Have you ever felt unworthy of the gift of Salvation? In those moments try to remember that the great persecutor of the church, Saul of Tarsus, became the great Apostle to the Gentiles. If God can make a Paul out of Saul, just think what He can make of you and Me! You see my friends all of us are born separated from God, and there is nothing we can do to gain our position. God does not save us because we are worthy of salvation, God saves us by His will and choice. He does not love us because we are His children, He chooses to love us because we are His creation. I remind you that Romans 5:8 says, “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:10, “I am what I am by the grace of God!” We have a relationship with Christ because of the Work He did in His incarnation. We need to choose to live in the power of the resurrection each day of our lives.… READ MORE

Humanities sinful nature needs changing, but only God, working through His Holy Spirit, can transform the sinful human heart, through the power of His Word. In 1 Peter 1:3 we are reminded that God, “has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” At death a believers hope becomes reality as they enter the glorious presence of God and the full unhindered, joyous fellowship with the Trinity, the angels, and other saints (Romans 5:1-2) The means of the appropriating this living hope and eternal inheritance is spiritual Birth, and the power for that appropriation was demonstrated by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Christ rose from the dead, forever securing His children’s living hope in heaven by finally conquering death (cf. 1 Corinthians 15). We need to recognize that as a follower of Jesus Christ we become a new creation, and while we cannot change our spots, God make us something new! We must learn to live in that newness as we experience a metamorphosis from this life to the next.… READ MORE

Perfection! Why can’t I seem to get there? Paul writes in Romans 7:15 “For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; butt what I hate, that I do.” ow can I be a true believer and not be consistent in my walk with Christ? Our struggle in the Christian life is that our expectations are not realized in this life. We struggle and struggle with our heart and our actions, as we find ourselves striving for perfection. Yet our struggle seems to be a brass ring that is always out of our grasp. This leads us to a frustration that often causes us to just simply want to give up. 1 Peter 1:3-5 challenges us to restructure our priorities and expectations in the Christian life. It reminds us that our focus needs to be on maturity not perfection. In life perfection is an unattainable goal, the more we learn, the more we know that we have more to learn! What this verse reminds us of is the reality that we are to grow in wisdom, and move toward a mature faith. That maturity can always grow, but it … READ MORE