The author of Hebrews knew – had seen it first-hand – what happens when faith becomes a head thing and even a heart thing but is not manifest by action. And so he ended his sermon with chapters 11 through 13, chapters that moved from talk about thinking and feeling to talk about DOING…out of faith.
First Christian Church, Grand Junction – Praising God, Changing Lives!
First Christian Church, Grand Junction – Praising God, Changing Lives!
Hebrews
It is my hope that from this day forward you will choose to speak everywhere you go as if you are speaking before the throne of God with the arm of Jesus draped lovingly around your shoulders. It is my hope that you will choose to LIVE from this day forward as if you are living before the throne of God with the arm of Jesus draped lovingly around your shoulders. Live, speak, and love with boldness, confident that the great high priest Jesus Christ is with you always!
The reality is, God gave you free choice. And you can keep choosing dead works all day long, all your life long, and God won’t stop you. But why? Why would you do that to yourself? Why would you keep closing the doors God opens…instead of walking through them with the choices of your life and enjoying the loving kindness and the amazing goodness of the One who gave you life and continues to show you the way to living?
If this is the Jesus you are following….and you wonder why your life doesn’t feel like resurrection, why your life doesn’t feel like new life, why your faith feels more like a burnt-out cardboard match than a blazing bonfire…well, I would suggest that you get in touch with Jesus the pioneer, Jesus the trailblazer…and I am confident you will find what it is you have been missing.
Think about all those things that might lead you to be indifferent. And then, think about this: Thanks to Jesus, you can be where God resides, right here, right now! And thanks to Jesus, you can be where God resides, you can be with the maker of all things, living as the maker of all things desires you to live, both here and now…and forever!