Don’t Walk On By

 

Don’t Walk On By

 

Share what you have with others. God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship that take place in the kitchen and workplace and on the streets.

 

Hebrews 13:16 NAS95

 16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

 

It is a small price to pay for a huge blessing that touches so many.

 

What if we had just walked on by?

 

May I encourage you to keep an eye out for those you can help as you go throughout your day? Maybe it won’t be as obvious, or as dramatic. But it will nevertheless be as meaningful if you stop and help.

 

Sacrifices today would include thanking Christ for his sacrifice on the cross and telling others about it. Acts of kindness and sharing are particularly pleasing to God, even when they go unnoticed by others.

 

God will notice, and the blessing will surely be yours for a good deed done in love. Please, don’t walk on by.

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Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. 

 Jude 1:24-25 NASB 

 

Grove Oak Church

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Counterfeit Christian Confusion

Counterfeit Christian Confusion, Many people today identify themselves as "born-again" Christians, but regularly manifest characteristics that are not Christian. The result is they confuse the world about what Christianity is. One of the main confusions is people who claim to be Christian and believe they will get to heaven based on their good deeds. A true Christian is not in the process of trying to earn his way into heaven because he knows he cannot.

Paul said,

 

Romans 3:20 NASB

 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

 

No one except Christ ever kept or could keep God's law perfectly.

 

There is only one way to heaven, and that is through faith in Christ. The true Christian simply believes in Christ for his salvation. His good works are the results of his faith.

 

Ephesians 2:8-9 NASB

 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

 

When someone gives you a gift, do you say, how much do I owe you? No, the appropriate response to a gift is "Thank you." Yet how often Christians, even after they have been given the gift of salvation, feel obligated to try to work their way to God. Because our salvation and even our faith are gifts, we should respond with gratitude, praise, and joy.

 

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"to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."

 

Grove Oak Church