“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12)
God’s word is all we need. We don’t need more revelation. We don’t need new revelation.
What we do need is to seek to know, understand, and love the scriptures more. We already have everything we need in the Bible God has given us.
Small Groups are still signing up. They will begin the first week of October. There is no better way to dive deeper into the Sunday scriptures than the Small Groups.
“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Romans 6:11).
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
There is absolutely, categorically, no way Jose-ly (I made that up), God makes room for sin in the life of the believer. God does not entertain, accept, and certainly celebrate sin.
The only persons to whom Godly correction sound like and feel like judgment are those who are comfortable in their sin.
Christian, we will struggle with sin until the day we die. We will struggle with sin until God frees us from this flesh.
What a glorious day that will be.
So, if you find yourself uncomfortable with sin in your life…GREAT! It’s supposed to be that way. Keep wrestling. Keep fighting. Keep pursuing God’s holiness.
I began thinking – what does that look like? What does it mean to be the church?
Maybe we are thinking of extraordinary things – leaving our home, family, and friends, for the jungle to spread the gospel, or selling everything and giving to the poor to see God multiplying the church – and that’s great when and should that happen. But I think this may be missing the point of what it means to be the church.
What if being the church means a whole lot more ordinary?
What if being the church means to be extraordinary in the ordinary things of life?
We don’t have to go away to far away jungles and lands to evangelize. What if being the church looks a lot like being extraordinary God ordained and commanded weekly gatherings we call worship?
What if being the church looks like giving our best in loving our spouses and children?
Perhaps being the church has much more to do with giving our best to the ordinary things in the life we are already living – daily prayer, daily study of God’s word, small groups, service opportunities, and sabbath gatherings.
Can you imagine what the Little Church world would look like if we all sought to give our best to these ordinary practices on a daily basis?
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced, GOD WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH A CHURCH LIKE THAT!
