John 3:16, Acts 4:12 7/28/15

John 3: ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

The danger of living in the bible belt is that we hear the truth so much we become callused to it.  

Most of us have heard John 3:16 since we were children, but when was the last time you felt the power of what it says...The most Holy, powerful, intelligent, beautiful, Being that ever existed....loves you, and gave the ultimate sacrifice so you could have an eternal relationship with Him.

... I wish we could read that verse for the first time, again. 

In our culture there is a danger of being "vaccinated" against Christianity.  We run the risk of getting a small, ineffective dose of the gospel so we develop an immunity to the real disease.  When that happens we never really know God's life changing power. The symptoms of the real disease are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control...and it's extremely contagious.  These  symptoms are "fruit" from a relationship with Jesus.

 Be intentional about getting completely infected by His Grace.  

Make sure by faith, you have accepted the gift God offers through Christ so that you...shall not perish but have eternal life.

Use this week to spend time with Jesus, and catch  the real disease.  Once you get it,  the symptoms will take care of themselves....all you need to do is spread it to others.

Acts 4: ¹²....for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”