Russ Mclamb - Praising His Name

Put up or shut up

I must say as I think about the state of Christianity in the western world I'm ashamed. Ashamed that we have taken the gospel of Jesus Christ and turned it into a "what's in it for me" gospel. So many church's and preachers are preaching a false gospel today. It makes me wonder what Martin Luther, John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, Johnathan Edwards, D.L. Moody and other great preachers of Gods word would think if they saw our version of the gospel today. As I read about christians in China being thrown in jail and beaten for just studying their bible I think about christians in the western world that won't even take the time to read their bible much less tell someone about the true gospel. It's time we took a stand for Christ. Get out of our own petty problems, get back to studying our Bibles and do what Jesus told us to do if we were to follow him.

Luke 9:23 "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."

That wasn't a request, look at the wording "he MUST". If we are to follow Jesus we MUST deny ourselves and take up our cross daily. That means that what we want in life should be what Christ wants out of our lives. We should want what Christ wants plain and simple. Professing Christians have got to get back to living for Christ regardless of who it makes mad or who it offends. I say professing because if you truly are a child of God's you have no problem living for Him but some do have a problem with that and just because you profess to be a christian doesn't mean you are.

Lip service is cheap, it's time to put up or shut up.

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Great service

So many people use the internet for showing mans spiritual decline. But what can be used for sin, can just as well be used for the glory of God. If your church has been thinking about streaming your services on Sunday I would highly advise it. Post your sermons on You Tube. Use what man has turned sinful around for the glory of God. One company I highly recommend is U.S. Media Group. U.S. Media Group also consist of Impactpro.net and Kingdom Works Broadcasting. From website design to streaming they've got'cha covered and their tech support is second to none. Don't have a computer system? They can hook you up with that as well with one of their custom built systems. Their price will blow your mind since there main purpose is to spread the gospel of Christ not get rich. Check'em out at www.usmediagroup.com or www.impactpro.net

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Do you Study?

It amazes me how many people truly don't study there bible. I'm not talking about just reading, I'm talking about truly studying. Breaking down Gods word to truly get to the meaning of the scriptures. How many of us "trust" what we hear in church on Sunday mornings and figure that the preacher has done all the studying so we'll just go with what he says. That's whats gone wrong. We should study for ourselves to make sure what we hear on Sunday morning is accurate. We hear it every Sunday, scripture that's twisted to suit the message of a pastor. One of the biggies is

Isaiah 53:5 "But he was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, The chastening for our well being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed". The KJV says "stripes" instead of "scourging".

So many people like to take that last line and make it about physical healing. It's not dealing with physical healing at all. It's talking about our spiritual healing not our physical healing.

1 Peter 2:24 confirms this...."and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed." Continue in verse 25 "For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepard and Guardian of your souls".

Spiritual healing yes, physical healing no. I pray that we will go back to studying our own bibles for ourselves and that would eliminate alot of the false teaching that's in our society. We can't blame someone else for what we don't know. We are accountable for our own belief's and actions.

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Praise God

First let me say thank you to all the men and women who have served and who are serving our country in our Armed Forces. Thank you for your sacrifice and dedication to our country. It's Memorial day and I wanted to thank them before I get to my post.

It's a long weekend for alot of us and what a blessed weekend it's been so far. I look forward to Saturday mornings because me and a group of friends gather at the local coffee shop here in town and we are studying through the book of Romans. It's always a great time of fellowship and study plus the coffee's pretty good too.

Sunday we joined our new church, Dellwood Baptist Church. The hand of God is on this church without a doubt. People are getting saved left and right and not just on Sunday but during the week as well. Why? Because there's a love for Jesus and they tell everyone about Him. There were 8 people saved this Sunday alone. So as I sat back Sunday evening and thought about it, what is different about Dellwood than alot of other churches. The answer was simple. It preaches and teaches the word of God. The congregation actually disciples and helps to teach new Christians and help them grow in their walk with God. It's not about special programs with fancy names, it's not about the preacher telling funny stories or being entertaining, it's not about doing things so people will think you're something your not. It's not about an "image". It's plain and simple. It's the word of God. If churches today would get back to teaching and preaching the word of God, I firmly believe we would see a change in our society. Our churches have become entertainment driven and preach this watered down, panseyfied gospel instead of driven by the true word of God. Wanna see your church grow and add to the Kingdom? Then get back to the word of God and God will bless you. It's not about nickels and noses, it's all about Christ and nothing else.

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God has blessed me with three wonderful children Christina, Mary and Jake and a beautiful wife Teresa. I'm not a preacher, just an everyday guy with the desire to share Jesus Christ.

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