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GraceAlone May 15, 2007

Christians are called the body of Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:27) Because Christ the Son of God was incarnated to die for His church (John 10:11) and raise them to life (John 5:21). He died for His saint's sins so that He could raise them to life.

Christ sent the Holy Spirit to dwell with us to unite us with Christ's work- resulting in our salvation (1 Corinthians 12:13). The Holy Spirit is our guarantee of future glory because He unites us to Christ's death and resurrection (Ephesians 1:14).

That is why Christians have changed lives- they have been united to Christ in death and life (Romans 6:5). If a man has died with Christ he is heading to glory just as Christ rose. The bible says that having this hope of glory purifies a man (1 John 3:3). Christ is pleased to see the work He accomplished for His saints manifested in thier lives (Isaiah 53:11).

I thought I'd post this so that ya'll could see what I've been up to. How awesome the Lord our God! I'll explain if you need that...

sermonindex May 15, 2007

Thanks for sharing this, Kristy! It's great to have you back. :-)

Christ is pleased to see the work He accomplished for His saints manifested in their lives (Isaiah 53:11).

And how it must grieve Him when we choose our own selfish ways!

With longing all my heart is filled,
That like Him I may be,
As on the wondrous thought I dwell
That Christ liveth in me.

~~[i]~~Christ liveth in me,
Christ liveth in me,
Oh! what a salvation this,
That Christ liveth in me.[/i]

~~[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/h/christli.htm]~~Christ Liveth in Me[/url]

GraceAlone May 15, 2007

It is so sad that even with the CLEAR way to heaven- people outright don't follow God knowing that He will save.

Lately going out evangelizing- the hearts of these people have been growing sooooo cold- I've been getting anger I've never seen before going out to talk to people about Christ. It saddens me to know that they've been so hardend- Sometimes I can picture them burning me at the stake in thier hatred.

But HE WILL SAVE! Every single soul who will come to Him for mercy in repentance! AND thats why we go!

But whats even worse is when we find professing "Christians" living in sin and rebellion but claiming to be "going to heaven." Its so wicked (Romans 6:5). Its harder to talk to them than anybody.