The cross looked like utter defeat, but it was the greatest coup to be seen. God masterminded the redemption of mankind and the devil played right into it. He thought if he killed the Son of God, he would win. It didn't work out that way.
So it will be again. As God's plan unfolds for the end of these days, it will look like utter defeat for us, but it will be the greatest coup ever!
Don't give up. Hold on to God's guiding Hand. He knows exactly what He is doing and He will not fail.
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Friday, February 14, 2020
Allegiance
In days gone by in Scotland and other places, mainly in the British Isles, there were lords and liege lords. A lord or entity would pledge his allegience to a more powerful lord (liege lord) in exchange for protection. His property and people and his very life were at the command of the liege lord.
That's where we get the "allegiance" part of the salute to the flag. We owe allegiance to a nation that protects us and we pledge to give our goods and even our lives if required for the good of that nation.
We who are redeemed pledge our allegiance to a greater Lord, the Lamb of God. That means we agree to give whatever he requires in the battles that come along, even our very lives.
Have you pledged allegiance to the Lord of all lords? Are you ready and willing to go into battle?
Darkness is coming over our land; we know that. Our battles will soon be fought on the foreign soil of demonic hatred. it's impossible for us to ready ourselves alone; we must rely on God to guide us in every way. Our only task is to seek His face and His guidance and then to act on what He has shown us.
We are running out of time to learn that.
That's where we get the "allegiance" part of the salute to the flag. We owe allegiance to a nation that protects us and we pledge to give our goods and even our lives if required for the good of that nation.
We who are redeemed pledge our allegiance to a greater Lord, the Lamb of God. That means we agree to give whatever he requires in the battles that come along, even our very lives.
Have you pledged allegiance to the Lord of all lords? Are you ready and willing to go into battle?
Darkness is coming over our land; we know that. Our battles will soon be fought on the foreign soil of demonic hatred. it's impossible for us to ready ourselves alone; we must rely on God to guide us in every way. Our only task is to seek His face and His guidance and then to act on what He has shown us.
We are running out of time to learn that.
Friday, January 17, 2020
A New Heaven and a New Earth
The Apostle Peter wrote that the heavens will be destroyed with a great noise and great heat and everything on this earth will be burned up. That's quite a picture, isn't it?
I wonder if we actually believe it. We talk fearfully of super volcanoes and earthquakes and polar shifts and even asteroids, but what about the one thing that will change everything?
Peter also says this will happen "as a thief in the night" and if we take that literally, and remember Jesus' words "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 23:35) then we have to believe that some day in the not too distant future, there will be a calamity so huge that the earth and everything in it, including humans, will be destroyed.
We can trust God completely through this, because He is waiting for the perfect time to rescue us and take us to our new home. This new home is real. We will see a new sky above us, with new stars and maybe a new sun. We will be on a new planet of sorts, created by God especially for us. (John 14: 2-3)
Will that "planet" be like this one? No, I don't think so. It will hold a form of life that we partake in right now but we understand so little of. God may recover and renew our bodies but we will be much more than we are now because we will be like Him and then we will know what we are.
John 1 3:2 says,
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Knowing these things, that the earth and everything in it will be destroyed, why do we spend our lives chasing after what the world offers? In a second, "in the twinkling of an eye" (I Corinthians 15:2) it's going to all be gone. Only what is in Christ will remain.
I wonder if we actually believe it. We talk fearfully of super volcanoes and earthquakes and polar shifts and even asteroids, but what about the one thing that will change everything?
Peter also says this will happen "as a thief in the night" and if we take that literally, and remember Jesus' words "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 23:35) then we have to believe that some day in the not too distant future, there will be a calamity so huge that the earth and everything in it, including humans, will be destroyed.
We can trust God completely through this, because He is waiting for the perfect time to rescue us and take us to our new home. This new home is real. We will see a new sky above us, with new stars and maybe a new sun. We will be on a new planet of sorts, created by God especially for us. (John 14: 2-3)
Will that "planet" be like this one? No, I don't think so. It will hold a form of life that we partake in right now but we understand so little of. God may recover and renew our bodies but we will be much more than we are now because we will be like Him and then we will know what we are.
John 1 3:2 says,
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Knowing these things, that the earth and everything in it will be destroyed, why do we spend our lives chasing after what the world offers? In a second, "in the twinkling of an eye" (I Corinthians 15:2) it's going to all be gone. Only what is in Christ will remain.
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