The faith of Christ remained strong that Friday... there would be a death... then a burial... then waiting... waiting... then, the resurrection... NEW LIFE!!!
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SUNDAY
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IN THE
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His faith had been the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen until that Sunday morning! It had been worth it!.
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Where do you place your worth? If it is in the list of things that you have acccomplished or not accomplished? Then, maybe you are feeling good about yourself and your salvation because of what you are getting done. On the other hand, maybe things aren't going so well because you can't ever seem to finish your list of good things to do. You get tired... discouraged... If this is your battle, you are not alone... I spent too many years in a works based salvation...
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Tell me again, where do you place your worth? Maybe you obey the letter of the law. Does it make you feel good because you know you're doing the "right things". You have this internal checklist of what God would want you to do to be good or acceptable... a list of rules... laws... Do you try to earn your salvation? Or, does it become so hard that you just give up? Do you say, "I can never be good enough?" I have also spent a little time in salvation based legalism...
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This week, as we look at our worth... where we get our value... how we become "right" or "acceptable" in the eyes of God, we'll look at different parts of Romans on different days. Here's something to think about from Paul's letter to the Romans in chapter 10. I hope you read it slowly and let it really soak into your heart... your mind....
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"Brethren, my heart's desire
and my prayer to God for them
is for their salvation.
For I bear them witness
that they have a zeal for God,
but not in accordance with knowledge.
For not knowing about God's righteousness,
and seeking to establish their own,
they did not subject themselves
to the righteousness of God.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
to everyone who believes.
For Moses writes that the man who practices
the righteousness which is based on law
shall live by that righteousness."
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In Christ's Sermon on the Mount, His first 4 principles for living a blessed life are:
"Brethren, my heart's desire
and my prayer to God for them
is for their salvation.
For I bear them witness
that they have a zeal for God,
but not in accordance with knowledge.
For not knowing about God's righteousness,
and seeking to establish their own,
they did not subject themselves
to the righteousness of God.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
to everyone who believes.
For Moses writes that the man who practices
the righteousness which is based on law
shall live by that righteousness."
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In Christ's Sermon on the Mount, His first 4 principles for living a blessed life are:
- Be humble... poor in spirit...
- Be repentant over sin... mourn...
- Be meek... gentle... let God take the reins of your life and lead...
- Be hungry and thirsty for righteousness... it's your spiritual sustenance... and it's a gift...
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Does your perfection in a list of do's and don'ts determine your worth? Hardly!!! Your righteousness is a gift from Christ that you receive with a humble and repentent heart as you allow Him to live in you, sustain you, lead you, hold you, and walk beside you...
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For several months, I have fallen in love with some of this year's songs that are in the top 20 on the christian music charts. When I was at one of our local christian bookstores this past week, I learned that a member of the group that sings our theme song of this week lives nearby in Woodstown, NJ. May this song, BY YOUR SIDE, and all of it's spiritual applications bless your week as we look at our worth in Christ..
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Be sure and pause the playlist before beginning the video!
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