Thursday, April 21, 2022, Heartbeats From Your Pastor's Heart

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

Saturday 8:00

Our Food Bank Needs Cans of Veggies!!

You May Place Them in the Containers in the Foyer.

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Romans 5:19, “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

To say that by one man’s obedience, many were constituted, or appointed, righteous means that what happened on the cross was according to the standard of God’s righteousness.

We were constituted righteous!

That means something official transpired in our relationship with God.

That we are the righteousness of God in Christ is not merely a wish or a good feeling.

It is a fact.

It is official in God’s sight.

2 Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Once we had to deal with the county about the tax status of our buildings.

They considered and studied our situation.

Eventually, we received an official letter from them stating that we were, in fact, an exempt organization.

There was no question.

It became official.

In the same way, when the blood of Jesus was shed on the cross in harmony with God’s righteousness in the universe, we were officially constituted righteous.

Our righteousness before God is not an empty imagination.

It is legal and official, sealed by the blood of Christ.

The way God dealt with us and made us righteous was by putting us aside, not expecting anything from the flesh.

He dealt with us in the Person of His Son.

Rather than working directly on us and our problems, repairing and mending us, He dealt with our sins in His Son on the cross.

He righteously solved our sin problem by accepting the sacrifice of Christ on our behalf.

He then crucified our old man and terminated the source of all our problems.

He put us in His Son, and put His Son into us.

According to 2 Corinthians 5:21, Christ bore our sin, and we received His righteousness.

What grace!

We are justified with a justification that constitutes us officially righteous.

This official righteousness results in life.

The Son gratuitously solved our problem with God, gave us righteousness as a gift, and gave us Himself as our life.

Romans 5:10, “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”

It’s official.

We can rest in the legality of God’s righteousness.

Until Tomorrow

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Amy Garner’s Dad – Rehab

Dan Haines – Piedmont Atlanta

Darlene Wiggins Mom – Home

Dr. Don Davis – Home

John McClain – Rehab

Terrell Loyd – Grady

Tom Witcher – Rehab

Bentley Smith

James Garner’s Friend

Kim McClain’s Mother

Lonzo Christian

Tate Allgood

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Bill Moody

Charlie Sessom – Waiting

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons

Fredna Cook

Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother

Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace

Kenny & Nora Allison

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister

Larry Barker

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah

Mary Sims

Marynell Ford

Pastor & Mrs. 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

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad

The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends