Tuesday, August 14, 2007
RANDOM STUFF...: as im typing this post... i saw a flying object with green, red and white light past the sky!My QT learning:
1 Corinthians 1:17-18,23-25
The deception continues to tis day. Many people claim to b "christs" but they lack nail prints. Gurus tell us how to live happier & more productive lives. They say we can get "in touch with e deepest part of ourselves" & how we can be spiritual without being religious. What millions do not have, however, is a GOD with wounds, a GOD who entered into our world & suffered on our behalf so tt we might be reconciled to GOD. So important is tis central act of redemption tt it changed e unchangeable. Indeed, heaven is different bcos of "e LAMB who was slain" (Revelation 5:12). e blood is gone, but e scars remain as a remainder of our sin and a remainder of HIS grace.
In 1 Cor 1:17-18, Paul battled false teachers and competing messages. He reminded the church of our rightful focus: "CHRIST did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel,... For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of GOD."
No one can experience GOD's eternal favor if they bypass the cross. The cross is the hinge upon which the door of history swings. It is the hub that holds the spokes of GOD's purposes in a granf unity. The OLD testament prophets pointed toward it, and the NEW testament disciples proclaimed it. When we "cling to the old rugged cross," we are not doing so out of mere sentimentality. The cross is the heart of our message and the heart of our power to combat the encroaching darkness. I've been paid for in FULL 8:50 PM