Cry for Mercy | Feb.12th

"God, be merciful to me, a sinner!"

Luke 18:13

What shall be our plea before God? On what grounds shall we ask for mercy?

In this world, we often present all the positive reasons why someone should help us or give us some benefit in life. We explain how well we work, what we have accomplished, and why we deserve what we request.

Before the Lord, there are no such claims. There is nothing we can boast of or offer as merit. The only thing we can confess is that we are hopeless sinners. Our cry is mercy. We beseech God and His mercy. This is our only hope. Thankfully, we shall not be turned away but receive the mercy of God in Christ.

Let us seek the mercy of God today and confess our need for Him.

In Christ Alone,

Pastor Wight

The Faithful | Feb.

"I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal. So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace."

Romans 11:4-5

Elijah was concerned in his day that none would serve God, that he alone was the last faithful preacher. The Lord reassured him that there was still a true remnant faithful to God.

Human history has often been shrouded in darkness, but even in the most desperate times, when the darkness tries to extinguish the light, it fails. The Lord has promised that His church shall always prevail. Persecution will rise and fall in intensity against the people of God, but grace will prove sufficient to weather these storms.

False teachers have come, and the tares will grow among the wheat, but a remnant will always remain. Those who will not compromise and who love the truth. Chosen by God through grace. Let us be numbered among the remnant, who only bow their knee to Christ Jesus our Lord.

In Christ Alone,

Pastor Wight

Glorified Body

" After my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God."

Job 19:26

There is a slow progression of the outward man passing away, a slow unraveling of our physical nature. Illness bears upon us the vulnerability and weakness of our nature. We can be strong and independent one day and completely dependent upon the assistance of others in a moment. These moments can be discouraging, but it is not the final story.

With the rising of every morning, we are giving a living example that we shall not ultimately destroyed. Every time we become well and rise from the bed of affliction we are given the foretaste of what is yet to come.

Though our skin be destroyed here, it is with this same body we shall stand before God. Christ rose and ascended into heaven with His body and we shall meet God in the resurrection. Christ redeemed our soul and body, both will be made new and dwell with God forever. If you are weary or ill take hope in the promise, that in our flesh we shall see God.

In Christ Alone,

Pastor Wight