John 3:1-18

Context: Jesus talks to Nicodemus in the night. Nicodemus only wanted to be buddy-buddy with Jesus, but Jesus lays out the new revolutionary life for believers. It confuses poor Nick, but later in the gospel we see a new strength from Nicodemus that suggests a new spirit.

John 3:1-18
Nicodemus, a rule maker for council of the Jews, got a chance to meet up with Jesus in the night time.  He approached the famous rabbi and stated,

"Teacher, we know you are a legit teacher who has  God's stamp of approval. You would not be able to perform such great wonders if you weren't."

Jesus flat out replied, "Listen up, this is important. No one can be part of God's ultimate take over of the world unless they are reborn (in Heaven)."

Nicodemus was thrown off a little only focusing on the reborn part, "That is a bit tricky seeing as that I am old, should I take a trip back in my mother's womb?"

Jesus explained further, "The ultimate takeover by God is closed to others unless they are cleaned spiritually by the work of the Holy Spirit. God will wash you and it will make you new. Humanity and falleness leads to more humanity, but the spirit brings up the spiritual life. This is a no brainer that I am telling you that the spirit brings new birth to people. In fact, this Spirit goes wherever it wants, comes and goes as it pleases. Like the wind, you don't know if it is coming or going. Same idea with those who had their life remade."

"I am so confused," Nicodemus confessed.

"You practically majored in this, Nicky, and you still don't have a clue what I am saying. I swear, you people talk big about knowing God and teach like its your job, but you are missing my point entirely. I toned down the explanation so you would understand and you are still playing stubborn. How do you suppose you will get an understanding if I start speaking deep theology about Heaven? No one has any idea what Heaven is truly about except me who just came from there.

It was just like when Moses raised a snake on a pole for the people to see, so must Jesus be raised up for the world to see. For God has a deep heart for this world and gifted his only son to it for the sake of him dying. He would give his eternal life to the people of the world. When the son of God gets lifted up, others can believe and have eternal life. God is not hunting for people to go to Hell even though some will reject the son and be out in the cold.

Finally, this is light coming into the world. Unfortunately God's children are addicted to darkness. In fact those people hate the light because it shows something they do not want to see.

John 12:24-37

Synopsis: Jesus is drawing near to his crucifixion and his time is spoken for. He tells the crowd about how committing to an unselfish life and abandoning your own agenda is a marriage with eternal life. Till death does its part.



John 12:24-36
What really matters
"Unless money is thrown at investments, pushed as far it can go, it just sits in a rainy day jar and has no value. When its value is exhausted and buried in investment it springs up and grows. The interest far outweighs the seed money. If you hold onto your life and keep it under a mattress for a rainy day then that is a life wasted. But if you sell out to my service you will invest in eternity.

You want to know that life? Follow me. Be present in constant ministry where I am. My Father will respect you for such noble service.

I am going through some life sized hurricanes. Am I going to hit the ejection button and go to Heaven? Nope! This is my moment to show how good my father's reputation and honor is.

A voice presented from the Heavens, "I have lifted up that name and it will rise again."

At this moment the people were confused and thought it was thundering out, while some people speculated an angel was talking.

Jesus spoke again, "that voice was not for my sake, but for yours. Our world is not in good shape. Satan is the true king of this ball of dirt, but his dominion is going to end abruptly. I am going to be lifted up from the Earth and that is going to be the pivotal moment in history that brings all the people to me."
Jesus had just described the details of his death.

Some of the people answered, "wait a second. I learned in Bible school that the chosen savior was immortal and his throne will last forever. Who is this savior, this son of God, who is going to die?"

Jesus replied, "Right now you are walking with the lights on and the dark cannot touch you on account of me. If you walk toward the darkness, away from me, confusion and lostness will ensue. Take advantage of this personal light. Believe in its power and goodness. You will notice that this light is inside you, Christ has made his base in you and now you are a child of that light.

Colossians 3

Context: We often see the verses in this chapter that talk about how much God hates sexual immorality, lying and anger. If that is the only message you get from Colossians 3 then you are missing the greater truth. This new life in Christ makes us holy and beloved. This is a title that gives purpose and a plan to our existence. We might have to commit to making sure the sinful life stays dead, but look at the new life that Christ has for us.





