As a child I enjoyed Christmas as much as any child does, I liked getting presents like most people do. But I remember as I got older I still liked the presents I just didn't really care about the whole Christmas festivities. My family always made Christmas eve a drawn out night, we would eat, then read the bible, then sit around and sing Christmas songs for seemed like eternity. After all the program finally finished we would pass out presents. As I got later in my teenage years I really disliked all the traditions of my family, I put up with it cause I had too, but it seemed to drag out forever. My concern at 17 & 18 years old was that I wanted to open presents and then go to the parties were my friends were, where everyone else was drinking and having a good time.
At that point in my life I didn't realize what a treasure I had for a family, I didn't realize that my parents had extreme love for me because they cared more about sharing Christ with me than they cared about me going to have a supposedly good time with my friends.
Well August 25th 1997 I gave my life to Jesus Christ, it was an exciting thing for me. In August 1997 my whole world turned upside down for the good, I wasn't a good example of a Christian or on behalf of Jesus for a while. Consistently as time went own, the Holy Spirit kept showing me things that I needed to let go of, if I was going to truly live for Jesus and be a reflection of Him. Many things changed very quickly and some gradually, and honestly the Holy Spirit is still changing me to be more like Jesus. But of all the details of my life that changed, one thing that happened was radical and instant, I all of a sudden began desiring the Christian atmostphere that I had ran from. I no longer found entertainment and appeasement in the worldly life of drinking and just being dumb as I had before. And from that moment till today, there is this amazement I have of how Jesus has loved me through so many dumb choices of my life.
I stand amazed that at my worst and at my best, Jesus loved me, and had given His life for me to show that love. So with all that in mind, Christmas 1997 marked a new love for Christmas that I had never had. Christmas 1997 I was anxious alright, I was anxious to hear the story of my Savior's birth, and sing the songs of His wonderful gift of Salvation to all who will call on Him. The presents were going to be appreciated that night, but for all I cared the presents could wait because the joy was in the ultimate Giver of Life and not just the gifts. Each year I stand more amazed at the story of the Savior's birth and His willingness to come to the earth to rescue people.
Whether Christmas stirs memories of sadness or joy I leave you with a reminder of what Jesus has done to reach out to you.
1 Peter 1:18-20
18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but he has now revealed him to you in these last days.
Editors note: Due to the fact that I have to rush off, this blog hasn't been edited yet, so please overlook the misspellings and grammatical errors that appear for now.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Take Heart
John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
I have been thinking alot about the Joy of The Lord the last day and 1/2 or so. In His presence is fullness of joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength. These are scriptures that have been ringing through my head.
This morning I came across the above scripture (John 16:33), and it seemed to scream out the reason for the joy. The joy or peace in this world is in Jesus. Life will give many dissappointments, many struggles, many temptations for worldly possesions and pleasures. However a fulfilled & joyful life is a life that has peace in Jesus regardless of physical things that occur.
Take heart, be of good cheer, no matter the thoughts, no matter the obstacles, no matter the sickness or pain. No matter what comes Jesus has absolutely overcome the world. The world or worldly system or temptation is not the master, Jesus is the master.
Have peace in sorrow, peace in trails because the situation doesn't control you, but Jesus in you controls the situation. No wonder Paul said in
Colossians 3:2
Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.
The joy is found in the things of heaven; misery, dissappointment, discontentment, jealousy, is found in the things and situations of this earth.
Be of good cheer, Jesus has overcome the world.
I have been thinking alot about the Joy of The Lord the last day and 1/2 or so. In His presence is fullness of joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength. These are scriptures that have been ringing through my head.
This morning I came across the above scripture (John 16:33), and it seemed to scream out the reason for the joy. The joy or peace in this world is in Jesus. Life will give many dissappointments, many struggles, many temptations for worldly possesions and pleasures. However a fulfilled & joyful life is a life that has peace in Jesus regardless of physical things that occur.
Take heart, be of good cheer, no matter the thoughts, no matter the obstacles, no matter the sickness or pain. No matter what comes Jesus has absolutely overcome the world. The world or worldly system or temptation is not the master, Jesus is the master.
Have peace in sorrow, peace in trails because the situation doesn't control you, but Jesus in you controls the situation. No wonder Paul said in
Colossians 3:2
Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.
