvary. God asks only that we repent of going our own way and place our faith in the Lord Jesus and His great sacrifice for us at the Cross. We are to depend on the Lord for all our needs.

We come to the Lord just as we are. We come in repentance and faith. When our faith is in the Lord the Bible tells us that we become a new creation. Our old life has passed away and everything becomes new. We receive the Holy Spirit Who indwells us as a “helper,” and we are changed by the power of God. The Holy Spirit will guide us into “all truth” as Jesus told His disciples just before His death. His sacrifice on the Cross paid the sin debt and allowed the Holy Spirit to come in a new way. We are kept by the power of God by faith as the following verse says:

“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto Salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Peter 1:5).

We now walk out our life by faith in Christ and what He accomplished on the cross. Our Salvation is through faith from first to last. We are saved by faith and we are kept and changed by faith as we serve the Lord in our daily life. We are called to “fight the good fight of faith,” meaning that we are to keep our faith in Christ and Him crucified. When we do this the Holy Spirit will work within us and we will be willing and able to do God’s will in our lives as the following verse states:

“For it is God (through the Holy Spirit) which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” Philippians 2:13

So, as we look to the new year, let us decide to choose Christ this year instead of resolving to keep resolutions we know we have been unable to keep in the past. We come to the Lord believing that He paid the price for the sin debt, and we are changed. The Lord will make the changes in us that are needed. Our part is to believe. As the Word says, “We are kept by God through faith.” If you haven’t come to the Lord in the past; Won’t you place your life in the care of the Lord this new year? He will watch over you as no other would, and He is only a prayer away!

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” ( 2 Corinthians 5:17).

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Originally Published in 2022

A Christmas Poem

T’was the night before Christmas and all through the earth, people were celebrating because of a birth. A Savior had been born into the world in the past, and the Salvation He offers is hoped all would grasp. He offered His Life for those who would believe; all those who come by faith are those who receive. So, let us celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, and pray; because He left His home in Glory that all might be saved this day.     (tq2021)

We celebrate the birth of our Lord at this time each year. He came into this world to save us from eternal separation from God. His love for us brought Him here to live as a Man – the God/Man. Our Creator became one of us to rescue His creation. We will never fully comprehend what it took for Him to leave His home in Glory. The Bible says the following regarding His First Advent:

“And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death on the cross” (Philippians 2:8)

All things were created by Him, but He humbled Himself and submitted Himself to the Will of His Father which was death on the Cross for the salvation of all those who will believe. Because of His love for us and His obedience to the Father, the Bible says the following:

“Wherefore God (the Father) has highly exalted Him and given Him a Name which is above every name: that at the Name of Jesus, every knee should bow….and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).

Our Creator became our Savior with His great sacrifice at the Cross. And because of this God the Father has highly exalted Him and has given Him a Name above every name. He is Lord and every knee will bow before Him. The Glory of Christ is the Glory of the Father as well. Again, this is all due to Christ humbling Himself and becoming obedient to the will of the Father which was to sacrifice Himself on the Cross.

It was the Father’s will that mankind be redeemed from our fallen nature. The only way possible was by way of our God becoming Man, living among us and dying on a cruel Cross so that we might be forgiven and become a new creation; becoming sons and daughters of God, and co-heirs with Christ.

So this Christmas as we honor and celebrate the Gift of God’s only Begotten Son into this world, we mustn’t forget the reason He came; He came for us. That was His only reason for His coming into the world. That Baby in the manger was Emmanuel, God with us. The day of His birth was proclaimed by Heaven itself in a Heavenly host praising God and announcing the birth of our Savior and Lord, the King.

“And the Angel said unto them (the shepherds abiding in the field), fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord…..And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the Heavenly host praising God, and saying ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men'” (Luke 2:10,11,13,14).

We rejoice each Christmas because God our Savior was born into this world. He is Christ the Lord, and we, like the Heavenly host, say “Glory to God in the highest” for the love He has shown to us in humbling Himself and becoming obedient unto death on the Cross. We surely have been much blessed with the gift of God’s Son. Each Christmas, we remember and honor the great love the Father has for us in sending His Son into this world for us.

As Tiny Tim from the Dickens classic story, A Christmas Carol, exclaimed at the end, “God bless us, every one!” It is my prayer that the words of Tiny Tim might come true in the lives of all those who celebrate the coming of our Great King and Lord Jesus Christ. That this Christmas the true meaning of His Coming will make this Christmas one we all will cherish forever. “God bless us, every one! Wishing you and your family a Merry and blessed Christmas!

“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His Shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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A Christmas Time Message

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14).

The above verse foretells the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The word “Immanuel” means “God with us.” We read in the Gospel of Matthew that the Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph and said the following:

“And she (Mary) shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His Name Jesus (Savior): for He shall save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).

We celebrate the birth of Jesus at this time each year. He came to us as a babe in a manger, born of a virgin, and born in Bethlehem. The Old Testament Book of Micah foretold his birthplace and that He would be from everlasting, or in other words; “God with us” as the following verse from Micah states:

But you Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall He come forth unto me Who is to be ruler in Israel. Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting” (Micah 5:2).

The Old Testament had many prophecies that foretold the coming of Jesus. And as we celebrate the birth of Jesus at this time each year; we also witness the beginning of an incredible story, also foretold, that resulted in the crucifixion and Resurrection of the One that was born into this world specifically for that purpose. He came to die that we might live.

The miracle of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ should be our focus as we celebrate Christmas this year. The Lord saw our need and left His home in glory to become man and dwell among us. This baby born in the manger in Bethlehem to a virgin was planned by the Godhead in eternity past as the following verse confirms:

“Who (Jesus) verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you” I Peter 1:20).

The Lord was foreordained by God to come as a babe in a manger to be our Savior. He did it all for you and me. This Christmas with all the holiday cheer and with all the wonder and beauty of Christmas, let us remember that that baby Who was born was “God with us.” Isaiah says the following about the child that was prophesied to be born:

“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

He came that we might live. We must realize this and place our faith in the God that loved us and died on a cross to save us. He is our Savior and our Lord. Otherwise, If we miss the true meaning of Christmas; we miss out on the greatest gift we could ever receive!  As Christians, the Lord is not only with us but He is in us as walk out our lives: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” It doesn’t get any better than that! Look to Him this Christmas and you will be truly blessed!

Unto Us A Son Is Born!

Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas!

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