An Outreach Publication of the Church of Christ at Creekwood  

In Tune?

Ted Malone, a radio show host, told of a Idaho shepherd who once wrote to him 
with an unusual request:  "Will you, on your broadcast, strike the note 'A'?  I'm a sheepherder way out here on a ranch, far away from a piano.  The only comfort I have is my old violin.  It's all out of tune.  Would you strike 'A' so that I might get in tune?"

Malone honored the request.  Later he received a "thank you" note from the distant shepherd saying, "NOW... I'm in tune."

Similarly, SIN causes US to be "out of tune" with God.  The scriptures teach us that "ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). In addition, SIN separates us from God (Isaiah 59:1-2), causes us to live our lives in "discord" 
and destines us for destruction (Matthew 7:13-14).

Without the "right pitch" to provide the proper intonation for our hearts, many spend their lives struggling but unable to find the "KEY" to TRUE life and fulfillment (John 10:10).  However, God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to make provision for us to be in tune with God.  This provision required the substitutionary death of Jesus for our sins. When we place our faith in Jesus (Acts 16:31), repent of our sins (Acts 17:30-31) confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized into Christ (Galatians 3:27), our sins are washed away by the blood of Christ (Acts 2:38; 22:16) and we are in tune with God.  As we continue to walk in harmony with the will of God as revealed in His Word, the blood of Jesus keeps us in tune with God (1 John 1:7).

Jesus struck the "perfect note" for our reconciliation with God as He hung on the cross for the sins of the world - a note that has "resonated" down through time unto our very OWN ears (1John 2:1-2)  CAN YOU HEAR IT?  Have you responded to Him with an obedient faith so that you can be brought back into harmony with Him?

Are YOU "in tune" with God?

God bless you!

David A. Sargent, Minister 

Church of Christ at Creekwood 
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama  36695

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