Bringing Relationships to Life

If God always gets the results He expects, if God knows that rejecting His will results in a hardened heart and if God hardens hearts by giving people the opportunity to comply, how can He condemn people for rejecting His will when He gave them the opportunity to do so? And, by the way, why does God allow the birth of those who will reject Him and spend an eternity in hell? Yeah, that's this message

The Bible says that God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy? Does that mean that God is responsible for every action that people take? After all, who can resist His will? Is it His will to send some people to hell? This is what this message is about.

The angels are beings created by God just like we are. They have free will just like we do. What is the key to their worship that may or may not be the same as ours?

The question is: Do you really want to worship like the angels or not?

Simeon came to the Temple at the right time to see the Christ child. He had been promised that he would see Him before he died. Is this simply an anomaly or does God reveal things to people and have them walk in these things. My contention is that believing in something on you own with no proven external promise is superstition. Faith is believing God's revealed word which has been given to you.

Too often, Christians tell the world what they shouldn't be doing. That really isn't our job. We should live circumspectly in the world, yet our responsibility is to tell the good news of Jesus Christ. Then, He changes people through the Holy Spirit. We bring joy to the world when we bring Jesus as Jesus brought joy in His coming.

The most revealing characteristic of people who truly walk and know the Lord is found in their joy. Their joy exceeds their circumstances. They don't just know Jesus. They interpret their live experiences through Him. So, when Christ was announced as coming as a baby, they looked forward to what He would bring them. It is the same things He brings to us.

The moment before you is the only moment you have. The grace that is before you is the only grace you need. People look for God's grace for tomorrow in today. That would be a wasted of His grace. You only need the grace for this moment. However, we should not count on Him giving us another chance to make the decision He has placed before us today. The moment before us is the only moment we have.

God loves you. How much? More than you can imagine!

God works out of His grace. That grace grows us into the person we are to be. That grace calls us to the work He has prepared us for. This is evident in the Parable of the Talents. Each person was given a task according to their abilities.

So, when God calls us to share our faith, He is doing so because He has planned for us to do it, prepared for us to do it and grows us into more grace through it.

You have been prepared for this time. Don't waste it.

Many people like Christ but do not see any reason they should become

His followers. Often, they look at people who call themselves

Christians and decide that they don't want what these Christians have.

It shouldn't be that way. This sermon addresses this.