FEBRUARY IS MISSION’S MONTH
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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Romans 8:8, “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.”
This verse clearly reveals that the flesh cannot please God.
One day God gave the law.
The law was given specifically to the flesh.
The law was not given to the spirit.
Why then did God give the law when He knew the flesh was fallen and could not keep it?
God gave the law as a child-conductor, or escort, to lead us to Christ (Gal. 3:24).
How does the law lead us to Christ?
The good flesh in man wants to keep the law in order to be a proper person.
But even though it has a good intention, it is independent from God.
It is seeking to keep the law on its own.
Of course, it fails.
And when it fails, it wants to pick itself up again.
It wants to try again to measure up to the standard of the law.
The flesh likes the law.
It really wants to keep it.
But it can only come up with repeated failure in its relationship with the law.
Thus, the law was given to the good flesh in order to tire it out, discourage it, depress it, and defeat it.
It was given to convince us that there is no hope in the realm of the flesh.
The very giving up of the flesh in discouragement is what God uses to lead us to Christ.
The flesh as a source is without life and life-supply.
The spirit as a source is life, because Christ Himself lives there (Rom. 8:10).
The law was never given to the spirit, because the law could not give life.
It could only state facts and leave you to yourself.
Whenever we are under the demand of the law, feeling driven and compelled to try to attain to something, we are totally in the realm of the flesh.
The law was given to our flesh to wear us out, to convince us that we need Another life.
We need another source.
We need to go to another person–“Who will deliver me from this body of death?” (Rom. 7:24).
God’s way of deliverance out of the flesh-law syndrome is to graft us into Another life.
He joins us to Christ in spirit so that we are one with Him to share and participate in all that He is and does.
This joining to be one spirit with Him produces our new “I.”
This is an organic “I” in which one being shares the life of another.
This “I” is in resurrection with the One who has lived the life we need to live.
And this “I” is now resident within our spirit transmitting that life to us.
Now our part is to merge with and participate in Him.
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Brandon/Jenny Black
Charles Ward – Heart Surgery 2/15
Jacob Haines
James Garner’s Friend
John McClain
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Randy Bond’s Son In Law
Russell Paschal – Heart Surgery 2/15
Terrell Loyd
The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends
Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Carol Lawhead’s Brother
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Kenny & Nora Allison
Pastor Driskell
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Rod Gustafson – Cancer
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tom Witcher