Only God Can Save You Now - 2b-1
May 16, 2017
We have all been wronged at some point in our lives. And, our response to this injury bears witness to the fact that there is evil in this world. The damaging effects of sin not only hurts us, but all of creation as well. There is no greater sin, however, than the one we have inflicted on the heart of God. For this reason, God sent His son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross. His sacrifice conquered evil, and broke the destructive power of sin. Only God can give us salvation. It is something we could never do for ourselves. We are lost, and our lives adrift apart from Him. We are not capable of reforming our sin nature. So, God and His mercy came to restore the broken fellowship, through the blood of the cross.
References:
Philippians 2:5-11
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Just before Jesus died on the cross, He asked the Father to forgive us. His death and resurrection gave us access to God’s grace, and all His promises. He also sent us the Holy Spirit to empower us in all that we do, and to strengthen us for the battles to come.
May 15, 2017
Today, Pastor Jack reminds us of the uniqueness of God. For God was uniquely mindful of our situation. He was also uniquely sovereign to save us, from ourselves. We are our own greatest threat, so God was uniquely willing to take on the form of a servant to offer us eternal life.
May 12, 2017
Jesus possessed all that was God. He didn’t have to go about trying to seize it. Yet, He uniquely came down to us as a servant. In the likeness of a man, Jesus stepped down into our world to save us. He did this by taking on all our sins, and failures, and by offering us eternal life with Him.
May 11, 2017
Jesus taught us, by example, how to strengthen ourselves in the Lord. We live in a fallen world, but we belong to God. He is Sovereign. He will not abandon us in our hardships. We need to trust Him with every situation in our lives.
May 10, 2017
Jesus saves us uniquely, by coming down to us. He is mindful of our situation. This mindset is an attitude He possessed and displayed as an example to follow. We need to let go of our own outlook and put on the mind of Christ.
May 9, 2017
A Christ-centered life keeps us on target. To stay on target means to willfully remove ourselves from the front of the line. The Christian life is all about others. We need to decrease so Christ can increase
May 8, 2017
As it was in the days of Paul, and as it is today, the world is hostile towards believers. So, truth is often sacrificed to achieve unity. But, what unites us is the truth - God’s truth. That’s why the study of God’s Word, the Bible, is so important. We need to have truth to be like-minded, in one accord, and to elevate others higher than ourselves. Unity comes second to loving one another, and speaking the truth in love.
May 5, 2017
Today, Pastor Jack shares with us John 14: 6, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”. This tells us that all other ways to God are false. There is no other truth. And, only in Christ Jesus do we have life. This means we are spiritually dead without Him.
May 4, 2017
Christian fellowship can only happen if it is Christ-centered. A fellowship that binds us together not only in biblical affection, but in mercy. Affection and mercy go hand in hand, and cannot exist without the other. For the Christian is called to act upon their concern for those in need…
May 3, 2017
Unity is not more important than truth. But, a Christ-centered humility creates unity. It softens our hearts towards others, and it moves us towards compassion for one another’s needs. It is a fellowship of the Spirit as we strive together, for the faith of the Gospel message.
May 2, 2017
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