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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, December 19, 2016
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“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” (Revelation 20:12).
He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been…#nevermind. The truth is, for those who’ve not heard it before, Santa is not real. I should have told you this was a holiday spoiler alert. I hope your children were present when I said it. Santa is not real. There’s no jolly, white-bearded man in a red suit and a sack of treat coming down your chimney to eat cookies and drink milk and leave gifts under your tree. He is not an all-knowing, tenderhearted man living in the forsaken, frozen tundra of the North Pole. He’s not making a list or checking it twice. Santa is not real.
However! There is a very real God in heaven whose eyes are upon the wicked and the just. He is keeping a faithful record of our deeds and each one of our cases will appear before the judgment seat of Christ. The question is not whether we’ve been naughty or nice. We have all sinned and come short of God’s glory. In fact, we cannot even be good for goodness’ sake. There is none good; not even one. The blessing of this story, well beyond the tinsel and so-called holiday cheer is that the one who really knows all, and has an accurate list of every secret thing done in the flesh, has provided an escape route from the condemnation that comes to those who have sinned. Jesus, because the Father has lavished His love upon us, lived a perfect life in the flesh, died the death we deserved, and is not living to make intercession for us. And that’s not all. When His faithful list is checked against the perfect righteousness of the law of God, to determine whether we can receive the gift f eternal life in heaven and the new earth, the sterling character of Jesus’ life stands in place of our very tarnished characters, IF we keep faith in Him. Isn’t that grand? Every person in the world is hereby granted the opportunity to be forgiven of every past sin and be empowered to walk in righteous living until Jesus comes. Then, He will bring each one who has availed themselves of this blessed gift, the manifestation of the reward for which Jesus gave His life.
So, if there is any miracle on your street, 34th or 134th, it can be that you have eternal life by faith in the only begotten Son of God. Amen.—L. David Harris (www.davidwritesalot.com)
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, December 19, 2016
Audio Link:
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” (Revelation 20:12).
He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been…#nevermind. The truth is, for those who’ve not heard it before, Santa is not real. I should have told you this was a holiday spoiler alert. I hope your children were present when I said it. Santa is not real. There’s no jolly, white-bearded man in a red suit and a sack of treat coming down your chimney to eat cookies and drink milk and leave gifts under your tree. He is not an all-knowing, tenderhearted man living in the forsaken, frozen tundra of the North Pole. He’s not making a list or checking it twice. Santa is not real.
However! There is a very real God in heaven whose eyes are upon the wicked and the just. He is keeping a faithful record of our deeds and each one of our cases will appear before the judgment seat of Christ. The question is not whether we’ve been naughty or nice. We have all sinned and come short of God’s glory. In fact, we cannot even be good for goodness’ sake. There is none good; not even one. The blessing of this story, well beyond the tinsel and so-called holiday cheer is that the one who really knows all, and has an accurate list of every secret thing done in the flesh, has provided an escape route from the condemnation that comes to those who have sinned. Jesus, because the Father has lavished His love upon us, lived a perfect life in the flesh, died the death we deserved, and is not living to make intercession for us. And that’s not all. When His faithful list is checked against the perfect righteousness of the law of God, to determine whether we can receive the gift f eternal life in heaven and the new earth, the sterling character of Jesus’ life stands in place of our very tarnished characters, IF we keep faith in Him. Isn’t that grand? Every person in the world is hereby granted the opportunity to be forgiven of every past sin and be empowered to walk in righteous living until Jesus comes. Then, He will bring each one who has availed themselves of this blessed gift, the manifestation of the reward for which Jesus gave His life.
So, if there is any miracle on your street, 34th or 134th, it can be that you have eternal life by faith in the only begotten Son of God. Amen.—L. David Harris (www.davidwritesalot.com)
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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, December 19, 2016
Audio Link:
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” (Revelation 20:12).
He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been…#nevermind. The truth is, for those who’ve not heard it before, Santa is not real. I should have told you this was a holiday spoiler alert. I hope your children were present when I said it. Santa is not real. There’s no jolly, white-bearded man in a red suit and a sack of treat coming down your chimney to eat cookies and drink milk and leave gifts under your tree. He is not an all-knowing, tenderhearted man living in the forsaken, frozen tundra of the North Pole. He’s not making a list or checking it twice. Santa is not real.
However! There is a very real God in heaven whose eyes are upon the wicked and the just. He is keeping a faithful record of our deeds and each one of our cases will appear before the judgment seat of Christ. The question is not whether we’ve been naughty or nice. We have all sinned and come short of God’s glory. In fact, we cannot even be good for goodness’ sake. There is none good; not even one. The blessing of this story, well beyond the tinsel and so-called holiday cheer is that the one who really knows all, and has an accurate list of every secret thing done in the flesh, has provided an escape route from the condemnation that comes to those who have sinned. Jesus, because the Father has lavished His love upon us, lived a perfect life in the flesh, died the death we deserved, and is not living to make intercession for us. And that’s not all. When His faithful list is checked against the perfect righteousness of the law of God, to determine whether we can receive the gift f eternal life in heaven and the new earth, the sterling character of Jesus’ life stands in place of our very tarnished characters, IF we keep faith in Him. Isn’t that grand? Every person in the world is hereby granted the opportunity to be forgiven of every past sin and be empowered to walk in righteous living until Jesus comes. Then, He will bring each one who has availed themselves of this blessed gift, the manifestation of the reward for which Jesus gave His life.
So, if there is any miracle on your street, 34th or 134th, it can be that you have eternal life by faith in the only begotten Son of God. Amen.—L. David Harris (www.davidwritesalot.com)
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, December 19, 2016
Audio Link:
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” (Revelation 20:12).
He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been…#nevermind. The truth is, for those who’ve not heard it before, Santa is not real. I should have told you this was a holiday spoiler alert. I hope your children were present when I said it. Santa is not real. There’s no jolly, white-bearded man in a red suit and a sack of treat coming down your chimney to eat cookies and drink milk and leave gifts under your tree. He is not an all-knowing, tenderhearted man living in the forsaken, frozen tundra of the North Pole. He’s not making a list or checking it twice. Santa is not real.
However! There is a very real God in heaven whose eyes are upon the wicked and the just. He is keeping a faithful record of our deeds and each one of our cases will appear before the judgment seat of Christ. The question is not whether we’ve been naughty or nice. We have all sinned and come short of God’s glory. In fact, we cannot even be good for goodness’ sake. There is none good; not even one. The blessing of this story, well beyond the tinsel and so-called holiday cheer is that the one who really knows all, and has an accurate list of every secret thing done in the flesh, has provided an escape route from the condemnation that comes to those who have sinned. Jesus, because the Father has lavished His love upon us, lived a perfect life in the flesh, died the death we deserved, and is not living to make intercession for us. And that’s not all. When His faithful list is checked against the perfect righteousness of the law of God, to determine whether we can receive the gift f eternal life in heaven and the new earth, the sterling character of Jesus’ life stands in place of our very tarnished characters, IF we keep faith in Him. Isn’t that grand? Every person in the world is hereby granted the opportunity to be forgiven of every past sin and be empowered to walk in righteous living until Jesus comes. Then, He will bring each one who has availed themselves of this blessed gift, the manifestation of the reward for which Jesus gave His life.
So, if there is any miracle on your street, 34th or 134th, it can be that you have eternal life by faith in the only begotten Son of God. Amen.—L. David Harris (www.davidwritesalot.com)