All The Way Into Christ

February 21, 2024

Pastor Cheryl Jackson

Loose the bands from your neck you are oppressed for nothing. Isaiah 52:1-6 NCV Wake up, wake up, Jerusalem! Become strong! Be beautiful again, holy city of Jerusalem. The people who do not worship God and who are not pure will not enter you again. Jerusalem, you once were a prisoner. Now shake off the dust and stand up. Jerusalem, you once were a prisoner. Now free yourself from the chains around your neck. This is what the Lord says: “You were not sold for a price, so you will be saved without cost.” This is what the Lord God says: “First my people went down to Egypt to live. Later Assyria made them slaves. “Now see what has happened,” says the Lord. “Another nation has taken away my people for nothing. This nation who rules them makes fun of me,” says the Lord. “All day long they speak against me. This has happened so my people will know who I am, and so, on that future day, they will know that I am the one speaking to them. It will really be me.” It's not too hard for God. The only way out of all these thoughts that would consume us is to get all the way into Christ. No matter how someone else is living, your mind belongs to God. It is a choice to have the mind of Christ, and the only way that we can do that is to forcefully advance the kingdom of God. Matthew 11:11-12 “Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.” Scripture for thought Matthew 6:32-34 Philippines 4:6 -7 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 12:22–31 Isaiah 26:1-4 Youtube https://youtu.be/mqf51KI8oHw