"The word of God is the greatest, most necessary, most important thing in Christendom. Without the external Word we would not know one spirit from another...Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scripture." - Martin Luther

Thursday, October 09, 2008

By The Grace of God...

Solely and completely by the raw grace of God I am a Christian. One justified, sanctified, glorified and brought back to God (that is, saved) by God’s grace alone, through faith alone in the doing, dying and rising of Jesus Christ alone, to the glory of God alone!

“My sin…not in part but the whole is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more!”
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!

Perhaps even more miraculous is the calling of God to be an under shepherd of and spokesperson for Jesus! In the spirit of Mephibosheth I too ask: “what would you have with a dead dog like me”(2 Sam 9)?
On Sunday, October 5, 2008, the members of Haverhill Community Church unanimously voted to call me to serve them as their Pastor...and with humble gratitude to God - I am just blown away - I wholeheartedly accept God's call and look forward to the days, weeks, months and years ahead to see, savor and share Jesus Christ together and to placard Him before our community!
To God be the glory for great things He has done!