Truth, The Highest Form of Love

The Compassion with Confrontation

Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

The Proceed Any Further Is Dangerous...

“Warning every man” means the message of Christ is not soft-pedaled. It is urgent. It confronts sin, exposes self-deception, and calls every person to turn from the broad way that leads to judgment. The warning is not hatred; it is mercy. A faithful preacher does not flatter, entertain, or excuse. 

And Teaching Every Man In All Wisdom

Warning alone is not enough. People must not only be told what to flee; they must be taught where to go. The Holy Ghost therefore joined warning with teaching. The gospel gives understanding concerning God, sin, judgment, grace, faith, holiness, and eternal life.

This teaching is “in all wisdom.” Biblical wisdom is more than possessing information. It is learning to see life from God’s perspective and a view of eternity. A person may know religious facts and still lack spiritual wisdom. True wisdom leads the heart to Christ, produces humility, exposes self-righteousness, and teaches the believer how to walk faithfully in a fallen world.

The gospel therefore speaks to the whole person. It warns the conscience, enlightens the mind, convicts the heart, and calls the sinner to Jesus Christ. It does not merely invite a person to add Christianity to an otherwise unchanged life. It calls him to repentance, faith, and a new life free from sin.

The Good News of Jesus Christ

The gospel contains good news, but it also contains a serious warning because humanity stands in danger apart from Christ. To warn someone is to love them enough to tell them the truth about a danger they may not see.

The Warning To You

You cannot inherit salvation from someone else. You cannot borrow your parents' faith. You cannot substitute church membership for conversion. You cannot substitute morality for regeneration. You cannot substitute religious activity for the transforming work of God.

You need Christ, not merely as an example to follow, but as the Savior you cannot do without.

And you need more than an outward profession. 

You need to be born again.

The Salvation of Jesus Christ

So this warning is for you: do not merely admire Christ, come to Christ. Do not merely learn about the new birth, be born again. Do not rest in religion, morality, or your own goodness, because none of these can save you. You need Jesus. You need the new life that only God can give. If you have never been born again, the most important thing you can do is turn to Christ in repentance and faith.

The Priceless Cost of A Single Soul

God’s Price For Your Salvation

1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Have You Counted The Cost

There are few truths in Scripture more humbling than these words: “ye are bought with a price.” The Holy Spirit of God does not say that you have improved yourself, earned your way back to God, or purchased your own redemption. He says that you were bought. Salvation is not something you accomplish; it is something God has accomplished for you.

This truth is meant to destroy both pride and despair. Pride is silenced because you cannot claim yourself as your own master when Christ has redeemed you. Despair is overcome because your value is revealed in the immeasurable price Jesus Christ was willing to pay for you. The cross demonstrates both the seriousness of sin and the depth of God’s love. Christ did not purchase something worthless; He gave Himself to redeem those who were spiritually lost and unable to save themselves.

The Implications of Ownership

“therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

Your body is no longer your own to do with as you please. It is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The vessel through which you walk, work, speak, and act belongs to Jesus Christ. This extends beyond the spiritual realm it touches the physical: your eating, your sexuality, your rest, your labor, your leisure. Every bodily action is to reflect the holiness of the One who purchased you.

Your spirit, too that innermost essence of your being, your conscience, your will, your worship belongs to God. Your thoughts are His to guide. Your affections are His to redirect. Your desires are His to sanctify. There is no compartment of your existence that remains yours to manage independently.

Salvation Cost You Nothing

Listen closely: You have been purchased at an infinite cost, and that cost demands a response from you right now. Not tomorrow, not when you feel more spiritually ready but today.

If you have never been born again, never experienced that moment when you accepted the completed work of Jesus Christ, then you cannot truly glorify God, no matter how hard you try or how moral you appear. The only way to glorify God is through the rebirth that comes when you repent of your unbelief and obey the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Transformed Mind of the Believer

But if you have been born again, then awaken to what you truly are: purchased property of the King of kings, Jesus Christ the Son of the Blessed, indwelt by His Spirit, called to glorify Him in every dimension of your being body, soul, and spirit. Let that truth transform how you live. You are not your own. You belong to God. And that is the greatest privilege and the deepest source of purpose you could ever know.

