THIS SUNDAY AT 5 PM IS FALL FESTVAL! DON’T MISS THE FUN, FELLOWSHIP, AND FOOD!
SUNDAY IS NEIGHBOR SUNDAY! IF EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR NEIGHBORS, WE WILL HAVE AN OVERFLOW CROWD TO HEAR THE GOSPEL.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Based upon redemption, God can now give away His relationship with His Son.
Galatians 4:4-6 says, “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”
To receive the sonship is to receive the rights, privileges, and relationships of the Son of God.
Our God took His relationship with His Son and put it right into our hearts!
We do not have a separate fellowship with the Father.
We have been called into the one unique fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord (1 Cor. 1:9).
“Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3).
This relationship and fellowship means that we are not standing in our own righteousness, but in Christ’s alone (1 Cor. 1:30).
Neither are we dependent on our condition or status as the basis of our relationship with God.
We are not trusting in anything related to ourselves (Phil. 3:7-9).
We are nothing and have nothing.
When we wake up in the morning, we do not need to inspect our relationship with God; rather we say, “Lord Jesus, how are You doing today? How is Your relationship with the Father?”
Never again do we need to doubt our relationship with God since our relationship with God is Christ (Rom. 8:38-39).
The uniqueness of the Lord’s relationship with the Father is emphasized in John 14:6: “Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes [is coming–present tense] to the Father except through Me.”
When He said, “no one,” it means categorically no one (Rom. 3:10-12).
No one is coming to the Father except through Him.
When He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” He was, in effect, saying, “I am your constant relationship with the Father.”
How could we ever sink to puny, morbid introspection again?
This kind of inner activity is useless!
It is wasted time and energy.
Our relationship with the Father is Jesus Christ our Lord.
He does not change.
Every morning we can wake up and open ourselves to God with a released spirit, knowing that our joy, our love, our relationship with the Father, is absolutely wonderful.
What a Christ we have!
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
TUESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
KATHY MABE
Paula Ferus
Marlon Cook
June Cronan
Amy Garner
AMY GARNER’S MOM & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
JERRY ROBERTS
Jillian Gray
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan’s Sister
Kim McClain’s Mother
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Tom Witcher