GALATIANS 1
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
THE REVEALED REVELATION
Paul the great apostle to the gentiles, had to defend his apostleship in virtually every epistle, the Holy Spirit urged him to write, as false teachers had crept into the church and sought to bring the gospel into disrepute and disgrace.
The Bible... The written word of God is given by God, it is His love letter to Man.
The gospel is the good news...Amen.
The gospel that Paul preached and that we preach does not come from some far-fetched ideas, it is not man's words, it is God's words.
We receive it by the teaching of the teacher, blessed by the Holy Spirit. He takes Christ and shows it to us. Christ has been given everything of the Father and now Jesus is giving it all to us.
The gospel is so precious and indeed we should protect it with our lives, as the apostle Paul did.
We can learn vast amounts of information from books, conferences, and sermons. God uses those methods to teach us, but the best method is to sit at the feet of the master with an open Bible. When I read my bible every day and I don't get anything out of it, then I know that something is wrong.
The Bible is not a collection of stories, but it is a life-changing and life challenging book.
What has God revealed to you from his revelation today?
God bless you
GALATIANS 1
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
TWIDDLING OUR THUMBS:
Now I know the subject of election is a sore point with some Christians and I understand some of you will disagree with me.
Scripture clearly teaches election, but it also teaches free will; there are two sides to any coin yes. Whatever side you are on, let's work together for the glory of God…Amen (please don't write to me, disagree but in love please)
Paul says he was separated at birth by God; As Paul, those of us who belong to God are chosen by God. Let me explain it in the best way I can.
When I married Helen, I chose her and she chose me, but we had our own free will to say yes to each other…Amen.
My main focus is verse 16. Why Did God choose us? What is the point of salvation? God saved us so that He may display to the world the riches of His grace through Christ. Paul says that Jesus would be revealed in Him and that through Him the gospel would be preached to every nation and every tribe.
Now to fight and argue about things like election may seem justifiable to some, but consider this: There is a world out there which is dying; we talk of Nero who fiddled whilst Rome burnt to the ground, but are we fiddling with doctrinal issues, whilst the world is dying.
Let's get over our differences and glorify Christ by declaring His gospel.
An atheist once wrote a letter to Ray Comfort saying these words,
If you believe one bit that thousands every day were falling into an eternal and unreachable fate, you should be running the streets mad with rage at their blindness. That's equivalent to standing on a street corner and watching every person that passes you walk blindly directly into the path of a bus and die, yet you stand idly by and do nothing. You're just twiddling your thumbs, happy in the knowledge that one day that 'walk' signal will shine your way across the road. Think about it. Imagine the horrors Hell must have in store if the Bible is true. You're just going to allow that to happen and not care about saving anyone but yourself?
Let us spend each and every moment seeking to glorify Christ and reaching the lost…Amen
Time to stop arguing over points of doctrine and start loving each other. Jesus said, “All men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.
The world is dying and God is saying to his church...WAKE UP!!!!!
God bless
Keith
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
THE REVEALED REVELATION
Paul the great apostle to the gentiles, had to defend his apostleship in virtually every epistle, the Holy Spirit urged him to write, as false teachers had crept into the church and sought to bring the gospel into disrepute and disgrace.
The Bible... The written word of God is given by God, it is His love letter to Man.
The gospel is the good news...Amen.
The gospel that Paul preached and that we preach does not come from some far-fetched ideas, it is not man's words, it is God's words.
We receive it by the teaching of the teacher, blessed by the Holy Spirit. He takes Christ and shows it to us. Christ has been given everything of the Father and now Jesus is giving it all to us.
The gospel is so precious and indeed we should protect it with our lives, as the apostle Paul did.
We can learn vast amounts of information from books, conferences, and sermons. God uses those methods to teach us, but the best method is to sit at the feet of the master with an open Bible. When I read my bible every day and I don't get anything out of it, then I know that something is wrong.
The Bible is not a collection of stories, but it is a life-changing and life challenging book.
What has God revealed to you from his revelation today?
God bless you
GALATIANS 1
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
TWIDDLING OUR THUMBS:
Now I know the subject of election is a sore point with some Christians and I understand some of you will disagree with me.
Scripture clearly teaches election, but it also teaches free will; there are two sides to any coin yes. Whatever side you are on, let's work together for the glory of God…Amen (please don't write to me, disagree but in love please)
Paul says he was separated at birth by God; As Paul, those of us who belong to God are chosen by God. Let me explain it in the best way I can.
When I married Helen, I chose her and she chose me, but we had our own free will to say yes to each other…Amen.
My main focus is verse 16. Why Did God choose us? What is the point of salvation? God saved us so that He may display to the world the riches of His grace through Christ. Paul says that Jesus would be revealed in Him and that through Him the gospel would be preached to every nation and every tribe.
Now to fight and argue about things like election may seem justifiable to some, but consider this: There is a world out there which is dying; we talk of Nero who fiddled whilst Rome burnt to the ground, but are we fiddling with doctrinal issues, whilst the world is dying.
Let's get over our differences and glorify Christ by declaring His gospel.
An atheist once wrote a letter to Ray Comfort saying these words,
If you believe one bit that thousands every day were falling into an eternal and unreachable fate, you should be running the streets mad with rage at their blindness. That's equivalent to standing on a street corner and watching every person that passes you walk blindly directly into the path of a bus and die, yet you stand idly by and do nothing. You're just twiddling your thumbs, happy in the knowledge that one day that 'walk' signal will shine your way across the road. Think about it. Imagine the horrors Hell must have in store if the Bible is true. You're just going to allow that to happen and not care about saving anyone but yourself?
Let us spend each and every moment seeking to glorify Christ and reaching the lost…Amen
Time to stop arguing over points of doctrine and start loving each other. Jesus said, “All men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.
The world is dying and God is saying to his church...WAKE UP!!!!!
God bless
Keith
