Faith and Life

Do you love your local Church? I can honestly say from my heart that I love my local Church family. In Hebrews 10:19-25, we read: " The Full Assurance of Faith. Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter  the holy places by the blood of Jesus,   by  the new and living way that he opened for us through  the curtain, that is, through his flesh,   and since we have  a great priest over the house of God,   let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts  sprinkled clean  from an evil conscience and our bodies  washed with pure water.   Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for  he who promised is faithful.   And  let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,   not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but  encouraging one another, and  all the more as you see  the Day drawing near. " ...

Recently I've been pondering how we get the Gospel from our head down into our heart so that it transforms us. There is a wonderful passage in Matthew's Gospel that helps me shed light on how the Gospel applies to life. It is the parable of building your house on a solid rock. Here it is: “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like  FZ )" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> a wise man who built his house on the rock.   And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like  GA )" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> a foolish man who built his house on the sa...