Seize the Moment – Day 381
There is a Way of Victory!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, April 2.
Today is Good Friday and I invite you to join us tonight at 6:30 for a sacred assembly. We gather to worship God and to remember Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary.
Did you know that God has made a way for you to return to Him? No matter what you have done…
Genesis 4:5b-7 demonstrates God’s unrelenting desire to have a healthy relationship with His people. In this passage we hear God speak to Adam and Eve’s son, Cain, regarding his anger at how Abel’s offering was accepted, while his offering was not:
So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? “If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
Just because Cain’s first attempt at offering a right sacrifice was rejected by God doesn’t mean that Cain himself was cut off from God. Even though God made a way of victory for Cain, Cain allowed his anger and resentment to build up and he rejected God’s way and killed Abel.
We must choose to walk in the way of victory! Listen to Paul’s words from 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.”
Seize the moment and walk in God’s way of victory. Jesus Christ has made a way for you!
Let’s recite this week’s memory verse from Exodus 6:7a, “I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.”