YOU WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH

As human beings we tend to be in constant competition

on every thing in life.  We work to have the best grades,

the best job, make the most money or even cook the

best meal.  You name it, there is a competition to qualify

for everything.

Unfortunately this seems to carry over even into the

spiritual realm.  You have heard it, "I'm not good 

enough to know God or to be a Christian, etc."  That's

right.  You never will be because you plain and simple

cannot.

You could keep every law on the books including the

"The ten commandments" and still go straight to the

Devils hell.  I think that is why I love this little gem

that the apostle Paul gives us in the book of Philippians.

"For we who worship by the Spirit of God

are the ones who are truly circumcised.

We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us.

We put no confidence in human effort,"  

(Philippians 3:3 NLT). 

Do you realize that one little verse has the total

essence of being a Christian and in a relationship

with God himself.

That one little verse says more than a large library

full of theological books.

1. "... we who worship by the Spirit of God ..."

Jesus Christ himself when talking to the

Samaritan woman at the well said;

"For God is Spirit,  so those who worship

him must worship in spirit and in truth." 

(John 4:24 NLT)

God is spirit.  He is not something hanging on 

the wall or something you can hold in your hand.

We have to lift up our spirit to God who is spirit.

2. "We rely on what Jesus Christ has done for us."

Jesus Christ died in your place and my place.

He became a sacrifice to God the Father for us.

All we have to do is turn to God, submit ourselves

to God and accept that sacrifice that Christ made

for us.

3. "We put no confidence in human effort."

We are told numbers of times in the Scriptures

that we are not saved by our working for it

It is a gift from God.  Here are a few of the 

places that we are told we are not saved

by works if you want to look them up.

Ephesians 2:8,9

Romans 3:28

2 Timothy 1:9

Yes, after we have accepted God's gift to us

we will want to serve Him out of gratitude.  But

that is not what saves us.

Again, only one verse.

"... he saved us, not because of the righteous

things we had done, but because of his 

mercy.  He washed away our sins, giving

us a new birth and new life through the 

Holy Spirit."  

(Titus 3:5 NLT)

SHINING FOREVER.

Do you feel like a "nobody"?

I sure do.

In fact I cannot even make "a has been".  I am a

"never been", a no body.  But while browsing around

in the book of Philippians I find an encouraging thought.

"... Work hard to show the results of your salvation,

obeying God with deep reverence and fear.  For God

is working in you, giving you the desire and the power

to do what pleases him."

(Philippians 2:12b, 13 NLT)

Now some translations say it this way;

"... work out your own salvation with

fear and trembling."

That makes it sound like we have to work to

be saved.  That of course is not the case.

The apostle Paul the writer of the book of

Philippians is also the author of the book

of Ephesians where he said;

"God saved you by his grace when you believed.

And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift

from God.  Salvation is not a reward for the 

good things we have done, so none of us can

boast about it.  For we are God's masterpiece.

He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can

do the good things he planned for us long ago."  

(Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)

But back to the point at hand.

If I am a true Christian, a child of God he is saying;

God is working in me.  God is giving me the desire

and power to live in a pleasing way to him.

As a child of God, I may be a NOTHING the way

the people of the world look at things.  But God

is working in me and I am to;

"Do everything without complaining and arguing,

so that no one can criticize you.  Live clean, 

innocent lives as children of God, shining like

bright lights in a world full of crooked and 

perverse people."  

(Philippians 2:14,15 NLT)

Did you catch that?

If we do nothing more than live the way God

wants us to, i.e, a good "Christian" life we really

are like "... shining bright lights ..." in this old

dirty sinful world.  Now that is far better than 

being a "movie star" or some celebrity.

Further, our day is still to come in the near 

future.  The prophet Daniel when speaking of

the time in which we live says there is coming

a time when;

"Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried

will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to

shame and everlasting disgrace.  Those who are

wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who

lead many to righteousness will shine like the 

stars forever."  

(Daniel 12:2,3 NLT)

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"It's for you I created the universe [says God].  I love

you.  There's only one catch.  Like any other gift, the

gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and

take it.  Maybe being able to reach out and take it is

a gift, too."

- Frederick Buechner

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Furthermore, as for every man to whom

God has given riches and wealth, He has

also empowered him to eat from them and

to receive his reward and rejoice in his

labor; this is the gift of God."  