Colossians 3
The Life Defined

Since you just crossed over from the dead life to Jesus' brand new life, let's make sure your thoughts are thinking on a Godly level, where Jesus is master. Make a conscious decision to think the thoughts of Heaven and not the thoughts of popular culture. You died, bro, your life is now firmly secure in Jesus the master, waiting like a ninja to strike when the fateful day comes. When Christ makes his glorious comeback, we will be right there enjoying it with Him.

Slay your problematic sins and leave them. I am talking about the loose sex morals, the dirty thoughts, the inappropriate relationships, the whining about not having enough toys. This is bowing to a straw god. God has a vendetta against this life and he will be bringing the axe down. Take them out with prejudice. I am talking about the outbursts, wall punching anger, the jokes you make that would make a sailor blush. That life is a lie and it deceives others when you live it.

Here's the alternative. You are a spitting image of your creator, the God who made you. Start acting like that life matters. Slip on the new life God has for you. In this life it does not matter where you live, what your gender is, your political leanings nor if you follow a religious denomination.  All that matters is we are free in Christ.

The new task is trying out the new life in Christ, the life that sets you apart to be clean and deeply loved. Try out caring for others in a way that breaks your heart, waiting for others, serving others, being nice to others intentionally, servant like attitude and soft spoken behavior. Be prepared to forgive and communicate with those who are horribly imperfect to you. Christ treats you that way. To cap it all off, everything should be covered in love, the deep chocolaty shell that makes up this blessing sundae. Love sets the world right.

2 Cor 1:1-7

Context: Paul is one of the founding members of the Corinthian church. He spent a whole letter rebuking the once led church for sexual sins, splits over leadership and bad use of gifts. Now, he writes a second letter with a softer tone. He is explaining how his hardship with the church is for their wisdom and comfort.





2 cor 1:1-7

From: Paul, a fellow adminastrator of Jesus Christ, recruited by God
And Timothy, the brother in Christ

To: The Corinth Church of God and all people in the surrounding area of Achaia

May God grant you grace and peace as He is the Father of Jesus Christ.

Let's take a moment and give a shout to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, the father of helping out those in need and the caretaker for those who need to be cheered up. He sends a soothing and healing word when we are totally bumming out over life. Then we can be inspired to send soothing and healing words to others, like you.  This Christian life is not just about receiving hard knocks and reality checks like Christ did on the cross, we also need to accept the words of comfort that Jesus supplied so freely.

If my ministry is bugging out I want you to know it is for your ministries betterment and ease. My stress serves to teach you. On the same note, if God shares with us a relaxing and joyful moment we want you to get that as well.  My pain is your pain and my comfort is your comfort. All this for the sake of teaching you guys how to keep on keeping on in hard times.

Do not misunderstand our mission in the church, brothers and sisters. This ministry has been no cake walk. Working in Asia Ministries is hard work. We got the Roman gestapo knocking on our door, endless deadlines and the constant feeling I might not see tomorrow. The feeling of doom has been very familiar in this walk.  But we learned that we can't trust our own decisions and leadership power, but give it up to God instead. (Similar how my words stressed you out so you could rely on God). God has reached out His hand and saved us from some bad spills. We are confident he will do it in the future. We thank you for asking God for help on our behalf and we know that your prayers will lead others to see how awesome God truly is.

2 Corinthians 5:1-15

2 Cor 5:1-15
New Lease on Life

My life is like a broken and shoddy car. It is a knock off of a knock off. If that old car were to break for good I would not worry. God replaces that life with a quality, premium and choice select vehicle that has an endless warranty. This shiny new car was not ruined by 3rd rate human developers, but made by the owner of eternal life. Deep inside I desire the new quality life instead of this old one that won't work properly. The new car smell is driving me crazy. I wish just to reach out and grab it. Honestly, I would rather be found in the brand new ride instead of the broken one.  This new life is always on my mind and I know God put it there to give me a glimpse of hope. It is his spirit's lifetime guarantee.

So we are brave and tough it out even though greater things lay on the other side of this half-priced life. This is our end goal and we see it in our hopes and beliefs...not our eyeballs. We choose the new car over the old one 10 out of 10 times. But whether we are leasing this old junker or partaking in the luxury ride one thing is still top priority: God's pleasure is our aim. We will all have to kneel before Jesus as he takes command from his seat of judgement. From there we will be reviewed by how we lived this life and how we spent our time. Whether good or bad review, we will recieve it.

