Sean Branch
Does the Lord know you? Have you truly repented of your sins and put your faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 11:18)? I was fooled for a lot of years. Don’t be fooled. One way to know that you are really saved is if you have turned away from your sins (2 Corinthians 7:10). Please examine yourself and see if you are truly in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5).
Look at the lyrics by Philip P. Bliss listed below. Have you recognized your guilt before God? Do your sins seem vile to you? Do you recognize that you are helpless to save yourself? Only God can open your eyes to your sinfulness before you will cry out to the Savior. [Read more…]
If you are Christian, are you living your life victoriously? Jesus has overcome the world. He is victorious! We should also live victoriously in Him. Jesus didn’t promise us health, wealth and prosperity. He did promise that we will have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Are you focused on the temporary things of this earth or are you focused on Jesus, Our Lord and Savior and your eternal life? Do you live your life with victory in Jesus?
Do you remember when you were a little kid and you did something right at school and you were rewarded with a gold star? Or maybe you won a speech debate or a spelling bee and you won a blue ribbon for that? Or how about the times when you thought you should have won, but didn’t? How did you feel when you didn’t get what you deserved? [Read more…]
Is your belief in Jesus real? Do you confess Jesus as your Lord and Savior? In Isaiah, God says these people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me (Isaiah 29:13). Have you truly been born again (John 3)? Are you a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17)? Have you truly repented and put your faith in Jesus (Acts 26:18,20)? The apostle Paul said that we need to examine ourselves and see if we are in the faith. Please do this today. Are you truly saved or are you just giving God lip service? If you haven’t really been saved, please repent and believe the Gospel. Only Jesus saves. Do not be deceived! Turn away from your sins and put your trust in Him.
Are you resolved to be more Christ-like in 2013? Many people have recently made new year resolutions. From past experience, I can tell you that new year’s resolutions are frequently broken. So why don’t we do something different this year. Let’s be resolved to spend more time with God this year by reading the Bible daily and praying more. Are you also resolved to deny yourself and pick up your cross daily and follow Jesus (Luke 9:23)? Will you share your faith with others? Be resolved to be more Christ-like this year!
My name is Dennis and I was born in the state of Missouri in the United States of America. I am a white male and I have black and gray hair and brown eyes. These are the facts. I can’t change them. I can dye my hair a different color or grow a beard or mustache, but some of the basic facts about me are just that. They are facts and I can’t change them. [Read more…]