EL GRAN OBSTÁCULO PARA TENER FE

Leon FontaineEntregate

Padre, si es tu voluntad, aparta de mí esta copa; pero no se haga mi voluntad, sino la tuya. Lucas 22:42 (LBLA)  Uno de los obstáculos más grandes para tener fe es una mala interpretación de la oración de Jesús en Lucas 22:42. Muchas personas asumen que este versículo significa que no podemos conocer la voluntad de Dios en ningún asunto.  Ciertamente hay momentos en que podemos hacer esta oración. Cuando estamos atravesando una situación y la Biblia no da ninguna indicación de la voluntad de Dios al respecto, esta oración tiene sentido.  Por ejemplo, si estamos orando por una nueva oportunidad de trabajo o un sitio para mudarnos, no podemos esperar encontrar una página de la Biblia que diga: “Sí, acepta el trabajo” o …

CAN WE ENJOY PEACE WHEN WE’RE STILL MESSED UP?

Leon FontaineDevoted

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Romans 5:1 (NKJV)  Can you have peace with God before you clean up all the messes in your life? Yes, absolutely!    Here’s why: Jesus was the final and complete sacrifice for sin. Now, first-century Jews struggled to comprehend that God no longer required perfect obedience or animal sacrifices for them to enjoy right-standing with Him. They could hardly fathom that when you believed on Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, you received the gift of salvation and your sins were permanently forgiven (not just temporarily like it was under the old covenant).   When we accept what Jesus won for us through the cross, we receive a new nature on the inside. …

PAID IN FULL

Leon FontaineDevoted

Now that we have God’s approval by faith, we have peace with God because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.  Romans 5:1 (GW) Many people think they have to clean up their lives prior to accepting Christ—or before Christ will accept them.   But did the thief crucified beside Jesus clean up his life first before accepting Jesus’ sacrifice? No—he didn’t have time! Yet that same day, he made Heaven because he believed on Jesus (Luke 23:39-43). You see, today’s verse does not say we gain peace with God by cleaning up our lives first or through behaving perfectly. No, it says we have God’s approval when we place our faith in Jesus.   When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we become a …

PARA TENER FE, CONOZCA LA VOLUNTAD DE DIOS

Leon FontaineEntregate

Pero tiene que pedir con fe, sin dudar nada; porque el que duda es como una ola del mar, que el viento lleva de un lado a otro. Quien es así, no crea que va a recibir nada del Señor, Santiago 1:6-7 (DHH)  Hasta que usted no esté absolutamente convencido de que algo es la voluntad de Dios, no es posible tener fe. Cuando usted no está seguro, se mueve entre dos opiniones y no recibe nada (Santiago 1:7). La fe solo puede existir donde se conoce la voluntad absoluta de Dios.  Pero, ¿cómo puede usted saber con seguridad la voluntad de Dios?  Moisés sabía que era la voluntad de Dios liberar a su pueblo de la esclavitud cuando escuchó a Dios hablar desde una …

WHEN GOOD ENOUGH DOESN’T CUT IT

Leon FontaineDevoted

For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law.  Romans 10:3 (NLT)  Until we understand the Gospel, we’ll struggle to experience true and lasting peace. The reason is that we misunderstand sin and think we can become right with God through our works. That mindset is called religion, and it leads nowhere good.  In fact, those who subscribe to a legalistic Christianity are usually the unhappiest people. Why? They don’t understand the freedom Jesus won for them through His death, burial and resurrection. So they live stuck in a rut of trying to be good enough in their own strength—an impossible, …