TRUTH WORKS

It is truth that stands out with startling distinctness on the pages of the New Testament, that God has no sons who are not servants. --H.D. Ward

James 2:26, For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Jesus, upon His departure from earth, gave us our marching orders. He did not say, “Sit back and relax.” He didn’t say, “Just live your life the way you want to.” He didn’t even say, “Get a job, invest your money, and enjoy retirement.” NO! What Jesus said was, “GO!”

His Truth prods us to work for His glory! Like the servant that had the talents that were to be invested, we have been given the glorious Gospel to invest in this lost, dying, and hurting generation. Will you Go?

IN DEATH I LIVE!

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to him. –Spurgeon

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 1 Corinthians 15:31

Many men think living is having fast cars, big houses, and women. Many women think living is having a closet full of clothes, a man with a lot of money, and going out to eat at fancy restaurants. While they may live it up large on this side of eternity, I believe I’ll just trust in Jesus and live it up large for eternity!

            Paul said, for me to live is Christ and to die is gain. Paul had an insight to living many Christians may never understand. He said, “If I die, I gain Heaven! I gain peace, joy, no tears, no sickness, and no death! I gain Jesus!” So Paul seeing how important it was to live for Christ said, “I die daily.”

            Are you and I dying daily to self; Exalting the Saviour, Edifying the Saints, and Evangelizing the Sin Sick Sinner? If not… then we are missing what Paul meant by, Living for Jesus!