How Can a Church Become Complacent? Part a. There was a special taskforce during World War II whose mission was to recover precious works of Art that had been stolen by the Nazis. Recruiting these soldiers to the taskforce was difficult, for the attitude of most was...
How Can we avoid complacency?Last time we discovered that due to its "richy" attitude, the church of Laodicea was complacent. In becoming completely indifferent, it lost its sense of purpose. The "me first" attitude is truly deadly, for it results in members...
"So sin was plenty alive, and I was stone dead. But the law code itself is God's good and common sense, each command sane and holy counsel." (Rom 7:11-12, MSG)How can something so good be so deadly?Have we ever walked by a door on which was written the following...
"The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace." (Rom 8:6, NIV2)The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God. Why? Because though we are unaware of it, we have treaded into the enemy's territory and have become...
"We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin." (Rom 7:14, NIV2)This is the reality of many amongst us. As God's Spirit doesn't reside in them, they realize that they are in no way spiritual. Instead, they wonder: "I do not...
In this series we have discovered that our Heavenly Daddy is always on the side of the rejected, the underprivileged, and the hurt. These are loved beyond bounds by the Almighty. Woe to those who turn their back on them or criticize them. We are here to be a blessing...
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ, because through Christ the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death." (Rom 8:1-2, NIV)In other words: "The Spirit gives life!" (Rom 8:10)After WWII, Nazis were...