Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Power of the Cross

Many people, are at this very moment, are facing a certain death. They are very ill and will soon pass from life to death. God has written for them a certain number of life days and one death day. He made these life days and the one death day before we ever came to be. He is the Creator and He takes and gives life according to His will. The more I read God's Word and the more He reveals to me, I am totally humbled! There is no other book on earth that is more gripping than the written truth of God and His vast knowledge of all things seen and hidden, His mercy, His love, His grace through His Son, and His soon coming wrath on the unbelievers across all nations. I can not make you believe but if you will read His Word, He will awaken your soul to the truth. You can do nothing to gain salvation, Christ paid the price on the cross. He wants your obedience, faith and trust in the fact that indeed He alone is our security. His kingdom can not be shaken, it stands forever and ever!
1 Cor.1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Col.1:15-20 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Col.2:13-14 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Heb. 12:25-29 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens." This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken--that is, things that have been made--in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
Job 12:9-10 Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
Job 14:5 Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass
Ps.66:8-9 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.
Oh Lord, You are awesome in power and might! Man is not worthy of Your consideration, but You Lord are worthy of all praise. Lord, help me teach the truth of Your glorious Word. Everyday I am more humbled by the wisdom held in Your gospel. Forgive me for I know just how much I should receive death and hell but by your mercy and grace, I have life. Amen

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