Good Sunday morning! Do you believe in healing? How about miracles? Do you believe in the eternal joy of walking in Jesus' love? I can hear you saying "yes, yes, and yes!" However, many still do not or will not believe. The choice remains the same as it did when Jesus walked the earth. Miracles and healing have not gone away; the joy and love of Jesus are as strong as ever. All people face one choice, believe and accept Jesus as Lord, or reject Him. Why do you think that Muhammed lumped Jesus in with the Jewish prophets? The Jews, the hated enemy of Muhammedans, killed all the prophets. If Jesus is dead like all the other prophets, then He can be safely ignored. We, who have chosen to believe, know that Jesus is not like all other ministers and prophets, for He alone is the source of all light and love. Other religions tell us how to earn salvation; Jesus gives salvation and lets us know that it cannot be earned. If we believe that salvation can be earned, then it is but a short step to believe in our own self and forget God. The world would have us to believe in the humanity of humans; Jesus tells us there is none good and that all fall short of the glory of God. I just finished reading an ethics text where the Golder Rule is shown to be the same as sayings of other religions. However, Jesus' statement is just a bit different. Jesus' Golden Rule starts out with each of us doing the good works; other versions start out with others doing good first. Jesus reminded us that even secular folks are good to those they consider friends; He tells us to do good to those who hate and persecute us. How do we manage to believe in a world that scoffs at believers? We receive the faith of God and have faith in God.
Praise God!
Bucky
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