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Will God Accept You… 

Holiness is a Gift

If I try to be a good person, won’t God accept me, even if I don’t believe?
That is the wrong question: God has already accepted you. The question is: will you accept him?
God has reconciled himself to you. What does that mean? It means no matter what you have done, God isn’t counting it against you. He isn’t remembering it.

It means nothing you have done can keep you from God: pedophilia, incest, abortion, murder, rape, drugs, alcoholism, addictions, fornication, adultery, lying, cheating, pornography, witchcraft, stealing, racism, hatred… anything you can name, the most evil thing you can name. Even child sacrifice and worship of satan.
NONE OF THAT MATTERS TO GOD. He has accepted you.
Will you accept HIM accepting you??

Jesus is Our Sabbath

Chapel of SS Mary & Katherine - interior looking east

Jesus is our Sabbath, our Day of Rest.  He is the fulfillment of the Law. For he said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Matthew 5:17 (ESV)  Therefore it says: “It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:30–31 (NIV)   Our righteousness and holiness are to be found in Jesus alone; and in his labors that fulfilled the law we can find our rest.  That is why it says of Jesus, “For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. “Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.”  Hebrews 4:8–11 (ESV) In other words, if you want a true Sabbath rest, … Read more

Law, Grace, and Holiness

Law, Grace and Holiness

Modern Culture confuses grace with libertinism, grace is to bring us into a lifestyle of holiness, enabled by the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Spiritual Warfare over Truth

War for truth

Pastors indulge sin with false grace that confuses license with love, endorses sin as it was actually helping rather than bringing harm. It is a Spiritual War over the truthfulness of God’s Word.

The Whole Gospel of Jesus Christ

joy from healing

For too long, we have preached a half gospel: the forgiveness of sins and the salvation of your soul, which has only to do with the spiritual. That is true enough, but Jesus also died to heal us of all our diseases and infirmities. His death on the cross was the atonement for our sins and broke the power of Satan over our souls and bodies

Law, Lawlessness and Legalism

“Judge not, lest you be judged” has been misinterpreted to mean that no matter what anyone does, we should not judge the behavior. He pointed out that we are not to condemn someone for their sins, lest we get condemned for ours, but that does NOT mean we are not to discern what is right and wrong, or identify certain behaviors as sin.Grace does not mean there is no law and we are free to behave any way we wish. Grace is to lead us to holiness, which is the walking in the presence of God and reflecting his character.