The joy is found in the things of heaven; misery, dissappointment, discontentment, jealousy, is found in the things and situations of this earth.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
October 31st message
Just wanted to clear somethings that Calley says may not be so clear.
So here we go:
1. Saturday's fun begins at 5 till 8
2. The bible character dress up is for adults as well as children, and I think it would be wonderful to be as involved as possible as an encouragement to the children and showing a real involvement with them. Come even if you don't dress up, but it sure would be cool if you would.
3. Guys --- if you are willing I would love to see you at 1:30 to help with setting up for the activities for the night.
4. Girls --- contact Calley at 601-334-0724 or Cristi at 336-9539 for help in that department.
5. Everybody is wanted by 5:00pm on Saturday. :)
Also I would like to explain somethings about this fun Saturday night.
As a church, as pastor, and as just plain on Danny Reed, halloween is not a celebrated event. On the subject of Halloween, it is an evil root that it began with, and because of evil it still exist today. I can explain the traditions and origins of Halloween in pretty good detail, but I will save time and say you can google it or ask me and I will be glad to explain. To say that the evil origins and the evils of halloween till this day are not obvious is really just ignoring the obvious.
With that said, some may wonder why are we having anything on halloween then. Well this is an event that Calley and I have wrestled with for several years, and have strongly opposed. For years I have excused myself from halloween alternatives by saying "Christians shouldn't have an alternative to evil." Each year I have also thought to myself well plenty of other churches have activities going on for an alternative. And while they are both true and valid, the fact I can't ignore any longer is that some of the children that go to our church will not go anywhere else.
This year we decided to venture out and begin this annual event because number one I don't believe in alternatives, so why not take what the devil intended for evil and kick him in the face with a Godly atmosphere and a wholesome enviroment for people to be in. Jesus isn't an alternative, He is the defeator of the devil. This is a night of victory not just alternatives. The more time goes on, the more I realize that the less Christians do, the more people the devil ruins, and I don't want to miss an opportunity to rescue someone.
In light of all the above I have finally decided on a name for Saturday's event. It is Hallelujah Night, cause it is a night that Jesus will be lifted up, regardless of the reasons that October 31st began a couple 100 years ago, Jesus is the victor, He has defeated the devil and he won't stop. HALLELUJAH OUR GOD REIGNS.
Have an awesome day,
Danny and Calley
p.s. I take no responsibility for bad grammar, runons, fragments, rambling or the likes. lol.
So here we go:
1. Saturday's fun begins at 5 till 8
2. The bible character dress up is for adults as well as children, and I think it would be wonderful to be as involved as possible as an encouragement to the children and showing a real involvement with them. Come even if you don't dress up, but it sure would be cool if you would.
3. Guys --- if you are willing I would love to see you at 1:30 to help with setting up for the activities for the night.
4. Girls --- contact Calley at 601-334-0724 or Cristi at 336-9539 for help in that department.
5. Everybody is wanted by 5:00pm on Saturday. :)
Also I would like to explain somethings about this fun Saturday night.
As a church, as pastor, and as just plain on Danny Reed, halloween is not a celebrated event. On the subject of Halloween, it is an evil root that it began with, and because of evil it still exist today. I can explain the traditions and origins of Halloween in pretty good detail, but I will save time and say you can google it or ask me and I will be glad to explain. To say that the evil origins and the evils of halloween till this day are not obvious is really just ignoring the obvious.
With that said, some may wonder why are we having anything on halloween then. Well this is an event that Calley and I have wrestled with for several years, and have strongly opposed. For years I have excused myself from halloween alternatives by saying "Christians shouldn't have an alternative to evil." Each year I have also thought to myself well plenty of other churches have activities going on for an alternative. And while they are both true and valid, the fact I can't ignore any longer is that some of the children that go to our church will not go anywhere else.
This year we decided to venture out and begin this annual event because number one I don't believe in alternatives, so why not take what the devil intended for evil and kick him in the face with a Godly atmosphere and a wholesome enviroment for people to be in. Jesus isn't an alternative, He is the defeator of the devil. This is a night of victory not just alternatives. The more time goes on, the more I realize that the less Christians do, the more people the devil ruins, and I don't want to miss an opportunity to rescue someone.
In light of all the above I have finally decided on a name for Saturday's event. It is Hallelujah Night, cause it is a night that Jesus will be lifted up, regardless of the reasons that October 31st began a couple 100 years ago, Jesus is the victor, He has defeated the devil and he won't stop. HALLELUJAH OUR GOD REIGNS.
Have an awesome day,
Danny and Calley
p.s. I take no responsibility for bad grammar, runons, fragments, rambling or the likes. lol.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The reaction matters
Matthew 5:39 But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.
Now this is what I am talking about. A verse like this gets me all excited cause it completely slams the human's natural sinful reaction.
As a child and teenager, a youth pastor and now pastor, I have heard through the years all to often of the kids that say "my daddy/momma told me if someone hits me and I don't hit em back then I will be in trouble when I get home." The other statements I hear are from parents, "well I don't want my kid getting pushed around, I want him/her to stand up for themself." I realize the statements sound right, and people think they are right but the truth is they are wrong.
I can say from my 31 years of life, there are 2 very real truths:
1. Look for trouble and you will find trouble. In other words if you are always running your mouth and feel the need to have the last word, then sooner or later somebody is going to punch you in the face.
2. If you don't start trouble, then 99% there will be no trouble. In other words, if you would learn to not be cocky and shut your mouth every now and then, then you will find yourself with more and better friends.
Now with that in mind, lets examine something. According to the scripture. the person who is doing the hitting is evil in the eyes of God. And no matter from the nice guy who had a bad day to the serial killer who may kill my very own child, my job and God's expectation of me is to forgive the person and love them regardless. Now yes the government is set up to protect us, and it is the government's job to put the people who do crimes in jail, but my job is to love them and forgive them. This is hard to do, I know of only one man so far other than Jesus who has forgiven someone no matter what. A man named Richard Coss had grandchildren in Oklahoma City when Timothy McVeigh blew up the building known as the Oklahoma City bombing. Richard after some time went and talked to McVeigh face to face and told him that he was forgiven, and proceded to share the message of Jesus Christ to him. What a freedom it is to not have bitterness.
The other fact in the scripture is that if the person who throws the first punch is evil, then the person who responds with a punch is in the same category. So for parents who encourage their child to not get pushed around and to hit back, you my friend are training your child to be evil. I believe any parent has a sincere desire to not want to train their child to be evil. For the person who encourages their friend to fight back and get mad, you are also in the evil category.
I believe majority of adults do not want to be evil, but it is our human natures. Simply because of our birth as sinners we are actually born evil. At any moment in this life though, we can ask for God's forgiveness and be free of this guilt and evilness. Ultimately our sins are the nails that were hammered in Jesus's hands and feet. My and your sins are the ultimate slap of death to Jesus, and yet to all who are willing to receive the forgiveness, He will turn the other cheek and love you while doing so.
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Now this is what I am talking about. A verse like this gets me all excited cause it completely slams the human's natural sinful reaction.
As a child and teenager, a youth pastor and now pastor, I have heard through the years all to often of the kids that say "my daddy/momma told me if someone hits me and I don't hit em back then I will be in trouble when I get home." The other statements I hear are from parents, "well I don't want my kid getting pushed around, I want him/her to stand up for themself." I realize the statements sound right, and people think they are right but the truth is they are wrong.
I can say from my 31 years of life, there are 2 very real truths:
1. Look for trouble and you will find trouble. In other words if you are always running your mouth and feel the need to have the last word, then sooner or later somebody is going to punch you in the face.
2. If you don't start trouble, then 99% there will be no trouble. In other words, if you would learn to not be cocky and shut your mouth every now and then, then you will find yourself with more and better friends.
Now with that in mind, lets examine something. According to the scripture. the person who is doing the hitting is evil in the eyes of God. And no matter from the nice guy who had a bad day to the serial killer who may kill my very own child, my job and God's expectation of me is to forgive the person and love them regardless. Now yes the government is set up to protect us, and it is the government's job to put the people who do crimes in jail, but my job is to love them and forgive them. This is hard to do, I know of only one man so far other than Jesus who has forgiven someone no matter what. A man named Richard Coss had grandchildren in Oklahoma City when Timothy McVeigh blew up the building known as the Oklahoma City bombing. Richard after some time went and talked to McVeigh face to face and told him that he was forgiven, and proceded to share the message of Jesus Christ to him. What a freedom it is to not have bitterness.
