PART 7 - Christ’s Seventh Saying
Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit: Luke 23:46, And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit: and having said thus, He gave up His spirit. The Word of God tells us that as He uttered these words, He bowed His head and gave up the ghost. Physicians report that when people are dying, they try to raise their heads for one more breath. He bowed His head. What is worth noting is that the sufferings did not take His life, excruciating as though they were; He laid it down of Himself! Hallelujah! What a Saviour! Christ gave up His own life. Nobody took it from Him, because no one has the power to do so. He willingly gave up His life for you. Jesus had the power to destroy all those who were attempting to destroy Him (Matthew 26:53). But He restrained Himself and endured this horrible death because of our sin. While Jesus was dying on the cross, God was still God, He was still on the throne and reigning omnipotent. This fulfilled Psalm 31:5 “Into thine hand I commit my Spirit...” The word “commend” in Christ’s seventh saying from the cross means to “entrust, to commit to one’s charge.” The Lord Jesus entrusted His spirit into His Father’s keeping. He entrusted, or committed, Himself to the guardianship of the Father. As is stated in another text, “Christ . . . through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God…,” (Hebrews 9:14). When the first drop of Jesus’ blood hit the ground it sealed Satan’s fate forever. Paul used the same word when he wrote to young Timothy. He wrote, “For I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day” (II Timothy 1:12). Because Jesus entrusted His spirit with the Father, we can entrust our spirits in His saving and keeping power. Since He committed His all to the Father, we can commit our all to Him, also. Throughout His earthly ministry, Christ magnified the sovereignty and authority of His Father (John 6:38, 44; 10:29). Lovingly trusting Him to safely guard His spirit, the Lord Jesus entrusted it into His Father’s “hands.” The God Who held Him in His hands of mercy in life could be trusted to hold Him in His hands of might in death. This is also true for you and me! Since Jesus committed His spirit to the Father in the hour of death, then the Father must be eternal. The spirit would live on with the Father on the other side of death. As Christ committed Himself into the hands of the eternal God with certainty, so all believers can be assured about the ages to come. Through Christ, we will not only live with the Father, but will live as long as the Father lives. The fact that you will face tribulation in this world does not lessen the power of God in any way. In fact, it should motivate you to tap into the reservoir of faith. Have you committed your life into God’s hands’? Romans 12:1-2. PRAYER: Father in Heaven, as Jesus commended Himself to You, my desire is to commit my life to Your service. May I seek to win more people to Christ by sharing the Gospel more often. In Jesus name, Amen! If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com
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7 Sayings of Christ on the Cross - 7 PARTS
PART 6 - Christ’s Sixth Saying …It is Finished: John 19:30, When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost. From the beginning, Satan opposed the work of redemption. Beginning with Abel’s death, he attempted to hinder the coming of the Messiah. But the Lord Jesus was not ignorant of Satan’s devices (II Corinthians 2:11). Through His life and ministry, He fought the enemy with the Word (Matthew 4:1-11). But in His death, glory be to God, the Seed of the woman crushed the head of him “…that had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14). The word ‘finished’ occurs 3 times: a) Genesis 2:1. At the completion of God’s physical creation, b) John 19:30. When salvation was completed on the cross. c) Revelation 16:17. “It is done” at the 7’ vial judgment. Here our Lord Jesus used the Greek word “Tetelestai” meaning, “It is finished, and as a result it is forever done.” The very words of the Lord Jesus, “It is finished,” make it clear that He did win! When Jesus cried, “It is finished,” the redemptive work He came to accomplish was done. Nothing else needed to be added to it. The word “Tetelestai” speaks of accomplishment, satisfaction, and victory! Examples of this are:
Paul said “I have finished my course.” II Timothy 4:6-8. Will you finish your life’s work that God has given you to do? PRAYER: Father in Heaven, thank You for sending Jesus to shed His blood, to die, and pay the price for my sins. Thank You for giving Him the strength to finish the work He did at Calvary. He did it all. He finished the work You sent Him to do. In Jesus name, Amen. If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com Today’s devotion is an excerpt taken from the Bible Study page from our website. If you would like to read this article in its entirety, please open the Bible Study link.
