In Coming 

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for

us. So let us celebrate the festival, not by eating the

old bread of wickedness and evil, but by eating the

new bread of purity and truth.  (NLT)

     When a person accepts the undeserved gift of forgiveness and salvation from our Lord God and Savior, there is great reason for all Christians to rejoice and celebrate this new life, as they do in Heaven.  But with the celebration of your new life of freedom from the power of sin and death, the Lord also calls you to live the remainder of your life in repentance, discarding the old sinful life that loves to sin, and put on the “new you” that loves to please God. What a marvelous second chance this is, my friend, to be “born again” in spirit and truth that changes your eternal destiny no matter how stained with sin you are. You have a new beginning—a brand new start, for you have been cleansed from a life of sin that had once kept you separated from God and chained to death row. 

     The Son of God died to set you free from the power of sin that this wicked world embraces.  You no longer have to fear what tomorrow may bring or your even your death.  And what joy it brings when you know that all of our sins have been forever forgiven and forgotten by the Living God.  What calm it brings during the storms of life when you know that your name is written in God's Book of Life.  When you accept and embrace the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as your own, you should honor the One who saved you from the pits of hell by not hiding in the safety of your salvation.  Instead, hold the Light of Life as high as you can so other fellow travelers of this difficult life-journey can see the Truth and be born again into the Kingdom of our Lord God and Savior, Jesus Christ.  If you have not surrendered your old life of sin to the Lord, it would be wise to do it soon.  But if you have already become a new creation, then rejoice so the whole world can see!

                                          A Whisper of Hope

Rejoice and celebrate, My child…for I have given My all so you could have it all.  This new life I offer is a life of honor and glory; one of truth and righteousness.  This new life in Me is truly worth living—a life that is filled with hope and joy that no one can take from you. It is yours to keep!

Colossians 2:13-14

You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature

 was not yet cut away.  Then God made you alive with Christ.  He

forgave all our sins.  He canceled the record that contained the charges

 against us.  He took it and destroyed it by nailing it to Christ’s cross.  (NLT)

   Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;

            old things have passed away; behold,

                   all things have become new.

                           (2 Corinthians 5:17)