Jesus is all merciful. He is always willing to forgive and always willing to embrace us from our own failures. He is full of Love the only thing we need is to ask for forgiveness and repent. I believe most of the believers of Christ know that. We are sure how the grace of God had changed us and gave us hope, Redeemed us from our sins. We are so inspired of many testimonies of this time and in the bible of how the power of Love of God gave us the chance to change our life and be healed. We all have heard how the merciful heart of Jesus forgave those who broke the law of His time, that is "grace"! Grace supercedes the law it did not replace the law. So, it is for God to forgive us and it is our side to keep ourselves from honoring that mercy and grace given not to have a mindset that we are OK to sin because God will forgive us. That is TWISTED! I guess we all loved the story of the woman who commit adultery wherein Jesus asked: "Whoever of you here who do not have any sin throw the stone first!" It was a meaningful moment. Jesus did not broke the law of letting the woman skip judgement but to receive grace she deserves from God, He introduce grace. It is all we have when we fall short in the glory of God. Yeah! We all love that part but we often not magnify what Jesus said after He forgave the woman. John 8:10-11New King James Version (NKJV)10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” Jesus said: GO AND SIN NO MORE! Jesus healed a man in the pool of bethesda and He said again; "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. (John 5:14) Do I need to highlight it even more? True, salvation is free and we don't really need to do anything but Believe and accept. What actually we need to consider big time is what are we going to do after we receive the gift of salvation. Will you use it as an excuse to sin continiously? Will you be just be comfortable being save and remain satisfied of you alone being saved, "Just good enough!" Or, will you be thankful to God in everyday and always desire to bring glory to God? Which one are you? He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." - Matthew 17:20 What if Jesus ask you right now, TRUST ME! Give your life to me. What will be your response? I know! It is not easy but let's take it step by step. Would you consider not saying, NO? But instead Start with what ever size of your faith right now, trust on that faith that you have right now and just say Yes. You will never regret it. #wordofGod #sizedoesnotmatter #faith #LoveofGod #Devotion Are you not relieved to know that you are a new creation after receiving Christ in your life? Isn't that a great promise? Have you imagined your scars from your childhood all of a sudden gone, wiped out? Or your previously disastrous teeth are all back to normal and complete again? How about all pimple marks in your face all got healed in a blink of an eye! Isn't that amazing? Let's go deeper, would you like to take a moment right now and look back on who you are before, are you happy with yourself before? Have you seen Anything you want to hide from the past? Anything you want to forget? Have you seen a stranger full of lies, dirt and hurt? Have you seen your old self trying to cope up in the demand of this world, never satisfied and always longed for ever greater in a worldy manner? Have you seen a person full of deceit and immorality? Or just a typical person who always to go just in between, can not choose for his life? When we come to Jesus He washed us clean from ours sins. We all became brand new by His grace. He gave us the right direction and covered us by His love. Then why would you even think to go back and get some more stains once again? Why, would you choose to look back and desire for your old life? In your old self? Why do you want to taste once again the life you already vommited out long time before when you accepted Christ? Would that taste better? Or even the same? No right? Have you ever taste your vommit when you are sick? You can not even think about it i guess. That would be how it will feel! Surely! Once we became new with Christ everything from the past will be like all spoiled food, it stinks and poisonous. You will sure identify the difference once you already tasted the goodness of our Lord. Stay in the light! Focus on Jesus! He died in the cross and sacrified himself and get himself brutally bruised just for you and me to get brand new! Be thankful and never looked back! Stay brand new everyday for Jesus! Help others to be clean and one day all things wil be made new in Jesus Name! 2 Corinthians 5:17New King James Version (NKJV)17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Matthew 5:14-15New King James Version (NKJV)14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Jesus commanded that we should be the light of the world. A light that shines so bright in the midst of darkness. A shining light even a small portion of it will always be visible in the human eye. Have you imagine a place so dark and you light up a lighter lets say with a very minimal portion of light on it, what do you think will happen to the place? Even the dark surroundings is still with much higher percentage than that light, your eyes will still be drawn to that light. Light always prevails. But that lighter will never come up with flame without its liquified gas inside. Same goes with every lamp stands in every streets and parks and houses, it will never ever going to produce a light without a bulb inside and a source of power. That is the same scenario for us people. How can you be that light of this world without a source of power? Before we can even lit up a little bit of light there must be something within us that enable that light, or let's say there should be Someone. Jesus is the light. It is written that Jesus is the Word that gives life and light in this world so darkness can never comprehend. (John 1:3-5) In that case, if we have Jesus in our life, if we have him within us no matter what, He will surely going to shine bright out from us. We will serve us His torch guiding the lost to the right way and eventually know Him. Would you like to serve as a lampstand? A torch for Jesus? You don't need to do that much but to accept Jesus within you and let Him light up from you so many can be save. Matthew 5:14-15New King James Version (NKJV)14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Jesus commanded that we should be the light of the world. A light that shines so bright in the midst of darkness. A shining light even a small portion of it will always be visible in the human eye. Have you imagine a place so dark and you light up a lighter lets say with a very minimal portion of light on it, what do you think will happen to the place? Even the dark surroundings is still with much higher percentage than that light, your eyes will still be drawn to that light. Light always prevails. But that lighter will never come up with flame without its liquified gas inside. Same goes with every lamp stands in every streets and parks and houses, it will never ever going to produce a light without a bulb inside and a source of power. That is the same scenario for us people. How can you be that light of this world without a source of power? Before we can even lit up a little bit of light there must be something within us that enable that light, or let's say there should be Someone. Jesus is the light. It is written that Jesus is the Word that gives life and light in this world so darkness can never comprehend. (John 1:3-5) In that case, if we have Jesus in our life, if we have him within us no matter what, He will surely going to shine bright out from us. We will serve us His torch guiding the lost to the right way and eventually know Him. Would you like to serve as a lampstand? A torch for Jesus? You don't need to do that much but to accept Jesus within you, all power comes from Him. Just be willing to be that instrument of light and let Jesus, "the real source" light up from you so many can be save. Proverbs 31:10 (NKJV)Who can find a virtuous wife? |
AuthorI am a FOLLOWER OF CHRIST Cleverly disguised as an Architect who loves to share my experiences and encounters with God in every simple and possible way to the people out there who needs to hear Gods' greatness and goodness. Archives
September 2017
Categories
All
|