God Always Keeps His Word

Introduction

There are lots of things that we don’t like as humans: Red lights. Companies raising their prices overnight. Something not working like it should. We can make a long list of things that we don’t like, but two of the items that will show up on most lists are Pain and Waiting. Generally speaking, people don’t like to wait, and we don’t like being in pain. As you think of those two things, which place specializes in pain and waiting? The Emergency Room! Basically everyone in there is in some kind of pain, and because there are so many people in pain, everyone has to wait. A little over a week ago, Lindsey and I were doing some back to school stuff with Gabriel. School supplies. Clothes. Haircut. It was a great morning! We ate lunch. Got home, and as soon as I stepped into the house it felt like someone was stabbing my back with a knife!

It had been a decade since I’ve felt anything close to that feeling, but as soon as it happened I knew what was going on: Kidney Stone. We go to the ER, hoping that we can figure out how big the stone is and how to proceed, only to wait 4 hours to get seen, 7 hours to get pain meds, and 10 hours to be discharged. 10/10 don’t recommend! Waiting, especially while in pain, isn’t fun. Have you ever found yourself not simply waiting for a doctor to see you or for a car to get out of your way or for that person in front of you at Sam’s Club to FINALLY be done scanning their groceries… but waiting on the Lord? Have you discovered that God’s clock doesn’t exactly tick the same way that ours does? That’s not always a fun season to be in… because waiting isn’t always easy. We might feel forgotten. Hopeless. Discouraged. In pain.

In those seasons, we remember this amazing truth: God Always Keeps His Word. This doesn’t mean that the pain will stop. That God will answer exactly how and when we want Him to. But it does mean this: Darkness Doesn’t Win. Suffering Isn’t Forever. Jesus Wins!

This morning as we continue working our way through the Gospel of Luke, we come to a passage where people are waiting. We’re introduced to 2 babies who will change the world: John and Jesus. As Luke introduces his Gospel account, he wants his audience to know that our faith isn’t blind, but based on evidence. Research. Sources. Eyewitnesses. This morning, we come to a long passage, over 50 verses, but one loaded with incredible truth for us today. Let’s see how Luke introduces us to pre-born Jesus!

Luke 1:5–56 CSB

5 In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord. 7 But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years. 8 When his division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense. 10 At the hour of incense the whole assembly of the people was praying outside. 11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was terrified and overcome with fear. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John. 14 There will be joy and delight for you, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb. 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.” 18 “How can I know this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.” 19 The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news. 20 Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.” 21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary. 22 When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He was making signs to them and remained speechless. 23 When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home. 24 After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said, 25 “The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.” 26 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And the angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you.” 29 But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be. 30 Then the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will have no end.” 34 Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?” 35 The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless. 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38 “See, I am the Lord’s servant,” said Mary. “May it happen to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her. 39 In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah 40 where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 Then she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and your child will be blessed! 43 How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill what he has spoken to her!” 46 And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 because he has looked with favor on the humble condition of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and his name is holy. 50 His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear him. 51 He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has scattered the proud because of the thoughts of their hearts; 52 he has toppled the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly. 53 He has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy 55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he spoke to our ancestors. 56 And Mary stayed with her about three months; then she returned to her home.

Nothing is impossible for our God! He has a plan that is for His glory and our good. We can always trust in Him.

God Always Hears His People (5-25)

We know that the Bible is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the Old Testament, we see God at work in lots of different ways. Creation. Parting the Red Sea. Giving the 10 Commandments. Delivering the Israelites from enemies left and right. We see the Lord at work… Eventually, the nation of Israel is a shell of its former self. The Egyptians come and go. The Assyrians come and go. The Babylonians come and go. The Greeks come and go. The people of Israel have the prophets who share God’s truth with them and remind them to not give into idolatry, to not partner with godless empires, to worship God alone. But what do the people consistently do? They align themselves with pagan powers. They worship idols. They reject God. The Old Testament ends, and we enter into a period of time between Malachi 4 and Matthew 1 that lasts over 400 years where God was silent. Imagine this: the United States has only been a nation for 250 years. We’re talking about a timespan 150 years longer than the existence of our nation whenever God was silent. He was not speaking through prophets as He had done for centuries before. Into this context, we find Luke’s Gospel explain something extraordinary in this passage.

God didn’t disappear. God was listening. Get this: God was still working!

