Our Gathering

I choose to believe that some of us have given time to examining and gathering precious, valuable, spiritual insights, which have made us think seriously about our present condition. I’m reminded of the Samaritan woman whom Jesus exposed, no matter how she tried to keep her personal life a secret to Him. We too are like that Samaritan woman, who had to own up to the sinfulness of her present life, so that she could repent and receive forgiveness and a completely changed life in Christ Jesus. So loved and changed did she feel that she was compelled to run back to her townsfolk commending Jesus.

However He may choose, may the Holy Spirit convict us about the truth of our lives that we may receive His pardoned new life and be powerful witnesses for Him.

Seeing and Returning

What are we seeing? What are we finding? We cannot miss the fact of how faithful our Heavenly Father God is. His faithfulness is seen each and every moment, as we find Him, so true to His Word, so very loving and kind. His mercies are O so tender to all sinners. It is when we see Him and His attributes so freely opened up and made accessible to each of us that we are drawn away from our wretchedness, vileness and utter rebelliousness towards Him. We fall in deep repentance and return to our Heavenly Father, through His precious Son, our Loving Lord, Saviour and King.

Signing and Resourcefulness

In this signing, I am reminded of what happens when people get married. There is a signing of the marriage register, which must be done in the presence of at least two witnesses. The man and woman, who have just taken their vows which they have made to each other and to Father God, must sign that book, sealing if you like, their vows to be true to each other. In my experience of marriage and witnessing the marriage of countless others, it was always a huge welcoming of the married couple. This was what always struck me. Because of how our older churches were built, there was a little room called a vestry and after the couple took their vows, they were escorted into the vestry to do the signing. It was after the signing that those people who had made their vows and promises to God and each other, were commended to the public as it were, as a married couple. Is this not the same for each of us?

When we have repented and received the forgiveness of our Lord, when we have pledged and given our lives to Jesus, the Bridegroom, as His ready bride, we, the Church, collectively and individually, are sealed to Him. It is through The Holy Spirit that we are sealed as one, with our Jesus. It is through the Holy Spirit that we are given authority, right, legitimacy and all other resources which we will need to offer and commend our Saviour to others.

By faith and in faith only, through our indwelling - ever present, ever working – Holy Spirit will we be witnesses for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Indeed! We are made resourceful, available and able through our Holy Spirit’s power and to the pleasure, honour and glory of our Father God, to be living witnesses of Jesus. We are made bold in wisdom and zeal, bearing His lasting abundance of fruit, as we prophesy to the truth and favour of Saviour Jesus, whose grace is for all. We prove, by the testimony of our own lives, to all those to whom we preach, proclaim and publicize Jesus, that Jesus came from heaven to save all of us who were lost, to offer us pardon and freedom, from every burden of sin. The Grace of our Saviour Jesus, Son of God, is so full and lasting, all who fall at Jesus’ feet and gladly believe, do not just know forgiveness, but we receive and take Jesus’ merits as our title to heaven.

Praise God! Only in Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen!