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Who Will Pray, Now?

Posted in Christ, Forgiveness, God's Plan, Prayer, tagged , , on September 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Sons, the report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading isn’t good! If one person sins against another, God will take care of him. However, when a person sins against the Lord, who will pray for him?” — 1st Samuel 2:24-25 (God’s Word Translation)

We have human judges for deciding matters between two people but when the offended party is God, himself, there is no one highter! It’s just not smart to make the God of the universe angry at you!

Once he was mad at you there was no where else to go … until Christ! Jesus loved us enough to satisfy justice on our behalf and bring us into God’s favor.

when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son — Romans 5:10

Who will pray for us?

He is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf. — Hebrews 7:25 (New Living News Translation)

Jesus!

Sound Bite: Jesus is praying for me!
Prayer: Jesus, you have done what no judge on earth could do, you reconciled me to the God of the Universe! Thank you for continuing to pray for me before the throne! I need it. Amen!

Also See:”Just Too Tense”” – August 9, 2011
— fritz@langgang.com

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Just Too Tense

Posted in Forgiveness, tagged on August 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The story is told of a man complaining to his psychiatrist about continuous nightmares, first of being an indian Tee-Pee then of being a pup tent over and over, driving him crazy. “Relax”, said the doctor, “You’re just two tents (too tense)”.

Verb tense, however, has nothing to do with nerves — it’s what tells us when action happens.

Notice the two verb tenses in Pauls’ words to the Corinthians — after giving a whole list of the kinds of people who won’t make it to heaven he adds,

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. – 1st Corinthians 6:11

English combines two tenses, the past tense (washed, sanctified, justified) with the present tense (are), to express action that began at some point in past but hasn’t quit.

Why is that important? I wasn’t only forgiven for what I did, I was, but I am still being forgiven, still being changed, still cleansed — and someone like me needs that.

— fritz@langang.com

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Benefits – Forgiveness

Posted in Benefits, Bible, Forgiveness, tagged on July 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“…forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities” – Psalm 103:2b-3a

The most important benefit — Forgiveness! Remember the words of our Lord,

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? – Jesus (Mark 8:36)

When thoughts of regret and shame over what we have done, or left undone, pass before us remember that when you gave your life to Christ he paid for every one.

In this verse the original Hebrew word translated, “all”, actually means, “all”.

— fritz@langgang.com

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