The other day while travelling through town, we saw this man (and his dog) walking down the street. We have seen him quite a few times. At first I thought "That's gross". He probably stinks. I mean, when is the last time he took a shower? C'mon, get a job....go flip burgers or something! Then I almost felt sorry for him. Who knows what happened on his road of life that led him to this lonesome way of living. Then the Holy Spirit got a hold of my heart and reminded me this is how I was before I came to know the Lord as my Savior! I was in bondage to my sin. "I once was an outcast stranger on earth,
A sinner by choice, an alien by birth,
But I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down,
An heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown."
A sinner by choice, an alien by birth,
But I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down,
An heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown."
Not only that, but this is how God sees all the good things that I do.
Isaiah 64:6 says "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
When I was 4 years old, I asked Jesus to forgive my sin and come into my heart and save me. Now when God looks at me, he sees Jesus' blood that was shed on Calvary. I have been washed in The blood! I have been cleansed! Wow! I had to step off my high horse and realize that if it weren't for God's grace, this is where I would still be today! Lost in the rags of my sin!
"A tent or a cottage, why should I care?
He's building a mansion for me over there;
Though exiled from home, yet still may I sing:
All glory to God, I’m a child of the King."
John 14:1-6
Let not your heart be troubled:
ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also.
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way,
the truth,
and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Let not your heart be troubled:
ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also.
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way,
the truth,
and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Are you still in bondage to your sin? Have you been washed in the blood? If not, just click the button on your right when you are ready. Don't wait! Jesus is coming soon!!!
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