JESUS SAVES

To repent means to “change direction” from walking by yourself away from God to the direction of walking with Christ.  Before we can repent, we must admit that we are sinners and that we cannot save ourselves or earn our way into Heaven.  Jesus was famous for saying to sinners, “Follow me”. An addict or an alcoholic, cannot seek treatment until they first admit that they have an addiction problem....

There has never been a believer who walked the earth who did not have human doubts.  Having doubts does not mean that you reject Jesus.  A God that is believable is not that great a God.  A God who was so small as to be easily understood, is not a God worth worshipping.  Our God is the only one true God and Jesus is the only path to eternity in Heaven.  We receive Christ, on the basis of, repentan...

There has never been a believer who walked the earth who did not have human doubts.  Having doubts does not mean that you reject Jesus.  A God that is believable is not that great a God.  A God who was so small as to be easily understood, is not a God worth worshipping.  Our God is the only one true God and Jesus is the only path to eternity in Heaven.  We receive Christ, on the basis of, repentan...

At church service today someone asked me, “Am I a sinner?” Prepare yourself…wait for it…okay here it goes… We are all sinners. I know.  Bummer.  Deal with it.  Jesus was the only person ever, who was truly sinless.  When we make choices that are pleasing to God, we are Glorifying God.  When we make choices that are disrespectful to God, we are sinning.  We sin through thoughts, words, actions, and...

At church service today someone asked me, “Am I a sinner?” Prepare yourself…wait for it…okay here it goes… We are all sinners. I know.  Bummer.  Deal with it.  Jesus was the only person ever, who was truly sinless.  When we make choices that are pleasing to God, we are Glorifying God.  When we make choices that are disrespectful to God, we are sinning.  We sin through thoughts, words, actions, and...

Have you ever wondered if God loves you?  God loves you more than you can ever possibly imagine!  God does not wait for you to love Him before He will love you.  He has loved you all along.  He created you to be with Him and to Glorify Him, and, to love and respect Him with your whole heart, mind, strength, and soul.  And This is how he loves you too!  God loves you! God says to you: “I am the Lor...

Have you ever wondered if God loves you?  God loves you more than you can ever possibly imagine!  God does not wait for you to love Him before He will love you.  He has loved you all along.  He created you to be with Him and to Glorify Him, and, to love and respect Him with your whole heart, mind, strength, and soul.  And This is how he loves you too!  God loves you! God says to you: “I am the Lor...

Many people ask me, who is Jesus? Jesus is the Son of God, but he is also God the Son, Our Savior.  What!? Seriously!?  Get out of town!  He is the son of God and He is God?  Yup. In ancient times, people sacrificed a spotless lamb to God, to pay for their sins, and avoid damning themselves.  Jesus came to us in the form of a human being to give himself freely, to die as the spotless and sin free...

Many people ask me, who is Jesus? Jesus is the Son of God, but he is also God the Son, Our Savior.  What!? Seriously!?  Get out of town!  He is the son of God and He is God?  Yup. In ancient times, people sacrificed a spotless lamb to God, to pay for their sins, and avoid damning themselves.  Jesus came to us in the form of a human being to give himself freely, to die as the spotless and sin free...

What if you could press the reset button?  What if you could start this life fresh?  What if you could get another chance?  What if you could be a brand new you?  What if you could shed dirt once and for all and become so clean that you are “Holy”? You can.  How?  Bring your faith and give yourself to Jesus?  How do we you do this? Repent, yield, and dedicate yourself to the Lord, receiving Jesus...

What if you could press the reset button?  What if you could start this life fresh?  What if you could get another chance?  What if you could be a brand new you?  What if you could shed dirt once and for all and become so clean that you are “Holy”? You can.  How?  Bring your faith and give yourself to Jesus?  How do we you do this? Repent, yield, and dedicate yourself to the Lord, receiving Jesus...

In today’s reading Paul instructs us to not conform to this world.  The reason that he tells us this, is that this world is a fallen world.  We are to conform to The Holy Spirit.  He tells us to be transformed by the renewal of our mind. He means by this that we refuse to live life through the lens of our worldliness, our woundedness, our sinfulness, our traumas, or by the opinions or notions of o...

In today’s reading Paul instructs us to not conform to this world.  The reason that he tells us this, is that this world is a fallen world.  We are to conform to The Holy Spirit.  He tells us to be transformed by the renewal of our mind. He means by this that we refuse to live life through the lens of our worldliness, our woundedness, our sinfulness, our traumas, or by the opinions or notions of o...

18  All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  19  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.  - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 God loves us so much that he sent His only son to take our sins upon Himself and he died as the sacrifice for our sins. When we bring the faith to God, He sav...

18  All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  19  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.  - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 God loves us so much that he sent His only son to take our sins upon Himself and he died as the sacrifice for our sins. When we bring the faith to God, He sav...

Keep your eyes on Christ.  Through temptation, keep your eyes on Christ. Through fear, keep your eyes on Christ.  Through discouragement and injustice, keep your eyes on Christ.  And how do we do this?  By refusing to conform to the patterns of this world, thereby keeping your heart and spirit open to the voice of the Holy Spirit guiding you.

Keep your eyes on Christ.  Through temptation, keep your eyes on Christ. Through fear, keep your eyes on Christ.  Through discouragement and injustice, keep your eyes on Christ.  And how do we do this?  By refusing to conform to the patterns of this world, thereby keeping your heart and spirit open to the voice of the Holy Spirit guiding you.

1 Peter 1:18-20 18  God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver as you very well know.  19  But he paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.  20  God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but only recently was he brought into publi...

1 Peter 1:18-20 18  God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver as you very well know.  19  But he paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.  20  God chose him for this purpose long before the world began, but only recently was he brought into publi...

When we keep our eyes on Christ, we remain upright in our walk with the guidance of The Holy Spirit. When we take our eyes off Christ and focus on our worldly fears and temptations, we sink.  This is when we begin to conform to the world’s patterns. But, take heart, Jesus upholds us when we sink, and once we are His, nobody can snatch us out of God’s hand.  Christ frees us.  He is our freedom.  Fr...

When we keep our eyes on Christ, we remain upright in our walk with the guidance of The Holy Spirit. When we take our eyes off Christ and focus on our worldly fears and temptations, we sink.  This is when we begin to conform to the world’s patterns. But, take heart, Jesus upholds us when we sink, and once we are His, nobody can snatch us out of God’s hand.  Christ frees us.  He is our freedom.  Fr...

In ⁠John 10:28-30⁠ , Jesus says: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.” The Holy Gospel aka The Holy Good News of Christ, is Jesus’ invitation to all people of all nations to be reconciled wi...

In John 10:28-30 , Jesus says: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.” The Holy Gospel aka The Holy Good News of Christ, is Jesus’ invitation to all people of all nations to be reconciled with...

Paul writes in Galatians 5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” The freedom that Paul writes of is the freedom from sin, guilt, condemnation, judgement, self loathing, religious legalism, prejudice, sexism, shame, anxiety.  The world will still throw this at you, but we are no longer enslaved to it. ...

Paul writes in Galatians 5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” The freedom that Paul writes of is the freedom from sin, guilt, condemnation, judgement, self loathing, religious legalism, prejudice, sexism, shame, anxiety.  The world will still throw this at you, but we are no longer enslaved to it. ...