FELLOWSHIP IN CHRIST

OFFENDING THE HOLINESS OF GOD “And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory...Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.” ISAIAH 6:3,5. Isaiah’s reaction to the holiness of God, should stand as an example to us all for our own on-going responses to the presence of God! Sadly it is not always so! My personal experience over the last twenty five years has been to observe a sharp decline in many churched people’s understanding of just Who it is they ‘worship’! The “Holiness of God” is, it seems, a subject which seldom sees the light of day. Better perhaps, in the minds of many preachers, is the exhortation of the hearers to become successful, rich and over-comers of every adverse situation in which we may find ourselves. Appealing as this m

THE LOST POWER OF SIN TO CONDEMN “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you ..And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin: but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”   Romans 8: 8- 10. Human speech must be numbered amongst the greatest blessings which God has bestowed upon His creation. Sadly, like all things given from on High, speech can be abused, misused or misunderstood. Beloved, even the Church of Jesus Christ has not escaped the pain that results from argument, from slander or false teaching. One need only observe the great divisions which exist between the denominations of the Christian Faith to see that this be true! Christian Doctrine, the foundation of Christ’s Church, has alas been blamed for its many schisms and separations, but that is not true! False doctrine is the culprit of division - never truth! Words mean different things