Boeke
Waarom nog 'n boek oor Jesus? Wat maak dit boek uniek genoeg dat enigiemand wil dit lees?
Daar was niks uniek aan die woorde in Dickens nie roman A Tale of Two Cities. "Dit was die beste van tye; dit was die ergste van tye" soos al die woorde van sy boek ontelbare kere vantevore gebruik is. Die rangskikking van sy woorde het egter 'n nuwe perspektief en daardeur spesiale betekenis gegee aan die dinge waarvan hy gepraat het.
Die Jesus wat jy moet ken is 'n vars, nuwe perspektief op Jesus die man, Sy karakter, integriteit, toewyding aan God, liefde vir Sy vyande, en selfs Sy rede vir bestaan. Greg Treat is 'n baie goeie vriend, 'n Christenbroer en 'n mede-aanbieder op die Podcast That They Might Know . Hy is 'n toegewyde Christen, eggenoot en vader, prokureur en gegradueerde van die Meesterskollege. In sy resensie hiervan boek, het hy gesê, "Jy stel hierdie Bybelse kategorieë op, en wys dan hoe Christus die grootste van alle tye was ...
Ek kon myself sien as ’n Jesus-fanboy.”
Ek weet wat Greg gesê het, en hy het op geen manier die realiteit ondermyn dat Jesus Christus die Here is nie. Diegene wat na Hom toe kom, moet glo dat Hy so is en sodoende hulle lewens aan Hom onderwerp. Greg het gesê dat die perspektief wat in hierdie boek gevind word het hom 'n vars ywer vir Jesus.
I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH
- Jesus Christ
Joe Durso has teamed up with a faithful brother in the Lord, a good friend, and co-author Greg Treat to write I Will Build My Church. Greg is a graduate of the Master's College and McGeorge School of Law; he practices law in sunny Texas. He has a lovely wife and is the father of three darling girls two boys and a new baby boy. He is the pastor of a home church and an ardent student of Roman history and culture at the time of Christ.
What Joe and Greg have attempted to do in I Will Build My Church is to analyze the Old Testament model of a nation as God proposed for His people. Israel failed because only a remnant was saved. Satan quickly corrupted the majority because they never came under Jesus' control.
Likewise, the Church did not grow only with regenerate believers but enlarged artificially as Satan has contaminated the Church with false converts. Therefore, most people not adhering to God's plans for the Church set in motion systemic problems that even corrupt Authentic followers of Jesus Christ.
By identifying the Old Testament model of growth and government and integrating it into a New Testament Spirit-filled, prayer-filled people of repentance and faith; the Church, not as a nation but as an organized group of families, can fulfill God's plan as it has during periods of revival in the past. To this end, Joe and Greg have written I Will Build My Church.
When Jesus preached His Sermon on the Mount, He identified the reprobate Church. Jesus said, "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people" (Matthew 5:13).
May the Church arise like never before and heed Jesus' words of victory as an alternative to failure. "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 5:14-16)
I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH is a look at the church that Jesus' perfect will builds in contrast with that of men who go off track. The caution that all God's people who read Romans 12:2 receive is, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
God's will is always good, acceptable, and perfect. However, God's will is not fulfilled through His people unless they are not being conformed to this present world system. Honesty is the key element that must be present if God's people are to escape the snares of the devil who prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
If the readers of this book are as honest about the shortcomings of the church in the West as the writers who penned them, repent of their errors, and trust Christ to restore faithful behavior, there will be less smoke at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
