JESUS SAVES

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. ...

In today’s reading in Ephesians 2:8, Paul reminds us that we owe our salvation entirely to the undeserved favor of God’s grace.  We cannot earn that Grace.  It is an unconditional gift of Christ.  His hand is offered to pull us form the icy cold waters of sin in which we are drowning, and we choose to have faith and accept that saving grasp and allow Him to pull us free.  Faith is not something we...

In today’s reading in Ephesians 2:8, Paul reminds us that we owe our salvation entirely to the undeserved favor of God’s grace.  We cannot earn that Grace.  It is an unconditional gift of Christ.  His hand is offered to pull us form the icy cold waters of sin in which we are drowning, and we choose to have faith and accept that saving grasp and allow Him to pull us free.  Faith is not something we...

John 3:16-17

John 3:16-17

John 3:16

John 3:16

Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews 11:6

Psalm 19:1

Psalm 19:1

Luke 23:43

Luke 23:43

Matthew 10:32-33