PART 5 - Christ’s Fifth Saying …I thirst (John 19:28) John 19:28, After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. We all know the common cry of daily thirst in our bodies. When the water level of the body falls below a certain point, the brain signals that we are thirsty. On a hot day, we have all become especially thirsty for water. But most of us have never known the thirst that accompanies suffering and death. Physicians have assured us that there is no suffering comparable to that of an unassuaged thirst. It’s been said that those who died on the cross became so thirsty that their tongues would swell and protrude from their mouths. The Lord Jesus had suffered in many inconceivable ways. He had been mocked, beaten and scourged. Then He had the cross laid upon His bleeding shoulders and back. When He reached Calvary, His hands and feet were nailed to the tree. The cross was then dropped into a prepared hole. As His body screamed with pain, indicating the intense level of His sufferings. The Jews, stunned by what they have already experienced, then heard a cry that stirred sympathy in the hearts of some of the crowd. Jesus again revealed His humanity by declaring, "I thirst." In response to this cry, some of the people standing by took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it to His mouth. Jesus had refused the pain deadening wine that was offered to those about to be crucified (Matthew 27:34). A soldier moistened Jesus’ lips with cheap vinegar on a sponge (John 19:29). “I was thirsty and ye gave me drink” (Matthew 25:35). Jesus had earlier said: “He that believeth on me shall never thirst” John 6:35, and “If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink” John 7:37. Jesus, who gave His life so man need never thirst spiritually, endured great physical thirst. John 4:13-15. The One Who had said that those who are thirsty are invited to come unto Him and drink was now thirsty. He thirsted that sinners might have their thirst quenched at the Fountain of the Waters of Life. Today, we can “give Jesus a drink” by sharing what we have with those in need. The Lord wants to draw your focus beyond the immediate to the eternal. Everyday we encounter empty vessels who are in desperate need for the Fountain of Living Water. Many in this world are spiritually thirsty, but they have found nothing to quench their thirst. They have pursued the waters of pleasure, success, fame and fortune, but they have been chasing a mirage without the Living Water Christ offers. It is our moral obligation to guide these people to the Living Water, whatever the cost. PRAYER: Father in Heaven, my soul truly thirsts after your righteousness. My desire is to continually pursue You each day until Your Son Jesus comes back for me. In Jesus name, Amen. If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com 7 Sayings of Christ on the Cross (Luke 23:27-49) - 7 PARTS
PART 4 - Christ’s Fourth Saying My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46) Matthew 27:46, And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? At the sixth hour, which is noon, suddenly and without any warning, the light of the world went out. There was a total darkness that lasted for the next three hours. Both Jews and the Roman Soldiers must have been very troubled. It seems that our Lord was silent for most of these three hours. No one was moving because of the darkness. What would happen next? The suspense was building. Perhaps some of the Jews remembered when their ancestors were down in Egypt in the days of Moses, God sent a darkness that lasted for three days and nights. How long should this darkness last? But then, in that awful darkness in the middle of the afternoon, He did not address God as His Father, but rather addressed Him as God. Even greater than that, Christ was now talking about God forsaking Him. While Jesus did not address His Father, He did call upon God. As man, Jesus cried out to God in obedience and love. Jesus was not questioning the divine plan. He totally understood the Messianic prophecy of Psalm 22:1. Jesus quoted this from Psalm 22:1. Isaiah prophesied that Jehovah’s Servant would be “despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3). The Christ would be forsaken, not because of hard times and harsh conditions, but because “men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:19). Jesus was forsaken by the Jews, His disciples, the Father and the Holy Spirit. When Jesus came, we read that “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not” (John 1:11). Jesus was forsaken and accused by the religious leaders of His day (Luke 23:10) “the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him”. After the leaders apprehended Him in the garden, His own disciples “forsook Him, and fled” (Matthew 26:56). It is certainly clear that no other experience of abandonment in His earthly sojourn came close to His being forsaken by His Father. In what sense was Jesus forsaken by God? God approved His work. He was innocent. He had done nothing to forfeit the favor of God. God still loved Him. Christ’s intense sufferings were caused by our sins being laid on Him and the manifestation of God’s intense hatred of sin to His soul. This had never happened before. Why did the Father turn His back on the Son? Because He was bearing the sin of the world, and God cannot look on sin (Habakkuk 1:13). The plea, “Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” indicates that when Christ was made sin for us (II Corinthians 5:21), because of the terrible nature of sin, the Father turned His back on His Son. Jesus was forsaken by the Father that we may never be forsaken by Him. He cried out as an orphan that we may never feel like orphans. Christ was cut off that we might never be cut off from God and His grace. PRAYER: Father in Heaven, thank You for sending Your Son Jesus to shed His blood and die on the cross for my sins. Because of Jesus sacrificing Himself to pay the debt for my sins, I’ll never be forsaken by You. In Jesus name, Amen! If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com PART 3 - Christ’s Third Saying (John 19:26-27)
