Day of Praise

Sa, Dec 1 "Day of Praise"

"For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy." -
1 Corinthians 7:14

Keeping it simple on a Saturday.

God tells us through Paul, in today's verse, that the faith of one believer in a home has the power to sanctify everyone else. "To sanctify" means "to make holy" or "to set apart for God's purposes."

What that means is this. If you are worried about the soul of someone you live with, then live the faith with them. Live in Christ around them as you do everywhere else if you are a believer. Always talk about Jesus as the friend he is to you and the one with whom you spend your whole day.

If you yourself don't know Jesus personally but only believe things about him and that he does things for you, then get to know him personally. It starts with a simple turning your heart and your attention upward, and then you just call on him like this, "Lord, I know you're there. I need to talk. Help me to hear you speak as we share."

Jesus talks with believers through the whole life of faith, not just some 3 or 4 minutes when we're talking at him.

Just as light scatters darkness, the Spirit of Christ dwelling in and through a believer who knows and lives in Jesus personally will encounter, engage, and scatter unbelief.

Live in Christ, and you will see.

Praise God!






Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson