by lighthouse | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
II Corinthians 6:1 “As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.” Have you ever received a valuable gift and intentionally trashed it? Of course not! Have you ever loved someone who loved you and bought that loved person an expensive gift and they ignored it and were unappreciative? Of course not! God has given you and me the most valuable gift, bought with the highest price imaginable. Can you and I receive that gift yet ignore the blessings and responsibilities which are ours because of that gift? Of course not! Have a great weekend.
by lighthouse | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
II Corinthians 5:21 “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” To be with God, either on this earth or for all eternity, you and I must be perfect. God knew we could never accomplish perfection by ourselves. Therefore, He sent His Son to take on 100% of our sin and make you and me perfect–or righteous before God. We become the person God intends us to be. That is a miracle. Now, you and I have the responsibility to live that purposeful life God intends.
by lighthouse | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
II Corinthians 5:20a “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us…” God could represent Himself. God could…the list from a human view is endless. God did create the universe. God did send His Son to this earth. God did promise to never send a flood which would destroy the world population. God will bring all believers to Himself in Heaven. God did make you and me His representatives–ambassadors. God does all things the way He sees fit. He chooses to use you and me in a unique and privileged way. What an honor to serve our Heavenly Father! How blessed we are!
by lighthouse | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
II Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old is gone, the new has come.” When a person realizes he/she is a faithful follower of his/her Savior, he/she has a close relationship with his/her Heavenly Father, he/she is living a life of thankfulness and gratitude to his/her God and the Holy Spirit lives within him/her, he/she is an heir to the greatest treasure possible: an earthly life of contentedness and a heavenly life of phenomenal wonder. Thank you God for LIFE!
by lighthouse | Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
II Corinthians 5:15 “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” Every one of us has to ask ourselves a question which determines our life. That question is: who am I living for–myself or my Savior? Our human nature certainly says–myself. Our Holy Spirit nature says–my Savior. Our Savior’s love for us, His life lived for us, His dying for us, His resurrection for us and His preparing a home, a fabulous future home for us (which our loved ones who live with Him now are enjoying) dictates we live for Him. As we daily live life we constantly answer the question–who do we live for–ourselves or our Savior?
