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Friday, February 22, 2013

Finding an UpRight Life in A World Upside-Down


Finding an UpRight Life    
in a World 
turned Upside-Down
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Compared to the Bible, we live in an upside down world,  but some people think that compared to the world, the Bible is upside down.





The Bible is God's way. 

 Jesus' life, 
    everything He said, all He represented was verified!  
No religious leader has ever been verified by God,
     except Jesus.  
          Not Buddha,  Not Mohammad, no one,
                except Jesus!        
In God raising Jesus from the dead,
    God verified all things written
         in the life, behaviors, and teachings of Jesus!  


There is not one iota, 
not one bit, shred, or scrap of evidence 
contrary to the Scriptural Truth and Testimony 
of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  
Christianity is the only faith delivered through Grace
based on the Redemptive Salvation 
of God's Love for mankind,
 and verified by a Risen Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ.
"Jesus is Alive!"     

Life, your life and its eternity is found in the Gospels!  

In reading the Gospels, you have to make a decision.  
Truly a decision not of a life time, 
      but a decision for eternity, you best make it count.

When reading the Gospels, 
one finds many things contrary to what the world want us to believe.  

Either Jesus, His life, His Truth had it backwards or 

     most of the people in the world live life backwards!  

The World Says (TWS):  Do your own thing your way.

Jesus Christ Says (JCS):

 "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me". John 14:6 NIV 


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TWS:  The courts must keep track of those who most break our laws and put in jail habitual offenders. 
Jesus Christ Says:   On Judging Others:

Luke 6:37-42pp -- Mt 7:1-5

37"Do not judge, and you will not be judged.
       Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
        Forgive, and you will be forgiven".
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Jesus truly turned and turns
  the world right Rightside-Up, 
        and the world is still learning.

Where the Jewish heritage taught 

     sacrifice an animal and your sins are forgiven,
     an eye for an eye,
         and forgive seven times,
Jesus said, 
     "Forgive your neighbor and I will forgive you."
          This was blasphemous to the Jews as only God can forgive.

Where the Jews held sacred "the Law" 

   as a check list to righteousness,
Jesus taught righteousness 
   came not from a checklist but
     came only through Him.

Where the Jewish leaders taught,

      "The Law is the way"
Jesus said,
      "I fulfill the law, I am the way..."

Where the Jews would not eat unclean food,

Jesus taught 
        only what came from the mouth was unclean.

The Jewish world, it was filled with hate,

     The Jews hated the Romans, the Samaritan Jews, 
              and most everything else not Jewish based,
Jesus simplified life and taught "love your neighbor".

Where the Jews, held only their

        traditions of the "old way" were true,
Jesus taught He IS The Truth and the only way.

Where the Jews believed behavior was paramount

     to a Godly life,
Jesus taught
     through faith and Trust in He alone 
       is The Way, the path of The Godly life.

Where the Jews lived and worshiped

       in their 2000 years of tradition,
Jesus taught He was fulfillment
       of all their Jewish tradition. 

Where the Jews held that God's Spirit came only 

     to one Chosen of them for a period of time,
Jesus forever delivers the Holy Spirit 
    to all Choosing Him and 
        His Continuous Saving Grace.

Where in the world for many, many Jews included,

      It was believed in Death we have our end,
But, The Truth in Jesus,
       Brings New Life, and more,
            Death is no longer a hopeless end 
               but only the beginning of new life Eternal.

Where the world taught

     The sick and lame were unholy,
Jesus taught,
      Holiness was humility before the Lord God.

Where the world taught

     Riches showed God's Favor,
Jesus taught Loving
     Riches can be a stumbling block
            In your path to God's Kingdom.

Where the world taught

     Only strength allowed kingdoms to conquer,
Jesus taught,
     Faith in Him was The Kingdom to enter.

