Relationship Status: Top Priority

Now if in him all things hold together, what does that say about what happens when we take him out of the equation? What happens to all things? They fall apart, don't they? Why are relationships falling apart all around us all the time? Could it be that maybe we have not put Jesus where he belongs in those relationships. And we've not come under him as the creator and how we do relationships. We've not recognized who he really is. And how we do relationships has nothing to do with Jesus then. [00:48:26] (39 seconds)  #JesusHoldsItTogether

You see the resurrection of Jesus Christ proves not only who Jesus is, but it proves eternity exist. It proves that we're all going to face the father in eternity. We're gonna stand before him and give an account for our lives. And the thing, the only thing that's gonna make it right with the father is that we have the covering of the blood of Jesus that reconciles us to the father. No man comes to the father but through him. That's the only way we can dwell in eternity with him. [01:00:38] (34 seconds)  #EternalLifeThroughJesus

He's lord of me and you because friends, that's the only hope we have. There's only one who can reconcile us to God. So if we believe there is a God and we believe we will stand before God in eternity and the scripture says we are all going to do that, then we want to be sure that we are reconciled with God before we meet him face to face. Would you agree with me on that? Speak up people. If he's God and he does have that time appointed where we're gonna stand before him, then I wanna be sure before I stand before the father and give an account of my life that I have the covering that I need. I have the provision that I need to be right with him before that time comes. Don't you want that? [00:57:49] (62 seconds)  #ReconciledThroughChrist

You see, when it comes to relationships, God is our creator. He knows better than anybody else what makes relationships healthy. So if we recognize his authority and his lordship over us, then we'll do relationships under the authority of the teachings of God's word because we know he wants only what's best for us. How do we know? Because he let his son Jesus die for us. If he would not withhold his only son, what would he withhold from you that's good? He's not trying to keep you from anything good and his instructions on relationships. He's trying to provide for you the opportunity to have the best in your relationships. [01:04:46] (39 seconds)  #GodDesignedRelationships

But they say, my God would never have anybody be lost. They would would never send anybody to hell. And I always say, you're absolutely right. Whether it's your God or the God of scripture, the scripture reveals that he doesn't send anybody to hell. What it also reveals is that you choose whether you prepare to meet him and dwell with him forever. You make that choice by what you do with Jesus. You see why this relationship is top priority? What you choose to do with Jesus makes all the difference in your eternal destination. [01:01:33] (36 seconds)  #YourChoiceDeterminesEternity

And what the world will try to tell you is either there is no God so you don't have to worry about it or just be a good person and everything will be fine. Because their god that they've created says, everything's all fine. Alright. Just be a good person. But what Jesus says and what the word says is that no man comes to the father in a right relationship is what it's saying there, but through whom? Jesus Christ. Why? Why is that so important? It's because without Jesus, we are enemies of God. [00:58:53] (44 seconds)  #OnlyThroughChrist

Now it's easy to say that, but it's not always easy to really practice that because we all want people to be happy, don't we? We wanna see full seats. We wanna see people coming. We wanna see people excited about being here. And sometimes you're tempted to hold back a little bit on teaching truth or to leave some things out that you know would offend some people or hurt some people's feelings. You know, there's always that temptation to make it a popularity thing. But Jesus and scripture clearly is the head of the church. [00:52:53] (41 seconds)  #TruthOverPopularity

One of the things that the church, I believe, and not just in America but in other parts of the world too, there's been this tendency in the church to try to stay relevant and they're so committed to trying to stay relevant that they stop being biblical. They stop being truth tellers. Now you don't ever wanna lose the love and the compassion, the desire to wanna connect with people and identify with people. You don't ever wanna lose that. But what happens so many times is we start making decisions that aren't under the authority of the one who's supposed to be the head of the church. [00:51:17] (41 seconds)  #BeBiblicalNotTrendy