A New Day has dawned
Tonight many people joined together for Lipscomb’s annual Summer Celebration uniting all in worship, prayer, discussion, fellowship, and rejoicing in the name of Jesus Christ.
Randy Harris, a graduate from Harding University and former professor of Lipscomb continued the evening summer celebration leading the discussion on, “A New Day has dawned.”
Randy Harris introduced the audience into the discussion with a joke: “Why did God ask Abraham to sacrifice his 12 year-old son Isaac?” Answer, “If he had waited till he was a teenager it wouldn’t have been a sacrifice.”
As one can imagine, Harris won over the audience with his slight humor, knowledge, and belief in Christ Alone.
In addition, he challenged everyone in the audience to listen, contemplate, and become involved in the movement of kingdom living. From the start, the audience knew Harris had a unique way of inviting people to live in the life of Jesus Christ.
“The Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, of all the seeds it is the smallest one but when it finally develops it becomes this great tree,” said Harris. “The challenge is to become a part of God’s great work. “The Kingdom of God is right here…it is not always easy to see or measure, but it is up to us to find it.”
Harris went on to challenge the audience with a deeper self-contemplation asking the question, “Would you be willing to let go of your own self-righteousness in order to live in the Kingdom of God?”
Harris went on to say that it was not an easy question to answer, but it was essential to defining life in the Kingdom of God.
“You cannot have your foot in both worlds,” Harris said. “A new day cannot dawn until we find our place in Jesus Christ.”
Harris ended the discussion leaving the audience thinking about the life we are living, and challenging them to become a part of a larger and much greater life in the Kingdom of God.
“If you want to experience the new dawn it is as simple as this: Living out the principles on the Sermon on the Mount, and if a dozen people did that, I cannot imagine the impact it would have on the world.”