Age of Grace

Good Morning!! Even before the Bible was finished being written, people were skeptical about Christ’s return. Let's be honest, aren’t we all just a little bit skeptical? It's been almost 2000 years and none of us regularly check the skies to see if His return flight is coming in. Sometimes, we might be embarrassed to even admit that we believe it could happen. I mean, it just sounds a little crazy, doesn't it? Peter’s words to the believers of his day are just as relevant today as they were then. They are sober words, words that put it all in perspective:

Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, " Where is this 'coming' He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."—2 Peter 3:3-4 (NIV)
Back in the day, Noah had been given plenty of warning, but everybody just kept on doing their own thing. Then came a wall of water, whoosh! Today, it's the same thing: Jesus has given plenty of warning, but the masses who don’t know Him go about their way indifferent or unaware that God will again intervene, this time a with judgment of fire. Plenty of believers are doing the same thing.

" We are living in the age of the church. It is an age of grace and an age of the spirit in which we have, by God's mercy and love, opportunity to proclaim to the world the good news about Jesus Christ." —Ron James

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 Father God, we thank You for Your patience. Now, give us patience. We don't want to be a skeptic,...we want to use these remaining days, be they very few or be they many,...to make an eternal difference. Give us Your heart for those who are perishing. Give us Your desire that they all come to repentance. Then live through us in a way that communicates to them Your tangible and very real love. Amen.
" He is rich indeed, who is satisfied with what he has."