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CHAUTAUQUA STAR
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
Keeping The Faith
The Weekly Word
the whole world became
subject to sin (Romans
5:12). The Bible also tells
us that sin disqualifies us
from entering into God
presence (Romans 3:23).
God, not willing to loose
His beloved creation,
promised He would send
a Redeemer to resolve
the problem of sin (Genesis 3:15). This would
allow for reuniting with
His creation. If you examine the Bible, you will
see that God promises to
answer the need for the
justification (to clear the
debt) of mankind’s sinful
state from the creation to
the miraculous conception of the Lord Jesus
Christ. The birth of the
Jesus was the initiation
of God’s promise.
Jesus had to live a
sinless life in order to
qualify as the perfect
sacrifice in God’s plan.
Amazingly, when Jesus hung on the cross
and His sinless blood
poured out (Hebrews
9:14), He took upon
Himself the penalty
for every sin of mankind (2 Corinthians
5:17-21). This included
every sin from man’s
REJOICING IN OUR REDEMPTION
Rev. Michael
Lokietek
Family Church Fredonia
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Why is the resurrection of
Jesus so important?
With the celebration of
Easter just around the
corner, your question
is very timely. While
most people spend great
effort to honor the birth
of Jesus Christ, it is the
Resurrection of Jesus
Christ that is truly the
most important event
for all of mankind.
Without the Resurrection, there would be no
Christianity! Without
the Resurrection, all
creation would be forever separated from God’s
presence and could not
enter into Heaven.
The Bible says that when
man disobeyed God in
the Garden of Eden,
first sin in the Garden
of Eden to the last sin
that will be committed just before the end
of the world. At His
death, Jesus suffered
the full judgment of
the world’s sins in our
place (Matthew 12:40,
Psalm 22). Even with
His suffering and
death, the plan for our
redemption had not
yet been fulfilled. It
was only when Jesus
Christ rose from the
dead in order to reveal
the truth of God’s
power that divine
justice was served and
the Lord’s sacrifice
met the conditions for
the eternal redemption of mankind.
The Resurrection is
the fulfillment of God’s
promise for redemption. It restores the
possibility of reunion
with the Father, gives
us power over sin (Romans 8:2), and allows
for an eternal, everlasting life in His presence
(1 John 2:25). It is for
this reason that Easter
should be celebrated as
the greatest single event
in history.
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to make us self-conscious. The Church
was never called to
be self-conscious; we
were challenged to be
God-conscious.
Every God-conscious
believer will need to
come to a point where
they decide to let their
Rev. Tim Stahlman voice of redemption
Family Church
be heard. Psalm 63:3
Jamestown
says, "Because (God's)
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loving kindness is
better than life, my
There is nothing
lips will praise you."
better than knowing
Hebrews 13:15 says,
the fullness of our
"By Him therefore let
redemption that was
us offer the sacrifice of
purchased for us on
praise to God conthe cross of Calvary.
tinually, that is, THE
The realization of
FRUIT OF OUR
redemption should
LIPS giving thanks to
create a responsive
His Name." God has
heart and mouth for
ears and He is eager
every believer. 1 Peter to hear something
1:8-9 says, "Whom
from His redemption
having not seen ( Jesus) family. Many times
you love, in whom
His children are too
though you do not see silent and the seeds of
Him now, yet believfaith that would rescue
ing, you REJOICE
a lost world never
WITH JOY UNget planted. Romans
SPEAKABLE AND
10:17 says, "...faith
FULL OF GLORY..." comes by HEARING
True Bible faith will
AND HEARING by
provoke a believer
the Word of God."
to rejoice with "joy
What if the Church is
unspeakable" and
too quiet? The voice
"glory". Yet so many
of redemption is the
worship services are
greatest harvest tool
without rejoicing. And there is. God needs
if you are a church
your mouth to win the
that rejoices with joy
planet He died for.
and glory you might
The glory of God on
get labeled as "one
the lips of believers
of those churches." I
is the best advertiseam sorry to say that
ment for Heaven there
much of the Body of
is. Romans 10:14 tells
Christ has lost their
us, "How then shall
shout. We have althey (unbelievers) call
lowed traditionalism
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on Him whom they
have not believed?
And how shall they
believe in Him of
whom they have not
HEARD? And how
shall they HEAR
without a preacher?"
The word preacher
here does not mean
the person dressed
real nice standing
behind the pulpit
Sunday morning in
church. The word
preacher here means
"one who proclaims."
God needs ones that
will proclaim. He isn't
only interested in your
salvation but in the
salvation of every human being. God needs
walking and talking
billboards for Christ.
I have noticed that
God blesses the lives
of those that proclaim His goodness
in Christ. Well think
about it. Of course
God makes investments in those that
are willing to be
advertisements for His
Kingdom. Why would
He invest in us if we
stay quiet? Would you
pay big money for a
newspaper or radio ad
and not have it seen or
heard? You wouldn't
waste your money!
Don't you think God
is at least as smart as
we are? He is infinitely
wise and He doesn't
waste His blessings
on those unwilling to
speak for Him