Blog post October 2nd

Blog Post October 2nd

Isaiah 66:1-24

Philippians 3:4-21

Psalm 74:1-23

Proverbs 24:15-16

Getting to know Christ

Have you ever felt like where do I come from? or I want to learn more about our family history.

We often spend time referring to  the past. Our credentials, credits and successes and they can often can be the main topic of conversations. After Paul had considered everything he had accomplished in his life. He wrote it all off when he compared it with the greatness of knowing Christ. We should value our relationship with Christ more important than anything else. To know Christ should be ultimate goal. How do we get to know Christ better?

We can start off by studying the life of Christ in the Gospels, See how Christ lived and responded to people. As you worship and pray let the Holy Spirit remind you of Christs words, learn from Christs suffering. To do these things we must make changes to our lifestyle and thinking. Are you willing to change your values in order to know Christ better? Will you fix or rearrange your crowded schedule in order to set aside a few minutes each day for prayer and bible study? Will you change some of your goals and plans in order to conform with what you learn about Christ? Whatever  we must change or give up, having Christ and becoming one with him will be more than worth the sacrifice.

We see in Psalm, Gods anger against Israel had grown due to the many years of sin and idolatry. If you fall into sin and quickly seek Gods forgiveness, His mercy may come quickly and his anger may leave quickly. Let us not be self sufficient and proud in our own journey in life but humble ourselves and have a profound reverence for Gods messages.

 I myself want to learn more of the history of Christ and what better way to gain this knowledge is by reading the word. Today in my Political science class the discussion of separation of Church and state came up, I was shocked to see just how many people are trying to erase God from traditions in our public life. We must do what we can to maintain a Christian influence  and not become discouraged when others appear to make great strides in eliminating all traces of God- they cannot eliminate his presence among believers.