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1 Corinthians 1:6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
When you pass away, how would you like to be remembered? Would you like to be called the bible basher or the weird Christian or what?
The people in the church of Corinth were known for living the life of a Christian and not just talking about it!
I would like to think people know me as the person who tried to live their life as a Christian.
Do your best for Christ day in day out; He is watching us always.
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1 Timothy 2:6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
Our Advocate, our Mediator, our Saviour came forward and gave Himself for us all. He gave his body, soul, life, everything so we may be safe with God in heaven.
So what do we have to be, do, say or whatever to accept this incredible gift?
That is the thing; it is a gift from God. All we need to do is to open the gift and accept all He has done for us.
Every single person, no matter what age, race, creed, sex or anything; every person can accept Christ as Saviour and King! Have you?
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Psalm 49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
How much is a human life worth? Try put a cost on a life! You will come up with various figures as you compare different scenarios and compare people against the world and wealth…
But how far would you be willing to go to save a life or even to make someone happy? Again we would all come up with different figures!
What sort of ransom would you be willing to pay to release your parents from captivity?
Jesus saw what we faced and He came forward to give everything for us – that is how much He loves us!
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Psalm 49:6 Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches,
Have you ever looked at the cost of an expensive piece of jewellery and wondered how anyone could afford it? Well it would not be on sale if there was not someone who could buy it!
But what about adding all of the jewellery in the shop together? Then it stretches even the richest people…
But none of that can ever come close to the cost Christ has placed on our heads; The government may try to put a cost on people for their own accounting; but Christ does not!
God loves us that much!
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1 Corinthians 1:29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
Ever wondered why God seems to make decisions we don’t expect or uses miracles to get our attention?
Despite Him giving us His word and showing us throughout history just how awesome He is; we still seem to need convincing!
God wants us to understand no matter how much we think we can do, He is able to do and does do so much more.
The glory for everything in our world need to go to our maker and our God; not us!
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1 Corinthians 1:28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
Have you ever wondered why there are so many strange Christians in this world? Well take a cross section of humanity and see how many strange people you find!
God may well choose the strangest people to lead to make the biggest impact on people’s lives. He may well take extraordinary events to use them to make people stop and take notice.
God is wise enough and powerful enough to use whatever is necessary to make sure we wake up and take notice!
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Zephaniah 3:12 I will leave in your midst A meek and humble people, And they shall trust in the name of the Lord.
Just how much pride and self-glory was going on at this stage in history must have been something which stood out.
God does not want a people who are proud of their own accomplishments or their own laws, rules and ways; God wants a people who are proud to be called children of God!
I love the fact I stand out from the crowd as being someone who is willing to carry the mantle of “bible basher” or other condescending titles given to us who are proud of our Lord!
I think most of my T-shirts carry Christians words, verses or Jesus’ name on them in some form. I love wearing them. I love my Lord!
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1 Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
Yesterday God chose a donkey to stop the prophet from getting too high and mighty before Him.
If we look around our world we see many ways in which God is using the simplest of things to confound the proud and mighty people.
God does not want to prove we are all stupid but rather to remind us we are nothing in comparison to Him; even though we gain so much wisdom and knowledge by continuing with our study of this world, God is the only one who knows it!
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Numbers 22:30 So the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?” And he said, “No.”
A talking horse is something we may have seen on a children’s program on TV so a talking donkey could be imagined; but to talk back to the donkey…
Balaam was in such a state because his trusted and supposedly faithful donkey was now directly disobeying him – with attitude!
When God puts something in your heart you are going to have attitude to those who work against you and to those God directs you to stand up to.
Be a faithful donkey and listen to God!
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Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
If you enjoy watching films and programs about the wildlife and wonders of this world, then you may begin to relate to the sight Adam and Eve must have seen.
We do not know just how amazing a sight the evil one may have been, but his cunning was far beyond our imaginations.
God has warned us against the evil one but it will only be after we have been conned and tempted that we will see just how cunning he is.
Stay on your guard every day by walking close to God every day!
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Psalm 104:25 This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great.
We have only just begun to find out about all the life which lives in our oceans; scientists find something new just about every day.
We have found things which live in the oceans beyond the beauty we have thought possible and we have found dangerous creatures beyond our nightmares.
We live in a world where we are surrounded by many different people, some more beautiful than we could imagine and others more sinister than we have though possible.
God wants us to continue fishing in our world just as fishermen fish in the same ocean which has beauty and monsters.
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Ezekiel 47:10 It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.
Ezekiel foretold of the fishers of men many years before Christ walked on the earth inviting the disciples to become those fishers of men!
We may not understand the old language fully but when we begin to realise how much the prophets told the Jews we may struggle to see how they could not see it.
Don’t forget we have the knowledge about Jesus coming to earth and many of the things He did are written down for us; they were still learning!
Just like a new is used to catch many different fish, we too can use the Bible to give the gospel to many different people.
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Mark 1:17 Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
How good were Simon and Andrew at fishing? Well they must have had some success because they were known as fishermen!
They must have thought themselves to be good enough to make a living from the fishing as well.
What made them stop and follow Christ? It was what Jesus was saying. It was the gospel.
Don’t take my word for it; stop and read the first chapter of Mark and see what Jesus was doing; it may just open your eyes too!
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Mark 2:14 As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.
Can you imagine the authority of Jesus’ voice and demeanour which made each of the disciples stop what they were doing and follow Him?
I have not met many preachers or teachers who have authority to make me stop whatever I am doing and listen; my mind is far too active and races off thinking about too many things!
I can imagine a tax collector having a very logical and calculating mind; yet he too stopped what he was doing to follow Jesus.
Stop what you are doing and give the next five minutes to Christ!
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Matthew 26:40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?
I wonder if you have ever been in a position where you have thought the people around you are just not supporting you like you think they should.
Jesus was in a position where He knew exactly what was going to happen very soon and He wanted to pray. Not just that but He wanted a bit of support whilst praying.
If someone needs prayers then step forward and give them the support they need; they may not know just how much they need the support until it is there!
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1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
Some of the disciples seemed to think they were living in the end times – or did they?
Jesus taught them they need to be ever ready and watchful because they have no idea when He is going to return. They were obeying His word!
If we are going to say Christ cannot return yet because of this and because of that then we are fooling ourselves.
Lift up your prayers as if they may be your last prayers. Lift up your worship like it is your last worship. Live your life because it is your last life!
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Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
Just as we need to watch out for the evil people and things in this world, we also have to watch out for the promises God has made to us.
He has promised Christ will return some day and we have to be sure we are in a fit state for that to happen.
Jesus was always looking out for other people and always in communion with God; we need to take a leaf from His book and apply that in our lives.
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1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
I know I have missed out on getting some of the devotionals out on time recently; not just because of technical hitches but because I have been too tied up in others things!
Just because we are Christians does not mean we are going to get everything right all of the time.
Just because we have Christ’s protection does not mean we will accept it and be protected all the time.
Being vigilant is part of our Christian walk and we should not step away from the mark!
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Proverbs 5:13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
How many people have told you something about God? How many of those people have been people in some sort of position of authority in the church?
It is not always the people in charge or the people who have got all the qualifications who can teach us about God and the Gospel.
God uses many people in our lives to reach us and to teach us. Trusting them can be difficult unless you are willing to spend a little time thinking about what people tell you.
Take what is said and compare it with what Christ has had written down for us – compare it with the bible.
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Matthew 9:33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marvelled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Israel!”
I wonder what the people in Israel must have thought when they saw what Jesus was capable of doing?
Would they have looked at the miracles and wondered how anyone could have done even more than their God of the past, or would they have tried to equate them to the past?
We do often try to measure things by what has happened in the past so we can get more out of things; but sometimes it is just good to stop and trust God.
God still does wonders in our lives.