Righteous Responsibility

Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, American President (26th))

1 Peter 3:10-12
For, "THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, MUST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT. "HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT. "FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL." NASU

During these coming days, it will be tempting to cry and blame things that do not happen on the government and on other circumstances. But, today is our day Christians, it is a day to show the world who we are. So many Christians have placed their faith lower and lower on their list of priorities, and it is plainly evident from the election that many Christians faith had nothing to do with their vote.

Well, it is our time to buckle down and live our Christian beliefs like we never have before. John Wooden the Christian basketball coach says it this way; “Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well.”

So now Mr. Christian, do you really believe that. You’ve talked a lot of smack, but is there anything behind it? If we will be serious about Kingdom business we may reap a harvest that the church has been seeking for decades, but it will come at a personal cost to everyone in the church, not just the preacher or the song leader, or Sunday School teacher. We must turn our face to God and live our faith at all costs…God Bless

Pastor William