Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Good 21st Birthday Titles

LUCHANDO CONTRA EL RENCOR


Text: Philemon 1-20

Forgiveness is one of the most valuable assets that we acquire in life, forgive enriches us, free our souls of many produce evils and spirituality and holiness.

The most perfect fruit of love is forgiveness (v.1-7). Philemon was a man who had great love for God and others, encouraged and stimulated his love to all, however it was necessary that this love is manifested in a greater degree, forgive his slave Onesimus, who had fled home, taking money. Not enough to love those who love us, we must love even those who hurt us. To forgive one must believe that evil has been a good (v.8-16). Paul tries to help Philemon to take a positive view of the situation, makes him see that Onesimus has become a Christian and is now a useful person, and perhaps for that God allowed him to suffer this evil. Makes him see that God wants to forgive and receive back. We believe that there is a good behind every evil and therefore not correct to hold a grudge for what God has used to do his will (eg Joseph and his brothers). To forgive is to remember that we are not perfect (v. 17-19). Paul reminds Philemon that he too was a debtor who owed him many favors, and that therefore he should forgive Onesimus, and in any case, if you had a debt to cash it for them, and what put your account. Nobody is blameless, one has needed to be forgiven and aided by others, we must do the same for those who have let us down. Forgiveness brings joy (v.20). Paul says that Philemon's forgiveness was going to produce much happiness. Forgiving generates peace and joy to everyone, forgiving, who receives the pardon and the entire community. Forgiveness is the best way to become instruments of peace and love. Cheer up, you can always forgive, not our strength but God's.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

What Technology Standard Provides

LIBRES PARA SER HIJOS DE DIOS

By Alberto Valdivia

Sunday Sermon
Text: Galatians 3:23-4:7


The type of relationship that God has designed us is that of father and son. We are more than creatures to him or more than friends, we maintain a deep family ties. God wants to treat us as children and heirs of their wealth. Let's see how we can enjoy this privilege.

The law is a coach who only drives us to God (v.23-25). At that time the sons of kings educated tutors, they were subject to these people, they had to learn from them how to behave as children of the king. The law has been to us as a tutor who taught us how to please God, but has not given us a relationship with him has shown us our disabilities and weaknesses, but we have become children. The law rules enslaved us, mortified our existence but we are not united to God

Faith is what binds us to God as sons through Jesus (v.26-27; 4:4,5). When we believe is when we join God as children, we take the nature of Christ, we are clothed in his presence and in Him we are adopted as children of God. Jesus came to earth to rescue us from sin and the law that enslaved us to buy with his death and thus become children of God. Baptism is the medium that brings us that grace, but only when we believe is when it becomes effective and real in our lives.

Because of Christ we enjoy the blessings of being a child of God (v.28-29, 4:6-7). dispute has broken all social, racial or gender by our union with Christ, we are spiritual descendants of Abraham, and he now promises to reach us we too, have been delivered from the law and the rules we are which unites us to God but faith in Christ. The Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts, transforming us and guide us now son maintain a relationship with God, we can say, "Daddy," we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, we are full the blessings of God

Now, thanks to Jesus, we are children of God, and therefore we are heir to all his blessings. The law did not give us this intimate relationship llevadoa but the grace, and we entered it through faith in Jesus. Let us rejoice in this freedom that we have received and for the privilege of being part of the family of God, as his children.