Sisters and Brothers in Jesus!
As we discovered last weekend we are not to "lay up treasures on earth" but we are to "lay up treasures in heaven". The earthly treasures have no lasting value - they are worth something today, but worth nothing tomorrow. Only the heavenly treasures have lasting value - eternal value. Earthly treasures cannot buy us forgiveness and eternal life no matter how much we have. In fact, the price for sin is death - physical and spiritual. We cannot pay this price, only Jesus can and did pay this price with his blood, innocent suffering and death on a cross. Only by faith in Jesus can we "lay up treasures in heaven". The heavenly treasures are laid up only through faith in Jesus, because it is only through his righteousness that he gives to us that anything we do can be called good and considered a heavenly treasure. We (after we believe in Jesus) are encouraged by Paul in 1 Timothy 6:18, "They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share." We have to ask ourselves whether we are rich in good works, whether we are generous, and whether we are ready to share.
God has given us many blessings and he gives these blessings to us in order for us to be generous and ready to share with those who are in need. What we are to realize is that everyone is in need of Jesus as Savior. This blessing of faith in Jesus is the greatest blessing that we can share. I pray that we are all generous, rich in good works, and ready to share.
I have had an up and down week when it comes to dealing with my condition. I do thank you for all of your prayers that help me, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to accomplish each day what God has placed before me to do.
By the Holy Spirit's Power,
Pastor Randy
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