A Life That Matters
| Not Just at Christmas - #6509 |
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| A Word With You - Your Most Important Relationship |
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Download MP3 (right click to save) We took one of our granddaughters to the Christmas Festival at a theme park when she was two. And she loved it! There were lights everywhere, exciting music performances and a great Christmas parade. But there was one thing that impressed her so much, and she talked about it all year long - the Living Nativity. We got to see a portrayal of the angels' appearance to the shepherds, the visit of the Wise Men, and best of all, Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus in the Manger. From that night on through the year, when we would mention that theme park, the first thing she associated with it was "Jesus" no matter what time of year it was. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Not Just At Christmas." Our granddaughter thought that Jesus should be all year round. She's right. Some of us think about Jesus mostly on His holidays, like Christmas and Easter. A lot of us think of Him mainly on Sunday at church. But He didn't come to be our holiday Jesus or our church Jesus. He came here to make possible a personal love relationship with Him that gives meaning to every day of our lives; not just to be a belief or a religious compartment in our lives. The event Jesus, the holiday Jesus, the religious Jesus; they're just not enough to forgive your sin, to answer your questions about the meaning of your life, or to get you to heaven someday. You've got to belong to Him every day, not just visit Him occasionally. He told those who belong to Him: "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5 ). And a "never leave you" relationship is the kind of anchor that our soul is looking for. Every other relationship in our life is "loseable." People turn on us, they dump us, they disappoint us, they divorce us, or no matter how deep the relationship, they ultimately die on us. That's why we can never really feel safe in this world, until we anchor ourselves to the Savior who said, "He who comes to me I will never cast out" (John 6:37 ). In Matthew 28:20 , our word for today from the Word of God, Jesus made the ironclad promise that He alone has the power to keep, "Surely I am with you always." Now, in a world of things and experiences that are never-lasting, Jesus offers the only thing that is ever-lasting. John 3:36 tells us that "whoever believes in the Son (that's Jesus, the Son of God) has eternal life." See, you don't have to die to see if you have eternal life. You have it as soon as you put your trust in Jesus. The verse then gives the alternative: "Whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on Him." We had no chance with God until Jesus came that first Christmas. Until He gave His life on the cross to take the rap for every wrong thing we have ever done. We can't get anywhere near a holy God with our sin. But Jesus allowed God to dump all our sin on Him that day on the cross, so you could be clean, so you could be forgiven, so you could be with Him forever. This Christmas season provides a wonderful time to make the Savior your Savior. He's not just for Christmas, but this Christmas season is a tremendous time to finally experience His love for yourself. Look, if you're ready to make that move, you've already done life without Him and you don't want to do it any more, then I invite you to visit our website; it's YoursForLife.net. We've got nothing for you to join, nothing for you to sign up for there. Just a brief explanation of how to be sure you have begun your personal relationship with Jesus Christ. You can read it, you can listen to it, you can watch it, but go check it out at our website - YoursForLife.net. And today move beyond a religion about Jesus - to this love relationship with Jesus. Move from just believing things about Jesus - to really belonging to Jesus. |
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Think about all the people for centuries before He came! Really! All those people had no chance with God? What a wonderful, loving God you believe in! Sent them all to hell before Jesus came along to save you!
Really?
and be inspired by God's great Gift of the Universe for us. Jesus did not say "Seek me," but "Seek the Kingdom of God" and all these things will be yours as well. then we are "saved" from our ignorance about the Greatness of God.
Don't let anyone confuse you about Who Jesus really is. He's the divine Son of God (God the Son) who was willing to take on human flesh so He couold die for our sins. Because of our sinful nature we need a Saviour to die in our place. He's our substitute.
If we confess and repent of our sins He will be faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness .
1st John 1:9.
I will still go by what the Bible says. What Bible are you using?
Whether we're saved or lost is our choice not God's. He just honors our choice, but it doesn't make Him happy to have His people disobey Him.
Matt: 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,"
Rev: 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE."
Now, George, do you still "go by the Bible" or do you decide that "it was added to scare people."
Matt: 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,"
Rev: 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE."
Now, George, do you still "go by the Bible" or do you decide that "it was added to scare people."
Thanks for finally using scripture to back up your statements, but don't take them out of context.
Matthew 18:8 (ASV)
Matthew 25:41 (ASV)
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
The scriptures that state the eternal fires is talking about the effects (results) of the fires will be eternal, not the actual fires itself.
A loving God would not want or allow people to burn throughout eternity. The actual fires will go out when everything is burned up. The wicked will be ashes under the feet of the righteous and will no longer exist.
Find every scripture you can on the subject and usse a concordance if you nee to.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas"
Gary didn't write that comment, I did. The people who wrote the Bible (scriptures) was guided by the Holy Spirit. It's better to study the Bible subject by subject instead of jumping all over the place.
To change the subject. Either you believe the Bible or you don't.
Let's not start passing judgment on who's going to make it and who isn't. My Salvation is sure in Jesus Christ alone, and He's the only one who can Judge. Take Sodom and Gomorrha. They were destroyed by what God called an everlasting fire, but those cities are not burning now, but the effects (results) of the fire are permanet.
Can you imagine a loving God watching people burn throughout eternity. NO WAY.
The lake of fire mentioned in Revelation will be the same way, it willl burn until there's nothing left then go out. The repentant sinner whose confessed and been forgiven will not have to worry.
I never said that I didn't believe in a Just God who will destroy those who totally reject Him. You're right Jesus is the only one who can judge. I believe in the atoning blood that Jesus shed for me. I believe that the fallen angels, Satan and anyone who follows him (Satan) will be burned up in the lake of fire mentioned in Revelation.
What I do not believe is that it will burn throughout eternity.
That was What Jesus was telling when He was referring to the rich man in hell. There is no fire that will burn throughout eternity.Source? If there is a hell where people are burning now where is it? If there is a hell at all, where is it? Answer: Gehenna, just outside the city gates of Jerusalem where the bodies of the poor were thrown, always smoldering.
Please allow me to finish my thought from my Previous comment. The lake of fire in Revelation is prepared to the devil and his angels. They will be burned up and destroyed, so will the wicked who refuse to repent and turn to God.
Satan, the fallen angels and the wicked will not burn throughout eternity,they will be burned up and destroyed and cease to exist.
Read every scripture you can find on the subject.
Time to move on.
Ron Keep preaching you are doing a great job!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
Sorry that you're upset (grieved.) I'm not inventing truth, only going by what the Bible says. If you would compare scripture with scripture when studying whatever subject you study in the Bible instead of going by what others say you won't be confused.
I don't even know how we got on the subject of hell anyway, but let the Holy Spirit guide you and pray when studying the Bible and compare scripture with scripture like I already mentioned.
God bless.
means "The Word." So the Universe was God and in it, seek the Kingdom of God means to search in the Universe for anything you want to know about Him. Him in John 1:1-5 is God personified.
I feel sorry for you, but I will pray for you too.
According to my Bible King James version Jesus is the Son of God. Read John 1:14, and Hebrews 1:1-10.
Too bad I can't figure out how to use a blog, so I'm not limited on what I want to write.
"Are you telling me that the subtotal of all your body parts are not George? "The Logos was God! "The Word was God! Universe means The Word. The logos was the Universe, was The Word, and was God. Your scriptures were written by people who did not get it!
And George, you don't need a blog. Just write me marvinpurser@gm ail.com. anytime.