“Believe It”

 1 John 1:1, 2

The One who existed from the beginning is the One we have

heard and seen.  We saw Him with our own eyes and touched

Him with our own hands.  He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life.

He is the One who is Eternal Life.  (NLT)

     It is sometimes hard for us to understand why our Infinite, Almighty LORD God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, lowered Himself to become a mere mortal man like ourselves.  Especially, so He could suffer in such a horrible, shameful way and then die a criminals death in our place.  This single act of unconditional love not only saved our eternal lives, but also changed the course of time as well. The resurrection of Jesus into a glorious new body that would never again experience suffering or death also became our own resurrection if we so desire.  This Good News  my friends, is the Truth that gives new meaning to our lives.  For when we have the kind of hope that tells us we will be resurrected from the grave of this earth, to receive a glorious new body that will never again suffer or die, gives us an incentive to do what is good and pleasing in the eyes of God; the One who made it all possible.

     But don't be fooled, for there is a price that we must yet pay even though our salvation has already been bought and paid for in full.  And the price you must pay will cost you your old life of sin, for it must be nailed to the Cross of Christ, where it can no longer live and reign in your midst.  For it is only then, that we become a new creation in Christ Jesus, and it is this new person, whose sins are covered by the blood of Jesus, that receives the Crown of Life from the Eternal One who has always been and always will be.  Without our Lord God's sacrifice and death there would be no forgiveness, no glorious resurrection, and no eternal life.  But with this undeserved gift we must also sacrifice and die as well—reemerging as a child of the Eternal King.

                                          A Whisper of Hope 

I died so you could live, My child...To give you new life in Me.  Nothing about this life I have given you is easy, but living in Me will make it worth its trouble in gold.  For when you are in Me, I, too, Am in you and I AM the Infinite, Eternal One.

Colossians 3:3, 5, 10

For you died when Christ died, and your real life is hidden with Christ

in God.  So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you.

In its place you have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that

is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about Christ,

who created this new nature within you.  (NLT)

                 Those who say they live in God 

            should live their lives as Christ did.

                                              (1 John 2:6)