Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Are We Ashamed of the Gospel?

Paul continues today in his letter to the Romans:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.” (Rm. 1: 16-17).

How many of us can say that? Sometimes we act as if we are ashamed of being followers of Christ. We don’t mean to, but with the pressures of contemporary culture and its values (or lack of values) we can fall into it. Paul understood human nature, and knew that the Romans, along with us, are susceptible to that. Today, Paul reminds us that God has given us the gift of salvation, and that gift is open to all people, the Jews and Greeks. God has put us in a right relationship with him. All that God asks of us is to accept it. In accepting the gift, you and I are called to live lives reflective of what God has done for us.

Let us pray: Lord God, we thank you for the gift of salvation through your Son, Jesus Christ; send Your Holy Spirit to sanctify us and to enable us to live into the gift of salvation in all that we do. Amen.

PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST, and also pray for Joan Robinson who is suffering from cancer.

THIS SUNDAY IS FATHER’S DAY. Remember your fathers in prayer this weekend.

Your servant in Christ,

Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550

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