Is your life worth His sacrifice?

Christ died for each of us.  
Do we understand the depth of His love, for each of us, that He died in our place?  That He took our punishment, so we can live?

This is a call to all Christians.   We need to stop being a 'Sunday morning Christian'; and start being a '24/7 Christian'.

1. Have we changed our way....Of thinking?  

     "And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing.  Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.  Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise."

Philippians 4:8

Of talking?  
     "Avoid worthless, foolish talk that only leads to more godless behaviour."

2 Timothy 2:16

Of acting? 
     "But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice."

Luke 11:28

Of your responses to others? 
     "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other.   Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.  Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples."

John 13:34 & 35

Of working?
     "Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people" 

Colossians 3:23

     "For we are each responsible for our own conduct"

Galatians 6:5

.......to reflect Christ.


2. What have you done, to show His sacrifice was worth it?

"Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God..."

Luke 3:8

"Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. 

For to your shame I say that some of you don't know God at all."

1 Corinthians 15:34

Because if we love Him, and want to show that our life was worth His sacrifice, we need to obey his commands.

     "If you love me, obey my commands."

John 14:15

 

The Measure of a Man

How many times have you said to yourself  'I wish I was like him/her.  S/he is....(perfect, beautiful, creative, disciplined, strong, giving, energetic, rich, ...) '. 
No matter who we try to measure ourselves against, we will fail.  Because we are not that person.  We were all created different.
How we measure ourselves is not how God measures us.  We need to stop measuring ourselves against earthly 'things', and measure ourselves with the Bible, what it says we need to be like.

On fire

Do people see Christ when they look at you?
How do you show that Christ lives within you?

Reflections

Masks

Do you live for God only during Sunday Worship and as soon as you get home, you're back to your everyday life?  Or do you continue living for God all week?

Are you afraid of what people will do if they know your a christian?

Do you grumble, in your mind and heart..."Here we go again, back to church for Wednesday Pray meeting."  Put on your mask, smile and say, "It's great to be here."

(1 Corinthians 4:16)  "So I urge you to imitate me."
Why do we wear masks.  At church we wear our church mask; at work we wear our work mask; at home we wear our home mask; at school we wear our school mask.   If we are with friends we wear our friends mask.

If we live for Christ, we shouldn't have a mask.
(Matthew16:24) "Then Jesus said to His disciples, 'If any of you wants to be My follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow Me..."
Christ didn't wear a mask, he wore a crown of thorns.
If we are to imitate Him, remove your masks, let people see, REALLY see, Christ in you ...at church, at home, at school, with friends... everywhere, all the time.
With masks on, we can fool anyone....but the One that matters.
(1 Samuel 16:7)  "...The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them.  People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."