TheNewU
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Resources
  • Contact Us

LIFE AND  IMORTALITY

9/20/2014

0 Comments

 
September 20, 2014                        LIFE   AND  IMMORTALITY

2 Timothy 1:7-10: “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me His prisoner; but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted to us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”                                                                                                                                                                                    This is another one of those passages of scripture that gives more insight as to just how magnificent and far reaching is this salvation that we have inherited through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus. Perhaps the greatest mistake we could make in life is to live life believing that salvation is simply a ticket to heaven. The salvation that we have impacts all of life and we can spend the rest of our lives discovering more aspects of our salvation. We are warned in Hebrews 2:3: not to neglect our salvation: “…how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” From the scriptures above we see that God “gives”- the fact that we have a God who gives to you and me is awesome. It is our part, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to understand and believe what God has given us and act on it, or live it out. He does not give us timidity, but he does give us power, love and discipline for living. In life, there will be times when we find ourselves at odds with the culture because of our faith in God and His word. Paul reminds us not to be ashamed of the gospel or of Jesus but to be willing to suffer for the gospel. We must remember that we have been called “with a holy calling” to His own purpose by His grace; not by our works. What makes the birth of Jesus and the New Testament so crucial and so wonderful is because the plans and the grace of God that had been hidden were made known when Jesus came to earth and was crucified. When Jesus “appeared”, everything changed! For the believer, Jesus took away the fear of death, and in fact abolished death. It is true that it has been appointed once for man to die, BUT the death of the physical body is simply a doorway to a far superior life. Jesus’s “appearing” brought LIFE-life with purpose and fulfillment-life without end!  AND, Jesus’s “appearing” brought to light immortality. Can you think of yourself as being “immortal”? May the life we live be the life that comes as a result of embracing  all that took place by Jesus “appearing.” May we hold in highest esteem the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us dare not neglect this great salvation, but rather, let this salvation transform us and have its full impact on our lives.

Romans 15:13  “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Blessings,

Buddy 

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Buddy Fitzgerald

    Archives

    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Web Hosting by FatCow