Church Of The Lost Sheep

"But this beautiful treasure is contained in us— cracked  pots made of earth and clay—so that the transcendent character of this power will be clearly seen as coming from God and not from us." 2 Corinthians 4:7 in the Voice Bible Version [This is the 5th lesson of this series] The God of the universe chooses ordinary people to do the extraordinary. Preachers of God's message can boast all they want, but should only really, on the Lord. Once they boast otherwise, or on their own accomplishments, their own talents then they have missed the most basic of Christian doctrines. Christians are saved by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Christ alone, as revealed by Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone. God saves by grace, so not one among them can boast. Yet many did not seem to get the memo or have selective memory loss. We Are A Mess To be a Christian, one has to mess up (not hard) and fess up (not easy). Then one has to accept God's gift of grace (not h...

" What then? Should we sin, because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not!" Romans 6:15 in the Recovery Version [This is the  10th lesson of  this series ] One of the things that I have been seeing more and more of, is Christians fighting among themselves. I know that this has been going on for centuries, since the 1st church even, so nothing new there. But what I am referring to is that followers of Christ has escalated the war against their siblings in Christ and we are seeing more of them because of how technology has made the world so much smaller. Karens Smart phones, wi-fi, social media, apps, the internet, television, radio has made almost everyone on earth connected to one another. And we are just starting, the world will become even smaller and more connected with newer and newer advancements in technology evolving in shorter and shorter intervals. This is also where we will see and hear more about these  "infighting" among believe...

God is Kind, but Not Soft "Those people are on a dark spiral downward. But if you think that leaves you on the high ground where you can point your finger at others, think again. Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors. But God isn’t so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what  you’ve  done. You didn’t think, did you, that just by pointing your finger at others you would distract God from seeing all your misdoings and from coming down on you hard? Or did you think that because he’s such a nice God, he’d let you off the hook? Better think this one through from the beginning. God is kind, but he’s not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change. You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The...