My Walk with the Lord yesterday was awesome and challenging. To start with I had to take my son Colby to the airport in Houston so he could fly home to California. This was my yearly visit with him, and every year it gets harder to say goodbye and let him go. There was a difference this year though, I know that this time I was sending him home a better young man than when he arrived. You might wonder how I can be so sure of this, the answer is simple, during his visit here this time he made the decision to accept Christ into his heart and start his own journey with the Lord. In addition to his Salvation we were able to take him through the steps to get Baptized and join the Church body that we belong to. That in itself was awesome, not just good, but God Good.
Now while I was driving the 3 hours back from Houston I had the opportunity to listen to a podcast of a service that I had to leave during 2 weeks back from my Pastor which dealt with the Stewardship of Relationships. My wife had told me that I had missed out on a very powerful message, so I decided to listen to it, and let me tell you, she was spot on. The majority of the message dealt with Adam and Eve and the Serpent in the Garden, but the main points of the message had to deal with Godly relationships verses UnGodly relationships. Now let me tell you, my Pastor is was on his game this day, he delivered a very driven, passionate, and transparent message. He did not pull any punches. It was driven home that relationships start in the home and that it is not just my wife and kids responsibility to ensure that they are chosing to be in Godly relationships, but also my responsibility to make sure that they are engaging in healthy, Godly relationships. Some of the things from this sermon that were brought to the front can really make you take a look at your life. First off the Gospel tells us that God created man in his own image, perfect and innocent. The Gospel also tells us that he created woman to compliment man, because God realised that man being alone was bad. So what happened in the Garden. The sermon brought to light that there were many issues with relationship with Eve and the Serpent to start with, but it was not all Eve's fault. The relationship between the Serpent and Eve was a perfect example of an UnGodly relationship with many signs to this fact. The second point brought out and really driven home is that Adam was there the whole time watching this relationship develop and did nothing. So who was really the one to blame. For me I would have to say that Adam was the one to blame, at any time he could have to Eve to stop this relationship, but by being complacent and letting this relationship develop, he eventually did exactly what God had told him not to do which led to the expulsion from the Garden. I will tell you, this was a powerful Sermon and eventhough it got a little harsh, I believe it was something that everyone needed to hear. Below is a link to the podcast of this Sermon should you so chose to hear it.
http://fbcrosepine.org/graphics/UploadFile/6471/Doctrine_of_Man__Stewardship_of_Relationships_.mp3
I can tell you that I have re-evaluated alot of my personal relationships, and have started to remove the relationships in my life that are UnGodly. As the Sermon says, if the relationship is not drawing me towards God then it is drawing me away from God, and therefore it is UnGodly.
There will be more to follow today. This was all I could fit in in my first couple hours of the day.
G.E.D.D
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