Sunday, the first day of the week for Jewish people, was when He stepped out of the tomb. The Roman soldiers couldn’t keep Him in the grave, death couldn’t hold Him and, decay had no way to touch Him. Why do some people want to believe He did not come out of the tomb? Some in the world say that this was just made up. He didn’t come out of the grave. If He didn’t, we have no reason to believe in Him. The disciples professed their faith in His resurrection, and most died because of their faith in Him. They wouldn’t have been killed for a lie.
Jesus told them many times that He would rise after three days and He did. He also told them that He would come again to take them and His church to be with Him in heaven and that is the hope that we live by today. If you believe in Him for your salvation then your heart has been changed because, without a change in your heart, there is no regeneration of your spirit to be saved. Knowledge of Jesus and everything that He said and did for us is not enough to save you. Salvation is by the grace of God and by your sincere belief in His love for you through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to atone for your sins and mine.
It is your child-like faith and your belief in His atonement for you that brings salvation to your soul. When God’s Spirit brings your heart to know that you truly need Him as your salvation then you come to know Him as your Savior. It is not by our decision or our idea that we need it but it is by the Spirit that our hearts are broken and we realize that we need Him for our salvation. Without His Spirit touching our lives to let us know that we need Him, we wouldn’t seek Him to be our Savior.
God is still moving today and He is the One Who brings the knowledge of our need for Him to us at the proper time. It is only by His touch and His calling that we come to know Him as our Savior. He calls us to be His. Don’t ignore His call when you hear it and feel it.
What animals make the best/worst pets?
I’ve always had a dog. My first was a Pug but the one who was very attached to me was a Chihuahua/ Terrier mix that my Mom got for me when I was ten. She was a faithful companion until my 25th birthday. As a family, we’ve had a Dachshund since 2005. Trixie passed away in 2020 when she was fourteen. Since then I have had a rescue that came to me when she was nine years old and she’s thirteen now. I’m probably a little biased but small dogs are the most loyal and loving in my opinion.
Time is the same whether you use a Rolex or a Timex. Consider making your life to be one long gift to others because everything you have is on loan from God anyway. The only thing that lasts is what you pass on to others as you go through life.
All of the disasters and problems that are happening around the world. They are stressful for many people, especially for those directly involved. Diseases, severe weather, wars, drought, what is going on? This has all been foretold in God’s Word.
We are in the End Times. The Tribulation won’t start until the church is taken up to be with the Lord but the “birth pains” leading up to that time are happening now. That is what we are going through today and every day until He comes for us. God has a plan for all of creation and one day soon it will unfold for the entire world to see and know. Some will realize exactly what is happening and some will make up all sorts of stories to explain it except what has been prophesied in the Bible.
Everything we are going through now is part of the “pains” that will bring more people to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Why does it work this way? Because suffering is what makes our faith grow. The world itself is suffering, nature and everything in it, because of mankind’s resistance to living by God’s rules. One day very soon He will make all things new again. It won’t be “soon” as we define it but it will be in His time.
I pray that everyone who has heard or read any sermon or even part of the Bible will seek Jesus to be their Lord and Savior because spending eternity away from your Creator and your Savior is a fate that is only reserved for Satan and his demons.
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