Tag: Jesus
AdultCon
by Administrator on Aug.28, 2010, under Ministry, Sermonettes
Driving home, the traffic comes to its usual evening halt and looming over me is a large billboard. A beautiful woman stares invitingly down at me with the proclamation “AdultCon” is coming to town. You can’t help but notice the sign. It is referring of course to the adult convention that is coming. It is a week when our resemblance to Sodom and Gomorrah have probably never been closer. All of the lusts of the flesh are covered. There is promise in her smile.
Finally! I think to myself, truth in advertising.
You see, whether they realize it or not, they are for once being truthful – for it is a con. The con is that somehow this indulgence will make you happier. The con is that somehow the things of the flesh will bring you happiness. It is simply not true. Sex outside of the marriage bed is a shallow substitute for what God meant to be a beautiful thing. We fall for this snake oil in droves and lives are shattered.
Truth in advertising has not, unfortunately, spilled over to the church these days. Snake oil and promises abound. For instance, there is the one about God just wanting you to be happy. Then another that God just wants you to prosper. Or, that God just wants you to be healed – the list goes on and on. While there is some truth in some of these things, as God can provide each and every one according to His plan, it misses the point of why we come to Christ to begin with. Apart from Christ, we are all condemned. I know that is perhaps a hard message, but it is the only reason for us to turn to our Savior. The “you are going to hell” message does not make for an attractive welcome to the church.
If you have come to God so that your life will be better, you will be disappointed. If you have come to God for physical healing, at some point you will feel betrayed. And if you come to God for prosperity, you have purchased a lie that may cost you your very soul. So what do we do?
When you realize that by God’s holy standard that you have fallen short, only then do you see your need for forgiveness. God tells us in His word that “all have fallen short” of His glory. You are in good company. Every last one of us is a wretch – myself a four-star general among them. But God holds out a gift to us, not a con.
The gift is that we are pulled from our wretched state by the righteousness of Christ and His once-and-for-all sacrifice on the cross. This is a gift without equal and beyond our ability to pay its cost. All of the rest in our brief lives here, money, power, health, or whatever else you are seeking, pale by comparison.
Perhaps you have come to Christ with a “feel good” message and are disillusioned. Maybe you find yourself dissatisfied with Christianity because it has not met you needs. Then perhaps it is time to examine your heart and find the real reason for coming to Christ. It will revolutionize your faith. No longer will faith be dependant on prosperity, health or feelings. It will be lived in undying gratitude for what a loving Savior has saved us from. Eternity waits for the rest, when we will no longer fight ourselves, but for now, we need to come to God for the right reasons, not the con of the easy life.
Maybe you have never heard the message of God put this way before. You finally realize that you are in sin, separated from God, who will have no choice but to judge you when you stand before Him. Dont wait another day, don’t wait another minute. Make it right now. Let Christ into your heart and begin His healing work. How can you help but live a life of gratitude from there out – after being saved from what we all deserve?
Yes God loves you, but until you can see your need for forgiveness, He stands as an awesome and terrible promise. He is knocking. Will you answer the door? Go to this page to see how.
If I can pray for you – please email me.
Blessings upon Blessings
Orthotics For The Soul
by Administrator on May.17, 2009, under Ministry, Sermonettes

For the last 10 months I have been in pain. It started out as no big deal. My feet would just hurt at the end of the day. I paid this no mind however. After all, I work 12 hour shifts and spend most of the time on my feet. They are supposed to hurt right?
As the weeks progressed, so did the pain. I am stubborn though and refused to see the doctor. I was sure they would take care of themselves.
Sometimes we deal with our spiritual lives in the same manner. We know things aren’t quite right. Something is missing or we have pain that shouldn’t be there. But time heals all wounds… right?
Wrong.
By the end of the sixth month, the pain was so bad that, after driving home from work, I nearly could not make the walk from my car to the front door. My pride did not want to go to the doctor, but the pain drove me to make an appointment. My entire leg was now hurting and I had trouble walking when I got up in the morning. Even though I had purchased better shoes to remedy the situation, I had not solved my problem.
When I did finally see the doctor, I was sure I had already figured out the root of my problem (part of the reason I had not gone in the first place). I was sure that I had circulation problems in my legs and my feet were dying a little at a time.
Again… wrong!
