God has opened to us another year to live and labor for Him. He has granted us another year to share the good news of salvation. God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4). He is building His church and asks each Christian to assist in this awesome endeavor. Let us look at the new things God has given each believer in the past, the new things for the present and the new things He will give in the future.
I. New Things in the Past
God has made the believer a new creation.
How amazing it is to watch people repent of their sins before God when the Word is preached or shared. The “Word of life” brings eternal life to the individual who receives it or eternal damnation to the one that rejects it (1 John 1:1). When the Word is proclaimed, choices must be made. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life” (John 5:24).
A man in Ukraine comes forward to repent after the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. In Belarus a young person raises his voice before the service ends and says, “I want to repent.” An older man...
A man in Ukraine comes forward to repent after the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. In Belarus a young person raises his voice before the service ends and says, “I want to repent.” An older man...
The need to draw sufficient daily nourishment from the Bible rests not upon a cold and disciplinary command which insists upon regular reading but upon the Father’s wise instruction for the spiritual health of His children. God urges the believer to drink His Word as “milk” (1 Peter 2:2) and to feed upon it as “bread” (Luke 4:4) and “meat” (1 Corinthians 3:2).
In order to remain physically healthy and constructively active, the body of an individual requires regular daily replenishment with food. So, it is with the believer’s spirit. A practical partaking of the Word of God daily will help the believer stay radically healthy in the Christian life...
In order to remain physically healthy and constructively active, the body of an individual requires regular daily replenishment with food. So, it is with the believer’s spirit. A practical partaking of the Word of God daily will help the believer stay radically healthy in the Christian life...
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