RPG Adults
“WE COME TO THEE WITH EMPTY HANDS, WITH CONTRITE AND LOVING HEARTS”
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Isaiah 55:6-7
Psalm 31:19-24
"Oh how great is thy
goodness…"
"WE COME TO THEE WITH EMPTY HANDS, WITH CONTRITE AND LOVING HEARTS"
As it has been stated by the prophet Isaiah in the introduction of this sermon, the salvation offered in the Gospel feast cannot be obtained by payment of a fee (Isa 55:1). Hence the abomination of indulgences as practised by the Roman Catholic Church. These indulgences, translated "forgiveness tickets" in Chinese, were a means whereby the Pope had used to enrich the Church. This sparked off Luther’s protest and the nailing of his famous 95 theses on the door of the Church at Wittenburg. Says Professor Philip Schaff in his "History of the Christian Church": "The idea of selling and buying by money the remission of punishment and release from purgatory was acceptable to ignorant and superstitious people, but revolting to sound moral feeling. It roused, long before Luther, the indignant protest of earnest minds…" (Vol. VII, p. 148). When rich members of the church persisted in their immorality by giving money to the church, Luther denounced them to perish with their money in hell. Have you also given to the church with the idea of buying your way into heaven?
Our coming to terms with God is not cash, but contrition — broken hearts in repentance. The salvation offer, freely without price, is to everybody, to every sinner, to the Christian backslider, to the unconverted. Christians need to repent when they fall into sin. The unconverted can never enter God’s Kingdom without a turning away from their wicked ways and a forsaking of their evil thoughts. Have you ever knelt down to God to pray the penitent’s prayer, "God, be merciful to me a lost sinner"?
THOUGHT: (Memorise Isaiah 55:6-7.)
PRAYER: "We come to Thee with empty hands, No merit of our own we bring, Simply to Jesus’ cross we cling, Our cries attend. With contrite and with loving hearts, We seek Thy pardon and Thy grace; Joy of salvation and of praise to us impart!"
Posted in Adult RPG
Isaiah 55:6-7
Psalm 31:19-24
"Oh how great is thy
goodness…"
"WE COME TO THEE WITH EMPTY HANDS, WITH CONTRITE AND LOVING HEARTS"
As it has been stated by the prophet Isaiah in the introduction of this sermon, the salvation offered in the Gospel feast cannot be obtained by payment of a fee (Isa 55:1). Hence the abomination of indulgences as practised by the Roman Catholic Church. These indulgences, translated "forgiveness tickets" in Chinese, were a means whereby the Pope had used to enrich the Church. This sparked off Luther’s protest and the nailing of his famous 95 theses on the door of the Church at Wittenburg. Says Professor Philip Schaff in his "History of the Christian Church": "The idea of selling and buying by money the remission of punishment and release from purgatory was acceptable to ignorant and superstitious people, but revolting to sound moral feeling. It roused, long before Luther, the indignant protest of earnest minds…" (Vol. VII, p. 148). When rich members of the church persisted in their immorality by giving money to the church, Luther denounced them to perish with their money in hell. Have you also given to the church with the idea of buying your way into heaven?
Our coming to terms with God is not cash, but contrition — broken hearts in repentance. The salvation offer, freely without price, is to everybody, to every sinner, to the Christian backslider, to the unconverted. Christians need to repent when they fall into sin. The unconverted can never enter God’s Kingdom without a turning away from their wicked ways and a forsaking of their evil thoughts. Have you ever knelt down to God to pray the penitent’s prayer, "God, be merciful to me a lost sinner"?
THOUGHT: (Memorise Isaiah 55:6-7.)
PRAYER: "We come to Thee with empty hands, No merit of our own we bring, Simply to Jesus’ cross we cling, Our cries attend. With contrite and with loving hearts, We seek Thy pardon and Thy grace; Joy of salvation and of praise to us impart!"
Posted in Adult RPG