Monday, October 13, 2014
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Friday, October 10, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
The True God
God is a God of outsiders because the true God is a God of grace. The
true God offers His salvation regardless of merit, race, pedigree,
gender or class. (The early church grew among the poor, the slaves, the
oppressed)
The gods of religions and even the god of people who think they’re following the God of the Bible are gods who basically work with you on the basis of your performance and your spiritual attainment. If you pray enough, sacrifice enough, if you’re active enough in church, if you read the Bible enough, if you do the right thing, if you live morally good enough, then this God will work with you. But that’s not the true God!
The gods of religions and even the god of people who think they’re following the God of the Bible are gods who basically work with you on the basis of your performance and your spiritual attainment. If you pray enough, sacrifice enough, if you’re active enough in church, if you read the Bible enough, if you do the right thing, if you live morally good enough, then this God will work with you. But that’s not the true God!
Monday, October 6, 2014
Friday, October 3, 2014
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
God's Grace Is Here If You Will Receive It
What God did at Calvary was grace. Jesus didn’t die for his friends,
he died for his enemies, and he died for us. That’s grace. That’s going
beyond the ordinary or what’s expected. All the human race can expect is
divine wrath but God comes and says, “I’m going to give you grace
instead of wrath because of my Son”.
The grace of God is here for the human race. Christ died on the cross for them. But the human race says, “No, I’m doing it my own way”. Jeremiah says, “That’s bad news because it’s not in you to direct your steps, to lead your own life”. This is the issue in man’s rebellion against God. Man thinks I can come up with my own way to save myself, I don’t have to believe in Jesus or all that Bible stuff, I can do it my own way. God says there is only one way. Jesus is the only door, he is not one of many doors. This is the struggle— the struggle for control.
The grace of God is here for the human race. Christ died on the cross for them. But the human race says, “No, I’m doing it my own way”. Jeremiah says, “That’s bad news because it’s not in you to direct your steps, to lead your own life”. This is the issue in man’s rebellion against God. Man thinks I can come up with my own way to save myself, I don’t have to believe in Jesus or all that Bible stuff, I can do it my own way. God says there is only one way. Jesus is the only door, he is not one of many doors. This is the struggle— the struggle for control.
You must understand this is the battle we face in presenting the
gospel. To accept Christ man has to give up the control he thinks he has
(which is an illusion anyway) he has to repent and believe the gospel.
This issue of control is at the heart of all our struggles and still
must be dealt with even after you come to Christ.
This is from the message "The Need For Brokenness And Correction"
This is from the message "The Need For Brokenness And Correction"
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