Friday, May 16, 2008

victory

John
3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
3:15 That whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

This morning my son smacked his sister while they were playing. I told him he was wrong for what he did and to apologize to her. The apology became a problem for him and he was punished for it. He wasn't punished for the act, but for not apologizing. This is the same concept in our everyday lives. This is the reason why Jesus was crucified for mankind. Our sin is in the acts we do but the punishment is not asking for forgiveness through Jesus the Christ. The one guarantee you have is that you will perish one day. So when your time is up, you will account to God for your sins knowingly and un-knowingly. If you confess them as they happen to Jesus, you can save yourself from God's wrath and the Bible says God will cast your sins to the depths of the sea. So you already have victory in your judgment, and having Jesus in your life gives you a life of victory with God!

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

trust

SICHUAN PROVINCE, China (CNN) -- China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by thousands Wednesday as troops rushed to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from one of the hardest hit cities.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/china.quake/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Myanmar cyclone: Perfect storm of conditions - When Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta and pushed a wall of water 25 miles (40 kilometers) inland, it had all the makings of a massive disaster.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/08/eco.nargis.ap/index.html

More Storms Head to Ravaged Plains - (SENECA, Mo.) — Another round of storms headed toward tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states early Tuesday where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1739627,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

PALM BAY, Florida (CNN) -- Most wildfires across Florida were contained Tuesday, including a blaze that charred more than 3,500 acres and caused $9.6 million in damage in the city of Palm Bay.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/13/florida.wildfires/index.html

Iraq War enters fifth year
The war in Iraq has entered its fifth year with the U.S.-led forces battling a determined insurgency and hoping to quell rising sectarian violence. More than 20,000 U.S. troops are headed to the region to help implement a new security plan and reconstruction efforts. Meanwhile, the near-daily bombings and casualties are taking a toll on support for the war on the home front.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/iraq.transition/

Matthew 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

These are a few news articles I pulled of the web, from this week alone. There are wars, droughts and other catastrophes going on. To fully understand what's going on read the rest of the book of Matthew.

2 Peter: 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

What can we trust in? Man amends his laws as needed but God's word, plan and way has not and will not change. Are you going to limit your salvation to the knowledge that you have? Or by what a preacher or a holy person said? My ways are limited to my few years of knowledge and experience. I trust in the Word and can only fully understand it by reading it for myself. It was the same word that the apostles took to the world and it was around before me and will be the same after I leave for the heavenly kingdom.

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