Thanking God for making us His children and giving us His Spirit

Romans 8:4-17: To be read

Before his crucifixion, Jesus Christ told his disciples that He will not leave them as orphan but will send them the Holy Spirit. When we were sinners, we were like nice phones with no sim card. They cannot be used for communication, even if they are expensive and look nice. They are of no use to the owner. The moment we got born again, a new spirit was placed in us and this is what enables us to communicate with God. The new spirit is what we can compare here to a new sim card in a phone. It is a new identity.

We became Children of God and heirs of God.

In the past, We grew up thinking that there are people who are more acceptable before God than others. That there are mediators between us and God that we must go through in order to get to Him. This is false because just like my children cannot send an outsider to speak to me on their behalf or to ask me something for them, so it is the same with our heavenly father, we go to him directly because we are His children and we have access before Him.



Remember  that God has blessed you like He blessed Jesus so that you can do what He has called you to do. Rejoice Child of God!

                                          1 John 1:12
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name"

THANKING GOD FOR CHRIST WHOM HE SENT TO SAVE US

Scripture Reference: John 3:16

This month of December, we have dedicated it to thanking God at Oasis Christian Center. Praising God and thanking Him, should not be done not as a habit but with a reason. We thank Him for His love for us.  This is the love that we see from Genesis where God created us (mankind) in love and gave us His nature so that we would fulfill His will for our lives.

In John 3:16, we see this love magnified. Jesus Christ said that: "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 

It is sad to see how someone from childhood can live life struggling to find happiness and they end up never finding it.

This eternal life that Christ offers to us is not just unending life, but a different type of life called Zoe life, abundant life. 

Why do We need Christ? 

We need him because all of us have been separated from God because of our sinful nature inherited from Adam and Eve, whose disobedience attracted a curse on all their descendants.

Ephesians 2:3 says: "Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others." 

The nature of our flesh brings us to do things contrary to the will of God and it is what brings condemnation in our lives. We were looking for peace and seeking temporary joy but it brought instead negative consequences into our lives. The separation that Adam and Eve had in the Garden of Eden also brought spiritual death to us their descendants.

This is what caused God to send His one and only son to die for us so that whosoever will believe in Him would have eternal life.

So, even as we prepare ourselves for Christmas, it is good to remember that Jesus Christ's birth alone would not have saved people. You can believe that Jesus was a great man, but that will not save you. What brought salvation to the nations is the fact that He died and rose again.  So the question today is are you one of those who only believe that he existed or was a great man? or are you living out His life, the one that He gave you?

If you are this point in your life where you are ready to make a personal commitment to follow Christ, you can use this words as guide to your prayer and say: "Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness.

I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.

You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.

Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.

Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.

Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

We wish you all a fantastic month of thanksgiving!!