The miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ were pictures of spiritual realities and demonstrations and illustrations of what He can do spiritually.
Spiritually speaking, in the eyes of God, because of sin, we are all blind, deaf, mute, lame, maim and dead.
* But He who was able to make the blind see physically is able to make us see spiritually to appreciate the things of God.
* He who was able to unplug the ears of the deaf physically is able to unplug our ears spiritually and enable us to listen to hear the Word of God.
* He who was able to open the mouths of the mute physically is able to open our mouths to sing the praises of God.
* He who was able to give strength to the lame and the maim physically is able to give strength to us spiritually to enable us to serve God.
* He who was able to give life physically to the dead is able to give us life spiritually that we might live for God.
And just as those physically infirmed and handicapped people did not contribute anything to effect their physical deliverance (they simply came to Him and He did for them what they could never do for themselves) so it is with spiritual deliverance and salvation.
A sinner is to simply come to Him in repentance, recognizing his need and wholly entrust his salvation to Him. And to those who come to Him by faith, He will do for you, what you can never do for yourself---He will save you and give you eternal life.
Do you want the miracle of salvation in your life? Come to Christ.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET#293
Paul Walker (Eternity Suddenly)
You wake up to the chirping of birds outside your window, with the glory of a wonderful sunshine kissing you on the cheek. It's a beautiful morning promising a beautiful day.
You take a refreshing shower, eat your breakfast, brush your teeth, dress and spruce yourself up, prim and proper, and drive your car to an appointment.
Today looks good. Tomorrow is waiting for you with a smile, after you inked a long term multimillion peso deal, yesterday. Your dreams are becoming real.
But suddenly, a screaming tire, a screeching halt, a shattered glass...a deafening silence and then a blinding darkness. It all happened so fast. You did not even know what happened. It's eternity all of a sudden. Without warning, you are on the other side.
My friend, this could be your story or my story or anybody for that matter like it was Paul Walker's. Nobody guaranteed that we would live up to our 70's or 80's. Nobody promised us a slow death.
The grave is filled with people like you who thought they would get old. They never thought that it would be lights out for them at their age. Like you, many of them thought that it could happen to other people but not to them. But it did. And it could happen to you.
Are you ready to meet God? Are your sins forgiven? Have you repented and trusted in Christ and what He did on the cross alone for salvation?
You wake up to the chirping of birds outside your window, with the glory of a wonderful sunshine kissing you on the cheek. It's a beautiful morning promising a beautiful day.
You take a refreshing shower, eat your breakfast, brush your teeth, dress and spruce yourself up, prim and proper, and drive your car to an appointment.
Today looks good. Tomorrow is waiting for you with a smile, after you inked a long term multimillion peso deal, yesterday. Your dreams are becoming real.
But suddenly, a screaming tire, a screeching halt, a shattered glass...a deafening silence and then a blinding darkness. It all happened so fast. You did not even know what happened. It's eternity all of a sudden. Without warning, you are on the other side.
My friend, this could be your story or my story or anybody for that matter like it was Paul Walker's. Nobody guaranteed that we would live up to our 70's or 80's. Nobody promised us a slow death.
The grave is filled with people like you who thought they would get old. They never thought that it would be lights out for them at their age. Like you, many of them thought that it could happen to other people but not to them. But it did. And it could happen to you.
Are you ready to meet God? Are your sins forgiven? Have you repented and trusted in Christ and what He did on the cross alone for salvation?
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #292
Black Cobra, Yellow Cobra And White Cobra
Let's suppose you saw three cobras on your lawn. One is black, another is yellow, and the other white. Which of the three cobras would you welcome in your home as your pet?
Would you take the sinister-looking black one? The moderate-looking yellow one? Or the magnificent-looking white one? I suppose a lot of you would say: "I would not have anything to do with cobras! They are poisonous snakes!"
You see, it is the same with us SINNERS. There are people who are very bad sinners, who are criminals of society.
There are also sinners who are not that really bad in the eyes of men. Yes, they get drunk sometimes, but they manage to stay away from those big sins.
And yes, there are sinners who seem very harmless in society. They are sweet, charming, huggable, polite and respectful. They could win The Most Outstanding Cobra, I mean, Sinner Of The Year award.
However, God would not have spiritual cobras in heaven. A black spiritual cobra, a yellow spiritual cobra, and a white spiritual cobra are all one and the same; they are cobras.
"You must be born again" (John 3:7) according to the Lord Jesus Christ. Being born again is becoming a new creation in Christ Jesus.
2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
When you repent and trust in Christ alone and what He did on the cross, you will be a new creation in Him. No longer viewed by God as a spiritual cobra but a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Let's suppose you saw three cobras on your lawn. One is black, another is yellow, and the other white. Which of the three cobras would you welcome in your home as your pet?
Would you take the sinister-looking black one? The moderate-looking yellow one? Or the magnificent-looking white one? I suppose a lot of you would say: "I would not have anything to do with cobras! They are poisonous snakes!"
You see, it is the same with us SINNERS. There are people who are very bad sinners, who are criminals of society.
There are also sinners who are not that really bad in the eyes of men. Yes, they get drunk sometimes, but they manage to stay away from those big sins.
And yes, there are sinners who seem very harmless in society. They are sweet, charming, huggable, polite and respectful. They could win The Most Outstanding Cobra, I mean, Sinner Of The Year award.
However, God would not have spiritual cobras in heaven. A black spiritual cobra, a yellow spiritual cobra, and a white spiritual cobra are all one and the same; they are cobras.
"You must be born again" (John 3:7) according to the Lord Jesus Christ. Being born again is becoming a new creation in Christ Jesus.
2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
When you repent and trust in Christ alone and what He did on the cross, you will be a new creation in Him. No longer viewed by God as a spiritual cobra but a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
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