Snippets From Karol's Journal


I am studying the seven meaning of the word SALVATION.  The Greek word is SOZO and it has seven meanings.  Over the course of the next few days, I want will share with you what I am learning.


The first meaning for SOZO is salvation.....of course.


I like to substiture the word RESCUE.  God reaches down into my confusion, my pain, my sorrow, my darkness and "rescues" me out of it.  Just like a well-meaning dad who loves his child would go to any lengths to rescue them, so does our Heavenly Father.


After all He gave His only Son to suffer and die for each of us.  Now I would say that is the ultimate definition for the word "well-meaning."

If you would like to understand the very heart of God, go to www.biblegateway.com and put in the word "rescue."  Then enter THE MESSAGE Bible.  You will see that it was the heart of God to rescue His people all through the Old Testament.  Then in the New Testament, Jesus Christ came on the scene with the ultimate rescue for all of us.

The free gift of salvation awaits each one of us.  God has given us the freedom to chose or reject it.  It's there---ready and waiting!!

Romans 1:16-17
It's news I'm most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God's powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God's way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: "The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives."

God bless your day!

Karol

We just experienced "July 4th, 2012."  This is the day to celebrate our country's freedom and remember those that paid the price for our freedom.

Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price for our freedom.  He paid with his life after unthinkable suffering and He did it out of love for us.  He paid for my sin and your sin so we might be free.  But are we living in the freedom that He died for?

John 8:36  Amplified Bible

So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.

Evaluate the  areas of your life.....your spirituality, your relationships, your finances, etc.  If you feel limitations in those areas, ask God how to be "really and unquestionably free."

God bless you!

Karol