LIFE SUFFERED, DEATH CAME
Life suffered, death came, all creation groans
And waits to be redeemed, from the east to
The west and the setting of the sun, the north
To the south including everyone, death came...
It was done as God decreed...man disobeyed,
God's warning was not an idle threat, it came
To pass that very day as the chaos was set in
Motion, here to stay, sin's separation took its
Toll, death's commotion, man's failure...he
Needed a Savior, God redeemed us for his
Own through Jesus Christ and him alone...
The love he gave he gladly paid, by his own
Blood man's sin was laid, on him who knew
No sin...God's redemption came without end
To all the sons of men...from the east to the
West and the setting of the sun, the north to
The south including everyone!
by Cheryl Ellen Baxter ©
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The apostle Paul said run the race to win. To do that though we must pace ourselves. Sprint when needed, jog steadily at other times and walk briskly or slow sometimes too. We should always do this with a view toward the goal or end result. The desired end result is a life well lived for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Never stop following after God or your relationship to him. God the Father had a purpose in sending his Son to die on the cross for us. That was to redeem us to himself. JESUS did this by paying the penalty for our sins, so that we could be restored to what God intended when He created man. An unhindered relationship with our eternal God was his intent originally. He was the One who created us to be with him, and it pleases him to be in relationship with us. But there was a problem after the fall of mankind, and that was sin. This separated man from his Creator and it's the reason that Jesus the Son of God came to earth and willingly died on the cross for the sins of men (all of mankind). Adam, Eve, and everyone in the future would fall under the curse of death. But even then, God had made a plan for the future. It was decided that sometime in the future, God the Son would come and give his life a ransom for all. The pre incarnate Son, would be born into the world of men. He who created the universe would step into time from eternity and become subject to living as a human being. He agreed to it and wanted to come in the flesh, so that man would be redeemed and restored into perfect relationship with God. -- Cheryl
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Romans 8:22-30 -- For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourself groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
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Hebrews 12:1 -- Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
