Yesterday Eddie preached on a Know-so Salvation and he was so right when he said that every Christian needed to hear this message. What a miserable way to live wondering if you're saved or hoping that you're saved when God's Word says we can know that we are saved.
He gave us 3 ways we can know...
1. The work of the Savior. It's all about what Jesus has done for us and not what we do. His work on the cross was all sufficient and we cannot add to it or take away.
2. The witness of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit confirms and bears witness to what Christ did. I love how he pointed out that we are so quick to believe stuff we read or hear that may have no truth to it at all but we fail to believe the real Truth!! How sweet to also hear that it's so much deeper than feelings. Our emotions are the shallowest part and God goes down to the depths of our heart and confirms we are His.
3. The Word of the Scripture. It has stood the test of time and the attacks of critics. Rom. 10:9-10, if you've done it, then stand on it. We should be exclamation marks of our salvation not question marks!!!
Big question...Are you trusting in the Jesus way?
Monday, April 30, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday Morning Perspective
Yesterday was phenomenal at MBC!! I don't think anyone who was there could say they missed Easter this year. We were packed to the ceiling with people who were there to worship and celebrate the resurrection. I loved how Eddie didn't do the typical Easter message but stayed in 1John and presented the gospel from the standpoint of God's great love which is the joyous part of Easter that Christ loved us so much He laid down His life and then picked it back up again!!
Eddie and I talked so much about how special Easter is and it's always been my favorite day on the calendar however there's also this side of it that we should celebrate the truth of the resurrection every day. What if we lived every day with the confident assurance that Christ is alive and active and working in and through our lives to bring about His good purpose? What if every Sunday we went to church to celebrate and worship like we did on Easter? What if we were busy throughout every week inviting others to come to church because the gospel was going to be shared? What if every seat was filled in our church every Sunday? I'm thinking we would begin to see a huge difference in not only our own lives but in the lives of those we rub elbows with every day. What if...
Quickly want to share with you...we were in Louisburg for Stephen's tournament Friday and Saturday. On Saturday when Jessica and I walked through the gate, a dear older man was taking up the money. He had his bible there and his radio was playing with a man preaching. I asked him if he was ready for Easter and ohhhh did he take it from there. He began to talk about how if it wasn't for Easter everything was in vain and it was just one of the sweetest moments of my Easter weekend. He didn't care how loud that radio was playing with that preaching coming through, he meant for everybody to hear. Praying for that kind of boldness to increase among God's people. And while we are on that subject, just gotta give a shoutout to my boy John and several others who chose God music for their baseball walkup songs this year. Several of our South Aiken boys did it but I also heard it from other teams we have played as well as a few college boys this weekend. For those of you who don't know how big that is...WALKUP SONGS are HUGE to baseball boys. It's a way of describing themselves, a slight pic of who they are. If they can choose those kinds of songs in front of teammates, peers, community people...I'm just saying they are HEROES and have a lot to teach some of us!!!
Eddie and I talked so much about how special Easter is and it's always been my favorite day on the calendar however there's also this side of it that we should celebrate the truth of the resurrection every day. What if we lived every day with the confident assurance that Christ is alive and active and working in and through our lives to bring about His good purpose? What if every Sunday we went to church to celebrate and worship like we did on Easter? What if we were busy throughout every week inviting others to come to church because the gospel was going to be shared? What if every seat was filled in our church every Sunday? I'm thinking we would begin to see a huge difference in not only our own lives but in the lives of those we rub elbows with every day. What if...
Quickly want to share with you...we were in Louisburg for Stephen's tournament Friday and Saturday. On Saturday when Jessica and I walked through the gate, a dear older man was taking up the money. He had his bible there and his radio was playing with a man preaching. I asked him if he was ready for Easter and ohhhh did he take it from there. He began to talk about how if it wasn't for Easter everything was in vain and it was just one of the sweetest moments of my Easter weekend. He didn't care how loud that radio was playing with that preaching coming through, he meant for everybody to hear. Praying for that kind of boldness to increase among God's people. And while we are on that subject, just gotta give a shoutout to my boy John and several others who chose God music for their baseball walkup songs this year. Several of our South Aiken boys did it but I also heard it from other teams we have played as well as a few college boys this weekend. For those of you who don't know how big that is...WALKUP SONGS are HUGE to baseball boys. It's a way of describing themselves, a slight pic of who they are. If they can choose those kinds of songs in front of teammates, peers, community people...I'm just saying they are HEROES and have a lot to teach some of us!!!
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