The UnSafe Bible

God doesn’t call you based on your qualifications. That may feel disappointing or insulting, but God doesn’t need what we have to offer. He’s the one who gave us our gifts and talents – He has access to anything He needs. So why does He call us and desire to use us? As Pastor Ken will explain in today’s message, God delights in using the weak and unqualified to draw people to Himself. He loves us and wants a relationship with us. When we see how incapable we are, we’ll see our need to fully depend on Him.

Think about the story of Jesus feeding five thousand plus people with 5 loaves and 2 fish - it was a great miracle at that moment, meeting a real need for that hungry crowd, but it also offers a great illustration of how God works with each one of us. As Pastor Ken will point out in today’s message, we have very little to offer God. Our gifts and talents are nothing compared to the problem we face in this world, but when we offer them to God, He can use them to accomplish magnificent things.

God can do anything He wants – but He chooses not to. He could have made us all like robots, programmed to do His will with no autonomy, but He knew that love required choice. We must choose to love Him and obey Him. As Pastor Ken will explain in today’s message when we make that choice to lay ourselves down and serve our Savior out of gratitude, God will work in and through us, in ways, we could never imagine. In our humble state, people will see that only God can take credit for the good we do.

When you accept Jesus as your Savior, you become a temple of the Holy Spirit. The same Holy Spirit that led the Israelites with a cloud and a pillar of fire, who came upon the one hundred and twenty in the Upper Room, and who has led numerous men and women through the centuries – lives in you. In today’s message, Pastor Ken will remind us of this fact and challenge us to remember it as we go through our day. Do your actions and words reflect and honor that Spirit that’s inside you?

The letters we find in the book of Revelation reveal aspects of who Jesus is. When He ascended to Heaven to sit by His Father after His physical earthly ministry, His spiritual ministry continued. He sent His Spirit to reveal Himself to men, as well as specifically working in the authors of Scripture – like John – to reveal His nature and prophetic visions of His second coming. In today’s message, Pastor Ken will be examining Jesus’ letter to the Church at Philadelphia and what it teaches us about our Savior.

As we continue our study of the book of Revelation, context plays an important role in our understanding of the letters written to the various Churches. Today, Pastor Ken will take a close look at the history of the ancient city of Philadelphia – a city shaken by earthquakes and living in nearly constant fear of them. They couldn’t trust the structures of man to protect them and many lived in the countryside to avoid being crushed by falling buildings in the inevitable earthquakes that were to come.

Have you ever considered where you’ll be after this life? Have you ever felt sure of what your eternity will be? Today in his message, Pastor Ken wants you to know that if you want to be sure of a glorious life in heaven’s eternity, you need to seek after Jesus. He is the only way to be truly saved. Surrender yourself to Him and be sure of your stake in His kingdom. When you give your life to Christ there is nothing that can separate you from heaven. Follow Him and be sure of your eternity.

Whether you’re a Christian or not, one of the most difficult things to do is love others regardless of who they are or what they’ve done. It’s easy when it’s someone we love, but what happens when it’s someone that we dislike? Today, Pastor Ken wants you to know that you need to show self-sacrificial love to everyone around you. It will never be easy and that’s why you need to give it all to Jesus and let Him work through you. Be a beacon of love to everyone around you through Him working in your life.

Have you ever felt perfect? Have you ever felt like absolutely nothing in your life is going wrong? It’s safe to say that the answer is probably no. In today’s message, Pastor Ken wants you to know that no one is perfect and Jesus is here to save you from yourself. You will never be able to clean yourself up on your own, let Him do a miraculous work in your life. Don’t continue to walk in your mistakes and darkness. Let Jesus into your life and walk in the light through Him.

In our culture, many people believe that if you’re a “good” person, you will be saved. They believe that you can save yourself by doing all of the right things and attending a church, but this couldn’t be farther from God’s plan for your life. Today, Pastor Ken wants you to know that the only way to claim your stake in God’s kingdom is by surrendering yourself to Him. There is nothing you can do to save yourself, it’s only through the power of His divine grace in your life. Don’t settle and follow Him into eternity.