The other fact in the scripture is that if the person who throws the first punch is evil, then the person who responds with a punch is in the same category. So for parents who encourage their child to not get pushed around and to hit back, you my friend are training your child to be evil. I believe any parent has a sincere desire to not want to train their child to be evil. For the person who encourages their friend to fight back and get mad, you are also in the evil category.
I believe majority of adults do not want to be evil, but it is our human natures. Simply because of our birth as sinners we are actually born evil. At any moment in this life though, we can ask for God's forgiveness and be free of this guilt and evilness. Ultimately our sins are the nails that were hammered in Jesus's hands and feet. My and your sins are the ultimate slap of death to Jesus, and yet to all who are willing to receive the forgiveness, He will turn the other cheek and love you while doing so.
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Timothy McVeigh
I would have let this kid hang out around my house, I would probably have went fishing and hunting with this guy. He looked harmless, but looks don't matter when a person does not know the love and forgivness of Jesus. Live life like Jesus is walking beside you, share Him with others, you never know how many people's lives will be affected because you do.
I bet alot of people thought he was harmless, the right friends could have been the right example to him and possibly saved alot of people from a very sad day. The truth is any of your friends have the potential to be the next rapest, murderer, molestor, will you tell them about the love of Jesus? Will you live it out, so they can see the love of Jesus? Will you turn the other cheek, and teach your children and friends to do the same thing? From what I see everybody just wants to be really loved. People want a love so great that gives them purpose and give them significance. The only problem is apart from accepting the love of Jesus there is no other perfect love that last and fulfills in this entire world.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Laugh Is A Lie
LAUGHTER IS A CONCEALER
Proverbs 14:13
Laughter can conceal a heavy heart; when the laughter ends the grief remains.
Conceal--to keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide
Grief--Deep mental anguish, source of deep mental anguish, annoyance or frustration, trouble or difficulty
As I read this verse a couple of days ago, my heart began to break. It breaks for the fact of what I have seen throughout my life and what I have seen in teenage boys and girls throughout my years as a youth minister. I now see this in adults. It seems that the ones who laugh the most are the ones who so often hurt the most on the inside. The ones who laugh at anything and seem so happy go lucky are also so often the ones who cry themselves to sleep at night.
This is a hard thing to deal with because so often the same people will make sure and not let anyone get too close. There is the other group of people who seem to always have a chip on their shoulder all the time, these are the ones that get picked on, and hated for the way they act.
What I have discovered is that when people laugh, lots of times they laugh to hide the hurt. I have also learned that when people are mean, they are mean because they have been hurt so badly that for all they know every nice talking person is a con and nobody can be trusted.
The world we live in shows us according to TV shows that beautiful equals happy, yet their beauty is fake. We see famous people that have amazing weddings, the only problem is they never stay married more than an average 2 to 3 years max. A once famous rapper Snoop Dogg didn't even allow his children to listen to his music yet he didn't mind ruining the minds of others teaching that women, money and booze equals happiness.
Jesus desires to bring healing, He has paid the price for healing. The problem with humans today is that we have been trained that everybody is really a fake and a dissapointment, so Jesus can only be more of the same. After all, it is difficult for some to believe in a loving God they can't see when they have been hurt by so many they can see.
The message hasn't changed, Jesus still displayed his love by His death on the cross. Jesus Christ was involved in creation and He chose to come to earth not to bail people out of hell. In Revelation 13:8 it states "the Lamb (Jesus) that was slain from the creation of the world."Jesus Christ plan was to come to earth to suffer, be rejected and die a perfect sinless life in order to cover the sins of people. The sins He would cover on that cross were the sins of the people that He was about to create. Jesus knows we are flawed people, He knows the hurting hearts, and He truly loves you.
Laughter can hide the pain, but the pain will remain. Your friends don't care enough to be able to see past the smile or past the stange anger you seem to have towards people for no reason. Jesus does care. Jesus can and will heal. Only you know what inside of you, others don't. Don't pretend for them any longer, if the laughter is not getting you free of the issues of your heart, then quit trying a failed plan. Turn to the one who knows and cares more than any other.
John 8:11b And Jesus said, "neither do I condemn you, now go and sin no more."
I wonder what she is really like on the inside, wonder what the guys are really like on the inside. I wonder what they are really thinking right now.
I know the emptiness on the inside of these guys cause I used to be one of them. I smiled but felt so unaccepted. I got tired of being a fake, I learned that faking never ends the issues, and never heals. Jesus healed my heart 8/25/97. When did or will He heal yours?
