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Accepted in Christ

What does it mean to be “accepted in Christ?” Those of us who have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior have much to rejoice about. As believers, we belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the King of kings and Lord of lords. We are on our way to heaven where Jesus is now seated at God’s right hand after He shed His blood and died for our sins. He was raised from the dead, and at the appointed time he ascended to His Father.  Accepted in Christ means we are “eternally secured” in Him. Has He […]

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Christ — The Christian’s Life

Accepting Jesus Christ as Savior is not just attending Church on Sundays, or becoming a member of the church, or getting to go to heaven, and having some thoughts about religion. It’s much, much more than that. Coming to know Jesus Christ as one’s Savior is only the beginning of the Christian life. One is saved to become a disciple of Christ. This means having a personal relationship with Christ each and everyday. The Bible says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has past away; behold the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). […]

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Why bother going to church?

Church attendance can be a very controversial subject because people attend or don’t attend church for a variety of reasons—personally and otherwise. Some are persuaded that by watching a live or recorded radio or TV broadcast of a Church service is sufficient to meet their spiritual needs. Nothing could be further from the truth. However, people who are homebound or otherwise incapacitated, God knows and understands each situation.  We can worship anywhere or any time we choose. However, there is such an awe, a beauty, a wonderful and inspiring experience of going to Church which nothing can replace. In doing […]

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“CONSIDER CHRISTMAS!”

Here is an acrostic of the word CHRISTMAS. It represents some of what the Bible teaches about the Lord Jesus Christ whose Christians celebrate every year. Christ –  “Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24) Highest  —- “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest” (Luke 1:32) Redeemer  —  “For I know that my Redeemer lives” (Job 19 19:25) Incarnate  — “Jesus Christ is God Incarnate” (John 1:14) Savior  — “The Father sent His Son to be the Savior of the world” (1 John 4:14) Truth  —  “I am the way, and the Truth, and the life” (John 14:6) Mighty God  — “His name shall be called […]

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“Take Time and Consider Nature!”

It is a great and wonderful experience to take a few moments and consider the beauty and splendor of nature.  It was the creative power of God why the universe came into existence. The Scripture states: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). The universe is a revelation of the power and Deity of God. The Scripture declares: “For since the creation of the world . . . God’s eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen” (Romans 1:20). It was a sunny mid-morning in San Antonio, Texas on April 25, 2018, and while I […]

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A special day that means so much

I ask myself, “What does Thanksgiving Day mean to me and others?” The word “thanksgiving” means ‘expressing gratitude especially to God.’ The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives this definition, “a public acknowledgement or celebration of divine goodness.” Traditionally, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day as gathering with family and friends to give thanks for our many blessings during the year and beyond. We have the freedom to choose how we want to celebrate this important occasion. Perhaps many either don’t know or have forgotten why the day was established. Personally, I am especially thankful to God for each morning I can rise from my […]

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How Thankful Are You?

One of the most beautiful words we can think of is the word  “thanksgiving.” It implies gratitude, appreciation, and thoughtfulness.  Christians ought always to be thankful to God for Salvation provided in the Person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and what He accomplished for all mankind through His sacrificial death and shed blood on the cross.  The Scripture says that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). This means that  every person, regardless of ethnicity and background, has fallen short of God’s holy, righteous, and perfect standard because of sin. As a result, mankind […]

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“What Are Idols?”

The definition of an idol, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “a representation or symbol of an object of worship; broadly: a false god.”  Therefore, anything that takes the place of the one and only true and living God, is an idol.  The Scriptures make the first allusion to idolatry when “Rachel [Jacob’s wife] stole her father’s household gods” (Genesis 31:19).   An idol can be a variety of “secular” things; even things which appear “harmless.”  For example, under the so-called “power of nature,” there are those who worship rivers, lakes, mountains, trees, the sun, moon and stars. Others worship money, possessions, personal effects, […]

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“Holy Bible is God’s Holy Word!”

The Bible, also referred to as the Holy Bible, The Word of God, or the Scriptures, was written by some forty earthly authors, spanning a period of about fifteen hundred years.  God Almighty is the Divine author and of whom the Bible declares, “All scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good word” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Survey after survey reveal that the Bible is the world’s most widely circulated book, and which has been translated in approximately […]

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The Power of the Tongue

Many of us have said things we regret having said. It is impossible to recall the spoken word. We can be sorry and apologize to those we offend as a result. However, we cannot erase or delete the fact that we said it. God, our Creator, gave us two ears and one mouth. The Bible says, “Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.” (James 1:19). We express ourselves by talking and our listeners can form opinions about us as well. Our speech can also change the course of our lives. The Bible has much to say […]

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“What it means to Honor God”

It is incumbent on all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to honor God.  God has specifically stated “Those who honor Me, I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed” (1 Samuel 2:30).  Honor means to “recognize with high respect, admiration and distinction.” And our Sovereign God is absolutely worthy of our honor.   A Christian cannot live independent of the Lord by failing to honor Him.  The apostle Paul writes: “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you […]

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“The Great High Priest”

One of the many great things about our relationship with God is that “we have a Great High Priest who has ascended into heaven,  Jesus, the Son of God” (Hebrews 4:14).  Yes, indeed, our Great High Priest is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son who is far superior to all earthly priests.  Even Aaron who, on the Day of Atonement, entered the Holy of Holies once a year and sprinkled blood to atone, first for his own sins, and those of the people. It is most noteworthy that we are exhorted to “Consider the Apostle and High […]

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“Contend for the Faith!”

At the conclusion of his short epistle — the second to last book in the New Testament, Jude gives us one of the noble and marvelous benedictions in the Scriptures, which reads, “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen” (Jude 24,25).   God is able to keep us from stumbling in this ungodly, immoral, and sinful world.   He is also able to present us faultlessly […]