Be Encouraged Today!

I have greatly enjoyed and have learned a lot from studying The Message of the Cross . The studying indeed continues, and I believe that I may never know the full extent of what He accomplished for me (us) on the Cross. That which I have been privileged to know and understand I do believe. I am grateful for the opportunity to hear The Truth, know and understand Truth, and to have the Holy Spirit working at 100% of His Power, in my life. I do not and will not hinder His work. All that God has for us is in Christ Jesus, meaning His Finished Work (Death, Burial and Resurrection). Jesus is our EVERYTHING, and we get everything through the Cross. This means we need to be looking to the Cross which is the means to receive everything from our Lord and Savior! Once we exclusively believe, have our Faith, in the Jesus’ Finished Work, the Holy Spirit can begin the work that only He can do. John 7:37-39 states: Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out ...

Ok, so I’m taking out my broken record again. I cannot express the importance of the Message of the Cross, the Cross of Christ, His Finished Work – His Death, Burial and His Resurrection. This is where our Faith should be placed. It is the Faith that Jesus will be looking for when He returns. The Cross of Christ is the one thing that began this life of Salvation in Christ Jesus for us. It is the sole reason for our Justification which is by Faith in His Precious Sacrifice on the Cross. Our Faith in what was accomplished for us on the Cross allows the Holy Spirit to help us live sanctified lives before God. Jesus’ Finished Work on the Cross is the foundation of our Salvation, Justification and Sanctification. We need to get back to the root – Jesus and Him Crucified. I believe that, for such a time as this, that the Message of the Cross is “resurfacing”. Satan has, unfortunately, been very successful in moving the Church’s Faith from the very object that ushered it into existence. Ha...

Jesus said in Luke 18:8 , “When the Son of Man returns, will I find Faith on the Earth?”   He did not say faiths as in more than one, but Faith – singular.  This tells me that we must have the right Faith or rather our faith in the right thing.  Faith is another word for trust, confidence, hope, and belief among many others.  So, this Faith that Jesus will be looking for must be something that we trust and can have confidence that it is ours and more importantly; that it worked/works.  Think about it...  What is the one thing, as far as our righteousness is concerned, that gave us right standing with God and that had to work for us to receive said righteousness?  The answer is Jesus dying on the Cross of Calvary.  What the Word of God says that He accomplished on the Cross for us HAD TO WORK!  We must trust and have confidence (Faith) that what Jesus died on the Cross for worked for us (personally).  In more simpler terms, you mu...

Decisions, decisions, decisions… We are presented with the Good News, and we must make the decision to accept or reject it. None of us will have an excuse, and if you decide “not to touch it,” it is a rejection. No matter the source of the Good News, it is never in vain. It is sent to present us with a wonderful gift, and we can either accept it or reject it. The Word of God tells us in Isaiah 55:11 : So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void (useless, without result), Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. When the Word of the Lord comes forth, it is not in vain (fruitless or without success). It accomplishes what He desires and the purpose for which He sent it. The Word goes forth so that everyone can have an opportunity to hear the Gospel (the Good News). Upon hearing the Good News, we are then presented with a decision—acceptance or rejection of what we have heard. I will also s...

OK, so I have just been reading and studying something very interesting on my own. It connects directly with my cybersecurity education. I have been studying cyber threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and it is very interesting. I would truly love to have a job doing this—even in the smallest capacity—just to be able to work in this field. In cyber threat intelligence, we use TTPs—tactics, techniques, and procedures. The MITRE ATT&CK framework uses tactics, techniques, and sub-techniques. Sub-techniques are essentially the same as procedures. All of this deals with bad actors—people who attempt to steal intellectual property, credentials, and many other things. They have motives. They use tactics. They apply techniques and procedures in order to accomplish what they want to do. As I was thinking about this this morning, it struck me that, in the very same way, Satan operates against all of us. So, first, we look at tactics—the “what” and the “why.” What...

***Forgive the repetition. Romans 6:3–4 is speaking about our position in the Cross of Christ. It tells us that we were baptized into Jesus’ death. Since we were baptized into His death, we were also baptized into His burial and into His resurrection, to walk in newness of life. We died in Christ. We were buried with Him. Our old man stayed in the ground, and we were resurrected into newness of life as a new creation. Old things passed away, and all things have become new. This is our position in the Cross of Christ. This is why we must have Faith in the Cross of Christ. When I speak of the Cross of Christ, or His Finished Work, I am speaking of Jesus’ death, His burial, and His resurrection. This is our position: we were baptized into His death, we were buried with Him, and our old man stayed in the ground. We were resurrected into newness of life as a new man—a new creation in Christ Jesus. The slate has been wiped clean. When God looks at us, He sees an innocent, blameless C...