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Life is short
2 Timothy 3:1-4
1.But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3.without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4.treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
Wow, I think this pretty much describes society. Now I am not the person to say that it is the end of the world, but the end will come one day, and people will be living when it does happen. It amazes me to talk with people, I find that almost every person lives like they will never die, yet people die everyday. It is obvious that the devil doesn't mind most of the human race believing that the world will end, just not now and also that every person will die but just not for a long time like at 97 years old or something.
This is all interesting to me cause I remember thinking like this, and still catch myself thinking this way sometimes. I remember as a kid I planned on living it up until about 40 years old and then I would settle down, get married and probably go to church. It never occured to me that I could die at 8 or 10 or 20 or at just anytime. As I got to be a teenager I realized that one day Jesus would come back to earth and at that time everyone would go to heaven or hell depending on whether they had chose Jesus as their Savior or not. But while I knew Jesus would come back I never considered that it could happen while I was alive. So for a large part of my life I lived it up, after all I was going to settle down at 40 years old.
As I sit here today and reflect, I am glad that I woke up to the fact that when a person truly believes on Jesus to be their Savior then He literally changes their very nature. He changes our wants and our likes and dislikes. I now see that Jesus could return at literally any moment, maybe today, maybe before I finish this post.
The facts are obvious for those who look for signs, we are a generation of people that is more pleasure seeking than words can describe, talking about being disobedient well there is medicine for that now days. There are those who are without self control, oh yea thats right we call this road rage and yes there is a road rage pill available. The bottom line is we have become a people who seek after pleasures rather than God and we seek a pill to fix our problems rather than Jesus who can heal the issue.
The saddest reality of seeking pleasure though is that I don't know of a single person who has ever found a true pleasure that last, and doesn't fade and doesn't grow old apart from the joy that is found in Jesus.
Could it be that the very thing that we as a people avoid is the very thing that we really want? I can say from my own experience that it was Jesus that I stayed away from for a large part of my life and I later discovered that Jesus was all I truly ever wanted. Worldy pleasures come and go, and usually leave people with hangovers, STD's and depression, but Jesus brings a joy into a person's life that never stops. Even when the world is over, life will be good.
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
1.But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3.without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4.treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
Wow, I think this pretty much describes society. Now I am not the person to say that it is the end of the world, but the end will come one day, and people will be living when it does happen. It amazes me to talk with people, I find that almost every person lives like they will never die, yet people die everyday. It is obvious that the devil doesn't mind most of the human race believing that the world will end, just not now and also that every person will die but just not for a long time like at 97 years old or something.
This is all interesting to me cause I remember thinking like this, and still catch myself thinking this way sometimes. I remember as a kid I planned on living it up until about 40 years old and then I would settle down, get married and probably go to church. It never occured to me that I could die at 8 or 10 or 20 or at just anytime. As I got to be a teenager I realized that one day Jesus would come back to earth and at that time everyone would go to heaven or hell depending on whether they had chose Jesus as their Savior or not. But while I knew Jesus would come back I never considered that it could happen while I was alive. So for a large part of my life I lived it up, after all I was going to settle down at 40 years old.
As I sit here today and reflect, I am glad that I woke up to the fact that when a person truly believes on Jesus to be their Savior then He literally changes their very nature. He changes our wants and our likes and dislikes. I now see that Jesus could return at literally any moment, maybe today, maybe before I finish this post.
The facts are obvious for those who look for signs, we are a generation of people that is more pleasure seeking than words can describe, talking about being disobedient well there is medicine for that now days. There are those who are without self control, oh yea thats right we call this road rage and yes there is a road rage pill available. The bottom line is we have become a people who seek after pleasures rather than God and we seek a pill to fix our problems rather than Jesus who can heal the issue.
The saddest reality of seeking pleasure though is that I don't know of a single person who has ever found a true pleasure that last, and doesn't fade and doesn't grow old apart from the joy that is found in Jesus.
Could it be that the very thing that we as a people avoid is the very thing that we really want? I can say from my own experience that it was Jesus that I stayed away from for a large part of my life and I later discovered that Jesus was all I truly ever wanted. Worldy pleasures come and go, and usually leave people with hangovers, STD's and depression, but Jesus brings a joy into a person's life that never stops. Even when the world is over, life will be good.
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Think Of As Human
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 So we have stopped evaluating others by what the world thinks about them. Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though he were merely a human being. How differently I think about him now! 17.What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!
Wow, I think all of mankind has been guilty of this. It seems that it is often a struggle to try to explain to a person the amazing love of God. There are really no words on this earth that can describe Jesus in a way that a person who isn't a Christian would understand. Jesus seems to be hard to describe because all discriptive adjectives are based on something that is physical and known to the physical senses. Jesus is way beyond the physical though, His work is done on us from the inside and then comes out. How is someone to describe that they have this amazing joy even in the middle of physical hard times? A non-christian can't understand having joy immediatly after you just became paralized for life, I know a person this happened too. A non-christian can't understand knowing that no matter what happens, God really does love and He does forgive, that God does not turn anyone away that calls out to Him. But once a person calls out to Jesus and cry out to be forgiven of their sins, then that person becomes a 100% new person, because they are instantly given a clean heart. This clean heart that God gives has different emotions, and a different view point. As a sincere Christian, the person realizes that God is not suprised by the storm in their life, He knows the end results, and is ready to walk you through to victory.
All the confusion begins as Paul said in the scripture above though, he used to think Jesus to be like other humans. Humans are born sinners and are terribly wicked by nature, though Jesus will change that nature to all who call to Him. Most people view Jesus for instance like a person who likes you when your good, and is mad at you when your bad. From a non-christian mind set, a person may even view Jesus as saying 3 strikes and your out. However Jesus is not like the rest of mankind, He wasn't born a sinner, in fact He never sinned. Since He was not born with our wicked heart, He does not have a wicked heart. Jesus has a heart full of compassion and healing. His desire is for all of man-kind to have a very very close relationship with Him. In spite of our rebellion and rotten attitudes, Jesus is still forgiving and reaching out to us. Don't ever be fooled my friend that Jesus has given up on you or doesn't want you. Just the same, don't believe that because Jesus loves you so much He would not allow you to be miserable and die and go to hell. We make the choice of obtaining a new nature that we weren't born with naturally, and we make the choice of where we spend eternity based on whether or not we called out to Jesus to be our perfect father during our life. Once you are truly a Christian, you will no longer view Jesus from your human point of view.
Isaiah 65:2 2."I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,
Wow, I think all of mankind has been guilty of this. It seems that it is often a struggle to try to explain to a person the amazing love of God. There are really no words on this earth that can describe Jesus in a way that a person who isn't a Christian would understand. Jesus seems to be hard to describe because all discriptive adjectives are based on something that is physical and known to the physical senses. Jesus is way beyond the physical though, His work is done on us from the inside and then comes out. How is someone to describe that they have this amazing joy even in the middle of physical hard times? A non-christian can't understand having joy immediatly after you just became paralized for life, I know a person this happened too. A non-christian can't understand knowing that no matter what happens, God really does love and He does forgive, that God does not turn anyone away that calls out to Him. But once a person calls out to Jesus and cry out to be forgiven of their sins, then that person becomes a 100% new person, because they are instantly given a clean heart. This clean heart that God gives has different emotions, and a different view point. As a sincere Christian, the person realizes that God is not suprised by the storm in their life, He knows the end results, and is ready to walk you through to victory.
All the confusion begins as Paul said in the scripture above though, he used to think Jesus to be like other humans. Humans are born sinners and are terribly wicked by nature, though Jesus will change that nature to all who call to Him. Most people view Jesus for instance like a person who likes you when your good, and is mad at you when your bad. From a non-christian mind set, a person may even view Jesus as saying 3 strikes and your out. However Jesus is not like the rest of mankind, He wasn't born a sinner, in fact He never sinned. Since He was not born with our wicked heart, He does not have a wicked heart. Jesus has a heart full of compassion and healing. His desire is for all of man-kind to have a very very close relationship with Him. In spite of our rebellion and rotten attitudes, Jesus is still forgiving and reaching out to us. Don't ever be fooled my friend that Jesus has given up on you or doesn't want you. Just the same, don't believe that because Jesus loves you so much He would not allow you to be miserable and die and go to hell. We make the choice of obtaining a new nature that we weren't born with naturally, and we make the choice of where we spend eternity based on whether or not we called out to Jesus to be our perfect father during our life. Once you are truly a Christian, you will no longer view Jesus from your human point of view.
Isaiah 65:2 2."I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,
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