Renewal & Hope in Christ

 

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of The Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from The Lord, Who is The Spirit.

    Life is not permanent. Youthfulness fades. Hairs gray. Skin wrinkles. Muscles weaken. Bodies soon succumb to death and decay. But the soul is eternal.

    How sad that so many who could live eternally in glory with God and Christ choose not to make that decision while they still draw breath in this life.

    Time is moving faster now. Days are not as long as they used to be: there are less than 24 hours in a day now. God has shortened the days for His people, His church.

    But, O how lovely to know that just a step away from death and the grave is our eternal home in Christ with God our Father! The inner self that gains strength from a daily, personal relationship with and in Christ Jesus will finally be at home with Him!

Have you chosen to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord? Is heaven your eternal dwelling place? Why do you linger? why do you wait? Are you hungry for something you feel is lacking in your life? That something is the knowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior of your life and your soul.

    Remember: Scripture tells us, "It is appointed unto man once to die, and then the judgement." Hebrews 9:27. Which means that if you are not living in Christ while you are alive on this side of death, then you will not be living in Christ on the other side of death. There is no heaven, no paradise, for you.

    I encourage you, my current brothers and sisters in Christ, to remain steadfast and faithful in your walk with Christ Jesus in His Spirit. And to those who are contemplating this life in Christ which Christ lives in us, come to Jesus and live.

    Ephesians 3:16-19

I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.

Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

The Color of Worship - White

Revelation 3:5

Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels. 

Romans 13:14

Instead, clothe yourselves with The Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

CHRIST OUR COVERING

    White is the color of righteousness, for Christ Jesus is our righteousness. We are made right with God through the atoning power of the blood of God's Lamb. And when we believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, we are taking upon ourselves Hisself. We are choosing to be His own people. Therefore, His righteousness is the white spiritual covering with which we are covered. 

    Galatians 3:27

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

    Colossians 3:9-11

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all. 

    Ephesians 4:17-32 speaks of how we are to be changed once the covering of Christ is upon us. For the purpose of this study, we go to verse 24 (Amplified Bible) "And put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God’s image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of The Truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation]."

CHANGED FROM GLORY TO GLORY

    2 Corinthians 3:18

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of The Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from The Lord, Who is The Spirit. 

    2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, Who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His Light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

    1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.