TOP PRIORITY

 *He is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God.* Romans 16:25-26

The first priority of the Church is relating to Christ Himself. Beware of human plans, trending ideas and personal agendas. That’s not God’s agenda for the Church. Paul says in Romans 16:25, ‘ *Now to him who is able to establish you …’*

We don’t do the establishing, Christ does. As a result, the first priority of the Church is to know Christ, to bring people into an experiential knowledge of Him, to encourage people to relate directly to Him, so that He establishes us with roots in Himself, and fruit that express His presence and activity in us.

As a preacher, if you are not leading people to greater dependence on Christ, you are merely giving them a ‘to-do’ list to take home with them, or a bit of psychological advice that they can apply and make work themselves. And to that extent we have ceased to be functioning as a church and have become a ‘self-help’ club, although we do it ‘in the name of Jesus.’ At best, Christ may be the patron of our Christianity, but He is not its life and the content of its Gospel.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, please help me to keep Christ central as the head of your church and as the life of my very own life.... Amen🙏🏼

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