Authority v/s Pride

Let me start by saying that the Bible is the number one authority that we as Christians live by. I was talking with my grandpa today and was just joking with him, I asked him did he believe that the Bible have any authority. He kinda mumbled for a minute and then I told him I said you know an officer has authority because of his/her uniform just like the Bible has authority because of its editor (God). Then came a few amazing minutes of conversation together. He stated that we have got so many crazy laws and its just hard for them to be any authority to anyone. Then I stopped him (and now you must know my grandfather to appreciate this) I said you know it's not the laws that you dont agree with it's the authority of the officers you dont believe in. Then I went on to say most people believe in the Bible but they really struggle with it's authority. And for that matter it goes deeper than that it really boils down to this " most people dont truly believe in God or to put it another way the dont believe God because even the devil believes in God" So with all that said I began to look at a few things and soon started to see that mostly it was our pride that hinders use from recognizing the Bible or any other thing as an authority or having authority so examine yourselves daily by the word to show yourselves approved and remember the Bible is the number one authority that we as Christians live by.

Love In The Streets Like You Do In The Church

I am pretty new to this sorta thing but hey God has given us a platform to stand on and speak the truth. I want to talk today about a serious issue in most if not all churches. If this doesn't apply to you I'm sorry you know what they say one bad apple spoils the bag right? In the local church we have a very big problem with retaining people. I know there is several reasons for this nasty habit in our churches but I would like to focus on one area. Let me take a few minutes to set up this scenario. Just say someone in your church had enough boldness to go and witness to someone and they actually came to church. That's great right unless you are not ready to receive them. I know at our church one of the best things we do is greet our guest and we set aside about ten minutes of our service each week just for this reason. OK back to my scenario here and when that person came to church we greeted them at the door and in service and really put on our best christian face. Well thats all good but you see next is the real problem and this is what I want to talk about church is over and you greet the same individual bye and they go on about their business. Then lets say on like Tuesday you see them at the store or whatever and dont even as much look their way. Let me be the first to tell you that you are wrong and are a hypocrite in it's worst form.Because they are looking for someone to connect with and someone from the church exspecially and you just turn your back on them. Its like as long as we are in church it's fine to be seen with this person but in the general public it is a no no to even talk to this person. Let me tell you that is so far from the Bible because it is God's will that all be saved and acting like this is no way to get them saved. So I am going to close this way if you have trouble talking to some people in public because of what others might say or whatever your reason is that is very dangerous to you and the church as a whole. I know because I have been on the other side of this in my life I could not stand coming to church with my grandma because all those so called Christian's would just eat me up to my face and in public would not even speak to me and I was like well if they are like that I dont want to be one of those people. So let me end like this as I started seeking God in my life I decided not to base it on other Christian's lives but I began to search out the truth for myself in God's word and soon I realized that nothing shameful or anything like it was of God so examine CHRIST and not Christians to see what we should look like. And remember it's about a relationship not a religon!!!

My First Blog

Ok I just wanted to start off by saying it is awesome to be able to share my thoughts on the web so my first post is just an introduction my name is Ron and I am currently seeking my pastoral license to preach and that is about what my life is a life devoted to spreading the gospel to the world and serving my lord as long as I live in the next few days I will be posting a few thoughts on how we should treat people in church but more importantly out of church stay tuned!!!