"Peace Through Confession" by Pastor Tommy McMurtry 1/21/18 AM

[@MattPowellOFFICIAL]

Cracks me up the 8 people disliked this. Only a total maniac would dislike good preaching like this!

[@CassieRaeMcMurtry]

Matt Powell There are alot of maniacs that are haters, haha.

[@GiveMeLibertyBaptist]

I'm pretty sure the 8 maniacs are all one maniac with a lot of accounts.

[@hedley939]

Great sermon. I can relate to this in a massive way. I tried to get innocent with God by eliminating the sin from me to the point of it being almost non existent. My strenuous efforts to achieve a sinless constitution was done in the belief it was an absolute imperative and a prerequisite in order to believe on Jesus' name and be forgiven, and to continue with any form of sin of thought, word, or deed would render me liable to crucifying the Son of God afresh. The letter to the Hebrews and various sermons (as well as the anger directed at me by an elderly Christian) drove me to adopt this position, and all the time it was causing me to move further and further away from God. Because of the fear it was impossible ti believe and proved to be counter productive. It seemed like a damned If I did and damned If I didn't situatiin, and one that messed with my mind so much I felt like I was going completely 'cuckoo,.' So when someone in a church environment once invited me to make a good confession of faith in Christ, in all good conscience I wasn't able to believe due to not being in the right frame of mind. But even then I kept trying to establish myself in the very church environment that was causing me the problem, and every time I tried to fit in with its belief system the sense of failure was so intense I would drift away almost as soon as I started. Furthermore, once I became a little more familiar with the congregation of that particular denomination, I soon realised that some of its elders were doing all the things that I was afraid of doing for fear of crucifying Christ a second time. But now I believe in the power of the cross and Christ's sacrifice for my sin, and even though I remain a sinner which I hate more than anything, the power of sins influence has been greatly reduced. The law made me fearful of Christ, but now it makes me appreciative of Christ.