Amazing. That's what God is. And that's what church was this morning! Good friends, good music, good WORD! Visitors, altar calls, long talks afterwords, it was just a blessing.
HEART to God - Acts 2,3,4 - it all goes together so well.
The cycle of redemption is not new - it has been going on since Moses led the people out of Egypt. They were called out of Egypt - just like we are called out of slavery - slavery to a life of sin, Peter calls it "this empty way of life". They were redeemed before they ever came to worship him. Peter also says, "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God." (1 Peter 1:18-20)
We are saved by grace, too! They were formed into a company of freed slaves - and we also are a rag-tag bunch of vagabonds, traveling together. They came to a mountain and were faced with a choice - with God, or without God. Thankfully, they chose Him. We are saved and then faced with choices - the same choice - with God, or without God. Hopefully, we choose to worship Him.
That means, serving Him. Obeying Him. Following Him. Looking to Him. But it also means something else - Being His Light to the Nations. Somehow they got off track here . . .
I hope that our line shines brighter every day. Today was a pretty good flame!
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