This is Namma for Christ with the
two hundred thirteenth inspirational message dated Tuesday, January 11th, 2022.
The title of this message is “Changed – 1st Cor. 6:11 – WASHED”.
The first word of this message’s title is also the name of
the below inspirational song/video, “Changed” (with lyrics) as performed by
Walter & Tramaine Hawkins (Tramaine Hawkins is the soloist). The
below passage of scripture (that accompanies this message) is from the New Testament
book of 1st Corinthians – the eleventh verse of the sixth chapter:
1st Corinthians 6:11
New International Version
(NIV)
11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you
were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the
Spirit of our God.
For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as
provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY
BREAD".
I recently read the message
for the day (for January 9th, 2022) and found it to be so inspiring, memorable and
“thought-provoking”.
I wanted to share this message with you (see the below message). Our
Daily Bread Ministries has the of website of: www.odb.org so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of
daily inspirational messages based on scripture from
the Bible. Please read and enjoy:
WASHED
You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ. – 1st
Corinthians 6:11
Today's Scripture &
Insight:
Titus 3:3-7
My
friend Bill described Gerard, an acquaintance of his, as being “very far from
God for a very long time.” But one day, after Bill met with Gerard and
explained to him how God’s love has provided the way for us to be saved, Gerard
became a believer in Jesus. Through tears, he repented of his sin and gave his
life to Christ. Afterward, Bill asked Gerard how he felt. Wiping away tears, he
answered simply, “Washed.”
What an
amazing response! That’s precisely the essence of salvation made possible
through faith in Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross. In 1st
Corinthians 6, after Paul gives examples of how disobedience against God leads
to separation from Him, he says “That is what some of you were. But you were
washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ” (verse 11). “Washed”, “sanctified”,
“justified” – words that point to believers being forgiven and made right with
Him.
Titus
3:4-5 (see the verses below) tell us
more about this miraculous thing called salvation. “God our Savior…saved us,
not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved
us through the washing of rebirth.” Our sin keeps us from God, but through
faith in Jesus, sin’s penalty is washed away. We become new creations (2nd
Corinthians 5:17 - see the verse below),
we gain access to our heavenly Father (Ephesians 2:18 - see the verse below), and we are made clean (1st John
1:7 - see the verse below). He alone
provides what we need to be washed.
Titus
3:4-5 (NKJV):
4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward
man appeared, 5 not
by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy. He
saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
2nd
Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV):
17 Therefore, if anyone “is” in Christ, “he is” a new creation;
old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Ephesians
2:18 (NKJV):
18For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the
Father.
1st
John 1:7 (NKJV):
7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses us from all sin.
(I do not own the rights
to this song).
(If you can't see the below
video: Please scroll down to the end - Under the rectangular box labeled
"Home" - please click "View web version". You will
automatically be taken to the top of the message - please scroll down to the
"end" of the message to view the video. Please press play to enjoy
the song/video.)
BE BLESSED!