The Doctor informed me that I had plantar fasciitis. It means that the muscle/tendon in the arch of my foot keeps tearing because of the way I walk and the way my foot is. It is something that happens gradually, but when it gains a hold, the pain is crippling.
How true this is when we are outside of the will of God. We drift away gradually, our walk just outside of where we should be. Then we face pain, but our pride keeps us from dealing with it and we injure ourselves a little more and the wounds reach deeper. Finally we are so outside of the will of God we are spiritual cripples.
My doctor sent me to a specialist, a doctor that specializes in feet. He looked at my feet and told me that I should start by wrapping my feet. But if my feet were ever to heal, I would need orthotics. These were specially-made inserts that would correct the way I walked and would prevent further injury.
His assistant showed me how to wrap my foot. It was so simple I did not think that it would do that much good. My pain was beyond a simple wrap. I followed their advice though. What did I have to lose? I could barely walk as it was.
To my surprise, the wrapping helped and within a week, the pain began to subside. However, it was not gone entirely.
When we come to God broken, The Spirit begins to sooth our hurts as the forgiveness of God washes over us and our souls begin to heal. Asking for forgiveness seems like such a simple thing. How could it possibly help me? You don’t know my pain!
Don’t count out the simple.
Next in my course of treatment was the application of orthotics. These were inserts made especially for me to correct the way that I walked. When I first put them in, I was only able to wear them for a little time. They hurt nearly as bad as the plantar fasciitis that I had been dealing with. I had been warned though. The inserts would change the way I walked and my knees ankles and even hips would hurt for a while as I adjusted to walking correctly. I hated those things! (But I wore them anyway.)
Asking for forgiveness if we are not willing to apply the word of God to our lives is not enough. We will simply to continue to hurt ourselves through sin and compromise and the pain will continue. Romans 12:2 tells us
2- Do not be conformed to this world, but continually be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God’s will is—what is proper, pleasing, and perfect. If we cannot honestly say to God “change me“, we will never know the freedom from the wrenching pain of disobedience. Our pride keeps us from wanting to humble ourselves and admit that we do not have all the answers.
If I had taken the same approach to my foot injury, my feet would still be hurting. Thank God I got over myself and my pride and sought help. Is it perfect yet? No. But it is getting better every day.
Perhaps, your life, or things in it, are just not making sense. The pain is so great or the distance from God so far, that it seems impossible to be set free or bridge the gap. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We must first realize that we can’t do it without His help. Then we must come to Him and ask for forgiveness. Finally we must apply the word of God to our lives and ask Him to straighten our walk to keep us from unnecessary pain.
Maybe you have been walking wrong all of your life. You don’t even have a health plan. No worries, God accepts all and His treatment is free. Just turn your life over to Him and you will see healing in your life. That is a promise from God.
I still put in my orthotics every day and my feet are healing. I also open God’s word every day and my walk is getting straighter all the time. Things are not perfect, but I have peace and hope – a hope that you can have as well. Don’t be afraid. Don’t spend another day with your soul in pain. Relief is just a prayer away.
If I can pray for you email me.
Blessings upon blessings
Tim
Joy
by Administrator on Apr.01, 2009, under Ministry, Sermonettes

The search for happiness seems to consume us. We seek happiness in people, possessions, situations, lifestyles, power, and the list goes on and on. So then, why is happiness so elusive when it seems to be the fabric of so many things? There is an old saying that “money can’t buy happiness.” And scripture tells us that that “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows..” 1 Timothy 6:10.
Why is it with so much wealth, so much leisure, so many things at our fingertips, that we find ourselves more unhappy than ever? I think it is because we are seeking happiness and not joy. Happiness is fleeting. It comes and goes on a gentle summer breeze and is quickly forgotten in the bluster of winter. We are seeking to hold onto smoke and when we open our hands it is gone.
The richest man in the world was once asked, “How much is enough?” “Just a little more,” he replied. Do you find yourself spending a great deal of energy to get something, believing that once you have it you will be happy, and then once it is obtained, it is not enough. Let me let you in on a little secret… it will NEVER be enough.
When the bible speaks of love it is expressed in three different ways. There is the love we have that is brotherly love, the love we have that is romantic love, and then there is a love that is Godly – called agape love. The first two kinds of love depend on receiving something in return. The last is a sacrificial love that is given without condition. And agape love is the only love that endures.
