Grace abounds

What abounding grace has been thus displayed to a creature so completely vile;so destitute of all ground of hope or claim in himself!What an amount of guilt has He pardoned! It is impossible to overstate this.My original debasement,my wayward youth,my rejection of His love,my rebellion against His authority,my forgetfulness of His goodness,my backslidings from His way,my inconsistent profession,my vain and sinful example,the wickedness of my unconverted state,the errors of my renewed state. Alas! every day and every act brings up its separate testimony. And all condemn me!But He has freely pardoned!He has blotted out this whole fearful record!He will remember it no more!"But where sin abounded--grace did much more abound." Romans 5:20

As we go through this Christmas season we should realize why we call Jesus our Savior.
The baby in the manger came to this earth to die for you and me. He died so that we may live. He gave His all so that we could come before the almighty God one day as a pardoned creature. When we realize how bad off we are without a savior, we will look at the birth of Christ in a different light.

Merry CHRISTmas,
Dustin
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God's wrath

Watering down God's wrath dilutes God's love-Unknown Too many Christians today will not tell others about hell and judgment. They say they don't want to scare others away from Christianity. What then did Jesus save us from? He saved us from the wrath of God, the God that tells us if we sin against Him we will be cast into hell. When we realize what we are saved from, by the blood of Jesus Christ, our love for Him will grow also. We will want to do the things that He has commanded us to do, not because we have to do them but because we want to please Him for all He has done for us. We will repent from our sins, not because we are sorry we got caught, but that we have sinned against God.
When we realize the outcome of a person that dies without Christ, our willingness to share the gospel will grow. Every person that dies will only go to heaven or hell. Ask someone today this question,"If you died tonight where would you go,Heaven or Hell?" Don't stop there, no matter what their answer ask them WHY,you will be surprised at the answers.

In Christ name,
Dustin