NO LONGER A LOSER=BUT WINNERS=IN CHRIST

NO LONGER A LOSER=BUT WINNERS=
IN CHRIST


By the STANDARDS of their days
Jesus and his apostles were
BIG-TIME LOSERS


Jesus hung out with tax collectors
And prostitutes=was POOR=and was
REJECTED by those in power


He died a horrible death=was publicly ridiculed
And was sentenced to a
Long-tortuous death-as a criminal


“But first he MUST suffer greatly=
And be REJECTED=
By his generation” Luke 17:25


TODAY=Jesus is KNOWN as maybe=
The GREATEST PERSON of all time=
Not only a winner=BUT a GOD=the GOD


And his apostles=disciples=and Mary Magdalene
Are PART of the GREATEST STORY
Ever told


We too=are NO LONGER
Losers=but we are WINNERS=
Because we are ADOPTED CHILDREN
Of God


We are WINNERS in the NAME
Of CHRIST Jesus


“But WHEN the set time-
Had fully come=
God sent his SON


Born of a woman
Born under the law
To REDEEM those under the law


That we might RECEIVE-
ADOPTION to sonship


Because you are his sons
God sent the SPIRIT
Of his Son
Into our hearts


The Spirit who calls out
'Abba Father'” Galatians 4:5-6


YES=we are NO LONGER losers=
But winners=
WINNERS in Christ


By BELIEVING in Jesus-we
Become=VICTORIOUS over the
Grave too


We all SUFFER at times
During this life
We all feel like “losers”
At times


But the KINGDOM of GOD
Is among us=and we
Are MEMBERS of it


Because of our ASSOCIATION with Christ
And his VICTORY=
OVER all things in life


Since we BELONG to Jesus-
And REMAIN in him
We are victorious too
WE ARE WINNERS


“May we SHOUT
For JOY=over your victory


And lift up the BANNERS
In the name of our God” Psalm 20:5


“For the Lord
Takes DELIGHT in his people


He crowns the HUMBLE
With VICTORY” Psalm 149:4


Dear FRIENDS=whatever is in our past=
Or PRESENT=or in our future=
It does NOT matter


You ARE A WINNER=because=
You are a DISCIPLE=
Of Jesus Christ


In the name of Jesus and HIS
MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
11-15-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terence Hegarty