NOW is the Victory!

In her classic book The Chrisitian’s Secret of a Happy Life, Hannah Whitall Smith challenges her readers to settle on this one fact:

“…that Jesus came to save you now, in this life from the power and dominion of sin, and to make you more than conquerors through His power.”

The emphasis is on the word NOW. Too many Christians are looking forward to being freed from the hold of sin in the future when the liberty of salvation is NOW. Sin will always have a hold on us as long as we believe it can.

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Embrace this truth that the apostle Paul shares in Romans 6: “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” Start living like you are saved NOW! Enjoy the victory!

The Right Road

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You may think you are on the right road and still end up dead. Proverbs 14:12 CEV

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Proverbs 14:12 NKJV

Before cell phones and GPS, when we first moved into Bloomington, I found myself often lost.  I found it difficult to navigate in a city where a street could have three different names in a matter of a few straight blocks. 

Navigating  life can be challenging, especially when comes to choosing the only right road to heaven.  There are a lot of confusing signs and misinformation.  How do you know what's right? 

The answer to finding the right way is  found in the right map book and the best guidance system.  The right map book is the Bible and your best guidance system is the Holy Spirit.   

Consider the following verse and ask God to allow the Holy Spirit to speak to your heart.

• We are all sinners (Rom. 3:10,23).
• The wages of our sins is death (Rom. 6:23).
• Jesus paid our sin debt on the cross (Rom. 5:8).
• Salvation comes by faith, that is, by confessing with our mouths and believing in our hearts (Rom. 10:9,10).
• Call on the Lord for salvation and get saved (Rom. 10:13).