Jesus returns

  Are You Ready for Christ's Return? Good Reason “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” —Isaiah 53:2, NIV It has always been interesting to me that—outside of the hints given in Isaiah 53—the Bible does not tell us what Jesus looked like, nor were paintings or drawings made of Him during His lifetime. Artists throughout the centuries have tried to imagine what He must have looked like, but the truth is, we don’t know. And I believe there is a very good reason for this: God knew that if we had an accurate portrait of Jesus, we would be tempted to worship it instead of worshiping Jesus Himself. We could even lapse into a type of idolatry, and that would be wrong. But someday we will know what the risen Christ looks like, for someday we will enter into His presence forever. And when we do, the Bible says,  “we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is”  (1 John 3:2, NIV). Then we will share in His resur...

Steps To Peace “I guarantee that you can know peace with God, peace of soul, peace of mind, and joy such as you have never experienced.” – Billy Graham   STEP 1:  GOD’S PURPOSE: PEACE AND LIFE God loves you and wants you to experience peace and eternal life. The Bible says: “We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” -Romans 5:1 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” -John 3:16 What keeps us from having the life God planned for us? STEP 2:  THE PROBLEM: OUR SEPARATION FROM GOD God created us in His image. He gave us a will and the freedom of choice; we choose to disobey Him and go our own way. This separates us from God. The Bible says: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” -Romans 3:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” -Romans 6:23 People have tried to bridge this gap between themselves...