Do you think the people of Israel were discouraged during this “intertestamental” period? They knew the stories of the Old Testament. How God spoke through the prophets. How God even spoke through a donkey. And now, God was seemingly silent. That’s tough. That’s difficult. Here we are told of a couple, Zechariah and Elizabeth. Zechariah is a priest. Look at verse 6 - both of them were living without blame. This doesn’t mean they were perfect, but it does mean that whenever they sinned, they offered sacrifice and repented of their sins. They did what they were supposed to do. In modern terminology, they not only went to church but they lived that life outside the walls of the church. They served. They praised God. They did what the Bible tells us to do. As humans, what do we expect whenever we see someone doing what they’re supposed to do? We expect them to be rewarded. We expect good things to happen to seemingly good people! But what does verse 7 tell us? They had no children. Elizabeth couldn’t conceive. Both were well along in years.

We see a problem!

Zechariah and Elizabeth likely got married young as was custom at that time. Lindsey and I got married at 21, you know what we started getting asked after a few months? When are you guys going to have a kid? Incredibly awkward and, honestly, that’s no one else’s business. Zechariah and Elizabeth get married, and they start getting older… still no kid. The “When are you having a kid” questions turn into “We hope you can have a kid” and then it is assumed “You can’t have kids.” These are righteous, childless people we’re told.

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I once heard a story from a pastor and his wife who couldn’t have biological kids. They were at a church similar in size to ours and they had church-wide baby showers to shower love and support to these soon-to-be mom’s! The pastor’s wife came to each shower with a gift and a smile. Happy for these sweet families. Thankful for the gift of life that comes from God. And at the same time of being happy and thankful, grieving that she and her husband wouldn’t experience this. Without fail, each shower a senior saint would always say, “Don’t worry sweetie, I bet you’ll be next!” Knife. After knife. After knife. Fast forward and after several of these showers there was a funeral for one of these senior saints, and the pastor’s wife was feeling a certain way, and approached a group of these women, smiled, and calmly said, “Don’t worry sweetie, I bet you’ll be next!” Y’all, I read that this week and I didn’t know how to respond!

Just imagine the pain, though, that Elizabeth is walking through here. Righteous but barren. Verse 25 - she felt shame and disgrace among the people.

How do we respond to God when we don’t understand the season that we’re in?

Whenever my family got to FBC Ozark, there was a woman that my mom quickly became friends with as they were both involved in the music ministry together. This was a woman who loved Jesus, served in her church, and knew her Bible. And then she got cancer… and you know what didn’t change? She loved Jesus, served in her church, and knew her Bible. As an outsider, what question do we fight in those moments? “Why them?” Why are they suffering like that whenever they “do” the right things? What we do often times is we assume our circumstance with God’s blessing. In other words: I’m healthy, therefore God is happy. What is the opposite? I’m sick, therefore God’s angry. Real quick theology lesson: Bad theology hurts people. There are some healthy people who do not know Christ as Lord and Savior, and God is not happy with them. Some of the godliest people I’ve met have been those who have suffered the greatest. Being godly doesn’t mean you receive a challenge-free life. That’s what the prosperity Gospel promotes, but the Biblical Gospel adamantly denies. We don’t get a “get out of suffering free pass” just because we’re Christians. There are seasons where there are things that we walk through and we don’t understand the why. But here’s what we do know:

God is Good

God is Sovereign - in other words, even when I can’t see it, God has a purpose in this

I Belong to Him

Zechariah and Elizabeth don’t know why they can’t have a child, but they keep on doing what they should be doing. Fast forward and we see that the angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah and look at what he says in verse 13

Luke 1:13 CSB

13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.

2 incredible truths here. First, what does the angel lead with? Do Not Be Afraid!

Angelelogy - doctrine of angels (“angel” shows up 23x in Luke’s Gospel)

Angels:

God’s Messengers (Luke 1-2)

Soldiers (2 Kings 6:16-17)

Heavenly Chorus (Luke 2:13-14)

Are Immortal (Luke 20:36)

Protect of God’s People (Luke 4:10)

Rejoice when Sinners are Saved (Luke 15:10)

Are Terrifying (Luke 1:13)

Are Not Humans (Genesis 1:26-27)

Whenever a loved one dies, they don’t become an angel because that is a downgrade for humans. Angels aren’t made in God’s image. Angels also aren’t the cute, cuddly cupids that many imagine. How do we know this? Angels are God’s messengers, and what do they almost always lead with in the Bible? DO NOT BE AFRAID. Why do they lead with this? Because God doesn’t want them to kill someone when they show up. They are terrifying and often they bring a serious message!

