Monday, 09 November 2009

  • Thank you, Holy Spirit

    I am fully convinced that unless we come to understand and see the weight of our sins (which we'll never fully grasp) more...we won't fall as helplessly in love with God as we can. I'm not saying I've got this all figured out by any means. I'd be a fool to attempt to claim such a thing. But, I am saying that we too often forget that we've not only been saved FROM something, but that we've been saved FOR something greater.

    Revelation 2:4-5 says "Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place."

    Jesus was writing a letter to the church in Ephesus. As members of the Church of Christ...we need to be aware of forgetting where we've come from. We've been made worthy of God's grace through Christ and Christ alone. No matter how mature we think we are, let's not forget we've all fallen short of God's glory.

    Romans 3: 22-24 "This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified FREELY by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."

    As Matt Chandler (my favorite speaker...oh man...) simply stated "If you throw a glass of clean water into the ocean and then scoop up water from the ocean, it's not going to be clean is it? You can't just throw one glass of clean water into an ocean of salt water and expect it to be clean." That's not verbatim, by the way. Haha.But all he's saying is...we can't save ourselves and we need Jesus every day because otherwise it's the same as trying to clean up the ocean with one 8oz glass of clean water.

    But it's true. We must allow the Holy Spirit to do a transforming work in us and renew our hearts.

    As my other favorite speaker, Francis Chan said in his book "Crazy Love"...we need God's help to love God. And we need God's help to know God.

    Yep. Just some thoughts.

    In Christ,

    Alex

    Oh yeah...and if anything I ever say is Scripturally unsound...let me know, please. I'd really appreciate it.

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