Friday, August 7, 2015

Grace

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. #Bible

Grace is the merciful kindness by which God exerts his holy influence upon souls, to turn them to Christ (Strong's).
Not only is Grace God's Merciful Kindness towards us, but It is an influence by God to influence us by its attractiveness, especially when expressed by God.
Grace is God's hand of fellowship extended to the world expressing His Love for all humanity. In Faith God extends His Grace to all humanity in the desire that all will come to Him, with no one refused no matter how bad their sin.
We understand that this wonderful Grace offered would be impossible to earn, even with a lifetime of effort, especially when we can't stop the power of sin in our own lives, on our own. If it were possible we would have heard about it.
The only One I have heard who accomplished this humongous feet is Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, and He turned around and took the sin of all humanity upon Himself and suffered our punishment all the way to death, so God the Father can extend Grace to us in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, where He left the power of sin. All who will believe in Jesus now can enjoy this wonderful Grace of God, and so much more. Let your adventure begin, believe in Jesus the Christ and be saved from hell, which is your only other option.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Gods Way

Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. #Bible

Wouldn't it be wonderful to put on blinders, you know like on a horse pulling a wagon so they can't see to the right or the left, but only see where the wagon driver aims their head. For us though, its looking ahead that brings anxiety. Maybe blinders that only let us look to the end of the day, yea that might work.
Now that I'm older I really understand what Jesus is saying here, the birds of the sky and the animals, and fish of the sea, even the flowers of the field have no worries about tomorrow, so why should I? God takes care of all of them, so why should I be anxious?
So why do we worry about tomorrow? Do we really believe God has our back, or He will be there when we need Him?
It's interesting that when all options are exhausted, when all avenues have been traveled, and there is nothing we can do. Isn't that pretty much where we were when we began to worry? Aren't we still in a place where we ultimately have to still trust God?
We trust God for every breath in our lungs and every beat in our heart, why not trust Him with tomorrow?
Maybe God created us to be able to see Him in more detail, maybe He wants us to see and understand His Glory with more accuracy than just dependency. Maybe God truly desires for us to be members of His Family.
I believe it's a blessing from God to be able to know Him better than a flower, or a animal, or a fish. To know Him as my Father, who I can trust and depend on more than anything else He has created in this world.
God is someone who expressed His Love in ultimate ways, like adopting us His creation for His own children, and sending His only begotten Son Jesus to lay down His Life so we can be adopted. What orphan wouldn't want to be adopted by a Father like God?
Yes a bit long winded, but doesn't it make worries or anxieties quite small when we quest to know and understand who our Father God really is?
God's way is the right way because He IS, Yahweh, I Am.
So we really have no excuse to worry, we live to trust God.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Sin

Psalm 85:2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah. . . . #Bible
The Lord forgave their iniquity, He lifted up and took away the punishment for their perversity, depravity, iniquity, and guilt. The idea is that of the ceremony of the scapegoat.
Covered all their sin, which were counted and hidden. I feel like this is what God did in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. After they sinned eating the forbidden fruit, God covered them.
Gen 3:21 KJV Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
The difference between Israel and Christians is, Israel sins were either placed on the head of a scapegoat and sent into the wilderness to be forgotten, or they were covered, out of sight.
All sin was forgiven completely when Jesus the Christ, the Messiah satisfied God's requirement for sin, "the soul that sins will surely die".
Jesus laid His Life down on the cross so we could pick our lives up from death caused by our sin.
 “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.  Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God. - John 3:16-18

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

God is there.

Psalm 27:1 Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? #Bible
The Lord, The Self Existent One, Jehovah, is my light, He is the luminary of the heavens, of the morning, of the day, the brightness of my life, of my joy, my instruction, my prosperity, and my salvation, deliverance, rescue, safety, and my welfare.
The Lord is my refuge, my stronghold, my defence, my strength, my place of safety.
Whom do I fear, or dread, or causes me to tremble in sudden alarm?
What ever happens in this life, the greatest gift, or help, is the Love of our God Jehovah. Through His Love He provides what is most important and needed for those who love Him. Our Saviour Jesus came because of our Fathers Love, our Comforter and Companion the Holly Spirit of God and Christ resides with us forever because of His Love.
We are well kept children of God, and at our worst God gives us His Best. There is no dark place of despair that He isn't there, Loving His saints. Praise Him all His saints.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Confess

Romans 10:9-10 Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. #Bible

This is the declaration of our allegiance, and commonality with God, and also with Jesus, and with all Christians that Jesus is Lord, our Lord.
That God raised Jesus from the dead, we agree with the evidence declared and the testimony given by the apostles.
We believe in our inner being, the seat of our thinking, our minds, and we are justified, made right with God. The separation is over, God declares us righteous, in right standing with Him. Not only that, God welcomes us into the family of God.
So we make our confession and we are saved from the destruction and death which is coming to those who choose not to place their allegiance with God.
Come to Jesus and confess Him To be the Lord of your life. Let Jesus be your Sheppard, leading you on the narrow path of life that leads to Heaven. Let the Holly Spirit our companion and comforter keep you from the wide path that leads you to destruction.