Through one sacrifice, we can all have grace!

 When Jesus came to this earth, although He was tempted, He never gave in to temptation.  So in effect, a Human sacrifice took the place of the animals which were sacrificed as atonement for sins. 

This Lamb of GOD, was slain upon a cross and on that cross, He took all our sins and washed them for us for eternity.  That is the Truth.  That forever, those who are being made Holy are purified from sin.

We need to accept that enormous sacrifice.  Both verbally and in our hearts.  We need to admit that we are sinners.  We need to believe in our hearts that Jesus is who the Bible says He is.  And we need to confess this truth with our hearts.

After that we are being made Holy by Jesus coming to live in our lives.  We need to not only invite Jesus in, we need to give Him free reign over our lives.  We need to walk in His footsteps and not expect Him to follow us.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I give my life to YOU and I fall upon YOUR mercy and YOUR grace.  You are amazing.  Jesus is amazing.  Thank YOU FATHER, in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

King of Righteousness - Jesus Christ!

 The King of Righteousness is such a profound passage in the Bible.  Dealing with the new Covenant that Jesus brought to the world.  This covenant replaces the Abrahamic Covenant and the Mosaic Covenant.  

This Covenant that Jesus has brought to us is the GOOD NEWS.  So I felt it so important to belabour the point by printing the whole Hebrews 7 Chapter so that you, dear reader may understand how important the coming of Jesus Christ was to us in particular.

We no longer live under the law.  We are truly set free.  We do not have to keep 603 laws to get to Heaven.  This would be impossible in any event.  But all we have to do is to believe in this beautiful High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.  Our Saviour Jesus Christ.

So, hard as I might try, the author of Hebrews (perhaps Barnabas) puts it so succinctly that I thought I might give you a really long read.  Long, but worth it.  To understand the importance of this High Priesthood.

When Abraham met Melchizedek, he gave him a tenth of all his goods and chattels.  That is truly amazing.  When Moses came to the earth, he was given stone tablets with 10 commandments on them.  But when Jesus came, He gave us the law to write on our hearts.  

We need to love GOD above everything on earth, and we need to love one another.  When we love GOD, there is no way that we can continue on our path of being selfish to our brethren on earth.  We need to love them the way GOD loves us.  Unconditionally. 

Thankfully, under the Grace of GOD. although we are sinners, we are saved if we will but accept that Jesus is the Son of GOD who came to earth, lived on earth a sinless life, died on a cross for us to be saved, and conquered death so that we might have eternal life with our FATHER in Heaven.

So I say to you today.  May the Grace of GOD be with you all today.  May this day and this season bring you all the joy and peace of our FATHER which surpasses all understanding.

Prayer;  ABBA FATHER I thank YOU for this day.  I pray that all reading this may YOUR grace and YOUR peace to guard their hearts and their minds.  I ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

Jesus - a High priest forever -in the order of Melchizedek!

Jesus, like Melchizedek, has no beginning and He has no end.  For He was not created.  He is the Creator along with GOD our FATHER.

Therefore in Hebrews 7 we read that Jesus is a High priest in the order of Melchizedek. 

The name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

And Jesus  reigns over life and death.  He will judge us.  Not GOD.  And the only way to get to GOD is to go through the Son - Jesus Christ.

Therefore, if you have not done so, accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour of your life.  Give your life to this beautiful High Priest - this King of peace!  This King of righteousness.  

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER and Jesus, please hear my prayers today.  I pray that all reading this blog will give their lives to you if they have not done so.  I pray that all who are reading this blog who have given their lives to You will be truly blessed.

FATHER, I pray for all my family and my friends that they may blessed today.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!
 

Perfection in Jesus!

 Through Jesus dying on the cross, He submitted to the will of GOD to punish HIS only Son for our sins.  Jesus therefore, became perfect on the cross.  He then conquered death and rose again on the third day, thus showing us that through our belief in Him, we too can have life everlasting with our FATHER in Heaven.

We have to do absolutely nothing to be under the grace of GOD.  We do not have to give away all our worldly possessions or pay millions of Dollars.  We just have to admit that we are sinners.  That Jesus died for us and that He rose again.  We need to confess with our mouths that this is the True Son of GOD.   This is not complicated.

Accept Jesus today as your Lord and Saviour.  Accept the Grace of GOD.  Admit that we are all sinners.  And we have eternal life.  We are justified.  (Just as if we had never sinned.).

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I accept YOUR Son as my Lord and Saviour.  I am indeed a sinner.  FATHER grant me YOUR grace.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay justifiably GOD blessed today!

The word of GOD is alive!

When you read your Bible daily, you will start to see the absolute inerrant word of GOD.  Each and every Bible chapter is teaching us and showing us how wonderful the CREATOR GOD is whom we serve.  Our FATHER loves us and HE has given us this earth and our free will to do with as we wish.

And all HE wants from us is that we want a relationship with HIM.  HE has given us HIS Son to die in our place so that we might live in eternity with HIM.

Today start putting in plans for an eternity with GOD.  Get to know HIM intimately by reading HIS word daily.  Pray to HIM continually about everything and anything.  Praise HIM by singing Hymns and by telling others the good news.  This is what our FATHER wants from us.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that I can read YOUR word freely and without persecution.  I thank YOU that I can serve YOU and worship YOU.  I thank YOU for Jesus whom I have accepted as my Lord and my Saviour.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

A new Covenant!