Secondly, and more importantly, look at what the angel says: Your prayer has been heard. Have you ever felt like your prayers weren’t doing anything? Been there. It’s like they go up, hit that metal ceiling, and bounce right back to the floor! If you’re a Christian, rejoice in the good news of Proverbs 15:29

Proverbs 15:29 CSB

29 The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

He hears the prayers of His people. Zechariah and Elizabeth had been married for a long time… they likely prayed about this DECADES before. What does the angel say? Your prayer has been heard. If you’re like me, you likely wonder “When was this prayer heard?” Daniel 10 offers us helpful insight into this

Daniel 10:12–13 CSB

12 “Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

I LOVE Daniel - someday we’ll work our way through it. This is fascinating. As soon as Daniel prayed, the angel says that your prayer was heard and that the angel came because of your prayers, but he was opposed by the prince of Persia. Do you see that spiritual warfare is a real thing? What can we hold onto here? Whenever we pray, God hears. Whenever we pray, God answers. As Adrian Rogers reminded his congregation decades ago, “Prayer is not bending God’s will to ours, but aligning our will with His!”

Think if God had answered their prayer decades earlier - John the Baptist wouldn’t have been born at the exact time necessary to prepare the people for Jesus. Just as God had a perfect time for John the Baptist, He had a perfect time for Jesus to be born

Galatians 4:4–5 CSB

4 When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

When the time came to completion, God sent His Son. When the time was right, God answered this prayer from Zechariah and Elizabeth from years before. Application point - when you pray and you don’t see the answer, don’t stop, keep praying! My dad prayed for his father’s salvation for decades. God graciously saved my grandpa whenever he was 70 years old! Don’t stop praying because God answers in His time. And whenever God does answer, don’t be like Zechariah! What does he do? He immediately doubts. “How can I know this?” He asks for evidence - and we aren’t guaranteed this.

Because of this, we see that Zechariah is unable to talk the entire duration of this pregnancy. 9 whole months of silence. Can you imagine your spouse not being able to talk for 9 months? I’ll leave that to your determination as to if that would that be a blessing or a curse! This righteous person who worshiped God didn’t believe in God’s answer to his prayer. Brothers and sisters, let this not be true of us. Let’s be a people who trust in the Lord at all times, remembering that He always hears us!

God Always Has a Plan (26-38)

From one baby announcement to another, we move from an older couple that has prayed and prayed for this day to a young, unmarried woman. From a priest to relatively unknown 12-14 year old girl. From the hustle and bustle of Jerusalem to the small countryside of Nazareth. Look at what John’s Gospel says about this

John 1:46 CSB

46 “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asked him. “Come and see,” Philip answered.

6 months before this, Gabriel told Zechariah and Elizabeth some incredible news concerning their son John. Now, Gabriel is back to work and he is sent by God to share another pregnancy announcement of sorts. This time, though, there is an even bigger surprise. Zechariah and Elizabeth were married, but they were older in years. Her womb was said to be barren… but there are Old Testament examples of barren wombs being opened. We see this in the story of Abraham and Sarah. That’s not normal, but it’s not unprecedented. God had proven powerful enough to do this. But there’s a bigger problem here with Mary. She’s an unmarried virgin. That’s an obstacle that no human can solve. And imagine whenever Joseph finds out, “Joseph, an angel told me that I’m going to give birth to a child in 9 months and that child will be the Son of God and I promise that I’ve been completely faithful to you!” Talk about a curveball here! Matthew’s Gospel tells us that Joseph didn’t believe right away and determined to divorce Mary after hearing this news

Matthew 1:19 CSB

19 So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

Look at what Gabriel says to Mary - Do not be afraid, for you have found favor with God. Again, whenever people see angels in the Bible, they are typically afraid. But verse 29 tells us that Mary was deeply troubled. Zechariah was a prophet, blameless according to the law, but it is Mary, the young woman, who is described as chosen by God’s grace. Have you ever experienced a Divinely thrown curveball before? Been there too! Of all the billions of women who have walked planet earth, Mary was chosen by God for this incredible task of carrying the Son of God.

7 predictions about the Messiah:

Mary will conceive

Son will be called Jesus

He will be great (see Titus 2:13)

Son of Most High

Be given the throne of David

Reign as King forever

His rule will know no end

Not only will Mary become pregnant, she will give birth to Jesus (name means salvation) who will be the Son of the Most High who will fulfill God’s covenant with David, and rule as King forever as the promised Messiah. What is Mary’s response?

How will this happen since I’m a virgin? That’s a fair question, isn’t it? Whenever I read this several months ago in preparing for this series through Luke, I underlined her response along with Zechariah’s. They both ask questions after Gabriel tells them what is going to happen. At first glance, we might assume that they’re the same question or coming from the same place. However, Mary’s question is biological - this hasn’t ever happened. It cannot happen apart from divine intervention - God, how are YOU going to do this? God, how is this possible?

Have you ever asked the Lord for verification? Whenever Lindsey and I were coming to South Gate and I was preaching the day of the vote, we were praying for discernment from the Lord on how we’d know that this truly was His plan for us. Our previous church was thriving. Healthy. Doubled in size in 3 years. Generous. Supportive. Filled with friends. As a pastor, there’s no reason you’d willingly leave that. But we felt like the Lord was in this transition and as we prayed about the vote, the bylaws of South Gate require 75%, but we didn’t feel peace with 75%. That means that if you have 400 votes, 100 people voted NO for you. That’s a crazy high number from day one! So, we prayed and arrived at 95%. In Baptist life, you’ll always have some “NO” votes just because people really liked the person before you. You’ll have some “NO” votes because you answered a question in a way that someone didn’t like. 95% is a high number that doesn’t always happen. This was the number we arrived at through prayer. We trusted the Lord was in this, and we asked for this type of “sign” or clarification… and the Lord graciously gave that to us with a 98% + affirmative vote and we thank God for that on a regular basis! We prayed for that assurance. Direction. Peace. And the Lord provided. Friends, God always has a plan. Mary shares a profound truth in verse 37

Luke 1:37 CSB

37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”

God will fulfill His plan! Mary simply submits to God’s plan. With God all things are possible. We see this with Jesus’ birth and we see this with Jesus’ death and resurrection as well! Today, God still has the power to do the impossible in saving sinners and bringing us from death to life. Even when you don’t have all the answers, like Mary, we are called to trust in the faithfulness of God!

God’s People Always Have A Reason to Praise (39-56)

We’ve seen two incredible pregnancy announcements so far! Both involved an angel. Both involved divine intervention. Both involved unexpected circumstances. Now, we see an incredible celebration. The text tells us that Mary hurried to Zechariah’s house and met Elizabeth, who was 6 months pregnant at this time. They meet and they celebrate! This point cannot be missed here - we unashamedly celebrate life. But Mary and Elizabeth celebrate not only because of the fact that they are pregnant… they celebrate because of what the Lord has done and what He has shared with them about their boys. Notice who the first person to celebrate the Lord Jesus Christ was… an unborn baby. John leaps for joy in Elizabeth’s womb and we read that then Elizabeth was “filled with the Holy Spirit.” How could Elizabeth know that Jesus was Lord?

1 Corinthians 12:3 CSB

3 Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit revealed this to her. How do you know today that Jesus is Lord? Because the Holy Spirit of the living God has opened your eyes to see the truth. Softened your heart to respond in faith. And changed you from the inside out. Friends, we all have reason to praise the Lord whenever we think of what He has done in opening our eyes and changing our hearts.

In response to Elizabeth’s joyous welcome, Mary sings. She rejoices and magnifies the Lord. She goes to God’s Word. She rejoices that this boy will grow and save people from their sins as the Old Testament promised would happen. There has been a lot of talk in recent days from mainline, progressive Christians that Jesus didn’t die on the cross as the substitute for our sins. They argue that it wasn’t substitution. That He was oppressed by a hostile, religious people and martyred. Many of these voices are also the ones who separate the black letters from Paul with the Red letters of Jesus, hate the Pastoral Letters like 1/2 Timothy and Titus, and often completely reject complementarianism and typically embrace universalism. To quote Alistair Begg, “The Bible is so helpful to us if we just read it.” When the Bible is clear, we should be unashamedly clear. Jesus saves sinners. Jesus died in the place of sinners.

