Tag: Salvation
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Colossians 3:1-11 “One Life to Live”
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life…
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1 John 2:1-2 Children Need to Love Rules
1 John is affirming that Jesus is working on you, and me and all of us and the whole world.
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John 1:43-51 Come See Heaven Open Up
The challenge is to strive to share Jesus and not ourselves. Or at least not sharing our selves without Jesus opened up and visible.
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Luke 13.1-9 Lent3 Bearing Fruit Let’s Get Figgy 20160228
At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all…
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Luke 3.15-22 Wash Up for Jesus 20160110 RSUMC
As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals.…
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Twas the “Real” Night Before Christmas
When all through the town, Folks were snuggled comfy and sound. All my night guests had checked in, And I was exhausted and tucked in my kin, When out at the door the I heard a swift rap, of the door knocker knocking interrupting my nap. I sprang up from my cot to see what…
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Mark 10.17-31 “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: “You shall not murder;…
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John 20:19-31/2. Who or What Is Missing? 20150412 RSUMC
Jesus Appears to His Disciples On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were…
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1 Corinthians 15:1-11 “Save A Life” RSUMC 20150405 Easter Sunday
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you–unless you have come to believe in vain. For I…
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Hebrews 5:5-10 “Obey?” RSUMC 20150322
So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”; as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” In the days of his flesh,…