Good morning! How are we faithing? Be not deceived. The Lord loves us and anyone who accepts the gift of pardon offered by Jesus is saved. We are to strive for holiness not for earning that pardon we already got from our savior but as a result of that pardon, an appreciation and love for a savior that would pay what we owe. There are some people around that still teach way outside of what the Word says and deceive a sinful lot like us into thinking anything goes cause we are redeemed from all sin. Paul did say all things are lawful but not all things are profitable so just because we are under grace doesn't mean we are free to do whatever we want. Acting in that manner is dangerous. Acting in that way is not what Jesus taught. I've heard the "legalism" comments when talking about behavior and striving for holiness but they miss the point. I am concerned about how I behave before my wife, what pleases her, but if I am concerned how I behave before my Lord, what pleases him, I am legalistic? Not hardly.
Jud 1:3-10
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
remember Pam...
Heavenly Father,
Help us be worthy of your grace. Help us not develop a hardened heart by acting foolishly and thinking it's ok. Grant us wisdom and courage to carry our cross, love unconditionally and be holy as you are holy. Protect the emergency workers out in this cold all across this country. In Jesus name, amen
Jud 1:3-10
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
remember Pam...
Heavenly Father,
Help us be worthy of your grace. Help us not develop a hardened heart by acting foolishly and thinking it's ok. Grant us wisdom and courage to carry our cross, love unconditionally and be holy as you are holy. Protect the emergency workers out in this cold all across this country. In Jesus name, amen
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