Posts Tagged Gospel
Honor and Fear the Lord
Posted by Randall W. Ross in Teaching on February 12, 2009
If then I am a father, where is my honor? if I am a master, where is my Fear? Malachi 1:6
I had the privilege recently of preaching during the morning sevice at our church. We are in a study of the book of Malachi. This last book of the Old Testament deals directly with God’s people, admonishing them for turning away from God and following their own law and desires. My passage was Ch. 1:6-2:9. This section covers a “heart issue” that always proves damaging to our faithfulness to God and our witness to others: refusing to honor and fear the Lord.
When God is not honored and feared, essentially we are saying He is not Lord of our life. When this is so, our actions and words become corrupted and reproachable. God is not pleased with this. His name (His character and authority) is to be holy and set apart. Others are supposed to see our honor and fear of Him (in our right actions and words) and glorify Him as well.
Thankfully, God will correct us as children, turning us from ourselves to a place of willing submission once more. Praise be to God that He is so gracious.
Here is the video of that sermon:
The Wonder of the Cross
Posted by Randall W. Ross in Media Critique, Music, Thoughts and Reflections, Worship on February 8, 2009
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. I Corinthians 1:18
It can be easy to let the reality of the Gospel…the Good News…become old news…old hat…so familiar that we almost forget about it. I hope and pray that this will never be true of my life or of those that come in contact with me. I want to always talk about Jesus and how He died upon a cross, taking my sin upon himself, so that His righteousness would be counted to my account. Sadly, even among those that claim to be Christians, the reality of the Gospel of the cross of Christ is scarcely proclaimed. It is as if we have agreed with those who are perishing…that the cross is foolishness.
May we never forget that “for us who are being saved the cross is the power of God.”
May we never lose the wonder of this.
I have come accross this song recently and it has been a huge blessing. This video captures a modern illustration of how Christ takes our place. We deserved to die because of our sin, but Jesus steps in and takes the punishment upon Himself. Follow along with the words as you listen to (or watch) the song.
~Vicky Beeching