Therefore, since we do not take God lightly, we use our time and effort to persuade others. God sees us work at it all the time. Our work to his glorious throne is always before him. But this is not bragging and name dropping to impress you, this is to show you a community of believers that care about people like you and about what is inside your heart. We have an extreme range of emotions for our affections. If we are crazy it was for God. If we were calm and collected it was for your sake. It is Jesus' deep affections and encouragements that drive us to do good things. That love died for us and we along with it. But our death is to the old life.

1 Peter 4:1-11

DON'T CRY FOR ME OLD LIFE
Listen up, church. I got news for you. Christ Jesus suffered way worse than we ever did. His body was drained from stem to stern. So we can take a cue from his playbook. Maybe it is not such a shocker when we receive lesser maltreatment from neighbors. We should have the same outlook on life. Those who suffer internally with the stresses of this world are slowly letting the poison of selfishness drain from them.  If you feel the discomfort from this world it means you are on the right track to leave sin.

Because you are putting an axe to the bad habits of your pagan neighbors, you are choosing God's personal management over your life. Very smart move. By now you have punched your card enough times at your old job: the nasty sins of alcholism, addiction, meaningless sex, obsession with things and fight starting. Your neighbors are starting to talk and they wonder why you aren't living in the fast lane of fast cars and faster woman. They call you softie behind your back for chickening out.  Don't listen to them. Those who live in the fast lane can't see the wall at the end. That wall is God and he will make them pay the bill for their extravagant life. Dead or alive, He will get you.

But that is the difference that the good news of Jesus makes. It is a battery that brings power to those who are even already dead. Even though their body hit the bucket, their spirit is doing just fine in this new life.

God is closing the book on this dark chapter. Focus! Concentrate on God's agenda so you can have a steady flow of communication with Him. You lose focus and your prayers become muddy. And what do we focus on? Where should our braincells be firing? Love! Give someone the deepest and most wide spread love your frame can handle. Love erases the screw up, pardons the messy and spends time with the broken. Open up your house to everyone and let them use your luxuries. You have that special skill, that God given power that makes others blessed. God is investing in your skills. If your skill is speaking then fill the air with the speeches of God. If you like helping people in need than let God be your driving force to accomplish things. In this way God gets a good return on his investment in the form of praise and worship in Jesus. Jesus is glorious, powerful and eternal. Amen

1 Cor 6: 1-11

1 Cor 6:1-11
Don't Let The World Fix This







So two people in your church are having a tiff. Sometimes arguments arise. But the fact of the matter is that you let the ungodly courts settle the case. They are really not in the position to handle our mediations. We are the ones who will be casting a verdict on them. If we are going to judge the imperfect things of this world than I think we can settle our own tiffs without bringing legal action into it. We will be judging angels for goodness sake! I don't believe the secular courts need to tell us how to behave with one another. They have bigger problems. You should feel like you are missing the point here. Not one of you can play peace keeper and settle the matter? But instead two godly people who read the word of god are trying to play Judge Judy in front of the world of unbelievers. These are unbelievers who don't give a crap about what God believes.

It gets worse. The fact that two believers are trying to sue each other and bring legal action is a huge epic loss. It would actually be better to be wronged, violated, insulted and sinned against than to follow this action. What are you trying to prove by gambling in the court system? You are dealing with the wrong people. Those people have only their crimes as their hope and the gates of God will not be opening for them. You know the people I am talking about. The pervs, the sexual deviants, the lust monsters, guys who break their marriage, the people that bow to everything but God and those who forsake natural relationships between man and woman. Don't get me started on the con artists, the money slaves, the corrupt business owners and the the kleptos. These people are not passing on their good merits. You were once like them. All you knew was the bad life. But the Lord Jesus cleaned that off you for good. He put you on the right side of his favor for eternity.

Daniel 1:1-21

Danny's New Job





In the 3rd fiscal year under the management of Israel Inc. CEO Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar, rival CEO of Babylon, came to the Jerusalem HQ and bought it out. The Lord had fired Jehoiakim from his management position and all the sacred assets of the company got taken over. Nebu now controlled both businesses including the sacred assets that were now under Nebu's business plan.

Nebu then tasked Ashpenaz, HR of Babylon, to take inventory of the employees of Israel Inc. He was to find their top value workers and train them up for management positions. These employees would be quick on their feet, business saavy and real charmers on the sales floor. Ash was to teach the Babylonian business model to these top employees.  On top of that, the CEO would allow these men to sit in on the management meetings that were held in an exotic gentleman's club. These meetings are where management was trained to be future leaders of the business.

