Missing The Point

Missing The Point

Acts 4:10-12, 2Tim 3:2-5

 I walked into an office and there was a sign that read "Life without Jesus is pointless". And to

drive the message home, pictured was a pencil with an eraser on both ends. Simple yet effective.

You see some of us ARE missing the point. We have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof. Our religion is our culture rather than our faith. We don’t know anything else, so we do what we know. We know how to profess Christianity. We know what to do and when to do it, so that we fit into our particular religious circles quite well.  So well, in fact,  it looks to others like we are the whole meal and the desert too.  But we are missing the point because our religion is faithless. We have not recognized our need for a “Savior”.   And if we have not recognized our need for a Savior, we cannot by definition be “saved”.  No matter how “good” we think we are, we cannot be saved unless His spotless life is credited to us. But we don’t believe in His merits. We don’t receive Him as the way, the truth and the life. We believe it has to be harder than that. We don’t take Him at His word that He is ABLE to save us, if we just simply believed.  Faith requires a personal relationship with Jesus, not merely a learned response. Faith is  Finally Admitting I Trust Him.

What is your first love?

As we go into 2011, what is the most important thing or person in your life? If you didn't say Jesus Christ, then maybe before the clock strikes 12:00 AM, you should re-evaluate your priorities. I understand we all have to work, and certainly we like to have fun too, but the most important thing we should be doing as believers is our "mission or purpose", which God himself has established before the foundations of the world. How many of us are not living up to the full potential that God has given us is a staggering number. Our mission/purpose should be the number one priority in our lives. We were born to serve Him and until we do this, whole-heartedly, we will experience a sense of loss or emptiness. We must first "Seek the Kingdom of God" and everything else will fall into place. What is the "Kingdom of God" you ask? Join me tomorrow for an in-depth view of what is means to seek God with all that is in you!

The Next Level

We are taking things to the next level in 2011! We're going to make contact with as many souls as we can to bring hope, love and the message of the gospel to a dying world.