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There are probably no two words that could seem more opposite than "love" and "justice." It is natural for human societies to want love. Who wouldn't? And it is natural for human societies to want justice. Who wouldn't? Here lies the problem: who will define love and justice? In the gospel of Jesus Christ we have been given a life-giving definition of love and justice. The definition is so life-giving that it is called "eternal life." The definition is so important to all of human history that it is called "salvation." Here is one well-known verse that reflects the miraculous definition of love and justice: "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). God's love and justice meet at the cross of Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

How can a person be a success in this world, yet be a total failure in the eyes of God? The problem begins in how we calculate success. If we only value our own opinion we may find ourselves succeeding, not in success, but in failure. We might see ourselves succeeding in the opinion of this world, but in God's opinion we will be successful failures. Jesus told a parable about a man who was a success in his own eyes, but he was bankrupt before God. The man was on the world's pedestal, but to his surprise, the pedestal collapsed under the weight of eternal realities. God loves us and wants no one to be a successful failure. Jesus will get us on the fast-track to success according to HIS point of view as we bow to his will today and every day. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

If any of us were to approach a tomb where a dead body had been laid we would naturally expect the body to be in the tomb. However, what happened to Jesus was not natural. It was supernaturally planned ahead of time by God Almighty. It was no accident that that the Feast of Firstfruits was to be on the third day after the Passover Lamb was sacrificed. This was a promise of a future harvest. The Feast of Harvest (Ingathering) would take place seven weeks later on the fiftieth day. This was all planned and put in writing in the history of Israel and to be fulfilled in Christ. Jesus is our Passover Lamb and Jesus is our fulfilled the promise of a future harvest by rising from the dead. God is still harvesting people from this world until that Trumpet sounds. May more receive this miracle today. Amen. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

There are 150 Psalms preserved in God's Word for us that are there for the picking. We pick - God harvests. He will harvest the blessing of encouragement from soil in our hearts labeled: "Impossible." God's Word is the Sword of the Spirit to penetrate the deepest part of our souls. Psalm 121 is called a Psalm of Ascents. It is one of those precious psalms that is designed to lift us up to the heights. "Gee, how can that happen when I feel so low?" That being said (or thought) we then go to the holy arsenal of God's Word. We select out the perfect weapon to engage in our spiritual battle. We take a few swipes at the enemy of our souls and find, that soon, all is well. We praise God for the blessing of the miracle of encouragement. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

The fifth chapter in Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth is a very encouraging passage of Scripture. We are encouraged and motivated into service to God. Service simply means that believers will now express their worship of God by serving him. We serve God by putting him first in our lives. Today, we will complete our study on motivation for service by highlighting the call that God has placed on our lives as his people. We are motivated by a message: He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors. 2 Cor. 5:19-20 To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

Only God can take rebels and motivate them to willingly bow the knee in reverence to him. Only God can take a people who once cared only for selfish ambition and move them to reach out to others. The beauty of God’s motivating power is that he motivates from within by new creation in all who have put their faith in him. Paul says that Christ’s love compels us. Then Paul went on to say: He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again (2 Corinthians 5:15). Everyone can be motivated and everyone is motivated. The miracle of God’s motivation is that he works from the inside. He transforms our hearts to be more and more like his. The love of Christ, who gave himself for us, compels us to give of ourselves. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

People can be motivated by all sorts of things. We can be motivated by praise or by the fear of losing praise. We can be motivated by great and noble ambitions or by ambitions that are far from noble. All human beings can be motivated. To be motivated means to be moved. It means that we have an overriding desire that will move us to persevere even when faced with overwhelming obstacles. The beauty of the gospel is that God motivates his people by renewing their hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit. God himself will move us to serve him. He will build us up to have confidence in his ways. Confidence means with faith. God will help us to have faith (confidence) to serve him more and more. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

