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John 1:12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God
There is always going to be someone who thinks they have gone too far and will not ask for forgiveness. I’m not just limiting this to sinning against God and asking for His forgiveness, but all walks of life.
But this is the awesome fact; God has promised to forgive us if we are willing to admit to our sins ad believe in Jesus Christ!
That is a fact. That is a promise. And it is the truth that we can all look forward to!
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1 Timothy 1:15 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.
So many people do not like to be called sinners because it is degrading to them; after all, how could they be as bad as the person next door!
Do not get caught up in being like the Pharisee and apportion blame on someone else when we are the sinners.
Accept the fact that we are sinners and ask God for His forgiveness; that is what He is waiting for!
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John 6:33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
How many times do we look to the wrong place to get our spiritual support and encouragement?
We all do need support from those around us to help build up our spiritual strength, but we must never forget that this comes from Christ alone.
Christ may use the people around us to help us, but He is the source of that encouragement.
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John 16:33 ‘I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.’
What an awesome thing to understand and have complete faith in; that Christ has already overcome the world so that we do not have to worry about what it can do to us!
That does not mean that you should not be scared of fire – it is still hot and will still burn you! What is being said is that no matter what the world throws at you, all it can do to you is just physical.
God is the one who holds your soul safely in His hands with a firm grip that will never let go or falter!
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Matthew 10:38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Ouch!
Isn’t it horrible when someone says something that cuts you down to size! God’s Word is exactly like that when you take it to heart!
Don’t ever think that God’s Word has been written down for someone else to read or to study. It has been written down for YOU!
We are not talking about picking up a huge wooden structure and carrying it round on your shoulders like a few people like to do over Easter – we are talking about the things in life that we find hard to accept as being necessary.
Don’t give up, give in to God!
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John 21:19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, ‘Follow me!’
What would you do if you were faced with the decision of going off and trying to live a long and prosperous life, or giving it all up to follow Christ?
Be honest! Are you ready for the challenge? Are you willing to take that big step forward? Will you put your faith and trust in One God?
The benefits go far beyond you can imagine, but the price you have to pay may be more than you imagine too.
I was willing. I have never regretted it!
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2 Peter 1:14 knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
The apostle was under no illusion that he would be able to live a long life just because he knew God; rather he knew he was facing a shortened life because of that belief.
In the UK we have the freedom of being able to worship God openly and yet so many choose to ‘leave it for now’ or ‘come back later’!
NOW is the time! Not tomorrow. Not next week. NOW; just as Christ showed us!
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Psalm 37:37 Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace.
None of us can ever hope to be perfect within ourselves or by ourselves; some religions or sects try to aim for people to attain such a position for themselves but always find it is impossible for all!
God created Adam and Eve and yet they were still able to be tempted and to sin. It is that sin nature within ourselves that breaks us and make us realise we need a Saviour who is willing to remake us.
Christ rebuilds us from the inside as we live with Him and it is only because He is willing to forgive us and present us as being perfect that we can be. I live for God’s peace.
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Psalm 119:116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
We all face discouragement and hardships at times, but God is able to hold us and keep us throughout everything.
Not only that, but He wants us to live our lives in a manner where we are happy and content with all He provides. But more than that, He wants us to live eternally with Him!
That way we will never be ashamed of saying that we depend on The Lord for everything, on all the hope He gives us through His Word!
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1 Corinthians 16:22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!
What a sentence to end the letter to the Corinthians with! But it is there to remind us just how important a decision we have to make!
It is not there as a personal snub to anyone who dares not to follow on from Paul’s teaching but a dire warning that if anyone chooses to ignore God, they choose death!
Let us never grow weary of warning people that they do have a choice to make and it must be made before it is too late. We do not know the time, but we know it is growing later every day.
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John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
The most amazing thing about true love is that it is a two way thing. No matter what place you are in life, if you display true love toward someone else, they will be able to love you back!
That love is not the corrupt ‘love’ that man thinks of but a love that comes from deep inside and lasts forever.
This is the love that Christ has shown us from the beginning and a love that is enduring; His absolute love that He has personally shown us… which makes it easy for us to love Him!
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John 11:35 Jesus wept.
Why on earth was Jesus glad that Lazarus was dead? Why then did He cry?
We can guess at all of the reasons why Jesus wept openly at this stage but let us never forget the simplicity of this statement. Jesus cried because He has compassion!
So many times we try to read so much into things when the simplest answer is what we need to focus on. Jesus LOVES mankind! Just because get it wrong does not mean that Jesus stops loving us.
Know Jesus’ love. Accept Jesus’ love. Trust Jesus’ love.
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John 11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
Have you ever had something said to you that levelled you totally? I am sure that when Jesus said these words the disciples were speechless! Thomas’ reaction says a lot…
I am not talking about the things people say that hurt you or wind you up but those moments in time when someone says something that brings you to your senses and to your knees.
I am privileged to know someone who can do that to me so very easily. Will you allow Christ to be one of those people for you?
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John 19:35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.
John wrote these words that we now have in our bibles because he was an eye-witness to what was happening. He wrote it down because he knew it to be the truth.
When we have eye-witness accounts in a court of law we believe what has happened because we trust someone who is willing to come forward and speak the truth as it happened.
Why then do we have any doubts about God’s Word being the truth? Why should we not believe people who have seen it when all we are faced with theories from the other side?
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1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
We have a life on earth that will not last too long; mankind is learning a lot and extending that life, but it is still limited because our genes and bodies get corrupted.
God has given us the gift of an eternal life without corruption if we should go to Him and ask Him to forgive us of our wrong-doings. Those sins are what bring us down.
But Through what Christ has done for us on that cross, we are able to have an incorrupt, eternal life with Christ our Lord and God in heaven!
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John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
When Jesus came into the world as a man, it was not that He had not already been with us from the beginning, but that He descended to that position to show us His love.
Jesus Christ, our Creator, has always been and will always be. He brought all life into this world and He has the ultimate power to take it all away.
Mankind would not be here without Christ no matter how much mankind would like to think that he could have evolved from some kind of random chance! We have a Creator God! Praise Him alone!
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John 3:19 This is the verdict: light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
It is a very sad state that people would rather hide in the darkness and do evil things than come out in the light and do what is righteous; but that seem to be where many people are.
This is not a new situation caused by a modern and corrupt society but something that has been with man from the beginning. Man has always chosen to hide in the darkness to avoid being found out!
That does not mean God cannot see us… it just means we lose sight of God…
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John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
We probably heard all manner of stories yesterday about people dying and other strange stuff; to me the most important death we can ever remember is Christ’s death on the cross.
It was through love that He gave His own life. It was because of His great love to each one of us! There was no evil intent or hidden meaning, just a simple truth…
God knew that He could pay for our sins if He allowed His own Son to take our place. So He did. What love!
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Hebrews 5:5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.”
I think it truly amazing that all the time that Christ spent on earth was not set aside to glorify Himself but rather to bring glory to God the Father.
Christ had every right to bring glory to Himself because He is who He is; but He chose to bring glory to God in heaven instead.
How much better a place would this world be if none of us would lift up our own stations higher than we ought to but would rather bring glory to The One True God.
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John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Old Testament points toward Christ coming to be our Saviour. The New Testament bears that out and then points toward what is yet to come.
This is the same that has been told from the beginning and the same that will be told right up until God takes us home to be with Him!
Christ has fulfilled God’s promise that He would send us a Saviour. Our bibles are a historical and factual record of what has happened and what is to come. Read it. Believe it!