I'm thinking today of Ephesians 3 .8, the New
Testament book Ephesians 3 .8. It says, To me,
the very least of all the saints, this grace
was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable
riches of Christ. Paul was talking about himself,
and much has been made of how he said he was
the very least of all the saints. A saint is
a holy one, a servant of God, and he was that.
I think about myself and I think about the things
that I did that would keep me out of heaven,
the things that I did that would send me to hell.
We all have sinned and fall short of the glory
of God. But the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ, his son. And so I am grateful.
to be saved now, to have a Lord and a Savior,
and I hope you are as well. Then it is grace
that we are given the opportunity to preach,
to proclaim, to teach the truth of the unfathomable
riches of Christ to anyone that's in our circle,
anyone that we're in contact with. It's grace
because it's more than we deserve. It's grace
because we now have a place to belong, a thing
to do, a person to be. We can grow and grow and
grow until Jesus comes again, and we can serve
and serve and serve and give and give and give.
Get involved in your local church. Serve. Christ
until Jesus comes again. Check us out online
at churchtoledo .com. There's information there
about New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church services.
You can go to the church hunting page and look
for a church in your area. And there's a good
lesson on there about what a good local church
is. I know sometimes it's hard to find a good
local church to belong to. God wants you where
God has put you. And that means, by his grace,
preaching the unfathomable riches of Christ whenever
you possibly can. God bless you today.