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'Confessing Christ!' - Luke 12:8-9
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<blockquote data-quote="Articles" data-source="post: 30532210" data-attributes="member: 758"><p><em>[Jesus said,]</em> "I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God's angels. But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God's angels."</p><p></p><p>—<a href="http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/nlt/Luke12.8-9" target="_blank">Luke 12:8-9 NLT</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Key Thought</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Confessing Christ is crucial! Confessing Christ can be costly in human terms. Christians in generations before us were sometimes put to death for saying, "Jesus Christ is Lord" rather than calling some other ruler "Lord." Still today, many Christians are suffering terrible things and even dying for their faith. However, the significance of our confessing Christ is revealed most clearly by Jesus' own words. He promised that he would claim us — that we are his — before the Father if we claim him now while we are here on earth!</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Today's Prayer</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>O LORD, my Father in heaven, you are holy. I know that, just as I have acknowledged Christ as my Lord and called on his name in baptism, he will acknowledge me before you and the holy angels and will call my name as your child on the day he returns. Holy God, I gladly confess that Jesus Christ, your Son, is my Savior and my Lord. It is in his precious name that I am saved and that I pray. Amen.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Related Scripture Readings</strong></span></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/Romans10.9-13" target="_blank">Romans 10:9-13</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/1Corinthians12.3" target="_blank">1 Corinthians 12:3</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/Philippians2.5-11" target="_blank">Philippians 2:5-11</a></li> </ul><p>Ⓒ 1996-2019 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. What Jesus Did! is written by Phil Ware. Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-wjd/~4/6OayeilwoF0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-wjd/~3/6OayeilwoF0/0812-wjd.html" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Articles, post: 30532210, member: 758"] [I][Jesus said,][/I] "I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God's angels. But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God's angels." —[URL='http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/nlt/Luke12.8-9']Luke 12:8-9 NLT[/URL] [SIZE=3][B]Key Thought[/B][/SIZE] Confessing Christ is crucial! Confessing Christ can be costly in human terms. Christians in generations before us were sometimes put to death for saying, "Jesus Christ is Lord" rather than calling some other ruler "Lord." Still today, many Christians are suffering terrible things and even dying for their faith. However, the significance of our confessing Christ is revealed most clearly by Jesus' own words. He promised that he would claim us — that we are his — before the Father if we claim him now while we are here on earth! [SIZE=3][B]Today's Prayer[/B][/SIZE] O LORD, my Father in heaven, you are holy. I know that, just as I have acknowledged Christ as my Lord and called on his name in baptism, he will acknowledge me before you and the holy angels and will call my name as your child on the day he returns. Holy God, I gladly confess that Jesus Christ, your Son, is my Savior and my Lord. It is in his precious name that I am saved and that I pray. Amen. [SIZE=3][B]Related Scripture Readings[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][URL='http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/Romans10.9-13']Romans 10:9-13[/URL] [*][URL='http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/1Corinthians12.3']1 Corinthians 12:3[/URL] [*][URL='http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/Philippians2.5-11']Philippians 2:5-11[/URL] [/LIST] Ⓒ 1996-2019 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. What Jesus Did! is written by Phil Ware. Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.[IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hl-devos-wjd/~4/6OayeilwoF0[/IMG] [url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hl-devos-wjd/~3/6OayeilwoF0/0812-wjd.html"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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