Wayne Estrada

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There are degrees of intention in what we say.

We can make a Pledge to donate to a cause - but not follow through, or make a Commitment to participate in an organization - but not act on that word. We may also make a Promise to someone to do something - but then break it, and even take an Oath in a court of law - but perhaps not tell the entire truth.

In all of these, there may be varying degrees of consequence, but when you make a VOW before God this is on a whole, Holy different level.

God’s Word Is Very Serious About Vows. They are not casual or haphazard but are a formal, solemn, binding declaration before God that are not to be taken lightly and thoroughly accomplished.

For example, a marriage vow is intended to be an unbreakable bond, and likewise when we make a vow to God it requires it to be done immediately, completely, and without delay. A vow is like glue that binds two things together that should never be unbroken. Just ask anyone that has been through a divorce who is sadly aware of this - because when we break a vow it is sin.

Broken vows ALWAYS have consequences.

Friend, be careful about what you say and what commitments you make! Thankfully, if we fail in our vows or in anything in this life remember that “...the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.“ (2 Chronicles 30:9)

Have you made a vow unto God that you have not kept? If so heed this Admonition AND Promise:

“Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
and in keeping of them there is great reward.”
Psalm 19:11

Blessings To You Today
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Seeds are powerful! Scientists excavating ancient historical sites have found and successfully germinated seeds that were over 1,000 years old! Despite their age, they were not corrupted despite their ancient origins, however such is not the case for us born in this mortal life.

You see, the seeds of our fathers passed down through humanity from the sin of Adam has corrupted our mortal bodies and our spiritual souls such that we cannot be regerminated and live forever as God originally intended. This is why Jesus told Nicodemus that we all must be BORN AGAIN; that is, regenerated in our spirit by and through the incorruptible seed of the Word of God unto the redemption and cleansing of our souls through the blood of Christ.

Friend, you can and will live forever by and through receiving the incorruptible seed of God. Like those ancient seeds that were brought to life, you will also be born again by the WATER Of His Word and by the LIGHT Of Christ that will cause you to grow because:

“If any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold,
all things are become NEW.”
2 Corinthians 5:17

The transformation of your mortal life to the regeneration of your Spiritual Life to Eternal Life happens when you, like those ancient seeds, are born again by placing your corruptible seed under His WATER and LIGHT.

Has your 'Corruptible Seed' been BORN AGAIN?

Blessings To You Today
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“There they crucified Him,
And with Him two others,
Jesus in the middle.” - John 19:18

As today’s scripture verse states, at the crucifixion of Christ there were two men with him. The one on his LEFT mocked Christ saying in essence, 'If you are who you say you are, save yourself!' but the one on his RIGHT retorted that 'We criminals are deserving of this punishment, but this man is not.' Then the man on the RIGHT said, 'Lord remember me in your kingdom,' and with that simple confession of faith, Jesus told him that he would be with him after death.

Like those two thieves on the cross, we all have robbed from God and are 'malefactors' of sin worthy of death and deserving of punishment. However, the Bible says that “Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.” [ Psalm 68:20 ] and He provides that through faith in Christ to deliver.

The man on the right made that confession, but the man on the left cursed him that would provide his way of escape. All of us are on one side of the cross or the other.

Which side of the cross are you on?

Blessings To You Today
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Bricklayers use a weight hanging from a long string called a Plumb Line to verify that each level of bricks is straight and true.

We also have a plum line to guide the trueness of our lives that helps us measure that we “...make straight the paths of our feet,” as we travel along the “narrow way which leads to eternal life” and that is the plum line of God’s Word.

When we do not use God’s Word as our plumb line but instead go by our own standards of righteousness and conduct, it is easy for what once was straight and true to go crooked. This is what happened in the days of the prophet Amos. The people become crooked and out-of-line with God’s plumb line of righteousness, holiness and godliness and had drifted so far out-of-line from the Lord’s straight and true ways that God was ready to give them up!

Friend, this is our natural human tendency, and unless we continue to align ourselves with the plumb line of God’s truth we too can go a crooked way.

So as you embark along the road of life, are you staying in alignment with God’s plum line?

Or are you measuring how to live life by another standard?

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A man bought a very expensive suit at a fine men’s store for a very special upcoming occasion. Fitted to perfection the man and the store manager admired the tailor’s bespoke work and the man left the store, excited to wear it at an elegant affair that evening.

While getting dressed, as he was putting his pen into an inside pocket he accidentally brushed the open tip on the lapel making a long, prominent indelible mark. In doing so, the once perfect, spotless coat was now ruined.

Sin on our lives is exactly like this.

Just as we could not stand before others with a marked garment, we likewise cannot stand before God with the mark of sin on our lives. However, here is the Good News: (i.e. the Gospel!)

“The Blood of Jesus Christ…
Cleanseth us from ALL sin”
1 John 1:7

Friend, there is no amount of cleansing that we ourselves can do to erase the stain of sin on our lives! Jesus said, if we lived a perfect life, yet were errant in just One Small Mark, it would not make us pure enough to stand before God, however for those that trust and believe in Christ, God’s Word promise is that he shall wash away every mark of sin, make us clean, and make us 'whiter than snow' “Pure and Blameless.”

If you have not asked Christ for His forgiveness that will cleanse you from the deep marks of sin on your life, will you do that right now?

That mark does not have to be permanent.

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