Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart

Romans 15:7, “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.”

If you and I do not know the joy of justification, and how to catapult ourselves immediately out of false feelings of the enemy and the flesh, and how to stand before God in the righteousness of Christ in boldness by the blood of Jesus, then our relationship with one another is going to feel the repercussions.

The lie you believe about yourself is going to be projected on others.

Then, of course, there will be no receiving of one another.

This shows how crucial it is to know the joy of justification.

What an enjoyment it is when we sing songs about our justification, about how God “saved a wretch like me.”

What a blessedness–to know that He saved this wretch and clothed this wretch in righteousness.

When we relate to ourselves in this way, the love of God just beams out of us toward all the saints.

In that love we experience the receiving of one another, just as Christ also received us.

Justification affects both our vertical relationship with God and our horizontal relationship with one another.

Paul’s main burden is that the saints would be established by receiving one another.

In order that this could happen, he writes in the wisest way.

He begins by bringing all of them to their common level of being sinners.

Then he brings them all to the same righteousness, the same cross, the same blood–the same justification.

In short, he brings them all into a marvelous feeling about themselves in their justification.

Paul knows that these truths will be the solid factors between the saints.

Until Tomorrow

With A Shepherd’s Love,

Pastor Jackson

Tuesday’s Prayer Requests

Janes Evans – Hospice

Joel Bateman – Hospice 

Ethel Proudfit – Hospice 

David Burnette Family                                     

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad 

Ashton Bateman

Brandon’s Dad 

Charlene Palmer 

Darlene Thaxton 

Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother 

Dr. Don Davis 

Easton Fielder 

Erik Magusson

Freddie May’s Mom 

George & Linda Alexander 

James Burnette 

Jim Mabe 

June Cronan’s Sister 

John Austin 

John McClain 

Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom

Linda Hodges’ Sister 

Michael Stanley 

Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother 

Rose Fuller 

Sandra Graham 

Scott Nix 

Terrell Loyd 

Tom Witcher 

James Garner’s Friend 

Kim McClain’s Mother 

Lonzo Christin 

Ashely Burn’s Sisters 

Coly/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 

Sheila Simmon’s Cousin