Texas Holdem Part 1

Several years ago I preached a series called “Texas Holdem With Jesus” (How To Win At The Game Of Life).  So I thought I would share some of that with you on our blogs for the next few days. If you are not familiar with “Texas Holdem” it is a card game that is widely popular, you can watch it on ESPN and other stations usually daily.  The game has several terms that they use and I keyed in on these terms and looked at it from a spiritual and biblical standpoint.

The first term, we hear about in Texas Holdem is the “BUY IN”.   You see in order to play Texas Holdem you have to “buy in” you have to decide if you are going to play the game or not.  In life, we all have to have a “buy in”.  This is the first thing we need to do if we are going to play this game of life. Your first step to winning is joining the game with a “buy in”.

So to be a winner in the Kingdom your “buy in” has to be the blood of Jesus. You can “buy in” to life with all kind of things, but the only thing that will guarantee you a win in the Kingdom is that you are bought in with the blood of Christ.

God through Jesus Christ has given you the opportunity to “buy in” at no cost to yourself to win in life. There is no other way to get into this game and be successful but through Jesus.

1Peter 1:18-19, Eph.2:8, Eph.1:7, 2Cor.5:17

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