A couple of things in anticipation of Sunday evening and "The Centrality of the Gospel":

 

First, this series is born out of considerable prayer, study, experience and counsel.  The pastoral staff gave their time, study and wise counsel in helping me formulate the Biblical foundation for this series.  The result of that can be found in what I have called "The Centrality of the Gospel – Affirmations and Denials".  To read this document just CLICK HERE and then click on "Affirmations and Denials".

 

And second, I just want to remind us all that there is nothing this world can do to stop us from fulfilling Christ's calling in our life.  Oh, yes, they can outlaw the Gospel and even imprison, physically harm and kill those who follow Jesus.  But they cannot stop Jesus and His Gospel.  If they could the Gospel message would have been silenced in the first century.

 

And they cannot stop us.  Christ's calling for our lives is ultimately beyond this life.  So even if devotion costs us now, nothing done to us will take from us the promise we have in Him.  Therefore, let us bravely live and suffer for Him now while awaiting with full confidence the trumpet sound and resurrection.

 

May Christ be our treasure.  His promise our hope.  His Gospel our message.

 

Brent