Christians are narrow-minded about God’s truth. We believe something the chattering classes find incredible. We believe that God has spoken in his Word and that his Word is to be obeyed, not debated.
Text: Revelation 2:12-17To those who stand strong in the midst of trials, the best is yet to come. We will receive the “crown of life” and reign with Jesus forever. The “second death” in hell cannot touch us at all.
Text: Revelation 2:8-11How easy it is to substitute knowledge for a warm heart toward Jesus. How quickly we justify our hard hearts by pointing to all our well-intentioned religiosity.
Text: Revelation 2:1-7God has more grace in his heart than you have sin in your life. Jesus is a better Savior than you are a sinner.
Text: Luke 19:10Knowledge alone will not save us and knowledge alone will certainly not change us. You’ve got to do something with the
knowledge you have.
God intends for the church to become a body of committed, loving truth-tellers. Easy to say, hard to
do.
You’ve got a Nineveh in your life right now. Your Nineveh might be someone you love whose behavior has provoked you to the point of anger and bitterness. Nineveh ultimately stands for any part of the will of God that you are afraid to face.
Text: Jonah 4We can’t look to the past and focus on what others have done for Christ. Nor can we live in the future, thinking about what the
children of today might do thirty years from now. The only generation we can reach is our own.
God will do whatever it takes to bring us to the place where we remember him. He’ll stop at nothing. Whatever it takes to get us on our knees is good for our spiritual growth.
Text: Jonah 2If you’ve been running, here is some good news. It is never too late to stop running from God.
Text: Jonah 1:4-17