From Your Pastor’s Heart…

April 12, 2009
 

As a pastor I often wonder what the most convincing motivation for responding to the gospel might be. Could it be our eternal destiny? Could it be the Biblical proofs and prophecy of the Old Testament completely fulfilled in the New? Could it be the void that people feel when trying to make sense of their lives? Maybe it is the joy that true believers know and SHOW, no matter what the circumstance.

While all of these are important, it truly boils down to Matthew 12:40. “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

And 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance, that Christ died for our sins according to Scripture, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to Scripture.”

When we believe the facts of the gospel story, our new life begins. Yes, it has all of the benefits listed above, but all of them pale in comparison to the priceless relationship that the Creator of the universe wants to have with you. He wants it so much that He sent His only Son to die for you so that you could live eternally. He wants it so much that He empowered His Son to conquer death, so that you could be free from eternal death.

Time is short. Fleeting.

The gospel is not something to be whispered, but shouted.

Without embarrassment.

Without compromise.

Without pause.

It is a joy to be your pastor.