Preached by Chris Adams - April 6, 2008


SU student, Alberto Mulero, got baptized this past Sunday, gratefully pledging a good conscience toward God that he would take on Jesus’ light yoke of joyful service.

Let’s gratefully share our faith this week!

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Isaiah 35:6

Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.

Yes, Jesus built a great church on the foundation of the apostles belief that he was the Christ–but also on their example of living out their faith with great joy! Their lives showed how they responded to the resurrection and forgiveness of their sins, by the way they committed themselves to teaching the whole world about God’s great love.

In fact, there is no true discipleship without great joy. However, many today are looking for joy to come from a sanitized version of Jesus’ message. “You killed the author of life,” was how they (lovingly!) shared their faith because they knew true freedom only comes from truly hating what our sins did to Jesus. Let’s be inspired by the great boldness of men and women in the first century who listened to the Word and DID what it said–and we will see God do more than we can ask or imagine in His church today!

The question we must all ask ourselves is:

If everyone was like me, what kind of church would this be?


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