The Gospel of Jesus Christ

1-25-2009

The Good News

Let me share my Joy with you, I have found in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! This morning we had more than a handful of visitors, which I am so glad to see. Welcome to our fellowship, I hope Jesus leads you back to our church very soon! I pray you, as well as all church members were as enlightened and inspired as I was to learn more about the Gospel, the "Good News".

The BIBLE is:

The infallible, inerrant, inspired word of God!
The living word.
The instruction book for life!

"But you must continue in the things which have you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, an is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work"

2 Timothy 3: 14-17

The Gospel of JESUS CHRIST!

God's plan is simple and easy, turn away from sin. Yes, it does sound simple and easy, but reality sets in and I am forced to recognize that it is the most difficult of tasks. God knew it would be impossible for us to always turn away from sin "due to the depravity of the nature of the flesh", our "propensity to sin" long before sin even entered the world. Did you hear that, sin has nothing to do with our salvation! He knew we would need a redeemer to secure our salvation and that there was no way we could ever receive eternal life with Him through our actions alone. He knew he would have to send his one and only son, who never knew sin, God in the flesh, Jesus Christ. Who lived a perfectly sinless human life. Who was prosecuted for his faith in God and claiming to be The Son of God. Who died on a cross bearing all the sins of the world. Who resurrected. Who now sits on the right hand of God, interceding for us, sinners. There is only one way, only one who gives salvation, only one who secures our place in heaven, JESUS CHRIST! Who will come back to this earth again to take all his children home!

"Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints."
Romans 1:1-7

Transformation

The Gospel of Jesus Christ has the power to transform our lives, our attitudes, if we allow it to do so! How amazing this sounds, but really is this true for my life in particular? As I sat in the pew and listened and watched all eyes on Brother Larry as he lead us through this sermon, I was shocked to find myself asking this exact question. Hmmmm...

Growing up in church and having accepted Jesus as my Savior as a preteen, I was shocked by my own reaction to this sermon of transformation. Yes, it is true; Salvation through Jesus Christ transforms all who accept it! Just stop for a moment and look back / think back on your own life’s journey. Before you accepted Jesus as your savior, where were you headed? What actions did you take? What thoughts did you have? How were you going about living from day to day? Now after you asked Jesus to be your savior and cleanse you white as snow, asking and receiving forgiveness for your sins, where are you headed? What actions do you take? What thoughts do you have? How are you going about living your life from day to day? I pray that the answers to these questions shed a bit of light on the reality of your own personal transformation through Christ.

Walk worthy of Your Calling!

"walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."

Ephesians 4:1-6

Walk Differently than Unbelievers!

"that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you out on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him in labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving and another, even as God on Christ forgave you."

Ephesians 4:22-32

Walk in Love!

"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in Love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet - smelling aroma. But fornication and all uncleanliness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for the saints, neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving thanks.

Ephesians 5:1-4

Walk as Children of Light!

"For you were once darkenness, but now you are the light of the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship the unfruitful works of darkeness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever manifest is light."

Ephesians 5:8-13

God Loves Us!

He Loves Everyone He Created!

We are Joyfully and Wonderfully Made!

Why, if He knew we would never be able to secure our own eternal life in heaven, would He come to this sin filled earth, to suffer, to be persecuted, to die? Because GOD LOVES US! He wants fellowship with us! He wants us to make the choice to believe in / have faith in Jesus! If we confess our sins, He is faithful and Just to forgive us of those sins! The Joy and Peace that Jesus Christ gives cannot be compared to any offered in the flesh. There is no condemnation to hard or unbearable when you are walking in the Spirit! Through Jesus Christ and his grace of Salvation, we all can have freedom from sins by bearing them / confessing them. Freedom to feel the Joy, that only God gives through the security in our salvation through Jesus Christ!

Live in the Liberty of the Gospel!

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

Galatians 5:1

Wow! I give thanks to you, my Lord, Jesus Christ!

Just Serving Jesus by Sharing, the Joy, The Good News, The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Thanks Brother Larry for sharing the Good News with Us!