He has held our pieces in his hands
and took the pains and sorrows for every man
We didn't ask him to, nor did we know
all the love that he bestowed
His love is pure, his love that heals, how can we know the pain he feels
He's proved by bruises, and torn with scars
He'd give his life, time again in reward for ours
Where we are slaves trapped in captivity
He holds the key that will set us free
Our chains have fallen, and we're no longer bound
to a life or chaos, and a place so profound
He's standing there, his arms are open, here to stay
Will we forsake all, and follow him, or will we hold the chains and turn away....
Romans 6:22-23
"But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
** You are free to choose between two masters, but you are not free to adjust the consequences of your choice. Each of the two masters pays with his own kind of currency. The currency of sin is death. That is all you can expect or hope for in life without God. Christ's currency is eternal life--new life with God that begins on earth and continues forever with God. What choice have you made? Jesus says we can have only one master. We live in a materialistic society where many people serve money. They spend all their lives collecting and storing it, only to die and leave it behind. Their desire for money and what it can buy far outweighs their commitment to God and spiritual matters. What ever you store up, you will spend much of your time and energy thinking about. **
((The truth shall set you free))
John 8:31-32
"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
**Jesus Himself is the truth that makes us free. He is the source of truth, the perfect standard of what is right. He frees us from the consequences of sin, from self-deception, and from deception by Satan. He shows us clearly the way to eternal life with God. Thus Jesus does not give us freedom to do what we want, but freedom to follow God. As we seek to serve God, Jesus' perfect truth frees us to be all that God meant us to be. **
1 Corinthians 4:3-6
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servant for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
**The good news is open and revealed to everyone, except to those who refuse to believe. Satan is the god of this world'. His work is to deceive, and he has blinded those who don't believe in Christ. Those who refuse Christ, preferring their own pursuits, have unknowingly made Satan their god. **
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