Posts Tagged ‘ Christ ’
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5, ESV
Do we show this world we want the creature comforts of this life or that we have a hope of eternity with the Lover of our souls?
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17, ESV
We learn of Christ through His Word, the Bible, and those who have believed the Eternal Word must share it and Him with others.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25-26, ESV
Not everyone will die physically: those of us who believe Jesus, the Son of God, physically came to live, to die for our sins, and rose again, will inherit eternal life through Him; and some will be taken up with Him at His return having never physically died.
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls
1 Peter 1:24, ESV
Anything we do is temporary, and we are all destined to die.
It is only through faith in Jesus Christ that we enter eternal life.
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
James 5:13, ESV
As the Church, we should pray and mourn with those who suffer and celebrate and sing with those who are happy.
It shows God’s love and compassion with all people.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
John 15:4, ESV
All that we do is tainted by sin, like a plant in a planter without good water or nutrients barely growing. We need the life-giving water of the Holy Spirit to truly do good works to bring glory to God.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you
1 Peter 5:6, ESV
Nothing we can do can save us nor earn us glorified eternal bodies. Being willing to admit we need infinite help from our limitless Creator God who saves through His Son by the power of the Holy Spirit and glorifies is what leads us to salvation.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,”
Matthew 6:19, ESV
Why would the lost of the world want to come to God if now is the best life can be because of health, wealth, and nice things? Rather, they should see that this world has no true hold on us, but that we have not in all circumstances and desire a new world with God.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31-32, ESV
How can others know the truth if we do not tell them?
Let us show the world the Word and Truth of God that they may be freed from sin.
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matthew 18:20, ESV
Jesus was talking about church discipline. If the outside world sees evil happening in the Church, they are driven away from Jesus. If they see sin dealt with, they see Jesus’ hatred of sin and grace.
Let us hold each other accountable in Christ.
a simple man of God 