Saturday, May 16, 2015

Confidence

Hebrews 13:6 So we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me? #Bible

The writer summing up the discourse of the book of Hebrews simply says "So we can confidently say" is the heart of our Christian belief, we are confidence in God.
God is our source for anything and everything, God is our Helper. Whether we need or want, our Lord is where we turn.
The beauty in turning to Jesus is, He knows what's best for us. And if Jesus gives us what we ask, then He will prepare and empower us to be worthy of the responsibility.
For the Christian fear is a trigger, or an alarm for us to turn to our God Almighty expressing our situation, or need for help. Jesus has been there and done that, in this world and He knows best. So what do we fear? What can man do to us? Doesn't all things work out for our good? Think about it, even in this life or our life to come in eternity. We have nothing to fear if we are in Christ Jesus.
If you don't know Jesus pray to Him asking Him to forgive you of your sins and He will. Then read your Bible and go to a Bible teaching church, and start your adventure.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

None are left behind

2 Peter 3:8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

At the time the Apostle Peter wrote this letter the scoffers of Christianity were claiming Jesus wasn't coming back. And even today we have those same kind of scoffers. These scoffers naturally are those who openly reject Jesus because they don't want to give up what God says is sin.
Peter addressing the readers of this letter as beloved, is concerned about any effect the scoffers would have on fellow Christians.
A thousand years is as a day and a day is as a thousand years to God, because in heaven, or in eternity time is not an issue with God.
We humans are always trying to compare God to ourselves. The Bible says God is Spirit, so obviously we are flesh, and we age with the years. God is an eternal self existent being, time has no bearing, God created time.
What is left here is like Peter, God Loves mankind. God doesn't take any pleasure in the destruction of the wicked, or sinner's. God's desire is that all would turn from their sin and receive Jesus the Christ and be saved from the destruction of all who reject God's invitation into His Family through Jesus.
So whether it is another day or a thousand years, it is Our Father God's Love to make sure that all who will come to Jesus will come. With God none are left behind.
Well unless they choose to be.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Offer to God

Psalm 50:14-15 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. #Bible

In the old testament offering God a sacrifice of thanksgiving wasn't just to say thanks, but it was accompanied with a animal sacrifice. It was to say thank you to God, but if you were really thankful, the animal proved it.
Performing your vows was like if you made a deal with God, your side of the agreement was to pay your vow again with sacrifice to show God you were really thankful for His help.
Israel had become robotic in this interaction with God, some say even to the point of helping God, by feeding the priests with their sacrifices. Even to the point that God should be obligated.
God simply wanted Israel to be sincere, to remember that they really are beholding to God for their very existence.
God says if you do these things, in the day of your trouble, He will deliver them, and because of your greatfulness you will glorify Him.
God wanted them to remember even when they didn't have trouble, but when they did, that God would listen to their call for help, and of their own volition glorify Him
Another point to be made here is that God even in this age was preparing Israel for the coming of the Messiah. When these sacrifices would no longer be the blood and flesh of animals, but the one and final sacrifice of the Son of God, who takes away the sin of all mankind who would look upon Him and believe. Jesus, who would be everything in what God the Father desires in relationship with Israel, and all of mankind.
So let's remember in our worship, our vows, and in our thankfulness, to be sincere expressing our desperate need for our LORD. Remember robots don't feel, they can't express, and they can't recognize who our Wonderful God is.

Monday, May 11, 2015

Worthy

Revelation 4:11 Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. #Bible

First it needs to be mentioned here that the whole chapter needs to be read to get an understanding of what is being said and done.
Those who are worshiping and praising God are the living creatures, and the twenty four elders.
I can't help but sense that a fresh realization has taken the twenty four elders, that all of this is real and it is Jesus sitting on the throne next to God our Father. That it is actually true, Jesus is our Lord and our God.
Upon and after receiving their crowns of glory they take the crowns off their heads and lay them at the foot of the Throne of God and proclaim He who lives forever and ever is worthy of all Glory Honor and Power. Again now they understand that our Lord Jesus does possess Glory Honor and Power, that He lives forever and ever just like the Father.
As human beings they are eye witnesses of this creation and by the Lord's will all was created by Jesus and all exists even to this day by his Power Glory and Will.
Being human we tend to become use to things, even important things and we forget just how real our human condition is subject to something much greater than ourselves. Even though God created everything through Jesus, yes even us, He has had a purpose in everything He does. Both the Father and the Son Jesus are still working and will continue until this age comes to an end.
We know the end of this age is ending soon, and we must all make sure we are right with God and pray and learn more about our Wonderful Jesus. Ask Jesus to be your friend, if He isn't already, and if He is, get closer to Him.