Email Rev. Chris Peagler: cpeagler@homesc.com
March 24, 2019
And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, 'Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?; But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
Luke 9:52-55 NIV
You read it right! Jesus' disciples asked if they could call fire down on a village Old Testament style because they would not receive Him. Jesus promptly rebuked them because that was not the ministry and message of Christ. Jesus came to redeem and show unconditional and ultimate love to a dying and dark world of SIN. The disciples had a misconception about the change Jesus was going to bring to the world. This was not going to be a love that forces its way from the outside in, but a love that would spring from the inside out. This love would be a fire that doesn't burn flesh, but a flame that purifies the soul and strengthens the heart of the Believer. A love that calls us to bring light into a dark world! Do you know this love that burns so bright?
In His Amazing Love,
Pastor Chris
Luke 9:52-55 NIV
You read it right! Jesus' disciples asked if they could call fire down on a village Old Testament style because they would not receive Him. Jesus promptly rebuked them because that was not the ministry and message of Christ. Jesus came to redeem and show unconditional and ultimate love to a dying and dark world of SIN. The disciples had a misconception about the change Jesus was going to bring to the world. This was not going to be a love that forces its way from the outside in, but a love that would spring from the inside out. This love would be a fire that doesn't burn flesh, but a flame that purifies the soul and strengthens the heart of the Believer. A love that calls us to bring light into a dark world! Do you know this love that burns so bright?
In His Amazing Love,
Pastor Chris