Knowing Christ and making Him known
Jesus makes it clear that when he comes again, he will come in judgment.
‘For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.’ (Acts 17:31)
Don’t be so wrapped up in materialism that you are unprepared for his return.
Why not bow to King Jesus now, and enter into his kingdom? Pray to him now and ask him to forgive you and take control of your life.
As God’s people we are greatly blessed. May we pray that God would help us to understand that these blessings are actually undeserved and that they’ve been paid for by the precious blood of Christ. Perhaps if we realised how undeserving we are of God’s gifts, and just how much it cost the Father and the Son and the Spirit to give them to us, then we’d be thankful people.
What are you thanking God for at the moment?
Just because we are surrounded by sinful attitudes and actions all the time doesn’t mean we should become desensitised to how serious sin is, and just shrug our shoulders when we see sinful behaviours in ourselves and in others. Sin must always be dealt with. If it is not, like an untreated cancer, it will spread in a deadly way.
Some people might think it’s convenient to think that there’s no life after death and no accountability with God, because then they can live any way they please with total impunity. But Jesus wants us to know the unvarnished truth; there is a heaven and there is a hell, and death is but a gateway to one of those destinations.
What about you? You need to listen to what God says in the Bible. ‘Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.’ (1 John 5:12)
It’s easy for us to become enslaved by money. You think about it far too much, especially about things you can buy for yourself. If money is your servant, then you will be happy to give it away to bless others. But if it is your master then it will start to suffocate our love for Jesus.