Life Is Full Of Choices. At Some Point We All Have To Make A Decision To Do Something Or Not Do Something.

Life is full of choices. At some point we all have to make a decision to do something or not do something. In some cases it doesn’t matter, but in others it can be literally life changing.

Going grocery shopping today or tomorrow is minor, but major decisions like deciding to accept a marriage proposal or to agree to a job on the other side of the country are literally life changing. In both those cases if you don’t give an answer to the interested party,the decision will be made for you.

Likewise, if you have a plane ticket for a flight leaving today and you cannot decide if you want to go or not, come departure time the plane will leave without you - andthat decision will automatically be made for you.

Our ticket and final destination to eternity is the same way. You can choose to serve and obey the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - the Holy Almighty God of the Bible - or not. If you make a decision to accept a ticket to be on that flight, when the time comes for your departure, you will be on your way to an eternal destination in heaven, but if you do NOT decide to board on God’s rescue flight of salvation, then that decision will be made for you. At that point, there are no later flights and once you miss it - you miss it - and there is no other way.A non-decision has just become your decision.

Making a non-decision to believe in salvation in Christ is exactly this way. Jesus said that that he was the only way to heaven (John 14:6) - there are no alternate flights, roads, trains, taxis or buses. Choose today whom you will serve (Joshua 24:15) Decide to follow Christ.If you have not made that decision, make it TODAYorthat decision will be made for you.

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A sea captain was once asked what would it take to sink his mighty ship, and he replied, “Just One Tiny HOLE.”

So as one point making one hole will doom even the most perfect ship to the bottom, as today’s verse also says 'one point' failing against the 'whole law,' will mark you as guilty — and that one small hole will also sink you too.

You see, just following the Ten Commandments or the 'Golden Rule' were never intended to be the path to salvation. Instead, they are a MIRROR to how much we all need a savior to erase the 'holes' of sin in our lives. This is what Christ does for us when we step out of the ship of GOOD WORKS and into the boat of GOD FAITH.

Friend, your good works cannot and will not save you. Only Christ can wipe out all the holes of sin in your life.

Will you choose to remain in the ship of GOOD WORKS, or step into the lifeboat of GOD FAITH?

That choice, as always, is yours.

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There are certain professions where there is never a break in service.

At all times there are police on duty, soldiers manning a post, and fireman at the ready. All stations are manned because the dangers that are ever present are always at hand.

Ministry is exactly the same because like today’s verse, there is an evil adversary that seeks to destroy people, communities, and churches – and it is those in ministry that stand daily at the gates to recognize this threat and push back against this enemy to the people that they are responsible for.

While pastors and ministers of the gospel are often portrayed and conceived as “Wally Cox” kind of namby-pamby persons, the true ministers of God instead are Spiritual Special Forces that ‘fight the good fight’ every day and push back against the attacks of the devil on a battle field that is real but visible to the uninitiated:

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12

Ministers and ministry never go on holiday, and while they fight these spiritual battles each day, we need to hold them up daily prayer to carry on the fight. Remember those in ministry and lift them up in prayer today - and every day.

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Just like the transmission selector in a car, people have one of three positions about Jesus Christ.

Either they are in NEUTRAL, meaning they have no feeling or interest one way or another, about Christ or spiritual things, they’re in REVERSE and are moving away from Christ or they are in DRIVE moving towards him. Now think about this for a moment — because each of these is a choice.

Just as we get into our cars and place our hands on the gear selector, in the physical world we have to make a conscious choice which gear to select depending where we want to go. The same is true in your spiritual (or lack of) spiritual life as well.

Life is full of choices, and the most important choice you can make is to determine what will happen after your physical life on earth is over. While you can be right about thousands of things in this life, If You Are Wrong About Christ, It Doesn’t Matter What Else You Are Right About.

Friend, you need to make a choice about Christ. Will you make a choice to stay neutral, move away from him or move towards him?

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What does it mean to DIE to SELF?

Throughout the New Testament we learn the true essence of the Christian life means to take up our cross and follow Christ. Dying to self is part of being born again, because when the Old Self Dies the New Self comes to life (John 3:3–7). Not only are Christians born again when we come to salvation, but we also continue dying to self as part of the process of sanctification. This means that dying to self is not only a one-time event, but a lifelong process.

Jesus spoke repeatedly to His disciples about taking up their cross (meaning an instrument of death) and following Him, and that this means denying themselves, spiritually, symbolically, and even physically, if necessary. This was a prerequisite for being a follower of Christ, who proclaimed that trying to 'save' their earthly lives would result in losing their lives. He then went so far as to say that those who are unwilling to sacrifice their lives for Him cannot be His disciples.

When we are baptized, he action of being immersed in water symbolizes dying to all our sins and being buried with Christ, and coming out of the water is a picture of Christ’s resurrection. Water purifies and is a symbol of cleansing and renewal which identifies us with Christ in His death and resurrection, portraying symbolically the whole life of the Christian as a dying to self and living for and I Him.

My friend, dying to self is not an option for Christians — It ’s A Choice That Leads To Eternal Life.

Have you crucified yourself to Christ, or are you still living in this world for yourself?

God Bless Your Day Jesus Loves YouWhat does it mean to DIE to SELF?

Throughout the New Testament we learn the true essence of the Christian life means to take up our cross and follow Christ. Dying to self is part of being born again, because when the Old Self Dies the New Self comes to life (John 3:3–7). Not only are Christians born again when we come to salvation, but we also continue dying to self as part of the process of sanctification. This means that dying to self is not only a one-time event, but a lifelong process.

Jesus spoke repeatedly to His disciples about taking up their cross (meaning an instrument of death) and following Him, and that this means denying themselves, spiritually, symbolically, and even physically, if necessary. This was a prerequisite for being a follower of Christ, who proclaimed that trying to 'save' their earthly lives would result in losing their lives. He then went so far as to say that those who are unwilling to sacrifice their lives for Him cannot be His disciples.

When we are baptized, he action of being immersed in water symbolizes dying to all our sins and being buried with Christ, and coming out of the water is a picture of Christ’s resurrection. Water purifies and is a symbol of cleansing and renewal which identifies us with Christ in His death and resurrection, portraying symbolically the whole life of the Christian as a dying to self and living for and I Him.

My friend, dying to self is not an option for Christians — It ’s A Choice That Leads To Eternal Life.

Have you crucified yourself to Christ, or are you still living in this world for yourself?

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Imagine that you went to the doctor, and after examining you, she leaves the room and comes back after awhile with a grimace on her face and says, “I am sorry to tell you this but your test results came back and you have a life-threatening disease. If unchecked it always results in death, however we caught it in time and have a sure cure for it. Would you like to start treatment right away?”

So if this was you, what would your answer be? Would you take the cure?

Of course you would.

Well the truth is every single person ever born has a terminal disease, and that disease is called SIN. If left untreated, it always results in certain death.

Fortunately like the doctor offered to the stricken patient, there is a sure cure! It but it does not come from a hospital or a lab, but it came from a hill called Golgatha 2,000 years ago from the Blood of Jesus Christ that was poured out as He was crucified on a cross. The Bible says the cure was given when -

“(Christ’s blood (was) poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:28

There IS a sure cure for the disease of sin, and if left unchecked ETERNAL death is certain, but if you haven’t received it yet, you can! All you have to do is to ask the Great Physician for this cure to forgive you of your sins, and when you do The cure is FREE and SURE.

Will you take this cure today?

What will YOUR answer be?

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