(Third part)
Memory verse: (Romans 10:13-16) “ For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ...But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, LORD, who has believed our report? ”
The gospel is being preached, its sound has gone to the end of the world. The work is complete. It’s our time to enter into the finished work and stop toiling. We can enjoy sweat less, stress less, painless, struggle less, fearless living in Christ. There’s one force from Satan that motivates men to do all they are doing, the force of fear. And fear is the opposite of faith. Fear to fail, fear of failing as a business man or woman, fear to fail as husband or wife, fear to fail as father or mother, fear to lose the job, fear to run bankrupt, fear to lose the success you have achieved, fear of disease, fear of death, fear of… there is fear because man chose to be independent of God. But those who trust in the Lord are like mountain Zion, they can’t be shaken because, God our rock of ages can’t be shaken (Ps 125:1), he doesn’t even change (Malachi3:6) . Those who believe in him will never be put to shame (Rom10:11), whosoever shall call upon him in faith shall be saved and faith comes by hearing the good news, gospel , the word of truth.
The church of our day had thought the good news is for the none believer; Yes we became believer by hearing the gospel, but , the same scripture says: the just, the believers shall live by faith, i.e. we live by the gospel. More than ever we need to hear the teaching, exposition, preaching, and any other biblical way of communicating the gospel because by the gospel all what God has for us are revealed unto us from faith to faith. When we keep on hearing the gospel, our faith keeps on growing from faith to faith. And as the faith keeps growing, we stop struggling in life and we begin walking in God’s complete plan for our lives. The gospel shows us all God’s blessings for us through Christ and faith rises as we see them, and when faith comes, we begin to receive all that God has given us with thanks and praise. Let your faith rise and receive everything the grace of God has given us in Christ.
Tomorrow’s subject: ‘A GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES’
