Are You Walking in the Darkness? You Won’t Have To If You Follow Jesus.

Meditate as you walk.

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." John 8:12  

Jesus called His first disciples, who were fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. Soon after they became His followers He spoke to them and others saying that they didn’t have to walk in darkness…in the valley of the shadow of death…anymore. He was giving them life if they followed Him. We have the same promise today. If we follow Jesus, we won’t have to walk in darkness…in that valley of the shadow of death. We will die physically, but we’ll never die spiritually. God is a spiritual being. Jesus, as God, is a spiritual being. We have a spiritual aspect to our own being that will live forever with Jesus…if we follow Him…if we believe in Him as our Messiah, our Savior. 

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A Savior. Saving us from what you might ask? From darkness, spiritual death, our own selfish desires and sin. Jesus, as our Savior, took our sins upon Himself, died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sin. Everyone sins. We cannot escape it without a sacrifice. Since the beginning of mankind’s sin—with the rebellion of Adam and Eve—God has required a sacrifice for sin. Jesus fulfilled that sacrifice once for all people throughout all of history. Past, present and future. Just as He declared with His last breath. It is finished. Sin is forgiven.

 Is Jesus your Messiah? Talk to Him today while there is still time to establish a relationship with Him.

 Prayer ~ God, Thank you for forgiving my sin. Let no one experiencing brokenness—walking in the darkness—walk past me without my response in keeping with what the Holy Spirit wants me to do. Give me compassion towards others, as well as the humility and boldness to practice…to do…what You want me to do, to walk as You want me to live.

 Verses of Salvation ~ Look up to the skies above, and gaze down on the earth below. For the skies will disappear like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing. The people of the earth will die like flies, but my salvation lasts forever. My righteous rule will never end! Isaiah 51:6

Salvation from God lasts forever. We only have to ask for forgiveness for a particular sin and repent once. Jesus has provided that forgiveness, once and for all.

 

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Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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