Israel Inc's top men were Danny, Hana, Mish and Aza. The first day of work they got new name tags that tested better in Babylon. Danny become Belter, Hana became Shady, Mish became Meshack and Aza became Abe.

But the one thing Danny was not going to stand for was the monthly management meetings at the exotic club of defilement. He marched to HR and explained that he and his crew would not be partaking in these events. HR carefully explained that these events were crucial to climbing the corporate ladder. Those who failed to rise were fired. But God was not about to lose his most faithful employees to defilement so he put HR on Danny's side. Danny compromised with HR and said, "Me and my work mates can sit in the office and read the business manuals while this is going on." HR tried to reason with Danny that the manuals were boring and dry, but Danny seemed confident that this would work.

Danny, Hana, Aza and Mish went to their Sales Supervisor and explained that they would be missing ten meetings at the exotic night club. They would instead be reading manuals in the office. He explained it like this to the supervisor, "If we don't have equal or better sales metrics on the floor than we will gladly join you at the meetings. Just let us have ten meetings in the office." The Supervisor gave the green light and Danny tried his new tactic.

By the end of the fiscal year, Danny and his sales team were in the top five. They had the highest conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Their methods were so inspiring that the Supervisor put the rest of the Sales team under Danny's method.

Danny and his fellow co-workers continued to be promoted by God. They had amazing work ethic, understanding of customer needs and the winning spirit for sales. God even gave Danny the gift of interpreting the business world. He could see the future of Babylon Inc.

When it came time to evaluate the employees, the Supervisor had no problem presenting Danny and his team. Their numbers and work ethic were beyond every sales team in the company. Nebu found them to be way more qualified than all the middle management, analysts and accountants he had working for him.

Danny remained in the company even after Nebu passed CEO to his understudy, Cyrus.

1 Peter 1:13-25

Context: Peter has to explain to his followers that persecution and hardship isn't the end of the world. In fact it can actually strengthen the faith. He assures them that God gave them this faith as an inheritance and now God is using hard times to shape it. Now Peter tells the church that they need to be on the offensive with their faith.


1st Peter 1:13-25
Wake up and smell the holy wars, my friends. You are on the frontline in the war for your mind. Set your artillery toward the rising dawn, which is Christ and his never ending grace upon his return.  Keep fighting back that shadowy tentacle of evil that grips loyal children like yourselves. You were friends with this evil tentacle back when you were mindless peons. You two were tight. But you have been upgraded to the Holy Army. A Sacred knight of God's throne must act as such. Just as the scripture says, "Be holy because I am Holy."

Time is money and God owns the bank and the stopwatch. Make the most of your stay on this Earth, but keep in mind this is just a pitstop. You are not living for cheap tricks and trinkets that dissolve like cotton candy. This is an old family tradition that needs to be buried. But now you've struck it rich in Christ's blood, a sacrfice that is perfect and flawlessly executed. Christ gives nothing cheap. This present was set and gift wrapped before the world was on the blueprints (though God let us take a little peek at the gift). You believe that this gift gave up His life for our sake, but God gave Him life and a crown of royalty. Now this extraordinary event in history is our lifeline.

To sum it all up...since you have bowed to these facts about Christ and his gift leading to a love for others that is legit...LOVE OTHERS LIKE YOU ARE LEGIT. Love them like you mean it. You are not a cheap plastic toy that breaks. You are a finely crafted, time tested soul, powered by God's word. Unbreakable!

As the good book says,
"Humans are like carnival goldfish.
Our accomplisments are like carnival prizes.
The fish die too easily and the prizes get thrown out
But God's truth lasts through all time."

And this is the truth I am giving you.

Philippians 4:4-13

Context: Paul, an imprisoned messenger of Jesus, is giving hope to the church of Philippi who are facing persecution of their own. He ends his letter with hopeful instructions.





Phil 4:4-13
How to Keep Your Sanity in Dark Times!

1. Celebrate God! I don't care what the occasion, just put God in a good light.  God is coming to make His debut in our lives and we need to show the people we love and support one another.

2. Don't let any problem in this life keep you up at night. I forbid any pacing, hand wringing or unnecessary insomnia over the hurdles of life. It is a God problem and all God problems deserve to be voiced toward God. Not only just to have God hear you cry out, but to also be thankful that he is capable of handling it. This is the lifestyle where God's beautiful peace and confidence overpowers your endless badgering of the situation and your brain  gets refuge behind the wall of Christ. It is a reality.

