Shad Tree Wisdom 4/24/15

Shade Tree Wisdom 4/24/14

        We generally would assume that the early church was always of one mind, all believing in the  Risen Lord and depending on that fact that their sins had been paid for, and their salvation was a gift from a gracious and a loving God.

        But a closer reading shows the opposite, there were already people who said they were Christian yet depended on their own life to buy their salvation.

        John was a Pastor to one of these. So in his first letter. Look at how bluntly he speaks:

“If we walk in the light, say we have no sin,

As He I in the light, we have  fellowship

With one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ

cleanses us from all sin.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive

Ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sin, He is

Faithful and just to  forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

1 John l, 7-9

        So Pastor John sternly reminds them of the truth and urges them to remain faithful to their God. A word that is also meant for us and we do well to heed it. May God bless us so to do.

GPD 4/24/15