Present Truth

As we grow older, we start to see all the baggage that weighs us down, and we want to start letting go. But, then there's a dilema. Which do I keep and what do I let go? That all depends on the world view that we've developed. There are only two world views that make a real difference in our lives: either we believe in God or we don't. Yet, in the end, we start to realize that whether we want to admit it or not, we have to choose a belief because in either case, we're going to die. Who wants to die? We spend our lives collecting toys and things for what? Nothing material really has any value. The only thing of value is life... healthy, happy, secure, and peaceful life.
The Bible offers us all of this. Yet, we just put it aside. No time for God.
Well, my blog is for you. Take a minute or two to read what God has in His Word today. Ponder on It and His Word will change your life for the better!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Behold what manner of love!

"Look how much love the Father has showered on us to accept us as His sons and daughters!" 1 John 3:1-
God uses many ways to show us how much He loves us. First, through nature; life alone is a demonstration of love. Then through His Word, Amos 3:7 says, "But the Lord does nothing without revealing His plans to His servants the prophets." Through the inspired writings of the prophets in the Bible, God has told us that no matter what our condition is, He is there to save us! We just need to trust and accept His promise. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will take away your hearts of stone and give you hearts of compassion and obedience." Ezek. 36:26 But more than any gift of love that God could give us, it was His Son, Jesus Christ. "And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son whom I love." Matt. 3:17- "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son to come here and die, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have eternal life. God didn't send His Son to condemn the world, but to save the world. Those who believe in Him are no longer under condemnation, but those who do not believe in the Son of God cannot be healed and are condemned already because they don't believe. What condemns people is not the fact that they're in darkness but that they don't accept the light. People don't want to be told that their natures are evil, so they don't come to the light, because they're more comfortable with darkness than with light. But those who love the truth will come to the light to be changed, and it will be obvious that it is done by the power of God." John 3:16-21
Because of what Jesus, the Son of God, did for us, we have this hope that although our bodies may decay and die, through Jesus, we are offered eternal life at His second coming. Did He have to do that? No! Do we deserve it? No! We don't even appreciate it. But, when we stop and look, ponder and realize that the Almighty God of the universe came to earth to show His love for us, it WILL set us back; sit us down in awe, and we will say "Thank you, Lord for what you have done for me!"
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