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Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.”
Matthew 16:24, HCSB
This life is all we have, and before we die we must choose to give it to Christ, being willing to sacrifice everything for the One who died for us, to receive eternal life.
Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
1 Peter 5:8, HCSB
God came to us, and from the moment of faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, we can know that the Holy Spirit is within us and empowering us to resist the Devil and grow in holiness.
One evening in 2025, I was driving down a road in town that had recently gone through work expanding the road and adding a median. At one point there is a place for northbound cars to make a u-turn.
I was approaching this section of road heading south, and up ahead I saw someone get into the u-turn lane. He then proceeded north on my side of the road.
Needless to say, I stopped and flashed my lights, and he realized the problem and quickly turned around (in an awkward 4-point maneuver.)
It got me thinking about the Church, and it was controversy over the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show and it’s alternative from TPUSA as well as Jelly Roll’s Grammy acceptance speech that brought back to mind. Some question Jelly Roll’s and Kid Rock’s repentance and Christian faith.
We often teach how repentance is like a u-turn in our life, and there is good reason.
Acts 3:19, HCSB
Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord
Proverbs 28:13, HCSB
The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
How many fall into the “easy believism” of saying a simple prayer and never changing the way they live?
I don’t know what is going on in the hearts and souls of Kid Rock and Jelly Roll, and this is not really about them.
I am also not saying anything about anyone in particular. This a call for each of us to make sure that we have not made a false u-turn, that we said we believe in Jesus but never changed anything about the way we think or act.
2 Corinthians 13:5, HCSB
Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you? — unless you fail the test.
It would be like that car that used the u-turn lane but was then heading toward oncoming traffic, only we would get to the end of our life or see Christ return only to hear Him say He never knew us and we miss eternal life.
Matthew 25:44-46, HCSB
“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You? ’ “Then He will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.’ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
So, don’t complain about what people claiming Christ may or may not be doing.
You might be with those going the right way, but you might be going the wrong way and endangering others.
Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them — this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12, HCSB
We are called in Christ to help each other be more like Christ, and it begins with treating others with kindness and compassion and fostering general good will with all.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.
Mark 8:35, HCSB
God is good, and He calls us to give Him our lives as Jesus did, to help spread His goodness in an evil world.
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24, CSB
God wants to give us all good things according to His will, and that begins by giving up our own desires for God’s will and desires, giving us a family in Christ and eternal peace and life to be shared with others.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.“
Matthew 16:24, CSB
The power of Christ moves in us by the Holy Spirit, and He empowers us to get over ourselves and live faithful and sacrificially loving lives for others and for God’s glory.
Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.”
Luke 9:23-24, CSB
God is love and desires to be with us, but we must admit we need His life and forgiveness, that we have no real control over our lives and need Him. He offers new life and relationship through Jesus and empowers us by the Holy Spirit to grow in faith and love others.
I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16, CSB
Life is hard. God is good. He helps us by His Holy Spirit to overcome our own sinful desires that only complicate things more.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Romans 12:1, ESV
God has said He will be with us, and we invite this relationship when we repent of our sins and love as He has called us. Wonderfully, He is in us helping us along the way.
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