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Is God calling you to be a superhero? Today in the book of Judges, we will meet two women, both of whom might be called superheroes. What do their stories possibly have to do with us? How might God be calling us to be superheroes? And in our New Testament reading, great multitudes were following Jesus. What an evangelistic opportunity! But instead of encouraging them, he wanted to know if they had counted the cost of following Him and whether they were prepared to love Him so much that their love for father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, even love for themselves would seem like hate in comparison. So, is Christianity really that simple … just pray a prayer and ask Jesus into your heart?
2022. A new year stands before us. 2021 and 2020 before that have been challenging to put it mildly. Viruses. Bombings. Senseless murders. Shut-downs. Financial hardships. Crime. Dirty, partisan politics. Suicide. Sexual immorality. Anger. Road rage. Persecution. The loss of religious freedoms. The world around us has been and continues to be in upheaval. Everything is changing right before our eyes. Even within the church world, there are many false gospels. So, how will we know truth from lies? How can we stand strong in a changing world, when life gets hard, or stays hard?
If you died tonight, do you know where you would spend eternity? Perhaps you have been in church most of your life. Maybe you were baptized, joined a church, walked an aisle, or prayed a prayer years ago. But do you truly understand the gospel? And can you know for certain that you have eternal life? If you have doubts about your salvation, don't ignore them or simply try to convince yourself that everything is OK. God doesn't want us to leave our eternity to chance. His Word tells us how we can know that we belong to Him. And if you are confident of your salvation, what do you need to remember when sharing the gospel with friends and family? How much depends on saying just the right words or making a convincing argument? These are questions with eternal consequences, and today's reading from 1 Corinthians has something important to say about both.
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