12/10/2014
Repent and believe the gospel! God created the cosmos and everything in it. He opened his mouth and said let there be... and it was. It has carried on for many, many years but, our time is coming to a close.
Jesus, the Christ, the anointed of God, stepped from eternity into time. He was born of the virgin Mary; immaculately conceived of the Holy Spirit. He lived his life perfectly before the Father. He was tempted by everything that you are tempted by but, he overcame every temptation. He lived without sin. He didn't do this by avoiding sinners... contrarily, he went to them. But, instead of being lowered to living sinfully, he lifted them up to where he was.
Jesus doesn't shove people down... he lifts them up. He will lift you too... because he loves you.
He was crucified on a Roman cross. Man killed the flesh of God. We destroyed him... we beat him... we ripped his beard from his face... smashed a crown of thorns into his brow mocking him as king... we nailed him to that cross. He died. There was a great earthquake as the world that he created with the breath of his mouth mourned the loss... The Christ was dead. He was buried. His friends mourned him, they had lost their leader, the one that they thought was going to deliver them was dead. they had believed in him, they had trusted him and now he was dead...
He died on a Friday, today we call it good Friday. But... early on the next Sunday morning; the first day of the week, He got up... The Christ was dead but then he got back up. He rose bodily from the grave. His flesh died... it became inanimate. there was no pulse, no respiration. He was stone dead. But God, who would not suffer his Holy one to see corruption raised his body. Breath entered again into the body, the heart began to pump again circulating the blood throughout his body and he lived again and lives forever. Jesus Christ died and then got back up!
He met with his followers and they were astonished at first but, then they began to remember what he had spoken to them; 'tear this temple down and in three days I will raise it up again..." etc. He stayed with them another 40 days and then he ascended into heaven...
Ten days later, his followers who had followed his instruction to go into Jerusalem and await the promise of the comforter, were in a room on an upper floor, praying. The Bible says that they were of one mind and one accord and that they heard a sound from heaven, like a rushing mighty wind and it filled the house where they were sitting and they were changed.
God sent his Holy Spirit into the world to live inside of our hearts. God wants to live in you.... It is not a ceremony that he wants. He isn't interested in choir robes and chandeliers... He wants you... He wants you...all of you. The Creator of all things is asking you to invite him to live in your hearts, to guide your lives, to be your King!
Repent (change the way that you think), believe this good news. Invite Jesus Christ to live in you, to guide you, to help you, to heal your mind, body and soul. Above all, understand that this is not a ceremony... it is a daily decision. Every day get up and follow Christ. Pray. Read the Holy Bible. Seek Him, Ask Him, Pursue Him. He will change your life and save your soul!
Be blessed today!
