Do You Confess?

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Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist–denying the Father and the Son. 1 John 2:22

The word Christ is Greek for Messiah. The definition of Messiah is Savior , anointed One, Son of Living God

Jesus once asked his disciples “Who do you say I am?” and Peter answered correctly that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God (Matthew 16:16) Many of us know who Jesus is or heard of him, but who do you say his is to others? What do you believe in your heart and mind? Is Jesus your Lord and Savior?

The confession of Jesus being the Christ (Messiah) is important, because anyone who denies this is an Anti-Christ and the Spirit of Satan lives in you.  Anyone who confesses Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart God raised him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans 10:9) You can’t be saved with the proclamation of Jesus as Christ!

Remember Jesus said “Nobody comes to The Father (God) except through me (Jesus) (John 14:6) If you deny Jesus you also deny God. You can’t say you believe in God and deny his Son Jesus. Without the atonement of Christ, we can’t stand in the presence of our Heavenly Father.

So do you confess Jesus is the Christ (Messiah)? Is he Lord in your heart and mind? Remember there is no middle ground, your either a Christian or an anti-Christ, which do you choose?

Living Sacrifice

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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God–this is your true and proper worship Romans 12:1

What does it mean to offer your body as a “Living Sacrifice” for God? The definition for Sacrifice is to surrender or offering. The first thing we need to remember is that our bodies are the “Temple of God” (1 Corinthians 3:16) as Christians the Holy Spirit lives inside you to be your Comforter, Advocate, and Counselor. (John 14:26) The Spirit of God can’t dwell in you if your Temple is corrupted.

To offer your body as a “Living Sacrifice” to God is to refrain from using your body to sin. Refrain from drugs, drunkenness, sexual immorality, cursing, ect. If you want to know why you’re not filled with the Holy Spirit, then you need to reevaluate your Temple.

Would you ever go to church drunk, or high, or using profanity? Then why is it acceptable in your Temple of God? The act of being a “Living Sacrifice” to God is to give up the Earthly pleasures of sin and focus on our higher calling in Christ Jesus.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2

The next verse tells us “Don’t conform to this world”, just because the world is living in immorality, doesn’t mean you have to conform to it. Offer yourself as a pleasing “Living Sacrifice” to God and watch the power of the Holy Spirit transform you in Jesus Name Amen

Fulfillment of The Law

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“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17

Did Jesus abolish The Law? The word “abolish” means to end or terminate, so did Jesus really end The Law? First  what is The Law? The Law or Torah are the first 5 Books of The Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,  and Deuteronomy) that are written instructions given by God handed down to Moses. The Law not only defines what sin is, but also the consequences of sin.

Without The Law there would be no consequences for anyone’s actions. Imagine if your town abolished all its laws, what would happen? There would be anarchy, looting, rioting, probably even murder. This is the same with Gods Law, if he abolished it there would be no consequences for sinners. So it wouldn’t make sense for Jesus to abolish The Law.

Jesus did however “fulfill” The Law. What does this mean? We know from the Bible that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23) and we are all sinners (Romans 3:23) therefore if we all lived “Under the Law” we would all be condemned to death. No matter how righteous you believe you are, you are guilty. But on the cross, Jesus became our ransom (1 Timothy 2:6) and took our place of condemnation. As it says God sent his Son (Jesus) born “Under The Law” (Galatians 4:4) Therefore Jesus fulfilled The Law for us.

But if your led by The Spirit, you are not Under The Law (Galatians 5:18) When you truly become a Christian and live for Christ, you no longer live for the flesh but by The Spirit of God. Does The Law still exist? Absolutely, and all those who live by the flesh and reject Christ are condemned under the Law. But all those who call upon the name of Jesus shall be saved (Romans 10:13) Amen!

God Demonstrated Love

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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

How do you know someone loves you? Can love be shown without action? Many people who don’t know God would like to paint him as an angry and wrathful God. But when we understand what God, our Heavenly Father, has done for us already. We then understand that God does so love the world that he gave his only begotten Son (John 3:16) to free us from our bondages of sin and death

See even though we were rebellious, unholy, wicked, and disobedient. God granted you grace and mercy through Jesus Christ. Did we deserve grace and mercy? No but God’s love was demonstrated for us on the cross, Jesus tasted death for the punishment of our sins, not his.

There is no greater story of love and mercy than through Jesus Christ. Now don’t be misled, because of sin we still live in a broken world. There will still be pain and suffering. However, we can have peace and hope knowing that through Christ we will overcome death. Because our Lord has risen we will rise also and have eternal life in our Fathers Kingdom.

There is no love without action. Just as a man who loves a woman, demonstrates that love with the covenant of marriage. God has demonstrated his love to us through the covenant of his son Jesus Christ Amen!

Conquerors

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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8:37

Are you a conqueror? Or do you feel like you have been conquered?

The original Greek word used in this scripture “hypernicōmen” means “we are more than conquerors”

First thing we need to understand is there is no greater victory than Jesus Christ. People see Christ dying on the Cross as weakness, but they don’t understand he laid down his life willingly (John 10:18) to save the world. As Jesus said in Matthew 26:53 “Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”

Jesus is saying “I AM The Son of God, if I wanted to wipe out the world I would, but because of Gods great love and mercy for us, he gave his only Son”

On that Cross Jesus defeated all strongholds against us, he defeated sickness, disease, addiction, depression, anxiety, and most importantly he defeated death.  As we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength (Philippians 4:13)

If Christ is living in you, you are a conqueror. Nothing in this world can defeat or overcome you. Jesus has already overcome the world (John 16:33) But we must remember that we can’t do anything without faith, if Jesus is truly your Lord and Savior, that have the faith that you are truly a Conqueror

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

Notice Paul’s faith here, he is truly convinced that he is a conqueror through Jesus Christ. Notice there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God. Its time to renew your strength and declare that you are a Conqueror in Jesus Name Amen