Victory In Jesus

I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from glory
How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me
I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning

Then I repented of my sins, and won the victory, yeah

Oh, victory in Jesus, my Savior forever
He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood
He loved me 'ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him
He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood

I heard about His healing, of His cleansing power revealing
How He made the lame to walk again and 'caused the blind to see
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, come and heal my broken spirit"
And somehow Jesus came and brought to me the victory

Victory in Jesus, my Savior forever
He sought me and He bought me with His redeeming blood
He loved me 'ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him
He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood,

Written by the Spirit on the Tables of the Heart

How Christ Rewrites Your Story

2 Corinthians 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

The Working of The Holy Spirit

The gospel is not merely a doctrine written on parchment, nor merely commandments engraved upon stone. The gospel is the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit engraving truth upon your heart. But the “fleshy tables of the heart” represent a heart made tender, alive, and receptive to the Spirit of God.

This writing is done not with ink, which can be erased or fade, but with the Spirit of the living God, who actively shapes your desires, and your conscience. The heart, once hardened and dead, becomes a living record of God’s grace, pulsating with the reality of His indwelling presence.

Contrasting Table

Type of Table	Description	Significance
Tables of Stone	Rigid, unyielding, and external regulations.	Represents the law, rules, and a purely formal approach to faith.
Fleshy Tables of the Heart	Inspired by the Spirit, flexible, and transformative.	Symbolizes a deeper, internalized relationship with God that transcends mere rules.

Your Heart's Table: A Conclusion

Your life, your choices, your love, your repentance, your faithfulness, these are the ink by which Christ's epistle is being written in this world. And the reading surface is not cold stone, but the warm, living table of your heart, where the Spirit moves even now, writing redemption into every fiber of your being.

The tables of stone could only demand; they could not transform. But the Spirit writes upon your heart so that you become, from within, the very person you were called to be. Your salvation is not a law hung above you. It is Christ written in you—not as burden, but as belonging. That table of your heart, inscribed by the Spirit, is where you are finally, irrevocably loved into wholeness. The question now is: will you let Him keep writing?

Standing Between Two Futures

A Call You Cannot Ignore:  Repent, Believe, and Live

Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Standing At the Crossroad

Imagine standing at the crossroads of life, where the path of ignorance leads to a dark and uncertain future, while the path of repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ opens up to a horizon of hope and everlasting peace. The passage from Acts 17:30 is a clarion call, a wake-up call to you, urging us to shed the shroud of ignorance and embrace the light of salvation. It is a plea to you to recognize that the time for excuses is over, and the time for action is now. You should never be found wanting when the call to repentance echoes through the corridors of our hearts…softly and tenderly Jesus is calling. Rise above your ignorance, seek the path of righteousness, and live.

• In your past condition—when you were ignorant the Lord was gracious and tolerated your ignorance; however, today there is a present demand for accountability. The Lord overlooked your failings born of ignorance. That allowance was conditional and temporary.
• Today, "but now commandeth" shifts tone from patience to urgency. The passive allowance has ended; an active summons replaces it. The command is universal—"all men every where"—leaving no geographical, cultural, or personal exception. Ignorance no longer mitigates responsibility.

Delayed Obedience

There comes a moment when silence becomes refusal, and delay becomes defiance. God’s mercy is longsuffering and you can hear it clearly. The age of ignorance has passed; the time of decision is now. To remain unmoved now is not a lack of knowledge—it is a rejection of truth.

The light has come.
The call has been issued.
And the question is no longer “Did you know?”
The question is “What will you do now that you know?”

The Lord once winked at ignorance, but now the Lord calls—urgently, lovingly, decisively—for repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. If you have questions about eternity or questions about salvation or the bible don’t hesitate to ask. Leave a note in the message.