Grace & peace to you from God our Father & the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God & Father, to whom be glory for ever & ever, Amen. (Galatians 1:3-5). God's plan all along was to save us by Jesus' death. We have been rescued from the power of this present evil age - a world ruled by satan & full of cruelty, tragedy, temptation, & deception. Being rescued from this present age doesn't mean that we are taken out of it, but that we are no longer enslaved to it. Sin is no longer master over our lives. You were saved to live for God. Does your life reflect your gratitude for being rescued? Have you transferred your loyalty from this world to Christ? Thank you Jesus. Good morning Holy Spirit. Prayer: Father, thank you for giving us salvation through Jesus Christ. Help us to transfer our loyalty from this world to Christ. Let Jesus increase in our lives & let us reduce. In Jesus mighty name we pray, believe & give you thanks, Amen. God bless you all.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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