Salvogesis

Today’s offering is entitled ‘Fight like a Christian’ or ‘War like a Christian’. If one is going to speak of such things, it seems appropriate to speak about this at The Salvation Army with soldiers and officers and others associated with the Army present. The Salvation Army has long recognized that our war is not a battle of flesh and blood but a battle with powers and principalities (Ephesians 6:12) and this is a key thought influencing our passage in 2 Corinthians 10 today. At the Army when we become soldiers, full members of The Salvation Army we sign a covenant with God; keeping with our military theme, do you know what that covenant is called? – The Articles of War: Soldier's Covenant. Our text in 2 Corinthians 10:2 says that, because we are Christians we do not live by the standards of this world. The word 'world' here refers to 'society’. Our Articles of War talks about a number of ways that our standards – not as Christians but as Salvation Soldiers – a...

My daughter has been working at camp all Summer; she has had a great time meeting new friends, reuniting with friends from the previous years and across the province. She doesn't really want to come home; she doesn't want the Summer to end. She knows it has to and she knows that we, her family, are coming to get her. The rest of the family, as the time was nearing to pick Rebecca up, we have taken our holidays near the camp. One night, while everyone else was asleep, Sarah-Grace (Rebecca's closest sister in age) and I decided to go and surprise Rebecca. Sarah-Grace and I drove to the camp, found out where her cabin was and Sarah-Grace went inside to see her. Rebecca's was glad to see us but her first response was one of fear and surprise. "What are you doing here?" "It's not time to go yet?" "I am not ready to go!" "We're not going!" Sarah-Grace calmed her down. We were just visiting. We went to the dining hall and v...

It can continue The Good News of Salvation As we walk with God All of these analogies are true and more. Jesus gives us many metaphors of Salvation in the Gospels. There are some key things that we should probably know and realize in our lives: 1) Salvation is not merely a final destination; it is a relationship, a journey with our Lord and Saviour. Salvation is us living with and serving our Lord, starting now and with the option to continue forever. 2) Salvation, Christianity and Holiness are not distinct from each other. They are all based on the same word - Hagios; they are one in the same. If you are saved, you are a Christian (Saint), and if you are a Christian (Saint) you are holy. The Bible is very clear that as we spend more time with God, the Holy Spirit makes us more like Him. God changes us; the world doesn't change, we do. 3) When we are experiencing the Lord's salvation in our life it does not mean that we will have the perfect life in that nothin...

A walk with a friend This is true Salvation A means not an end Salvation is not merely a state to be obtained. It is a relationship. When we are in relationship with our Lord we experience the joy of Salvation. When one is not in relationship with our Lord one does not experience the joys of Salvation. As we continue to walk with the Lord we continue to experience Salvation through all the joys, trials, tribulations, and exhilaration of life. True Salvation is not merely a heaven that you walk to with your Lord and Saviour. True Salvation is the heaven that you experience while walking with Jesus, Our Lord and Saviour both now and forever. https://www.facebook.com/Salvogesis/ www.sheepspeak.com

Not just a wedding and big party, but a life A real marriage Salvation is not just saying some words. Salvation is not just uttering a prayer. Salvation is not just getting baptized or taking communion. Salvation is a life that one spends with the Lord for Eternity. It is like the difference between a wedding and a marriage. A wedding is an event. If the last time that you saw your spouse was on the day you said, ‘I do’ than you may be wed but you certainly never experienced the joys of life with your spouse: you do not have a marriage. But when you and your partner grow together through all of life’s struggles, trials, and celebrations; you become more like your spouse and even know their thoughts. This is like Salvation, our life with the Lord. The more time we spend with Him the more we experience Him in our life, the more we turn to and rely on him, the more we love Him, the more we experience our salvation. https://www.facebook.com/Salvogesis/ www.sheepspea...

The book is a jacket Until it is read and then It’s an adventure My family loves reading: my kids, my wife, myself. We all enjoy our books. I think every wall in our house that can have a bookshelf against it, probably does. We have everything from children’s books, to cook books, to music magazines, to theological treaties, to historical documents, and much more. Between us we buy a lot of books. Susan gets a lot of books from Amazon. Every once and a while, I find a classic at the Thrift Store or a used book store for next to nothing. Sometimes I find two or three books at a time. I can only read so many books at once so if I find that when  I have purchased or received more than that at a time, I can put them on a shelf or somewhere else and never read them. The whole time they sit on the shelf they are nothing more than a piece of artwork, a title. It is only when I pick them up and read them that I learn and discover and live what the author wrote for me to experien...

Joy, lost and now found Twice as sweet as it once was Forgiveness is love When an abandoned house is repaired brick by brick or plank by plank, the house begins to come to life. As the repaired house is repainted it becomes inviting. As the invitation is accepted, love, life, family, friends and joy return. This is forgiveness. This is Salvation. As we forgive others, our healing becomes like a renovated house, as we accept the Lord’s love and forgiveness, His Spirit dwells in us. He restores us. https://www.facebook.com/Salvogesis/ www.sheepspeak.com