Lipstick on a Pig

You can take an ordinary pig, dress it up and add all kinds of accessories on it, and you will just have a dressed up pig. It will still oink like a pig, and live like a pig and have actions like a pig. The first chance the pig gets, it will roll in the mud. Why? It is her nature.

It takes the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ to change our inside so that our outside will change. Jesus comes into our heart, and gives us a new nature. The Bible tells us that "Greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world." God gave us His only Son, as a sacrifice for our sins. John 3:16 says that "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Romans 10:9-10 (New International Version)

9. If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

It takes the experience of the new birth to change you from a ungodly person to a godly one. You just have to believe that Jesus died for your sins, by being crucified on the cross and he rose again the third day. He went back to heaven to sit at the right hand of God.

Let us pray: Our dear Heavenly Father, we come to you today to confess that Jesus Christ is your only son and I want to declare that He died for my sins by his Crucifixion on the cross, and rose again the third day. He went back to heaven to sit at the right hand at the throne of God. You said that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I believe that I receive your salvation that only you can provide. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul. Amen.

If you just received salvation from your sins, start reading your Bible. If you don't have one, there are several online versions that you can find. Start with the book of John, and Romans. Find a Bible based church somewhere in your area, and start attending. Let us know if you received salvation today. I would be glad to hear from you.

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Salt in the Christian Life

While reading the scriptures, I read what Jesus said about we are the salt of the earth. I have a Dake Bible, and I looked up salt in it. In Bible times, if they had a covenant between themselves, and someone else, they used the expression, "There is salt between us."

I wanted to fully understand the meaning of what Jesus said, so I prayed about it. I was reading in my Amplified Bible, and the Lord opened up my understanding of salt.

II Kings 2:19-22 Amp

19. And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, inhabiting of this city is pleasant, as my Lord sees, but the water is bad and the locality causes miscarriage and barrenness [in all animals].

20. He said, Bring me a new bowl and put salt [the symbol of God's purifying power] in it. And they brought it to him. 

21. Then Elisha went to the spring of the waters and cast the salt in it and said, Thus says the Lord, I [not the salt] have healed these waters; there shall not be any more death, miscarriage or barrenness [and bereavement] because of it. 

22. So the waters were healed to this day, as Elisha had said. 

When I read verse 20, that the salt is the symbol of God's purifying power, I thought of how the Holy Spirit refines us in our Christian walk. I also thought about God's covenant with us, through His Son, Jesus Christ. He gave us the Covenant of Salvation, so we can also say that "there is salt between us." I also thought about the scripture, "Greater is He that is within us, than he that is in the world.

Also, remember what happened to Lot's wife? She turned into a pillar of salt when she disobeyed God. She was told to not look back and she did.

When I read this-the Lord showed me what Jesus meant when he said we are the salt of the earth. Salt is used as a seasoning, and also as a preservative. If left out on the bare earth or exposed to the sun, rain, and air, it loses its savor which makes it worthless.

Matt. 5:13 KJV

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 

I think Jesus was talking about us taking care of our salvation, our covenant of salvation. Also, I ran across this article about salt and light that you may enjoy reading.