The Waiting Father, Part 1 of 2
November 6, 2012
What do you do when your secret life is a secret no longer? Or when your well-managed cover story has been shattered? As we run the race of life, let’s not forget that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. Repairing the damage of sin means re-establishing contact with God, and rebuilding relationships with those we have hurt. There is a way to come home.
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Tyranny: it sets in fast when a nation’s leaders stop acknowledging their accountability to a higher power. As the U.S. government increasingly decides which laws to enforce, we get laws that contravene not just the Constitution, but also, common sense. Today: why America is fast approaching the cliff of despotism with freedom extinguished by those in power.
November 5, 2012
Only a few people remember the horrors of Nazi Germany. History has a way of re-writing itself to hide bad memories. Germany in the 1930’s faced economic ruin. So may America. Germany listened to a man who promised a new era of national greatness. So may America. But Adolf Hitler started a World War. What happens if we, too, forget God?
November 2, 2012
Temptations to sin do not stop the moment a person becomes a Christian. In fact, they may become even greater. The enemy of our souls will do anything to keep us mired in the sins we used to commit. Jesus sets us free from the compulsion to sin, but we must be diligent to avoid situations that might cause us to fall back into old patterns of behavior.
November 1, 2012
Before people believe in Jesus, they have no choice, they’ll repeatedly sin. But after conversion, they do have a choice. At conversion, a new believer is set free from his old slave master — the devil. He’s no longer obligated to commit the sins he committed before. Breaking free from old patterns involves a process called “reckoning oneself dead unto sin but alive unto God.”
October 31, 2012
It’s natural to be selfish — to put yourself first and make yourself look good. It’s also natural to sin — to disobey God in ways both big and small. Until we are redeemed by faith in Jesus, we’ll never be free of our obligation to sin. But once that transaction takes place, we are set free from our old master to serve Christ.
October 30, 2012
Built into every one of us is a tendency to focus on ourselves. We see life through the lens of “how does this affect me?” After the first murder, Cain had no remorse for killing Abel. He bemoaned his fate of being made a restless wanderer. Today we will take a look at how self-focus is shared by all of us, and how we can only get our eyes off of ourselves through the redemption Jesus provides.
October 29, 2012
One of the great contrasts in the New Testament is between Adam and Jesus. Both men died, but only one of them gives life. Sin entered the world through Adam, but righteousness came through Jesus Christ. Thanks to Jesus, there is a way to recover from the damage Adam did. The death sentence was carried out on the Son of God, saving us from that awful penalty.
October 26, 2012
In the garden of Eden, an infection entered the human race. That infection has since spread to every last one of us. The infection is sin, which means “missing the mark” of God’s standards. Whether we commit small sins or big sins, the outcome is the same — an eternity of separation from God. Today we’ll look at a short history of sin, and what God did to save us from its penalty.
October 25, 2012
There’s more to being saved than most people realize. It involves being given a series of wonderful gifts from the hand of God. Those gifts include the trials we experience, trials that produce perseverance, character, and hope — all wrapped up in the love of God poured out in our hearts. Today, the basis for the hope of the Christian, the sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf.
October 24, 2012
In a recent years, the annual suicide rate has risen to over 33,000 in the United States. These people saw no way out of their misery and committed suicide. They all had one thing in common — they’d lost all hope that things could get better. They thought that ending their own life was their only alternative. One of the great blessings God confers on those who believe in Jesus is hope — a hope that Paul says “does not disappoint.”
October 23, 2012
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