God's Promises

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

      I know that some of you are on the web site known as "Facebook."  It has been classified as a social web site.  That is, you have opportunity to interact with various "friends" to let them know what you are doing and they can do the same.  There is one little feature that relays a person's status to the rest of one's social group.  It simply says, "so-and-so is..." and then you fill in the blank.  You let them know what you are doing.  I got to thinking about that little phrase.  For me, it would say, "Dan Freeland is."  I could fill in the blank or even let it remain as it is.  Yes, Dan Freeland is and so therefore is a human being and is susceptible to the laws of nature and is also the beneficiary of the promises of God as outlined in His Word.  Ephesians 4:30 says, "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."   This verse of Scripture reminds us of the fact that we have been sealed unto the day of redemption.  In other Scriptures, even here in Ephesians, God reminds us that we have been redeemed.  We have not been left to exist for some 84 odd years and then to vanish off of the face of the earth, never again to be seen or heard of.  We will not be removed from existence.  Our soul will live somewhere for ever and ever and ever, in other words, for all eternity.  The religions of the world try to figure out where mankind will be and how they are going to get there.  For all of the other religions of the world, they are man made and come up with even those things that sound completely ridiculous.  Only Christianity has a resurrected Savior and where all of the pieces of the puzzle come together in the end.  Many of you have sung a song that offers praise to God about their redemption.  It proclaims the thought, "I am redeemed."   This is the promise that makes it all worth everything.  As a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are redeemed.  We have been bought with a price, the price of the Savior's blood, and we have been guaranteed a very special place in heaven, with God, for all eternity.  What could ever be better than that.  Praise God today that you "are" and therefore can have redemption by God for all eternity. Praise God for His promises.