Habakkuk 3:18 CSB

18 yet I will celebrate in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

Who needs saving? Sinners. God has acted, we are called to respond. It doesn’t matter who you are. Rich or poor. Tall or short. Male or female. We all need saving.

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In fact, Luke’s Gospel will show us that Jesus turns an upside-down world right-side up from the get go in the life of Mary. Who is Mary? One of the lowliest in Israel. A young, unmarried woman. Yet, she is called the “most blessed among women.” This is what Jesus does! He saves sinners. He heals the sick. He reaches out to the broken. He preaches good news to the poor. He gives mercy to those that society has kicked to the curb. Hear this today: Jesus is Strong and Mighty and Gentle and Lowly. He is the Savior of Sinners and, Luke 7:34 will tell us, He is a Friend of Sinners.

Because of what we see from Gabriel and Mary about Jesus, we always have reason to praise Jesus for WHO He is and for what He has done!

Mary had every reason to be afraid. In the culture she was in, to be pregnant while engaged and not from the fiance, this was punishable by death. The man she loved likely would leave her. If this happened, she would be likely be a beggar. Everything is falling apart, yet she praises the Lord because Gabriel tells her that her son will be called Jesus and He will save His people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 CSB

21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

If Mary was just looking at this through the lens of her relationship with Joseph, it would be easy to be afraid… but that relationship wasn’t her biggest problem. It was her relationship with God. See, Jesus solves our greatest problem and that is the problem that sin presents as it separates us from God! We all face difficulties and experience pain, but Jesus came to reverse it. In the world of JRR Toklein, “All the sad things come ‘untrue’” I love that phrase. It doesn’t mean that we’ll forget the bad as believers. But it means that all the sad feelings of loneliness and loss, they don’t win in the end. We’ll see that God uses things that we view as weakness and pain for something extraordinarily good. He reverses pain and erases disappointment.

South Gate, we must trust in the goodness of God! Sometimes what lies before us seems impossible. A relationship on the rocks. A situation where you feel like the only good decision to make is to not make a decision at all. Barrenness was the ultimate rock bottom for a family in Jewish culture. No kids meant no one to take care of you. No person to pass your name down to. Today, that might not be your issue… but we all know what it’s like to have our hopes and plans crumble and fall. Maybe you never got the promotion you hoped for. Maybe your relationship failed to provide you with the satisfaction you hoped. Maybe you hoped for health, but sickness keeps dragging you down. We all know what it’s like to feel this disappointment. We look at others who have succeeded and we feel like we don’t measure up. We feel lesser than. What do we do whenever we feel the disappointment of barrenness? Tim Keller offers 4 solutions:

Some will blame the thing that caused the disappointment

It wasn’t me - it was the girlfriend, it was my husband, it was my friend, they are the reason I feel discouraged and like my life is over. It was my job that caused me to get depressed. It was the thing.

Some will blame yourself

You believe the you are the reason you feel disappointed. That there is something wrong with you. That you are a failure. That you can’t do anything right.

Some will blame the world

It’s not my fault. The problem is the world that we live in. It’s the older generations that have ruined interest rates and raised the national debt. It’s the younger generation that has ruined the world and brought about all this new technology. It’s not me… it’s the world around me.

Few will remember that they were created for another world

We were made by God, for God. Whenever we remember this, we know that we won’t have all the answers we’d like to have in this life. But we realize that we do have the answers for our eternal life.

I listened to a pastor end his sermon with this, “People always say that they want a pastor who gives me things relevant to my life. Simple. Applicable. What they want is to come to church and in 25 minutes hear 4 steps to becoming a better communicator in their marriage and a humorous story mixed in. Here’s the problem: You will always have another problem. Your soul was created by God, and because there is nothing more relevant than the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, learning 15 steps to becoming a better communicator won’t do half the good for your soul as embracing and understanding the billions of steps that He took toward you whenever He came into this world as the God-man who would grow to die on a blood stained cross in your place, for your sins.”

God’s Faithfulness Changes Us:

God’s Silence isn’t God’s Absence - Keep Praying

God is Faithful to His Promises - Keep Worshipping

God’s Plan is Good - Keep Trusting

Friends, God always keeps His Word. Jesus is the answer. Whatever you’re struggling with today, trust in Jesus. Turn away from sin. Believe in His Word. Be changed today!