It's Sunday.
My favorite day of the week.
We venture to Knoxville to church;
the church God led us to five years ago.
Cornerstone Church of Knoxville (CCK),
how thankful we are for you!
It's at CCK that we've been taught to cherish the gospel....
to apply the gospel...
to live the gospel...
to pray the gospel...
to preach the gospel to ourselves,
every. day.
instead of listening to ourselves...
our feelings.
It's at CCK that God has shown us
that church is not about
our being made much of.
It is about
making much of HIM!
It's at CCK that God has taught us
the importance of being Biblical...
looking for God in his Word,
listening to God in his Word,
learning about God in his Word,
and applying God's Word
to our lives.
Because...
"All Scripture is breathed out by God
and profitable
for teaching,
for reproof,
for correction, and
for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be competent,
equipped for every good work."
2 Timothy 3:16-17
It's at CCK that God has taught us
that he created man and woman
equal in the image of God
but
different in role and function.
This isn't a popular truth.
But...
We can agree to disagree about that,
as long as we agree about
the gospel...
the main thing.
That God sent Jesus,
his only Son, to earth
to take on human flesh,
as a baby born to Mary, a virgin,
to live a perfect, yes,
a sinless life,
in order to fulfill the Law
and become the sacrifice without blemish,
to propitiate the wrath of God
which we deserved,
by dying a cursed criminal's death on a cross,
taking all of our sin upon himself,
enduring the outpouring of God's punishment,
satisfying God's justice in our place,
being buried, then
resurrected on the third day,
that we might be
justified,
forgiven,
accounted righteous,
adopted by God as
joint heirs with Christ.
This is the gospel.
There is no other.
It's not for praying one time
and moving on...
It's for each moment
of every day.
Until...
He who began a good work in you
will bring it to completion
at the day of Christ Jesus.
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