Thank you for your Glory.
Thank you for your presence.
That you for your fellowship that we have with you.
Thank you for your loving touch.
Thank you for your guiding hand.
Thank you for your sweet embrace.
What a Privilege,
We are in a family
Father love and God of peace
What a Privilege.
Great lyrics by Forever Jones Off of their debut album, "Get Ready"
Good Morning Family,
What a privilege it is to be here on planet earth today to be apart of God's family, to be of one mind, one Spirit, and one hope with the body of Christ to share in Christ's suffering! What a privilege it is to be emancipated from sin, to be of God's elect, to receive His grace, and to grow through sanctification. What a privilege it is to have victory over the flesh and its desires, to grow in patience, to grow in love, to get understanding, to see the scheme of the enemy, to see your selfishness weaken and your spirit strengthen, What A Privilege.
It's so amazing to see how God works. My roommate and I attend different churches with different Shepherds, we have different experiences, and read out of different versions(translations) of the Bible, yet as we were having a conversation last night about spiritual matters, we were of one mind and in agreeance on the things of God (Ephesians 4:4-5). That's odd isn't it seeing as though there are so many churches, branches of thought, denominations, translations of the bible, and so on and so forth? Actually it's not odd because it's only one true interpretation of God's word, and the true interpretation and understanding is granted to one by the spirit of God. And if you have a sound, spirit led shepherd, he'll be used as an agent to aid you in correct understanding of scripture. So when two people say that they are Christians, but can't come to one understanding during a convo, it's because one or both of them are not getting sound teaching, or the spirit of God really isn't in them. Why is that? It's because the Lord says that, "my sheep hear my voice" (John 10:27). So even if you aren't getting sound teaching, because you do have the spirit of God, when you hear his truth, you will recognize it as truth and be in agreeance with a brother/sister in Christ.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
So there's a follower of Christ who is talking to a group of unbelievers. This group looks at him as being foolish because of his faith in Christ being the only way to salvation and without him there is no entrance into Heaven. One man says, and the rest agree that, "we are all God's creation and children, so no matter what religion you belong to, or how you believe in God, as long as you believe in God you'll see Heaven. He also told the man that his thinking was narrow minded. So the man says to them, "If what you are saying is true and I am wrong, then at the end of this life, I have nothing to lose, for I still will be with God; but if what I'm saying to you is correct, and you're wrong, you have everything to lose".
