KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:
We all minister to one another and encourage one another. We all NEED it, in both the giving and receiving directions, ala Rom 1:12!
Do you want to live out an ordinary life, or a supernatural one???
Loving our neighbors doesn’t depend upon others and their qualifications, it depends upon US having a willingness to BE a neighbor to anyone around us (even our enemies).
God’s love is not just a platitude, it’s real. It takes action for the lost, for those in need. Since He took great action for us, we are to joyfully take action for others, whatever that might entail. There isn’t a higher calling in the universe than to live in God’s sacrificial love.
OT sacrifices NEVER cleansed a person’s conscience, NOR did they ever provide them with forgiveness for their sins – they were merely “pointers to” the real deal – Christ.
Ritual without reality is dead works. While good works reveal our faith (ala Jas 2), our works do not justify us (Ro 3:28). We are always justified by faith (Ro 4:1-12).
“Conscience”: it is the point at which a person confronts God’s holiness.
Running Away from God – blog 9/20/24
People who reject God’s sovereignty will run from Him. The underlying motivation is fear, regardless of whether or not they admit it.