THE SCOOP
Southside Church of Christ
800 Elmira Avenue Durham, NC 27707
info@sside.org | www.sside.org
919.688.3535
STAFF
OrlanderR.Thomas Senior Minister
WilliamA.Stephens Minister Emeritus
CandiceP Blount Church Administrator
QuentellaWilliams Executive Assistant
JohnMerriweather Online Campus Minister
DineenMerriweather Online Campus Director
DEACONS JohnAlcox
AnthonyGreen,Sr. ArthurHackney
JohnMathis
ChesterMayfield,Jr.
RogerMcDougal JoeWilliams
By RICKI FULLER
As stated in one of the reference Scriptures of last week’s Scoop Article, the Gospel or Good News about Christ reveals to us how GOD makes us right in His sight (Romans 1:17 NLT & GNT)
Upon each of us recognizing the absolute undone/sinful and primarily unfaithful states of our lives, it, hopefully, is refreshingly encouraging to us that The Great GOD of the Universe “makes us right in His sight”
It is absolutely humbling and mind-blowing when we identify and acknowledge the fact that GOD dearly/intensely loves us (John 3:16) Pure ecstasy is spiritually expressed in our embracing / appreciating the fact that He/Abba condoned / approved Jesus Christ’s sacrifice of His human
lifeinordertoreturnusto theoriginalrelationship thatwasestablishedinthe FirstChapterofGenesis Howpowerfullyassuringis that?
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Peer into the words penned in I Peter 2:9 to get an amazing sense of assurance If, indeed, you find/conclude that The Lord is good, then closely check out what Peter asserts about you (Christ’s disciples)! In Verse 9 of the Second Chapter of I Peter, he proclaimed: “ You are chosen people; You are royal priests; You are holy; You are GOD’s own possession You can show others the goodnessofGOD…becauseHecalledYououtofdarknessintoHiswonderfullight(NLT).”
Those words, in that one verse, tremendously acclaim you as immensely loved and very special to Father GOD, to The Lord Jesus Christ and to The Ever-Present/Abiding Holy Spirit! There is absolutely no question about your stance with GOD according to the proclamation of Peter! You, alongwithallotherobedientChristdisciples,arechosenbyGOD–pureandsimple!
In a sense, looking at Peter’s declaration of the term “You Are” can be seen as somewhat similar to when GOD instructed Moses to tell the people of Israel that “I AM sent me to you (Exodus 3:14)” After all, Genesis 1:26-27 states: “Let Us make human beings in Our Image, to be like Us (resemble Us, reflecting Our nature)! As you ponder the words reportedly written by Moses, and then ponder those reportedly written by Peter, do you grasp the beautiful intention/purpose GOD had/has for Hispeoplefromthebeginningtothispresenttimeandforever?
Paul brought even more light to this magnificent, yet unique, question as shown in II Corinthians 4:6-10 “God is the one who said, ‘Let light shine in the dark’ And he is the one who has caused his light to shine deep inside us Because of that, we know how great and powerful God is God has given to us the gift to speak his message But we ourselves are very weak So, it is clear that the great power of God's message comes from God himself not from us Our lives show that we live becauseheisalive”
It’sclearYouAreChosentoshare/liveChrist’sGospel!Yougetit?YouAllIn?
January 5, 2024
