My Savior is alive!

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is proven because He lives! He is coming back to rule humanity one day soon! These are proven because they are in God’s Word! One has already happened and the other is a promise from God and He doesn’t break His promises.

God has loved humanity, the whole human race, since before He created the Earth so I don’t believe that He has abandoned us as some may believe. God is in control and everything that is happening is being brought about by His sovereign power. There are no surprises from His point of view because He lives outside of time. He knows what is happening now and what will happen tomorrow and many years ahead as well.

God provided a way for us to have salvation through Jesus Christ alone. To some, this may seem “exclusive” but His Word says that “through Him is the only way to salvation“; granted, I paraphrased it but you get the idea. From the thief on the cross, all the way to anyone to calls on His name today and until the church is taken up to be with Him, Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven…period.

Make sure that you are ready because when the Trumpet sounds and the dead in Christ come out of their graves to meet Him in the air and those of us who are alive and remain in Him will meet Him as well, there will not be a second chance. If you don’t rise to meet Him then you will have to accept Him or reject Him and you will have to live through the Tribulation. By accepting Him now you can escape the trials of the Tribulation because it will be like hell on Earth during that time. I pray that you will come to know Him if you don’t already.

He is the Light of the world

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/jhn.8.12/67211

People must know!

This post is about only one piece of news: Jesus is the Messiah and the Savior of the whole world!

He came as a baby and was born in a stable with only a feeding trough for a bed, wrapped in swaddling cloths. God came to us in human form as Jesus the Christ. Born of the virgin Mary, betrothed to Joseph. He came to live as one of us, tempted as we are and feeling all of the pain and the problems that we have but He did it without sin. Something that we can’t do on our own.

Jesus came not to rule or to reign as a conqueror but as the Savior of mankind! In the few years of His ministry, Jesus healed many of their afflictions and raised some from being dead. He saved us from being dead toward God because of our sins and He gave us the ability to come before God with our prayers and our problems. We need to take this information out to the world around us and let everyone see that Jesus is the only way to be saved from our sins and from hell itself.

So, why did God send His Son to be the Messiah, the Savior of the whole world? Because He loves all of you so deeply He didn’t want any of you to be separated from Him. But, there are always going to be some people who don’t want to live as a Christian believer in Jesus and His sacrifice. Why? Because they want to help God save them by doing some things their way and not God’s way. Sounds a little crazy doesn’t it? I mean, why would God need our help to save us from an eternity in hell? The answer is…He doesn’t! All that we need to do is believe that He loves us enough that He made it possible for us to have salvation through His Son, Jesus, just by believing in Him and the work that only He could accomplish. That’s how the thief was saved. All that he could do was ask Jesus to remember him when He came into His Kingdom and Jesus told him that “today you will be with Me in Paradise”.

It only takes belief in Jesus’ atonement for you and a determination to follow Him for the remaining time that you have on Earth.

Forgiven and sanctified

Jesus the Christ has done this for His followers because we are forgiven and sanctified in Him and in Him alone. We are forgiven of our sins by His blood and His sacrifice and there is no other that can save us from our sins. So why are there so many who refuse to hear this message? Why do most of the world refuse to follow Him and become His disciples? They follow their own ways and their “gods” even when they know that there is only One God.

In the time of Isaiah, many of the prophecies about Jesus were given to him. Hundreds of years before Jesus was born yet Jesus fulfilled every one of them. Our Lord is yet alive and at the right hand of God the Father, waiting for the command to bring His Bride home. Oh, what a day that will be! The entire world will know and realize that the Bible and its prophecies are true and they will tremble because of it.

I pray that all who read this will seek Jesus as your Savior while you have the time to do so. This life is the only time that we have to make that decision. There is no second chance for your salvation.

Let your light shine…

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/mat.5.16/425

Christmas

Most of the Christian world waits for this holiday all year, but what does it mean to you? For some, it means lots of presents and all sorts of getting together with family. For others, it is just another holiday and for some, it is just another day on the calendar. We celebrate the birth of Jesus at this time of year but Jewish historians place His birth during the Feast of Tabernacles during September/October. Truly it doesn’t matter when you celebrate our Savior’s birth as long as you know Him as your Savior.

The Son of God was the first gift given to all of us and all we have to do is accept it when we know that we truly need it. God calls us by His Holy Spirit to convict us that we can’t get to heaven without faith in Jesus and we should accept the gift given by His grace. It is a gift given to you by the Creator of everything. Isn’t He more important than your Mom or even Santa Clause?

The gift that Jesus gave to us is more valuable than all of the money in the whole world so shouldn’t we treasure it above everything else? I do.

There was always a plan…

Each of us was known to God from the beginning. He has known you and your choices since before the Earth was created. He chose each of us to be His at that time and He knew when we would come to Him. He also knew beforehand each ability that each of us would have and what we would be able to do for His Kingdom. Could we refuse to be His? We could but eventually, His will would bring us to the point of giving our life to Him.

I felt the call to give my life to Him over thirty-eight years ago and I refused to go in that direction. But, twenty-two years ago He got my attention by bringing my son into the world and convicting me of my need to be an example to this child. Granted, I haven’t been a perfect example and I doubt that many people think they have been a perfect example for their children. We can only be a good example for our children if we are following Jesus and trying to be more like Him.

God has a plan for us and all you have to do is ask Him if you haven’t found your plan or your path. He will show it to you. Listen to His teachings from His Word, read it and study it and ask Him to reveal it to you and He will do it. God has been waiting for all of us to come to Him in surrendering to His call. You may not be a preacher or a teacher but you can be a Christian and be an example before your family or your co-workers.

God knows how well you can perform in His Kingdom because He can see your future and all of those that you will have an impact on in some way. God loves you and every human being on this planet, whether they know Him or not and He can use your influence to touch each person in some way and bring some of them into His family. Seek Him and His path for your life. Just ask Him to show it to you and He will and you may influence the next evangelist that touches millions of people.

Let your light shine

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:5 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/jhn.1.5/23015

Forgiveness and surrender

What is the difference between a lost person who doesn’t know Jesus and a Christian? The Christian has surrendered their life to Christ and has been forgiven and the lost person has not. So, what can we do? Tell people about Jesus! Tell them how He has brought joy into our lives because He provided a way for us to be forgiven. Jesus came to bring this good news, the gospel, to everyone who will receive it and it is a free gift from God by His grace to those who will accept it.

Jesus can tell us through the Word and then we are supposed to take that news to others. Your friends, your family, or anyone who will listen. They all need to hear it. Some will accept it and gladly give their hearts to Jesus and some will not but unless they hear it or read it somewhere from someone…they will never know the joy of knowing Him! God loves His creation and He loves all of us. He may not be happy with the way some of us live or the way we teach our children to live but He still loves us.

That is exactly why He sent Jesus to live among us and be the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world. So that we could have a life after this one and into eternity with Him. Unless others know about Him and the grace that is offered through our belief in Jesus as our Savior, our eternity will be very different than the future that Jesus told His disciples about. I pray that anyone who reads this will seek Him out as your Savior and give your life to Him today. We are not promised tomorrow so make your decision as soon as possible. He is coming for His Bride and only those who have given their hearts to Him will be going when that trumpet sounds one day.