Friday, October 9, 2015

The Gift

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. #Bible

It's so simple, one simply repents of their sins. Sins are our rebellion against God who says, for our own good, don't do that, and we do it anyway.
To repent is to stop doing what is called sin, turn from it and turn to God, and let Him lead you in a way that pleases Him.
Being baptized is to demonstrate to God, and mankind, that you have gone under the water, dying to this world. You are dead to this worlds way of doing things.
Coming up out of the water is to demonstrate you now live again to God, and His ways.
You have been born again to a new life with God through the sacrifice of Jesus the Christ dying for you on the cross paying the requirement for your sins.
Wonderfully then you receive the gift from God, the Holy Spirit, our Wonderful Companion for ever, our guide, our counselor, the One who communicates to God what we can't express, and so on. You have to read the Holy Bible to understand all He is to us.
Our Father God Loves us completely, He provides for us completely, He leaves nothing out, nor holds no good thing from us. He is our Wonderful Almighty God who even expresses Himself to us in three Persons, the Father the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

God Breathed

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. #Bible

If there ever was or is an argument for reading and studying the Word of God, the Holy Bible, from cover to cover, this one verse is it.
First it is God Breathed. It proceeded out of the very Mouth of God Himself. It would be wise to recognize, and realize that important point.
Then it is profitable, not for some, but everyone. Also for teaching, it is profitable for everyone to be taught.
For reproof, or correction, it is great, and worthy, for making course adjustments, and any other corrections needed in this life's path, walking with God.
Yes we all need to be trained in righteousness, to know what is acceptable to our God.
In all of the Bible's teachings, so that we can be competent in all the good we do, even our service to our Holy God and Father.
If we love our Father God don't we wish to please Him in everything we do? Then we desperately need the Word of God, the Bible, our instruction manual for this life in righteousness - right standing with God.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Victory

1 Corinthians 15:56-57 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. #Bible

If sin didn't happen, there would be no need for death. Sin then, wouldn't have the power it was given by the Light of the Law of God, which exposed its utter venomous birth of death.
Mankind has been ever since kicking against the goad of sin, suffering the dagger of its eternal death. Attempting to work around sin and trying to justify or reason away its existance. Even denying the existance of God altogether.
Like a law of nature though, man must convey in the end sin still exists.
Being that God does exist, and we have been created eternal beings by God. Housed in these temporal, mortal bodies. Why would we think, or settle for this temporal sinful life?
This entire world, this planet and everything we know has been created in the temporal, subject to time and space. Why would we settle for this sinful existance?
Our Savior Jesus the Christ has gone to prepare a place for us in eternity, to always be with Him. Why would we want to live this mortal life?
Well being created by God our Father as eternal beings in these mortal bodies, living in this temporal mortal existance, causes me to Praise God our Father and our Lord Jesus the Christ for saving us to an eternal existance with Them, free of sin.
I am greatly Thankful for the Victory our God and Saviour Jesus the Christ has given us over sin. Glory and Honor to our God Most High.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

God Is

1 Timothy 1:17 To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. #Bible

Have you ever been reminiscing about your life in the past? Seeing clearly the Hand of God directing you and keeping you from trouble?
Left with those remembrances, I think, we all who are Christians naturally Praise God.
The Apostle Paul might be in this same frame of mind, as the Joy of the Lord floods his heart. For Paul, his words are very descriptive of his relationship and how he feels about our Lord.
As Paul is preparing Timothy for His ministry, launching him on his way, Paul is excited for Timothy and the experiences he will live and endure.
Paul knows Timothy has God with Him and where his decipleship falls short the Holly Spirit will pick Timothy up and lead him on.
Paul describes Jesus as the King of the Ages, declaring Jesus as King of eternity past and of eternity future. Jesus the Christ has always been  King of Kings.
Then Paul says Jesus is immortal and invisible. Jesus is always with us even beyond time itself. Even when we don't see Jesus, He is still there, with us Christians always.
Paul concludes his praise with a declaration of ultimate honor to our God, no greater value, no higher esteem, and the icing on the cake so to speak, declaring there is none greater than our Wonderful God anywhere, or in any time before or after, and none have done such great things. God Is.