Sin: the lantana of God’s pure creation
Noxious weeds are almost impossible to eradicate. Thankfully, sin is a different story and God’s perfect plan has it all under control.
Noxious weeds are almost impossible to eradicate. Thankfully, sin is a different story and God’s perfect plan has it all under control.
Can we trust God is in control when we don’t understand what’s going on?
A blind guide leading the blind doesn’t only end up with everyone in a pit, in Laodicea they ended up naked, wretched and poor as well.
When Christ is the key, the door and the doorway, we cannot stand with a foot on either side. We have to make a choice: to enter in or turn away.
The call to wake up, grow up and get back to work, is a timely reminder to the contemporary church when we find ourselves getting comfortable with the world.
In life we might be doing well living out our faith, but we must remain diligent practicing discernment. We can live with a foot in two camps.
Every test is an opportunity to mature and choose to follow Jesus example tp prove ourselves tried and true to our identity of child of God, just like Smyrna.
As a church and individuals making up the body, the Bride of Christ, our goal is to cling to the passion of our first love as we remember He first loved us.
As we study Jesus’ letters in the book of Revelation, we will have the perfect example of how to live holy and godly lives regardless of world circumstances.
The best way to fully understand God as Shepherd-King, and Christ as the Great Shepherd, is to look at shepherding in Ancient Near East.