Day 37: 1st John 2 - Jude Opening Reflection

IF SIN IS INESCAPABLE, JESUS MUST BE AN INESCAPABLE NECESSITY           

Yes, I believe the saying is somewhat correct that you are a product of your environment, and we are all products of this worldly environment full of sin.  If every person gave in to their environment, however, the oppressive nooses and traps set by our capitalistic society would certainly leave many piled up in a stack of uselessness.  If it is not possible to escape your environment, we would not have the celebrity, community, and rags-to-riches success stories.  We do not have to give in to sin or our worldly environment because we know Jesus, because we are children of God and we shall be like God, because Jesus died for our sins, because we can stand firm in the hope that we can try to be sinless just as Jesus, because we have the Perfect Example of how to live-JESUS

Do not let sin keep you from doing what pleases the Lord – all we have to do is believe in Jesus the Son of God and love one another unconditionally – live in Jesus by the Spirit for Jesus is in all of us because Jesus knows that we need a little help in this wicked, sinful environment.

Jesus is in us, therefore, Jesus hears us and if we believe in Jesus we know that we will have eternal life just as Jesus.  So if you believe that, you should have undying confidence that if we ask anything according to God’s will, we can be assured that the Lord hears us.

Eternal Life – means life that does not decease – which means despite what you are going through…life goes on – despite your circumstances…life goes on – despite your pile of bills…life goes on – despite your little sickness, ailments and pains…life goes on – despite your broken heart…life goes on – despite your inability to fathom what God is going to do next…life goes on – and life goes on regardless of what people may try to do to you, but if you stand firm faithfully believing in Jesus you know that as life goes on it only gets better …Your testimony will begin to resemble a song by Alicia Keys:

“You and me together, through the days and nights, I don’t worry cause everything’s gonna be alright. People keep talking they can say what they like but all I know is that everything’s gonna be alright” 

“NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING, AND TO MAKE YOU STAND WITHOUT BLEMISH IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH REJOICING, TO THE ONLY GOD OUR SAVIOR, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, BE GLORY, MAJESTY , POWER, AND AUTHORITY, BEFORE ALL TIME AND NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN”