COMING SOON… Gospel Meeting with Brad Harrub – June 24-26
VBS at St. Andrews Road – July 10-14

I hope you are having a great week showing and sharing the love of Christ at home, at work, at school, and in your neighborhood. Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) that every Christian is “the light of the world.” He commanded: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (5:14-16). The purpose for our living the Christian life, the purpose for every good work is that our Father in heaven may be glorified.

Think about it. Suppose we live our lives some other way, not in “good works” but in ways that are doubtful, fearful, and sinful. Suppose we try to hide our Christian life from others. Do you remember Simon Peter and how he denied Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior not once, not twice, but three times before the cock crowed? Do you remember how he denied Jesus the third time with cursing and swearing and thus hid the light of Christ from those who needed to see it (Matthew 26:73-74)? It is indeed a tragedy when Christians have the opportunity to show and share by their good works the ways of God to His glory and because of doubt or fear or sin let the opportunity slip away from them.

Now suppose that Christians practice what they profess. Suppose you and I really and truly believed and obeyed Hebrews 11:6: What would people say about Christians and about God if every Christian decided to come to God, believe Him, and diligently seek Him? What would people say about Christians and about God if every Christian lived Romans 8:28? All things work together for our good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. What would people say about Christians and about God if every Christian really believed and obeyed 1 John 3:22? And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Him.

Our Sunday morning sermon series “Growing in Gladness” continue this Sunday with a lesson aimed at helping us to grow in gladness through hearing God’s word preached. When we hear the gospel preached we are blessed, we grow stronger in our faith, we become more fruitful in our daily lives, and we obtain and maintain a better understanding of the fight against the enemies of the cross of Christ. I look forward to sharing this lesson with you. We only have one more lesson in this series. I hope these lessons have been an encouragement to you.

Thank you for your patience with me this past Sunday evening. Sometimes I prepare a little too much material for one session. Our Sunday evening series: “Christian Teenagers” is especially needed today. In this particular lesson we are using five unique Old Testament examples to help us understand the challenges our teenagers face every day: #1 – Joseph, maintaining sexual purity, #2 – David, confronting bullies, #3 – Daniel, refusing beer, wine, and alcohol, #4 – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, rejecting idolatry, and Esther, being unselfish. Please make plans to be here every Sunday evening for these most important lessons. You will be so very glad that you were here with your children and teens.