Good Morning.
This weekend Calvary Chapel of Lexington is hosting its Deep South Men’s Conference. So at the time of this writing, I am sitting in Columbia in my brother’s apartment. Sessions 1 and 2 of the conference have been finished (out of 6) this Friday evening. The speakers at this conference include Rob Salvato, Sandy Adams, and Ken Graves. Both Graves and Salvato have already done the first of their 2 sessions. The book of this year’s conference is Colossians. The theme is, “Moving upward.”
I will just say that it’s been a treat this evening. The blessings of the Lord just poured down as a sanctuary of boisterous voices filled the air with music. Salvato was the first to speak and he did a message on Colossians 1:1-20. He spent time discussing who God is, and what He has done for us, the reason for thanksgiving.
The more memorable moment was Graves’s session. Colossians 1:20-29. I was not expecting the huge, muscular, deep raspy voiced man that stood. Peeking out from under his short sleeve shirt was tattoo of the Cross.
What came next was simply amazing. Graves spent some time relating his family and several of his life stories, all of them with wonderful meaning.
Then he went on to talk about the Lords work, and His leadership, discussing in some detail the process of training to be mighty spiritual warriors for Christ. That training takes work, it takes discipline.
Moving on, he talked about Jesus Christ and why that the title Christ was important. Referring to a story with a UFC champion he met. Christ came down and endured the most horrible thing man can do to one another, crucifixion. Not just the physical but the spiritual sewage He had to endure to cleanse us, a wicked and lost generation. For we were the enemies of Christ in body and mind, but Christ came down and saved us. So we owe him the title of Jesus Christ, not simply Jesus.
I will update further after tomorrows sessions. Look forward to a couple posts about it.
Thank you and God Bless.
Ian McNear
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