Happiness is dependant on something or someone. Therefore, if it is your desire to have happiness, you will always find yourself lacking, looking over that hill or around the next corner for the thing that will bring you happiness. You will constantly compare what you have to someone else and the dissatisfaction will creep back in.
Why not seek that which endures? Why not look for joy? Paul and Silas hung in a prison and sang to the Lord for they had joy. Jesus told his disciples “And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.”
John 16:22 (KJV)
You see, their joy was not dependant on their circumstance.
How then do we find joy? First, quit looking for something to make you happy. Begin with what God has already blessed you with. Jesus said “And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.” Next, realize that only in Christ can we find true joy. When His spirit fills us and we realize what a truly wonderful gift we have been given through Him, how can we help but have joy? His gift is eternal and that means our joy is eternal, not the smoke of this world.
It is said that the rich man is not the man that has the most, it is the man who needs the least. Find riches of joy today in the salvation through Christ. This world will pass away but agape love will remain and in that there is real joy.
Blessings upon blessings
TIm
“Twist and Shout”
by Administrator on Mar.12, 2009, under Ministry, Sermonettes
When I was growing up, I remember the Beatles playing a song called “Twist and Shout”. It was catchy to say the least and people were dancing and partying to music of the Fab Four from Liverpool. Today, we have a new version of twist and shout – it is where someone of note twists the words of God and then shouts from the rooftops about how clever they are.
This kind of twisting will lead to more than a sore back I’m afraid and all of the shouting simply proclaims our ignorance to the world. The greater danger however, is that you, ignorant of the word of God, will accept these proclamations as the genuine article. And certain deviations from God’s truth can cost you eternity. In Jeremiah 23:32 God says “Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the LORD. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the LORD.”
The world today is awash with false prophets that would lead astray the people of God. Consider that Oprah Winfrey recently told her audience that Jesus did not come to save us but to merely “Show us the mind of God.” Last time I checked the word of God Jesus said that He was the way and the truth and the life and that NO MAN could come to the Father, except by Him (John 14:16). Such proclamations as the one Oprah made can lead a Christian to following a false doctrine.
These “twists” of the word of God can only be avoided if you can tell the counterfeit from the original. Too often though we are students of sermons and not the word of God. We can only tell a fake if we are intimately acquainted with the original. You need to spend time in the love letter that God sent to us if you expect to be able to know when you are being fed a lie.
This busy life is pulling us away from the bible. But is it also pulling you away from sound doctrine? Are you being led off the path of eternal life instead of on it? There is nothing more important in this world than the free gift of salvation that God holds out to us. It is a priceless wonder that carries no price (for us at least.) But it cost our savior everything. Don’t cheapen it or miss it altogether by falling for false doctrine. Know your bible! Spend time each day in the Word of God.
Keep this in mind.
A lie told – seconds
Time in the word – fifteen minutes a day.
Everlasting life – timeless.
So, if you feel the need to twist, try twisting open the Bible. And if you have to shout, shout of God and His goodness! For only He is worthy of our praise.
Blessings upon blessings,
Tim
“Burdens”
by Administrator on Mar.10, 2009, under Ministry, Sermonettes
Seems like everyone today is either struggling with a big burden or is at least intimately affect by someone who is. Perhaps you have lost your job. Maybe there has been a loss of someone you loved or just maybe life isn’t making sense anymore. There is good news for you. You do not have to bear your burden alone.
The million dollar question is though… can you give your burden up?
Right now perhaps your face is twisted in an “What are you talking about? Of course I can give it up!” look. However, on closer scrutiny this question is not as easy as it first appears. Jesus exhorts us “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest… For my burden is easy and my yoke light” Matthew 11:28,30 Do you notice that Jesus says His burden is light? That means we must turn our burdens over to Him and take the Yoke He has for us.
You may think you have it handled. But you don’t really do you? Your burden grows heavier every day as you grow wearier. Sometimes you just feel like giving up don’t you? Well… there’s your answer! Don’t give up though – give it up! Your burden that is. Give it to Christ knowing that it could be in no better hands. And then ask Him to give you His burden to replace that which you gave up.
What exactly is the burden of Christ you ask? Think for a moment. What was it that He came to do anyway? To save the lost of course! That is the burden of Christ. He wants you to have a heart for the lost. You will find that when you have a heart for the lost and a longing to ease the suffering of others, your problems will seem small in the scheme of things. Did you eat today? Have a roof over your head? We are blessed beyond what we are willing to admit.
Your problems are important to God. Give them to Him and you can rest assured that they will be handled to His glory. You can relax that the creator of everything holds you in His hands and will never let you go. Pick up the burdens that God has for you and you will find new purpose and rest – even in the midst of a fallen world.
Blessings upon blessings
Tim
Secret Sin
by Administrator on Mar.08, 2009, under Ministry, Uncategorized
Secret sin is like cancer in the life of the believer. How many of you are struggling right now with something that you know is in direct conflict with your decision to be a Christian? How much compromise is there in your life that is hidden, unseen by most?
The bible tells us that “…Your sin will find you out.” It doesn’t say that your sin might find you out. Or, with unfortunate luck, your sin might be revealed. It is very clear. Eventually those things that are outside of the will of God catch up to us. When and how they catch up to us makes all the difference.
I heard a former lifeguard once explain about trying to rescue a drowning man. First, know that if you are trying to rescue someone who is drowning, it is often the case that the rescuer becomes the victim. Often, the rescuer has to wait until the victim stops struggling before an effective rescue can be made. And if the person struggling doesn’t want to be rescued? Well, that’s a whole other story.
If you know someone near and dear to you that is struggling with sin and you want to help, be careful that you yourself do not fall victim to sin. It happens all the time when godly people with the best intentions try to help others.
But we are here mainly to discuss you. If you are battling with secret sin right now, you need to stop struggling immediately not tomorrow, or the day after. BUT RIGHT NOW. It is not going to get easier or better. And the longer you wait, the greater the damage to your life and testimony – not to mention your walk with God.
How do we do that? How can we turn from the things that seem to grip our flesh and wrestle our hearts away from the Father? One word… Accountability. As long as you feel that your sin is hidden, it will grab you over and over again. You feel bad (probably a little less each time) but you just can’t seem to quit. Accountability will bring your sin into the light of day and give you a partner in the fight.
Don’t you realize that you are already accountable to God? There is nothing secret from Him. In fact, Romans 3:19 tells us “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.” (Emphasis mine.)
Don’t be the fool in this world that says “I can handle it.” “I am strong, I don’t need any help.” Reach out today and share your secret struggles with a trusted member of God’s family and ask them to help you, to pray for you, and to hold you accountable.
Only when we stand in integrity will we receive the blessings that God has waiting for us.
And if you feel that your secret sin is keeping you from becoming a Christian… FEAR NOT. That was exactly the reason He came and gave Himself for you. You just come to the foot of the cross and confess your sin to Jesus. Make Him your personal savior and He is faithful to clean you from all unrighteousness.
It is time for Christian men and women to quit making excuses. We need to rise to God’s standard and not lower ourselves to the world’s. I have faith that you can do it. Today is the day. And best of all, God promises to restore what the locust has eaten.
May you be richly blessed,
Tim
“Even Though I Walk”
by Administrator on Mar.03, 2009, under Sermonettes
This morning I was considering a famous piece of scripture and something struck me. Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Emphasis mine)
Did you notice it says walk? So often we try to run through our problems and I believe today that is even more evident in this “microwave” society that wants a solution to its problem in a minute or less. God tells us to walk when we are in the midst of difficulty. Why?
Perhaps God instructs us to walk because we will miss important lessons and therefore may be worse off than before. We can be so busy trying to solve a problem that we ignore sometimes the cause of it. It becomes like a weed in the garden that only has its leaves pulled off. Meanwhile the roots grow larger and deeper and we can’t even see the extent of the problem.
I consider the economic situation of today. Everyone wants a simple and easy solution to the problem that will fix it today! But they, in my opinion, are missing the boat. We are in trouble because we no longer make anything here. Our economy is built entirely on buying stuff. There is the real problem. But in order to fix it, we would have to tell the rest of the world that they will no longer have an advantage selling their goods in the US. This would mean that we would need to heavily tariff incoming products. People would have to get used to paying more if we are to get a living wage making things. But the hardest thing of all? It would probably take ten years before we saw any real improvement – And we just can’t have that can we?
We treat the problems in our lives in the same manner, looking for the quick fix, unwilling to do the hard work that might mean it would be a long time before we climbed out of the Valley of the Shadow. So, we find ourselves back down, again and again. Have you been looking for a quick fix?
The verse goes on to say that “your rod and your staff comfort me.” The rod is a rod of discipline. Are you aware that God disciplines you for your good? He hopes that you will see your mistake and learn from it. The staff guides. When we make a mistake, we must humble ourselves before the throne of God and seek His guidance. Only He knows the best way out of the valley.
Maybe you are in the midst of the valley right now. Maybe the shadows in life are closing in. There is a shepherd that loves you and is willing to take you through if you will walk with Him. Jesus said, “Come to me those who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest.” Slow down and walk with the savior. You can find rest even in the valley.
Perhaps you are trying to run from your problems, but be assured, they will catch you no matter how fast you are. Why not find a real solution for a change? Ask God to show you the root of the weed and to help you to pull it out. We are weak but He is strong scripture tells us. Lean on His strength today.
I hope and pray today is the day of salvation for you.
Blessings upon Blessings.
Tim
“What Happened to That Christmas Feeling?”
by Administrator on Dec.21, 2008, under Ministry, Sermonettes

I was on the phone the other day to my daughter and we were talking about Christmas. I told her that it doesn’t feel much like Christmas this year. In fact I find it hard to believe that it is only 4 days away as I write this. She indicated that she felt the same. Then she promptly booked a flight down to see us for Christmas and I must say that my mood improved.
Since our conversation though, I can’t say sincerely that much has changed. I still don’t feel like I think I should feel at Christmas. I don’t know if it is the bad news about the economy, the fact that my wife is out of work, or simply the lack of children in the home, but something is missing this year. There is no anticipation, no excitement, no tingle. Then I recalled something I said to someone a long time ago at a difficult moment in my life.
“Love is not a feeling it is a decision”. Let me repeat that and let it sink in. Love is not a feeling, it is a decision. What a revelation to myself that was! After all these years, wisdom from days past comes back and sets me on track.
This is the time of year that we choose to celebrate the most important thing that has happened on our planet since God put Adam in the Garden of Eden - the birth of His son. It was so important that our history is counted by the time before Him and the time after. Our world was so rocked by the birth of a child in stable in Bethlehem that everything changed. This is why my family and I celebrate Christmas.
God did not send Him here though to see how we were doing or to keep tabs on us. He sent His Son to be the once and for all payment for our disobedience. What an awesome gift that was. Let me ask you, If you knew that you were sending your son to a war and that he would surely be killed would you do it? Would you do it for your neighbors’ freedom? What if that same neighbor hated you and your whole family and even denied your existence? Would you do it then? I don’t know that I could. But that is exactly what God did for us. For the scriptures tell us that he died for us while we were yet sinners. That concept is hard for me to wrap my mind around sometimes.
I am sure that when we were cursing at Him and being disobedient God didn’t “feel” like saving us. But He loves us with a love that is pure. Love isn’t a feeling, it’s a decision. God decided to save us, not because He felt like it, but because He loves us. Love keeps no record of wrongs the bible tells us in Corinthians.
Maybe it is time to put all of those hard “feelings” aside this year and choose to love because we are called to love. Don’t wait for a tingle, make the decision today and love your family and your neighbor this Christmas for God first loved us.
And if you don’t know the love of God in your life, go to “Answer for This Life” page and get to know Him today.
Blessings upon Blessings,
Merry Christmas,
Tim
“Gift”
by Administrator on Dec.13, 2008, under Ministry, Sermonettes
This is the time of year for giving – or so the expectant merchants would have you believe. It is the time of year that we pile into our cars and endlessly circle bloated parking lots waiting for the phantom spot to open so that we may begin our journey into shopping purgatory.
We carry our lists with the names of those we hold dear and not so dear. Some of us are determined to get just the right gift and others, well, they just want to get it over with. We scramble over the top of one another like disturbed ants to get to that deal and somewhere along the way… we miss the point.
Oh I am aware that Christmas started off as a pagan holiday to break the dead of winter and give us hope of spring. And I know that Christ was not born at this time of year, that it was more likely in the summer. And I am certain that we have commercialized the holiday until it scarcely resembles that which our grandparents knew. But still I hang onto hope. Hope that maybe this Christmas some of us won’t entirely miss the point.
