04 29 II Peter 1:10-11 In this passage Peter exhorts us to consider if we in fact are saved by exhibiting the character of God. His fruit in us is a sign of our salvation. He speaks of our past, our present, and our future. We are admonished to grow so that we receive a rich welcome into God’s Kingdom.
04 22 II Peter 1:8-9 Someone has described the Christian life as driving a car with cruise control or driving a race car. Peter encourages us to consider that the Christian life is like driving a race car. There is to be a measurable increase of those godly character traits outlined in verses 5-7. It speaks of our potential in spiritual growth in order that we not become idle or ineffective. Not developing these qualities in us creates problems. So are you cruising through life content with where you are in your spiritual growth or are you focused on the race ahead, striving to reach your spiritual maturity?
What do we learn from Jonah? In a message from Daniel DeVerna, missionary to Japan we learn about our own heart when it comes to the lost. While initially he was disobedient, he eventually did what the Lord asked of him. But we see in the end that it was not with a perfect heart of obedience. He was really hoping that God would rain down judgment. In the end though, we see God’s patience and compassion on the lost.
04 01 John 3:16-18 On this Easter Sunday what greater passage to turn than the simple message of John 3:16-18. In this wonderful Scripture is the essence of the gospel as we look at God’s great love. We see the cause of God’s great love, the cost of God’s great love, the clause in God’s great love, and the continuation of God’s great love. God has done what He can to provide for us eternal life. We must believe, accept, receive, trust that what Christ did was sufficient to pay our debt. We know that it was accepted because He rose again. If it was insufficient in any way, Jesus would have remained in the grave. But that didn’t happen. He rose again!