Now Is the Favorable Time
Click here to listen to this sermon. “Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. As we journey through the Pentecost season, the lessons for today resonate with our current spiritual state. Just like the early Christians after Pentecost, we, too, believe in the resurrection of Christ, even though we cannot see Him. Our faith is not based on what we see but on our trust in Jesus as our Savior. Our Old Testament lesson gives us one example: Job. At the start of the book, Job is a wealthy man with everything going for him. That is quickly stripped away as he loses his goods, home, family, and health. He’s surrounded by friends who say, “We know what we see, and we see clearly that your life has become a trainwreck. The evidence is irrefutable: clearly, you’ve done something to turn God against you. Your life is evidence that the Lord is out to get you.” In our Ol...