WHO DO YOU BELONG TO?

Posted 2/10/2013

LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

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SCRIPTURE: 2 PETER 2: 20-29

• 20 ¶ But you belong. The Holy One anointed you, and you all know it.

• 21 I haven’t been writing this to tell you something you don’t know, but to confirm the truth you do know, and to remind you that the truth doesn’t breed lies.

• 22 So who is lying here? It’s the person who denies that Jesus is the Divine Christ, that’s who. This is what makes an antichrist: denying the Father, denying the Son.

• 23 No one who denies the Son has any part with the Father, but affirming the Son is an embrace of the Father as well.
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• 24 Stay with what you heard from the beginning, the original message. Let it sink into your life. If what you heard from the beginning lives deeply in you, you will live deeply in both Son and Father.

• 25 This is exactly what Christ promised: eternal life, real life!

• 26 I’ve written to warn you about those who are trying to deceive you.

• 27 But they’re no match for what is embedded deeply within you—Christ’s anointing, no less! You don’t need any of their so-called teaching. Christ’s anointing teaches you the truth on everything you need to know about yourself and him, uncontaminated by a single lie. Live deeply in what you were taught.

• 28 ¶ And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then we’ll be ready for him when he appears, ready to receive him with open arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame excuses when he arrives.

• 29 Once you’re convinced that he is right and righteous, you’ll recognize that all who practice righteousness are God’s true children.

DEVOTIONAL: “WHO DO YOU BELONG TO”???

Can you say, “I belong to God”? As we begin 2013 it is imperative that you know Jesus the Son of God and the only door to salvation. It feels good to belong and it is lonely and painful not to have that security of knowing you are saved. If you are depending on anything else like good works, church membership or attendance to make heaven then please read these verses again. Concentrate on the essentials of salvation. It starts with confession of who Jesus is. (vv23 & 24). You can have eternal and real life through Christ. (vv. 24). You can have Christ’s anointing, stay with Christ, Live deeply in him. The biggest event in your life will be when Christ returns so be ready to welcome Him.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Thank you Christ for redemption paying for my sins. Will you pray today and claim his as your Savior and Lord. He loves you and is your passport to heaven. Today is the day for salvation.

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