The promise of our being made righteous in God!

τον γαρ μη γνοντα αμαρτιαν υπερ ημων αμαρτιαν εποιησεν ινα ημεις γινωμεθα δικαιοσυνη θεου εν αυτω - 2 Corinthians 5:21

So I was reading in the Psalms the other day, specifically the 92nd chapter. There is no surprise that it starts with the writer expressing his praise in God. The writer then moves to distinguish the difference between the man kept in righteousness through God and then the fool who places his hope in himself. When I got to the end of the chapter it was such an amazing thing to think upon! It basically says this:

"The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him."

I mean this wasn't a new concept for me but it was so good to read the words and meditate on them! When I read that last phrase: "there is no unrighteousness in him." I immediately meditated on what 2 Corinthians 5:21says.

It says, "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

How in the world, a people like us that are so corrupt and selfish could ever be made righteous before the one True God! I am completely amazed by the Cross and the power of Jesus Christ's Death & Resurrection! How we as a people can ever be ungrateful towards God by any means is absolutely absurd and unheard of! What an amazing promise as the children of God we have! I hope this is encouraging and challenging as well on where the condition of your heart is towards the God who has promised us eternal life. I would like to leave you with a passage from Romans chapter 8 verse 18.

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time, are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us."

For His Kingdom,

Twiga

Seeing the Gospel at Work and A little catching up!

So its definitely been a while since the last time I've posted. Seeming how the Lord has blessed me with two jobs, I have had limited time for blogging hahaha..... Greek class is consuming a lot of time but I am trying to be diligent in my studies and get out with an A! I plan on posting more small Greek lessons soon! I've only posted one but more will come and soon! Most probably this weekend! Both jobs at UPS and Target are pretty rigorous and straining! I plan on finding something to replace my job at Target with. Hopefully, something on campus so that I can save money on gas and also have something that isn't quite as rigorous as working in the backroom. I had an opportunity to share a little about why I attend Seminary to this lady that works at a Chinese Restaraunt that I recently went to for lunch after Church on Sunday! I am planning on going back this Sunday because she was clearly interested in moving forward in the conversation but the restauraunt got busy and she had to get back to work. I pray that she will be there Sunday and that the Spirit continues to work on her so that she will be open to the presentation of the gospel! Oh yeah! I recently joined with a church body. I am now a member at Highview and I attend one of 7 campuses in the Kentucky/Indiana locations which is the Fegenbush campus. There is an outreach that the church is a part of that is located on the campus of the University of Louisville. Highview has a campus church placed on the campus located at what they call the Red Barn! First of all I think that it is so awesome that the Lord would open the door for the gospel to be preached at one of the Universities buildings! Praise God for His provision and mighty power to work things out such as an incredible opportunity as this one! It is a pretty low number in attendance and I know that their are a lot of students on campus so I ask that everyone pray along with me for this campus church plant! I plan on getting involved by creating media for the church campus and distributing it to all the Highview church locations and also use it for the advancement of the gospel on the campus of Louisville! I am a bit weary because of working a whole lot and studying Greek at late hours but it is wonderful thing that God would choose to use someone like me to be a part of the advancement of the gospel! I'm very fortunate to be at School where many other students and professors are so passionate about the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I cannot thank the Lord enough for His provisions and His blessings! I mean, yeah, sure there have been rough times leading up to this point in the semester but God is teaching me to rely more and more on Him! He is teaching me to be a better steward of my time! He is showing me that brokenness is very appropriate in my relationship to Him! And I am especially learning that there is an incredible depth of Spiritual Warfare among this Seminary campus! Satan does not like what is happening on this campus and he has been and will continue to find ways to interrupt the teaching of the Gospel! This has also helped me understand how crucial prayer is! I pray that this is something that both you and I can think upon and truly search our hearts on where we are in our relationship with the almighty Creator! I pray this blog entry encourages and challenges all that read it! Until next time keep your eyes on Him and be ready to give an account to the gospel at all times!

For His Kingdom,

Twiga