When Paul converted to being a follower of Jesus Christ he made some staggering admissions that are worth noting today:

  1.  He admitted that the first portion of his life was … wrong
  2.  He, even though he admitted that his life was wrong, adopted the Old Testament as a foundation and connected it to Jesus Christ.
  3.  He made a radical conversion from being a Jew to a Christian.  This can not be understated.  He began to minister and evangelize to the gentiles.  In other words, he took the faith to people that he formerly despised.

Colossians 1 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.  16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.  17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.  18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.  19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

This gospel is God’s way of giving us a chance.  It is God’s decision to make us “good as we stand before Him on judgement day”.

It is God’s way of doing the impossible.

I heard a pastor once tell his congregation:  “People do not have the right to tell other people what to do.  But God does.”  HE HAS THE RIGHT TO TELL ALL OF US WHAT TO DO.

And this is the Heart Of The Matter.

We either give our permission to God to rule over our lives … or we do not.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J