MOLD ME AND MAKE ME

MOLD ME AND MAKE ME

"Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen." Hebrews 13:20-21

"...for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." Phil 2:13

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matt 11:28-30

"On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."
John 7:37-39 [He was glorified in the Cross & Resurrection.]

There's a river of life flowing out through me,

Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see,

Opens prison doors, sets the captives free.

There's a river of life flowing out through me.

[from Sacred Selections, Special Edition]

Paul wrote: "that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death..." Phil 3:10

"Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6

John wrote: "By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God..." 1 John 4:2

JESUS is God's PLAN! ALL relates to HIM: Bible, church, forgiveness, salvation, precious promises, hope, eternal life, etc. "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself." Jesus is "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." All "authority" and "power" derives from Jesus Christ [Matthew 28:18; Philippians 2:5-11].

Christ is the first priority of the church. Not people. Not ministry. Not growth. Not success. Christ and Christ alone occupies the place of ultimate and absolute priority in the church. If the church is once again to become salt and light to the world, SHE MUST PUT JESUS FIRST! Compare Rev. 2:4-5.

This world is the arena of God's redemptive work through Christ and His One Body. We need to be open to God's power at work among us. For the Brotherhood of Churches of Christ to survive after we older folk are gone, we must pray and work for Revival, Renewal, Spiritual Awakening! We must enlist our young people in the Army of God's Kingdom.

It's all about Jesus!

Everything in all of Creation has

Made By Jesus stamped on it.

And long before Earth's Foundation,

He had us in mind as the focus of His Love.

That we should be holy and blameless

by His Love and Mercy.

God wanted us to enter in the celebration

of the glory of His grace

by the Hand of His Beloved Son.

Christ was the Sacrifice -

His Blood poured out on the altar

of the Cross.

We're now a free people -

free of sin & death, penalties and punishment.

It is in Christ that we find out who we are

and what we are living for,

that we should be to the praise of His Glory!

[Eph. 1:3-12; Col. 1:14-22; Romans 8:1-4]