"THE POTTER"

Before anything existed, was God, He always existed and will
exist forever.
He created man at his own image and likeness: Genesis 1-26.
God always demanded obedience from us, and in turn, He takes
care of us when we are faithful, He is aware of all our needs.
Sadly to say, we only get close to God when we want Him
to solve our problems. He is our Creator, and He has the right
to do with us what He pleases.
Like the potter!
If a potter is making a vessel, a vase or a pot, but when he is
turning the table, sees that the clay is too soft or too hard, and the
walls of the vessel does not want to stay in place, do not “obey”,
do not conform with the purpose for it was created, he destroys it!
Makes new clay to make another piece without having anyone
to tell him that what He is doing is wrong!
God is our Potter!
We were created with a purpose in life and if by our disobedience
we defeat our purpose, He could destroy us like a potter’s vessel,
and make another one that can conform to his will!
Oh Lord : What is the purpose of my life living in this world?
How could I know if what I’m doing is right?
Well, He left us instructions in his book called the BIBLE.
Yes! The Book you always refuse to read!
God is as close to us as we let Him to be!
But, for our advantage, God made us better than regular clay,
we are not death but alive, and have in us the power to speak,
to implore forgiveness to our Great Potter to spare our life,
because He knows how fragile we are, just like a potter’s vessel!
But if instead of asking for forgiveness, we proudly say we are
not guilty and deserve to live….Be careful!
The closer to sin, the farther away from God we are!
Repentance makes us turn from sin to God!
Repentance is the desire to stop sinning!
And Christ is always ready to forgive us!
When we receive Him as our Lord!
PRAISE HIM!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"SHORT CIRCUIT"

Light is to vanish darkness, without light everything is darkness!
If we illuminate our heart, we will be able to see, all its filth!
“Let it be light, God said and there was light!”
Genesis 1– 3and 4.
We use electricity to produce artificial light, electricity has two
poles, completely opposed to each other, one is called positive,
and the other, negative. If we connect these poles to a bulb, we
will produce light, but if we allow these poles to touch, they will
crash and produce what is called: short circuit! So we have to
maintain these poles separated, and insulated one to the other
to prevent short circuits, and keep ourselves illuminated.
God is completely separated from the negative side, because He
hates anything that is bad, or evil and He wants us to be like Him
He said: Be saints because I am Saint! I Peter 1-16.
Many people live one moment with light, and other in complete
darkness because they love to touch both poles causing many
short circuits daily, turning off their light, finding themselves
in a profound darkness.
Jesus said: “I am the light of the world; he who follows me,
will not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8-12.
If we remain with Him, we will never be in darkness!
The only way to avoid short circuits, is separating these two
poles as far as we possible can, to stop touching them.
We have to separate ourselves from the negative, and embrace
the positive, the positive is love, and the negative is sin.
We cannot love and sin at the same time!
We cannot be sweet water and salty water at the same time!
We should not bless and damn at the same time!
Then… What can we do?
We have to learn to separate good and evil embrace good
and reject evil, to be close to God!
If we love God we cannot hate! If we hate we cannot love!
Love God and people!
We do not need to hate!

PRAISE HIM, HE LOVES YOU!

José Salazar
S. de C.

"BEHAVE"

With our behavior, at the end of our lives, we will have enough
building materials to construct a house in heaven, or a palace in hell.
The greater the amount of sins we have, the bigger the load we carry
on our shoulders, and the heavier the load, the greater our fatigue,
bigger our affliction, more intense our pain. Listen:
“As I live, said the Lord, I have no pleasure, in the death of the
wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live.”
Ezequiel 33-11.
Talking with a friend of mine, he told me that I need to congregate
and have a pastor to guide me, and I answered him: I have one
already, his name is Jesus Christ! Our Pastor!
To congregate is good, but we need to share with others what
we learn in the church and visit the people who are far from God!
Because of so much feeding ourselves in the congregation, we are
getting fat with so much spiritual food, food we could take to the
people who are hungry and needy of God.
There are so many lost sheep in the world that need help, that we
don’t need a lot of biblical knowledge and great eloquence to tell
the world who Christ is, and what He can do for us after removing
from our shoulders that heavy laden of sins that hurt us so much.
We could tell them that Jesus can change us in another person that
their goals are not to serve sin, but God and people. Listen:
We don’t need to build anything in heaven! Because Christ has
done it all for us! The only thing we need is to have Him
in our heart accepting Him as our Lord and Savior!
“In my Father’s house, are many mansions” John 14-2.
“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I
will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me,
for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest into
your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” Mathew 11- 28.

PRAISE HIM, HE LOVES YOU!

José Salazar
S. de C.