Wayne Estrada

19 hrs

In every time, generation, and season - like a breeze that seemingly comes out of nowhere - popular trends come and go. Many are innocent - like styles of clothing, music, or hairstyles, but others lead people into ways of thinking and acting causing confusion, conflict and controversy.

Following the crowd is easy when the wind is at everyone’s back, but as today’s word from the Apostle Paul warns, it is vital to determine if that wind is blowing your mind, thinking and actions in ways that lead to error.

In particular, popular social trends propagated in a politically-correct, media-intense world are powerful winds strongly affecting people to act, say, and behave in ways contrary to godliness, righteousness — and even common sense! Again, Paul adamantly warned of this danger saying,

“Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and VAIN DECEIT,
after the tradition of men,
after the rudiments of the world and
NOT after Christ.”
Colossians 2:8

Just because 'Times May Be A Changin' doesn’t mean that truth and the answers for today are also 'Blowin’ In The Wind.' (Bob Dylan) Instead, “Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and ACCEPTABLE, and PERFECT, will of God.”

Friend, are the winds of change at your back?

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When an important issue came up requiring a decisive yea or nay vote, a well-known politician (not wanting to make enemies or offend supporters) repeatedly voted 'Present.' In doing so, his continual lack of commitment enabled him to do what he wanted without apparent consequence or judgment by others.

Many people have the same approach when it comes to making a decision about God, salvation and eternal life. In order to either not offend others and/or continue to live life without consequence, pressing the 'Present' button is an easy way to put off making what is actually the single most important decision in this life.

Regarding what you think or believe happens after this life ends is entirely up to you. No one is telling you what you must do, think or believe about this whole 'God-thing,' belief in 'Christ' and a 'need for salvation.' This is a button that some (maybe you?) are not willing or ready to push...and that again is your choice.

Friend, as today’s verse says, Christ says that he would rather see people decide to either CHOOSE HIM or REJECT HIM, but when life ends without making a choice, the 'present' button will not be there.

A vote about your eternity will eventually come up.

What is your decision?

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In 1626 the Dutch West India Company purchased Manhattan island for 60 guilders, or about $24. If that 'Little Thing' was put into an account at 7% a year, the amount of compounded interest today would be over seven million dollars.

We all also are depositing into a special account of every “little thing” that we have done, thought or said recorded on a ledger in a book in heaven of every sin we have committed, and each deposit is compounded with interest to an amount that becomes SO GREAT that we can never pay it back.

Jesus warned us about this in Matthew 12:3 that one day “all shall give account thereof in the day of judgment” and Revelation 20:12 describes this time saying:

“...the small and great shall stand before God;
And The Books Were Opened,
And another book was opened, which is the book of life
And the dead were judged out of those things
Which were written in the books,
According To Their Works.”

What will be 'paid' as our reward for our miscreant actions are starkly stated in Romans 6:23 saying:

“The wages of sin is death” but here is the Good News (literally the meaning of the word 'Gospel'!) because the last part of this verse says “...the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord(!)”

You see, when Christ died on the cross His sacrifice “(paid) for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.” Instead of the debt of death we would have owed, Colossians 2:13-14 tells us instead that

“God made us alive together with him,
having FORGIVEN us all our trespasses
by CANCELLING the record of DEBT that against us.”

The compounding and literally deadly debt of sin is erased from the ledger for all those that believe in Christ, confess their sin, and proclaim it!

Friend, what is the current balance of your sin ledger?

Still DUE, or PAID IN FULL?

God Bless You - Jesus Loves You
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At all sporting events, there are always three types of people — those Watching in the stands being entertained, some on the bench Waiting to get in the game, and those on the field Working to win the game, and this raises a sobering observation of how the behavior and customs of the world have changed many churches from a PARTICIPATION model into a SPECTATOR model.

Many churches and church goers are now CONSUMERs, not DISCIPLES and the litmus test of what kind of church people choose to go comes down to these three questions:

A Consumer Christian asks, “What Will I Get OUT Of It?”
A Disciple Christian asks, “What Can I Put INTO It?
A Consumer Christian asks, “Will This Please Me?”
A Disciple Christian asks, “Will This Please God?”
A Consumer Christian asks, “How Will They Serve me?”
A Disciple Christian asks, “How Can I Serve?
This is not about the difference between 'traditional' and 'contemporary' churches or worship services, but a challenge for all believers, regardless of denomination or type of worship service to not be influenced by the behavior and customs of this world, but rather always be looking at God’s Word and living a life that is pleasing to and glorifying Him above all in all we do.

Friend, what type of church are you attending?

Is it one where you are in the stands as a
* Consumer Christian?
or on the field as a
* Dedicated Disciple?

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What is Wickedness?

Wicked is first used in the Bible describing Sodom and Gomorrah and is the Hebrew word “Ra” which means All Which Is Disagreeable To God. Ra is also the name of the highest Egyptian deity who was worshipped as the creator and source of all light, so anything 'Ra' is the Exact Opposite of Holy God!

In English, 'wicked' comes from 'wicca' from which we get the words 'witch' and 'wretched' and describes all those who are “pursued, banished, exiled and will be driven out.”

As today’s verse warns us, evil comes forth from evil, and Proverbs 13:20 says all that those that are “companions of fools shall be destroyed.” It is therefore vital to keep far away from wickedness in any form (1 Peter 3:11) and God’s Word in Deuteronomy 29:16-21 soberly states that in not doing so “All the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.” Yet again as 1 Samuel gravely instructs us, God’s hand of blessing will not be upon the wicked.

Friend, we all have one of two choices. We can life a life where all is AGREEABLE to God or all which is DISAGREEABLE to God. The first promises life and blessing, but the second is the banished of the wretched.

It is your choice how to live your life and who you associate with.

Who do you choose those persons to be?

God Bless You - Jesus Loves You
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