(Ecclesiastes 5:19 NASB)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

  "For God so loved the world,

that He gave His only begotten

Son, that whoever believes in 

Him shall not perish, but have

eternal life."  

(John 3:16 NASB)  

The best Christmas gift ever.

The very creator of the universe came down

and became a man named Jesus Christ who

out of love for his created beings died as a

sacrifice for our sins and failings.  Then offers

us eternal life to live with him for ever if we 

will but turn from the way we are going and

give our selves to him.

Don't ignore the greatest gift ever.

God does love you.

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it,

you prove the doubting spirit which may be the only

hindrance to the gift you ask."

- D. L. Moody

WARNING

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READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

BECAUSE

A.  The "Establishment" does not want you to know these facts.
To know them will put you in disfavor with the world system.

B.  You will be held accountable for these facts.  The time is
coming that  you will have to give account for your use or
misuse of them.

FACT NO. 1
"It is certain that all men die one time.  And, the judgment
day comes after death."

FACT NO. 2
"everone has sinned and is far away from God's glory."

FACT NO. 3
"The pay you get for sinning is death."

"And I saw a great white throne and the One who was
sitting on it.  The earth and the sky ran away from His
face, but they could not find any place to hide.  I saw dead
people ---important and unimportant.  They were standing
in front of the throne.  Books were opened.  And another
book -- the Book of Life -- was opened.  The dead were
judged from the things which had been written in the books,
according to the way they had lived.  The ocean yielded
the dead people who were in it.  Death and Hades
yielded the dead people who were in them.  Each person
was judged by the way he had lived.  Death and Hades [Hell]
were thrown into the lake of fire. (The second death is the
same thing as the lake of fire.)  If someone's name was
not found in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake
of fire."

FACT NO. 4
"but God's gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord."

FACT NO. 5
"God loved the people of the world so much that He gave
up His only Son.  Every person who commits himself to
Jesus will not her destroyed.  Instead, that person will have
eternal life.

FACT NO. 6
"While we were still helpless and ungodly, Christ died for us--
at exactly the right time.  It is rare when someone dies for
another person --even for a good person.  However, some do
dare to die for a good man.  But God reasures us of His love
for us in this way: 'While we were still sinners, Christ died
for us.!"

FACT NO. 7
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way and the truth and the life!
The only way anyone can come to the Father is through me!"

FACT NO. 8
"If you confess with your mouth that 'Jesus is Lord' and if
you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from death,
you will be saved.  To become right with God a person believes
with his heart.  Declaring it openly, that person comes into
salvation."

(Quotations taken from the Holy Bible.)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

OK!

So what is the big deal about

CHRISTMAS?

Really it is very simple.  We are simply 

celebrating the greatest gift ever given

to mankind in all of the universe or 

history.

"For God loved the world so much

that he gave his only Son.  God gave

his Son so that whoever believes in 

him may not be lost, but have eternal

life."

(John 3:16 ICB)

We celebrate Christmas as the day when

our vary creator - Jesus Christ, Son of

the living God - was born into this world

to become one of us.  Then live a sinless

life so he could die in our place - if we are

willing to accept the sacrifice he made for

us.

So,

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom

Joyeux noel

Nollaig Shona Dhuit or Nodiag mhaith chugnat                           

Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie

Feliz Navidad

Srozhdestvom Kristovhym

Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah

or however you wish to say it.

May God himself grant you

a very merry CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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A good old fashion politically incorrect

GOD honoring 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

to you.

The world despises and rejects the very

God who created them.

But still:

"For God so loved the world

that He gave His only begotten 

Son, that whoever believes in 

Him should not perish but have

everlasting life."

(John 3:16 NKJV)

Let's embrace that first Christmas
gift that God sent to us.

REMEMBER:

JESUS IS THE REASON
FOR THE SEASON

THE SUPREME GIFT

MERRY CHRISTMAS

"For God loved the world so much

that he gave his only Son,

so that everyone who believes in him

may not die but have eternal life.

REMEMBER

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR 

THE SEASON.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

GOD HAS A GIFT FOR YOU.

"For God loved the world so much

that he gave his only Son,

so that everyone who believes in him

may not die but have 

eternal life."

Have you accepted and opened His gift to you?

Or, have you been ignoring it?

May this be your best Christmas

ever.

MERRY CHRISTMAS