Life 'Users’ Manual'

VERSE: All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
2 Tim 3:16, 17

The Word of God is there for us so that the man of God may be adequate and equipped for every good work. Oh! How true! The Word becomes like our ‘Life Users’ Manual’.

When we buy a new electronic gadget, we always look up the users’ manual on instructions on how to operate the gadget. When we run into trouble running the gadget, we look at the troubleshooting instructions in the manual. Similarly, the Word was designed to be our ‘Life User Manual’ on how to run our lives pleasing the Creator. We never doubt the manual; we believe the manual and operate the gadget accordingly. Ain’t that true?

As soon as you start operating your gadget in the way it is not supposed to be, it will soon need a repair. Maybe your life has been operated in a way which it wasn’t supposed to have been operated. The Users’ Manual, the Word of God has a remedy for that. You can give your life to the Lord today and that decision can change the way you operate your life. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life”. He not only promises us eternal life but a life in Him.

THOUGHT: Do we question the Life 'Users’ Manual' when it was designed by our Creator for us?

All verses have been quoted from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

The Ultimate Salvation Plan: The Son redeems, the Father forgives and the Holy Spirit renews!

VERSE: But when the kindness of God our Savior and {His} love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to {the} hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4-7

The participation of the Trinity in our salvation is just amazing and the role of each person in the Trinity is as important as the other! The Father’s love relationship with man is illustrated through His ultimate sacrifice of His Son who redeemed man from the filth of sin so that the Father could forgive mankind and give him the hope of eternal life. Jesus our Savior sent the Holy Spirit who would renew us so we no longer have to live under condemnation (Rom 8:1). It is also added that He poured out this Spirit abundantly so that our hearts are renewed and the guilt of sin is removed. Again Paul makes it very clear that we haven’t attained this through our works but because of His mercy alone. Paul also brings out the symbols of salvation that is water baptism where we become dead to sin and alive in Christ. Col 2:12-13 says that “Having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross”. This all-clear certificate gives us the ultimate hope of eternal life and that is the ultimate salvation plan!

THOUGHT: Are you living each day believing that you have been redeemed by the Son, forgiven by the Father and renewed by the Holy Spirit from the guilt of your sin?

All verses have been quoted from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.