Böcker
Varför ännu en bok om Jesus? Vad gör detta bok som är unik nog att vem som helst vill du läsa den?
Det var inget unikt med orden i Dickens roman En berättelse om två städer. "Det var den bästa av tider; det var den värsta av tider" som alla ord i hans bok hade använts otaliga gånger tidigare. Arrangemanget av hans ord gav emellertid ett nytt perspektiv och därmed en speciell mening åt det han talade om.
Jesus du behöver lära känna är ett fräscht, nytt perspektiv på mannen Jesus, hans karaktär, integritet, hängivenhet till Gud, kärlek till sina fiender och till och med hans anledning till existens. Greg Treat är en mycket god vän, en kristen bror och en medvärd på podcasten That They Might Know . Han är en hängiven kristen, make och far, advokat och utexaminerad från Master's College. I sin recension av detta bok, sa han, "Du sätter upp dessa bibliska kategorier och visar sedan hur Kristus var den störste genom tiderna ...
Jag kunde se mig själv som en Jesus-fanboy."
Jag vet vad Greg sa, och han undergrävde inte på något sätt verkligheten att Jesus Kristus är Herre. De som kommer till honom måste tro att han är sådan och på så sätt överlämna sina liv till honom. Greg sa att det perspektiv som finns i den här boken gav honom en ny iver för 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.
