The message was brought by Rev. Tim Powers on Dec 28, 2025. The background scripture comes from II Corinthians 5.
We’re in a temporal body; we’re a dying people. As believers, one day we’ll get a new body. What a blessed day! No more problems. No cancer. No heart issues. We’ll be a ball of energy. The first couple of verses talk about being clothed with that body. Because we trust God, we won’t be ashamed to stand before him. Our mortality will be swallowed up with life–life that comes from God. As we wait for this change, sometimes we need a reset. And just like a video game, we can press (ask) for a reset. If you’re not saved, ask Jesus to save you before it’s too late. Ask him to reset your life today and rely only on him.
Verse 9 says Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. I want to be accepted. I want to be found laboring for him when he comes. When he does, we’ll appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ. I don’t want to be ashamed of my life as a Christian. Verse 11 says because we know the terror of the Lord–what is this? Hell. We know hell is real. We know sin is serious and deserves punishment. It’s our own choice where we go when we die. There are consequences to our actions. Our works after we’re saved will be judged. Later, the lost will be cast into hell at the Great White Throne Judgment. Heaven and hell–it’s all eternal. We need to get busy and persuade others to accept Christ as Savior. And after we’re saved, we need to work for the Lord in winning souls and serving him.
The ministry of reset is seen in verse 17. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Things are new after salvation. People aren’t perfect. We sin after salvation. We mess up, but the Holy Spirit convicts us to repent. If you don’t have the Holy Spirit in your heart and life, you are not saved. Hit the reset button. Come back to the Lord if you’ve drifted away. I John 1:9 says to the Christian: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. He’s a personal God who cares about us.
Have you messed up in 2025? Reset! Come back to the Lord. He’ll bless you. He’ll forgive you. My hope and prayer is that true Christians will stand up for God in 2026. I’d love to see true believers put into office in the mid-term elections. Let’s push the reset button and move forward. Pray more. Read the Word of God more. Get closer to God. What about it?
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