A way of life

  A way of life.

"Here, O Israel: The Lord our God is one.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

These commandments that I give to you today are to be upon your hearts.

Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, and when you lie down and when you get up.

Tie them as a symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Write them on the doorframes of your house and on your gates." Deuteronomy 6:4-9.

The way I read this those who believe in God are to make Him a part of their lifestyle. We are to love God and honour God in all that we do. We are to impart our beliefs in God to our Children in word and in deed.

If you consider yourself a believer in God, a believer in Christ Jesus, God’s one and only Son are you doing this?

Please think about it.

Are you blessed?

  Are you blessed?

The Psalmist writes,

"Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

 whose hope is in the LORD his God, 

the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—

the LORD, who remains faithful forever.” 

                                                                   Psalm 146:5,6.

Do you believe in the God of Jacob. The Lord God who made the heavens, the earth and the seas and everything in them?

Do you believe in the LORD who remains faithful forever?

Are you blessed?

Please think about it.

Confession of Faith

  Confession of Faith

The apostle Paul writes,

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”  

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,  for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" Romans 10:9-13.

The writer of the book of Hebrews states,

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:6.

You cannot call yourself a Christian unless you truly believe in and have absolute faith God.

Simply believing God exists is not enough. God calls each individual to have faith in Him.

Do you have such faith?

Please think about it.

Something Controversial

  Something controversia.

Jesus said,

"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." John 3:36.

Here is a controversial statement that Jesus made and Christians believe. If this statement is true the world has a lot to think about.

That being said God has prepared a way for us to get to heaven. The apostle Paul stating,

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.  Romans 3:23,24.

Will you accept the Salvation that comes through Christ Jesus today?

Please think about it.

To the Perishing

  To the Perishing

The apostle Paul wrote,

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18.

Simply put this is the unapologetic view of Christians. We believe the words of Jesus as quoted in John’s gospel. 

“Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  John 14:6.

If we as Christians are wrong then no one has anything to fear. If we are right then the rest of the world has at the very least something very important to think about.

Please think about it.

Who's the fool?

  Who’s the fool?

The Psalmist writes,

"The fool says in his heart, 

"There is no God." 

                                 Psalm 14:1.

The question comes down to who’s truly the fool? Those who believe in God or those who do not believe in God.

Blaise Pascal wrote,

“Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.” Blaise Pascal.

Please think about it.

Something for the Christian to do now

  Something for the Christian to do now

The Psalmist writes,

Praise the LORD. 

Praise God in his sanctuary; 

praise him in his mighty heavens. 

Praise him for his acts of power; 

praise him for his surpassing greatness. 

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

 praise him with the harp and lyre, 

praise him with tambourine and dancing, 

praise him with the strings and flute, 

praise him with the clash of cymbals, 

praise him with resounding cymbals. 

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. 

Praise the LORD. 

                                      Psalm 150.

If you consider yourself a Christian a believer in Christ Jesus. Take time right now silently or outwardly to praise God.

Please don’t just think about it.

Do it.

Do you ask?

  Do you ask?

In the book of James we read,

"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.  

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you." James 1:19-21.

Here James points out that we are to be “slow to speak” and “slow to anger”. Telling us anger does not result in righteousness. 

He goes on to tell us to get “rid of all moral filth” and evil.

As believers in Christ Jesus we need to examine our lives daily to see what we need to get rid of. We all sin. But that being said we need to confess our sins to God daily. Asking for His forgiveness and help to grow in God in righteousness. 

Do you confess your sins directly to God?

Do you ask God to help you live a good life, one that makes you a better person, both in the sight of God and men?

Please think about it.

The apostle Paul's speech in Athens

 The apostle Paul's speech in Athens

The book of Acts records this incident during the apostle Paul’s visit to Athens,

"So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.  

A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.  

Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?  

You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean."  

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.) 

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.  

For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you. 

"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.  

And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.  

From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.  

God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.  

‘For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.' 

"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man's design and skill.  

In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.  For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead." 

When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."  

At that, Paul left the Council.  

A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others” Acts 17:17-34.

This speech of the Apostle Paul’s is as relevant today in the twenty-first century as is was on the day he spoke it.

Thus the question becomes; are you among those who sneered at Paul. Or among those who wanted to hear more. Or among those who believed?

Please think about it.

Everything is laid before God

  Everything is laid before God

The writer of Hebrews states,

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  

"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:12,13.

As a Christian. A believer in Christ Jesus. I firmly believe the Bible is the bedrock of morality. It is by the laws laid down by God that in the Bible that we as individuals will ultimately be judged.

That being said I believe God through Christ Jesus has given all who would believe in Jesus forgiveness for our sins. The apostle Paul stating,

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

The apostle John writing,

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.  

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives." 1John 1:9-10.

Do you believe this?

Have you confessed your sin to God and accepted the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus?

Please think about it.

God examines all of your ways

God Examines all of your ways

In the book of Proverbs we read,

"For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, 

and he examines all his paths." 

                                                 Proverbs 5:21.

I write this to those who would call themselves Christians. Followers of Christ Jesus. But what I write is true for all people whether they believe in God or not.

Everything we do is done in full view of God. And God examines us and the paths we take in life. And the reasons we take the paths in life that we do.

Thus my question to you; When God looks at your life what does he see?

Please think about it.

In what or in whom

  In what or in whom

In Proverbs

Those who trust in their riches will fall, 

but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

                                                               Proverbs 11:28

The Psalmist writes,

"Some trust in chariots and some in horses, 

but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." 

                                                                            Psalm 20:7.

Jesus said,

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also....

"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money” Matthew 16:19-21,24.

So here is a simple question to anyone who calls themselves a Christian. A true believer in Christ Jesus.

In what or in whom do you put your trust?

Please think about it.