The Good News

Beloved, in connection with the “richly indwelling Word of Christ” we’ve been considering from Colossians 3:16,  let me encourage you to prayerfully meditate on and live in this great passage from 1 Peter 1:22 – 2:3

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you. 2:1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

 Longing for and tasting the goodness of the Lord with you!

 Pastor Greg

Cherish the Lord’s Day

As we saw yesterday in corporate worship, there is a blessed mandate for believers to “Let the word of Christ (about Christ – the Gospel!) richly dwell within you…” (Colossians 3:16).  How do we grow in having our lives, individually and corporately, more and more consumed and saturated with the glorious wonder of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

One essential, practical point of application is to cherish and actively participate in the rich blessings of corporate worship and fellowship on the Lord’s Day.  While we are to trust, worship, and obey God every moment of every day, He has given us one day in seven to be uniquely set apart for the refreshment, strengthening, and reviving of our souls through His Word.  Through hearing His Word read and preached, singing, praying, sharing in the ordinances, and fellowshipping with one another, the Lord powerfully works to multiply the hope, power, and riches of the Gospel in and through our lives.

As someone else has rightly said, the Lord’s Day is indeed the best day of the week.  Moreover, wherever God’s people gather on that day as a local church, in the joy of the Gospel, is indeed the happiest place on earth.

I can’t wait to be with you all again this coming Lord’s Day!

Pastor Greg

Cherish the Lord’s Day

As we saw yesterday in corporate worship, there is a blessed mandate for believers to “Let the word of Christ (about Christ – the Gospel!) richly dwell within you…” (Colossians 3:16).  How do we grow in having our lives, individually and corporately, more and more consumed and saturated with the glorious wonder of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

One essential, practical point of application is to cherish and actively participate in the rich blessings of corporate worship and fellowship on the Lord’s Day.  While we are to trust, worship, and obey God every moment of every day, He has given us one day in seven to be uniquely set apart for the refreshment, strengthening, and reviving of our souls through His Word.  Through hearing His Word read and preached, singing, praying, sharing in the ordinances, and fellowshipping with one another, the Lord powerfully works to multiply the hope, power, and riches of the Gospel in and through our lives.

As someone else has rightly said, the Lord’s Day is indeed the best day of the week.  Moreover, wherever God’s people gather on that day as a local church, in the joy of the Gospel, is indeed the happiest place on earth.

I can’t wait to be with you all again this coming Lord’s Day!

Pastor Greg

Biblical Worship

With our preaching series on “Biblical Worship” drawing to a close, we thought it would be timely to have a “Question & Answer” time.  We’re planning on doing this during our Evening Gathering this coming Lord’s Day, June 12.  If you have particular questions regarding Biblical Worship,  please either email them to me ahead of time (greg@rivercitygrace.org), or just bring questions when you come.

Beloved, we are the blood-bought people of God, and have been called by Him to proclaim His excellencies (1 Peter 2:9,10.)  It’s a great privilege, blessing, and responsibility for us to gather weekly as His people in corporate worship.  As we grow in seeking Him together through His Word, beholding His greatness and glory in Jesus Christ, may He continually transform us together into His likeness (2 Corinthisan 3:18.)

 All to the praise of His glorious grace in Christ!

 Pastor Greg