Dr. Barclay- Something to Think About
Theme: The Word of God is the sword and essential for everything we face.
Tragedies like terrorism, wars, famines and earthquakes and economic down turns cause us to wonder and often ask where is God?
When we look around our nation and we see so many churches closing, we wonder and ask where is God? Scholars in the age of the enlightenment such as Voltaire and Kant, denied the truth and power of the Bible, they did not believe in divine revelation.
John 5:39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
2 Timothy 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Tragically, people today, have lost the ability and desire to study scripture, and here lies the reason for so many of the problems we face in the world today. Because we will not know how to fight spiritual wars, if we do not know our Bible. Because in the Bible are all the tools and weapons to fight the enemy and the spiritual attacks we face in this world. Therefore the more effective we are at knowing and studying the Bible, the better equipped and prepared we will be for spiritual attacks and the difficult and hard times we face in this world.
Pastor John Dunnett -
Theme: Living as Citizens of Heaven
Philippians 1:27-30 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
God calls us to live on earth as citizens of Heaven. It means living with the presence of the Holy Spirit in the here and now. It means letting Jesus be in charge of our lives even though we think we know better. We must conduct our lives in a way that brings glory and honor to the Kingdom of God.
We don’t all have to look the same or be in the same place at the same time, but we are all to be of one purpose and one goal. Living as a citizen of heaven, will put us in times of conflict, struggle and hardship while on this earth. But we are to count it all joy and an honor to suffer as Christ did.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
No comments:
Post a Comment