As Adam Clarke wrote, “So he that says the blood of Christ either cannot or will not cleanse us from all sin in this life, gives also the lie to his Maker, who has declared the contrary…”
Will you choose to be wise like these wise men were?
Will you, this Christmas, receive God's gift to us in Christ, and allow the Holy Spirit to take possession of your soul?
Do you respond like the wise men who put their faces on the ground before the newborn Jesus?
Are you willing to lose your life for Jesus?
Ignorance refused to be convinced that he would be unable to enter the Celestial City unless he was crucified with Christ and born again.
The Christian life was not intended to be a desert of struggle and despair until death. Just as Bunyan's characters Christian and Hopeful arrived in the Delectable Mountains, you can--and must!--enter into the promised land with Jesus in this life!
Have you been sitting around in a dungeon of misery, worry, and despair while the Bible with its promises gathers dust on your shelf? Beloved, wake up!
The atonement and its benefits are two distinct works that were prefigured by the two goats of the sin offering in Leviticus 16
Will you make the decision to be both thoughtful and deliberate in your speech, so that you remain in the presence of Jesus?
The foundation needed to prevail in prayer begins with repentance and being made righteous by faith in Christ.
Are you duck walking with Jesus? Do you have one foot in Jesus and one foot in the world?
