Merry Christmas!
Sorry so late today.
Jesus was born so that men no more may die.
The reason is that he was born to die on the cross.
In his death he would take on a debt he did not owe.
And paid for the debt that we could never pay.
Salvation is a turning away from sin in our lives.
We need to confess our sin and proclaim the grace (free gift) of Jesus with his work on the cross. Not only should he be our Savior but he needs to be our Lord so that when we put of the old man, we can take on Jesus righteousness. Are we perfect? No, that is why we must confess any time we deviate from his will for us.
I need to surrender more of me to my Lord daily. It is the only way I will be more like Jesus.
The Mission of God
All of our lives are spent on something.
Most people spend their days focused on growing a family, building a career, or amassing possessions. While none of those things are necessarily wrong, they can become distractions from our ultimate goal in life.
In the book of Acts, we see Paul’s transformation in Christ. As a result of meeting Jesus and being changed by His grace, Paul spends the rest of his life preaching the good news of Jesus.
For Paul, God’s grace and salvation were so great that nothing on this earth could compare to doing His work.
Paul said that nothing in his life mattered as much as telling others about God’s grace. His goal in life was to finish his own race well by faithfully accomplishing as much of the mission of God as possible:
"However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace."
Acts 20:24 NIV
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