
God Became A Man

The Greatest Story in History
What Jesus Endured
We know that Jesus Christ, who was fully God, became fully human. Jesus became the perfect sacrifice, our substitute. Jesus took the punishment we deserved. As a result, He made a way for us, redeeming us from our sin. He could do this because he was born without sin and lived a life without sin.
The Greatest Gift
Philippians 2:6-8 (NASB) “[Jesus] who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
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Mobile Apps and Websites for Kids

Updated June 29, 2020.
Bible App for Kids: Audio & Interactive Stories
Available Formats: Desktop Browser, iOS (Apple) and Android tablets and smartphones
Superbook Kids Bible, Videos & Games
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How Do You Reignite the Romance in Your Marriage?

What do you do when your marriage has gone sour? How do you rekindle that first love? How do you reignite the romance in your marriage? You do what Jesus told the church at Ephesus when the church had lost its first love.
Five Steps
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The Law and the Gospel
The Tragedy
“God’s Law, the Ten Commandments, was the essence of the gospel proclamation of Wesley, Moody, Whitfield and Jonathan Edwards. All these were men that God greatly used. They said that if you don’t use the Law, you’ll almost certainly lead to false conversions.
“This great tragedy has happened, simply because we haven’t followed the Biblical example of sharing the law with the unsaved. We are to preach law to the proud and grace to the humble. Whenever Jesus approached a proud arrogant self-righteous person with the gospel, He gave law before grace, always. With the law He broke the hard heart, and with the gospel He healed the broken heart.” The moral law shows them they are sinners and God’s grace shows them how they can be saved.
Humbled by the Law
Why did He Jesus share the moral law? “Because He always did those things that were pleasing in the Father’s sight, He did those things that God approved of. And our Father God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. We see this so often in Scripture, the rich young ruler, the arrogant self-righteous lawyer that stood up and tempted Jesus. Both times, Jesus gave the Law. He gave the Ten Commandments. But when they came to Him with humility, with a knowledge of sin by the Law, that is the Godly Jews, he gave them grace.”
Once the law humbles you God can give you grace and save you as you repent, trust and follow Him.
The Choice is Yours
I hope today you will come to Christ. You are a sinner because you know you have broken the moral law. Yet, He came to save sinners, that’s all of us. Won’t you humble yourself today and say God please forgive me of my sins I know I am a sinner and in need of your grace. Make me into the kind of person you want me to be. A loving follower of Jesus. I trust you to be my Savior today. Amen
He will then save you from a certain eternal destiny in hell and give you everlasting life with Him.
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Never Vilify Your Friends and Neighbors

We should never vilify (speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner) our friends or neighbors.
Three nearby churches on a hot summer day had their windows open and were trying to outsing the others. The Baptists were singing, “Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?” Then the Presbyterians began singing, “No, Not One. No, Not One.” And the Methodists began singing “Oh, That Will Be Glory for Me.”
All humor aside it’s not fun to be put down or criticized. When we are criticized and maligned our natural inclination is to do the same. As Christians, however, we are instructed to do the opposite. When provoked, we are not supposed to talk about someone behind their back. Instead, we are to bless them.
The word “bless” literally means “speak well of”. We ask God to bless people, but did you know that you yourself can actually bless a person? You can bless people by the way you talk about them. When someone ridicules you and puts you down, speak well of them. George Washington Carver said, “I will never allow another man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.”
While we can’t control what others say about us, we can control what we say in response. That’s what God will hold us accountable for. When somebody criticizes another, the other person shouldn’t go around bad-mouthing him. Instead, bless him. Find something you can approve of in their life. To find a reason to criticize is easy–anyone can do that. To find a reason to affirm can require a bit more creativity.
James 4:11a NIV – “Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law (God’s Moral law) and judges it.”
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