Treasured Truth

We continue to look at the law today and understand how it exposes our sin, exalts God’s promises and enhances the gospel.  And Pastor Ford will remind us that if we’re crucified with Christ, then Christ lives in us and His love covers us. So we’re under love, not under the law!

Today, Pastor Ford will help us understand that the law of the Old Testament was given to us to show that God had a standard that we couldn’t reach.  Therefore, it demonstrates our need for God’s grace, through the promise that He gave, which would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

God’s resources are reserved for those who fulfill His responsibilities. Our provision has to be linked to His purpose.  And the problem is that many of us want the provision, but we don’t want His purpose.

There are times when we will lose out on the blessings of God, because we don’t have enough faith to put all of our trust in the plan He has for us.  But then there are times when we only place part of our faith in His plan, and God still chooses to bless us fully. How God chooses to bless us, when He chooses to bless us, and how much He chooses to bless us with, is really all up to Him.

We’ll be reminded today that we have a God Who cannot love us more than He already does and will never love us any less.  And even though we sometimes ignore the plan He has for us and we walk away from Him, He will never walk away from us.  No matter how far we stray, we never cease to be His children.

How can you tell that a woman (or a man) is being designed by God?  Those individuals are committed to the principles of Jesus Christ.  He’s forming them so He can fill them and use them for His glory.  Pastor Ford wants each of us to ask ourselves—are we being designed by God?

We’ll take a break from our regular program line-up to allow Pastor Ford some time to answer your questions.  This episode of “Ask Pastor Ford” will cover topics like how to put all of your trust in the Lord, soul ties in relationships, and how to re-establish a close, personal relationship with God.

Today as we study John 12 and continue to learn about how Mary broke her alabaster box of fragrant perfume to anoint Jesus, we’ll see the extent of the sacrificial love she was showing to Him by doing that.  And perhaps her story will compel us to consider what it is that we will sacrifice for Jesus.

Others can tell how much we love Jesus by the way we serve Him. They can tell by the way we give to Him.  They can tell by the way we worship Him.  You see, a lot of us have a “Zirconium Jesus.” Because if we all had a “Diamond Jesus” then there’d be nothing that would keep us from going crazy about the Lord Jesus Christ! Find out what this means on today’s Treasured Truth.

As we live the Christian life, we need a love that will sacrifice for the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  Because many of us have praise for Christ on our lips, but the rest of our lives doesn’t demonstrate our love for Him.  In other words, according to Pastor Ford, we often have high praise, but low living!