2021 Daily Devotion - Day 322
The church is a very unique community. It is really a hospital for sinners more than anything else. There is no place in the world like the church. Here is how Charles Morris put it:
"The Christian church is a society of sinners. It is the only society in the world, membership in which is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership." - Charles Morris
And so, we are unworthy of membership! However, we are to be striving to grow, mature and work at putting away our sinful selves. We are a work in progress, and we can continue in this work because we have been redeemed and forgiven in Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:7 ESV
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Pray with me:
Heavenly Father, we come into Your house as broken people. We have sinned against You in thought, word and deed. We are healthier people when we can admit this, because it is our true condition. Help us to not live in denial of our true condition, so we can receive healing and renewal in Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Yours because of Him,
Pastor John R. Steward
Senior Pastor
Mount of Olives Church
And so, we are unworthy of membership! However, we are to be striving to grow, mature and work at putting away our sinful selves. We are a work in progress, and we can continue in this work because we have been redeemed and forgiven in Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:7 ESV
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Pray with me:
Heavenly Father, we come into Your house as broken people. We have sinned against You in thought, word and deed. We are healthier people when we can admit this, because it is our true condition. Help us to not live in denial of our true condition, so we can receive healing and renewal in Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Yours because of Him,
Pastor John R. Steward
Senior Pastor
Mount of Olives Church
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