02/04/17 IF YOU AIN'T ...

02/04/17 IF YOU AIN'T ...

* If you ain't got miraculous Faith, Hope, Love;* If you ain't got the Fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control);* If you ain't denying yourself, taking up your cross daily and following Jesus;* If you ain't walking in the light, as He is in the light;* If you ain't growing in grace and knowledge;* If you ain't a partaker of Divine nature, and if you are not escaping the corruption of this world's evil desires;* If you ain't diligently adding to your faith, moral excellence;
and adding to your moral excellence, knowledge;
and adding to your knowledge, self control;
and adding to your self control, confident and patient endurance;
and adding to your confident and patient endurance, godliness;
and adding to your godliness, brotherly kindness;
and adding to your brotherly kindness, pure love.

THEN YOU'RE EITHER...
Lost or gonna be lost.

If you think that the Christian life is hard, you are wrong. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

But that is why we need God's MIRACULOUS SALVATION. In salvation God does the impossible for us, and in us, and through us. By His grace I can do that which is pleasing in His sight, and keep His commandments, without an inner struggle.
* Don't be lost.* Don't lose.* Don't be a loser.

TURN AND TRUST IN JESUS.

Acts 2:21
(21) And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

One more thing, before I pause to take a breath...
I was thinking about the words to,

What A Day That Will Be

and I finished, with tearful eyes, thinking,

I WISH WE'D ALL BEEN READY.