Do you ever wonder what was it that brought about radical change in the lives of the early Church believers? Do you ever wonder why Paul and Silas could sing in a dungy prison? Do you ever wonder why these early believers counted it a privilege to suffer for the name of Christ? I submit to you that it was the power of the gospel encountered that changed them from the inside out. It was a transformation-not incremental improvement. The point is that we can’t encounter the Gospel of God and remain the same. It is true that once the Gospel has transformed us, we must them continue to “walk in the light” and we must press on to maturity. I think that some basically equate the “gospel” to assurance of going to heaven when they die. Certainly the Gospel insures heaven, but it’s much more than that. It’s clear in scripture that when we are born again, we are made new creations, old things pass away. I ask myself, and I ask you, is there a passion in us to know God? Do we experience God’s life in our mortal beings? Is there a river of life flowing out of us? I may be wrong, but I sense that so many are just living lives of a quiet routine, and minding their own business so to speak. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to live life just existing and then coast out. I know that the same Gospel that transformed Paul and countless others is available to us.
As you read these blogs, you will pick up on a couple basic themes: we have a new identity and the gospel is better than we presently think. I challenge you to pursue this God that invites us to seek Him first.
Philippians 3:8 (written from prison) “More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ.”
II Corinthians 4:7 “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.”
Quote: “Our lack of confidence can be linked to not knowing who we are in Him.”
Think about: How would you define “gospel”?
Blessings,
Buddy
As you read these blogs, you will pick up on a couple basic themes: we have a new identity and the gospel is better than we presently think. I challenge you to pursue this God that invites us to seek Him first.
Philippians 3:8 (written from prison) “More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ.”
II Corinthians 4:7 “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.”
Quote: “Our lack of confidence can be linked to not knowing who we are in Him.”
Think about: How would you define “gospel”?
Blessings,
Buddy
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