Sometimes the world can seem rather upside down. Things that are good are called evil and evil things are called good. There is a shift going on in our world and it will grow continually worse. The more people distance themselves from the living God and the truth of His Holy Word, the Bible, the more terribly difficult things will get. There is a war that is going on and that is the war on Truth.
Nowadays it is very hard for us to discern who is telling the truth. Some people think everyone has their own truth, but that is just not true. I can't say the sky is red on a clear day when it is actually blue. There are some things that can be true for us individuals and not true for others such as our taste for food or music and such things. We all have our preferences that is true, but when it comes to the absolute truth and that is God's truth.
The Lord reveals the truth about who we are as people and who He is as our God in the Bible. The Holy Bible is the only book on the planet that reveals the absolute truth about who God is, who we are, and how we can be reconciled back to God through the sacrifice if Jesus Christ on the Cross for our sins. We have all sinned and we have all fallen short of His high standards. We are guilty of being sinners and face eternal separation from God and being placed into a literal hell for all eternity because of our sin. Nothing sinful can enter into the presence of a Holy God.
Thankfully God is a God of mercy and He made a way for us to be reconciled back to Himself. God demonstrated His great love for us by sending His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to live a perfect and sinless life. There is not one of us that has ever done that. We are an imperfect people. We have all failed to do what is right at some point in our lives. We have all lied about something sometime in our lives. The Bible tells us that is we are guilty in even one point then we are guilty of every single point in the law of God.
Jesus Christ is the only one that has ever lived that kept God's law perfectly. Jesus is the only One that was ever qualified to die for the sins of the entire world. Jesus went to the Cross and shed His blood for our sins and not just ours, but for the sins of the entire world.
Jesus rose from the dead defeating the grave. Jesus is alive! He is now at the right hand of the Father in Heaven interceding for us in prayer right now. One Day the Lord Jesus will return. He won't return as a helpless baby to be placed in a manger. No, When Jesus returns everyone will know it for He will return as the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He will bring the Kingdom of God to full completion upon the earth. He will defeat His enemies with the breath of His mouth.
The Day of the Lord's Coming is drawing near. He is already at the door. Many people are so very distracted with all the things that are going on in this world that they will be caught unaware that the Lord Jesus could return at any moment.
We believers in Jesus Christ must continue to proclaim the absolute truth of God's Word. There are many people who have never heard the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. Many people in the Church are asleep to the fact that Jesus is coming back and that we have been called by the True Living God to go into All of the world and make disciples of All nations. This world needs Jesus Christ.
The United States of America needs Jesus Christ as well as every country on the planet. We may live in different parts of the world. We may speak different languages. We may even look a little different for each other, but the Lord is our Maker and He is the Creator of all things. The Lord loves us and invites each of us to come to Him in a personal relationship through His one and only Son, Jesus Christ.
The world needs the truth. We believers in the Lord must proclaim the absolute truth. People are lost without God. People who have not received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will have to pay the penalty for their sin on their own and that means they go to hell for ever. Those who confess that they are sinners and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will be forgiven and have a place in Heaven.
We believers in Jesus Christ have been given the Holy Spirit to dwell within us to help us live for the Lord each and everyday. The Lord will continue wo work on us to make us more like Jesus when we submit to His work in our lives. That work won't be completed until we are taken to Heaven to dwell with the Lord forever.
If you have never received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior won't you please take this moment and ask Him to forgive you of your sins. I hope you will trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior before it is too late.
If you are a believers I would encourage you to continue to read the Bible, memorize some Bible verses, pray continually, make sure you are plugged into a Church that proclaims the truth about God and Jesus Christ, and attend a Bible study with fellow believers. I would also encourage you to pray for your Pastor and his family and the leaders of your church. Continue to run the race that the Lord has set before you with perseverance and endure whatever hardships that come your way with your eyes focused upon the Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
To God be the Glory forever and ever. Amen.
Lord,
Your thoughts are higher than our thoughts.
Your ways are greater than our ways.
We praise Your Name.
May the truth about You be revealed to people through the Holy Spirit and the preaching of the Word.
I pray for the lost of this world for they so badly need You.
Help me and all of us tell someone about Jesus.
In Jesus Name, Amen.
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