Bible Verse of the Day Saturday January 7th, 2023

 Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

The "old person," the one we were before we came to know Christ Jesus as our Lord and Savior, is dead (Ephesians 2:1). The natural person is physically alive, but they are spiritually dead. The one who has surrendered their lives to Christ Jesus is physically and spiritually alive. The carnal person is not evolving because they are in a constant state of enmity with God. Evil is widespread throughout not only the United States but the world as well. Not a day passes that we do not hear of killings, robberies, rapes, and all sorts of criminal behavior. Even though the world has progressed in sickness, illness, and the discovery of cures for known diseases, humanity's natural being is still the same as it has been since Adam and Eve committed the first sin. The carnal, worldly person cannot come to God. Humanities' attempt to create religions will not advance anyone one Planck Length in their search for God. The lack of the Holy Spirit's indwelling will block any effort to know Christ Jesus as the Savior of the World. Without a supernatural intervention from God, no one will ever be able to go beyond spiritual death to being spiritually alive.

These truths are intensely straightforward and uncomplicated and can be a life-changing power in all that put their faith and trust in Christ Jesus. God has bestowed blessings on all in Christ in a manner unrecognizable to the natural person. The forgiveness of our sins and trespasses occurs because of God's love, mercy, and grace through Jesus. This miracle occurs because of the sacrificial work of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, on the Cross of Calvary on our behalf.

God has placed a "No Trespassing" alert on His Holy Word. Still, humanity desires to go its way and refuse the unambiguous clear truth found in the pages of the Bible. Humanity is avowing that they are making progress in their vain self-awareness attempts to become godly. The truth from God is that we have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Furthermore, God has pronounced that calling on the name of the Lord, confessing with our mouths, and believing in our hearts that Jesus is the true promised Messiah is the only way to salvation (Romans 10:9-10 &13). There is only one way to God: through our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus (John 14:6).