IS THERE A STUMBLING BLOCK IN OUR LIVES PREVENTING YOU FROM SERVING THE LORD?
HAVE WE LAID OUR OWN MAN MADE RULES THAT ACT AS A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR DOING GOOD, BEING COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS PEOPLE
JESUS SPOKE ABOUT THE STUMBLING BLOCKS WE PLACE IN OUR LIVES PREVENTING US FROM BEING COMPASSIONATE. ONE SUCH EXAMPLE IS PRESENTED IN THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN
MOST MAY KNOW THE STORY BUT DO YOU KNOW THE FULL STORY? LET’S LOOK AT LUKE 10:30-35 TO READ THE PARABLE...
WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE IN NEED, DO WE MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID THE PERSON OR DO WE REACH OUT AND HELP? HOW MUCH DO WE LOVE THE LORD AND MANKIND?
WE ARE WITNESSING GREAT DECEPTION TODAY AND A BOMBARDMENT OF DESTRUCTIVE IDEOLOGIES DISGUIZED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. LET’S TRULY UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS IS STEMMING FROM THE ONE SPEWING THESE LIES...
EVER SINCE CREATION, SATAN HAS ATTEMPTED TO DECEIVE MANKIND… HE HAS USED EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK TO PULL US AWAY FROM THE LORD AND TO ASSERT HIMSELF AS god – MANIPULATING MANKIND TO WORSHIP HIM
FINAL WORD… GOD IS GREATER THAN SATAN AND ANY FALSE TEACHER. DON’T FEAR AND STAND STRONG IN THE LORD. JAMES 4:7 SAYS - SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. AMEN
Do you remember when you accepted Jesus? Where did you accept Him and at what age? Did you begin to attend church and Bible study frequently? Most people can remember being fired up for the Lord, carrying a Bible in their hand, going to church every Sunday and worshipping Him daily. Tragically, not everyone continues the path, instead they go astray. The Bible has many examples of people who started strong but crashed and burned later on in their life. One such example is King Saul.
How often do we think about the salvation of others, and do we truly care about their well being? Not so long ago I was sitting at a coffee shop working on my sermon when I noticed countless people hurrying in and out with their drinks. Obviously they were preoccupied with one mission, and most didn’t even look to their left or right. It’s a shame how we have become so engulfed with our own lives that we have forgotten to care for others. As Christians, our main objective is to serve the Lord and to spread the Word of Salvation. We are called to be compassionate and loving – having the love of Christ in us to reach out to mankind with the hope that is Christ Jesus. The Great Commission was given to us by Christ to go out in the world and preach the Gospel, baptizing people in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Well, a part of sharing the Gospel entails speaking about the original sin, and how the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
As I drove to church Sunday mornings, I saw people congregating to church eager to attend service. Most of them were well groomed and well dressed, with their fine Sunday church attire. As I began to wonder about their internal status and where they are in their walk with the Lord, I can’t help but to think, are they truly passionate about the Lord?
Most of us are aware of the changes taking place and the shrinking of churches in North America and Europe. What used to be centers of the Christian faith are now quickly fading into the sunset. With so many people attending church, why are we experiencing a retraction of Christianity in the West? Isaiah 1:10-20 provides us with a good description of the Lord’s position on the self proclaimed righteous and those that are simply religious.
The Lord said through Isaiah:
10 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 11 “The multitude of your sacrifices— what are they to me?” says the Lord. “I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts? 13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. 14 Your New Moon feasts and
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