Weekly Theme November 24 through 30

Decision

 “But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.  This righteousness from God comes from faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

-Romans 3:21-24

Life is filled with decisions and many of them are very important.  In fact some of the decisions that we make can be life altering. When it comes to our spiritual lives we have decisions that need to be made.  The most basic and important decision that we can make spiritually is to commit ourselves to Jesus and become his follower.  Being a Christian, being a disciple of Jesus Christ, requires a life-altering decision. 

Being a follower of Jesus is not something that is inherited from your parents.  Nor does being a follower of Jesus just happen when you first step into a church.  Being a follower of Jesus does not happen simply because your friends are following Jesus.  We must intentionally make a decision to believe in faith that Jesus died for our sins and that we have been made right in God’s eyes through the resurrection of Jesus.  When we make that decision then we must continue to affirm that decision on a daily basis.  The daily affirmation of the decision to follow Jesus calls us to live out our discipleship.