The Law of Cause and Effect
Sunday, February 29th, 2004Do you want to go to heaven? Then cause it to happen by living diligently for Jesus while on the earth!
Do you want to go to heaven? Then cause it to happen by living diligently for Jesus while on the earth!
The holiness of God is awesome, and should inspire in us a quiet reverence, and a holy life.
“But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him” (Habakkuk 2:20).
The apostle Peter instructed Christians, “giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue…” (2 Peter 1:5). The word virtue is simply defined as moral courage. It is the courage to take what you know to be true (faith), and apply it always in your life.
If God has stated something, and man disagrees, God is right and man is wrong. I know this is so, because He is God, and man is not.
God is longsuffering, loving, merciful, wise, omnipresent, perfect, righteous, unchangeable, and unsearchable. As the Psalmist said, “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.” (Psalms 139:6).
It may be that many view the current conflict that America and Israel (as well as other “secular” governments) have with Muslims as another battle between Christianity and Islam. In reality, this is not so. In fact, never has the interests of true Christianity been served by carnal warfare.
Nowhere in scripture is there any direct evidence of Christians assembling to take a common meal. It is not a work of the church, not a part of Christian worship, and demeans the concept of spiritual fellowship.
A preacher of the gospel should never preach to show off his knowledge; rather, his purpose in preaching is to share his knowledge!
Concisely stated, the Lord’s Supper is a commemorative meal. It is designed to help us remember our Lord and Savior. While the emblems bring to mind the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross, His divine instructions at the institution of the supper are to be understood more broadly, stating that the eating of the emblems is to be done “in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). In addition to the death of our Lord, his perfect life, authoritative teaching, confirming miracles, and resurrection should be considered as well. Each of these combined show him to be our Savior and Lord.