READ, LINGER, PROCESS…
No created thing can satisfy the soul of mankind except the Creator.
Christ fills the void in the soul; the Holy Spirit fills the life of the admitted believer.
We each need to give our lives to the Lord, and give Him what He gave us… His life.
John 13:38a: “Will you lay down your life for my sake?”
What does it profit someone to gain the whole world but lose their soul – separated from God forever.
How lonely. How terrible. How unnecessary. How sad.
What a terrible, horrible mistake to reject the gift of salvation.
Lovingkindness means, “The loyal love of God.”
Respect – disrespect
Loyalty – disloyalty
God loved us first – we respond
Faithful God – unfaithful man
Mercy and forgiveness – no natural affection
Kindness – vindictive, cruel
The Holy Spirit places us in union with Christ, into an eternal, never-ending relationship. We are a new species in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18: “17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.”
“Learning life” is perilous transitions of rising and falling, but getting up, recovering, is the lesson being taught… or ignored.
All quotes are by C. S. Craig unless otherwise indicated.