T’was the night before Christmas, 1921. A young man with little insight looked into a crib and gazed upon two new faces God had created — one male, one female. If he could have only seen what one of them would grow into, he could not have helped “well up” with pride for the way she would better those she touched with her life. However, within a few years he was gone, never to be seen again. It’s sad when…
Well, my favorite day of the year has arrived and we need to take a break from Spiritual Heroism. Not because it isn’t important, but because family is here and close. It’s a time to celebrate and honor God for His gracious gifts of lives that make our family what it is today. What makes it special is that almost all the family, my sister and Uncle Jim could attend. We knew Chuck Jr wouldn’t make it back from Panama…
In our fourth day of learning about authentic faith I want to spend some time actually defining it for you. I want you to understand it from the context of when it was written and how God wanted His people to understand the essence of what He was trying to communicate. Studying the words, sometimes, helps us grasp the essence of what it means to have heroic faith. The concept of faith does not originate in the New Testament, even…
If you are like me, you may not feel worthy of being considered a Spiritual Hero because of all your weaknesses. If you feel that way, you really have the wrong idea. Scripture says that it is in our weakness that Christ makes us strong. (2 Corinthians 12:7 – 10) The God Family uses what appears as our weakness to makes us strong through the universal process. We must make mistakes to learn sometimes – that is why grace exists….
Yesterday we began a journey into Spiritual Heroism or Authentic Faith. Faith that you and I can obtain in our everyday life. Faith that will help us when we stumble and fall, but faith that will keep Christ as the focus of our life so that sin is not a habitual part of our life, but something that keeps us humble and on a path of growth and development, not regret. Now, with that understanding let’s go back to Hebrews…
Spiritual Heroism is simply authentic faith that endures. You and I can do that. You can choose for your life to be a glorifying story of fellowship with the God Family—one that, in eternity, will be embraced by all who enter the Kingdom. Now, what does it take to possess authentic faith? Hebrews Chapter 11 is often referred to as THE chapter on the “Heroes of the Faith. It is filled with a quick summaries of famous Old Testament characters…