During the time of  Moses there were  the ten commandments as well as about six hundred laws which the Israelites followed.  You only have to read Leviticus to see how onerous these laws were.  But there was a reason for all of these laws and you have to take into the lifestyle of being in a desert for forty years. 

Most of the laws of Leviticus were simply to keep the people alive.  

When Adam sinned, he separated us from the love of GOD.  Until that point, we would have remained living in the garden of Eden.  But we were banished and we are, unfortunately all sinners.  We are born to sin and unless we accept Jesus, we will die from sin.

So Jesus came to earth, to give us a new covenant.  That covenant is simple.  Admit that we are sinners.  Believe in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour and confess with our mouths that Jesus is the only way to an eternal life with GOD in Heaven. 

Today, if you have not done so or are thinking about it, do not hesitate, accept the Lord Jesus into your life.  Invite Him to come and live in your heart.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for the new covenant.  I know it does not do away with the ten commandments, but it does cover me under YOUR grace.  I thank you for Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Saviour.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

Confidence in Jesus Christ!

 We need to have faith.  That is the requirement that will get us to Heaven.  Faith in our FATHER GOD.  Faith that HE sent His Son to die on a cross and in so doing saved us from our sinful nature.  That is blessed assurance.

No matter how badly we have sinned.  No matter what we have done, when we believe that Jesus is our Lord and our Saviour.  When we confess with our mouths this Truth, and when we admit that we cannot be sinless, we have faith.  That faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and our Saviour, that faith will get us into Heaven.

There is absolutely no other way.  We cannot work our way into Heaven.  We cannot talk our way into Heaven.  We need to have faith. 

Grow your faith today by reading your Bible.  Grow your faith by talking to GOD in prayer.  Grow your faith by talking to like minded people about your faith.

Prayer:  Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU that I have faith in Jesus and in YOU FATHER.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully GOD blessed today!

It is all about Jesus!

There is only one GOD.  And He is our FATHER in Heaven.  GOD is our CREATOR.  HE was not created.  And Jesus was with GOD in the beginning.  Jesus was the word.  When GOD spoke the universe into existence, Jesus was that word.  Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.  Without Jesus we have no hope of ever attaining the purity required of us to enter into Heaven.

That is why GOD sent HIS only Son to live on this earth, to die on a cross and to wash our sins as  white as snow.  Without GOD there would be no Heaven and there would be no hell.  Without Jesus we can never get to Heaven.

Today, if you have not done so.  Admit that you are a sinner.  Believe in Jesus Christ with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength.  And accept Jesus Christ as your way to Heaven.  Confess with your mouth these truths and you are assured today that GOD has, through Jesus, ensured your way to eternal life with HIM.  There is no other way!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for my life and I thank YOU for Jesus Christ.  I admit that I am a sinner.  I believe that Jesus is the only Saviour of this world.  I confess this with my mouth to YOU today.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

The Bible is the inerrant and GOD breathed Word of GOD!

 The Bible is not a random collection of writings.  The Bible is the inerrant Word of GOD.  It is infallible and the more time that you spend in it, the more you come to realise that this is GOD talking to us.  GOD is teaching us and correcting us in HIS word.

The thing that we need to do, is to open the Bible every single day and to read from it daily.  This increases our relationship with our FATHER in Heaven.  It shows us the nature of GOD and reveals to us our purpose on earth.

So I challenge anyone reading this today to start to read your Bible daily.  

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that I have developed such a thirst for YOUR word.  Please FATHER instill in anyone reading this today the thirst to hear from YOU and about YOU.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

Exercise Godliness!

 It is of course true to say that exercise is good for our bodies and our minds.  But the best exercise that we can get is from practising Godliness.  This is profitable to all things as the verse above says.

How can we do this?  By reading the word of GOD daily.  By praying about everything.  By spreading the word of GOD to others.  By fellowshipping with other Christians.  

This is the best exercise that we can get because it is preparing us for life everlasting in Heaven with our FATHER.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, thank you for the exercise that I get by worshipping YOU.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

The mediator - Jesus Christ of Nazareth!

 As children of GOD, we are often told that we worship the same god as other religions.  I always reply the same when I am told this.

"Did your god send his son to die for my sins?  Because, if he didn't, then we are not worshipping the same god."

Now that sounds very controversial in a world where we are reluctant to enter into an argument, and the above is construed in a very negative light by the recipients.  But this is the only truth.

Our GOD, our FATHER in Heaven, put in place a plan to give you and I the means to spend eternity with HIM in Heaven.  And there is no other way to get there.  Not by good works, not by good deeds, not by leading a celibate life, not by being the best person ever.  No the only way to get to Heaven is through our faith, our belief in the fact.  There is one GOD and HE sent HIS Son Jesus Christ, to live on this earth.  To live a sinless life.  To be crucified on a cross.  To take my sins there and to wash them as white as snow.

No priests can absolve our sins.  No person can forgive our sins.  Only GOD can do that.  And we need to believein our hearts and confess with our mouths that HIS Son Jesus Christ, is our Saviour and is the  only way to get to Heaven.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I know that YOU are the only GOD and that YOUR Son Jesus Christ is my Lord and my Saviour.  I accept YOUR grace and beg that YOU forgive my sins today.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully GOD blessed today!