THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
YOU TUBE INTRODUCTION TO "SIMPLY JESUS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLj9fSFnqA&list=UUpUmxduWvxlTv1C-2JA4xtw
COLOSSIANS 1:4-6
4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
THE APOSTLE PAUL was hearing great things about the Christians in Colossae.
Their faith-was in Christ.
They loved one another.
They were hopeful--confident that heaven was their destiny.
(There are those Christian virtues again--Faith, Hope, & Love!)
The Good News was not only changing their lives, it was changing their world! Pure Christianity is like that. It is active, attractive, and effective.
It was not slick marketing that made the difference.
It was not Hollywood style that made them effective.
It was not political maneuvering that made them world-changers.
The catalyst was CHRIST! "The Truth of the Gospel." "The Grace of God in Truth."
Indeed, ever since the angelic chorus heralded the news in Bethlehem, "Unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord!" His truth has marched through the pages of history--redeeming, restoring, rescuing, and revealing Him to be exactly what He claimed to be, THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE!
You know what we need today? SIMPLY JESUS!
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