Out of Neutral | Grace Baptist Church Paul Sadler

Jesus doesn’t send His disciples out to battle armies or take over enemy lands. But the message of Joshua is important for Christians today. It gives vital lessons on how to face our spiritual battles.

Joseph is given a dream of greatness and royalty, but he’s rejected and despised. Each time people try to harm him, he ends up closer to the throne. After his enemies presume him dead, he ascends to power and brings salvation and forgiveness to many. Joseph shows what kind of Saviour to look for and helps to identify Jesus as the fulfillment of God’s plan.

Everybody knows the story of Noah’s Ark. Children love drawing the zebras and monkeys, and adults endlessly speculate about how everything fit and what it might have been like. But all of those things distract us from the message that Noah’s Ark is intended to convey. Do you know what it teaches? There are several important lessons that we should hear from Noah’s Ark no matter what our age.

If someone ate a cheeseburger and a root beer, thought about what Jesus did on the cross, and called it the Lord’s Supper, you’d probably tell them that Jesus had something more specific in mind. I think the same needs to be said about baptism.

How the transgender movement helps us better understand the Bible’s teaching about spiritual growth.

Jesus didn’t have any sins to confess or anything to repent of. But He was committed to the Father and wanted to express His perfect obedience to His will. He wasn’t going to let pride or even the potential for other people’s misunderstanding get in the way of letting any act of righteousness go undone.