Dear Daily Message Readers,
READ: 2 Corinthians 8
2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV) "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."
A pastor sent his parents a microwave oven one Christmas. He recalled their experience: "They were excited that now they, too, could be a part of the instant generation. When Dad unpacked the microwave and plugged it in, literally within seconds, the microwave transformed two smiles into frown! Even after reading the directions, they couldn't make it work. Two days later, my mother was playing bridge with a friend and confessed her inability to get that microwave oven even to boil water. 'To get this thing to work,' she exclaimed, 'I really don't need directions; I just need my son to come along with some help!'"
When God sent His only Son Jesus Christ, He did not send us Someone complicated and hard to understand. Instead, He gave us a perfect example to follow so we might find forgiveness and a way to heaven to have eternal fellowship with Him in heaven.
Somewhere in the last two thousand years, though, we have made His message complicated. In our own efforts, we have tried to do good things, give money, and be religious to take the place of Jesus' sacrificial death. We have even gone so far as to make this part of our message when sharing the Gospel. However, these things will never replace the simple truth about salvation concerning Jesus: Only He can take us to the Father in heaven (John 14:6).
John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Are you thankful for the easy-to-understand Gospel message? If so, then make it known to the nations that Jesus is the only Way to heaven. Faith Lesson: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."--Luke 9:23
In Christ,
Darin Smith
READ: 2 Corinthians 8
2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV) "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."
A pastor sent his parents a microwave oven one Christmas. He recalled their experience: "They were excited that now they, too, could be a part of the instant generation. When Dad unpacked the microwave and plugged it in, literally within seconds, the microwave transformed two smiles into frown! Even after reading the directions, they couldn't make it work. Two days later, my mother was playing bridge with a friend and confessed her inability to get that microwave oven even to boil water. 'To get this thing to work,' she exclaimed, 'I really don't need directions; I just need my son to come along with some help!'"
When God sent His only Son Jesus Christ, He did not send us Someone complicated and hard to understand. Instead, He gave us a perfect example to follow so we might find forgiveness and a way to heaven to have eternal fellowship with Him in heaven.
Somewhere in the last two thousand years, though, we have made His message complicated. In our own efforts, we have tried to do good things, give money, and be religious to take the place of Jesus' sacrificial death. We have even gone so far as to make this part of our message when sharing the Gospel. However, these things will never replace the simple truth about salvation concerning Jesus: Only He can take us to the Father in heaven (John 14:6).
John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Are you thankful for the easy-to-understand Gospel message? If so, then make it known to the nations that Jesus is the only Way to heaven. Faith Lesson: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."--Luke 9:23
In Christ,
Darin Smith
