New Years Day

New Years Day                                                                                               Sunday January 1st. 2017

For this New Year I would offer these words from the writers of the New Testament and Jesus.
To the Christian I would offer these words from the Apostle Peter and the writer of Hebrews,
Peter wrote,
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.  
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 
Dear friends,
 I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.  
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” 1 Peter 2:9-12.
The writer of Hebrews wrote,

“Make every effort to live in peace with all men

 and to be holy; 

without holiness no one will see the Lord.” 

Hebrews 12:14.

This is something we as Christians can do.
To both Christian and non-Christian alike I offer these words of Jesus who said,

“So in everything, do to others

 what you would have them do to you, 

for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” 

Matthew 7:12.

It is something we all can do in the coming year and the years ahead. Something that if all men and women did would lead to a better world.
Please think about it.