Daily Devotional Day & Night

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Today's scriptures are about Jesus taking on our sin. It's written: All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Cor. 5:18-21 NIV) What do these verses of scripture mean to you? Take a few moments and think about your relationship with God, and where you "stand" in your Christian walk. If you were asked the question "are you saved", what would your honest answer be? From today forward, if you know that you've prayed and asked Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, then you are saved, no questions asked. Some people think that if they're not living a certain lifestyle, or have accomplished a certain Spiritual maturity, then God doesn't look at them the same, as He would a more "mature" Christian. If you're one of those people, then I implore you to drop all of your fears of “a lost of Salvation”, or the shame of your past sins. It's written in God's Word that He made Jesus to be sin for us, that we may become righteousness, Hallelujah! All we need to do is confess our sins and repent, and we're forgiven. It's written: As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:12) Jesus is the Son of God, our Savoir, as well as God in the Flesh, and much, much more. Through His death on the cross, He's completely reconciled our relationship with God. Any separation we have because of sin, has been taken care of, and to never be worried about again. Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matt. 19:26). This is a very popular verse of scripture, but its validity is often misunderstood. We miss our blessings when we think that anything in this life is in our control. We can't worry our transgressions away, nor can we wish them away, they’re only taken away by Christ Himself. God said, "In Christ we are new creatures", so without Him, we're bound to our own personal "wilderness". The most common lie the devil tells us is that we need to "get our life right” to truly walk with God. He’ll make us think that we have to change our ways, go to church, stop using foul language, abusing alcohol and drugs, or fornicating, etc, before we can have a true relationship with God. All of those things are lies, because we cannot truly change anything in our life without God. Jesus said come just you are, and “in Me you are a new creature". We often fail, or backslide in our own attempts to "clean up our lives", because we're missing one very important factor, and that's our Helper, the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Once you invite Him in your life, you're righteous in God's eyes. You must then, with Him, make the necessary steps to change your life. If you sin, not matter how much, or how severe, you have to come to Him with a remorseful heart, and confess. The Holy Spirit will convict you to a point where sin won't come as easy. These are gradual steps, and the speed of your Spiritual growth strictly depends on your ability to put God first every day. Sin, and sin alone, separated us from God, and Jesus has taken care of that, so why then have you alienated your Heavenly Father? As of today, you don't have to do that anymore. I'm not down playing sin by any means, because it's a very serious thing, that could cause very serious repercussions in our life, but I am letting you know that Jesus have already forgiven you. If you don't know Him as Lord and Savior, please go to Him right now in prayer, confess that you're a sinner, ask for forgiveness, repent, and most importantly ask Him to come into your heart as Lord and Savior. As always, I'm here anytime you need someone to pray with. My favorite verse today is: God, ... hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Heb 1:1-3)

ENJOY! http://www.bible.com/scripture-detail.php?juli=2455224&dtype=Scripture
http://www.intouch.org/site/pp.aspx?c=cnKBIPNuEoG&b=4943197
http://www.intouch.org/site/apps/nl/newsletter.asp?c=cnKBIPNuEoG&b=4943547

I love you!