The halfbaked Bard

Sanctified in Christ Jesus.  1 Cor:1:2 Sanctified means made pure. Free from sin. Set apart. It is not just a declaration where God sees you as pure despite your filth. It is not a blind eye to your sin.  It is purified by the spotless blood of Jesus. Who paid the penalty of my sin. No amount of good deeds can purify you and earn you this purity  Former New York Mayor after shelling out his own 50M $ for gun control said I am going straight to heaven. People requote it, like it, share it again and retweet it.Thinking he is right. Sad to say, he is absolutely wrong. The only way to heaven is not your good deeds. Even if you spend 50M$. You can't buy your ticket to heaven.  But only if you believe Jesus is God. And He came down to save you. Image credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/evovxo/my_second_favorite_bloomberg_quote_of_all_time_3/

Now to Him who is able to establish you -- be glory forever Amen. Rom:16:25-26 Lord, establish me, this new year. Things concerning me according to your will. That I may know you more, I may seek you. That I will walk in your path. Lord, establish me, this year. Things that you have put in my heart. Concerning my being, my character. To be like you. To reflect you. For it is you who gave the desire. As well as, you are the one who sustains it. You are the one who would enable me. And equip me. Not my strength, nor by my merit. I am weak, Lord. But Thou art strong. The Spirit in me, would help me. To be what I ought to be. And unless I submit myself To be established by you. It wouldn't work out. Not my will but Yours. It demands dying to my own self. It requires denying my own desires. And ambitions. And plans. That not me. But He.  Painful. But worth it. Image credit: https://stockcake.com/i/puzzle-completion-moment_178354_30489

The God of peace will soon crush satan, under your feet. Rom:16:20 Christian life is so exciting. God could defeat and punish satan with a flash of His finger anytime. But what He does, makes this an edge of the seat thriller. God equips and enables a weakling like me, to overpower a strong being like satan, by God's power. Otherwise it is so monotonous. Now it has become polychromatic. It depends on your faith, your commitment. Eventhough the ultimate end is predictable. What has been promised in the first book of the Bible is being fulfilled in your life on a day to day basis, provided you play your role well.

Rom:15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. The first message of Christmas is peace on earth and good will to all men. The song that angels sang is about joy that comes to the world. Glad tidings to all men is not because it is a festive of gifts and sharing. Not because it is a time of homecoming. It is because of the abounding hope that the God of hope gives. Man who is destined to be in that rut of selfishness and pride and sin, now has a hope, because the selfless God became one of us to rescue us from that pattern. Mankind has hope. You have hope. The manager is meaningful because of the cross. The cross is the reason for the manger. The cross is the ultimate gift you can get. Cross is not a symbol of pain, ridicule, shame and bloodshed. Cross is a symbol of hope and joy. Christmas is probably the best season of the year. But remember, it is meaningless if the cross is n...

Rom:15:1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. This is called covering in medical terminology. The doctor covers for the mistakes of people under him. The medical student, the intern, the nurses, the janitor, the ward boy. The doctor is responsible. The doctor covers. Similarly the father covers. The husband covers. The mother covers. The elder covers. And when you have a better understanding. The wife covers. The son covers. The friend covers. Accept one another (v:7). According to the amount of understanding that you have been granted. Cordiality not for the sake of peace alone. But out of love. Image credit: https://formation.byfab.fr/covering/

So then each one of us, will give an account of himself to God. Rom:14:12 We stand before the all knowing Sovereign God. Like an open book. And as we stand before Him, we ought to give an answer for each and every word we spoke; each and every deed we did; each and every thought we had. Speechless we would stand before Him. No explanation whatsoever. No excuses. For He sees our heart. He knows our heart's motive. But not to be judged and thrown to eternal damnation. But to answer to the loving master who chose to freely give. Would we hear, well done good and faithful servant, or would we see tears in His eyes. Image courtesy: https://lizaachilles.com/2019/02/15/you-shouldnt-be-ashamed/