Salvation is...

Salvation is when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and we are saved. This is the simple gospel message that I gave last night. God revealed himself in crazy ways to campers and counselors and I am excited to see what will happen in the next twenty four hours as campers continue to come to the understanding that the God of the universe loves them enough that he would send his one and ONLY son to this world to die for the sin of the people that continually walk away from him.

Isaiah was up on stage with me last night. For me to give my son for a group of people that were dying from a disease would be incredibly painful and I experienced just a tinge of that pain last night as I talked through a situation where people were sick and the only way that they could all get better is if my son died. I wouldn't let it happen.

But God did. And I have no doubt that there was pain involved. It certainly didn't feel good to have his son here on this sinful earth and then to have him killed by sinful people so that those same sinful people could be in a relationship with him. But he made that way so that I can know him and be in relationship with him.

God is at work at camp. He is revealing himself again and again in the presence of camp staff, counselors, campers, and myself. What an amazing privilege to be a tool for the God of the universe who created me to do good works for him after the point of my salvation.

Let there be humility as I serve you. Work in spite of my weaknesses. Amen.