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Jan 16th 2009

Daily Online Scripture Verse of the Day

1 Peter 2:2 Now that you realize how kind the lord has been to you, put away all evil, deception, envy and fraud. Long to grow up into the fullness of your salvation; cry for this as a baby cries for his milk.

Daily Online Scripture Reading of the Day.

1 Peter 1;13-2:5

They were finally told that these things would not occur during their lifetimes, but long years later, during yours. And now at last this Good News has been plainly announced to all of us. It was preached to us in the power of the same heaven-sent Holy Spirit who spoke to them; and it is all so strange and wonderful that even the angels in heaven would give a great deal to know more about it. So now you can look forward soberly and intelligently to more of God’s kindness to you when Jesus Christ returns.

Obey God because you are his children; don’t slip back into your old ways—doing evil because you knew no better. But be holy now in everything you do, just as the Lord is holy, who invited you to be his child. He himself has said, “You must be holy, for I am holy.”

And remember that your heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when he judges. He will judge you with perfect justice for everything you do; so act in reverent fear of him from now on until you get to heaven. God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver, as you very well know. But he paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lam of God. God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but only recently was he brought into public view, in these last days, as a blessing to you.

Because of this, your trust can be in God who raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. Now your faith and hope can rest in him alone. Now you can have real love for everyone because your souls have been cleansed from selfishness and hatred when you trusted Christ to save you; so see to it that you really do love each other warmly, with all your hearts.

For you have a new life. It was not passed on to you from your parents, for the life they gave you will fade away. This new one will last forever, for it comes from Christ, God’s ever-living Message to me.

Yes, our natural lives will fade as grass does when it becomes all brown and dry. All our greatness is like a flower that droops and fall; but the Word of the Lord will last forever. And his message is the Good News that was preached to you.

So Get rid of your feelings of hatred. Don’t just pretend to be good! Be done with dishonesty, and jealousy, and talking about others behind their backs. Now that you realize how kind the Lord has been to you, put away all evil, deception, envy and fraud. Long to grow up into the fullness of your salvation; cry for this as a baby cries for his milk. Come to Christ, who is the living foundation of Rock upon which God builds; though men have spurned him, he is very precious to God who has chosen him above all others.

And now you have become living building-stones For God’s use in building his house. What’s more, you are his holy priests; so come to him—[you who are acceptable to him because of Jesus Christ]—and offer to God those things that please him.

Sam’s Response…

Well I have some bad news if you decide to look at it that way….

Many preachers have been interpreted that our God is a banker who is ready to make your life a piece of cake so you can live on easy street.

Easy Street comes in heaven…In the meantime, we are to move each day closer to Christ. In my own walk I have come to realize that if I am not engaged in the Word daily, then I am slipping away from Christ. It is NOT God’s plan that we be saved and that’s it. There is more work to be done. There are many people who are seeking, broken, distraught with their lives and need the Good News That Jesus came for.

The Price Christ paid was for YOURS and My Sin.

The fact is if you are really to be transformed by the Word of God, then you will definitely run into a lot of resistance and hard times. The Devil does NOT want you moving closer to Christ, because if you do, then you can be used by Christ to win souls. So as you go through your walk with Christ, be aware that just because you gave your life to Christ, does not mean all will go well. Actually you may find it is a very difficult path to follow.  Satan will do everything in his power to take you away. But you know that Jesus came to destroy the power of Satan, and after 3 days he rose again and conquered Death once and for all. He bore all our sins at the cross so that we, as sinners, can choose Christ, and be transformed.

As we near the end of this time on earth, God has said that sin will increase and start to almost spin out of control. I believe we are in the final days as of Jan 15th 2009. I do not say this to scare you, but I say it to make you aware. Aware to understand that sin is rapidly increasing…it is all around us and it is trying to pull us down. To take us away from Jesus.

You are moving in one direction or the other. Which will you choose?

My pastor have a sermon about 2 months ago and had this diagram that explained what I am trying to say here…You are either moving Towards Christ or you are moving away. Watch your step carefully. In the above Scripture God calls us to not fall back to your old ways. So stand firm and keep the word in your heart and mind all day long. Do not let a day go by without praising God. Even if you are in the midst of difficult times, still praise him. This time is short compared to eternity that we have to look forward to. All these problems we see around us will soon disappear. Live above the problems and Live with Christ in you. Dive into his Holy Word So that you may stand firm when you are attacked by Satan. It is coming, it is waiting outside your door. It says  the devil came to devour and destroy man.

But it also says when you stand on the Word, you can defeat all the wiles of the devil and he shall flee.

Again, what direction are you moving today?

Are you buying into the lie, or speaking and absorbing the truth?

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