A Living Hope, A Sure Salvation Because of Grace

 It's been a while...life has changed on so many fronts. The world is in various forms of chaos.  The fear level is rising. People are anxious and scared. They need the peace that Jesus offers. In the course of the last year, I had someone come and ask me to help them with an Easter production.  I took out my Bible and wrote a sript for a community outreach. It was intense writing. I did not want to add to or subtract from what Scripture says happened. The community outreach was a success and well attended for a first year. God brought it together and brought the guests that He wanted to hear His message. I can honestly say working on that production gave me purpose again. You see I was the production manager for a Christmas church sponsored community outreach for 10 years and due to the pandemic it was kept from happening. Two years the reason we didn't do it was because of the pandemic. Last year the reason was similar. I was down. It isn't to say I don't have purpose...

 The Essence of Sin  What is the essence of sin? Robbing God of His Glory Sin - is anything we think, say or do that goes against God For the wages/payment of sin( anything we think say or do that goes against God) is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His One and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him. John 3:16‭-‬17 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved,” Acts of the Apostles 16:31a Pride - feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements,  “Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭18‬ Selfish - lacking consideration for others; conce...