John 19:26-27, When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. Jesus, in His dying moments, expressed His tender care for His mother. What a model for all children in providing for our parents’ needs who have done so much for us. “Behold thy mother”. Because your mother has always been your caregiver, when the tables are turned in her life, taking care of her can be a very challenging experience. Although you are a capable adult, in her eyes you are still her little one. We know the circumstances and challenges of Christ’s day were very different than ours. Yet He did not shirk the responsibility of taking care of His earthly mother. When the hour of His death arrived, it was clear that He had made special plans and accommodations. John, His beloved disciple, would take care of His mother, and Mary, whose heart was closest to the heart of Jesus, would live the remainder of her life with John. The God Who said, “Honour thy father and thy mother” (Exodus 20:12), came to this earth and “was made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:7). With human flesh draped around Him, He obeyed the same commandment that He had given to men. And even when He was dying, He continued to obey that commandment, honoring His mother with His thoughtfulness and provisions. Jesus was saying to John that He wanted him to be the substitute for the Substitute. As Jesus trusted John to take Mary to his own home and to lovingly provide for her in His absence, may He trust us to do His bidding. The fact that Jesus spoke to both His earthly mother and John from the cross indicates they were on His heart. He loved Mary so much that He guarded her future; He loved John so much that He gave Him a special ministry. He had us on His heart also, and lovingly died for us. He still has us on His heart and lovingly speaks to us by His Spirit. Like John, may we hasten to do His will. And He purposes the same for all of us who have been purchased by His Precious Blood. As the poet has said; "Christ has no hands but our hands To do His work today, He has no feet but our feet To lead men in His way, He has no tongue but our tongues To tell men how He died, He has no help but our help To bring them to His side." PRAYER: Father In Heaven, I thank You for my Mother. Thank You for giving me a mother that has sacrificed so much for me and who has always been there for me. My I be as strong and supporting for her as she was for me. In Jesus name, Amen. If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com 7 Sayings of Christ on the Cross (Luke 23:27-49) - 7 PARTS
PART 2 - Christ’s Second Saying (Luke 23:42-43) Luke 23:42-43, And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. In Luke 23:39, two thieves were being crucified with Christ. One thief looked over to Him and said: "If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us." This man asked the Lord to save him, but he wanted to be saved physically. He wanted no part with Christ and salvation. There is no evidence of him being saved from sin. There are still many people today who are trying to get to heaven without the cross and the shed blood of Jesus Christ. It did not work then for this man, and it will not work for those who try it today. In Luke 23:40, the thief on the other side of Christ rebuked the thief who spoke in Luke 23:39. One malefactor railed on Him, becoming more hardened in guilt, while the other was repentant. In his rebuke the second thief acknowledged a fear of God. He also acknowledged that Jesus is God and that he himself was a guilty sinner. He acknowledged that Jesus Christ was sinless by saying, "This man hath done nothing amiss." In Luke 23:42 the second thief turned to Christ and did two things. First, he confessed Jesus is LORD. Then he said unto Jesus, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." He knew death was not the end. The repentant thief believed Jesus was the Messiah He claimed to be and wanted to enter into His Kingdom. In faith, the helpless thief asked to be remembered by the Saviour; in hope, he anticipated Christ’s future kingdom. His plea was not only answered personally, “Jesus said unto him”, but it was answered immediately, “To day”. It was salvation spontaneously and instantaneously. While the Lord does as He pleases, and sometimes waits to answer, it is possible that He will answer our prayers much more quickly than we expect. This is Scriptural proof that some may come to Christ for salvation on their deathbed. The Apostle Paul spoke interchangeably of Heaven and Paradise (II Corinthians 12:2, 4). While Jesus was on the cross, Paradise was on His mind. In conjunction with this, a poor sinner was on His mind, a sinner He would take to Paradise. “Paradise” was a reference to the heavenly home of the redeemed. Very soon, Jesus was going back to His “Father’s house” (John 14:2), and the thief was given assurance that he would be there with Jesus. We learn 3 things about salvation here:
We see 3 men here:
There are all classes of people characterized at the cross.