As our country rushes to pull God out of everything – even going so far as trying to remove Christ from Christmas. There are a few small voices that still sing in the cold of winter about a child that was born to save mankind. Their song cuts like a diamond across the black glass of night and brings us hope. It is the story of the true gift of Christmas. Can you hear their melody? Can you hear their silent night above the swirling smoke of chimneys and black night skies filled with a burst of twinkling lights? Or, are you buried in the hustle and bustle of things you must buy and parties you need to attend? Listen… a small child calls from the past.
The gifts we give to each other recall the greatest of all gifts that was given to all mankind over 2000 years ago. It was the gift of the final payment for our disobedience and its’ value is beyond our comprehension.
When you make your list this year, what will you put on it? A new sweater? Plasma TV? Car? How about a really big gift? Why not ask for eternity? Why not ask for it all? It’s a gift that is just waiting for you to unwrap it. God sent His gift to all of us and it doesn’t hide beneath a tree, It hung on a cross and now sits at the right hand of the father.
The greatest gift you will ever receive in your entire life is the gift of salvation. There is nothing that matters more and it is the only gift that you will take with you when you leave this earth. So why are you waiting to unwrap it? Are you afraid it won’t fit? That it is the wrong color? Or that God’s gift has gone out of style? I can assure you that nothing could be farther from the truth.
And for those of you who may have once opened God’s gift… are you using it? Or is it in the closet some where, gathering dust? Do you wear your faith or simply look at it on the hanger once in a while and remember how well it used to fit? Why don’t you put it back on? Why don’t you share your gift with a friend this Christmas?
Our world and our Country are in a spiritual famine right now. We are dying from the lack of Godly direction. When will we wake up to the true gift this Christmas and open it with the enthusiasm of a child? Will you die of thirst rather than drink from God’s cup? Will you spend eternity separated from the one who loves you rather than receive His gift?
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV)
Open God’s gift this Christmas and share it with the world.
Blessings upon Blessings
Tim
“Back Of The Class Christianity”
by Administrator on Dec.08, 2008, under Ministry, Sermonettes
When I first started in school I always sat at the front of the class. Don’t get me wrong, it was nothing noble. I just couldn’t see the board. Once I attained my fine new glasses though, I still found that I wanted to sit up front. First, I didn’t like to be distracted by the other kids. And most importantly, I guess, I liked getting the attention from the teacher.
Sitting in the front of the class had an additional benefit. I got better grades and learned more. That had not been my intention at first but it was the result all the same.
I believe that if you could have put grades above the heads of the students in the class, you could see a steady decline as it approached the back of the class.
When I went to school, many of the screw-ups, didn’t-cares and barley-theres were glomped together like an old piece of chewing gum in the back of the class. The back of the class offered them a shield from the teacher’s prying eyes and a muffle for their own rude remarks. As they saw it, the back of the class had some serious advantages.
It seems to me that these days we have more and more people huddling at the back of their Christianity. They come late to church. They pray if they remember. Study the bible? Well, who has time for that they ask. They hang out with people who don’t love God and then are somehow surprised when sin in their lives seems to blind side them.
Why is it that we are so afraid to commit to a real Christianity? Looking back on you life can’t you see that it is better to sit in the front of class and hear what the teacher has said than to rely on the word of another? When God calls to us will we be listening and attentive or so caught up in the latest gossip from a friend that we don’t even hear His voice?
There is a real danger that if we sit in the back of the class that we might fail. It is not the fault of the teacher and we can not blame it on our friends. Our grades are our own and they can influence what happens in our life. Do you still remember or care about those in elementary school that were always trying to talk you into doing something that you should not do? My guess is no.
Failing a spanish class is one thing. But if we fail before God because we thought Christianity was some kind of club that didn’t require a commitment on our part, then we risk something beyond our comprehension – eternity. You cannot sit in the back of God’s class and goof off, don’t read your bible, don’t pray, don’t make any real change in your life and expect to pass the class. Now, of course these things don’t save you – but Paul tells us that our works are the evidence of salvation in our lives.
Has anything changed since you met Christ? Are you sitting in the back of the class? Is it time to move to the front and hear from the teacher? Is it time to get serious about what God wants you to do?
I don’t know about you, but I want to graduate Christian 101 with honors!
Blessings upon Blessings
Tim





