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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, July 19, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Why Do We Love Christ? Bible Verse:2 Corinthians 5:14-21 (ESV) "The love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!" Message:
“We are convinced that one has died for all.” We not only believe, we are convinced — we have made up our mind and taken this fact as an absolute truth — that one person died for everyone else. So, when Christ died, everyone died.
But the “for all” has a second shade of meaning. Christ did not die because he wanted to. We know that it was horrifically painful and He suffered just like any man. So, why did He do something that He knew was going to be a horrible experience? He died for everyone else, meaning, to bring some benefit to us. It was pure, unadulterated love. It was the most terrible death imaginable, endured only because it was motivated by the greatest love possible.
photo Jesus above earth|John 3:16, “For God so loved the world”
And the best part is: we know that Christ did not stay dead. He defeated death because God resurrected him, because Christ was God personified. Death was not the end for Him; it was a transformation. And this is the very heart of Christianity, for we can die while our bodies are still alive and enjoy the benefit of a resurrection, a rebirth, a life in the spirit where we are not longer the slaves of sin.
The sin does not disappear, because we cannot be free of sinful urges as long as we wear our bodies. Our faith will waver, our eye will stray to our neighbor’s spouse or car, and judgment and anger towards others will still creep into our hearts. But we now have the means to free ourselves of the consequences. In our heart and in our spirit, we do not live to satisfy our appetites or our sinful urges; our goal has shifted, our primary aim in life has changed. We may sin, but we do not love our sin. We love Christ, and we live for Him.
Once we really believe this completely in our hearts, “The love of Christ urges us on.” Christ died because he loved us, and once we fully understand and believe this, we love him for it. Such strong love is a powerful force. This love propels us, upholds us; it puts wind in our sails and we walk with new conviction and purpose.
Put another way, Paul tells us that we no longer regard other people from a “human point of view.” That is, although we are born with selfishness programmed into us, like an animal, when we die and are reborn in Christ, we become a new and different creation. Our primary outlook on life is transformed. We live by a completely new set of principles and rules, no longer slaves to the law of the jungle.
We have found a new, eternal, and beautiful life, a life of love and obedience to truth. We see other people in a completely different way: not from a human point of view, as objects to be subdued, enslaved, manipulated and controlled, but as fellow souls who share our wonderful gift of God’s love.
Meditation : Prayer : Now to him who is able to keep us from stumbling and to present ourselves blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever.......Amen |
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