I could be wrong, but it seems that back in the day before you had to be frisked to get on an airplane, when men wore suits to fly, and women, well-coiffed, carried little designer bags, that there was an ad promoting a new line of jets. The flight was so smooth that a passenger was able to balance a dime on edge mid-flight. Granted, First Class is just something I walk through on the way to my seat, but the flights I take don't leave room for a dime between me and the next passenger. Even if the flight were that smooth--and it isn't--where would you balance a coin?
Meanwhile back at the point I'm making, most of us see the ideal life as a long, smooth glide 
into heaven. I've been reading, recently about some of the more disturbing things that Jesus had to say. It seems He has planned some turbulence in our journey. He talks of leaving Father and Mother, of bearing a cross, of living a life that others will regard as irresponsible, indeed, He speaks of losing a life as if it were a good thing.
into heaven. I've been reading, recently about some of the more disturbing things that Jesus had to say. It seems He has planned some turbulence in our journey. He talks of leaving Father and Mother, of bearing a cross, of living a life that others will regard as irresponsible, indeed, He speaks of losing a life as if it were a good thing.
Our's is not a pleasure cruise. We are headed into battle. A few years after Jesus said things like, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." (Matthew 16:24, NASB95) Or,"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:26, NASB95), a group of people took Jesus at his word. They went out with the audacious ambition of reaching the world for Him.
This wasn't their press release. This is what others--others who weren't very glad to see them coming--said about them: "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also." (Acts 17:6, ESV)
I invite you to find out more at Covington Bible Church, 8:30 or 10:55, or online at our Truthcasting channel.
It's STTA.
On our website, covingtonbblechurch.com, put your cursor over the "Devotional and Study Aids" tab and select "Thirty Days of Praying the Names and Attributes of God." Follow the link.
You can find the message these guys took to the world at the link below:
There is lots of information about the one Who died so that we could have life at our webpage, covingtonbiblechurch.com. Click on "Life's most important question."
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