08/26/07

 

“Fatal Attractions”

Guest Pastor, Jim Coleman

 

            ...But to keep me from getting puffed up. I was given a thorn in the flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from getting proud.                   2 Corinthians 12:7b

 

 

#1.  Technically, our universe is not    ‘magical,’ but it is personal.

 

            For in Him we live and move and exist.  As one of your own poets says, “We are His offspring.”                    Acts 17:28

 

 

#2.  Our goal should be to strive for maturity in Christ. 

 

            ...stop going over the basics of Christianity again and again.  Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding...                                                                                     Hebrews 6:1a

 

 

#3.  God will accomplish His loving will, with or without our help.  We have a real choice.

 

            And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.                             Romans 8:28

                                                           

 

 

 

~ One is not born

a Christian

One becomes

a Christian ~

Tertullian