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If you’ve ever wondered why your spiritual life feels stuck while your “faith” still sounds right on paper, we go straight at that tension. We talk about the uncomfortable idea that real salvation produces real change and why a life that looks just like the world should spark honest self-examination. The question that frames the heart of the message is blunt: if you’re living like hell, why do you think you have heaven living in you?

We open up Isaiah’s warning to God’s people as they flirt with judgment and hide behind false security, then follow the thread to the rest God actually offers. Jesus invites the weary to come to him, and we explore what that refreshment looks like in practice: digging into God’s Word, steady growth “precept upon precept,” and ongoing fellowship that keeps us awake to truth. Along the way, we contrast Spirit-filled steadiness with the rush of quick fixes, pressure decisions, and the kind of “refreshment” that fades fast.

A major focus is the “refuges of lies” we use to protect our pride or numb our pain. Drawing from Charles Spurgeon’s list, we unpack six lies that sound normal in modern culture: being “good enough,” blaming fate, chasing exciting false teaching, trusting religious profession, claiming a saved soul with an ungodly life, and leaning on an old spiritual experience instead of a living relationship with Jesus today. Isaiah also points us to the answer: Jesus as the precious cornerstone and sure foundation, the measuring line for truth, righteousness, and peace.

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Come On Up is the radio ministry of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina. To learn more about us please visit: TheMountainCross.com.