GOSPEL ON REPEAT

…to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. Isaiah 9

In the Bible, the word ‘saint’ is given to all who believe in Jesus. It’s not about what you do, it’s about having your trust in Jesus. Glenn Davies has written a great article on it.

Here’s a snippet:

Put simply, anyone whose sins have been forgiven by God, through faith in Jesus Christ, is a saint. Through God’s Holy Spirit, faith in Jesus makes us whole, indeed “holy”. It is not the achievements of a person’s life, but rather the gift of God through Christ, that makes us saints. Anyone looking at the letters of the Saint Paul can see how he writes to ordinary Christians as “saints”. It is not some rarefied title, but the humbling appellation that reminds us we belong to God and in his sight we are “holy”.

The second problem with the Roman Catholic Church’s process of canonisation is that it obscures the importance of God’s description of his people and replaces it with a human analysis of miracle working. Who can prove that the reported miracles were actually the work of Mary MacKillop? Did the persons healed pray to only Mary or did they not also pray to God? Even if they prayed to Mary MacKillop, what evidence is there that it was Mary MacKillop’s intercession that healed them? Furthermore, what evidence is there in the Bible that the departed saints (I use the term advisedly) pray for us?

Read the rest here

After 13 years in and out of school halls, EV Church moved into their own space this past weekend. Andrew Heard preached a cracker in the final James sermon. Really encouraging time. On the Central Coast this Christmas?? Hit up EV Church: 331 Terrigal Drive, Erina 2250. Christmas Eve: 6pm + 9pm. Christmas Day: 8:15am + 930am. Here’s a Jesus’ Story vid they played at Nite EV on Sunday. (h/t dan g)

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