Reconciled In Christ

Colossians 1:13-20 KJV; Christ The King Sunday; We are reconciled in Christ to live in His Kingdom even now.

The Lord Carries Us Through

Isaiah 46:4 KJV; God is with us throughout our lives. He carries us through the many years and delivers us.

We Are God's Children

Galatians 4:4-7; KJV, Epistle Reading reading for this Sunday the 1st Sunday after Christmas; We are God's children because of His gift of Jesus, his only begotten Son, to us.

Go With Haste To Hear The Promise

Luke 2:16-20 KJV: Go with haste to hear the promise fulfilled by that baby born in a manger.

The Gift Of Love

1 John 3:1-3 KJV; The gift of love given to us by God our Father through His only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ.

What Has Happened To His Vineyard?

19th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 5:1-7 KJV; He planted a vineyard; have we cared for it? Have we been good stewards of the church on earth?

You Are Most Precious

Luke 12:6-7; Precious is all of God's creation. Most precious are you in His sight.

The Light That Brings Life And Hope

John 3:16-21 KJV; For God so love the world he sent Jesus to be the light of this world that we might live in hope.

Rejoice You Are Not A Victim But A Victor!

Isaiah 52:7-10 KJV; Rejoice!  You are not a victim; but, a victor through Jesus Christ our Saviour and Lord!

Humbled To Be His Chosen Children

Luke 1:46-49 KJV; Mary was humbled to be the bearer of God's only begotten Son. We are humbled to be God's children adopted through the blood of that Son, Jesus the Christ.

The Word Made Flesh

Reading from the Gospel of John 1:12-14 KJV All who believe in the Word made flesh, who is Jesus the Christ, are given the power to become the children of God!

God Worketh In You

 

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 

                                                                                     (Phil 2:13-16 KJV)

God has a plan for us; a good plan. He does not leave us alone to do it. He works in and through his children that his will be done on earth as it is in heaven. But, often we object to his plan and purpose. We rebel and complain that we should have to assist others in their time of need. We complain because we have to be responsible children of God serving Him and others.

God has a plan for us. His desire was to reconcile us to Himself even though we rebelled against Him. He sent His only begotten Son to suffer and die for our sins that we might receive forgiveness and be reconciled to Him. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) Jesus did not complain about the work he did for us on the cross. "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." (Isa 53:7)

Let the world around you complain and argue with one another about what they should or should not be doing instead of doing what they ought to do or refraining from doing what they ought not do. The world tends to be overrun with too many talkers who do not know what it means to actually do. Followers of Jesus have better things to do than to complain about what they already know within themselves is good and right. We are to be the light to the people around us doing what God has called us to do; yet, it is not us who do these things, but, Christ who does all things through us. (see Gal 2:20; John 15:4,5)

Quit complaining and "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." (Matt 5:16)

God's Peace - Pr. J.

Saints and Sinners

"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin."

                                                                            (1 John 3:1-5 KJV)

Each and everyone of us transgresses the law. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:8) Yet, God loves us sinners enough to send his only begotten Son to die on the cross for us. He died to take away our sins.

We, who are sinners, are also saints by virtue of the blood that was shed on the cross for us. Even though the sinner in us is way more apparent at times than the saint in us; God still calls us his children. We are brothers and sisters with and in Christ. We are one in the family of God. 

"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.." (Heb 2:9-11)

"...Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered." (Rom 4:7)

God's Peace - Pr. J.