Posted 12/28/2012
SCRIPTURE: I PETER 1:
- 17 You call out to God for help and he helps―he’s a good Father that way. But don’t forget, he’s also a responsible Father, and won’t let you get by with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God.
- 18 It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in.
- 19 He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb.
- 20 And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately―at the end of the ages―become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you.
- 21 It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
- 22 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it.
- 23 Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself!
DEVOTIONAL: Christ answered the rich young ruler’s question of how to be saved? He said with compassion in his eye, “ye must be born again!” We are reminded in these scriptures that God had a plan for your life from the beginning. This plan can only be known by experiencing the new birth. If you trust God you have a future. Real life begins with Jesus and the gospel of John tells us, “In the beginning was the word and without Him was not anything made.” Did you catch it, “The Word”? As we approach the New Year remember new birth only comes from God’s Living Word. Do you want a life then choose Jesus. He waits at your heart’s door for you to invite Him In to your life and follow truth, love one another and love God for his love for you. Amen
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