CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

Starting Line to Checkered Flag…

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7

Today is Thanksgiving 2021. What a change from last year! In exactly one month we will be celebrating Christmas with it’s presents, glitter, parties and, of course, Santa Claus.

How about for just a minute, we combine the two holidays. On Christmas, we celebrate the greatest gift every given to each of us… the total and complete forgiveness of our sins through God’s only Son, Jesus. This is why we need to give thanks.

John 3:16-18 states, “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and everlasting life.

God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.

Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted(forgiven); anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

What does that forgiveness of sin really mean? In Hebrews 10:17-18, God Himself states, Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more” and where these have been forgiveness, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

Ever tried to forget something? By doing so, you just remembered it ... again. We are incapable of truly forgetting our past. It always finds a way of coming back to remind us of the pains, the failures, the wrongs we have done.

GOD IS THE ONLY BEING THAT CAN CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE TO FORGET. TO HIM, YOUR SINS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE NEVER EXISTED AND NEVER WILL. !!!

Jesus paid the price for our sins once and for all and forever. With Him, we are guaranteed a life with His love, protection and blessings. Without Him, our sins will guarantee an eternity separated from a loving God.

So, as we celebrate the holidays, remember Who CHRISTmas is all about and what a wonderful gift has been given, and is available, to all of us. You just need to ask Him for that forgiveness! He will make it your best CHRISTmas ever!

Merry CHRISTmas to our FTR family!

“The Good Race” joy service is every Saturday night from 7:30 to 7:45 pm. We meet at the CMA tent. Bring a chair and come join us!

Blessings on and off the road,

Jim and Betty Edleston CMA