...out of trouble. To me this means that we succeed in our lives when the hurt and problems of others matter to us.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Each of us is responsible for all of man kind
Each relationship nurtures a strength or a weakness within us.
The relationship between a person and another human being is what creates and allows for a relationship with God.
The relationship between a person and another human being is what creates and allows for a relationship with God.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Being a Christian means...
BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS ONE CAN ENJOY PEACE WITH GOD.
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). So much of the turmoil in the lives of men today is the
result of an awareness that they are not living in harmony with the will of God. The
world desperately searches for peace, but peace eludes them. The Christian can say,
It is well with my soul because he has been reconciled to God through Christ. He not
only enjoys peace because all is well with him spiritually, but he can overcome the
anxieties of this life because of the assurance that the Father is aware of the needs of his children and has promised to provide for all his needs.
After Paul's instructions to the Philippian Christians concerning overcoming anxieties through prayer to God, he then says, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).... one can enjoy the peace given by the Lord to his faithful
disciples (John 14:27).
BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO COME TO THE THRONE OF GOD S GRACE.
One can have confidence that he will be able to find grace to help whatever may be his need (Hebrews 4:16). The Son of God serves as the great High Priest for the children of God. He can sympathize with the weaknesses of man because He has experienced temptations in the flesh. He stands ready to always intercede in
behalf of those who approach God through him (see Hebrews 4:15; 7:24,25). Every
thing which is of anxiety to the Christian is that which can be taken to God in prayer with the assurance that He will provide for man s needs. Truly, one of the greatest blessings enjoyed by the Christian is that of casting his cares on the Lord, knowing he cares for his people (I Peter 5:7).
BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS ONE HAS THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
Through the mercy of God the Christian has been begotten to a living hope through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Peter 2:3). In speaking of the hope of the resurrection, the apostle Paul declares, For we are saved in this hope (Romans 8:24). It is the hope of eternal life that gives the Christian the motivation to patiently withstand the difficult trials of life (Romans 5:4,5).
Paul says the hope of being with Christ forever is that which can give comfort to the heart of the Christian in time of great sorrow (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). So much of the turmoil in the lives of men today is the
result of an awareness that they are not living in harmony with the will of God. The
world desperately searches for peace, but peace eludes them. The Christian can say,
It is well with my soul because he has been reconciled to God through Christ. He not
only enjoys peace because all is well with him spiritually, but he can overcome the
anxieties of this life because of the assurance that the Father is aware of the needs of his children and has promised to provide for all his needs.
After Paul's instructions to the Philippian Christians concerning overcoming anxieties through prayer to God, he then says, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).... one can enjoy the peace given by the Lord to his faithful
disciples (John 14:27).
BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO COME TO THE THRONE OF GOD S GRACE.
One can have confidence that he will be able to find grace to help whatever may be his need (Hebrews 4:16). The Son of God serves as the great High Priest for the children of God. He can sympathize with the weaknesses of man because He has experienced temptations in the flesh. He stands ready to always intercede in
behalf of those who approach God through him (see Hebrews 4:15; 7:24,25). Every
thing which is of anxiety to the Christian is that which can be taken to God in prayer with the assurance that He will provide for man s needs. Truly, one of the greatest blessings enjoyed by the Christian is that of casting his cares on the Lord, knowing he cares for his people (I Peter 5:7).
BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS ONE HAS THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
Through the mercy of God the Christian has been begotten to a living hope through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Peter 2:3). In speaking of the hope of the resurrection, the apostle Paul declares, For we are saved in this hope (Romans 8:24). It is the hope of eternal life that gives the Christian the motivation to patiently withstand the difficult trials of life (Romans 5:4,5).
Paul says the hope of being with Christ forever is that which can give comfort to the heart of the Christian in time of great sorrow (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
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