The Gospel

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the GOSPEL which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

[Paul, writing to Christians @ Corinth, 1 Cor. 15:1-4]

Friday, October 26, 2012

Matthew 6:10

Title:  Your will be done

In prayer we cannot force God to give us what we want and when we want it.

Prayer is for the glory of God, whether it is an entreaty for a need or healing or simply a quiet communion with the Father.

God is sovereign in prayer.  Before his awesome presence, in petitions that cannot be uttered with words, we seek to know his will for our lives that he may be praised in the testimony of our deeds and words in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the power of the Holy Ghost.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Revelation 2:10


Title:  Be faithful

We have always understood faithfulness as regular attendance of worship services and consistent giving of offerings, mostly revolving around congregational activities, but the truth is it goes beyond the four corners of a place of worship; faithfulness, in its purest sense, demands the sacrifice of our lives, and merely for being identified as a Christian.

A Christian is willing and ready, by the grace of God, to die for his faith.  A commitment that falls short of putting our lives on the line for the testimony of our belief in the truthfulness of God’s promises is not faithfulness.

It is not even Christianity, for the Scriptures bear witness that a Christian will stand firm to the end.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Matthew 6:10

Title:  Your will be done

God is sovereign: we cannot order him around and tell him what to do and when to do it.

If prayer is anything, it is an acknowledgment that the will of God is everything, and we come to him with all humility and brokenness and dependence because the Lord alone knows what is good for us, to prepare us for his eternal rule and in view also of his righteousness which is the basis of his plan for our lives.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Matthew 24:25

Title:  I have told you ahead of time


Do not fight against a Christian, he will always win!

A child of God is like a man playing the lottery, knowing what combination of numbers will land the jackpot prize.

A Christian knows what will transpire into the future, where this material universe is headed, not to mention the circumstances of life and death, and by this knowledge so orders his life as to have the advantage of organizing his affairs in view of the culmination of human history, when the day finally arrives when the Lord will devastate and lay waste the earth, ruin its face, and scatter its inhabitants, and very few will be left alive.

What an advantage, but, sad to say, we have become like the world in scandalous unbelief.  Our lives no longer reflect the urgency of the times.  We have squandered a knowledge the majority of the population would die for had they the opportunity.