We celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday. We do this because by His resurrection, we can also be raised from the death brought on by sin into new life. No one is without excuse for having the opportunity to know God and be saved. Because of this, every single person must choose either to follow God and only die once (from this physical world), or to be condemned forever to hell because of their unrepentant heart lost in sin and die twice (once in the physical world and then again in their soul).
April 8, 2012
God is always working, even when we can’t see it. He is working on the hearts of those who are lost while at the same time He is working on the hearts of His followers to go out and help the lost get found. When we choose to ignore His leading in our lives to share the Gospel message with those around us no matter how uncomfortable it might get, our sin can be detrimental to their souls. Jesus gave up His life so that we may be made whole to live forever with Him. He calls us to take up our own cross, get out of our comfort zone and share the message of salvation with others. What are you willing to give up in order to do that?
April 6, 2012
The Easter story is centered on Christ’s resurrection from the dead, but just as many struggle to believe it now even the disciples struggled to believe it then. Jesus appeared to them, showing himself in his fully resurrected body, and they still had to have it explained to them about how the prophecies were fulfilled in this. Jesus says that those who do not see him yet still believe are blessed because God has given them the gift of faith to believe. When you believe that Christ not only died for you but also was resurrected into new life that you will share with him one day you should be proclaiming that message to anyone and everyone you encounter because it very well could change their lives as well.
April 5, 2012
It seems as though the days set aside in our country to remember and honor those who have given their lives for our freedom have become just a holiday to anyone who has never personally known someone lost in battle. In the same way, unless you personally know Jesus and have accepted His death as payment for your own sins, Good Friday and Easter are just holidays. Though you may think it is too simple to only have to call on the name of Jesus to be saved, that is the Good News, the Gospel. And it may be simple for you, but it cost Jesus everything. Through His sacrifice He conquered death, and it is because of His resurrection that He can also offer us eternal life with Him forever.
April 4, 2012
When Jesus was on earth, He was accused of being Beelzebub, “Lord of the flies,” also known as the devil. The truth is that Jesus is Lord of everything, even the flies. He put up with so much for us, even to the point of death when it was the flies that were circling His body on the cross. What will it take for us to proclaim that Jesus is Lord of our lives? We may not understand everything and we may come across some doubts, but Jesus said that it is blessed for those who do not see Him and yet still believe. No matter what we go through in this life, it is worth more than anything to claim Him as Lord over it all.
April 3, 2012
Every believer needs to realize that they are in a battle, in the cross hairs with the attacks of the devil. When God is using you to reach others, the devil will do anything he can to stop that. We see in the story of Job in regards to his wife how crucial it is that we examine ourselves to make sure that we are not being used by the devil as a detriment to someone else. In the story of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness we can learn in importance of knowing Scripture to combat attacks. The reality is that we will be attacked. We must learn to protect ourselves by putting on the full armor of God because fighting on His side is worth it.
April 2, 2012