by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Christian life is an enigma. We are well-aware that the Holy one who chose us is full of power, life, forgiveness, and love; but we are not. We are tempted to blame the world, ourselves, and even God himself, but ultimately the enigma is intended! We groan, along...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the previous chapters, we learned the apostles devoted themselves to four activities: the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer (Acts 2:42). Prayer was not a casual, haphazard, religious activity attached to their busy careers, but a...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Communion, also known as the Breaking of Bread, or the Lord’s Supper, is the third activity to which the early church in Acts 2 “devoted” itself. According to the dictionary, “devoted” means loyal, faithful, true, staunch, steadfast, constant, committed, dedicated,...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Fellowship with others in the body of Christ is a function of our fellowship with God. Our fellowship is with the Father, and as we walk in the light, we have fellowship with one another. We are saved as individuals, but we are saved only as we are joined to Christ,...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
People may spend hours in the Word of God, in fellowship with Christians, in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, and even in prayer without experiencing the life of God. Spiritual life begins in the heart, but it is lived from the inside out. “They devoted...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Though Martin Luther lived an exemplary life as a monk, inside he felt he could never live up to God’s requirement of righteousness. God’s righteous judgment proclaimed in the gospel seemed cause for despair until he realized that the righteousness offered in the...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Obedience is not external conformity but internal conformity. It is not of the letter but the spirit. [i] It is living from the inside out! This is why, under the New Covenant, the “Law of God is written on the heart” (Jer 31:33). If we are led by the Spirit, we are...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the words of St Augustine, “If you ask me, what is the first precept of the Christian religion, I will answer, first, second, and third, Humility.”[i] Jesus said, “Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matt...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Love defines us. What we love, how we love, who we love ultimately defines who we are and what we become. This explains why Solomon said, “Watch over your heart with all diligence for from it flow the springs of life”. (Pro. 4:23 NASV) “Which is the...
by Steve Gannon | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
‘The most important thing in analyzing how we should live as believers is that the most important thing remains the most important thing. Failure in the Christian life may often be traced to a believer allowing the urgent or the pressing to usurp the position of the...
