"Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy." I Peter 2:10
I was not always a princess. I became one at the age of 12 when Jesus Christ became my redeemer. He is my King. If you do not know Jesus as your savior and you are reading this... for clarity, let me break down some of the words I have used already:
Jesus Christ-My King... The one from the Bible... He is God.... Not just my god... there is no god but Him. Man refutes it, but man does not have a leg to stand on. We are not God. The Bible says " For by Him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." Colosians 1:16 & 17 I cannot refute the complexity of this world, and I do not believe science can explain it all. My faith is that He holds me together... every day He sustains His creation.
By redeemer and savior... Scripture teaches that man sinned, and I know this to be true because I can feel my sin nature inside of me... still there and very real. I have sinned and do sin still. Whether culture recognizes it or not, there are consequences for wrong doing. The Bible says the penalty for sin is death... no exceptions. I may not die physically immediately, but spiritually, sin causes death. Spiritual death is permanent separation from God. Jesus became a man, like us, capable of sin, but did not sin... so then He could pay our consequences and suffer and die in our place. He bought our freedom from sin and death with His life blood so we could be reconciled to God.
I wanted to start with this because, really... you can not be a princess without Him... I once was not a people, but now am the princess of God... who had not obtained mercy, but now have.... and it's because of the price King Jesus paid to adopt me ...
Jesus Christ-My King... The one from the Bible... He is God.... Not just my god... there is no god but Him. Man refutes it, but man does not have a leg to stand on. We are not God. The Bible says " For by Him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." Colosians 1:16 & 17 I cannot refute the complexity of this world, and I do not believe science can explain it all. My faith is that He holds me together... every day He sustains His creation.
By redeemer and savior... Scripture teaches that man sinned, and I know this to be true because I can feel my sin nature inside of me... still there and very real. I have sinned and do sin still. Whether culture recognizes it or not, there are consequences for wrong doing. The Bible says the penalty for sin is death... no exceptions. I may not die physically immediately, but spiritually, sin causes death. Spiritual death is permanent separation from God. Jesus became a man, like us, capable of sin, but did not sin... so then He could pay our consequences and suffer and die in our place. He bought our freedom from sin and death with His life blood so we could be reconciled to God.
I wanted to start with this because, really... you can not be a princess without Him... I once was not a people, but now am the princess of God... who had not obtained mercy, but now have.... and it's because of the price King Jesus paid to adopt me ...
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