3. How are you going to spend your day, siblings of the Lord? How about you start dwelling on honesty, absolute truth, professionalism and courtesy in relationships, every day acts of heroism, habits of restraint and clean thinking, respect toward creation, awe of God's splendor, integrity in the work place, attitudes of victory and acts of selflessness that bring out the good in God's people. These thoughts should be the consumption of your day.

4. These nuggets of wisdom that I am speaking should be put into practice. Don't just read this and walk away. Do this and God's clarity and alacrity will be with you.

Finally guys, I am touched that you were deeply concerned about my well being. You wanted so bad to help me in my imprisoned state. But...I don't really have any dire needs right now. I know...right, I am in prison and I seem to taking it quite alright. Even if my life isn't all peaches and gravy I am still keeping a cool head. There's a secret to being okay with this unstable life. You see, I have been on both ends of the spectrum: feast and famine. I have swam through riches, fame and plenty, but I have also been poorer than a peasant. There's one tip that has made this liveable, one reminder that keeps me from going crazy.  Are you ready? The secret: Christ keeps me stable and strong. I can get through this because of Jesus. Amen.

Proverbs 5

Proverbs 5






Office Email: Watch out for Mrs. Low Self Esteem

Attention fellow employees. We all need to keep a look out for this. We have one opportunity to listen to this warning and I think we should. This PSA is really going to make you better judges of character and you will sound way smarter because of it.

There's this girl around the office. A real sweet person. A smooth talker. She has a very playful way with words.  Stay away from her. She is trouble and those sweet nothings will end up as cavities in your mouth. Mrs. LSE is being a huge distraction on the work force. She is apparently dropping some hints that she is lonely. She is married and has the potential to ruin your life and hers. It will be death for you. In her defense she is kind of aloof to this situation, but we will leave that to HR to handle.

Keep your distance from her. Don't be over friendly with her near the cubicle. Don't start any late night projects with her. One slip and you will become the joke of the office. A bad joke with an infamous punchline. She's not worth the loss of face. Her husband is also an NRA member.

She may be very cute and friendly, but how long do you think that will last? When you are ready to retire and collect your 401k you will also be collecting your infamy from the night of stupidity you had with her. You will kick yourself because you did not say no to her. Let this email guide you and warn you. You don't want to be the office loser.

Go home. Kiss your wonderful wife and be thankful you have such a wonderful blessing in your life. Enjoy her to the fullest and make sure she knows that she is special to you. You are young and in love and that is something to celebrate. Make sure you are the only one celebrating it with your wife.

In fact, use your vacation time to take your misses on a romantic get away. You two can spend some serious "we" time together.  The censor board is screening emails so I will use discretion. Have lots of fun, that is all I am saying.

Don't get caught up with Mrs. LSE. She is looking for bad attention. On top of that her husband is a blackbelt in Jujitsu.

We in upper management know what is going on. The Boss sees everything. We are just looking out for you and we dont want any stupid harm coming your way. Be smart. Make good choices. Train yourself in these choices and don't be a clod.

Sincerely,
Your Supervisor

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

1 Corinthians 6:12-20





There is a popular saying going around, "If you have an itch you should scratch it." That might be true, but it doesn't make it smart. You say, "I am free to scratch any itch." But sooner or later that itch is going to own you. I won't let that happen in my life. You also live behind the ideal, "Food and sex are the same thing. Temporary." I mean, you're going to die some day. Why not indulge a little?

Consider this...

Your body was programmed by God. He is the creator, the one who wrote the spiritual code for our software. We are seriously voiding the warranty when we chase after reckless and meaningless sex. Instead we should be loyal to God whose duty is to make our bodies mint condition.

You would be wrong to think that you are just a bag of bones and a bunch of primal desires. You're actually a spiritual power house capable of resurrection. The same power that God put into Christ's body. This puts you into a very special class of citizens called Team Christ.

Take your new life seriously. If you represent Team Christ and believe that you are part of His body would it make any sense to also team up with prostitutes? Imagine if I gave you the original Mona Lisa painting and you used it like toilet paper. If you go around trying to score chicks then you are sharing more than just a night of pleasure. You are sharing your body, soul and mind. You just said "till death do us part" in your flesh.

