Abundant Life Christian Fellowship

Here we are at the last Sunday in November. Thanksgiving Day is behind us for another year and the preparations are well underway for Christmas.  As we approach the Christmas Season we need to realize that Jesus didn’t come to help us overcome our sinful nature; He came to completely do away with it. That’s why the Bible says, “Our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin” (Romans 6:6 NKJV). Jesus took away all of your unrighteousness and gave you His righteousness - which means His own right standing with God. A person cannot be partly righteous and partly unrighteous. You do not have to struggle with a split personality.

As a child of God, you are a new creation. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV). When you accept Jesus, your old sinful nature is a thing of the past. The work Jesus did at the cross made you a new person, one who is in right standing with God. Once you see yourself as God sees you - as the completely righteous person that you are - then your righteous nature will begin to manifest. You’ll start to think and act like a righteous person. You’ll be able to freely declare, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!” But it will never happen unless and until you see yourself the way that God sees you. It all begins with having a right relationship with God that comes only through Jesus Christ.

Many years ago Jesus came as a baby in a manger. When He returns He will come to take us to heaven in what is called the Rapture which could happen at any time. The question is this: Are you as ready to see Him as you are in preparing to celebrate Christmas? If not, that needs to be at the top of your priority list. This year as a Christmas gift, give yourself as a gift to Jesus Christ and give Him your best!

Pastor Dave