Prayer – Lord Jesus, I know that You are my Redeemer…and I will live forever with You. Help me to share this message with others—that they would understand the freedom You have given us…and the hope of an eternal life. Thank you for being that Partridge in the Pear Tree—our Lord and Savior. Our Redeemer.
Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has
visited and redeemed his people. He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal
line of his servant David, just as he promised through his holy prophets long
ago. Luke 1:68-70
Meditate. Read God’s word and listen—take to heart—what He
is saying.
Are you redeemed? Redeemed—saved from what you might ask?
Everyone sins—even if they don’t want to admit it.
For everyone has
sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved
kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when
he freed us from the penalty for our sins. Romans 3:23-24
We are NOT perfect—but by the blood of Jesus we have been
rescued, ransomed, redeemed.
Then I saw a Lamb
that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the
throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had
seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is
sent out into every part of the earth. He stepped forward and took the scroll
from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne. And when he took the
scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the
Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which
are the prayers of God's people. And they sang a new song with these words:
"You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For
you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every
tribe and language and people and nation. And you have caused them to become a
Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth." Revelation
5:6-10
Life, Death, and Resurrection.
Jesus Christ
Depicted on a cross from Medjugorje.
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb—that
is Jesus Christ, who although He was sinless, He took on the punishment of death
for our sins. Amazing love. Who gives up His life for others so that they might
live forever? Jesus. And His resurrection from the dead was part of the
Heavenly Father’s plan for mankind. We—all believers—will all be resurrected one
day, like Jesus.
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life.
Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me
and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?"
"Yes, Lord," she told him. "I have always believed you are the
Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God." John 11:25-27
Jesus is the Messiah—the risen Lord.
For the next few days, we’ll continue
to reflect on the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” For the second day of
Christmas the Two Turtle Doves represent the Old and New Testaments, the two
books that comprise the Holy Bible. Only the Old Testament obviously existed at
the time of Jesus. The New Testament is all about Jesus—His birth, teachings, life,
death, resurrection, and His return. There are sixty-six books in the total
Bible written by at least forty different authors over two-thousand years. The
theme of the Bible is really God’s love for mankind and His efforts to redeem
them. Are you among the redeemed?
Verse of Salvation ~ LORD, give me your unfailing love,
the salvation that you promised me. Psalm 119:41
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