Pastor's Note

By Pastor Greg Crocker

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Questions we use to pester our parents with when we went on a journey. The answer to that question today is NO, we are not there yet, we are still on the journey. My heart tells me we (the body of Christ) have forgotten we are on a journey to “a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God” (Hebrews 11:10). We need to refocus and move from mediocrity to excellence. How easy is it to sit on the premises, instead of standing on the promises? How easy is it for us to coast on cruise control instead of working the gas pedal ourselves? As we cruise along, people are crashing and burning. While we stay self centered, the world grows darker and darker and soon we just turn our light out and just blend in with the world. Let me remind you one more time, when the world is done using and abusing you, it will leave you by the side of the road to die. At that point you will be begging for a God to send someone by that can help you. God has sent the only one that can help you, His Name Is Jesus Christ. When you truly understand what God has done for you by offering His one and only Son, you will stop running toward hell and turn and run toward heaven. Today we are running toward hell calling it heaven, and running away from heaven calling it hell. We have taken the beauty and glory of God and perverted it to fit what we want to enjoy in the here and now. Are we there yet? I say we are there and way beyond it. I ask you to go and read Romans 1:18-23 and see what the Word of God says about this matter.

Folks, we are not home yet, but we are well past the point of living in mediocrity. Let’s pledge our allegiance today to the one true God. Let’s pledge today to go and tell at least one person every day that without Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior then by the Law of God, they will stand condemned before Him. After bringing them to the law, then you can introduce them to Jesus and the grace of God. Don’t just sit on the sidelines, get in the game!

In Him,
Pastor Greg

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