PRAYER: Father in Heaven, I’m thankful that when Your Son, Jesus Christ, was on the cross that I was on His mind. I have family, friends and loved ones who are not yet saved. Thank You for compelling me to go tell them of the salvation they can have through Your Son, Jesus. In Jesus name, Amen. If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com 7 Sayings of Christ on the Cross (Luke 23:27-49) - 7 PARTS
PART 1 - Christ’s First Saying “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). According to Matthew’s account, Jesus had already suffered varied forms of abuse. He had been “scourged” (Matthew 27:26); He had “a crown of thorns” placed upon His head and was “mocked” (Matthew 27:29); the wicked ones had “spit upon Him . . . and smote Him on the head” (Matthew 27:30), and nailed Him to the cross. Jesus has been on the cross now for a period of time and has said nothing. Everyone is wondering what will He say? Suddenly from the lips of Jesus there comes the first word since He has been on the cross. The suspense of only a half-minute pause would have seemed like an eternity. What will His next words be? Will He pronounce a curse upon them? His first words would bring a hush over the crowd. In the darkest hours of His life, Jesus called upon Him as a trustworthy “Father.” The next words that Jesus spoke are perhaps the sweetest words to ever fall from the lips of the Saviour. He says, "Father, forgive them". This fulfilled the prophecy “and made intercession for the transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:12). We cannot comprehend what a sword this would pierce into the unbelieving hearts of those Jews. Try to imagine what must have been going through the mind of those that had just passed by the cross and ridiculed Him for making Himself the Son of God. In essence, the first words that came from His mouth were, “I love you!”. His prayer to the Father for the forgiveness of His enemies was an expression of love for sinners. The malice of hatred was never as toxic as in this hour. Yet the strength of love was never as powerful as when Christ prayed for His enemies. While the wicked succeeded in manifesting their wicked hearts, the Lover of sinners succeeded in revealing His loving heart. And by asking the Father to forgive them, He demonstrated to us that where there is a heart of compassion, there is a heart of forgiveness. Then the next phrase "For they know what they do" was like adding insult to injury. The Jews were a very proud people and to tell them they did not know what they were doing did not help their feelings. This must have been a stunned crowd as they tried to analyze what the Lord Jesus had just said. The Saviour of men was the center of attention. But due to spiritual corruption and depravity, the people were blinded to His Person. Paul stated this, “for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” I Corinthians 2:8. The Jews did not fully understand the greatness of their sin of crucifying their God and Creator. Instead of showing Him their affection and devotion, they revealed their accusations and detestation. Because God alone can forgive sin and open blinded eyes, we must also pray for those who continue in spiritual ignorance. PRAYER: Father in heaven, thank You for loving me and sending Jesus to die on the cross for me. Thank You that I can be forgiven of all my sins. Help me to share this Good News with others. In Your name. Amen. If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com Spiritual Rut (Psalm 40:1-2)
Psalm 40:1-2, I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. If you have ever traveled down some backcountry road following heavy rains you have probably driven through ruts. No matter how hard we try, we often fall into a “rut” of one kind or another. Many friends in my teen years had 4X4 pickup trucks. After hard rains we would take our truck to the bottoms outside of Memphis, TN. and go “mudding”. We often spent most of the time pulling one another’s trucks out of ruts. Have you ever been stuck in a rut? What about a spiritual rut? This happens often when we have stopped studying as we should, or maybe we have begun to forsake assembling together. Once we get in a rut, it is difficult to work our way out. Whenever we find ourselves in a spiritual rut we must begin living the way God instructed us. Realize God can use the ruts in life to get us to wait on Him and to draw you closer to Him. This pit Joseph found himself in became a blessing for him. The pit which confined Joseph was a triumph to God's timing and providence. Job 23:10, But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. God knew Joseph's path and Joseph did come forth as gold. He turned out to be worth his weight in gold in the future when Joseph the slave became a superior ruler in Egypt and a savior to the people. He saved their lives and families in the years ahead by the wisdom that God gave to him. Realize that the Lord can bless your ruts. Joseph found himself in a rut the Bible called a pit. Often God puts us in trying circumstances because He wants us to wait on Him so that He can bless us. Our problem arises when we get impatient and give up before He can bless us. For example, did you know the largest pure gold nugget was discovered in 1869 in Australia? It was found in a wagon rut just a few inches below the soil. It weighed 2,248 troy ounces or around 154 pounds. At today's rate of $1,290 per ounce, its value would be a little over 3.2 million dollars. A great treasure was found in a rut. God can provide great blessings for you in your ruts, too. The spiritual ruts in your life may actually be times of blessing and refuge. It is difficult to see this at first. All that we can see is darkness and feel pain or hurt. The spiritual rut is part of a bigger plan that God has for you as you place your refuge in the Lord. Prayer: Father in Heaven, I know that I’m not alone in this spiritual rut. I’m fully aware that there are potential blessings in this rut if I’ll wait on You. Help me to trust in You as I cling to the rope of hope by believing Your Word. In Jesus name, Amen! If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com Finding Confident Hope (Psalm 42:5)
