Christians worldwide are being assured of their salvation by grace and built up in their faith. We are the light to the world and like salt we enhance the flavor of life with God’s message of truth and hope found only in the Bible.
The promise of a Savior, who brings us and makes peace with God has been fulfilled. Instead people want their sins of temporary pleasures on a dying planet and time is running out.
The word of God is true and makes our morning, noon and night, a rich and full event of life here on earth. Richer still we know that our eternal life in heaven is yet to come and is waiting. With our three distinct and equal God heads, Father, Son and Holy Spirit in one God, we worship the Almighty.
The blessings of Jesus are for all and any who come to Him in humble trust. Stepping closer to God, believing He is real, you find His open arms of love and He gives you faith to follow Him.
Hell is waiting for the people who chose not to accept Jesus the one and only Messiah or Savior. But people don’t want to talk about hell. They have home and fire insurance but no plan after the last breath. How foolish is that?
1 Cor. 15:3 “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received:” In the cause of Christ we have been adapted into His army. On the long road to heaven God leads us, protects us, and communes with us. By His grace we keep on believing in faith, trusting and talking with Him, our Father, in prayer.
As we look ahead to the great celebration of the great work of Christ defeating sin, our blessings are immeasurable. Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead, conquering death. Our great King lives now preparing a place in heaven for those who believe in faith, Jesus is Messiah.
God keeps His promises. Jesus said He would return and told us not to sleep but be ready. Be at work in faith planting and watering seeds of the gospel message which saves people from hell.
God gives the growth and genuine Christians respond by wanting more of God’s truth in the Bible. Wanting more worship more fellowship and more of God in their life, their thoughts, words and deeds.
The King is coming, be prepared in a growing faith by living now in the joy of His appearance.
Jack M.
April 7, 2014 at 1:58 pmMike,
I love that expression “humble trust”. I am pointed to John 13, when Jesus gave a wonderful example of humble trust from His love. ” Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”(John 13:1). Although He knew His hour had come, He humbled Himself in serving actions with His apostles for He loved them so. He even washed the feet of those who were to betray and deny Him. This was the beginning of the greatest act of humble trust this world could ever know,
“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?” (Isaiah 53:7-8)
Jesus showed by His actions what humility, trust, and love are all about, even when times were most difficult. We are called also to humble actions “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”(2 chronicles :7:14),
“6Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. “(1Peter 5:6-7) These words of Peter demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit in him, as this was the same man, who could not humble himself up for Jesus, even to a servant girl (Matthew 26:68-70), before the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. This is the same power in us and offered to all, for the praise and glory for His Name.
The joy of His appearance, indeed!
Michael D. Rourke
April 8, 2014 at 12:44 amJack, amen Brother praise Jesus; Our Lord taught perfectly with words and by example. We read His lesson’s on humility and see how far we fall short of His example. As the lord teaches humility and other lessons in our lives we often think we are slow learners. But God’s love and patience are perfect.
As we apply the grace God has given us to be servants of His love to others we fumble and blame ourselves. God picks us up and reassures us of His steadfast loving patience and shows us again how to be humble.
Being humble is not a big part of our society and trust is taken lightly. We trust cars won’t run into us, we buy groceries and trust the food we eat. We trust doctors, lawyers and the roofer fixing the leak.
But when it comes to spiritual matters far too many people don’t investigate, don’t read the Bible and don’t trustingly believe in Jesus. They trust their own faulty good works, as imperfect as all people are, to stand before a perfect God on judgement day.
The truth about God, man, sin and Jesus is so simple a child could believe. God is perfect, humans sin therefore all people are going to hell. Jesus came to die in place of sinful humankind saving them from hell. Believe and be saved.
A changed life will honor Christ and bear the fruit of repentance from sin. And when the King of Kings returns be glad, be happy and rejoice in the joy of His appearance. For your reward will be great in heaven.
Jack M.
April 8, 2014 at 12:58 amGlad the blog went through brother. Praise God! Love from all of us here in Florida.
Jack M.
April 8, 2014 at 1:03 amAmen brother to your reply also.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6