----Our Creator ~~

---FIRSTBORN ~~

--"He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent.
For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself
all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross."
--(Colossians 1:18b-20)~~
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--A doe and two fawns attempted to cross the road. The doe crossed first. The two fawns hesitated.

We are alienated and hostile to God and lost in our sin. Christ, the firstborn from the dead, reconciled us to God through His death on the Cross, that as He died and rose, so too shall all who believe in Him die and then rise to eternal life with Him. As the doe crossed the road first, Christ has crossed from death to life before us and showed us the way to life everlasting.

Death was a possibility only when the two fawns hesitated to follow their mother across the road, but for us, our refusal to follow Jesus leads to a sure thing--eternal separation from God. Jesus died and rose so that we, too, may die to sin and eternal death and live eternally with God in glory everlasting.

-"Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for taking our sins upon Yourself with Your death on the Cross. Send Your Holy Spirit to guide us as we live here on Earth so that we, too, may follow You through the resurrection of the dead and to life everlasting. We praise You and bless your Holy Name Jesus Christ."

--Portals of Prayer~~ --"Nobody Loves Me Like You" / (Chris Tomlin) <https://youtu.be/eyp_oL4m5k4>
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