Jesus Tempation

Different religions have different methods of sin purification. One such is the Kumbh Mela Festival (Grand Pitcher Festival) in Norther India every twelve years. They held this festival last year. See the video below:

India's Kumbh Mela Festival from Javier A. Salinas on Vimeo.

Can you imagine having to do this every 12 years? I could not. Christian - Jesus follower, or anyone else for that matter. There's a savior, Jesus Christ, who went to the Cross to take on ALL the sin of the World for ALL time so that you and I can be forgiven of our sins. The victory is won. There's no need to keep going back and seeking a way of forgiveness of sins. All you have to do, right where you are, only travel required is to fall on your knees right before GOD, is to repent and ask HIM for forgiveness and it will be done! See scripture below about Jesus being tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4
New Living Translation (NLT)
The Temptation of Jesus

 ¹ Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. ² For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.

 ³ During that time the devil^[a] came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

 ⁴ But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,

   ‘People do not live by bread alone,
      but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’^[b]”

 ⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, ⁶ and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,

   ‘He will order his angels to protect you.
   And they will hold you up with their hands
      so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’^[c]”

 ⁷ Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’^[d]”

 ⁸ Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹ “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”

 ¹⁰ “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,

   ‘You must worship the Lord your God
      and serve only him.’^[e]”

 ¹¹ Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 4:3 Greek the tempter.
   
2. Matthew 4:4 Deut 8:3.
   
3. Matthew 4:6 Ps 91:11-12.
   
4. Matthew 4:7 Deut 6:16.
   
5. Matthew 4:10 Deut 6:13.
   

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2 Corinthians 5:21
New King James Version (NKJV)
²¹ For He (God) made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

See God's Simple Plan of Salvation here. If you haven't accept Christ as your savior visit the link. Read the page. What have you got to lose? Sin? O' Mighty God, take my sin. Praise You Jesus. If sin is the only thing you got to lose, do it. Sin isn't all it's cracked up to be. In fact, it will crack you up. Literally! Delve into God's word and you'll find multiple places in scripture that tell about Jesus healing mentally disturbed people and restored them to new minds. Wouldn't that be awesome? I know it has been for me. Yes, I've had my moments of being mentally disturbed. Only God knows the depths I dove to. He can help you too.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly God, Father, thank You for Your son Jesus taking on my sin and all the sin of the World making it possible to have eternal life in Heaven, with You. I pray God for all those who are lost, teetering on the fence and those who just simply need an encouraging word to lift them out of the darkness. I pray that today is the day they are lifted and encouraged and the lost are found. I pray this in Jesus' name, amen.

Good Friday [20100402]

Daily Christian Wisdom Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus...it turns us to that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." - Robert G. Trache

Luke 23:33 And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. 34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.

Matthew 17:45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 59 When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.

This is the day of remembrance of Jesus giving Himself as my savior. Thank You Jesus, Father God, Friend. I love You with all I am. I bow humbly before You LORD and give myself to Your service. In Jesus' name, amen.

If you don't know Jesus and His gift of salvation and you would like to, you can click God's Simple Plan of Salvation link and follow the steps. God loves you dear one. It matters not what you've done. You are forgiven. Please come to Him and let Him wash you clean and give you a fresh start.

Happy Good Friday!

The Prosperity Gospel

We got to get it right folks. Misleading unbelievers to a pack of lies and idolatry is just burying them where they are and burying yourselves with them. I don't know about "you", but I refuse to be a party to lies. I refuse to take part in selling a bill of goods. God alone is good enough. God alone is IT! None of the material things in life will save you and get you to Heaven. You "MUST" repent of your sin & not turn back & accept Christ as your personal savior through HIS all sufficient grace to make it to glory [Heaven, to be with Christ for eternity]. God's words says: Acts 15:11 11 We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.” Ephesians 2:8-9 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. That's it! God is good enough! His grace is sufficient!

The Race

Hebrews 12:1-2 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

Note: You're being watched as a Christian. Are you running the race for Christ? This pretty much speaks for itself.