Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1 John 3:16 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/1jn.3.16/79993
He died for you
Category: Abide in Him
Love not the world…
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:15-16 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/1jn.2.15-16/6032
He lives!
Our Savior is not in the grave, He is at the right hand of the Father. This is the major difference between Christianity and all other religions. The other difference is that our “religion” is a relationship and not just a belief. Yes, I believe in Jesus Christ as my Savior but I also have a relationship with Him because He came and died on the cross for your sins and mine. No other religious leader in the history of the world can claim this and all of the others are still in their graves.
God gave us faith to see a future with Him even when we can’t see it with our eyes. It is our faith that allows us to believe and know that our Savior lives! Jesus is the only way to heaven because it says so in God’s Word, so don’t turn away from His call on your life when you feel it, believe it, and know that He has provided you with an everlasting gift through your belief in Him.
Your eternity with God is a gift from Him to each of us through our faith in Jesus Christ. It is not a “religion” that someone made up or thought up or even dreamed up. In the two millennia since He went back to heaven there have been millions of people who have died for their faith in Him. Nobody would die for a lie, although in some cultures over the centuries many have given their lives for a “cause” that has no merit that compares to having faith in Jesus.
Think on these things
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/col.3.1/271
Be merciful
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/mat.5.7/49556
God is faithful!
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/1co.10.13/6035
What is faith?
Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Each of us has a “measure of faith”, how big that measure is has been determined by God. He gives our faith to us, whether we use it for His purposes or call it “hope” and use it for our own purpose, it is part of our salvation process. Because without faith we can’t please God and without faith, we won’t recognize our need for salvation, so we have to have it in order to be saved in the first place.
Abram believed in God and it was counted to him for righteousness. Faith and belief go together because if you don’t have one you won’t have the other. It takes faith to believe the promises of the Bible and to believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior. Some say that the Bible can’t be true but it is. It is the most truthful book in our world because all of the prophecies about Jesus were fulfilled in Jesus the Christ. All of the prophecies about the Jewish people have come true except their having peace in their land and that will come true after the Tribulation.
Help me be acceptable in your sight
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/psa.19.14/46360
God’s will for us
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matthew 28:19 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/mat.28.19/7214
The commission that Jesus gave to the disciples is still active today. Go and tell others what He has done for you.
Walk with Christ through the Bible
How do I do this? I gave my heart to Jesus over thirty years ago (I think). Why do I not know the exact date? Because I have known about God and Jesus for many years, but that’s not enough. I had to have the transforming power of the Holy Spirit to come into my heart, not to give me the gift of tongues as some believe is necessary. The Holy Spirit did change my heart so that I could be used as a pastor for almost ten years. So…what happened? When did this change take place? My only answer is that it happened when I fasted for a month on juice and water in January of 2011. I have never felt as healthy since then but during that time…I can’t explain it.
Fasting by itself does heal some areas of your body because your body isn’t having to process food anymore but my only explanation is the Holy Spirit was working inside me and through me. I prayed for a friend of mine who had just had an operation of some sort and he came home and couldn’t keep his food down. While I prayed for him I felt something go through my arm that was touching him and I found out later that he didn’t have any more trouble eating and keeping it down. God did that!
Ever since then I have read through the Bible at least once every year from Genesis to Revelation. As soon as I finish I may take a day or so but then I start over because I have grown so used to reading His Word until a day without it feels useless and empty. You might ask me “Don’t you get tired of reading the same thing over and over again?”; I would have to say, “No, I don’t”. Because God’s word really is the living Word, Jesus Christ, so the message is about Him from the beginning to the end. It is hard to see in some books like Numbers or Leviticus since they are dealing with the duties of the priests but He is still present in every book in either a type or a representation in the book. When you re-read Scripture like I do, whether you intend to memorize it or not it will take root in your mind and your heart. God wants you to write His Words in your heart and keep them so you will have them to defend yourself when they are needed. He will bring them to your mind so that you will not be confounded by someone trying to trick you.
Adam was a type of Christ, Abel was too. Enoch was a selected type because God took him to be in heaven. Noah was a type of Christ, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were types of Christ. Joseph was a type of Christ, Moses was a type of Christ. Wherever you see the word angel written with a capital A, that was the pre-incarnate Christ visiting His people. So as you can see, Christ or a type of Him is present from the very beginning and He never really leaves His people without His Presence in some form.
The Living Message of Christ 