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The Gospel of God
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
--1 John 5:11
When Sir William Ramsay was executed in 1683, the English patriot took his watch out of his pocket, gave it to his doctor on his way to the gallows, and said, “Here, take my timepiece. I have no need of it now, for I am dealing with eternity.”
Your time is ticking. And if you just put your hand on your heart, you can feel those heartbeats as if they were saying, “Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly.” Then one day, they stop. And while death is sure and life is so brief, God gives you this life as an opportunity to prepare for the future because everyone will live forever somewhere.
My soul and your soul will go on endless, dateless, and measureless throughout all eternity. You’ll be alive a thousand years from now. You’ll be alive 10 billion years from now, either in heaven or hell. So don’t miss this opportunity!
So, here’s the question I have for you today: Are you ready for eternity? Are you ready for that day you move from this life to the next? The only way to be 100% sure is to confess in your heart that Jesus is Lord and trust in Him for the forgiveness of your sins. When you do that, you’ll be ready to deal with the eternity that everyone will one day face.
EVERY PERSON WILL ONE DAY ENTER ETERNITY. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE READY BY TRUSTING IN JESUS CHRIST TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS.
Faith Counts
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”
Romans 4:2–5
What God told Abraham to do was beyond human logic and reason. It made no sense to leave a comfortable home and live in a tent. It made no sense that an elderly couple could still have a child. It made no sense to offer that promised child as a sacrifice. Yet in every case, when Abraham did what God said, he found God’s promises to be faithful. We do not please, honor, and obey God by doing what seems right to us, but by obeying what He has spoken.
Alexander MacLaren said, “Disobedience is the root of unbelief. Unbelief is the mother of further disobedience. Faith is voluntary submission within a person’s own power. If faith is not exercised, the true cause lies deeper than all intellectual reasons. It lies in the moral aversion of human will and in the pride of independence. With dreadful reciprocity of influence, the less one trusts, the more he disobeys; the more he disobeys, the less he trusts.”
The goal of pleasing God should be our motivation. To accomplish that, we must walk in faith. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). The world may say that believing the Bible is old fashioned. Even Christians may say walking in faith leads us to extremes. But we can and should always believe what God has spoken and act upon it in obedience.
Today's Growth Principle:
God is looking for men and women who will believe what He says and act on it.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”
Romans 4:2–5
What God told Abraham to do was beyond human logic and reason. It made no sense to leave a comfortable home and live in a tent. It made no sense that an elderly couple could still have a child. It made no sense to offer that promised child as a sacrifice. Yet in every case, when Abraham did what God said, he found God’s promises to be faithful. We do not please, honor, and obey God by doing what seems right to us, but by obeying what He has spoken.
Alexander MacLaren said, “Disobedience is the root of unbelief. Unbelief is the mother of further disobedience. Faith is voluntary submission within a person’s own power. If faith is not exercised, the true cause lies deeper than all intellectual reasons. It lies in the moral aversion of human will and in the pride of independence. With dreadful reciprocity of influence, the less one trusts, the more he disobeys; the more he disobeys, the less he trusts.”
The goal of pleasing God should be our motivation. To accomplish that, we must walk in faith. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). The world may say that believing the Bible is old fashioned. Even Christians may say walking in faith leads us to extremes. But we can and should always believe what God has spoken and act upon it in obedience.
Today's Growth Principle:
God is looking for men and women who will believe what He says and act on it.
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