"New Life" for Sunday, 11 June 2017 - Deaf Devo - The Deaf Mission in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States - Bible Reading: Colossians 2:13-15
Colossians 2:13 You were dead because of your sins, that is, because of your “foreskin,” your old nature. But God made you alive along with the Messiah by forgiving you all your sins. 14 He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake. 15 Stripping the rulers and authorities of their power, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by means of the stake.
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I have had several pets die. It is always sad. I still miss them, but I can't bring them back to life. Because of our sins, we all die spiritually. It's sad, but there is nothing we can do by ourselves that will bring us back to God.
But there is hope! Verse 13 of our Bible Reading tells us, "You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God gave you new life together with Christ. He forgave all our sins." When we follow and obey God, He sends His Holy Spirit to live in us. The Holy Spirit gives us new life that will continue forever.
Praise God! That is wonderful news! Because of our sins, we owe God a great debt. But Jesus paid that debt through His death on the cross. We have a new life because of Jesus!
Obey God and His plan of salvation today! Then you will have a new life that lasts forever.
"But God is rich in mercy, and he loved us very much. We were spiritually dead because of all we had done against him. But he gave us new life together with Christ." [Ephesians 2:4-5a]
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank You for new life through Jesus. In His name. Amen.
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