The justice of God is a reality. It makes perfect sense. How could a good God allow sin to run rampant in this lost and dying world and not bring justice? The definition of justice is to make things right. God sent Jesus to enter time and bring God's perfect justice down to earth. Jesus paid the just price on the cross. Everyone in this world has a choice: to trust in themselves, or to trust in Christ. The Apostle Paul shined the light on this choice by stating the reality of the choice this way: "The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life" (2 Cor. 3:6). The letter of the Law no one can keep all are guilty and all are accountable. Only Jesus can pay the just price God's justice requires. God is calling all people to choose Jesus and receive life while there is still time. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

The Gospel is good news. The Gospel is not fake news. The Gospel is truth. The Gospel is such a message of truth that there is a powerful, God-ordained word that can be attached to its message. And that word is "Amen." In Isaiah 65:16, God even called himself, "the God of truth." Literally, the God of Amen El-Amen. This is exactly what God would have all believers understand as they live and dwell in the midst of this miracle of truth God's Amen. The Apostle Paul wrote to encourage the church in Corinth that the Gospel is not "Yes" and "No." In other words, there is no doubt of God's truth. Paul went on to say that in Jesus, the Gospel has "always been 'Yes'" (2 Corinthians 1:19)! May we all learn and grow in God's "Yes" more and more. Amen. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

A young man approached Jesus and was full of questions. Jesus answered the young man in a way that surprised him. This led to more questions. As the questions kept coming, the young man soon found that he didn’t know as much as he thought he knew. He also found that Jesus knew him better than he knew himself. The young man would never be the same. There is a beautiful aspect to this account of Jesus and his dialogue with this young man. We can read in Mark’s account that Jesus looked at him and loved him (Mark 10:21). Jesus answered this young man’s questions with truths that would rock his world. Why would Jesus want to rock his world? The answer is so that he would trust in THE Rock. Let the questions in this story rock your world. You will never be the same. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

Evangelical comes from two Greek words. Eu meaning good and angelos meaning message. For example, eulogy is a good word spoken and an angel is a messenger. So, evangel means good message. However, such is the nature of this world that it is in rebellion against this good message. We who have this message deep in our hearts should grow in our desire to get this message out into the world. We will want the miracle-working power of God to work in the hearts of those who have not yet accepted the message. One of the most powerful motivational forces to get us moving as evangelicals is to cultivate a deep sense of thankfulness. By the grace of God he has enabled us to receive his message of salvation. As our thankfulness increases, so will our desire to reach out to the lost. Amen. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

Those who have been born again those who are believers in Jesus Christ are privileged. We have access to blessings to which the world is not privy. The rest of the world remains underprivileged while the believer enjoys untold blessings. We are more than privileged we are supernaturally privileged. We are off-the-charts privileged. Part of our life of faith is to learn to enjoy and utilize our privileged status. It might sound that we are basking in the glory of selfishness and pride, but the opposite is true. If we have such privilege it is so that we may use our position in Christ to bring others to Christ. We become servants with privilege, not lords of privilege. We are called to go out in this world as servants so that others may be blessed with the same privilege. Amen. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

There is a difference between the holiness that has been imputed to a believer for all eternity and the holiness that a believer must pursue daily. The holiness imputed is a free gift of God’s grace through the work of another: Jesus Christ. Holiness that believers must now live out is our new work. What will protect us from imbalance and harm is the firm knowledge that we have no righteousness of our own. Exhortations of holiness are done in the midst of the loving grace of God We believers are challenged through the many exhortations in God’s Word to live in godliness and holiness. The phrase, see to it, is often used. We are the overseers of our lives in the context of God’s gift of salvation in Christ. We are called to grow more and more toward the high calling we have already received. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29

The process by which the believer’s faith grows is called: sanctification. We are first justified through faith in Jesus Christ. Next, based on our position of right standing before God (in Christ justified), we have a calling to grow and walk more and more in line with the holiness of God (sanctification). An amazing thing will begin to branch out because of this growth. God will be able to use us more and more to reach others in this lost and dying world. May God bring his revival and Great Awakening across the U.S.A. Amen. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29