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Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – what do we do with the guilty, stone or restore? Is punishment restorative? What is God like with the guilty?

John 8:4-5,7 TPT
[4] Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, we caught this woman in the very act of adultery. [5] Doesn’t Moses’ law command us to stone to death a woman like this? Tell us, what do you say we should do with her?” [7] Angry, they kept insisting that he answer their question, so Jesus stood up and looked at them and said, “Let’s have the man who has never had a sinful desire throw the first stone at her.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – how easily I live without a deep appreciation for the amazing gift of salvation.

1 Peter 1:23 TPT
[23] For through the eternal and living Word of God you have been born again. And this “seed” that he planted within you can never be destroyed but will live and grow inside of you forever. For:
1 Peter 1:5
[5] Through our faith, the mighty power of God constantly guards us until our full salvation is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – If only you could recognize the visitation of God, the presence of God, then the devastation that life lived on my terms, in my ways, through my navigation, could be avoided. Heaven is always within my reach.

Luke 19:41-42,44
[41] When Jesus caught sight of the city, he burst into tears with uncontrollable weeping over Jerusalem, saying, “If only you could recognize that this day peace is within your reach! But you cannot see it. ….. 44 Since you would not recognize God’s day of visitation, your day of devastation is coming!”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – the impossible is made possible, only when I don’t attempt the impossible. Any attempt at the impossible salvation only proves it is impossible!

Luke 18:26-27 TPT
[26] Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?” [27] Jesus responded, “What appears humanly impossible is more than possible with God. For God can do what man cannot.”

Here is the revelation shaping my life today – you do not make God’s kingdom come, you see that it is coming in you and die to everything that stands in its way.

Luke 17:20-21 TPT
[20] Jesus was once asked by the Jewish religious leaders, “When will God’s kingdom realm come?” Jesus responded, “God’s kingdom realm does not come simply by obeying principles or by waiting for signs. [21] The kingdom is not discovered in one place or another, for God’s kingdom realm is already expanding within some of you.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today -Does modern man still live in the dark ages? A new age has dawned, it’s the age where sin has been abolished, am I living here?

Hebrews 9:26,28 TPT
….But now he has appeared at the fulfilment of the ages to abolish sin once and for all by the sacrifice of himself! ……28] But when we die we will be face-to-face with Christ, the One who experienced death once for all to bear the sins of many! And now to those who eagerly await him, he will appear a second time; not to deal with sin, but to bring us the fullness of salvation.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – if you try, even just a little bit, if you put your “I” in the salvation story, you miss the whole story.

Luke 10:25 NIV
[25] On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – you can’t silence good news. This news is thousands of years old and is still celebrated worldwide. I think this shows how desperate our need is for rescue. You can’t do this life alone!

Luke 2:10-12 TPT
[10] But the angel reassured them, saying, “Don’t be afraid. For I have come to bring you good news, the most joyous news the world has ever heard! And it is for everyone everywhere! [11-12] For today in Bethlehem a rescuer was born for you. He is the Lord Yahweh, the Messiah.“

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – it’s impossible to be saved, it is only possible to know you are saved.
Matthew 19:25-26 NLT
[25] The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked. [26] Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – heaven declares me to be the man I want to be. I will accept the declaration and stop my attempts to write it myself.
Colossians 1:19-22 NLT
[19] For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, [20] and through him, God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. [21] This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. [22] Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – how deeply acceptance is measured by performance, and how this is not the story of heaven.
Philippians 3:9 NLT
[9] I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – there is no fear in my life with God for His salvation is in His presence.
Romans 2:4 NLT
[4] Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – how easily I am attracted to the false and fragile and futile life of the law.

Acts 13:38-39 NLT

[38] “Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. [39] Everyone who believes in him is made right in God’s sight-something the law of Moses could never do.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – you can be in the kingdom of God but not living a kingdom life.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2 NLT

[1] Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. [2] I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready.