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We no longer live by the rules of the sabbath (see my old post), because something (someone) greater is here, Jesus! He is the temple, He is the sabbath, we are His body and we are a kingdom of priests!

He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
-Matthew 12:3-8

Therefore, just as this sin entered the world through one of humanity’s own, so death entered the world through this sin. So too in this same way, death passed to all people at the time everyone sinned.

-Rom 5:12

Paul retrospectively draws the picture of Adam as a type of Christ. In the same way that sin came into the world when Adam (actually Eve, but still, Adam is a “representative head”) sinned, it is actually applied to people at the time when they prove to be one of Adam’s own by sinning. Have you sinned? Yes? Then guess what, you’re one of Adam’s.

So too, Jesus’ death on the cross provides salvation for every person, all of humanity, but it is only applied at the time when people accept the free gift of grace. We prove we are one of Christ’s own when we receive Him.

For just as through this disobedience of one of humanity’s own, those who sin were made many; even in this same way, through the obedience of The One, those who are righteous will be made many.

Rom 5:19 

Adam’s sin is not forced on us, but he paved the way for us all. Each and every person has chosen to sin and shows that we are all Adam’s own. In the same way, Jesus’ free gift of salvation is not forced on you, you must choose to accept it. But when you do, you will be made righteous, justified and saved to be a part of the new humanity.

Won’t you stop trusting in yourself, hoping you can be good enough? Make Jesus your Lord, give Him your life, have faith, really believe, and trust in Christ alone for salvation. He is the only way…

We all come to Jesus, even if we don’t believe in Him as Lord, with preconceived ideas. But usually, the Jesus we find is not the one we are looking for…

John the Baptist was no different. He was Jesus’ cousin, had known Him as far back as he could remember, yet he still asks “is He the one we’ve been expecting?” (cf. Matt 11)

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These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Matt 10:5-7

Jesus sent out his disciples, and so He sends us out too. 

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2014 is looking bring, but will we be ready?

And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

-Matt 9:35-38

Jesus didn’t stand still, He moved… he spread the word… He saw the people who needed Him, and he realized the harvest was more than ready!

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