Today was My Hope Sunday. We have quite a few guest that members invited to join us for church today. We played a wonderful spoken word piece about the reality of the resurrection of Jesus.
Right before the sermon, the Fine Arts Ministry (FAM) powerfully ministered to O Come to the Altar. Many came to the altar to praise, pray, and repent.
My sermon was on the topic of what makes Christianity so different than all world religions. What it boils down to is that all the other world religions are about man trying to reach up to God. Christianity is about God reaching down to man. Other religions are spelled "D-O". Christianity is spelled "D-O-N-E". Religion is about what must I DO to be right with God. Christianity is about what God has already DONE so that we can be right with Him.
Religion says you must EARN your salvation by doing good works and not doing evil. Christianity says Jesus has EARNED salvation for us by paying the price for the evil we have done. Christianity says that God (in the form of Jesus Christ) stepped into our place and paid the awful price that had to be paid for us. God gives the free gift of salvation to all who believe and place their faith in Jesus.
The Word of God was delivered. And I had some good conversation with folks afterwards. I'm praying that God's Word would bear fruit in the lives of those who heard it today.
We have approximately 75 copies of the large print edition of Our Daily Bread (October-December, 2017). If you need the larger print, pick one up at the Welcome Center.
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Right before the sermon, the Fine Arts Ministry (FAM) powerfully ministered to O Come to the Altar. Many came to the altar to praise, pray, and repent.
My sermon was on the topic of what makes Christianity so different than all world religions. What it boils down to is that all the other world religions are about man trying to reach up to God. Christianity is about God reaching down to man. Other religions are spelled "D-O". Christianity is spelled "D-O-N-E". Religion is about what must I DO to be right with God. Christianity is about what God has already DONE so that we can be right with Him.
Religion says you must EARN your salvation by doing good works and not doing evil. Christianity says Jesus has EARNED salvation for us by paying the price for the evil we have done. Christianity says that God (in the form of Jesus Christ) stepped into our place and paid the awful price that had to be paid for us. God gives the free gift of salvation to all who believe and place their faith in Jesus.The Word of God was delivered. And I had some good conversation with folks afterwards. I'm praying that God's Word would bear fruit in the lives of those who heard it today.
We have approximately 75 copies of the large print edition of Our Daily Bread (October-December, 2017). If you need the larger print, pick one up at the Welcome Center.
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