Message by Larry Thacker Jr. from June 7, “Only Jesus”
As I contemplated what bit of wisdom I might share regarding current events, the Holy Spirit brought to mind Paul’s words from 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. Verse 2 reads, “I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.” Paul was a learned man. He could have come into that city armed with intellectual arguments to prove the truth of what he was saying. There would be a place for that, but if he had begun there, he’d have lost them. They didn’t have the background for any of that to even make sense.
There is much wisdom from the pages of scripture that could be applied to this situation, but without a foundation, it will do little good. That foundation is Jesus. It doesn’t matter how many laws we make. It doesn’t matter how many people we lock up. We can put cameras on every cop and every corner, but none of it will get to the root of the problem.
The only way things really get better is when the change comes to our hearts. There’s only one person who can do that. His name is Jesus. As His church, we must get back to that message. We need to get busy spreading the plain simple truth that Jesus died to safe us and that following Him is the only way to find peace. He arose, and He lives! He will give us life again if we will only let Him in. We don’t need more laws. We don’t need more speeches. We don’t need more protests. We need Jesus. Only Jesus.
