| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Salvation past, present, and future” Our Bible verse for today: “I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6 (CSB) Our thought for today: “It’s building to something glorious” All last month and now into this new month we have been refreshing our understanding of the important doctrine of salvation. We need to know this for our own sake, but we also need to have such a good understanding of salvation that we can quickly and easily explain it to others. That’s why we are engaging in this two-month review of things many of us have already been taught but which perhaps we have forgotten or don’t remember well. The fact that we are saved is of course of supreme importance, but the greatest and most glorious aspect of salvation is what it’s leading to. Having been saved and living as a saved person leads us to the best part of salvation – eternity in heaven. This is the future of salvation and it is what we will spend the month of March thinking about. In his book, “The Doctrine of Salvation,” Dr. Darrell Robinson likens our salvation experience to the flow of the mighty Mississippi River. The Mississippi begins as a small trickling stream way up north near the Great Lakes. As it flows south, it slowly picks up volume from other sources as it continues to grow larger and larger. By the time it finally arrives at its destination in the Gulf of Mexico, it comes crashing in with all the volume of a huge mighty river. Interestingly, the river’s path is not a straight line from north to south. Instead, it winds and curves around mountains and obstacles; it meanders through valleys; and it goes up and down through various elevations by means of locks and canals. It constantly flows towards its ultimate destination, but the journey is a crooked path at best. That’s a pretty good illustration of our salvation experience. We begin in the moment of salvation with a trickle of faith and a small spiritual stature. But then we begin the lifelong process of sanctification and as we progress on our journey, navigating life’s many challenges, praying and studying, participating in worship and fellowship, serving and being served, always growing, always maturing – we pick up great spiritual volume and we continue to increase in spiritual size and stature. Finally, we arrive at our ultimate destination (heaven) fully developed and ready to be the person God has always intended for us to be for all of eternity. Be encouraged my friends. This Christian life you are living is headed to a glorious fulfillment and I assure you, it is going to be good! God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you are reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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