But you guys are upgraded into having a union with Christ. He is of infinite value. He outweighs meaningless joyrides by a mile.

My suggestion...run like Hell from these temptations. Stop being a player. Stop looking at girls like they are your flesh servants. The joke is on you, brother. Everytime you mess with her you are doing a great injustice to your body. A lot of sins hurt a lot of people, but this sin is a sledgehammer to your own temple. It will leave you broken. Like stated earlier, you were made by the creator. You are a blazing torch for His spirit. Don't crap all over the gift. Wake up today knowing that God financed your new life. That means you treat your body with respect.

Galatians 6:1-10

Soldiers of Christ, if you see a brother or sister knee deep in a mirky and dangerous lifestyle, you who were trained in God's word should help pull them out with grace. Don't yank them out violently and sever good communication, but with ease. Keep watch that you don't become their judge, jury and executioner. It is easy to take on that role. Carry your wounded siblings and you will be doing your job as a soldier. As Christ did his job as a perfect soldier. Keep an eye on your progress in training. Don't worry about the person next to you and how they are training. We all have our own goals and limits. Be proud of how you train spiritually, but never in comparison to how others grow. Christ made a spiritual obstacle course tailored to you.

But also remember, your growth as a soldier of Christ is for the benefit of others. Share what you have learned with your teachers. It makes you fit into the community of believers.

Don't be an idiot, soldier. God is serious about the duty of Christians and it can't be reversed by fools. You get what you invest. Let's say you want to spend this life having lazy "me time." How in the world do you expect to feel anything but desolation and a crappy life? On the other hand if you invest in the work of God's spirit, the force of all positive change, then the goal will always be eternal life.

It's zero hour on this battlefield so don't give up serving others. You are making a difference that the devil won't let you see. But we know how it will end. So let's have at it. Who can you serve today? Whose life can you brighten? This should be your attitude, especially toward other members in the Christ army.

Romans 8

Context: Paul is telling the difference between law and the spirit. His conclusion is that sin lives in everyone ruining God's law. But he answers his own dilemma with the work of Jesus Christ

Romans 8:1-17

Now everyone is welcome to be part of God's relationship with no abandonment or firing as long as they team up with Jesus-the one sent to abolish wrong doing. It was Jesus who reversed the rule that all sinners have to die and be eternally imprisoned.  He replaced it with those who live in his life getting to be free of fault. Jesus died on the cross by his Father's request. He got tattooed with our sinful bodies and exchanged his perfect body to save our reckless one. He sent sin to prison where we were supposed to go. Those hoops, promotions, and extra work we must do to get in God's good wishes is now no longer necessary for those who have God's life and gift as their identity.

If you could care less about living for God then you're probably going to live for yourself and be ruled by your fleshly frame. They will obey the old master who wants them to lose. Those who care and strive for what God cares about, experiencing his freedom, live by a new edict.  They desire God's wishes. If you are going to live the old way where there is no freedom than you must expect death. The kind of death where you turn away from the one who is saving you from peril. But those who are driven by the treasure chest of God's life will find treasure in the form of clarity of mind and a fresh start to a new adventure.

The sinful life is a middle finger to God and he cannot ignore that. It can't even change its ways if it tried really hard. God is not impressed by those who try to live without Jesus in their corner.

You are different. I can see that in you. You have chosen God's means of rescue and strive to follow his ways. Those who lack this foundation do not belong in the family. This is the line God draws. But you have this and will be alive even though your body has an expiration date. This is because God has cleaned your slate and made you perfect. This power that you have in you is the same power that raised Christ from the dead. It is a power that reverses the horrible inevitable. This power is inside you now and it is called God's spirit of life. Those who have it have it because of Jesus.

We got a job now and it isn't going back to our old ways of being really good and hoping to get into Heaven. If you live in that way you will meet failure. But once again the freedom God gives and the gift of Jesus eliminates our wreckless behavior way better than any solution.

You are a family member of God, a child that He is responsible for loving. That is the spirit that talks to us. You are not some prisoner who has to fill a quota to avoid a beating from the warden. That is a fearful way. Instead your new life plucked you from the prison and made you a rich child of the father. Our souls yell in victory that He owns us. Christ is now our brother in the fortune of this life. God is our glorious benefactor. If we live through thick and thin, taking the bad and the good with Christ, we share in his glorious unveiling.

Main Idea:  There is a new way through Christ that completely renders the old way useless.  Accept the new way.