Bible Verse of the Day Friday May 12th, 2023

Ephesians 3:14-15 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

When we Humble Ourselves Before God's Great Love and Sovereignty, we will have a joy-filled life of Love for God through Christ Jesus, our Lord. We experience salvation by grace through faith, not by any religious works. There is a difference between Christianity and all other religions and Christianity and everything else. All of Satan's work in the world today is to hide this truth of the Gospel.

God saved us by His grace, which means He gave us something we did not deserve by His great Love. And the grace of God works through our faith in Christ Jesus with no consideration given by God for our good deeds. Yet, secular atheists and every other religion will tell you it is all about you. That is Satan's message spread into the world and delivered back through society. They will give you their list of deeds to earn heaven or happiness. This work happens because it appeals to our pride and ego; it allows us to feed our sinful nature and still make a false claim of being religious. When, in fact, without Jesus, there is no relationship with God.

Furthermore, while works of pride feed our sinful nature and direct us into believing there is something that we can do to earn our salvation, it is not what God said. He saves us by grace, which is unrestricted, by faith in Jesus. Consequently, we must believe in God and Christ Jesus as our Lord and Savior. There is nothing more we can add to that great free gift.

In James, we find that faith without works is dead (James 2:17); this is speaking of our faithfulness to Christ. We serve Jesus because of His great love towards us and our love for Him; we care for others for this exact reason. We love others because and through the Great Love that Christ Jesus has for us. When love presents itself in a church, it is the love reflected by the ones there through our Lord and Savior's great love. All that we do and all that we are should reflect Christ Jesus's light to the world. Sometimes we drift away from Jesus for a time, and our reflector becomes soiled, and we do not reflect the light as we should. The beautiful aspect of this is that Jesus will never leave us; although we might leave Him, He will always welcome us home with open arms, as illustrated by the parable Jesus taught of the "Prodigal Son" (Luke 15:11-32). Jesus used this illustration to reassure us that He would always welcome us home with open arms. Once we become part of the Family of God, no power in God's creation can separate us from the Love of God through Christ Jesus; we will always be children of God, now and forever (Romans 8:38-39).