Posts Tagged ‘ Gospel ’
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30, ESV
The Church is not supposed to be merely a place of entertainment and feel-good messages. The Church is the Bride of Christ who draws others to herself by her devotion to and worship of God our Savior.
“For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14, ESV
We have been tasked with calling out sin by the authority of Christ. We bring each other closer to Christ and remind each other of the hope we have in His coming.
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
1 Corinthians 12:25-27, ESV
We join in Christ’s suffering, and we share in His resurrection. May we encourage each other as we await His return, praying for each other and loving each other in Christ’s love.
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matthew 18:20, ESV
We hold each other accountable to Christ, rebuking, calling out sin, and, especially, encouraging each other to remain faithful to Christ until He returns, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31, ESV
God has redeemed our lives, therefore no one should be able to intimidate or threaten us with fear of persecution or death. We know they will get what they deserve or join us in eternity with Christ.
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.“
Luke 9:23-24, ESV
Christ came to save us by taking the cross we deserved, but He asks us to take up our own cross – live like Jesus by sacrificing our wants, desires, comforts, freedoms, and even our lives in radical love for others to show them the love of God.
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6, ESV
We were lost in our sins, but God came to us to redeem us. Now He lives in we who believe, making us more Christ-like.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:1-2, ESV
We are surrounded by a world hostile to God and His people, but He has promised to be with us until His physical return when we are together forever. Trust in the One who came to save us and be with us.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Ephesians 1:7, ESV
God came to us when we were in full rebellion against Him that He might save save us through His sacrifice by His grace and love.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24, ESV
Friendship is good, but a lot of friends won’t necessarily make us feel better nor save us from all our sins.
Yet, Jesus has called us friends if we belive in and follow Him and His sacrificial love.
a simple man of God 