UPCOMING EVENTS
December 28th – No Service
January 1, 2023 – One service at 10:30 AM, No SS Or Children’s Church
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
2 Corinthians 5:14-15, “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”
It is wonderful to discover that once we have received Christ, He becomes our relationship to ourselves.
Paul makes this clear in the above verses.
When he says, “One died for all,” according to our understanding, we probably would continue the sentence by saying, “then all are forgiven.”
Of course, this truth is found in other passages of Scripture–when Christ died for all, He died to forgive all.
But here in these verses Paul is stressing another aspect of Christ’s death.
The statement “If One died for all, then all died” reveals a crucial fact about our relationship to ourselves.
In verse 15 Paul opens up what the issue should be of our having died in Christ’s death–“that those who live should live no longer to themselves, but to Him.”
In other words, our relating to ourselves has ceased.
Christ is now our true relationship to ourselves.
We do not live to ourselves any longer.
We live to Him.
The death of Christ is not only for our forgiveness; it is also for our termination.
The terminating of the self is very positive because it has one goal in view–the release of Christ living in us.
When we no longer live to ourselves, we are no longer our point of reference in our daily life and affairs.
Our point of reference is no longer the self, but Christ.
To live FOR Him is to live TO Him.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
John McClain
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Dan Haines
Daniel Ford
Darlene Thaxton
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’Mother
Dr. Don Davis
Easton Fielder
Ellen Boyd
Freddie May’s Mom & Friend
George/Linda Alexander
James Burnette
Jim Mabe
Joan Cronan’s Sister
Joel Bateman
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ronnie Palmer
Rose Fuller’s Nephew
Rusty Turner
Scott Nix
Terrell Loyd
Tom Witcher
Tony Breedlove
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sandra Graham – Sheila Simmons’ Sister
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad