Do You Skip Over This Part of Salvation?
The question is one I ask myself: Does Jesus Christ believe in me? Does He trust me? This is a crucial part of salvation that many overlook.
The question is one I ask myself: Does Jesus Christ believe in me? Does He trust me? This is a crucial part of salvation that many overlook.
I want to clarify what I believe is the timeline of end times events. In my estimation, the next event is the rapture of the church.
Jesus is our authority on Heaven. Hes a native. Its His hometown. When he spoke of the Fathers house, He was talking about what he knew, not what He imagined or supposed or hoped about what heaven is like.
If we want to stay pure, then we must daily drink the pure milk of God’s Word. We must so absorb it into our spiritual systems that, in the words of Charles Spurgeon, our blood becomes “Bibline.”
Just like a race isn’t an aimless kind of walk, so also is our journey with Jesus. From the moment we believe in Jesus, God puts us on a journey of transformation.
Though I never read anything by Spurgeon in Bible College or seminary, once I discovered his books (and especially his sermons) he became one of my greatest sources of eternal perspective, joy, and insight for a new beginning in life.
I am so often stopped in my tracks and forced to reflect on how the great saints of old were able to rise above their circumstances to see the grand vision God was giving them, especially when walking by faith amid devastation.
What it means to be a follower of Christ
Read a part of this old children’s story first published in 1922 and be encouraged. They are wise words offered by the Skin Horse to the Velveteen Rabbit taken from the book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.
We were created to be in community/relationship with others and with God.