Ephesians 2:5-6 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (6) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
A HEAVENLY PLACE IS A PLACE FOR THE SAVED
"He hath quickened us..." In more modern terms He has made us alive. We were dead in sin and in bondage to it. He has made us free from it's penalty and He wants to protect us from it's power. When we are truly in Heaven we will be free even from it's presence.
I wonder often why people think it is effective to invite lost people to church. Church is a foreign atmosphere to the Lost. They don't understand Who we are praising. They don't understand why we are singing. They don't understand what all of the preaching and excitement is about. They are dead to the surroundings around them and there is nothing really going on to appeal to a lost person. I know you are wondering why a preacher would be saying this. I am saying it because I believe it to be true. The great commission is not the field of dreams. We build big buildings and organizations and "...they will come." We are commanded to go out and get them. That means winning them to Christ and then bringing them to the Church. Once we do that the Holy Spirit will teach them about what we are doing.
We are alive and we seek Fellowship with others who are alive and with the Giver of Life Himself. Don't be surprised if you invite the lost to church and they don't come. The first thing you need to do is tell them how they might have eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. He will raise them up to sit in the Heavenly places.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
A HEAVENLY PLACE IS A PLACE FOR THE SAVED
"He hath quickened us..." In more modern terms He has made us alive. We were dead in sin and in bondage to it. He has made us free from it's penalty and He wants to protect us from it's power. When we are truly in Heaven we will be free even from it's presence.
I wonder often why people think it is effective to invite lost people to church. Church is a foreign atmosphere to the Lost. They don't understand Who we are praising. They don't understand why we are singing. They don't understand what all of the preaching and excitement is about. They are dead to the surroundings around them and there is nothing really going on to appeal to a lost person. I know you are wondering why a preacher would be saying this. I am saying it because I believe it to be true. The great commission is not the field of dreams. We build big buildings and organizations and "...they will come." We are commanded to go out and get them. That means winning them to Christ and then bringing them to the Church. Once we do that the Holy Spirit will teach them about what we are doing.
We are alive and we seek Fellowship with others who are alive and with the Giver of Life Himself. Don't be surprised if you invite the lost to church and they don't come. The first thing you need to do is tell them how they might have eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. He will raise them up to sit in the Heavenly places.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
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