I love Luke. Luke starts his gospel by saying I am writing this so you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. And that is the heart of the matter, we don’t do church because it’s convenient, we don’t do the Gospel because it makes life more bearable, we do it because it is truth. It is certainty. And perhaps that is one point preachers need to emphasise more in these times of intense holy navel gazing and seeming triumph of relativity of all things.
We are grateful for all that God does for us, we are thankful that He is loving, gracious, kind, forgiving, magnificent, benevolent and faithful. That is a wonderful thing. But we do not believe in Him only so long as He causes us to benefit from those things. No, we believe in Him because He is. It so happens that He is the rewarder of those who seek Him. It‘s a win-win situation. The gospel is truth, whether or not it makes me happy, whether or not it is convenient for me. And sometimes it would seem as if it makes me, that is my unregenerate flesh that still dominates my emotions less than happy. And that is where knowledge of truth makes the difference.
In our generation preachers are raising mercenary, selfish, spoilt overgrown babies who are looking for a cosmic sugar daddy to ease the pain of life and make them happy. But, it’s never enough; never enough to make us devoted followers. If we miss a daily dose, we renegotiate our allegiance. Self seeking, opinionated …click here to read more







