He lives to God

 “For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭

Jesus did all the work. Took all sin to the cross. He lives to please God! Then in says “likewise” meaning we are to do the same by putting our faith in Jesus the One who did the work and then we are to live to God as well!!!

Are we? If not no better time to start than now!

Tom

Value

Read this in my devotional and wanted to share:

Khamara was a thief in Russia and arrested and jailed with some Christians who had been arrested for their faith.

 One of the Christians, with a smile, asked Khamara, "If somebody loses a gold ring, what is the value of that gold ring when it is lost?"

"What a foolish question! A gold ring is a gold ring. You have

lost it, but somebody else will have it."

"A very good answer," said the Christian. "Now tell me, what is the value of a lost man? A lost man, even a thief, an adulterer, or a murderer, has the whole value of a man. He is of such value thạt the Son of God forsook heaven for him and died on the cross to save him.'

The Christian said to the robber, "You may have been lost, but God's love can find you," Hearing this, Khamara gave his life to Christ.

You are of great value and so are others to God! Share Jesus!

Tom

A Savior!

Thank you Lord!

 “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!””

‭‭Luke‬ ‭2‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭

Make sure….

 “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.”

‭‭I John‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬ ‭

The greatest gift of all…Jesus!!! I was reading the other day and the author made a statement I wanted to share. He said many will gather for Christmas and the name of Jesus will never be mentioned even though His birth is the reason they are gathering!!! Wow! Make sure that isn’t your house!!!! Or any house you gather at! How ridiculous when you think about it!!! We have many lost at our gatherings so be sure to share the gospel!!!! 

Have a great week and tell folks about our glorious Savior!

Tom!

David served!

 ““For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God,”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭13‬:‭36‬a

David knew his purpose in life was to do the will of God. He served his generation and other generations too. We have the same purpose…to do the will of God and serve others.

So ask yourself…are you?

Tom

The great exchange

 “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭

The verse above is called “the great exchange” by many. Jesus exchanged His righteousness for our sin so we can be right with God.  

Just chew on that today. We are so unworthy but oh so thankful.

Tom

Ambassador

 “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.”

‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬ ‭

Ambassador-an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.

As a follower of Jesus you are His Ambassador. He has given you the task to share the gospel in hope of reconciling the lost to God.

Are you doing your job?

Tom