God the Father

In my previous article, I sought to establish that Jesus’ Second Coming is, indeed, very relevant to our generation now. I did not, however, provide much application... what does it actually mean for us, here and now, for it to be relevant? In other words... what are we to do, knowing that we are in the beginning of the transition period that will end when Jesus establishes His throne on earth? This is a huge question! One could write a book on this subject and not encapsulate everything. With that in mind, we will be looking at the passage we are already familiar with, which is Matthew 24-25, as Jesus lays out some important principles therein as to what we should expect and how we ought to live our lives in response.

"I have been writing this volume while residing in Germany for a teaching trip. I am humbled by penning these 95 theses in the same country as Martin Luther did many years ago. I submit these to the evangelical church of our day and pray that God would allow anything of truth in these pages to bend and change men's hearts back to God." - Greg Gordon - http://www.sermonindex.net **

“It is useless for large companies of believers to spend long hours begging God to send revival. Unless we intend to reform we may as well not pray. Unless praying men have the insight and faith to amend their whole way of life to conform to the New Testament pattern there can be no true revival.” - A.W. Tozer

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Well... I was writing an email, and this really got stirred up in my heart. Probably partly to do with finishing Tozer's book, too. Anyways... I was sitting in bed and considering the books I've read in the last five years, or so, and two in particular jumped out at me that actually both encourage and sadden me.

Oh gosh. I'm watching the end of "The Da Vinci Code". So dumb! It's entertaining if you can watch/read it as a mere story... but the assertions and deceptions contained therein regarding the nature of Jesus are ridiculous! On a different subject altogether, isn't it funny how people can try disprove God, but cannot? At the same time, neither can we prove the existence of God? Ahh, but I am not, cannot be agnostic, either. I experience God, every single day. How could I deny that?

Ahh, I began to write this blog in an entirely different way, but scrapped it. Today I have been absolutely blown away, once again, by the incredible complexity and depth of the Bible. Have you ever tried explaining a Biblical doctrine to somebody? I love it. I love teaching. I love imparting new things to people, challenging what they believe. Sometimes I am scared to do so, not wanting to offend them, or just afraid that someday I will recognise my error. Still... I think teaching is in my blood.

Hey friends! Sorry it's been so long since I have blogged, I don't really have much of an excuse! I'll record a video update sometime this week, though, let you know what I have been up to. Let's get to it! Lately, our desperate need to pursue God has been heavy on my heart. A friend told me the night before last that she, in essence, sensed that something was wrong with the Church. For all we do (and I'm including my present occupation in Youth With A Mission) at times, there seem to be relatively few new people being converted. Why?

Man, I don't even know where to start. The last few days have been interesting. We've gone full-on into the design of another website (this not for us specifically). There are many pros and cons when designing websites, and you kind of have to decide what is and isn't more important, and then make a decision. Then, Dean Sherman has been here teaching about Spiritual Warfare. Which is brilliant, really.

Because I couldn't get this to format correctly, it's now in PDF format, free for you to download: [download id="6"]