Your Place in the New Family Tree 4/24
Your Place in the New Family Tree
There are only two family trees. You are born into the first one, the family of Adam. This family comes with sin, guilt, and death. But you can choose to be in the second family, the family of Christ. Jesus lived the perfect life we could not live. He died the death we deserved. In Christ, everything that was broken in Adam gets fixed. You find forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life. Jesus does not just improve your life. He gives you a brand new lineage. You do not need to turn over a new leaf. You need a new tree. You must choose which family you belong to. Your choice determines your eternity. You can leave Adam’s family and be adopted into God’s family today.
1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV): “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”
Reflection: Which family tree will you choose to be in? Read Joshua 24:15 aloud and personally declare, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
To listen to the sermon that corresponds with this devotion, click the link: https://www.mbcpb.org/media
There are only two family trees. You are born into the first one, the family of Adam. This family comes with sin, guilt, and death. But you can choose to be in the second family, the family of Christ. Jesus lived the perfect life we could not live. He died the death we deserved. In Christ, everything that was broken in Adam gets fixed. You find forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life. Jesus does not just improve your life. He gives you a brand new lineage. You do not need to turn over a new leaf. You need a new tree. You must choose which family you belong to. Your choice determines your eternity. You can leave Adam’s family and be adopted into God’s family today.
1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV): “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”
Reflection: Which family tree will you choose to be in? Read Joshua 24:15 aloud and personally declare, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
To listen to the sermon that corresponds with this devotion, click the link: https://www.mbcpb.org/media
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John 6:44 : " No one can come to Me (Jesus) unless the Father who sent Me draws him and I will raise him up on the last day. " (John 15:16a, Matt. 22:14)