Contrast: December 5, 2014

TODAY'S WORD FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER 5, 2014.

CONTRAST

DEFINITION:

To compare; to show unlikeness or differences.

SCRIPTURE:

Behold I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Psalm 51:5.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Today we want to discuss the contrast between one who is a believer in Jesus and one who is known as an unbeliever. All of us were born in sin and at birth were unbelievers but because God sent His Son into this world it gave all people an opportunity to become a believer simply by trusting in His Son Jesus. In I Peter 1:23 we are told that “Through Him we are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

The scriptures give us the following contrasts between believers and nonbelievers:

• Believers are redeemed by our Lord and nonbelievers live under the curse of Satan.

• Believers are “made nigh” as is said in Ephesians 2:13. You who were formerly afar off have been brought near by the blood of Jesus Christ. The unbeliever is continually far off from God.

• The believer is known as a child of God and the unbeliever is a child of Satan.

• The believer has God’s favor in their daily walk with Him and the unbeliever constantly is under God’s wrath.

• As believers we wait for the soon coming of Christ and His glory. An unbeliever waits for death and judgment.

•  And finally the believer is sure of spending an eternity in heaven and the unbeliever is certain to spend an eternity in the fires of hell.

In Texas they tell the story about a man who used to hitch his horse every morning in front of the town’s local saloon. One day the saloonkeeper missed seeing this man and went outside and saw his horse hitched up down the street in front of the Methodist church.

The saloonkeeper waited for the man to come back to his horse and asked him why his horse was hitched in front of the church rather than his saloon. The man answered clearly “Last night I was converted from a nonbeliever to a believer in Jesus in the revival meeting so now I have changed hitching posts.

That is what happens when you become a believer in Jesus --- you change hitching posts.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in Colossians 3:17:

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

PRAYER:

Help me to make sure that I am hitched to the right hitching post today so You can use me to further Your will. May my life shine out as a believer so that nonbelievers may see a contrast in the way that I live my life.

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