Notes On Life

 The memorable television program LAW & ORDER chronicled stories of people that had been charged with a crime, tried by the prosecution, but also vigorously defended by an attorney that advocated innocence for the defendant. In the series, almost all were convicted but occasionally, using the law itself, the strong pleadings of the intercessor overcame the charges, and the defendant was found not guilty. In the courtroom of heaven, we are all charged with the crime of sin and violators of God’s law but when Christ came and died on the cross, he paid the wages of sin and death and now stands as our advocate to intercede and plead in the court of righteousness to intervene on our behalf. Unlike the TV series, he uses the heavenly LAW OF GRACE AND MERCY to prove our innocence — and here is how. The word ‘SIN’ in Greek is ‘harmartia,’ and is a metaphor of an archer missing the mark of the bullseye. Each time we sin, in essence we are missing being perfectly on target, and each ...

 An often misunderstood verse is Ephesians 5:15 which says “Be FILLED with the Holy Spirit” — and this old gasoline company ad gives us a very easy to understand analogy on what this means. The most powerful Ferrari will not go very fast OR far without gasoline, and this is just like our life in Christ. When we likewise are “Filled with the Holy Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18) that ENERGY gives the engine the ability to create POWER! As a matter of fact, in automotive technology the reason why some cars are more powerful than others is their ability to use more fuel and Quickly convert it into more Power, but this means we have must have a powerful ENGINE! But what is that?!? As believers — just like a V12 Ferrari — this requires two things. First, how willing are you to have your tank Filled With The ENERGY Of The Holy Spirit? And second, How DYNAMIC Is Your ENGINE Of FAITH effectively operating to convert that energy into the SPIRIT OF POWER? Friend, anyone can go through life driving a...