"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." Rom 10:17
There are many things that compete for our attention today. We are currently in the midst of the high political season and are inundated by messages approved by the candidates. Some make claims of what they will do if elected. Others complain about the job the incumbent is doing. Others still complain about those against whom they are competing. Each spends millions of dollars (or have millions spent on their behalf) to get their message out to us. Because we are all looking for a better life and something in which to believe for ourselves, our children and our children's children, we attend to some of these messages and make decisions based on what we are told.
Beloved, our Heavenly Father has a message too. It has been the same message since man was created. It is a message of hope made available due to our own shortcomings. It is a message of life in the midst of deserved death. It is a message of love to the unlovable. It is a message of promise to the undeserving. As we seek a better life, let us not cast our eyes to the television or our ears to the radio to hear the message of man. Surely the message changes with the wind and we will inevitably be disappointed with the outcome of placing our faith in him. Let us instead attend to the life giving words of the Lord who is "the same yesterday and today and forever," Heb 13:8. We will see that concerning abundant and everlasting life, "the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off-for all whom the Lord our God will call," Acts 2:39. This is the source of our faith.
God approves this message.
Rejoicing in the Lord,
Lee
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"So faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ." Rom 10:17
This first day of the rest of our lives, let us ponder how we became believers and subsequently Christians. Did you come seeking for him as was said by Isaiah: "I was found by those who did not seek me. I became manifest to those who did not ask for me?" Or was it a friend, neighbor, co-worker, relative or clergyman that planted the seed of an idea about Christ that germinated and grew over time? Have you ever contemplated what your life and even eternity might be like if that person had not taken the time and that conversation had never happened? Is it possible that someone else's eternity hangs on whether or not you share the word?
Beloved, Paul once wrote: "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" Rom 10:13-15. In this case, a preacher is simply someone who brings the good news of Christ. That is all of us. And according to the scripture, we are all sent. Surely we were made for a purpose and sent to a people, just as those were who shared with us.
Loving Like Jesus,
Lee
This first day of the rest of our lives, let us ponder how we became believers and subsequently Christians. Did you come seeking for him as was said by Isaiah: "I was found by those who did not seek me. I became manifest to those who did not ask for me?" Or was it a friend, neighbor, co-worker, relative or clergyman that planted the seed of an idea about Christ that germinated and grew over time? Have you ever contemplated what your life and even eternity might be like if that person had not taken the time and that conversation had never happened? Is it possible that someone else's eternity hangs on whether or not you share the word?
Beloved, Paul once wrote: "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" Rom 10:13-15. In this case, a preacher is simply someone who brings the good news of Christ. That is all of us. And according to the scripture, we are all sent. Surely we were made for a purpose and sent to a people, just as those were who shared with us.
Loving Like Jesus,
Lee
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