Matthew Kelly's Blog

 Paul, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ in the early church, writes to the churches in Galatia in this letter.  After commanding the Galatian Christians to walk by the spirit and not by the flesh in chapter 5, Paul commands his fellow believers to bear one another’s burdens in chapter 6.  Verse 1 says,  “ Brethren,  even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself so that you too will not be tempted ” (Galatians 6:1 NASB).  The convictions of sin that God works in us will always be stirred up so that we can turn and glorify God. When we approach a friend or enemy stuck in sin, we approach with gentleness, remembering that we are like them. We have all fallen short and God offers the same mercy He gave us.  Look in the mirror first though, make sure your intentions match God's perspective (James 1:23-25). His perspective will always Glorify Himself. God's wisdo...

 What is the message that Christians so desperately want the world to know? What is the most important narrative ever told? Here is that message from the Bible in an acronym of the word gospel made by Dare2Share ministries.  - G od created us to be with Him.  We see this in Genesis 1:31, After God creates man, woman, animals and nature, He declares that it was all good in His eyes . " God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day " (Genesis 1:31 NASB) - O ur sins separate us from God. Adam and Eve were deceived by the serpent in the Garden of Eden to eat the forbidden fruit. From this point on, every descendant of Adam and Eve are declared sinners .  Paul states in his letter to the Roman Christians, " For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God " (Romans 3:23 NASB) What defines what sin is? The ten commandments. These commandments were given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 20...

Psalm 51:17: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise".  God, who does not despise the contrite heart and who welcomes the poor in spirit into His kingdom (Matthew 5:3), inspired King David, the author of the 51st psalm to remind us what He desires from us daily.  David, a man after Gods own heart, knows exactly what God desires from us after we sin. He doesn’t desire our money, labor or a certain emotion to be given just right.  Instead, God desires a heart that sees its own cracks and understands how broken and rebellious it inherently is.  A confession of our brokenness and desperate need of God's mercy before Him will always heal us spiritually.  Sin destroyed this world, it caused a toxic infection to be upon all creatures. It causes humans to constantly stumble daily in anger, jealousy, pride etc.. which the devil uses to shame us. But thankfully God heals us from these internal wounds. Jesus Ch...