Do You Believe?

John 11:25  I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.

There was a saying my mother would say, "I brought you in this world and I'll take you out." Looking at it now, this shows me ownership of creation. Although she would never harm us, she wanted us to know what kind of power she possessed.

In our Scripture, Jesus is assuring us He has the power to resurrect that which is dead and give it life again. This life He speaks of is eternal life. But even in the here and now, with those who believe in Him, they have the ability to live according to God's plan and have new life in this earth realm.

Although everyone will die a physical death, only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God as well as believe God raised Jesus from the dead, their spirits will be resurrected and will live in eternity with God.

Do you believe?

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Live to Give

2 Corinthians 5:15  And he died for us so that we will all live, not for ourselves, but for Him who died and rose from the dead (Voice Bible).

A great correlation between Christ’s relationships with us is our relationship with our children. Before I had kids, it was all about me and my needs. I was able to go whenever I wanted and do whatever I wanted. I sowed so much into myself; one could call me selfish because it was ALL about ME! But when I first got word that another person was about to come forth into this world, that I was responsible for, the first thing I could think of was, “dang,” I won’t be able to sleep as often as I like to.” But once I saw her beautiful brown eyes, I knew I had to do everything for her and put me on the back-burner.

So it is when we give (not say, but give) our lives to Christ. Our lives are no longer to be lived for selfish pleasures, but to glorify our heavenly Father with everything we do and say. So when I want to sleep in when I know He wants me to get up and pray; I have to get up because lives are at stake. Lets go back to the day we asked Him to come into our hearts and save us, that in asking, we not only received salvation and the opportunity to sanctify ourselves daily, but we gave up what the world taught us in being selfish for doing what the WORD teaches us and that is to love and live as unto God. We've been purchased by the blood of Christ and our lives are no longer ours but we belong to God.

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Truth or Consequence?

Exodus 23:2 – Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

Most people would like to be popular, but popularity comes with a price. Being popular or with the “in” crowd, one must submit to the ways of that crowd. If you venture to do something different than the majority, then you are viewed as an outcast or a trouble maker and could possibly be extricated from the group. According to our text, we must be careful who we CHOOSE to follow and what philosophy we choose to live by. Crowds that view God’s way as the wrong way are crowds we want to stay clear of. There will be consequences to every choice we make!

Remember, there are always three sides to every story: the two people giving their side of the story and the truth, God’s side!

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