So YES, you are forgiven! YES, you will be with Jesus forever! But now that he has loved you, forgiven you, and made the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for you; LIVE IN THAT LOVE; live in line with the new creation you have become; and YOU TOO…

… put him first. Not for the sake of redemption, but BECAUSE you are redeemed; now LIVE redeemed. Put Christ first. Before family. Before job. Before riches. Before vices. Before anything in all creation. Christ has marched on to Golgotha to die for you, and HE HAS DIED, so that death cannot have you. But now that that ultimate act of love has been done, hear what he says today:

“Redeemed child of God, whom I love. LISTEN to what I say to you: listen to what I have done; listen to the promises that are yours! And being secure in your salvation, STOP LETTING OTHER THINGS COME BETWEEN YOU AND ME!”

Hear Jesus when he says to you: “Beloved child of God; One that I love! Pick up your cross; put all other things aside! And follow me.”

-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor