CHURCH4U2: Verso del Día

Daily Sermon ILLustration-Can’t Get Rid of the Holes

Can’t Get Rid of the Holes Someone tells the story of a boy who was rebelling against his dad constantly. This boy was destroying his own life by his rebellion, but he refuse to heed his father’s words. One day, the dad said to the boy, "I want to show you what you’re doing to your life. I’m going to put a wooden post in our front yard. Every time you rebel, I will put a nail in this post. Every time you obey, I will pull out one nail." The first thought from the boy was, "I’m going to do everything I can to fill that post with nails." And he did. In two months’ time, he filled that post with nails. But he also began to feel the damage he was doing to his own life and to his parents’ lives. With true remorse, the boy began to obey his father. One by one, the nails came out. When the last nail came out of the post, the boy both broke down in tears. The dad asked, "Son, why are you crying?" And the boy replied, "I got rid of the nails, but I can’t get rid of the holes." God the Father saw the nails and the posts of our lives, and He saw our helplessness against sin. So He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to gather the nails and the posts from those who would let Him. And because of His love for us, Christ allowed Himself to be nailed on the posts, where He willingly paid the consequence of our sin. Romans 6:23 tells us, "For the [consequences] of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." And this gift comes with God’s Spirit to train us to live holy lives. =(Church Iglesia) Added a new video to Church4u2TV "The Father's Song" http://WorldTV.com/Church4u2TV/?vid=3

Friday, January 3, 2014

Verso del Día - Tito 2:11-12

Porque la gracia de Dios se ha manifestado, trayendo salvación a todos los hombres, enseñándonos, que negando la impiedad y los deseos mundanos, vivamos en este mundo sobria, justa y piadosamente, — Tito 2:11-12

Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy

En un mundo donde no existe los absolutos, en un mundo en búsqueda de un código moral, la salvación por la gracia costosa de Dios nos llama a cambiar nuestras maneras de vivir en respuesta a la gracia de Dios. Quien sea que recibe la gracia y niega buscar la justicia demuestra su ignorancia o dureza de corazón. En nuestro día, en nuestra época, ser salvo quiere decir buscar justicia, no para ganar la salvación, sino para que la gracia salvadora de Dios no se de sin fruto en nosotros.

Mi oración

Santo Padre, confieso que vivo en una generación confusa. Satanás siempre está distorsionando la distinción entre lo correcto y lo incorrecto, el bien y el mal, lo moral y lo inmoral. Porque me has llenado de gracia, busco que mi vida refleje la justicia que distes en Jesús. "Que las palabras de mi boca y los pensamientos de mi corazón sean agradables a tus ojos, mi Roca y mi Redentor." Por Jesús, mi sacrificio oro, Amén.

Los pensamientos y la Oración del Verso de Hoy son escritos por Phil Ware. Puede enviar sus preguntas o comentarios a phil@verseoftheday.com.

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