"So don’t you see that we don’t owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There’s nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go! This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him!" (Romans 8 (MSG))
Will you? Are you sealed with His blood? Are you sealed with His promise? Is this all there is to life for you, your family and friends?
Are you telling people about Jesus? The harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few? (Matthew 9) Who's your daddy?-- is it King Jesus the almighty and powerful God or Willie Brown--or whatever your daddy's name is--it's not important. What's important is if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior; if you have been born again.
Repent of your sins, you may have some people you need to apologize to...this is a must do. Don't take it for granted that all is well, forgiven and forgotten--after all I did for you--taking you hostage-- trying to slow kill you, day in and day out for 20 years. But I digress. God is good! He is at my right hand that I shall not be moved (Psalm 16) though wars shall rise against me. (Psalm 27) A thousand shall fall at my side and 10,000 at my right hand but nothing shall come nigh me (Psalm 91) Hallelujah! All praises to King Jesus! Hallelujah!
Repent, apologize, forgive? Born again believers forgive for sure, because most likely they are the ones who have been tortured and mobbed and treated like trash by multitudinous acts of unkindness. However, born again believers are instructed in God's Word to owe no man anything but to love them (Roman 13) and to not be a friend to the world. (1 John 2) Don't hold grudges, don't hate; just go about your business pressing toward the mark to win the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus (Philipians 3)--pursuing holiness and righteousness with a vengeance--you are the chosen, God's elect, born again and filled with the Spirit of God. (Exodus 31, Acts 4, Ephesians 5) Those who perpetrate heinous acts against humanity suffer from low self esteem and already have enough self hate baggage of their own.
Therefore, when the world who has beat you up, stolen from you, electronically tortured and harassed you, trolled you, violated you in every way inhumanely possible to degrade and denigrate you; keep stepping my born again brothers and sisters. Keep stepping. If the world hates you, know that they hated Jesus first. (John 15) Take God at His word. Stay separate from the world (2 Corinthians). To be a friend of the world is to be an enemy of God. (1 John, James 4) You are not the sin police. Let the first one among you who is without sin cast the first stone. (John 8) Don't join up with criminal badge-wearing operations and the private citizens who support them who want to use you to destroy another person's life. Submit yourself to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. (James 4)
It is both a privilege and an honor that You have called us, chosen us and elected us to be called the Children of God. We are humbled to call You Father! Whereby we call you Abba. (Romans 8)
Have a wonderful Merry Christmas!
Courtesy of KingJamesBibleOnline and Bible.com
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