"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for your sake became poor, so that through his poverty you might become rich."

(2 Corinthians 8:9)

"but he emptied himself, becoming a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest position and gave him the name that is above every name,"

(Philippians 2:7-9)

Love has a very striking characteristic that Jesus taught us, which is that whoever loves deprives himself. Let us reflect on the example of the Lord who, being the King of the universe, the Lord of creation, became poor and rich, emptied himself and became like us, but went further because he became a servant of all, taking our the sins on the cross, since he gave himself up to pay the debt we owed for sin; and the scripture tells us, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree)” (Galatians 3:13). He became a curse for us, so that all blessings would fall upon us and also so that we would be heirs of his righteousness, because “He made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become righteousness. of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

What spectacular news, Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, loved us and washed us from our sins with his blood, the one who is, the one who was and the one who is to come, the Almighty, who will come in the clouds and all eyes they will see him, and all the tribes of the earth will weep for him; He first emptied himself of his estate so that we may now possess all riches in glory in Christ Jesus and be made kings and priests unto God, to proclaim the praises of him who called us out of darkness into his marvelous light (Revelation 1 :5-8, Philippians 4:19, 1 Peter 2:9).

We too are called to strip ourselves of everything that prevents us from enjoying his undeserved favor, of every burden, and this means trusting fully in the work of Christ, not throwing away his grace, and abandoning our old way of life. so that we can enjoy what Jesus on the cross gave us. Our dispossession is the opposite of Jesus, because we had nothing, perhaps kings of our kingdom of our pride and vanity, of our vainglory, so we must strip ourselves of what has no value to take what has such a high value that it only could be repaid with his precious blood (Hebrews 12:1, Ephesians 4:22-24, Galatians 2:21).

Let us pray:

Lord Jesus Christ, because of you I am what I am and I have all your riches in glory, I do not deserve it, but you gave everything for me, now I want to teach others your gospel with all love and gratitude, for the glory of God the Father, amen.

"So they are no longer two people, but one. Therefore, let no one separate what God has joined together." (Matthew 19:6)

 

Sometimes, God will not free you from problems, but he will enable you to overcome them. Sometimes, God will not free you from pain, but he will give you the strength to bear it. Sometimes, God will not free you from challenges, but He will give you wisdom to get through them Sometimes, God will not remove the snakes from His path, but He will give you

become immune to their poison.

2 Corinthians 4:4-18

4 in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who disbelieve, so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, does not shine to them. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and we ourselves are your servants, for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said that light should shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellency of the power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are troubled in every way, but not distressed; perplexed, but not discouraged; 9 persecuted, but not helpless; slaughtered but not destroyed; 10 always carrying everywhere the mortification of the Lord Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 And so we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So that death works in us, but life in you. 13 And we have therefore the same spirit of faith, as it is written, I believed; That's why I spoke. We believe too; Therefore we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up through Jesus and will present us with you. 15 For all this is for your sake, so that grace, multiplied through many, may make thanksgiving abundant, to the glory of God.

The design and effect of afflictions. Visible things are contrasted with invisible ones

16 Therefore we do not faint; but even though our outward man corrupts, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is momentary, is producing for us a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 as we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for those which are seen are temporal, and those which are not seen are eternal.

Let's meditate church

The prince of this century has many busy, stressed, amused, distracted people today.

And we are easily straying from God's purpose, vision, and ways.

Wake up church

Let's wake up and seek a relationship with God.

Satan knows you have little time left and his plan is to keep you distracted.

Let's wake up.

 

 ²⁴ For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made with hands, a figure of the true one, but into heaven itself, to now appear before the face of God for us;

²⁵ Nor also to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary every year with the blood of another;

²⁶ Otherwise, it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now at the end of the age he has once appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

²⁷ And as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this comes judgment,

²⁸ Even so Christ, offering himself once to take away the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who wait for him for salvation

Hebrews 9:24-28📖🙏

This is the condition of every human being born: Sinner!!! Only Jesus erases our offenses and sins by his blood shed on the Cross!

Ephesians 2:1.And He made you alive, when you were dead in trespasses and sins,

2. In that you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, according to the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;

3. Among whom we also all formerly walked in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and we were by nature children of wrath, like others also.

4. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

5. Even though we were dead in our trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6.And he raised us up together with him and made us sit in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus;

The Christian is in the world not to be equal to the world but to transform the world into the model of Christ through the word of God.