Tuesday, October 7, 2008

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY: I Timothy 1:12-20

PSALM OF THE WEEK: Psalm 94:12-22

HYMN OF THE DAY: CH# 66 “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/i/iigowise.htm or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deLc8Egb0Js&feature=related

VERSE OF THE DAY: Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the very worst. 1 Timothy 1:15 NIV

 

Jesus Christ came only to save sinners.  I am one.  You are too.  So is everyone else.  How can we judge anyone for being bad?  That is the very person Christ came to save.  How can we feel superior to anyone when they are the one Christ died for?  If we examine ourselves, then we have to agree with Paul who felt he was “chief among sinners”, for that is true of every one of us and everyone else too.  Therefore, we are not in a position to judge, condemn, or feel superior to anyone.  We must realize that they, like us, need the salvation of Jesus Christ.  We have to reach out to them in Christ’s love.  We have to show them that we understand, and that we have the answer they too are looking for.  Our witness to the world is not that we are somehow better than others and therefore are saved by God.  It is that we have “been there, done that” and we know for fact that God still loves us enough to save us and the same is true for everyone else as well.

 

PRAYER: “King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, Only God; thank you for saving me from all I been and all I’ve done.  Help me to show that kind of loving grace to others so that they too will be drawn to you for that same saving grace. Amen.

 

See you in Church Sunday,

Pastor Sandy

 

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