Evangel Assembly

Take away the Sin
John 1:29-34
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.' 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water." 32 And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God."

John 1:29 speaks of the “Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”. Sin in our life has such a high cost. When we study people in the bible we learn the price they paid for disobeying God. I look back in my life at scars and the price I paid. I can also see where God was there. Someone prayed. It’s God’s will that all men are saved, but we have to make that decision. Jesus paid the price for all our sins, but we have to make the decision to surrender to Him and ask for forgiveness. Look around you at a hurting world and find someone to tell about Jesus. Someone told you!
Pastor Chuck Pruett

Walls for God
1 Peter 2:1-5
2:1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

The past week we have focused on walls. God through Nehemiah had restored the walls and gates around Jerusalem. The walls served a purpose. They provide protection for the people inside. They can also become a prison if we lock our self-inside and fear the outside world. The walls around the cities had gates to go in and out. When the enemy came against them they had place to go for safety. Verse 4 speaks of coming to God as a living stone. As believers we become that spiritual wall that keeps the enemy out. We are all stones in the wall chosen by God. We are all part of the wall that provides protection. Ask God today to show you where your place is in the wall.
Pastor Chuck Pruett