12/05/2025
SECRET CHURCH
LET’S TALK ABOUT GOD!
WHEN GOD FORMED US, WE WERE ENDOWED WITH SIGNIFICANCE AND SECURITY. WE WERE PROVIDED WITH DESIRABLE QUALITIES, ABILITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS. WE WERE SAFE, SECURE, AND SIGNIFICANT. WE WERE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOVING, CARING AND HOLY GOD [WITHOUT SIN]. HOWEVER, AFTER ADAM AND EVE SINNED BY DISOBEYING GOD THINGS CHANGED. WHAT CHANGED? SIN DEFORMED US. NOT ONLY DID ADAM AND EVE EXPERIENCE NEW FEELINGS OF SHAME AND GUILT, BUT THEY ALSO EXPERIENCED A CHANGE IN THEIR VERY CONSTITUTION WHICH SEPARATED THEM FROM GOD, HENCE, THE FALL OF MAN (GENESIS 3:1-24). THUS, THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE BECAME SUBJECT TO THE FALL AND THUS SEPARATED FROM GOD. CONSEQUENTLY, “AS IT IS WRITTEN, THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE: THERE IS NONE THAT UNDERSTAND, THERE IS NONE THAT SEEK AFTER GOD” (ROMANS 3:10-11). BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, JESUS CAN TRANSFORM US: “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD….” (JOHN 3:16). THUS, SALVATION IS HOUSED IN THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. REMEMBER THE WORD POSITIONAL ABOVE WHICH IS BEING SAVED FROM THE GUILT AND PENALTY OF SIN THROUGH JESUS’ DEATH ON THE CROSS. WE THEREFORE HAVE A SOLID POSITION WITH CHRIST.
SO, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ME IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE? IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE SAVED FROM THE HABIT AND DOMINION OF SIN: PROGRESSIVE. THAT ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED, YOU HAVE A CHOICE. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT SIN.
WHY DO WE EVEN CARE: WE WOULD RATHER WORRY ABOUT THE WEAVE, THE NAILS AND THE LOUIs VUITTON BAG. WE WOULD RATHER S*X, DRUG, AND ROCK AND ROLL!!
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PULL OF THE WORLD IS GREAT. WE ALL WANT TO BE RELEVANT. WE ALL WANT TO BE SIGNIFICANT. WE ALL WANT TO BE SECURE.
BUT WHAT PRICE ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY? ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY WITH YOUR SOUL!!
When God made you in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Genesis 1:27), He gave you significance and security so we do not have to do anything to own these qualities except to believe in the Lord Jesus as your Lord and Savior!!
THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING IN THE PREMODERN ERA OF HUMAN LIFE AND HUMAN HISTORY WAS THAT THOUGH IT TOOK PLACE IN A PHYSICALLY STABLE ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN BEINGS WERE ENGAGED IN CONSTANT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. SATAN AND GOD WERE DOING BATTLE, AND THE BATTLEGROUND WAS THE HUMAN MIND; THE PRICE WAS THE HUMAN SOUL.
L. Russ Bush
ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK YOUR SOUL?
LET’S TALK ABOUT GOD! WHAT SCRIPTURES INTEREST YOU, CONFUSE YOU, OR FRIGHTEN YOU?
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