27°F SW13mph SR0652 SS1641
Morning Offering given
Village still sleep
Coffee brewing
Congrats to Emmanuel & Malinda on their wedding day
Remembering John & Mary Bernard who married this day in 1966 may they rest in peace
St Bartholomew Rossano shows us the value of completing the works of God that others have started in our Christian community.
Read Ezekiel 32: Lament over Pharaoh
RIAY Day 315: The Glorious Mysteries
Meditations for Each Day pg.453: Sensitiveness
Copy jobs are waiting on my desk. The hope is to get to them by day’s end. Load in washer, load in dryer, basket waiting to be folded/hung/put away.
It’s almost time to leave for the morning. Back as soon as possible to get started on this.
Know you are prayed for.
Someone else wrote this. I will be contemplating my response to this this week. My plan is to show in scripture that their thought process needs some adjustment so they stop before someone is led astray. Your knowledge of scripture and verse will be helpful to me as I compile an accurate response.
Do you ever have the feeling that something is missing? Kind of a restlessness…something lacks, but you can’t quite put your finger on it? That there has to be something more? That “something” is a person. The living Jesus Christ. Creator, Sustainer, and ONLY Savior. He is the only one who can fill that void in our souls. Sadly, Catholicism cannot save. God says salvation is a GIFT and cannot be earned. PLEASE…don’t be deceived. Catholicism is an unbiblical system of works. The church has made up an endless parade of acts that you have to perform: baptism, sacraments, rosaries, penance, and finally purgatory, which is the final captivity the clergy invented to keep you under their thumb from birth to eternity. The problem is, they never tell you how much is enough. You will NEVER discover if you have done enough good works, prayed enough rosaries, or donated enough cash. You will spend your entire life wondering if you have earned Heaven. But you don’t have to. God answers the question in the Bible: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. In John 6, a group of followers asks how they can do the works of God, and Jesus tells them, “This is the work of God, that you BELIEVE on him whom He has sent.” In Acts 16, the Philippian jailer asks Paul and Silas, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Paul answers, “BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.” The New Testament was written in the Greek language, and the word used is PISTEUO. It means to COMMIT ONE’S TRUST IN, to have confidence in, to entrust oneself, to place faith in, to BELIEVE. In return for this trust, Jesus says that salvation is a GIFT, freely bestowed by Him and Him alone. GOD SAYS that salvation is by faith ALONE, through Jesus Christ ALONE. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the GIFT of God, NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should boast.” Eph 2:8,9 Did you see that? Salvation is a GIFT, and a gift can’t be earned. Are you ticking boxes on a checklist to gain approval from God? He says faith in Jesus Christ is ALL he wants or requires. Our own righteousness is not acceptable to God, because they are filthy rags to Him, as Isaiah 64:4 says. At the moment, we trust Jesus alone for salvation, and the perfect holy righteousness of Jesus is transferred to us. Salvation and justification are not a process. It’s instant, one moment in time, and eternal. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me HAS everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but HAS PASSED FROM DEATH INTO LIFE”. John 5:24 You can’t lose salvation, no matter what, because it is secured by God. Not by us. “And I give them ETERNAL life, and THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH, neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.” John 19:28 Jesus says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I WILL come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Rev 3:20 Wouldn’t you like to know for certain that you have eternal life? Salvation is a trust fall onto Jesus, and you can do it today and KNOW that you are saved. Admit you are a sinner unable to save yourself, believe that Jesus died for you and rose again, and TRUST him and him alone. Jesus will set you free from a life chained to endless ritual and guilt. He says, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free!” John 8:32 Will YOU accept the gift of salvation? Every heartbeat is a step closer to forever. Where will you spend eternity? Don’t scroll on by…this message found you for a reason.
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