WHY WE RUN THE RACE TO WIN, NOT JUST TO PLACE OR SHOW

Paul says we each have a race to run that we should run to win. Not against each other. But, just to get where God has planned for us to go. Getting there is the race. Winning means to receive the spiritual house that God planned for us to have. All of it. The rewards we receive for our faithfulness are what our spiritual house is made of. So run the race to win. So that your spiritual house will be all that God meant for it to be.   Won’t people be surprised when you look like the finisher in the picture in heaven? When the last time they saw you you looked like the beginner in the picture? It all depends on what you do with the gifts God has given you. We may be living in a…

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WHY IT IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT JESUS’ FLESH WAS THE SAME AS OURS

If you were deceived, would you know it? If you actually believed a lie, how would you know? The only way for someone to be able to know for sure is for them to discover an ultimate source of truth. And then to realize that source is the Bible.  And such a realization is only possible when people choose of their own free will to believe the Holy Spirit’s call to the person Jesus Christ. To freely believe the gospel when they hear it as Paul says in Rom.10:14-17. To receive the gift of faith that receives for us the eternal life Jesus alone can provide. Because faith in the ultimate truth that is Jesuits Himself can only come when we hear Him preached, and we believed Him by our own free will.    To say we must be careful as Christians regarding…

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