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For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. --2 Timothy 4:6 The apostle Paul wrote the words of today’s verses while in prison and awaiting his execution. With clarity and strength of character Paul communicates that he is about to die, saying, "the time of my departure has come." Did you notice that word “departure?” This is a very interesting word. In the original Greek it has several meanings, one of which describes when a prisoner is being set free from prison. So Paul is saying to his beloved friends, as well as to you and me, “I’m about to be set free from the prison of this life!” He’s looking forward with anticipation to being set free from the restraints of this world, being in the presence of the Lord, and receiving a crown of righteousness. You see, Paul could look forward to heaven and to seeing Christ Jesus with anticipation. He had the confidence that comes from having loved and served the Lord with joy. One day you’re going to depart this world and meet Christ Jesus face to face. Do you look forward to that moment with joy and confidence? Well, you can! Give Jesus your all today and never look back! Serve with the confidence that comes from knowing Christ is with you! And tell others about his love, his grace, and his saving power.   GIVE JESUS YOUR ALL TODAY AND NEVER LOOK BACK! Angels by Jack Graham Walk through Scripture,  to reveal the truth about angels and what they offer us. Focusing on practical application, Dr. Graham separates fact from fiction and demonstrates that the main role of angels isn't to draw attention to themselves, but to point us toward Christ.

Look and Live

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”
Numbers 21:8–9

Though the great preacher Charles Spurgeon was raised in a Christian home, he was still unconverted when one Sunday morning as a teenager, he decided to go to a different church than the one he normally attended. A snowstorm changed his plans, and he stopped at a small church with only a dozen or so people in attendance. The weather had kept the pastor from reaching the church, and an untrained layman filled the pulpit. He preached a simple salvation message from Isaiah 45:22, “Look unto me, and be ye saved.”
Spurgeon later recounted, “Just fixing his eyes on me, as if he knew all my heart, he said, ‘Young man, you look very miserable. And you will always be miserable—miserable in life and miserable in death—if you don’t obey my text; but if you obey now, this moment, you will be saved.’ Then lifting up his hands, he shouted, ‘Young man, look to Jesus Christ. Look! Look! Look! You have nothing to do but look and live!’ I saw at once the way of salvation. I had been waiting to do fifty things, but when I heard that word, ‘Look!’...the cloud was gone.”
Salvation is not the result of our labors and efforts. It cannot be gained by avoiding evil or by doing good. It is only when we look to Jesus, receiving in faith the free gift of salvation purchased for us by His death on the cross that we find hope for eternity.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

No one, no matter how good, has any hope of salvation apart from looking to Jesus alone.