This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15 NKJV) The Apostle Paul The great evangelist, the Apostle Paul, viewed himself as the chief of all sinners. Identification with the transgressor will lead many to Christ. In my days as a […]
Monthly Archives: November 2018
For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. Samoset at Plymouth Colony (2 Corinthians 4:15 NASB) God often helps his people in unexpected ways. The first Thanksgiving may never have happened if the Pilgrims had […]
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.(John 10:3-4 NASB) In the world today, followers of Christ are deemed somewhat strange when […]
The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings. (Psalm 145:17 RSV) Justice and Mercy Have you ever tried to be just and yet kind and merciful at the same time? Humanly speaking, it is a tall task. In the Cross of Christ, God has found a way of being just and […]
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence [a]so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, (Hebrews 6:11 NASB) There are times in our Christian walk that we can just get tired and spiritually lazy. Paul reminds us that the good works we did, in the beginning, should continue to the end. Diligence […]
Some of you are saying, “I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,[a]” or “I follow only Christ.”(1 Corinthians 1:12 NLT) Paul had planted the Church in the great city of Corinth. He got reports that they had started to divide into groups based on the preference for […]