Knowing Christ

 

Knowing Jesus Christ may not be a trend in this world right now, but I can guarantee you it will change you from the inside-out.  It did it for me and I live in a greater freedom from day to day.

I would imagine the trend right now is to “know yourself” and as a world of knowledge we are consumed by the knowledge of Self.  Self can become an idol between God and us.  God must become number One in your life.

The other trend is to find happiness at all costs which can be dangerous as you would not be able to stand yourself when you become depressed or angry.  It does not give much room to allow yourself to be normal if your ideal self is “happy”.  In other word, stop looking for “happy” and everything will be “normal” like your feelings and the grey sky in your life.  We suppress so much of our feelings that we end up hating ourselves for being unhappy or normal.

God is looking for normal people so that through them he can do the miraculous.  He is looking for people who have embraced the reality of who they are and found it through the Bible.  It says in the Bible that we all have sinned… (Romans 3:23,) “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”.  This is the reality of our state but now comes the good news… (Romans 3:24) “and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”  Is that not wonderful to know that you do not have to work for your salvation anymore?  That is God’s rich mercy for you, but it is free.  That is the Good News that you have been waiting for all these years.  If you want it, with salvation He can give you healing in your body as well.  He is all Good and He is always Just in His judgment.  It goes on to even explain the process of redemption… (Romans 3:25) “whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. (Propitiation means to appease God, the only thing that can appease Him is the Blood of Jesus on your heart.)

Guess what? The only thing that will activate all this is your FAITH.  Why don’t you believe the great LOVE God has for you?  You will change and maybe your situation will too and that is GOOD! Praise the Lord!

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