A Charter from a Higher Source

Good Morning,
 
While we are right to thank God in appreciation for all of the great and good men in the history of the Christian church, we actually "follow" none of them. Our charter goes farther back and is from a higher source. They were rightly looked upon as leaders, but they were all servants of God, even as you and I are. Luther sowed. Wesley watered. Finney reaped-but they were only servants of the living God.
 
Here at Dogwood Community Church, and in other local congregations, we are all part of the church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ and kept going and growing by the mystery of the new birth. Therefore, our group is that of Christian believers gathered unto a Name to worship and adore the Presence. So, in that sense, the strain is gone. The strain and pressure to abide by traditional religious forms all begin to pale in importance as we function in faith as the people of God who glorify His Name and honor His Presence! If all of this is true-and everything within me witnesses that it is-we may insist that God is able to do for us all that He did in the days of the apostles, and through the lives of the later heroes of ours. There has been no canceling of our charter!
 
"Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
 
 May you receive the blessings of the Lord today, and remember that you are loved!!!

Henry