In time, things have hardly changed:

Where the world teaches
     In all of your living
      To Stand up for yourself,
          Let no one take advantage of you,
                Take everything you can get,
                      Keep everything you have, and
                              Protect all that is yours,
Jesus teaches meekness and sharing.

Where the world teaches

     Weakness is found in patience and meekness
Jesus teaches
     Greatness is found in our humility before God,
     Confessing Jesus is Lord, and
           In Submission, 
                Jesus takes your weaknesses and
                   makes them your strengths. 

Where the world teaches

     the lowly has but a helpless life
Jesus teaches
      the lost and last of society
            will be first and greatest in His Kingdom.

When the world believes

        There is no God and Death is the end,
Jesus teaches
        Righteousness is Life in Him
        and  daily Living through Him
              brings everlasting life from Him.

Contrary to the world,

     Life is not hopeless,
In Jesus
     Our hope for Life is His Saving Grace.

Contrary to the World

     Life is not about what "I" can do,
but through Jesus,
     Life is what God can do through me.

Contrary to the world

    It is not I who determines "Who am I",
Rather,
   In Jesus, We discover "To Whom We belong".

Contrary to the world

  We wonder not, 
             "Why am I here and where am I going,"
Rather,
      In Jesus,
            We grow to know where we are, 
             where we are going, and
             To what purpose we were born.

Contrary to the world,

      and the life of its lies,
As written in the Gospels seventy-nine (79) times,  
the most used phase we read on Jesus' lips is
       "... I tell you the truth...".

But, Above all

    Jesus is Lord because of
      our Grace from God,
        That unmerited love and 
             a most undeserved gift
    from a God who made us, 
          just so He could love us.

The world leads us from God, His Grace, His promises,
   But, God is unmoving.
From the fullness of His character, 
     And the totality of His nature,  
          In His fundamental, changeless, immutable Self
              He Always Love us, Forgive us, and 
                  Continues to Grace us 
 with His ever unending, ageless, and undeserved gifts.

In God's promise, His Grace 

   providing ALL that we have,
     We plant His seed, He grows our fruit,
     We build a new barn, He provides the wood,
     We run from Him, He created our legs,
     We think a thought, He provided the brain, 
     We invent something anew,
               He supplied the materials,  
     We discover in our time, he created it before us,
     We see vastness in His night sky, 
              He provides eyes to see the unseen.  
In ALL we have,
     In ALL we absorb,
         In All we give up
God provides it All. 

Like it or not,

We receive everyday God's bounteous Grace, and
      He gives us the abilities to receive it;
         And, we can do nothing to earn it,
                 AND!.... that is the only way He wants it!

We sin, But, in His grace 

  He always forgives WHEN
     We say I believe,
        We forgive our brothers, then
           In His forgiveness, He forgets, 
and
    In His forgetting, and by His Son,
         we are GRACED  with Salvation.

Actively accepting, receiving, and acknowledging 

  our heartfelt fullness of God's Grace - His Son, 
    a gift that distinguishes the Christian faith 
       from all other religions and cults in the world,
faith then comes bringing 
  a revolution to our Upside-Down world
    leading us to Live Righteous UpRight Lives 
    as expressed and defined
         through the Teachings, the Truth, 
             in the life of Jesus the Christ.


All this, 
the Truth of Jesus, This Grace of God,  
Our Salvation
was undeniably
verified by God
 in the Resurrection 
of Jesus Christ.

   "For everything created by God is good, and 
nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude. " 
1 Timothy 4:4

Thanks be to God
© Lonnie Coggins        
  
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IN OUR SELF-FOCUSED LIVES, WE FIND AND MAKE LIFE COMPLICATED.  As we turn life upside down it becomes exceedingly difficult to find our way, with most people being lost and do not realize it.  Here is some of the evidence to all this. Please share the message on your Fb page as you like, and if you like, click the FB 'Follow' button to have notifications of these publications.  For other messages like this, visit my FB page, or on FB visit-"A Daily Thought Group".
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