Grace Reformed Fellowship

Will you believe in Jesus Christ? Do you view Him as the Messiah? Many make their thoughts of Jesus Christ contingent upon the opinions of those who hate Jesus Christ! To judge righteously concerning who Jesus is, one must listen to His words and consider His works (ie. miracles cf. Is. 35). If you judge righteously you will truly see that He IS the Messiah. All who trust Him will never be disappointed!

The Reformation began formally five hundred and nine years ago. Martin Luther nailed his 95 protests to the church door in the castle in Wittenberg. These were protests against the abuses of the Roman Church. At stake were the loss of countless souls trusting in the works of their own hands, following the traditions of man. It is not the traditions of man, or the works of our hands that deliver a man's soul, but the grace of God, received through faith alone in Christ alone, according to the Scriptures alone by which a man will be delivered! The Gospel remains essential to this day!

What is it to judge justly Jesus Christ? It is to judge who He is by the standard of truth and not by what those who hate Him say about Him! There are many voices that speak false things concerning Jesus Christ. Those false voices influence those who listen to them to not believe upon Christ. Be careful to whom you listen! Christ Jesus is life, none who come to Him will be disappointed!

Will you believe upon Jesus Christ? Who do men say that He is? The world is no fan of Jesus Christ, you dare not listen to it regarding who they think Jesus is. You must not make shallow judgments regarding who He is, basing what you think on what the Government, your parents, friends or neighbors think. Judge with a righteous judgment, consider what He Himself says, and Who sent Him by picking up the Bible and reading for yourself, that believing you may have life in His name!

Many people have a problem with Jesus Christ. They have a problem because He is not what they either want nor what they expect of a Savior. Many believe that Jesus should simply help them when in a pinch or be there for them to bless their fleshly desires, otherwise they have no need of a Savior. Jesus came to do the will of the Father, to speak His Words. The Jews then, as today, did not know the Father and therefore had a problem with Jesus because He spoke the Words of the Father.

Jesus Christ did not come into this World to accommodate the desires of sinful men! Everything He did was in obedience to the Father, including the timing of His going to the cross. All that He did, all that He underwent He did to fulfill the perfect will of the Father, and all for the sake of His people!

We must recognize who Jesus Christ truly is. He was not afraid of men nor did he bow to pressures around Him. He did not come to fulfill the whims of the world, but to fulfill the will of His Father. Knowing and believing this the sinner will never be disappointed!

Perhaps ministers have made the ministry too complicated in our age of "professionalism"? The Apostle leaves the Ephesian elders with a simple model and example of ministry. One, entrust the Church to God and to the Word of His Grace, and second exemplify sacrifice, that is, like our Lord Who died for us, lay down your life for His bride in giving yourself for her. These two actions will minister more deeply to His people than anything else they could ever want or need.

True ministry is difficult as to be a true minister you must die to yourself! Ministry is not for the purpose of indulging one's flesh, but for the purpose of caring for the people of God, for whom His blood was shed! We will be held accountable on that final day, may it be said of God's servants that they were innocent of the blood of all men!

Brothers, Jesus laid down His life for us that we may have life. Let us lay down our lives for others in order that others may find life! The example of the Apostle Paul for those who would minister was faithfulness amidst conflict, and selfless sacrifice for the sake of the Church. We are called today to nothing less!