Pastor's Corner

for Sunday July 18th
This Choice is a BIG Deal!
When choosing ice cream, you choose what you like. When choosing medicine, you have to choose what heals. (Gregory Koukl) Choices! Some are easy and some are difficult. Some are easy because they are made according to taste and others are difficult because they have serious consequences. If you make a poor choice with ice cream it’s no big deal. But choosing the wrong medicine can kill you. Many would like to put Jesus in the ice cream category – if He doesn’t suit your taste simply choose another “flavor”. Our pluralistic culture wants us to believe that every person’s belief is equally valid and equally truthful. But it is very important that we realize that the choice between Jesus and other “religions” is choosing between a medicine that heals and medicine that kills. Jesus heals on two levels. First, He heals by removing the guilt of sin through forgiveness. A forgiveness that’s not simply saying “Forget about it, try not to do it again”. He forgives in that He was punished for our sins and so our sins are literally gone! The second level is that He lives in us through His Spirit and is able to empower us to stop sinning. Now we will never be without sin but through Jesus we do gain victory over sin. Jesus is not AN answer to sin He is THE answer to sin. This is an either-or choice, so choose life – choose Jesus!
Pastor Don.