Continuing in the Word
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- Nov, 27, 2016
- Richard
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I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance…receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.(Acts 20:32 and James 1:21) Paul’s exhortation to followers of Jesus Christ was to “continue in the faith“ (Acts 14:22). […]
Read MoreIt’s Your Choice
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- Nov, 18, 2016
- Richard
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“I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today I have set before you life or death, blessing or curse. Oh, that you would choose life; that you and your children might live! Choose to love the Lord your God and to obey him and to cling to him, for he is your […]
Read MoreWonderfully Blessed by Grace
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- Nov, 14, 2016
- Richard
- Today's Musings
Job 42:9–15 Did you read that too quickly? The end of verse 9? Mark it. “The LORD accepted.” And then, “The LORD restored.” End of verse 10, “The LORD increased.” Beginning of verse 12, “The LORD blessed.” Those are words of grace—statements of divine favor. Let them hit with full impact: Accepted. Restored. Increased. Blessed. […]
Read MoreFear – Not An Option
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- Nov, 12, 2016
- Richard
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Driving down the highway recently I passed an 18-wheeler with the words “Fear Is Not An Option” on the back of the truck cab. This was an unusual statement you don’t see posted everywhere. It evoked me to think over those words with intense observation. If fear is not an option, than what choice do […]
Read MoreYou Couldn’t Imagine
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- Nov, 08, 2016
- Richard
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Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night. —John 21:3 It was déjà vu time for the disciples. They had been fishing all night on the Sea of Galilee and hadn’t caught anything. The Lord had risen and had […]
Read MoreJust as the lost don't understand the Gospel, the saved rarely understand grace.
There are few activities more exhausting and less rewarding than Christians attempting to please the people around them by maintaining impossible legalistic demands. What a tragic trap, and thousands are caught in it. When will we ever learn?
Grace has set us free!
That message streamed often through the sermons and personal testimonies of the apostle Paul.
The lost need to hear how they can go from the island of debris, filled with misery and guilt, to the land of peace and forgiveness, flowing with mercy and grace. Those bridges are built when we lovingly and patiently communicate the Gospel. You don't have to have a seminary degree. You don't have to know a lot of the religious vocabulary. In your own authentic, honest, and unguarded manner, share with people what Christ has done for you. Who knows? It may not be long before you will know the joy of leading a lost sinner from the darkness of death's dungeon across the bridge to the liberating hope of new life in Christ. Once they've arrived, release them. Release them into the magnificent freedom that grace provides. Don't smother them with a bunch of rules and regulations that put them on probation and keep them in that holding tank until they "get their lives straightened out."; Making us holy is the Spirit's work. Be faithful to dispense the Gospel to the lost and Grace to the saved. Then leave the results in the Lord's hands.