The Christian conscience

Do you know what the true GOSPEL is?  Do you care?  Recently, I heard a speaker claim that most church goers never compare what is preached by their pastor, or priest, or other religious teacher, with what is stated in their own Bibles.

Is it the GOSPEL OF CHRIST?   Or, is it a GOSPEL ABOUT Christ?

A look at the first part of 1st Corinthians Chapter 15, which many say is THE GOSPEL, finds many important things about the Messiah, Jesus Christ, but does not yield a single quote from Jesus Christ, Himself.  In fact, in the entire chapter,- all 58 verses, we find nothing concerning what Jesus preached, or what  He told His followers to preach! 

To the person, who doesn’t really know who Jesus was, or what He did for us, these 58 verses are very important, but they tell us nothing about what Jesus said we should do, or how we should live, or what we should believe - if it is our desire to have a place with Him in eternity, rather than eternal punishment.  At best, what is frequently called the GOSPEL is really only a GOSPEL ABOUT CHRIST.

It is in these four gospels, that we find that Jesus preached,” Repent, the kingdom of God is at hand.”

We find out that it is a lot more than a church ceremony.

It is in the gospel of John, in the first chapter, where we find that a person being born again (or as some say, born from above) is actually being born of God, and is not born again based on anything that the person said or did.  In John 1:13, it says, “… which were born, NOT OF BLOOD, NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH, NOR OF THE WILL OF MAN, but of God.”

Reading the Bible is not optional - if you want to spend eternity in the right place. 
Every time you hear a teaching, or message, check it out in your own Bible, and make sure, that the teaching you heard, is not something that was taken out of context.  In our family, we read the Bible every day.  That should be a habit in your family also.

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Aren’t you tired of wondering?  At the Mexico Beach Christian Worship Center, you get vital teachings from the Holy Bible, every Sunday morning.  We don’t pass an offering plate, or plead for money, or twist your arm to join.  Check us out this Sunday!  Our services begin, with a time of greeting and fellowship, at 9:30 a.m. CDT on Sunday.  Worship begins at 9:45 a.m.  Come early so that you can meet, and fellowship with us, and join in the praise and worship music led by TJ!  We meet, and worship, at the Mexico Beach Civic Center on 105 N. 31st Street, behind Parker Realty, and the Beach Walk gift shop, just off Highway 98, in Mexico Beach.

God Bless,

Pastor Tim Morrill

Mexico Beach Christian Worship Center

tim1@jesusanswers.com

http://www.mexicobeachcwc.com