Hello friends! I hope each of had a wonderful Memorial Day holiday, as we remembered the heroes who “gave all” to keep our country free! We didn’t go “out,” but rather stayed close to home and tried to get some yard work and other projects finished!
Recently in our worship service the pastor talked about faith and doing what is acceptable and pleasing in God’s eyes. There is scripture that asks “what good is faith without works?” (James 2:14-25) We cannot enter heaven based on our works, but it is because of our faith we do good works! This is a demonstration of our faith.
A friend of mine is very involved in her church ministries. She grew up in the church and has always given of herself to lead, teach Sunday school and was heavily involved in the administration of the church. What is sad, however, is this wonderful woman believed doing “good work” is enough to please God and enter into heaven. Even with scripture she is very familiar with, she seems to miss the point.
She certainly is not the only one who believes if they work really hard, live a good life, help people in need and go to church every Sunday, they will find themselves in heaven come judgment day. This is not the case. We must believe in faith that Jesus was born, grew to be a man yet is God, was crucified, buried and rose again for our sins! It is with acceptance of these facts and the faith within us, that allows us to believe something we have not personally witnessed is true, along with a confession of sin and true desire to know Jesus that we can be forgiven, and become children of God. It is at this point when we can know that one day we will spend life eternal with our Savior.
Do you know him today? Is he Lord of your life? If not, consider his summons on your heart. Accept him and give your life as acceptable service that will be pleasing to him.
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