Psalm 42:5, Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. It has been said that man can live forty days without food, three days without water, and eight minutes without air, but only one second without hope. A scientific experiment by Duke University proved this to be true. A group of behavioral scientists put some rats in a tank of water and observed them to see how long they would survive before drowning. The average time was 17 minutes. The scientists repeated the experiment; but this time they rescued the rats just before the point of drowning, dried them off, and returned them to their cages. Then they fed the creatures, let them play for a few days, and repeated the drowning experiment. This time, the average survival time for these rats increased from 17 minutes to 36 hours. The scientists explained this by saying the second time around, the rats had hope. They believed that they could survive this hardship because they had done so before. It is very difficult to remain hopeful when you are depressed and everything you do seems doomed to fail. You can, however, overcome this situation with the Word of God. 1. Believe that God is greater than your circumstances and any problems that are weighing you down. Accept the victory in His holy name (Romans 8:37). Our hope is not in favorable circumstances, but in the God who brings these circumstances together. This hope gives us confidence that regardless of what challenges the next moment holds in store, we can survive because God has come through before. 2. Lay your concerns before the Father in earnest and specific prayer. Pour out all of your problems before Him. You will be amazed at the results (Psalm 55:22). Whenever you hear about God answering someone’s prayer, whenever you see Him provide for their needs and satisfy their desires, it should give you hope that He will do the same in your life. 3. Believe steadfastly that God can and will achieve something glorious through this dark period in your life (Romans 8:28). Many people go through life without hope. Their hopelessness is seen in their negative outlook. Others have grown impatient and given up hope. They don’t believe they will ever see God come through for them. Then there are those who are full of hope. They see every blessing in their lives and in the lives of others as reason for hope in God. These people are confident that they will make it through their hardships because they’ve seen God do it before. Which person do you want to be? Make a conscience effort to turn your eyes away from yourself to see the world in need. God has a purpose for all things. God is still on the throne and He is still in control. Prayer: Father, I thank You for Your patience with me. I so easily close my ears to Your voice and listen to the voice of my circumstances, others who are not your children, and the voice of the Accuser. When I do this, I put my soul in turmoil. From the moment I wake to the moment I lay my head down to rest, may I place all of my hope in You alone. In Jesus’ name, Amen If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com God's Word…Our Personal Mirror (James 1:23-25)
James 1:23-25, For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. The Middle and High-school girls had had a little too much fun with their lipstick again. One day, at a Christian school, it was reported to the administrator that there were lipstick stains on the mirrors in the girl’s restroom. Upon the administrator’s investigation he learned that the girls had been kissing the mirrors. After several unsuccessful attempts were made for the girls to stop kissing the mirrors, the administrator came up with a clever idea. The principal called all of the Middle and High-school girls together to watch him demonstrate how difficult it was to clean the smudged mirrors. Pulling a mop from the mop cart, the administrator began to scrub the mirror clean. Strangely enough, he never again had the problem with lipstick on the mirrors. Most of us before we begin our day take a look in a mirror to be sure we are presentable. Mirrors serve a purpose. They reveal to us our true reflections. I want us to check ourselves in another mirror—God’s mirror, the Word of God. As a mirror, the Bible serves two important purposes. Both are vital to our Christian walk. 1. Revealing who Jesus Christ really is. The Bible mirrors Jesus, showing Him to us in His glory and splendor. When we gaze intently into the Word of God, we see the reflection of Jesus Christ. Without that revelation in the mirror of His Word, we cannot know fully know Him or be changed into His likeness. 2. Showing us the condition we are in. The person in James 1:23 who “beholdeth” his face in a mirror is a person who gets up in a hurry and runs past the mirror. The word beholdeth here means he just glances, then he’s gone. This is done a lot. Many only take a quick glance at the Word of God. Many people even call this quick glance their “morning devotion.” In contrast, James describes the person who “looketh” and “continueth therein.” (James 1:25) The word for look here means to stare into, examine, inspect, study, analyze. This is how we should look into the mirror of the Word of God. We must sit down and absorb the Word because the Word is the mirror that reveals our true selves to us. When we examine intently into the mirror of God’s Word, we see our true reflection and can begin to deal with what we see. II Corinthians 3:18, But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Through His Word, God wants to show you what you are by nature and what you can be by grace. As you look in the Word, you become like what you look at. He wants to make you like the Lord Jesus Christ. PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I know Your desire for me is to be like Your Son, Jesus. I desire to be the mirror You want me to be. I ask You to take control of my life. Help me to reflect Jesus so that others can be drawn to Christ, Your Son. I want to be like Jesus! In Jesus’ name, Amen. If this post in any way, has blessed you, please share this website and its articles with others: www.fellowshipbaptistcarrabelle.com |
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