WORSHIP: Faith the Grace-Gift of God
Faith is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8-9) not a product of mans intuitive feelings or intestinal fortitude. It is only by faith that we may please Him (Hebrews 11:6).
Faith is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8-9) not a product of mans intuitive feelings or intestinal fortitude. It is only by faith that we may please Him (Hebrews 11:6).
A church which does not honor the Bible is as useless as a body without life, or a steam engine without fire. A minister who does not honor the Bible is as useless as a soldier without arms, a builder without tools, a pilot without compass, or a messenger without tidings. (cp, Psalm 19:7-11)
“Do you see, do you see all the people sinking down. Don’t you care, don’t you care are you going to let them drown. How can you be so numb not to care if they come. Don’t close your eyes and pretend the job’s done.” -Keith Green
Read Pastor Steve’s powerful interview on the unbiblical and aberrant assertions by Joel Osteen’s wife Victoria about worship. This is a must read!
He who has cared for His child through all the years, will not forsake him in old age. He who has heard your prayers in the past, will not refuse to supply your need in the present emergency. (cp, Lam 3:22-27)
This issue of how Christians are to be living in a worldly society can be a difficult one when you get lost in the fog of political pragmatics by trying to whitewash an unbelieving world with the veneer of “Christian morality” absent of the transforming power of the gospel of grace. The Scriptures know nothing of this kind of benign moral righteousness.
Do we believe the gospel really changes everything? Gov’t didn’t create marriage and gov’t can’t ultimately redefine it either. In the face of the SCOTUS decision to reverse DOMA, let’s live gospel strong and take its life-giving truth to our neighbors – even our gay neighbors. It is more powerful than any court. Amen? (Romans 1:16-32)
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