What Is Your Will In Christ?

Sacrilegious : committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object.  - Merriam-Webster Dictionary This is long, but my passion regarding this subject has long tired my patience. Sacrilege ... it's an uncommon word in our day, but one that could unfortunately be applied almost endlessly ... even among some professing Christians. It's a word whose meaning may bring a sober reckoning on the day of the Lord's accounting - the day that He'll do justice to His own reputation and divine majesty. And if we're not concerned about committing the meaning of that word now, ... we will be then - when we can't change what we could have done differently when we had the chance. The world we're living in is in many cases unkind to the truth - not recognizing or perhaps just not accepting that the truth the world may revile actually holds it's future destiny. And  I can't avoid being troubled by c

"Church".  It's a common noun that gets used frequently, but what is it really? Some think of it as building, a place of worship, or perhaps just a place. Others might think beyond it being a place to see it as a religious group, organization or institution. It's my opinion however, that the true Church, far from being a building or a human organization led by men, is a living, breathing entity - originated, inhabited and led sovereignly by God Himself. "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it."  Matthew 16:18 (NKJ) I assert that the church that Jesus referred to - God's Church, lives without the necessity of a building. The true church is a living entity that survives by filling it's lungs with the breath of God on a regular basis while constituting it's life on the essence and edicts of His Spirit and heart. And that it naturally bears fruit born of h