The question now rises will man ever find peace within himself and with his fellow human beings? As a born-again Christian we are taught that man is filled with sin and filled with trouble until the time when Christ comes to redeem the world. I had a conversation with a close friend of mine the other day and part of that conversation was due to the fact that man's restlessness in society has reached a point where it is almost impossible for them to find a sense of peace within themselves and with each other. The Church of Jesus Christ has often not been a hindrance to peace but the church in history has proven many times and time again that peace is possible within the human soul. There are many spiritual paths it doesn't take one to believe in God to understand that the remedy to the restlessness and our hearts is found only through a deep relationship with the God who created them. In the Old Testament Moses taught that the law says that when one is offended or when one is done harm to but we should repay that person in kind. But the New Testament in Jesus blood offers man and alternative way to solve our problems that is through forgiveness at the reconciliation.
Jesus died on the cross to pay the sins for those who would place their faith and trust in him, And anyone who comes to the cross and true repentance and faith and believes that Jesus is Lord and rose again on the third day will be reconciled to a righteous God for now and for eternity. But what about the peace in man's heart and the wars and the rumors of wars that are happening nowadays in our Western world. Jesus taught us in the Gospels that there would be times like these before his coming to the earth the second time to Judge sin. But that doesn't mean that the guilty will be justified what it means is that we should be occupying our time with ways to reconcile the world to God through the meritorious death of Jesus on the cross. There is a feeling within man's heart now that humanity as we know it and it's peaceful ways are slowly escalating it to more and more violence. To "Solomon that there's a time for war there's a time for peace gives us indication that there are times in human history when war is inevitable but should we be seeking after ways to destroy one another? My answer to that question is a profound no.
The cause of this indifference to the Gospel and it's message of reconciliation to God is causing them to become more and more frustrated and angry in their own lives. As world leaders age they are becoming more and more restless to the point where power is there ultimate goal. Men's flesh has always proved to be a hindrance to individual peace and peace within a society. We live in bodies and if you are a Christians the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. This distracted energy that is consuming the world is a reflection of man's own restlessness within his own being. If men cannot be at peace with himself how can he be at peace with others? Michael Jackson had a song called "man in the mirror" in the song he talked about changing himself first before you changed other people . St. Augustine said man is restless until he finds rest in God. How do we find rest in God when the majority of people now adays don't even believe in God this is the thesis to this blog. How can you save the world when the world does not want to be saved? I say go deep within your own human heart look at your life and realize that your life is only a vapor at the end of this life you're going to face your God! What will you say to him when he asks you why you did not believe in him?
Our church is doing a series night right now called "we the church" it's made me to reflect on how we as human beings have looked at the church through the lenses of denominationalism and consumerism. I think when we look at the church as a place that is apropos to a marketplace, or a place where we can simply get our needs met, we fail to see the church as a reconciliation agent of God. If men are failing to be reconciled to God through the churches preaching of the gospel where do we go from here? It surely cannot be the church's fault that men are not falling on their knees and repentance towards the living and Almighty God of the Old Testament and the God of Jesus Christ. The churches message should be pure and simple repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ unto salvation. Peace will come in the world when Christ returns a second time but until then we can have peace with one another and peace within her own hearts. Romans chapter 10 says that if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the
dead you will be saved. Will you do this today?
This is Mike
Jesus died on the cross to pay the sins for those who would place their faith and trust in him, And anyone who comes to the cross and true repentance and faith and believes that Jesus is Lord and rose again on the third day will be reconciled to a righteous God for now and for eternity. But what about the peace in man's heart and the wars and the rumors of wars that are happening nowadays in our Western world. Jesus taught us in the Gospels that there would be times like these before his coming to the earth the second time to Judge sin. But that doesn't mean that the guilty will be justified what it means is that we should be occupying our time with ways to reconcile the world to God through the meritorious death of Jesus on the cross. There is a feeling within man's heart now that humanity as we know it and it's peaceful ways are slowly escalating it to more and more violence. To "Solomon that there's a time for war there's a time for peace gives us indication that there are times in human history when war is inevitable but should we be seeking after ways to destroy one another? My answer to that question is a profound no.
The cause of this indifference to the Gospel and it's message of reconciliation to God is causing them to become more and more frustrated and angry in their own lives. As world leaders age they are becoming more and more restless to the point where power is there ultimate goal. Men's flesh has always proved to be a hindrance to individual peace and peace within a society. We live in bodies and if you are a Christians the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. This distracted energy that is consuming the world is a reflection of man's own restlessness within his own being. If men cannot be at peace with himself how can he be at peace with others? Michael Jackson had a song called "man in the mirror" in the song he talked about changing himself first before you changed other people . St. Augustine said man is restless until he finds rest in God. How do we find rest in God when the majority of people now adays don't even believe in God this is the thesis to this blog. How can you save the world when the world does not want to be saved? I say go deep within your own human heart look at your life and realize that your life is only a vapor at the end of this life you're going to face your God! What will you say to him when he asks you why you did not believe in him?
Our church is doing a series night right now called "we the church" it's made me to reflect on how we as human beings have looked at the church through the lenses of denominationalism and consumerism. I think when we look at the church as a place that is apropos to a marketplace, or a place where we can simply get our needs met, we fail to see the church as a reconciliation agent of God. If men are failing to be reconciled to God through the churches preaching of the gospel where do we go from here? It surely cannot be the church's fault that men are not falling on their knees and repentance towards the living and Almighty God of the Old Testament and the God of Jesus Christ. The churches message should be pure and simple repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ unto salvation. Peace will come in the world when Christ returns a second time but until then we can have peace with one another and peace within her own hearts. Romans chapter 10 says that if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the
dead you will be saved. Will you do this today?
This is Mike
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