Another great way to start the New Year is to have an assurance of Salvation. When you are saved you should know it!
Otherwise how can you be a witness for Jesus? The bible speaks clearly and positively .......it does not stammer. When you read it you become certain.
Martin Luther once said "The Holy Spirit is not a skeptic" he does not write doubts. The promises of God are Yes and Amen,....not No and Maybe. The gospel trumpet sounds no faltering note!
When an earthquake shook the Phillippian jail and all who were in it, the jailor cried out...."What must I do to be saved?" Paul did not reply, "Well what do you think? Do you have any ideas?"......He made a firm statement of fact. "Believe on the LOrd Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your houshold"
The gospel is Gods message, not a Christian opinion...
What are the two greatest things God ever did? The bible tells us that he created the heavens and the earth. Could anything possibly equal that - making our wonderful world, with its oceans, mountains and rivers, and filling the heavens with the stars?
"He made the stars also"
In fact God did do somthing else that was far more difficult. We call it the work of redemption. Creation cost God nothing.....but redemption cost God everything.
At creation, God blessed us with the energies of life. Then he blessed us with the gift of redemption....adding new life to ordinary life.
Millions of people around the world enjoy it. They are jubilant. They exclaim and sing "I am redeemed.....I am redeemed....I'll sing it o're and o're....I am redeemed O praise the Lord....redeemed for ever more.
They cannot keep quiet about this wonderful gift that God has given them.
Therefore, my friend, today I encourage you: rejoice in your Salvation.
Otherwise how can you be a witness for Jesus? The bible speaks clearly and positively .......it does not stammer. When you read it you become certain.
Martin Luther once said "The Holy Spirit is not a skeptic" he does not write doubts. The promises of God are Yes and Amen,....not No and Maybe. The gospel trumpet sounds no faltering note!
When an earthquake shook the Phillippian jail and all who were in it, the jailor cried out...."What must I do to be saved?" Paul did not reply, "Well what do you think? Do you have any ideas?"......He made a firm statement of fact. "Believe on the LOrd Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your houshold"
The gospel is Gods message, not a Christian opinion...
What are the two greatest things God ever did? The bible tells us that he created the heavens and the earth. Could anything possibly equal that - making our wonderful world, with its oceans, mountains and rivers, and filling the heavens with the stars?
"He made the stars also"
In fact God did do somthing else that was far more difficult. We call it the work of redemption. Creation cost God nothing.....but redemption cost God everything.
At creation, God blessed us with the energies of life. Then he blessed us with the gift of redemption....adding new life to ordinary life.
Millions of people around the world enjoy it. They are jubilant. They exclaim and sing "I am redeemed.....I am redeemed....I'll sing it o're and o're....I am redeemed O praise the Lord....redeemed for ever more.
They cannot keep quiet about this wonderful gift that God has given them.
Therefore, my friend, today I encourage you: rejoice in your Salvation.
