002 Friday, January 2, 2009

Today’s Reading: 002 Pages 18-22 Genesis 3 – 5; John 1.19 – 1.51

"You Won’t Die” is probably one of the most damning lies ever fabricated by the evil one! God has created us and breathed life into us. Boundaries were set on how to lead this perfect life in a perfect environment ~ don’t eat of this tree or you will die. Physical, emotional, and spiritual death would come upon all mankind is what God was saying to Adam and Eve. The good life, as God intended it for His creation, would be over! “You won’t die” was believed instead of believing the truth that God had set before His new creation.

In John, you read that John the Baptist came to prepare the way for the Savior- our Messiah. Jesus, the Son of God, had come and was revealing the truth about God. This is why Jesus would say, “Come follow me.” Come to the truth, come to the light, come away from destruction and come to life – come to me.

The lie of this age is surely this is not the Son of God. Have you believed a lie recently? Have you believed a lie about our Savior, Jesus Christ? It seems that most of life is sorting out the lies of the world and clinging to the truth of God in Christ.

Make it your goal today to do some good evaluation of your belief about Christ and ask yourself: “Do I really believe who Jesus Christ says He is?” If so, then follow Him with all your heart.