Alētheia

Key Text “ 37  Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” Matthew 10:37 As I was sitting reflecting on what to speak on this morning I thought back to a woman I know who is a good friend. She had lost her eldest son unexpectedly on the day of his high school graduation. He had surgery several weeks before and he got the all clear and was supposedly fully recovered, but due to some kind of complication from the  surgery he had something go amiss during his recovery and sadly, he passed away. Honestly I was ill-prepared to handle the conversation I had with her many years after her son’s death about her salvation and I worry there may be others in the church who have encountered similar instances and either unintentionally created a block to that person following Jesus because of the way they handled it or just bypassed the conversation all-together because it was honest...

Today is a significant day. It is the first day of the week. The day we come together to worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and give praise to our Heavenly Father – Jehovah God. On this day all around the world other members of the Lord’s church are gathering just as we are here today. In fact right at this moment in this time zone and possibly in the Central time zone, Christians are coming together to do the exact same thing we are doing here – Praying; Singing; Participating in the partaking of the Lord’s Supper and listening to a message being presented from our Holy God’s Word – The Bible.  To know there are probably millions of like-minded souls doing the same thing today… doing the very same thing which we are participating in is a humbling thought. It is also a powerful thought which should give us spiritual strength and help us grow as Christians knowing we here at Axton are so small in number. I say all that so I can say this… that while we are united with Chri...