Episode 84: Be Changed and Bring Change

 

Today we celebrated the graduation from High School of two of our youth. We pray that God will bless them and guide them as they make their transition into adulthood, and we pray that they will hold firm in the faith, that they will cling to Jesus, that they will glorify Him in all they do, as there is no higher calling, no greater thing they could ever do.  Ann and Will - Congratulations and God Bless You!!

As we celebrate this milestone, we can't help but look at the world that they're soon to be venturing into, in a way they never have before.  This is a world that is unlike anything that most of us in the United States experienced at that age.  Fear, violence, and intolerance seem to be everywhere you turn.  Although this may be "new" to many of us, this is not unusual for many around the world, and this is not unusual in history. The time that Jesus chose to enter human history was full of wars, conquests, rules, intolerance, racism, and hatred. Jesus, knowing his purpose was not just to die for the sins of man, but also to teach, and set an example for his future apostles, did the opposite of what many thought the prophesied Messiah would do...He commanded His followers to love one another in the way that He had set the example by loving them. 

Join Pastor Jason as he shows us from God's Word the example of love that Jesus gave and the lasting effects of that example on His disciples, even as He ascended back to Heaven to prepare for the arrival of the believers at some unknown point in the future. The disciples, now apostles, were changed by the love and message of Jesus and His Gospel, and in that change, they could do nothing but preach Christ and endeavor to bring change to a fallen world. 

Rev. Jason Robbins

Highlawn Baptist Church (www.HighlawnBaptistChurch.org)

 

Today's Scriptures:

Philippians 1:2-6; John 13:31-38 (NIV Presented)

 

Morning Service July 12, 2020

 

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