Passing Thought...

As Christians we need to find the things in our lives that strengthens our faith to the Lord Jesus Christ and constantly come back to those things. For example if you have a houseplant and you want it to grow you need to water it. Any two year old could tell you that, it is just one of the basics of life. All living things are dependent on something else to keep them alive. Well, the same with our faith. Those things that give us goose bumps because they make us see without a doubt that Christ is who he said he is, those things need to be filtered into our daily lives to keep our faith alive!

Grace and Peace

Christ Has Already Done What He Had To Do!

Christ is not obligated to give you that one more chance just before you die to take him back into you hearts. That is what Him dieing on the cross was for! Hebrews 6:4 says, "It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subject him to public disgrace."

Those are some heavy words to swallow, but take them down! Because if you walk away from the Lord once you have experienced his love, what can bring you back? Nothing! If what God has to offer to us is not good enough the first time, it will NOT be good enough the second time...

JESUS IS NOT OBLIGATED TO DO ANYMORE THAN WHAT HE ALREADY HAS GRACIOUSLY DONE FOR US!!!

Grace and Peace

Got the Bible?

I was recently asked the question, "What advice do you have to give to a new Christian?" It was a young man and he said this to me referring his fiancé. I looked at the both of them and then looked at my Bible, paused, pointed to the book setting in front of me and said, "This needs to be your best friend."

It is true. How often do we see people come to Christ, but then never comeback to Christ? I mean, they accept Christ into their lives and all he has done for them, but then never comeback to meet with him in fellowship through His word. People say, "I want to know God." As a Christian you are called to know and walk with God. That is impossible to do if you are not digging into the scripts. The Word tells us everything we need to know about God and who He is. That needs to drive us in our lives.

What happens if we don't read the word? If we do not read to learn and fellowship with our Lord we will know nothing about him. We will be calling ourselves Christian aka Christ Followers, but not knowing whom we follow. We would resort to human wisdom to explain a miraculous God, which is inconceivable. (1 Corinthians 1 talks about how ridiculous human wisdom is.) The message of the cross is not comprehendible unless approached through faith and your faith cant be straightened unless you spend time with God, which includes the very words he breathed.

If a Christian fails to connect on a personal level with God they will always be second guessing themselves in their security in Christ. Every time they sin, they will feel like they are going to hell, get all down and depressed about it and in a sense try to hide from God like Adam and Eve did. Instead, they should be going to the Lord about it and talking it over with him. Christ didn't die on the cross for nothing. They need to truly come to a full understanding of what Christ dieing on the cross really means and that will not happen if you are not in a familiar relationship with the Lord Jesus the Christ.

So, if you are a new Christian, read your word. It is the best think you can do for your walk with Christ outside of prayer. Then again those two things should be going hand in hand.

Grace and Peace