I’ve seen several people talking about how the “18-24 year old” crowd voted. Here’s a map to represent how they voted in the presidential election of 2016.
It looks like these young adults are pretty liberal…
4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
The way Christians live matters. Not so that we will gain the favor of God, but because of who we are. The way we live our lives reveals who we are. Are we His, or are we the world’s? Do we act like everyone else, or do we act as though we really do believe the Bible identifies the good? Marriage and faithfulness is a major indicator as to whether or not our faith is genuine. Money is another tell. Is it a tool for what your Lord has for you to do, or is it your Lord? You can’t serve both God and money. God is all you need, and you can never lose Him, that is, if you are His. And if you are, it will come out of you. Take stock of your life. Do you live for Him, or do you live for yourself. There is no need to be afraid of any unknown, your Lord is with you. Fear can paralyze you, don’t let it. Fear is the mind killer.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Look around. Read the Bible. Listen to some history. We are not the first generation of believers. Look at the testimony of those who’ve gone before us. Don’t get caught-up in things that experience shows us do not matter. Sin and also everyday distractions. We have a race to run. You have a course laid out before you. Run. Run to win. Do your best. Look to Jesus’ example above all. Anticipate your future, it is great. Let that encourage you to stay the course, just like Jesus did. If you follow Jesus, you have profound joy in your future, be encouraged!
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
How can we know how and why we’re here? I don’t mean what happened, we can postulate and theorize about the “big bang” but how did that which went “bang” come into being, and why was it there? It is by faith we trust in God. Science does not even ask such questions, that is the realm of Theology and Philosophy, but it is only answered by revelation. The Bible tells us, and we have faith.
12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Jesus’ death is enough, for all time. You don’t have to worry about those things you’ve done since you’ve become a Christian, He’s already died for them. It is good and right for us to confess them, but understand, that debt has already been paid. Jesus is seated, He is waiting. You have been saved, and you are being saved. Day by day, moment by moment, you are being transformed into the likeness of God’s Son, if you are His. Is that true in your life? If not, why not?
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