A cartoon depicted Noah’s ark surrounded by desperate people drowning in the water, begging for help. The rains were coming down hard while Noah and his family were safe inside. On the outside of the ark was a “smiley face” with the words, “Smile, God Loves You.”Are you sure God loves everybody? John the Baptist didn’t think so. He said, “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not…
How the Holy Spirit truly led me to come to this conclusion is what Jesus (and others) said and did through out His ministry. He breaks on the scene in Mark 1:15 to start His Ministry verse 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Repent and Belief are two steps that need to be taken along side each other, they…
Before I get to Galatians 3, I wanted to explain a little bit about the Law. The Law is the instructions from God on moral behavior. God gave the Law so that people would have a guide to live by and a standard by which they might recognize God’s purity and their sinfulness. The Law is a reflection of the character of God because the Law comes from the very heart of God. Therefore…
The wonderful thing about church yesterday is that the same thing I taught in my Sunday school class my pastor preached on in his sermon, I had no idea he was going to preach on the law and the old covenant. But let me talk about Sunday school, we talked about the law and how the law is used to bring us to the point of Salvation. We went to Romans2:14-16 14 For when…
Isaiah chapter 6 1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of…
(Octavius Winslow, “Divine Realities” 1860) “My times are in Your hand.” Psalm 31:15 Learn to be content with your present lot—with God’s dealings with you, and His disposal of you. You are just where His providence has, in its inscrutable, but all wise and righteous decision, placed you. It may be a painful, irksome, trying position—but it is right. Oh yes—it is right! Strive, then, to live a life of daily dependence upon God.…
Unchurched people today are the ultimate consumers. We may not like it, but for every sermon we preach, they’re asking, “Am I interested in that subject or not?” If they aren’t, it doesn’t matter how effective our delivery is; their minds will check out.–Bill Hybels That is precisely my concern about today’s pragmatic church-growth strategies. The design is to attract the unchurched. For what? To entertain them? To get them to attend church meetings…
I‘ve been thinking about Church this past Sunday – Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Abortion is terrible, horrible and God hates it, but He hates all sin. I love Care Net and the work they do to minimize this horrible sin that people do to God’s unborn. The compassion they show to people who come to them, the Gospel they share so God can convert them. What a wonderful light they are for God.…
Inward, Upward, or Outward By John MacArthur If the average evangelical congregation were surveyed concerning the primary purpose of the church, it is likely that many diverse answers would be given. Several purposes, however, would probably be prominent. A large number would rank fellowship first, the opportunity to associate and interact with fellow Christians who share similar beliefs and values. They highly value the fact that the church provides activities and programs for the…
Get the Flash Player to see this content. “I wonder also how many Christians in our day have truly and completely abandoned themselves to Jesus Christ as their Lord. We are very busy telling people to ‘accept Christ’—and that seems to be the only word we are using. We arrange a painless acceptance. We are telling people that the easiest thing in the world is to accept Jesus Christ, and I wonder what has…
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